Patents by Inventor Masafumi Kunieda

Masafumi Kunieda 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: 20060292044
    Abstract: A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a honeycomb structured body in which plural pillar-shaped honeycomb units are bonded to one another through sealing material layers, each unit having in the longitudinal direction a large number of cells placed in parallel with a cell wall therebetween. Herein, a cross-sectional area of the honeycomb unit on a cross-section perpendicular to the length direction is at least about 5 cm2 and at most about 50 cm2, the honeycomb unit includes inorganic fibers and/or whiskers in addition to inorganic particles, and a Young's modulus of the honeycomb unit is at least about 50% and at most about 150% of a Young's modulus of the sealing material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Kazutake Ogyu
  • Publication number: 20060292338
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure is disclosed that includes plural honeycomb units bonded together by using a sealing material layer, each of the honeycomb units including plural through-holes separated by plural partition walls and provided in parallel along a longitudinal direction. Each of the honeycomb units includes at least ceramic particles, and inorganic fibers and/or whiskers; a cross sectional area of the honeycomb unit is from about 5 cm2 to about 50 cm2; and an outer surface of each honeycomb unit and the sealing material layer satisfy: about 0.5??/d×(dc/?c+df/?f)?about 1, where, ?f (W/mK) and df (mm) represent a thermal conductivity and a thickness of the outer surface of the honeycomb units, respectively, ?c (W/mK) and dc (mm) represent a thermal conductivity and a thickness of the sealing material layer, respectively, and ? (W/mK) and d (mm) represent a thermal conductivity and a thickness of the combination of the outer surface and the sealing material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Kazutake Ogyu
  • Publication number: 20060292341
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure 10 includes: multiple honeycomb units 11 having multiple through holes 12; and a seal layer 14 that joins honeycomb units 11 with each other via respective closed outer faces 13 of the honeycomb units 11 where the through holes are not open. The honeycomb unit 11 includes at least inorganic particles, inorganic fibers and/or whiskers. A cross section area of a honeycombed face of the honeycomb unit perpendicular to the through holes 12 is about 5 to about 50 cm2. The flatness of an entire end face as the honeycombed faces of the honeycomb units 11 joined by the seal layer 14 is about 2.5 mm or less. The level difference between the end faces of the honeycomb units 11 is about 2.0 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Kazutake Ogyu
  • Publication number: 20060292339
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure is disclosed that includes plural honeycomb units bonded together by using a sealing material layer, each of the honeycomb units including plural through-holes separated by plural partition walls and provided in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb units, wherein a surface roughness Ra of an outer surface of the honeycomb structure is greater than or equal to about 1 ?m and less than or equal to about 50 ?m, each of the honeycomb units includes at least ceramic particles, and inorganic fibers and/or whisker, and an area of a cross section of one of the honeycomb units perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the one of the honeycomb units is greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Kazutake Ogyu
  • Publication number: 20060263574
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure of the invention includes ceramic particles and inorganic fibers, and is characterized in that the inorganic fibers satisfy an expression of Aspect Ratio?Fiber Strength (GPa)/0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hajime Tsunekawa, Masafumi Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20060230732
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure including a plurality of porous ceramic members which are bonded through an adhesive layer, each of the porous ceramic members has a plurality of cells, which are arranged in parallel while being separated by cell walls. The cells extend in a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure. In the honeycomb structure, the following relationship is satisfied: 2?B?100/3×A?10/3??(1) where A (g/cm3) designates apparent density of the porous ceramic members, and B (GPa) designates Young's modulus of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Masafumi KUNIEDA
  • Publication number: 20060177629
    Abstract: The honeycomb structural body comprises pillar-ped shaped honeycomb structural porous ceramic members formed by arranging a plurality of cells through cell walls, and a sealing material layer interposed between the ceramic members and having a specific surface area of approximately 10 to 100 m2/g, and the honeycomb structural body is constructed by bonding a plurality of porous ceramic members through sealing material layer as an exhaust gas convertion apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventor: Masafumi Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20060172113
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure is disclosed in which plural honeycomb units are adhered through the intermediary of an adhesive layer and in the honeycomb unit plural cells are juxtaposed to each other in the longitudinal direction thereof through the intermediary of a cell wall, characterized in that a ratio of a specific surface area of the honeycomb unit to that of the adhesive layer is approximately 1.0 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventor: Masafumi Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20060075731
