Patents by Inventor Shigemitsu Tsutsui

Shigemitsu Tsutsui 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: 6794599
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a carbonaceous material are provided. The carbonaceous material manufacturing apparatus includes a reaction tube and a gas supply portion. An anode and a cathode defining an arc discharge portion is placed in the reaction tube, and a capturer is located provided as well to capture carbonaceous materials generated. At the location of the capturer, an RF heater is disposed around the reaction tube. In a carbonaceous material manufacturing method, carbonaceous materials generated in the arc discharge portion are transported from a gas supply portion into the reaction tube by the gas supplied into the reaction tube, then heated by a RF heater in the capturer where the carbonaceous materials are not exposed to the atmospheric air, to thereby promote removal of impurities and growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Kajiura, Shigemitsu Tsutsui, Mitsuaki Miyakoshi, Yoshiyuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20040062992
    Abstract: A carbonaceous material manufacturing apparatus includes a reaction tube and a gas supply portion. An anode and a cathode defining an arc discharge portion is place in the reaction tube, and a capturer is located provided as well to capture carbonaceous materials generated. At the location of the capturer, an RF heater is disposed around the reaction tube. In a carbonaceous material manufacturing method, carbonaceous materials generated in the arc discharge portion are transported from a gas supply portion into the reaction tube by the gas supplied into the reaction tube, then heated by a RF heater in the capturer where the carbonaceous materials are not exposed to the atmospheric air, to thereby promote removal of impurities and growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Hisashi Kajiura, Shigemitsu Tsutsui, Mitsuaki Miyakoshi, Yoshiyuki Hirano