Patents by Inventor Masafumi Yoshio

Masafumi Yoshio 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).

  • Patent number: 8946480
    Abstract: A liquid crystalline compound and an electrolyte material in which the conductivity switches between ion conductivity and non-ion conductivity depending on changes in temperature, and thus a switching function can be obtained are proposed. The liquid crystalline compound has a columnar liquid crystal phase in which an ammonium group is linked with an alkoxyphenyl group. A structural change thereof occurs depending on changes in temperature, and the conductivity switches between ion-conducting and non-ion-conducting, and thus the switching function can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Masafumi Yoshio, Bartolome Soberats
  • Publication number: 20140336414
    Abstract: A liquid crystalline compound and an electrolyte material in which the conductivity switches between ion conductivity and non-ion conductivity depending on changes in temperature, and thus a switching function can be obtained are proposed. The liquid crystalline compound has a columnar liquid crystal phase in which an ammonium group is linked with an alkoxyphenyl group. A structural change thereof occurs depending on changes in temperature, and the conductivity switches between ion-conducting and non-ion-conducting, and thus the switching function can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Masafumi Yoshio, Bartolome Soberats
  • Patent number: 7166238
    Abstract: A novel liquid-crystalline ionic conductor, which is useful in the electric, electronic, chemical and bioengineering fields, as an anisotropic reaction solvent, ionic conductor, electric field-responsible conductor or the like, and a method for producing the same, is provided. The liquid-crystalline ionic conductor is obtained by mixing an organic molten salt with a-liquid-crystalline organic molecule or a liquid-crystalline inorganic molecule, which comprises a moiety miscible to the organic molten salt and a moiety that shows liquid-crystalline orientation, thereby forming a liquid-crystalline ionic conductor, wherein the organic molten salt is assembled to the liquid-crystalline molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Kiyoshi Kanie, Masafumi Yoshio, Hiroyuki Ohno, Masahiro Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20060011887
    Abstract: A novel liquid-crystalline ionic conductor, which is useful in the electric, electronic, chemical and bioengineering fields, as an anisotropic reaction solvent, ionic conductor, electric field-responsible conductor or the like, and a method for producing the same, is provided. The liquid-crystalline ionic conductor is obtained by mixing an organic molten salt with a-liquid-crystalline organic molecule or a liquid-crystalline inorganic molecule, which comprises a moiety miscible to the organic molten salt and a moiety that shows liquid-crystalline orientation, thereby forming a liquid-crystalline ionic conductor, wherein the organic molten salt is assembled to the liquid-crystalline molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Kiyoshi Kanie, Masafumi Yoshio, Hiroyuki Ohno, Masahiro Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20040169158
    Abstract: A novel liquid-crystalline ionic conductor, which is useful in the electric, electronic, chemical and bioengineering fields, as an anisotropic reaction solvent, ionic conductor, electric field-responsible conductor or the like, and a method for producing the same, is provided. The liquid-crystalline ionic conductor is obtained by mixing an organic molten salt with a liquid-crystalline organic molecule or a liquid-crystalline inorganic molecule, which comprises a moiety miscible to the organic molten salt and a moiety that shows liquid-crystalline orientation, thereby forming a liquid-crystalline ionic conductor, wherein the organic molten salt is assembled to the liquid-crystalline molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Kiyoshi Kanie, Masafumi Yoshio, Hiroyuki Ohno, Masahiro Yoshizawa