Patents by Inventor Hikaru Okamoto

Hikaru Okamoto 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: 20240151860
    Abstract: Reliability of a scintillator structure is improved. The scintillator structure includes a plurality of cells and a reflective layer covering the plurality of cells. Here, each of the plurality of cells includes a resin and a phosphor, and the resin has a decrease rate of a total light transmittance that is less than 8% with respect to light having a wavelength of 542 nm after X-ray irradiation of a dose of 100 kGy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Masanobu NAKAHASHI, Naohiro TANIGUCHI, Tamotsu KIBE, Hikaru CHIYO, Ryota OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240150644
    Abstract: Reliability of a scintillator structure is improved. The scintillator structure includes a plurality of cells and a reflective layer covering the plurality of cells. Here, each of the plurality of cells includes a resin and a phosphor, and the resin includes a main agent including bi-7-oxabicyclo[4. 1. 0] heptane and a curing agent. Alternatively, each of the plurality of cells includes a resin and a phosphor, and the resin includes a main agent and a curing agent. The main agent includes: 3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl-methyl-(3,4-epoxy) cyclohexane carboxylate; and 1, 2-epoxy-4-(2-oxiranyl) cyclohexane adduct of 2, 2-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1-butanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Masanobu NAKAHASHI, Naohiro TANIGUCHI, Tamotsu KIBE, Hikaru CHIYO, Ryota OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 6896991
    Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a polymer electrolyte membrane having proton-conductivity. An anode is disposed on one surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode is disposed on the other surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane. The cathode has a first gas diffusion layer joined to a second gas diffusion layer in the thickness direction of the cathode. The second gas diffusion layer has different characteristic compared to the first gas diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hikaru Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20020197525
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes a first electrode to be used as a fuel electrode provided with a fuel gas including hydrogen, a second electrode to be used as an oxidant electrode provided with a oxidizing gas including oxygen, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane held between the first electrode and the second electrode. In the fuel cell, either the first electrode or the second electrode is formed by a gas diffusion layer compressed in the thickness direction of the gas diffusion layer in a pressing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tomita, Hideo Yano, Hikaru Okamoto, Yoshiaki Yasui, Kenji Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20020090543
    Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a polymer electrolyte membrane having proton-conductivity. An anode is disposed on one surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode is disposed on the other surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane. The cathode has a first gas diffusion layer joined to a second gas diffusion layer in the thickness direction of the cathode. The second gas diffusion layer has different characteristic compared to the first gas diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hikaru Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6331224
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon sheet, particularly for an electrode of a fuel cell, includes the steps of forming a sheet by mixing carbon fibers and a bonding agent; drying the formed sheet; immersing the dried formed sheet in a water repellent material particle dispersed dilute solution; removing the formed sheet from the water repel material particle dispersed dilute solution; baking the formed sheet for fixing water repel material particles thereon contained in the water repel material particle dispersed dilute solution; and oxidizing the bonding agent for removing the same from the formed sheet during the baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Seko, Hikaru Okamoto, Masami Ishii