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).

  • Patent number: 11094944
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Yano, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Miho Kishi, Akihiro Uemura, Mayu Ota
  • Publication number: 20200058945
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Seiichi YANO, Hiroshi TSUTSUMI, Miho KISHI, Akihiro UEMURA, Mayu OTA
  • Publication number: 20190379060
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Seiichi YANO, Hiroshi TSUTSUMI, Miho KISHI, Akihiro UEMURA, Mayu OTA
  • Patent number: 9267276
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
  • Publication number: 20150020303
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO
  • Patent number: 8904574
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
  • Patent number: 8418278
    Abstract: 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 second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Toto Ltd
    Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Akihiro Uemura, Hiroshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20130031710
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO
  • Patent number: 8272077
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Toto Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Masayuki Mochita, Akihiro Uemura
  • Publication number: 20110191951
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: TOTO LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Masayuki Mochita, Akihiro Uemura
  • Publication number: 20110061160
    Abstract: 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 wat
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Akihiro Uemura, Hiroshi Hashimoto