Patents by Inventor Chikara Omotani

Chikara Omotani has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5312614
    Abstract: A method is provided for the high yield production of white, electrically conductive zinc oxide which comprises the simultaneous addition to a reactor of (1) an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble zinc compound and at least one water-soluble compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of tin, aluminum, gallium and indium, and (2) an aqueous alkaline solution, while maintaining the resulting neutralization reaction solution at a pH from 6 to 12.5 to obtain coprecipitates, and then calcining the coprecipitates in a reducing atmosphere to obtain said conductive zinc oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Takao Hayashi, Norihiro Sato, Chikara Omotani, Manabu Hosoi, Nobuyoshi Kasahara, Gunther Rudolph, Wolf-Dieter Griebler, Jorg Hocken
  • Patent number: 5273822
    Abstract: A fibrous electrically-conductive filler comprises fibrous aluminum borate as a core material and a layer of a electrically-conductive substance which covers the core material or comprises fibrous aluminum borate as a core material, a layer of titanium oxide which covers the fibrous aluminum borate and a layer of a electrically-conductive substance which covers the titanium oxide layer. The fibrous electrically-conductive filler can be prepared by a process comprising the step of directly forming a layer of a electrically-conductive substance doped with antimony or fluorine on the surface of fibrous aluminum borate, or the steps of forming, on the surface of the fibrous aluminum borate, an intermediate layer of titanium oxide in an amount ranging from 2 to 50% by weight on the basis of the weight of the fibrous aluminum borate and then forming a layer of a electrically-conductive substance doped with antimony or fluorine on the surface of fibrous aluminum borate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignees: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Takao Hayashi, Norihiro Sato, Chikara Omotani, Manabu Hosoi, Nobuyoshi Kasahara, Wolf-Dieter Griebler, Jorg Hocken, Gunther Rudolph
  • Patent number: 5102650
    Abstract: Needle-like electrically conductive zinc oxide filler having low specific volume resistance and excellent electrical conductivity-imparting effect per unit weight thereof is provided, including a method for its preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignees: Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Hayashi, Norihiro Sato, Chikara Omotani, Manabu Hosoi, Nobuyoshi Kasahara, Gunther Rudolph, Wolf-Dieter Griebler, Jorg Hocken