Patents by Inventor Koichiro Matsui

Koichiro Matsui 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).

  • Method for producing gel containing nano-carbon material
    Patent number: 9419235
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a gel containing a nano-carbon material, which allows the gelling medium used to be selected from a wide range of substances, is applicable to other nano-carbon materials in addition to carbon nanotubes, and can be implemented in an extremely simple manner. A method for producing a gel containing a nano-carbon material of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that a nano-carbon material is stir-mixed with a gelling medium that satisfies the following conditions (but is not an ionic liquid), the gelling medium being in a liquid or molten state: (1) the gelling medium is in a liquid state at ambient temperature or melts when heated; and (2) the gelling medium contains, in the molecule, two or more rings of at least one kind selected from optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon monocyclic ring and optionally substituted aromatic heteromonocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshifumi Konishi, Takayuki Mochizuki, Koichiro Matsui
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING GEL CONTAINING NANO-CARBON MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20120228558
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a gel containing a nano-carbon material, which allows the gelling medium used to be selected from a wide range of substances, is applicable to other nano-carbon materials in addition to carbon nanotubes, and can be implemented in an extremely simple manner. A method for producing a gel containing a nano-carbon material of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that a nano-carbon material is stir-mixed with a gelling medium that satisfies the following conditions (but is not an ionic liquid), the gelling medium being in a liquid or molten state: (1) the gelling medium is in a liquid state at ambient temperature or melts when heated; and (2) the gelling medium contains, in the molecule, two or more rings of at least one kind selected from optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon monocyclic ring and optionally substituted aromatic heteromonocyclic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshifumi Konishi, Takayuki Mochizuki, Koichiro Matsui