Patents by Inventor Masaya Nohara

Masaya Nohara 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: 11888141
    Abstract: There is provided an air battery including a first housings accommodating a base cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a second housing containing an electrolyte solution or water, in which the first housing and the negative electrode each have a hole leading to the separator, the second housing has a hole that is capable of being sealed, and the first housing and the second housing are disposed to face the hole of the first housing and the hole of the second housing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu, Yoko Ono, Yuzu Kobayashi, Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara
  • Patent number: 11876207
    Abstract: A battery includes a cathode (101), an anode (102), and an electrolyte (103). The cathode (101) is made of a bicontinuous body having a three-dimensional network structure including a plurality of nanostructures. The electrolyte (103) is sandwiched between the cathode (101) and the anode (102) and made of a salt. The electrolyte (103) may be made of, e.g., an aqueous solution of one of potassium chloride and sodium chloride, or a mixture thereof. The anode (102) may contain, e.g., a metal selected from magnesium, zin, iron, and aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Yoko Ono, Mikayo Iwata, Masahiko Hayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230419812
    Abstract: A cap of a container includes: a wireless communication unit; and a primary battery that supplies power to the wireless communication unit, the primary battery includes: a basic cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator; an electrolytic solution contained in a separate chamber from the basic cell; and a sealing valve of the separate chamber, the electrolytic solution is brought into contact with the separator by pulling out the sealing valve to start power generation, and the wireless communication unit operates by power generation of the primary battery and transmits an opening notification of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11851786
    Abstract: A method includes a freezing process in which a solution or gel containing cellulose nanofibers is frozen to obtain a frozen component, a drying process in which the frozen component is dried in a vacuum to obtain a dry component, and a carbonizing process in which the dry component is heated and carbonized in a non-combustible atmosphere, and in the carbonizing process, the dry component is heated together with a reducing catalyst and also a material that generates a reducing gas by thermal decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Minowa, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Shuhei Sakamoto, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11855271
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: a cathode formed of a co-continuous body having a three dimensional network structure formed by an integrated plurality of nanostructures having branches; a foil- or plate-like anode formed of a metal; a separator that absorbs a liquid, which is to be an electrolytic solution; and a foil- or plate-like current collector formed of a metal. The metal-air battery is formed with a wound structure in which the current collector, the cathode, the separator, the anode, and the separator are superimposed and wound in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230411634
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: an air electrode; a negative electrode containing a metal; and an electrolyte having ion conductivity. The air electrode includes: a co-continuous body having a three-dimensional network structure in which a plurality of nanostructures is split and integrated; and mesoporous carbon supported on the co-continuous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230402596
    Abstract: An iron-zinc battery includes a positive electrode containing iron oxyhydroxide, a negative electrode containing zinc, and an electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230395873
    Abstract: An iron-zinc battery includes a positive electrode containing iron oxyhydroxide, a negative electrode containing zinc, and an aqueous electrolytic solution disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The aqueous electrolytic solution contains zinc chloride (ZnCl2), and the weight of the zinc chloride (ZnCl2) is equal to or more than the weight of water (H2O) contained in the aqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230387379
    Abstract: A primary battery including a positive electrode containing iron oxyhydroxide, a negative electrode containing magnesium or aluminum, and an electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230387510
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes an air electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution disposed between the air electrode and the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution contains an alkyl glucoside having or more and or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yuzu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Taguchi, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230369684
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: an air electrode; a negative electrode; an ion exchange membrane that separates the air electrode and the negative electrode from each other; an air-electrode-side electrolytic solution that is disposed between the air electrode and the ion exchange membrane; and a negative-electrode-side electrolytic solution that is disposed between the negative electrode and the ion exchange membrane. The negative-electrode-side electrolytic solution contains a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu, Hiroaki Taguchi, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata
