Patents Assigned to Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 11110436Abstract: A phosphorus compound-containing exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: a refractory three-dimensional structure extending from a gas inflow side end surface to a gas outflow side end surface, the refractory three-dimensional structure having cell walls that define and form multiple gas flow paths, the gas flow paths running from the gas inflow side end surface to the gas outflow side end surface; a lower catalyst layer that contains Pd and is formed continuously from the gas inflow side end surface on the cell walls; a gas inflow side upper catalyst layer that contains Rh and is located as an uppermost layer on the cell walls; and a gas outflow side upper catalyst layer that contains Rh and is located as an uppermost layer on the cell walls.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Kuno, Masashi Nakashima, Kimihiro Nakama
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Patent number: 11110396Abstract: An object is to provide a means for suppressing a deterioration in catalytic performance even after being exposed to high temperature exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound for a long period of time. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including palladium supported on cerium-aluminum composite oxide containing cerium at from 3 to 60% by mass in terms of cerium oxide.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigekazu Minami, Masanori Ikeda, Yuta Akasaka, Hirotaka Kuno, Hideki Goto
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Patent number: 10967362Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound includes: a lower catalyst layer containing at least one of noble metal provided on a refractory three-dimensional structure; and an upper catalyst layer at an inflow side of exhaust gas and an upper catalyst layer at an outflow side of exhaust gas provided on a surface of the lower catalyst layer. The upper catalyst layer at the inflow side and the upper catalyst layer at the outflow side have different concentrations of noble metal. The catalyst has an intermediate zone with a length of 3 to 23% of the overall length of the refractory three-dimensional structure provided between the upper catalyst layer at the inflow side and the upper catalyst layer at the outflow side. The intermediate zone starts from a position 10 to 38% from an end face of the catalyst at the inflow side of exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Kuno, Masashi Nakashima, Yuzo Hamada, Masanori Ikeda
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Publication number: 20200384446Abstract: A phosphorus compound-containing exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: a refractory three-dimensional structure extending from a gas inflow side end surface to a gas outflow side end surface, the refractory three-dimensional structure having cell walls that define and form multiple gas flow paths, the gas flow paths running from the gas inflow side end surface to the gas outflow side end surface; a lower catalyst layer that contains Pd and is formed continuously from the gas inflow side end surface on the cell walls; a gas inflow side upper catalyst layer that contains Rh and is located as an uppermost layer on the cell walls; and a gas outflow side upper catalyst layer that contains Rh and is located as an uppermost layer on the cell walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Kimihiro NAKAMA
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Publication number: 20200330964Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide means for improving the hydrogen generation properties of a hydrogen-producing catalyst. A hydrogen-producing catalyst according to one aspect of the present invention comprises Rh and a composite containing Al, Ce, and Zr. When a ratio of the number of Al atoms to the number of Ce atoms (Al/Ce) in the composite measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis is RI and a ratio of the number of Al atoms to the number of Ce atoms (Al/Ce,) in the composite measured by an Xray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) method is R2, a value of R2-R1 is greater than 2.25 and less than 5.92.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji ASHIKARI, Yuji OGINO, Yusuke HANEDA
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Patent number: 10654030Abstract: The present invention provides exhaust gas purification catalyst for an internal combustion engine, and exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst. The present invention provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst including a support, a first catalyst layer on an upstream side, a second catalyst layer on a downstream side, and a third catalyst layer. In the exhaust gas purification catalyst, the upstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present on the first catalyst layer, the downstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present on the second catalyst layer, and in the middle portion between the upstream portion and the downstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present between the first catalyst layer and the second catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Komata, Hirotaka Kuno, Yuzo Hamada, Masashi Nakashima, Yuji Ogino, Masanori Ikeda
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Patent number: 10653999Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which can maintain high catalyst activity even after the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is exposed to an exhaust gas at a high temperature for a long period of time. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst contains a Pd—Pr complex and PdO, and the Pd—Pr complex is represented by PraPdbOc, where a=1 to 3, b=1 to 10, and c=1 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Ashikari, Masanori Ikeda, Shigekazu Minami, Masashi Nakashima, Hideki Goto
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Publication number: 20200129962Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of rhodium contained in the first region (3) is higher than the concentration of rhodium contained in the second region (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Takahiro IKEGAMI, Kosuke MIKITA, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Shigekazu MINAMI, Masanori IKEDA
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Publication number: 20200049041Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of neodymium contained in the first region (3) is higher than the concentration of neodymium contained in the second region (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Kenji ASHIKARI, Yuji OGINO, Kazuyoshi KOMATA, Shigekazu MINAMI
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Publication number: 20200047121Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which can maintain high catalyst activity even after the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is exposed to an exhaust gas at a high temperature for a long period of time. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst contains a Pd—Pr complex and PdO, and the Pd—Pr complex is represented by PraPdbOc, where a=1 to 3, b=1 to 10, and c=1 to 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Ashikari, Masanori IKEDA, Shigekazu MINAMI, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Hideki GOTO
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Publication number: 20200049042Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium and yttrium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of yttrium contained in the first region (3) and/or the second region (4) is higher than the concentration of yttrium contained in the region (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Takahiro IKEGAMI, Kosuke MIKITA, Masanori IKEDA, Shigekazu MINAMI
