Patents by Inventor Yasuyoshi SASAKI

Yasuyoshi SASAKI 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: 11686231
    Abstract: Provided are an LNT layered catalyst for a lean burn gasoline engine having an enhanced NOx storage rate and capable of developing a higher NOx purification rate, and an exhaust gas purification apparatus using the same, the LNT layered catalyst including a substrate, a first catalyst layer including ceria-alumina particles carrying Pt, Pd, and BaO, and a second catalyst layer including ceria-alumina particles carrying Pt and Rh, in which a content of Pt in the first catalyst layer is 0.45 to 0.85 mass %; among Pt included in the first catalyst layer, a content proportion in a first depth region is 88 to 90 mass %, and a content proportion in a second depth region is 10 to 12 mass %; a content of Ba in the first catalyst layer is 4 to 11 mass %; and the second catalyst layer is substantially free from Ba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: N.E. CHEMCAT Corporation, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Sasaki, Isao Tan, Shunsuke Fukutomi, Takehiro Fujimura, Shuya Omata
  • Patent number: 11598238
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes a first catalyst, a second catalyst, a bypass pipe, a hydrocarbon adsorbent, and a switching controller. The first catalyst is provided in an exhaust pipe. The second catalyst is provided downstream of the first catalyst in the exhaust pipe. The bypass pipe branches from a first portion of the exhaust pipe. The first portion is located upstream of the second catalyst. The bypass pipe is recoupled to a second portion of the exhaust pipe. The second portion is located upstream of the second catalyst. The hydrocarbon adsorbent is provided in the bypass pipe. The switching controller is configured to switch a flow path of an exhaust gas to the bypass pipe based on a deterioration degree of the first catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuyoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11352933
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes a first catalyst, a bypass pipe, a second catalyst, and a switching controller. The first catalyst is provided in an exhaust pipe. The bypass pipe branches from a first portion of the exhaust pipe. The first portion is located upstream of the first catalyst. The bypass pipe is recoupled to a second portion of the exhaust pipe. The second portion is located upstream of the first catalyst. The second catalyst is provided in the bypass pipe. The switching controller is configured to switch a flow path of an exhaust gas to the bypass pipe based on a deterioration degree of the first catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Sasaki, Isao Tan
  • Patent number: 11208930
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes a three-way catalyst. The three-way catalyst includes a downstream catalyst layer and an upstream catalyst layer. The downstream catalyst layer is to be provided in an exhaust pipe. The downstream catalyst layer contains a noble metal material containing at least one of Pd, Rh, or Pt, and an OSC material containing at least ceria. The upstream catalyst layer is to be provided in the exhaust pipe closer to an engine than the downstream catalyst layer is. The upstream catalyst layer contains the noble metal material and the OSC material. The upstream catalyst layer contains the ceria at a content less than a content of the ceria in the downstream catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Sasaki, Isao Tan
  • Publication number: 20210270165
    Abstract: Provided are an LNT layered catalyst for a lean burn gasoline engine having an enhanced NOx storage rate and capable of developing a higher NOx purification rate, and an exhaust gas purification apparatus using the same, the LNT layered catalyst including a substrate, a first catalyst layer including ceria-alumina particles carrying Pt, Pd, and BaO, and a second catalyst layer including ceria-alumina particles carrying Pt and Rh, in which a content of Pt in the first catalyst layer is 0.45 to 0.85 mass %; among Pt included in the first catalyst layer, a content proportion in a first depth region is 88 to 90 mass %, and a content proportion in a second depth region is 10 to 12 mass %; a content of Ba in the first catalyst layer is 4 to 11 mass %; and the second catalyst layer is substantially free from Ba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicants: N.E. CHEMCAT Corporation, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi SASAKI, Isao TAN, Shunsuke FUKUTOMI, Takehiro FUJIMURA, Shuya OMATA
  • Publication number: 20210254529
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes a first catalyst, a second catalyst, a bypass pipe, a hydrocarbon adsorbent, and a switching controller. The first catalyst is provided in an exhaust pipe. The second catalyst is provided downstream of the first catalyst in the exhaust pipe. The bypass pipe branches from a first portion of the exhaust pipe. The first portion is located upstream of the second catalyst. The bypass pipe is recoupled to a second portion of the exhaust pipe. The second portion is located upstream of the second catalyst. The hydrocarbon adsorbent is provided in the bypass pipe. The switching controller is configured to switch a flow path of an exhaust gas to the bypass pipe based on a deterioration degree of the first catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuyoshi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210254535