  • Patent number: 11777177
    Abstract: Provided is an assembled battery in which a large number of flat batteries can be stacked easily. An assembled battery 1 includes stacked multiple flat batteries A, B, and C in the shape of an N-sided polygon (N is an integer of 3 or more). Each of the multiple flat batteries A, B, and C in the shape of the N-sided polygon has a positive-electrode terminal 21a and a negative-electrode terminal 61a that extend in different directions having 360°/N in between, and the multiple flat batteries A, B, and C are electrically connected in series. The assembled battery 1 also includes multiple N-sided polygonal separating films 71 and 72 disposed between each pair of adjacent ones of the stacked multiple flat batteries A, B, and C to insulate the flat batteries from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Masahiko Hayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230291355
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes an oscillator (X1), capacitors (C1, C2) connected between two terminals of the oscillator (X1), and an amplification circuit (A1) having an input terminal connected to a connecting point between the oscillator (X1) and the capacitor (C1) and an output terminal connected to a connecting point between the capacitor (C1) and the capacitor (C2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya NOHARA, Noritoshi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11717671
    Abstract: A biological tissue transdermal patch houses a battery part and an active ingredient such that they do not come into contact with each other. For the use of the biological tissue transdermal patch, the battery part and the active ingredient are brought into contact to start battery reaction of the battery part and the battery part is attached to a biological tissue. Carbonized bacterial cellulose or cellulose nanofiber carbon is used for a positive electrode of the battery part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Masahiko Hayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230204355
    Abstract: A tilt sensor includes a notification unit adapted to provide notification about occurrence of tilt; a water storage chamber that contains an electrolytic solution; and a unit cell that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. When the water storage chamber tilts, the electrolytic solution is injected into the separator and the unit cell starts generating power and supplies electric power needed to drive the notification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230198052
    Abstract: A metal air battery includes an air electrode containing a conductive material and a catalyst, a negative electrode containing a metal, and an electrolyte having ionic conductivity. The conductive material contains a co-continuous body of a three-dimensional network structure in which nanostructure bodies are branched, and the catalyst contains oxide having a cage-shaped crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11642504
    Abstract: The sheet mask includes multiple battery parts arranged such that electric currents flow along mimic muscles or flows of lymph. This allows an active ingredient to penetrate into in-body tissues more effectively and also allows the mimic muscles and the lymphatic vessels to be electrically stimulated. Forming the battery parts by using materials with low environmental load allows easy disposal of the sheet mask in everyday life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Komatsu, Masaya Nohara, Masahiko Hayashi, Yoko Ono, Shuhei Sakamoto, Yuya Uzumaki, Mikayo Iwata
  • Publication number: 20230071583
    Abstract: A method for producing a spherical nanocarbon fiber assembly, including: freezing a dispersion liquid containing cellulose nanofibers by spraying the dispersion liquid on a brine solution to obtain a frozen product; drying the frozen product in a vacuum to obtain a dried product; and heating the dried product in an atmosphere that does not burn the dried product, thereby carbonizing the dried product to obtain a spherical nanocarbon fiber assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Yuzu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230011844
    Abstract: A method for producing cellulose nanofiber carbon includes a freezing step of freezing a solution or gel containing cellulose nanofibers to obtain a frozen product, a drying step of drying the frozen product in a vacuum to obtain a dried product, and a carbonizing step of heating and carbonizing the dried product in an atmosphere in which the dried product does not burn to obtain cellulose nanofiber carbon, in which, in the carbonizing step, the dried product is heated together with a sacrificial agent that is carbonized before the dried product is carbonized to generate a reducing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu Minowa, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230006287
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air battery using oxygen in air as a cathode active material, the air battery comprising: a cylindrical anode made of a metal; a cathode constituted by a co-continuous body having a three dimensional network structure formed by an integrated plurality of nanostructures having branches; and a separator that is arranged between the cathode and the anode and absorbs an electrolytic solution, wherein: the cathode is arranged inside the anode via the separator; and the anode has an open hole that reaches the separator and constitutes a housing of the air battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu