Patents by Inventor Misuzu Yokoyama

Misuzu Yokoyama 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: 20100159355
    Abstract: This invention provides an electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cells, characterized in: being formed by a doctor blade method or an extrusion molding method; being a scandia partially stabilized zirconia sheet, wherein 4 mol % to 6 mol % scandia is doped in a solid zirconia; a crystal structure thereof has a polycrystalline structure having a main body of tetragonal and including monoclinic phase, wherein a ratio of monoclinic phase (M), calculated by below described formula (1) from a diffraction peak intensity using X-ray diffraction, is 1% to 80%; and a Weibull modulus (m) thereof is not less than 10: a ratio of monoclinic phase(M:%)=[{monoclinic(1,1,1)+monoclinic(?1,1,1)}/{tetragonal and cubic(1,1,1)+monoclinic(1,1,1)+monoclinic(?1,1,1)}]×100??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuo Hata, Yasunobu Mizutani, Kouji Hisada, Kenji Ukai, Misuzu Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7608357
    Abstract: A powder material for a fuel electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell is provided, along with a fuel electrode for a solid oxide fuel cell prepared by sintering the fuel electrode powder material, and a solid oxide fuel cell including the fuel electrode. The fuel electrode powder material includes a nickel based powder material containing at least one of nickel and nickel oxide and at least one of titanium oxide (IV) and a titanium source capable of changing into titanium oxide (IV) by heat treatment in air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignees: Toho Gas Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ukai, Yasunobu Mizutani, Kouji Hisada, Misuzu Yokoyama, Shoji Futaki, Hiroyuki Toya
  • Publication number: 20060110633
    Abstract: A material for a fuel electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell with which volume change of the fuel electrode can be reduced as compared to the conventional one even if the fuel electrode is exposed to an oxidation-reduction cycle, a fuel electrode for a solid oxide fuel cell prepared by sintering the fuel electrode material, and a solid oxide fuel cell capable of stably maintaining power generation even if a fuel electrode thereof is exposed to an oxidation-reduction cycle. The fuel electrode material includes a material powder containing at least one of nickel and nickel oxide, wherein the material powder further contains at least one of titanium oxide (IV) and a titanium source capable of changing into titanium oxide (IV) by heat treatment in air. The fuel electrode material is sintered to prepare the fuel electrode, which is provided for the solid oxide fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicants: Toho Gas Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ukai, Yasunobu Mizutani, Kouji Hisada, Misuzu Yokoyama, Shoji Futaki, Hiroyuki Toya