Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Yanagita
Yoshinori Yanagita 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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Patent number: 8803092Abstract: The present invention relates to a quantum infrared sensor and a gas concentration meter using the same, the quantum infrared sensor having a small and simple device shape and also being capable of performing stable measurement against disturbance changes such as changes in the flow amount and the temperature of gas to be measured. The quantum infrared sensor includes a pair of quantum infrared sensor elements, a pair of optical filters and a holding frame. The pair of optical filters is provided closer to an infrared light source than is the pair of quantum infrared sensor elements. The pair of optical filters is configured to selectively transmit infrared rays in specific different wavelength ranges, respectively. The pair of optical filters is housed in an upper level of the holding frame and provided while facing the pair of quantum infrared sensor elements through a pair of through holes, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices CorporationInventors: Naohiro Kuze, Seiichi Tokuo, Yoshinori Yanagita
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Patent number: 8465856Abstract: A polymer electrolyte-containing solution is obtained by preparing a first solution, preparing a second solution and mixing the first and second solutions. The first solution is prepared by dissolving a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin (component A) having an ion-exchange capacity of 0.5 to 3.0 meq/g in a protic solvent. The second solution is prepared separate from the first solution, by dissolving a polyazole-based compound (component B) and an alkali metal hydroxide in a protic solvent. The first and second solutions are mixed to prepare a polymer electrolyte-containing solution in which a weight ratio of the component A to component B, (A/B) , is from 2:3 to 199 and a total weight of the component A and the component B is from 0.5 to 30% by weight on the basis of the solution including the protic solvent. The protic solvent is an aliphatic alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Yanagita, Kohei Kita, Naoki Sakamoto, Takehiro Koga
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Patent number: 8304734Abstract: An infrared sensor capable of more highly accurately correcting an electrical signal converted by a light receiving unit is provided. An infrared sensor (100) converts energy of infrared rays radiated from an object (for example, human body) to an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal, the infrared sensor comprising: a light receiving unit (10) that includes a quantum type infrared detection element (11) and that converts the energy of the infrared rays to an electrical signal; and a correction unit (20) that corrects the output signal from the light receiving unit (10), wherein the light receiving unit (10) and the correction unit (20) are formed of the identical material on the identical substrate (1) and have the identical configuration so that the infrared rays enters in an identical manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Asahi Kasei EMD CorporationInventors: Kazutoshi Ishibashi, Masayuki Sato, Edson Gomes Camargo, Yoshinori Yanagita, Hidetoshi Endo
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Publication number: 20110090505Abstract: The present invention relates to a quantum infrared sensor and a gas concentration meter using the same, the quantum infrared sensor having a small and simple device shape and also being capable of performing stable measurement against disturbance changes such as changes in the flow amount and the temperature of gas to be measured. The quantum infrared sensor includes a pair of quantum infrared sensor elements, a pair of optical filters and a holding frame. The pair of optical filters is provided closer to an infrared light source than is the pair of quantum infrared sensor elements. The pair of optical filters is configured to selectively transmit infrared rays in specific different wavelength ranges, respectively. The pair of optical filters is housed in an upper level of the holding frame and provided while facing the pair of quantum infrared sensor elements through a pair of through holes, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Naohiro Kuze, Seiichi Tokuo, Yoshinori Yanagita
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Publication number: 20100330456Abstract: An object is to provide a solid polymer electrolyte membrane for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which has high durability, as well as a membrane electrode assembly and a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, each containing the same. The solid polymer electrolyte membrane is produced using polymer electrolyte-containing solution preparation step of dissolving a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin (component A) having an ion-exchange capacity of 0.5 to 3.0 meq/g, a polyazole-based compound (component B) and an alkali metal hydroxide in a protic solvent to prepare a polymer electrolyte-containing solution in which a weight ratio of the component A to component B, (A/B), is from 2.3 to 199 and a total weight of the component A and the component B is from 0.5 to 30% by weight. In a membrane formation step, a membrane is formed from the polymer electrolyte-containing solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Yanagita, Kohei Kita, Naoki Sakamoto, Takehiro Koga
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Patent number: 7799452Abstract: An object is to provide a solid polymer electrolyte membrane for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which has high durability, as well as a membrane electrode assembly and a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, each containing the same. The solid polymer electrolyte membrane is produced using polymer electrolyte-containing solution preparation step of dissolving a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin (component A) having an ion-exchange capacity of 0.5 to 3.0 meq/g, a polyazole-based compound (component B) and an alkali metal hydroxide in a protic solvent to prepare a polymer electrolyte-containing solution in which a weight ratio of the component A to component B, (A/B), is from 2.3 to 199 and a total weight of the component A and the component B is from 0.5 to 30% by weight. In a membrane formation step, a membrane is formed from the polymer electrolyte-containing solution.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Yanagita, Kohei Kita, Naoki Sakamoto, Takehiro Koga
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Publication number: 20090134333Abstract: An infrared sensor capable of more highly accurately correcting an electrical signal converted by a light receiving unit is provided. An infrared sensor (100) converts energy of infrared rays radiated from an object (for example, human body) to an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal, the infrared sensor comprising: a light receiving unit (10) that includes a quantum type infrared detection element (11) and that converts the energy of the infrared rays to an electrical signal; and a correction unit (20) that corrects the output signal from the light receiving unit (10), wherein the light receiving unit (10) and the correction unit (20) are formed of the identical material on the identical substrate (1) and have the identical configuration so that the infrared rays enters in an identical manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2007Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventors: Kazutoshi Ishibashi, Masayuki Sato, Edson Gomes Camargo, Yoshinori Yanagita, Hidetoshi Endo
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Publication number: 20060199062Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a solid polymer electrolyte membrane in which a polyazole-based compound is uniformly mixed with a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin. Thus, the present invention provides a solid polymer electrolyte membrane for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which has high durability, as well as a membrane electrode assembly and a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, each containing the same. The inventive solid polymer electrolyte membrane is produced by a method which comprises a polymer electrolyte-containing solution preparation step of dissolving a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin (component A) having an ion-exchange capacity of 0.5 to 3.0 meq/g, a polyazole-based compound (component B) and an alkali metal hydroxide in a protic solvent to prepare a polymer electrolyte-containing solution in which a weight ratio of the component A to component B, (A/B), is from 2.3 to 199 and a total weight of the component A and the component B is from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2005Publication date: September 7, 2006Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Yanagita, Kohei Kita, Naoki Sakamoto, Takehiro Koga