Patents by Inventor Hisao Kawazoe
Hisao Kawazoe 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: 10916790Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
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Publication number: 20190067722Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Hisao KAWAZOE, Eiji ENDOH, Hideki NAKAGAWA, Shinji TERAZONO
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Patent number: 10153506Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
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Publication number: 20160197370Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hisao KAWAZOE, Eiji ENDOH, Hideki NAKAGAWA, Shinji TERAZONO
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Patent number: 9331354Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
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Patent number: 8658746Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
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Publication number: 20130309596Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hisao KAWAZOE, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
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Patent number: 8546004Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
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Publication number: 20110212383Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
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Patent number: 7943249Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
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Publication number: 20110091791Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuyuki KASAHARA, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
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Patent number: 7902311Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
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Publication number: 20090088539Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuyuki KASAHARA, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
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Patent number: 7488788Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
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Publication number: 20080118808Abstract: To provide an electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, capable of generating power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas and capable of generating stable power over a long period of time. A membrane used as an electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which comprises a cation exchange membrane made of a fluorinated polymer having cation exchange groups and having an ion exchange capacity of from 1.0 to 2.5 meq/g dry polymer, wherein some of the cation exchange groups are ion-exchanged with at least one type of ions selected from the group consisting of cerium ions and manganese ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: May 22, 2008Inventors: Jyunichi Tayanagi, Eiji Endoh, Hisao Kawazoe
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Publication number: 20060063903Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
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Publication number: 20060019140Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 6780893Abstract: A process for producing an anion exchange membrane, which comprises mixing from 25 to 95 mass % of a polymer having anion exchange groups or active groups convertible to anion exchange groups (hereinafter referred to as polymer 1), and from 5 to 75 mass % of a polymer having no anion exchange groups or no active groups convertible to anion exchange groups (hereinafter referred to as polymer 2), and forming the obtained composition into a membrane, said process including a step of cross-linking an aromatic ring of a repeating unit constituting polymer 1 with an aromatic ring of another repeating unit constituting polymer 1 or with a cross-linkable site of polymer 2, and in a case where polymer 1 is a polymer having active groups convertible to anion exchange groups, a step of converting the active groups to anion exchange groups.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignees: Asahi Glass Engineering Co., Ltd., Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshio Sugaya, Hisao Kawazoe
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Publication number: 20030105173Abstract: A process for producing an anion exchange membrane, which comprises mixing from 25 to 95 mass % of a polymer having anion exchange groups or active groups convertible to anion exchange groups (hereinafter referred to as polymer 1), and from 5 to 75 mass % of a polymer having no anion exchange groups or no active groups convertible to anion exchange groups (hereinafter referred to as polymer 2), and forming the obtained composition into a membrane, said process including a step of cross-linking an aromatic ring of a repeating unit constituting polymer 1 with an aromatic ring of another repeating unit constituting polymer 1 or with a cross-linkable site of polymer 2, and in a case where polymer 1 is a polymer having active groups convertible to anion exchange groups, a step of converting the active groups to anion exchange groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: ASAHI GLASS ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshio Sugaya, Hisao Kawazoe
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Patent number: 5447982Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion, which comprises subjecting a monomer to emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium in the presence of a fluorine-containing copolymer comprising units derived from a fluoroolefin, and units having a hydrophilic side chain.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Motoi Kamba, Toru Ishida, Hiroshi Washita, Hisao Kawazoe, Yoshihiro Ohtsuka