Patents by Inventor Yohei NODA
Yohei NODA 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).
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Publication number: 20240165546Abstract: A filter having a plurality of filter pores penetrating one surface and another surface of the filter, wherein the filter pore has a first opening on the one surface and a second opening on the another surface, a ratio (L1/W1) of a major axis diameter L1 to a minor axis diameter W1 of the first opening is 1.00 or more and 1.20 or less, the minor axis diameter W1 is 7.0 ?m or more and 9.0 ?m or less, a ratio (L2/W2) of a major axis diameter L2 to a minor axis diameter W2 of the second opening is 1.00 or more and 1.20 or less, and a ratio (W2/W1) of the minor axis diameter W2 to the minor axis diameter W1 and a ratio (L2/L1) of the major axis diameter L2 to the major axis diameter L1 are both 1.20 or more and 1.50 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Noriyoshi Sawabata, Kohei Morita, Chiho Obayashi, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Tominaga, Toru Arakane, Satoko Morioka, Yohei Noda
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Publication number: 20240006642Abstract: A proton-conductive cell structure includes an air electrode, a hydrogen electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the air electrode and the hydrogen electrode, wherein the solid electrolyte layer includes at least a first solid electrolyte layer formed of a compact material. The first solid electrolyte layer includes a metal oxide having a perovskite structure and represented by Formula 1 below, a ratio of Sr to a total amount of Ba and Sr in an air-electrode-side near-surface region of the first solid electrolyte layer is 0.4 or more, and a ratio of Sr to a total amount of Ba and Sr in a hydrogen-electrode-side near-surface region of the first solid electrolyte layer is 0.003 to 0.3.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Takahiro HIGASHINO, Yohei NODA, Naho MIZUHARA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Hiromasa TAWARAYAMA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Akiko FUNAKOSHI
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Publication number: 20230135982Abstract: A electrochemical cell device includes: a cell having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; a first current collector having a third main surface facing the first main surface; and a second current collector having a fourth main surface facing the second main surface. The cell is warped to protrude from the second main surface toward the first main surface. The third main surface is provided with a recess at a position facing a central portion of the first main surface. The fourth main surface includes a protrusion at a position facing a central portion of the second main surface. Each of the first current collector and the second current collector is constituted of one or more metal porous body sheets each composed of a metal porous body having a framework with a three-dimensional network structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koma NUMATA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Naho MIZUHARA, Yohei NODA
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Patent number: 11545690Abstract: A proton conductor contains a metal oxide that has a perovskite structure and that is represented by formula (1): AxB1-yMyO3-?, where an element A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, and Sr, an element B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ce and Zr, an element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, In, and Sc, ? indicates an oxygen deficiency amount, and 0.95?x?1 and 0<y?0.5 are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Higashino, Yohei Noda, Chihiro Hiraiwa, Naho Mizuhara, Mitsuyasu Ogawa, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Masatoshi Majima, Tetsuya Uda, Donglin Han, Takayuki Onishi
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Publication number: 20220416255Abstract: A porous body including a framework having a three-dimensional network structure, the framework having a body including nickel, cobalt, a first element and a second element as constituent elements, the cobalt having a proportion in mass of 0.2 or more and 0.8 or less relative to a total mass of the nickel and the cobalt, the first element including of at least one element selected from the group including of boron, iron and calcium, the second element including of at least one element selected from the group consisting of sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, potassium, titanium, chromium, copper, zinc and tin, the first and second elements together having a proportion in mass of 5 ppm or more and 50,000 ppm or less in total relative to the body of the framework.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryoko KANDA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Kazuki OKUNO, Koma NUMATA, Yohei NODA
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Publication number: 20220320530Abstract: A porous body comprises a framework having a three-dimensional network structure, the framework having a body including nickel and cobalt as constituent elements, the body of the framework including the cobalt at a proportion in mass of 0.2 or more and 0.8 or less relative to a total mass of the nickel and the cobalt, the framework having a surface with an arithmetic mean roughness of 0.05 ?m or more, the porous body being increased in volume by 1% or more for a shape of an external appearance thereof after the porous body undergoes a heat treatment in the atmosphere at 800° C. for 200 hours with a load of 16 kPa applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koma NUMATA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Yohei NODA
