Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Akikawa

Hidekazu Akikawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20110183237
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an anion conducting electrolyte resin with high anion conducting ability and excellent workability, and a method for producing the same. An anion conducting electrolyte resin comprising a perfluorocarbon electrolyte polymer in which the whole or part of the polymer has a sulfonate group (—SO3?), and a modifier molecule comprising two or more positively-charged groups, wherein an ionic interaction occurs between the sulfonate group of the perfluorocarbon electrolyte polymer and one or more of the positively-charged groups of the modifier molecule to modify the perfluorocarbon electrolyte polymer by the modifier molecules, and wherein an ionic interaction occurs between the rest of the positively-charged groups of the modifier molecule and an anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zenpachi Ogumi, Koji Nishio, Haruyuki Nakanishi, Hidekazu Akikawa