Patents by Inventor Yosuke Konno
Yosuke Konno 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: 11962050Abstract: A method for producing a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes: a first conveyance step of supporting a sheet-shaped member having a cathode and an electrolyte membrane by a resin frame member to which the sheet-shaped member is joined and linearly conveying the supported sheet-shaped member to a pressure bonding device; a second conveyance step of conveying an anode to the pressure bonding device by way of a rotary table; and a pressure bonding step of heating and pressing the cathode and the anode from above and below by the pressure bonding device to thereby integrate the cathode and the anode together.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Kensuke Namba, Yosuke Konno, Masami Kurimoto, Yusuke Wada
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Patent number: 11876271Abstract: In a preparation process of a method for manufacturing a power generating cell stack, a stacking table provided with a vibratable stack guide portion projecting upward and a stack unit provided with a positioning portion guided by the stack guide portion are prepared. In the placing step, the stack unit is stacked on the stacking table by dropping the stack unit toward the stacking table while the positioning portion is stacked along the stack guide portion which is vibrated in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Namba, Ryo Takano, Yosuke Konno
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Publication number: 20230312813Abstract: Provided are a method for producing an anion exchange resin which is capable of producing an electrolyte membrane with excellent mechanical property (strength). A monomer for forming a hydrophobic group is reacted with a monomer for forming a hydrophilic group in the presence of bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0) as a catalyst, 2,2?-bipyridine as a co-ligand, a bromide or an iodide as a co-catalyst, and a reducing agent to produce an anion exchange resin where the hydrophobic group is connected to the hydrophilic group via direct bond, in which a mole number of bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0) is 0.3 to 1.8 times a total mole number of the monomer for forming a hydrophobic group and the monomer for forming a hydrophilic group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Yosuke KONNO, Naoki YOKOTA, Katsuya NAGASE
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Patent number: 11404713Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a cell stack body, a stack case containing the cell stack body, and an end plate fixed to an end of the stack case. At least two recesses are provided at the end of the stack case, each of the recesses holding one end of each of positioning pins which position the stack case and the end plate. At least two positioning holes, into which the positioning pins are inserted, are provided in the end plate correspondingly to the at least two recesses.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideharu Naito, Masahiro Sato, Takahiro Tanaka, Jun Tanaka, Yosuke Konno
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Publication number: 20220140379Abstract: In a preparation process of a method for manufacturing a power generating cell stack, a stacking table provided with a vibratable stack guide portion projecting upward and a stack unit provided with a positioning portion guided by the stack guide portion are prepared. In the placing step, the stack unit is stacked on the stacking table by dropping the stack unit toward the stacking table while the positioning portion is stacked along the stack guide portion which is vibrated in the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Kensuke NAMBA, Ryo TAKANO, Yosuke KONNO
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Publication number: 20210296672Abstract: A method for producing a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes: a first conveyance step of supporting a sheet-shaped member having a cathode and an electrolyte membrane by a resin frame member to which the sheet-shaped member is joined and linearly conveying the supported sheet-shaped member to a pressure bonding device; a second conveyance step of conveying an anode to the pressure bonding device by way of a rotary table; and a pressure bonding step of heating and pressing the cathode and the anode from above and below by the pressure bonding device to thereby integrate the cathode and the anode together.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Kensuke Namba, Yosuke Konno, Masami Kurimoto, Yusuke Wada
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Patent number: 11043685Abstract: A method for producing a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes: a first conveyance step of supporting a sheet-shaped member having a cathode and an electrolyte membrane by a resin frame member to which the sheet-shaped member is joined and linearly conveying the supported sheet-shaped member to a pressure bonding device; a second conveyance step of conveying an anode to the pressure bonding device by way of a rotary table; and a pressure bonding step of heating and pressing the cathode and the anode from above and below by the pressure bonding device to thereby integrate the cathode and the anode together.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Kensuke Namba, Yosuke Konno, Masami Kurimoto, Yusuke Wada
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Publication number: 20200153023Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a cell stack body, a stack case containing the cell stack body, and an end plate fixed to an end of the stack case. At least two recesses are provided at the end of the stack case, each of the recesses holding one end of each of positioning pins which position the stack case and the end plate. At least two positioning holes, into which the positioning pins are inserted, are provided in the end plate correspondingly to the at least two recesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Hideharu Naito, Masahiro Sato, Takahiro Tanaka, Jun Tanaka, Yosuke Konno
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Patent number: 10388976Abstract: In a method of producing a membrane electrode assembly, a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and gas diffusion layers are stacked together in a stacking direction in a manner that electrode catalyst layers are interposed between at least parts of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and the gas diffusion layers to form a stack body. A load is applied to the stack body in the stacking direction, and the temperature of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane is increased by high frequency dielectric heating. In this manner, the gas diffusion layers, the electrode catalyst layers, and the solid polymer electrolyte membrane are joined integrally to obtain the membrane electrode assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taichi Kitagawa, Yosuke Konno
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Patent number: 10141113Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes an interior part and an exterior part. The interior part includes an interior part dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer. The exterior part includes an exterior part dielectric layer. The exterior part is positioned outside the interior part along a laminating direction thereof. The interior part dielectric layer and the exterior part dielectric layer respectively contain barium titanate as a main component. ????0.20 and ?/??0.88 are satisfied, where ? mol part and ? mol part are respectively an amount of a rare earth element contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers, provided that an amount of barium titanate contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers is respectively 100 mol parts in terms of BaTiO3.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Masayuki Sato, Yosuke Konno, Shunichi Yuri, Takashi Morita, Tsutomu Odashima, Yushi Kanou, Kenta Yamashita
