Patents by Inventor Kosuke Niki

Kosuke Niki 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).

  • Electrode plate and electrolysis apparatus for electrolyis, electrode plate unit, and method for electrolyzing compound comprising hydrogen
    Patent number: 7452451
    Abstract: An electrode plate for electrolysis is composed of a plate-form porous ceramic body for electrolyzing a hydrogen-comprising-compound solution, and a conductive portion provided at a part of the ceramic body, wherein particles for composing the ceramic body are comprised of any of fluoride carbon and an element difficult to react to oxygen, and wherein an outmost-nucleus-orbit electron number of the element is even, and porosity having an energy concentration field is provided between the particles in the ceramic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kitada, Kosuke Niki
  • Hydrogen activating apparatus
    Patent number: 7410557
    Abstract: At least a pair of electrodes comprising semiconductors or a semiconductor compounds are arranged to be submerged in water or a liquid of a hydrogen-containing organic compound. Applying pulse electric power between the at least one pair of the electrodes activates hydrogen atoms contained in the water or the hydrogen-containing organic compound to produce hydrogen gas. The hydrogen activating apparatus thus constructed eliminates the necessity of doping electrolysis or the like for improving an electric conductivity of the water and allows production of hydrogen from materials containing hydrogen atoms such as water and the hydrogen-containing compound or the like with a low energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kitada, Masahiro Hirota, Kosuke Niki
  • Hydrogen activating apparatus
    Publication number: 20050274607
    Abstract: At least a pair of electrodes comprising semiconductors or a semiconductor compounds are arranged to be submerged in water or a liquid of a hydrogen-containing organic compound. Applying pulse electric power between the at least one pair of the electrodes activates hydrogen atoms contained in the water or the hydrogen-containing organic compound to produce hydrogen gas. The hydrogen activating apparatus thus constructed eliminates the necessity of doping electrolysis or the like for improving an electric conductivity of the water and allows production of hydrogen from materials containing hydrogen atoms such as water and the hydrogen-containing compound or the like with a low energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kitada, Masahiro Hirota, Kosuke Niki
  • Electrode plate and electrolysis apparatus for electrolysis, electrode plate unit, and method for electrolizing compound comprising hydrogen
    Publication number: 20050051426
    Abstract: An electrode plate for electrolysis is composed of a plate-form porous ceramic body for electrolyzing a hydrogen-comprising-compound solution, and a conductive portion provided at a part of the ceramic body, wherein particles for composing the ceramic body are comprised of any of fluoride carbon and an element difficult to react to oxygen, and wherein an outmost-nucleus-orbit electron number of the element is even, and porosity having an energy concentration field is provided between the particles in the ceramic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kitada, Kosuke Niki