Patents by Inventor Akihiro Uemura
Akihiro Uemura 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: 11094944Abstract: The present invention provides an electrically conductive material having excellent resistance to a high potential and strongly acidic environment and high electrical conductivity; and an electrode material and a fuel cell each including the same. The present invention also provides a method for simply and easily producing such an electrically conductive material. The present invention relates to an electrically conductive material including a titanium suboxide particulate powder, the titanium suboxide particulate powder including a rutile crystalline phase as a main phase, and having a composition of TiOn wherein n is 1.5 or more and 1.90 or less, and a brightness L* in the L*a*b*color system of 35 to 45.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiichi Yano, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Miho Kishi, Akihiro Uemura, Mayu Ota
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Publication number: 20200058945Abstract: The present invention provides an electrically conductive material having excellent resistance to a high potential and strongly acidic environment and high electrical conductivity; and an electrode material and a fuel cell each including the same. The present invention also provides a method for simply and easily producing such an electrically conductive material. The present invention relates to an electrically conductive material including a titanium suboxide particulate powder, the titanium suboxide particulate powder including a rutile crystalline phase as a main phase, and having a composition of TiOn wherein n is 1.5 or more and 1.90 or less, and a brightness L* in the L*a*b*color system of 35 to 45.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Seiichi YANO, Hiroshi TSUTSUMI, Miho KISHI, Akihiro UEMURA, Mayu OTA
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Publication number: 20190379060Abstract: The present invention provides a highly conductive electrode material having high oxygen reduction activity. The present invention also provides an electrode material composition and a fuel cell each containing the electrode material. The present invention relates to an electrode material having a structure containing a noble metal and/or an oxide thereof supported on titanium oxynitride or a composite compound of titanium oxynitride and an oxide of titanium. The titanium oxynitride or the composite compound of titanium oxynitride and an oxide of titanium is in the form of powder. The electrode material has pore diameter distribution satisfying the following features (I) and (II): (I) a ratio (b/a) of a peak area b in a pore diameter range of 50 to 180 nm to a peak area a in a pore diameter range of 0 to 180 nm, calculated from log differential pore volume distribution, being 0.9 or more, and (II) a cumulative pore volume in a pore diameter range of 50 to 180 nm being 0.1 cm3/g or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Seiichi YANO, Hiroshi TSUTSUMI, Miho KISHI, Akihiro UEMURA, Mayu OTA
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Patent number: 9267276Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
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Publication number: 20150020303Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO
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Patent number: 8904574Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Toto Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
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Patent number: 8418278Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes a washing nozzle including a water discharge port; and a pressurizing device for pressurizing the wash water from the water discharge port, the device being configured to perform a first and a second water discharge process, in the first process, the wash water discharged later in a first time span higher than pressure of wash water discharged at beginning of the first water discharge process so that the wash water discharged later in the first time span overtakes and unites with the wash water discharged at beginning of the first water discharge process to form a first water drop at a predetermined position, in the second process, the pressure of wash water discharged later in the second time span higher than pressure of wash water discharged at beginning of the second water discharge process so that the wash water discharged later in the second time span overtakes and unites with the wash water discharged at beginning of the second water discharge process to form a secondType: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Toto LtdInventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Akihiro Uemura, Hiroshi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130031710Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO
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Patent number: 8272077Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus includes: a washing nozzle; and a pressurizing device. The sanitary washing apparatus that performs first and second jetting processes alternately jetted with a prescribed waiting time there between. The pressurizing device makes minimum pressure of water in the second jetting process higher than minimum pressure of water in the first jetting process and makes maximum pressure of water in the second jetting process higher than maximum pressure of water in the first jetting process so that the second water mass is faster than the first water mass. The prescribed waiting time between the first and the second jetting processes is set so that before the first water mass impinges on the human body, the second water mass having faster velocity than the first water mass overtakes the first water mass to enlarge jetting water cross-sectional area of the first water mass.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Toto LtdInventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Masayuki Mochita, Akihiro Uemura
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Publication number: 20110191951Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus includes: a washing nozzle; and a pressurizing device. The sanitary washing apparatus being configured to perform first and second jetting processes alternately jetted with a prescribed waiting time there between. In the first jetting process, the pressurizing device makes pressure of water subsequently jetted higher than pressure of water previously jetted in the first jetting process so that the water subsequently jetted overtakes and unites with the water previously jetted in the first jetting process In the second jetting process, the pressurizing device makes pressure of water subsequently jetted higher than pressure of water previously jetted in the second jetting process so that the water subsequently jetted overtakes and unites with the water previously jetted in the second jetting process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: TOTO LTDInventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Masayuki Mochita, Akihiro Uemura
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Publication number: 20110061160Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to the invention is a sanitary washing device discharging supplied wash water toward a human body, including: a washing nozzle including a water discharge port configured to discharge the wash water toward the human body; and a pressurizing device configured to pressurize the wash water and discharge the wash water from the water discharge port, the sanitary washing device being configured to perform a first water discharge process having a first time span and a second water discharge process having a second time span, in the first water discharge process, the pressurizing device making pressure of wash water discharged later in the first time span higher than pressure of wash water discharged at beginning of the first water discharge process so that the wash water discharged later in the first time span overtakes and unites with the wash water discharged at beginning of the first water discharge process to form a first water drop at a predetermined position from the watType: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Akihiro Uemura, Hiroshi Hashimoto