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Publication number: 20180316034Abstract: A method for producing a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes: a first conveyance step of supporting a sheet-shaped member having a cathode and an electrolyte membrane by a resin frame member to which the sheet-shaped member is joined and linearly conveying the supported sheet-shaped member to a pressure bonding device; a second conveyance step of conveying an anode to the pressure bonding device by way of a rotary table; and a pressure bonding step of heating and pressing the cathode and the anode from above and below by the pressure bonding device to thereby integrate the cathode and the anode together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Kensuke Namba, Yosuke Konno, Masami Kurimoto, Yusuke Wada
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Patent number: 9922766Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The dielectric layer contains barium titanate and yttrium. The dielectric layer contains dielectric particles and Y—Ti segregation particles. An area ratio occupied by the Y—Ti segregation particles is 1.3% or less on a cross section of the dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Sato, Yosuke Konno, Shunichi Yuri, Takashi Morita, Tsutomu Odashima, Yasuhiro Ito
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Publication number: 20180013160Abstract: In a method of producing a membrane electrode assembly, a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and gas diffusion layers are stacked together in a stacking direction in a manner that electrode catalyst layers are interposed between at least parts of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and the gas diffusion layers to form a stack body. A load is applied to the stack body in the stacking direction, and the temperature of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane is increased by high frequency dielectric heating. In this manner, the gas diffusion layers, the electrode catalyst layers, and the solid polymer electrolyte membrane are joined integrally to obtain the membrane electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Taichi KITAGAWA, Yosuke KONNO
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Patent number: 9818545Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The dielectric layer contains a plurality of ceramic particles and grain boundary phases present therebetween. A main component of the ceramic particles is barium titanate. An average thickness of the grain boundary phases is 1.0 nm or more. A thickness variation ? of the grain boundary phases is 0.1 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Masayuki Sato, Yosuke Konno, Shunichi Yuri, Yasuhiro Ito, Tsutomu Odashima, Yushi Kanou
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Publication number: 20170186547Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes an interior part and an exterior part. The interior part includes an interior part dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer. The exterior part includes an exterior part dielectric layer. The exterior part is positioned outside the interior part along a laminating direction thereof. The interior part dielectric layer and the exterior part dielectric layer respectively contain barium titanate as a main component. ????0.20 and ?/??0.88 are satisfied, where ? mol part and ? mol part are respectively an amount of a rare earth element contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers, provided that an amount of barium titanate contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers is respectively 100 mol parts in terms of BaTiO3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Masayuki SATO, Yosuke KONNO, Shunichi YURI, Takashi MORITA, Tsutomu ODASHIMA, Yushi KANOU, Kenta YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20170186548Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The dielectric layer contains a plurality of ceramic particles and grain boundary phases present therebetween. A main component of the ceramic particles is barium titanate. An average thickness of the grain boundary phases is 1.0 nm or more. A thickness variation ? of the grain boundary phases is 0.1 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Masayuki SATO, Yosuke Konno, Shunichi Yuri, Yasuhiro Ito, Tsutomu Odashima, Yushi Kanou
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Publication number: 20170186536Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The dielectric layer contains barium titanate and yttrium. The dielectric layer contains dielectric particles and Y—Ti segregation particles. An area ratio occupied by the Y—Ti segregation particles is 1.3% or less on a cross section of the dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Masayuki SATO, Yosuke Konno, Shunichi Yuri, Takashi Morita, Tsutomu Odashima, Yasuhiro Ito
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Publication number: 20160051970Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst for producing methacrylic acid by subjecting methacrolein or the like to vapor phase catalytic oxidation, which contains, as essential active components, Mo, V, P, Cs, NH4 and Cu, the method including (a) a step of preparing a heteropoly acid aqueous solution or the like (A liquid) containing, as constituent elements, Mo, P and V; (b) a step of mixing a part of the resulting A liquid with a cesium compound aqueous solution or the like (B liquid); and (c) a step of mixing the remainder of the A liquid with the B liquid to prepare a slurry liquid (C liquid).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Hideomi Sakai, Yosuke Konno, Tomoyuki Ejiri, Eiji Nishimura
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Patent number: 8058365Abstract: A proton conductive membrane displays sufficient proton conductivity even at low humidities and low temperatures. The proton conductive membrane includes: a block copolymer including an ion conductive polymer segment (A) and an ion nonconductive polymer segment (B), the segment (A) and the segment (B) being covalently bound in a manner such that main chain skeletons of the segments are covalently bound at aromatic rings thereof through binding groups, (i) the membrane having a morphology including a microphase separated structure, (ii) the ion conductive polymer segment (A) forming a continuous phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: JSR CorporationInventors: Junji Kawai, Yosuke Konno, Kohei Goto
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Publication number: 20070117872Abstract: A proton conductive membrane displays sufficient proton conductivity even at low humidities and low temperatures. The proton conductive membrane includes: a block copolymer including an ion conductive polymer segment (A) and an ion nonconductive polymer segment (B), the segment (A) and the segment (B) being covalently bound in a manner such that main chain skeletons of the segments are covalently bound at aromatic rings thereof through binding groups, (i) the membrane having a morphology including a microphase separated structure, (ii) the ion conductive polymer segment (A) forming a continuous phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2004Publication date: May 24, 2007Applicant: JSR CorporationInventors: Junji Kawai, Yosuke Konno, Kohei Goto