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Publication number: 20220149387Abstract: Provided is a proton conductor that achieves an improvement in transport number while suppressing a decrease in conductivity. The proton conductor contains a metal oxide having a perovskite structure and represented by formula (1): AaB1-x-yB?xMyO3-? (1), wherein an element A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, and Ca, an element B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Ce, an element B? is Hf, an element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, In, and Sc, ? is an oxygen deficiency amount, and “a”, “x”, and “y” satisfy 0.9?a?1.0, 0.1?y?0.2, and 0<x(1?y)?0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro HIGASHINO, Yohei NODA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Kazuhiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20210175520Abstract: A porous body comprises a framework having a three-dimensional network structure, the framework having a body including nickel and cobalt as constituent elements, the body of the framework including the cobalt at a proportion in mass of 0.2 or more and 0.8 or less relative to a total mass of the nickel and the cobalt.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koma NUMATA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Yohei NODA
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Publication number: 20210005916Abstract: A proton conductor contains a metal oxide that has a perovskite structure and that is represented by formula (1): AxB1-yMyO3-?, where an element A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, and Sr, an element B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ce and Zr, an element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, In, and Sc, ? indicates an oxygen deficiency amount, and 0.95?x?1 and 0<y?0.5 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicants: Kyoto University, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro HIGASHINO, Yohei NODA, Chihiro HIRAIWA, Naho MIZUHARA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Hiromasa TAWARAYAMA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Tetsuya UDA, Donglin HAN, Takayuki ONISHI
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Patent number: 10734665Abstract: A method for producing a cell structure includes: a step of firing a laminated body of a layer containing an anode material and a layer containing a solid electrolyte material, to obtain a joined body of an anode and a solid electrolyte layer; a step of laminating a layer containing a cathode material on a surface of the solid electrolyte layer, and firing the obtained laminated body to obtain a cathode. The anode material contains a metal oxide Ma1 and a nickel compound. The metal oxide Ma1 is a metal oxide having a perovskite structure represented by A1x1B11-y1M1y1O3-? (wherein: A1 is at least one of Ba, Ca, and Sr; B1 is at least one of Ce and Zr; M1 is at least one of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, In, and Sc; 0.85?x1?0.99; 0<y1?0.5; and ? is an oxygen deficiency amount).Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Takahiro Higashino, Kazunari Miyamoto, Yohei Noda, Chihiro Hiraiwa, Naho Mizuhara, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Hisao Takeuchi, Masatoshi Majima, Tetsuya Uda, Donglin Han
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Patent number: 10573904Abstract: A fuel cell includes a MEA that includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, the solid electrolyte layer containing an ion-conducting solid oxide; at least one first porous metal body adjacent to at least one of the cathode and the anode and having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton; a second porous metal body stacked to be adjacent to the first porous metal body and having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton; and an interconnector adjacent to the second porous metal body. The first porous metal body has a pore size smaller than a pore size of the second porous metal body.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Masatoshi Majima, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Naho Mizuhara, Takahiro Higashino, Yohei Noda, Kazunari Miyamoto, Toshihiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 10553880Abstract: A fuel cell includes a MEA that includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, the solid electrolyte layer containing an ion-conducting solid oxide; at least one first porous metal body arranged to oppose at least one of the cathode and the anode; and an interconnector arranged to oppose the first porous metal body and having a gas supply port and a gas discharge port formed therein. The first porous metal body includes a porous metal body S that opposes the gas supply port and has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, and a porous metal body H that has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton and is other than the porous metal body S. A porosity Ps of the porous metal body S and a porosity Ph of the porous metal body H satisfy a relationship: Ps<Ph.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Masatoshi Majima, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Naho Mizuhara, Takahiro Higashino, Yohei Noda, Kazunari Miyamoto, Toshihiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 10505196Abstract: In an SOFC, a solid electrolyte layer and an anode are integrated with each other to provide an electrolyte layer-anode assembly. The anode contains a nickel element and a first proton conductor. The first proton conductor is composed of a first perovskite oxide having proton conductivity. The first perovskite oxide has an AXO3-type crystal structure, the A-site containing Ba, the X-site containing Y and at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr and Ce. The nickel element is at least partially in the form of NiO. The anode has a porosity Pa of 10% or more by volume when INi/INiO?0.1, where INi/INiO denotes a relative intensity ratio of the peak intensity INi of metallic Ni to the peak intensity INiO of the NiO in an XRD spectrum of the anode.