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes a first catalyst, a bypass pipe, a second catalyst, and a switching controller. The first catalyst is provided in an exhaust pipe. The bypass pipe branches from a first portion of the exhaust pipe. The first portion is located upstream of the first catalyst. The bypass pipe is recoupled to a second portion of the exhaust pipe. The second portion is located upstream of the first catalyst. The second catalyst is provided in the bypass pipe. The switching controller is configured to switch a flow path of an exhaust gas to the bypass pipe based on a deterioration degree of the first catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi SASAKI, Isao TAN
  • Publication number: 20210095589
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes a three-way catalyst. The three-way catalyst includes a downstream catalyst layer and an upstream catalyst layer. The downstream catalyst layer is to be provided in an exhaust pipe. The downstream catalyst layer contains a noble metal material containing at least one of Pd, Rh, or Pt, and an OSC material containing at least ceria. The upstream catalyst layer is to be provided in the exhaust pipe closer to an engine than the downstream catalyst layer is. The upstream catalyst layer contains the noble metal material and the OSC material. The upstream catalyst layer contains the ceria at a content less than a content of the ceria in the downstream catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi SASAKI, Isao TAN
  • Patent number: 10118156
    Abstract: Exhaust gas purification device having a catalyst layer including an Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst, and a Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst. The exhaust gas purification device satisfies at least one of (a) the degree of Rh—Ba dispersion is greater than 0.001 and less than 1.000, (b) the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of a first carrier particle in the Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst is greater than 0.01% by weight and less than 10.00% by weight, and the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of a second carrier particle in the Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst is 10.00% by weight to 20.00% by weight, and (c) the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of the first carrier particle in Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst is greater than 0.005 times to less than 0.800 times the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of the second carrier particle in Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Horaguchi, Makoto Tsuji, Hiroto Imai, Yasuyoshi Sasaki, Hiroto Yoshida, Takeshi Nobukawa
  • Publication number: 20170113206
    Abstract: Exhaust gas purification device having a catalyst layer including an Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst, and a Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst. The exhaust gas purification device satisfies at least one of (a) the degree of Rh—Ba dispersion is greater than 0.001 and less than 1.000, (b) the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of a first carrier particle in the Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst is greater than 0.01% by weight and less than 10.00% by weight, and the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of a second carrier particle in the Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst is 10.00% by weight to 20.00% by weight, and (c) the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of the first carrier particle in Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst is greater than 0.005 times to less than 0.800 times the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of the second carrier particle in Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji HORAGUCHI, Makoto TSUJI, Hiroto IMAI, Yasuyoshi SASAKI, Hiroto YOSHIDA, Takeshi NOBUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9522385
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel exhaust gas purifying catalyst having excellent NOx purification performance. The object can be achieved by an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising: a substrate; and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate which comprises a first carrier, and platinum and a first palladium supported on the first carrier; in which the weight ratio of the platinum to the first palladium is 3:1 to 8:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: Cataler Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Sasaki, Makoto Tsuji, Hiroto Imai, Keisuke Kishita, Daisuke Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20160074836
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel exhaust gas purifying catalyst having excellent NOx purification performance. The object can be achieved by an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising: a substrate; and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate which comprises a first carrier, and platinum and a first palladium supported on the first carrier; in which the weight ratio of the platinum to the first palladium is 3:1 to 8:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi SASAKI, Makoto TSUJI, Hiroto IMAI, Keisuke KISHITA, Daisuke OCHIAI