Patents by Inventor Kenta Minamibayashi

Kenta Minamibayashi 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: 11973252
    Abstract: A laminated electrolyte membrane including a first layer including a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte as a major component, and a second layer including a fluoropolymer electrolyte and polyvinylidene fluoride as major components laminated on at least one side of the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are laminated via a region in which components constituting both layers are mixed in a mixed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Daisuke Ogata, Shusuke Shirai, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Publication number: 20220407101
    Abstract: A composite polymer electrolyte membrane including a polymer electrolyte and a porous substrate, and having a dry tensile modulus of 100 N/cm or more per width and a wet tensile modulus of 35 N/cm or more per width. Enhancing the mechanical characteristics of the electrolyte membrane results in providing an electrolyte membrane that achieves good dry-wet cycle durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUNITA, Kenta MINAMIBAYASHI, Daisuke OGATA, Daisuke IZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20220336836
    Abstract: A composite electrolyte membrane having a composite layer that is a composite of a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and a fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate, wherein a fractal dimension D exhibiting the distribution of the hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and the fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate in the composite layer is 1.7 or more. An object of the present invention is to enable a composite electrolyte membrane composed of a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and a fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate to achieve high proton conduction ability and high mechanical durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenta MINAMIBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KUNITA, Daisuke OGATA, Daisuke IZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20220216494
    Abstract: A laminated electrolyte membrane including a first layer including a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte as a major component, and a second layer including a fluoropolymer electrolyte and polyvinylidene fluoride as major components laminated on at least one side of the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are laminated via a region in which components constituting both layers are mixed in a mixed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Daisuke Ogata, Shusuke Shirai, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Publication number: 20210095386
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composite electrolyte membrane which has excellent chemical resistance and can maintain sufficient mechanical strength even under conditions of high humidity and high pressure, which are the operating conditions for electrochemical hydrogen pumps and water electrolyzers. This composite electrolyte membrane, which is for achieving said purpose, has a composite layer obtained by combining a polyelectrolyte with a mesh woven material that satisfies (1) and (2) and comprises liquid crystal polyester fibers or polyphenylene sulfide fibers. (1): Mesh thickness (?m)/fiber diameter (?m)<2.0. (2): Opening (?m)/fiber diameter (?m)>1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Yoshitsugu Funatsu, Yoko Sakiyama, Daisuke Ogata, Daisuke Izuhara