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naho Mizuhara, Masatoshi Majima, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Chihiro Hiraiwa, Takahiro Higashino, Yohei Noda, Kazunari Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10446321Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer electronic component which includes an element body where a plurality of internal electrode layers and dielectric layers are alternately laminated. Insulating layers are disposed on a pair of side surfaces of the element body, facing each other. The insulating layers contain a glass composition and a ceramic composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Noda, Hirobumi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10431840Abstract: Provided are a membrane electrode assembly, including a solid electrolyte layer, an anode layer provided on one side of the solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer provided on the other side of the solid electrolyte layer, the anode layer being stacked on the solid electrolyte layer to be pressed thereagainst, the anode layer including a porous anode member having electrical conductivity; and a method for manufacturing the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Masatoshi Majima, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Takahiro Higashino, Yohei Noda, Naho Mizuhara, Tatsumi Ishihara
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Patent number: 10424801Abstract: A cell structure includes a cathode, an anode, and a protonically conductive solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode. The solid electrolyte layer contains a compound having a perovskite structure and containing zirconium, cerium, and a rare-earth element other than cerium. If the solid electrolyte layer has a thickness of T, the elemental ratio of zirconium to cerium at a position 0.25 T from a surface of the solid electrolyte layer opposite the cathode, ZrC/CeC, and the elemental ratio of zirconium to cerium at a position 0.25 T from a surface of the solid electrolyte layer opposite the anode, ZrA/CeA, satisfy ZrC/CeC>ZrA/CeA, and ZrC/CeC>1.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Higashino, Yohei Noda, Chihiro Hiraiwa, Naho Mizuhara, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Hisao Takeuchi, Masatoshi Majima
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Patent number: 10374243Abstract: Provided is a porous current collector which is used for a fuel electrode and has a high gas reforming function and high durability. A porous current collector 9 is provided adjacent to a fuel electrode 4 of a fuel cell 101 that includes a solid electrolyte layer 2, the fuel electrode 4 disposed on one side of the solid electrolyte layer, and an air electrode 3 disposed on the other side. The porous current collector includes a porous metal body 1 and a first catalyst 20. The porous metal body has an alloy layer 12a at least on a surface thereof, the alloy layer containing nickel (Ni) and tin (Sn). The first catalyst, which is in the form of particles, is supported on a surface of the alloy layer, the surface facing pores of the porous metal body, and is capable of processing a carbon component contained in a fuel gas that flows inside the pores.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Higashino, Masatoshi Majima, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Naho Mizuhara, Kazuki Okuno, Chihiro Hiraiwa, Yohei Noda, Masahiro Kato
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Patent number: 10366837Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer electronic component which includes an element body where a plurality of internal electrode layers and dielectric layers are alternately laminated. Insulating layers are disposed on at least one side surface of the element body. The insulating layers contain a glass composition and a ceramic composition. The internal electrode layers contain a metal M and the ceramic composition contains an oxide of the metal M.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Noda, Hirobumi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10204155Abstract: A method, executed by an electronic apparatus, includes retrieving, in response to input of a character string by a user, conversion candidates associated with the input character string, each conversion candidate having a first rank. The method also includes displaying, when a plurality of the conversion candidates are present, the plurality of conversion candidates within a corresponding plurality of regions on a map wherein conversion candidates that have a higher first rank occupy larger regions on the map. A corresponding computer program product and corresponding computer systems are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Motoharu Inoue, Kensuke Matsuoka, Yohei Noda, Asako Ono
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Patent number: 10193161Abstract: A method for producing an anode capable of increasing output of a solid oxide fuel cell is provided. The method for producing an anode for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a first step of shaping a mixture that contains a perovskite oxide having proton conductivity and a nickel compound and a second step of firing a shaped product, which has been obtained in the first step, in an atmosphere containing 50% by volume or more of oxygen at 1100° C. to 1350° C. so as to generate an anode.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yohei Noda, Masatoshi Majima, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Naho Mizuhara, Chihiro Hiraiwa, Takahiro Higashino