Patents by Inventor Hideo Naohara

Hideo Naohara 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: 10115991
    Abstract: A production method for a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly which may include the steps of preparing a catalyst ink that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter which is not supported on a support, an electrolyte resin, and a water-based solvent and forming a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer by using the catalyst ink, as a catalyst layer that is included in at least one of a fuel electrode side and an oxidant electrode side in the fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly that has a fuel electrode at one surface side of an electrolyte membrane, and an oxidant electrode at another surface side of the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Naohara, Yuichi Orikasa, Manabu Kato
  • Publication number: 20150064610
    Abstract: A production method for a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly which may include the steps of preparing a catalyst ink that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter which is not supported on a support, an electrolyte resin, and a water-based solvent and forming a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer by using the catalyst ink, as a catalyst layer that is included in at least one of a fuel electrode side and an oxidant electrode side in the fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly that has a fuel electrode at one surface side of an electrolyte membrane, and an oxidant electrode at another surface side of the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo NAOHARA, Yuichi ORIKASA, Manabu KATO
  • Patent number: 8906574
    Abstract: A fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly having a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode has a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter that is not supported on a support, and an electrochemically active surface area of the metal catalyst nanoparticle is 10 m2/g to 150 m2/g, and a layer thickness of the non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer is less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Naohara, Yuichi Orikasa, Manabu Kato
  • Patent number: 8227133
    Abstract: A fuel cell system that can dispose of an odorant through the use of a simple configuration and assure enhanced hydrogen safety. A hydrogenation device is positioned between a fuel tank and a fuel cell. The hydrogenation device incorporates a hydrogenation catalyst for hydrogenating the odorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Oshikawa, Hideo Naohara, Yoshifumi Hirao
  • Publication number: 20100092835
    Abstract: A fuel cell system that can dispose of an odorant through the use of a simple configuration and assure enhanced hydrogen safety. A hydrogenation device is positioned between a fuel tank and a fuel cell. The hydrogenation device incorporates a hydrogenation catalyst for hydrogenating the odorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Oshikawa, Hideo Naohara, Yoshifumi Hirao
  • Publication number: 20090162721
    Abstract: A fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly having a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode has a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter that is not supported on a support, and an electrochemically active surface area of the metal catalyst nanoparticle is 10 m2/g to 150 m2/g, and a layer thickness of the non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer is less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Hideo Naohara, Yutchi Orikasa, Manabu Kato