Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Seno

Hiroaki Seno 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).

  • Publication number: 20230246220
    Abstract: A cell includes an element portion, a gas-flow passage, a first metal portion, a second metal portion, and a reinforcing portion. Reaction gas flows through the gas-flow passage. The first metal portion is located between one surface side of the gas-flow passage and the element portion, and supports the element portion. The second metal portion is located on the other surface side opposite to the one surface side of the gas-flow passage. The reinforcing portion is located inside the gas-flow passage and faces the first metal portion and the second metal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki SENO, Tetsuro FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230178776
    Abstract: A cell includes an element portion and a metal member. The metal member includes a first gas-flow passage and a second gas-low passage, and supports the element portion. First gas flows through the first gas-flow passage. Second gas flows through the second gas-flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki SENO, Tetsuro FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220311038
    Abstract: Provided are a cell (1), a cell stack device (20), a module (30), and a module housing device (40). The cell 1 includes a metal plate (2) having a pair of surfaces, which are a first surface (2a) and a second surface (2b) that face each other, an element portion (6) disposed on the first surface (2a) of the metal plate (2), and including a first electrode layer (3), a solid electrolyte layer (4) located on the first electrode layer (3), and a second electrode layer (5) located on the solid electrolyte layer (4), and an intermediate layer (9) located between the first surface (2a) and the first electrode layer (3). The intermediate layer (9) has a plurality of first through holes penetrating through the intermediate layer (9) in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki SENO, Tetsuro FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220200033
    Abstract: Provided are a cell (1), a cell stack device (20), a module (30), and a module housing device (40). The cell (1) includes a metal plate (2) having a pair of surfaces, which are a first surface (2a) and a second surface that face each other, and containing Cr, an element portion (6) disposed on the metal plate (2), the element portion (6) including a first electrode layer (3), a solid electrolyte layer (4) located on the first electrode layer (3), and a second electrode layer (5) located on the solid electrolyte layer (4), and a first intermediate layer (9) located between the first surface (2a) of the metal plate (2) and the first electrode layer (3). The first intermediate layer 9 contains Cr2O3 and a first electrically conductive particle different from Cr2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki SENO, Tetsuro FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11296349
    Abstract: A cell stack device including: a cell stack comprising a plurality of cells; a support member; and a fixing part between the support member and the at least one cell of the plurality of cells, wherein in a cross section including the support member, the fixing part, and the at least one cell, the fixing part includes: a first region arranged close to the support member; a second region closer to the at least one cell than the first region; and a third region between the first region and the second region, and at least one of the first region and the second region includes a porous region having a porosity that is higher than a porosity of the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Seno, Tetsuro Fujimoto, Makoto Koi, Tetsuaki Ozaki, Kazuya Imanaka, Fumito Furuuchi
  • Publication number: 20210218046
    Abstract: A cell stack device including: a cell stack comprising a plurality of cells; a support member; and a fixing part between the support member and the at least one cell of the plurality of cells, wherein in a cross section including the support member, the fixing part, and the at least one cell, the fixing part includes: a first region arranged close to the support member; a second region closer to the at least one cell than the first region; and a third region between the first region and the second region, and at least one of the first region and the second region includes a porous region having a porosity that is higher than a porosity of the third region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki SENO, Tetsuro FUJIMOTO, Makoto KOI, Tetsuaki OZAKI, Kazuya IMANAKA, Fumito FURUUCHI
  • Patent number: 9073790
    Abstract: A cordierite sintered body and a member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus are disclosed. The cordierite sintered body includes a crystal phase and an amorphous phase. The crystal phase includes a main crystal phase that essentially consists of cordierite crystal grains; and a sub crystal phase that includes sub crystal grains containing alumina, mullite or sapphirine. The amorphous phase contains calcium and is located at grain boundaries of the cordierite crystal grains and the sub crystal grains. A crystal phase proportion of the main crystal phase to the crystal phase (or total of the main crystal phase and the sub crystal phase) is 95% to 97.5% by mass or less. A crystal phase proportion of the sub crystal phase to the crystal phase is 2.5% to 5% by mass or less. The sintered body contains calcium by 0.4% to 0.6% by mass or less in terms of CaO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuji Furuse, Hiroaki Seno, Shuichi Iida, Kouki Okayama, Toshiaki Shigeoka
  • Patent number: 8247337
    Abstract: An alumina sintered article comprising 99.3 mass % or more Al in terms of Al2O3, strontium and silicon is disclosed. The alumina sintered article also comprises alumina crystal grains and an oxide crystal comprising aluminum, silicon, strontium located at a triple pocket surrounded by three or more alumina crystal grains. The alumina sintered article improves dielectric loss in the megahertz to gigahertz bands while maintaining corrosion resistance, mechanical properties of alumina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuji Furuse, Shinya Yokomine, Hiroaki Seno
  • Publication number: 20100311563
    Abstract: An alumina sintered article comprising 99.3 mass % or more Al in terms of Al2O3, strontium and silicon is disclosed. The alumina sintered article also comprises alumina crystal grains and an oxide crystal comprising aluminum, silicon, strontium located at a triple pocket surrounded by three or more alumina crystal grains. The alumina sintered article improves dielectric loss in the megahertz to gigahertz bands while maintaining corrosion resistance, mechanical properties of alumina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuji Furuse, Shinya Yokomine, Hiroaki Seno
  • Publication number: 20080118722
    Abstract: A composite ceramic of the present invention includes granular alumina particles (A) having an aspect ratio of 3 or less, granular zirconia particles (B) having an aspect ratio of 3 or less, and a columnar crystal (C) having an aspect ratio of 3 or more, the columnar crystal including a complex metal oxide containing an alkaline-earth metal element and aluminum element. The composite ceramic has high flexural strength, toughness, and hardness, and achieves excellent hot-water resistance and high flexural strength after hydrothermal degradation resistance test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide Shikata, Yucong Wang, Hiroaki Seno, Shugo Onitsuka
  • Patent number: 7148167
    Abstract: Alumina/zirconia ceramics containing Al2O3 in an amount of not less than 65 mass % and ZrO2 in an amount of 4 to 34 mass %, and further containing TiO2, MgO and SiO2. The ceramics effectively suppresses the growth of shape isotropic particles of alumina, suppresses the growth of zirconia particles, and has a high strength and a high hardness. Besides, the ceramics containing SrO features a high fracture toughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide Shikata, Shugo Onitsuka, Yucong Wang, Hiroaki Seno
  • Publication number: 20050049137
    Abstract: Alumina/zirconia ceramics containing Al2O3 in an amount of not less than 65 mass % and ZrO2 in an amount of 4 to 34 mass %, and further containing TiO2, MgO and SiO2. The ceramics effectively suppresses the growth of shape isotropic particles of alumina, suppresses the growth of zirconia particles, and has a high strength and a high hardness. Besides, the ceramics containing SrO features a high fracture toughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kunihide Shikata, Shugo Onitsuka, Yucong Wang, Hiroaki Seno