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb structural body for use in a filter, which can support a large amount of catalysts, can suppress increase in pressure loss upon collecting particulates, can have a high particulate collecting capability and can efficiently carry out a regenerating process and a toxic gas purifying process. The honeycomb structural body according to the present invention is a pillar-shaped honeycomb structural body having a structure in which a plurality of through holes are placed in parallel with one another in the length direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween, wherein lamination members are laminated in the length direction so that the through holes are superposed on one another, and one of ends of each through hole is sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20050266991
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb structural body for use in a filter, which can be provided with a large amount of catalyst, can suppress an increase in pressure loss upon collecting particulates, can have a high particulate collecting capability and can efficiently carry out a regenerating process and a toxic gas purifying process. The honeycomb structural body of the present invention is a pillar-shaped honeycomb structural body that is mainly composed of inorganic fibers and has a structure in that a large number of through holes are placed in parallel with one another in the length direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween. Herein, the inorganic fibers, which form the honeycomb structural body, are arranged in such a manner that more fibers are aligned along a face perpendicular to the forming direction of the through holes rather than aligned along a face in parallel with the forming direction of the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20050266992
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure 10 of the present invention comprises: porous honeycomb units 11 having multiple through-holes, including the first form of an inorganic material (for example, ceramic particles), the second form of an inorganic material (for example, inorganic fibers or ceramic particles having large particle sizes), and an inorganic binder; and sealing material layers 14 jointing the porous honeycomb units 11 at outer surfaces 13 where the through-holes are not open. The cross-sectional area perpendicular to the through-holes is about 5 to about 50 cm2. The ratio of the total cross-sectional area of the porous honeycomb units 11 to the cross-sectional area of the honeycomb structure 10 is not less than about 85%. The honeycomb structure 10 reduces thermal stress or vibration applied to each porous honeycomb unit 11, by the sealing material layers 14, and allows for amore effective use of surface on which catalyst components are dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: IBIDEN, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Kazutake Ogyu
  • Publication number: 20050235621
    Abstract: A honeycomb structural body is constituted with a ceramic block comprising a plurality of through-holes arranged in a longitudinal direction and separated from each other through partition walls, either end portions of which through-holes being sealed. The ceramic block constituting the honeycomb structural body is made of a composite material consisting of ceramic particles and crystalline silicon and having an excellent thermal conductivity, so that the honeycomb structural body is excellent in the thermal diffusibility but also excellent in the resistance to thermal shock because the storing of thermal stress is less and no crack is caused even if a temperature distribution is caused at a relatively low temperature or cool-heat cycle is repeated over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masafumi Kunieda, Atsushi Kudo
  • Publication number: 20050227869
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure having multiple through holes includes at least ceramic particles and an inorganic binder. A wall thickness of each wall between adjoining through holes, on which a catalyst component is carried, is designed to be not greater than about 0.25 mm. The honeycomb structure satisfies a relation of Y?250×X+22500 (50?X?80), where X denotes an aperture ratio (%) of a honeycombed face of the honeycomb structure perpendicular to the multiple through holes and Y denotes a specific surface area per unit volume (m2/L) of the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masafumi Kunieda, Kazutake Ogyu
  • Publication number: 20050109023
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases which makes it possible to alleviate a thermal stress generated due to occurrence of a local temperature change and which is less likely to generate cracks and superior in strength and durability, an adhesive that has a low thermal capacity and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, a coating material that has a low thermal capacity with a superior heat insulating property and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, and a manufacturing method of the honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases that can improve precision in the outside dimension, and reduce damages in the manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kudo, Masafumi Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20050076626
    Abstract: A honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases, which makes it possible to alleviate a thermal stress generated due to occurrence of a local temperature change, is less likely to generate cracks, and is excellent in strength and durability. The honeycomb filter has a structure in which a plurality of column-shaped porous ceramic members, each having a number of through holes that are placed side by side in the length direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween, are combined with one another through adhesive layers so that the partition wall that separates the through holes are allowed to function as a filter for collecting particulates. A thermal expansion coefficient ?L of the adhesive layer and a thermal expansion coefficient ?F of the porous ceramic member is as follows: 0.01<|?L??F|/?F<1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO LTD
    Inventors: Atsushi Kudo, Masafumi Kunieda