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Publication number: 20190291083Abstract: The present invention provides exhaust gas purification catalyst for an internal combustion engine, and exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst. The present invention provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst including a support, a first catalyst layer on an upstream side, a second catalyst layer on a downstream side, and a third catalyst layer. In the exhaust gas purification catalyst, the upstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present on the first catalyst layer, the downstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present on the second catalyst layer, and in the middle portion between the upstream portion and the downstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present between the first catalyst layer and the second catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi KOMATA, Hirotaka KUNO, Yuzo HAMADA, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Yuji OGINO, Masanori IKEDA
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Patent number: 10376839Abstract: It is an object to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine having sufficient NOx purification performance. The exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine according to the present invention has a catalyst component including noble metal and ceria supported on a three-dimensional structure. In the whole catalyst, the supported amount of ceria per 1 L of catalyst is 140 to 300 g/L, and in the whole catalyst, is 50 to 98% by mass with respect to the whole coated amount. Furthermore, it is characterized that 50% by mass or more of ceria is included in the same catalyst layer in which noble metal is included, and the amount of noble metal included in the catalyst layer is 0.1% by mass or more with respect to the amount of ceria included in the catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190232258Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound includes: a lower catalyst layer containing at least one of noble metal provided on a refractory three-dimensional structure; and an upper catalyst layer at an inflow side of exhaust gas and an upper catalyst layer at an outflow side of exhaust gas provided on a surface of the lower catalyst layer. The upper catalyst layer at the inflow side and the upper catalyst layer at the outflow side have different concentrations of noble metal. The catalyst has an intermediate zone with a length of 3 to 23% of the overall length of the refractory three-dimensional structure provided between the upper catalyst layer at the inflow side and the upper catalyst layer at the outflow side. The intermediate zone starts from a position 10 to 38% from an end face of the catalyst at the inflow side of exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Yuzo HAMADA, Masanori IKEDA
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Patent number: 10226755Abstract: The present invention is to provide a NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas capable of efficiently removing carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC), and a nitrogen oxide (NOx), in particular NOx, which are harmful components contained in exhaust gas. The NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas of the present invention is characterized by being obtained by using a complex oxide of strontium and cerium as a catalytic active component, in which the complex oxide of strontium and cerium adsorbs 1.0 mL or less of oxygen per gram in a 400° C. atmosphere, and sinters a precursor at 300° C. or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10150082Abstract: A catalyst and system for an internal combustion engine exhaust gas purification includes a first catalyst component region (a) having a catalyst component layer containing Rh at a concentration of 0.1 to 3.0 g/L at a length of 3 to 30 mm on an upstream side, a second catalyst component region (b) having a catalyst component layer containing Pd at a concentration of 1.0 to 20.0 g/L at a length of 10 to 100 mm on a downstream side, and a third catalyst region (c) containing rhodium at a concentration of 0.05 to 1.0 g/L and an oxygen storage material at a concentration of 30 to 150 g/L at a length of 25 to 150 mm on a monolithic support. The catalyst suppresses the formation and discharge of N2O from the exhaust gas with a small amount of a noble metal from the time of cold starting.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Tatsuya Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9861961Abstract: An exhaust gas purification method by which carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NOx), particularly NOx, which are hazardous components contained in an exhaust gas can be removed efficiently. The disclosure relates to a catalyst for exhaust gas purification including: a three-dimensional structure; and a catalyst component layer composed of one or more constituting layers on the three-dimensional structure, wherein the catalyst component layer contains (a) a noble metal-unsupported alumina having mesopores, (b) NOx storage material-supported cerium, (c) a refractory inorganic oxide, and (d) a noble metal, and the constituting layer of the uppermost surface among the one or more constituting layers contains (a) the noble metal-unsupported alumina and (b) the NOx storage material-supported cerium, a method for producing the same, and an exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 9561494Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, which is capable of effectively processing an exhaust gas, particularly carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) in the exhaust gas at a low temperature, and a method for producing the catalyst for exhaust gas purification. The purpose is achieved by a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, which is obtained by having a carrier that contains Al2O3 and one or more metal oxides selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide (ZrO2), cerium oxide (CeO2), yttrium oxide (Y2O3), neodymium oxide (Nd2O3), silicon oxide (SiO2) and titanium oxide (TiO2) support one or more catalyst components selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), ruthenium (Ru) and osmium (Os). The metal oxides have particle diameters of less than 10 nm.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignees: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD., UMICORE SHOKUBAI USA INC.Inventors: Naohiro Kato, Yuta Akasaka, Yuji Ogino, Yosuke Goto
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Patent number: 9539542Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas, the catalyst excelling in catalytic performance and oxygen storage capacity. The catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas is a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas which includes a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a pyrochlore structure and a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a cubic crystal structure, wherein at least a part of the ceria-zirconia composite oxide is composited with the ceria-zirconia composite oxide.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Mikita, Masanori Ikeda, Shinji Sugihara, Hideki Goto, Takahiro Ikegami
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Patent number: 9433927Abstract: As a way to suppress deterioration of catalytic performance in an exhaust gas purification catalyst even after being exposed to an exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound, an exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided. The catalyst purifies an exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound, and the catalyst includes a catalyst layer containing rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), and either a ceria-zirconia-lanthana complex oxide or a ceria-zirconia-lanthana-yttria complex oxide as catalyst active components. Further, an average value of distances between Rh particles and the nearest Pd particles of the Rh and the Pd is within 4000 nm, a weight ratio of the Pd to the Rh is from 0.2 to 4.9, and a content rate of yttria in the ceria-zirconia-lanthana-yttria complex oxide is 19% by weight or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Komata, Shigekazu Minami, Yuji Ogino, Hideki Goto