Patents by Inventor Shousaku Yamanaka

Shousaku Yamanaka 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: 6337146
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage laminated material can be obtained which is capable of achieving reduction in weight as well as being mass-produced industrially while assuring excellent hydrogen storage capability. The hydrogen storage laminated material (10) has a laminated structure of a first layer (6a) and a second layer (7a), wherein the first layer is formed from an alloy or compound including an element of a group 2A or 3A or an element of at least one of the groups 2A and 3A, and at least partially includes a bcc structure, and the second layer is formed from an alloy or compound including an element of one of groups 6A, 7A and 8A or an element of at least one of the groups 6A, 7A and 8A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Sogabe, Shousaku Yamanaka, Yoshinobu Takeda, Nozomu Kawabe, Hideo Itozaki, Akira Nakayama, Takashi Uemura
  • Patent number: 6329076
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage material (1) having excellent hydrogen storage capability and having such a low hydrogen desorption temperature as not to significantly hinder the use thereof, and also capable of being mass-produced, and a manufacturing method of the same can be obtained. The hydrogen storage material has a layered deformation structure including plastic deformation, and one layer (2) of the layered deformation structure is formed from an alloy or compound including an element of groups 2A, 3A and 4A or an element of at least one of the groups 2A, 3A and 4A, and another layer (3) being in contact with the one layer is formed from an alloy or compound including an element of groups 6A, 7A and 8A or an element of at least one of the groups 6A, 7A and 8A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomu Kawabe, Kouichi Sogabe, Shousaku Yamanaka, Yoshinobu Takeda, Takashi Uemura