Patents by Inventor Fumiyoshi Noda
Fumiyoshi Noda 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: 4869739Abstract: A fuel vapor collecting device comprising an activated carbon receiving chamber filled with activated carbon particles. Each of the activated carbon particles contains heat accumulating solid fillers which are uniformly distributed therein. The heat accumulating solid fillers are made of a metallic material having a specific heat which is larger than that of the activated carbon.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1988Date of Patent: September 26, 1989Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro Kanome, Fumiyoshi Noda, Takashi Minami, Etsuo Sugiyama, Yutaka Yamada
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Patent number: 4533579Abstract: Ceramics adapted to be enveloped in a casting having a cumulative particle size distribution such that the percentage of particles with sizes of less than 44.mu. lies within the range of 14.5-50% and the balance consists of particles the maximum size of which ranges from 500-2,000.mu., in order to produce vibration-resistant ceramic parts which may be enveloped in a casting.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1982Date of Patent: August 6, 1985Assignee: Toyoda Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kametaro Hashimoto, Kenji Ushitani, Fumiyoshi Noda, Masahiko Sugiyama, Mikio Murachi
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Patent number: 4359410Abstract: Catalyst carrier produced by a process of dehydrating alumina hydrate, granulating and roasting at 150.degree..about.850.degree. C. to yield particles; and curing said particles in an aqueous solution of caustic alkali or in an aqueous solution of sodium aluminate or in a mixture of both under a saturated steam pressure of 120.degree.-200.degree. C.; and said manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1980Date of Patent: November 16, 1982Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideaki Ueno, Fumiyoshi Noda
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Patent number: 4285909Abstract: This invention relates to a catalyst assembly for cleaning an exhaust gas wherein the catalyst and the carrier therefor are secured inside a catalyst muffler by means of expandable ceramic material. This invention also provides a method for making such a catalyst assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1980Date of Patent: August 25, 1981Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichiro Mizusawa, Hideaki Akamatsu, Fumiyoshi Noda, Yuji Watanabe
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Patent number: 4260585Abstract: Low-soda alumina granules suitable for use as an alumina porcelain insulator and alumina catalyst carrier, and the method and equipment for their manufacture. The method comprises dehydrating aluminum hydroxide at a high temperature and then granulating it. The granules thus obtained are placed in an autoclave, washed and cured with water drops, then taken out of the autoclave dried and fired. The manufacturing equipment is used for curing the granules with water drops.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1978Date of Patent: April 7, 1981Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiyoshi Noda, Mikio Murachi, Hideaki Ueno
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Patent number: 4144627Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated catalyst component comprising an integrated catalyst housed within a molded ceramic fiber retaining sleeve held together by a cylindrical compression ring and end rings attached to the ends of said compression ring, and to a method of assembling said component.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1976Date of Patent: March 20, 1979Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiyoshi Noda, Masahiko Sugiyama
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Patent number: 4127556Abstract: Ceramic fiber molding for manifold reactors in which Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 --SiO.sub.2 ceramic fibers or SiO.sub.2 ceramic fibers are employed to form a molded product having a hardness of 20.degree. - 55.degree., a tensile strength of 120 - 1500 g/cm.sup.2 and a molded density of 0.06 - 0.35 g/cm.sup.3.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1976Date of Patent: November 28, 1978Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Ushitani, Fumiyoshi Noda, Toshikazu Ikeda
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Patent number: 4106913Abstract: A catalytic converter having a catalyst carrier for purifying exhaust gas of internal combustion engines for motor vehicles such as automobiles, motorcycles and motorbikes. The carrier comprises a plurality of catalyst carrier pieces which are molded into a predetermined block by binding or sintering at high temperature so that the block is resistant to vibration damage.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1975Date of Patent: August 15, 1978Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuchio Bunda, Itaru Niimi, Yasuhisa Kaneko, Fumiyoshi Noda
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Patent number: 4069284Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-vibration heat-insulation structure and a process for the production thereof characterized by filling the void in the structure to form a heat-insulation layer with silicic acid bonding agent-coated silicic acid mineral grains which swell in volume when fired at a high temperature; and then heating and thereby expanding these silicic acid mineral grains and at the same time allowing said grains to stick to one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1973Date of Patent: January 17, 1978Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Itaru Niimi, Yasuhisa Kaneko, Fumiyoshi Noda, Yuji Watanabe
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Patent number: 3988161Abstract: Foamed sodium silicate ceramic obtained by mixing sodium silicate 30-36% by weight of aluminum hydroxide or 30-36% by weight of aluminum hydroxide and 5-20% by weight of ceramic fibers; and method of manufacturing the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1974Date of Patent: October 26, 1976Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Kaneko, Katsumi Kondo, Fumiyoshi Noda, Mikio Murachi, Yuji Watanabe
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Patent number: 3969553Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a metal-impregnated body by immersing a porous ceramic or ceramic powder in a solution containing a chemical compound having an OH radical selected from the group consisting of water and aqueous solutions of methanol, ethanol, butanol, acetone, acetic acid and ammonium hydroxide; drying and molding it into a porous body; and then impregnating said porous body with a molten metal.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1974Date of Patent: July 13, 1976Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsumi Kondo, Fumiyoshi Noda, Kunihiko Uchida, Yoshihiro Tsuzuki
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Patent number: 3963547Abstract: Method of manufacturing composite heat-insulating material, by stacking to a desired thickness pieces of aluminum foil adhesively secured to foam-forming ceramic material, filling the volume to be occupied by said heat-insulating layer or a vessel with the resulting stack, and heating it to cause foaming of said ceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1974Date of Patent: June 15, 1976Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Kaneko, Fumiyoshi Noda
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Patent number: 3958582Abstract: A high-temperature heat-insulating structure having a ceramic heat-insulating layer fired at a high temperature. The ceramic layer is made from a paste prepared by mixing an aqueous aluminum phosphate solution with foamable perlite particles or by mixing an aqueous monoaluminum phosphate Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.3P.sub.2 O.sub.5.6H.sub.2 O solution with foamable perlite particles and ceramic fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1974Date of Patent: May 25, 1976Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippondenso Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumiyoshi Noda, Yukihisa Takeuchi
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Patent number: 3949804Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a metal-impregnated body in which a porous body is immersed under sub-atmospheric pressure in a molten alloy for impregnation with said alloy or a porous body is immersed under elevated pressures produced by various gases, the pressure then being reduced to normal level, after which the porous body is introduced together with a molten alloy into a metal mold, in which said molten alloy is impregnated into said porous body. The porous body is then separated from said molten alloy.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1974Date of Patent: April 13, 1976Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Kaneko, Yoshiro Komiyama, Katsumi Kondo, Fumiyoshi Noda, Hideki Murakami, Kunihiko Uchida
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Patent number: 3938232Abstract: Method of manufacturing a catalyst type exhaust gas purifier utilizing a divisible vessel to hold an integrated catalyst, while a packing is inserted at the junction between the divisible parts. The space between the vessel and the catalyst is filled with a castable refractory material, which is then solidified, after which the packing is removed and then the parts of the vessel are drawn together at said junction.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1974Date of Patent: February 17, 1976Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiyoshi Noda, Mikio Murachi
