Patents by Inventor Morio Yumura

Morio Yumura 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: 20140377663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet composite of a metal compound and a fibrous carbon that can yield an electrode or an electrochemical element which achieves output property and high energy density, as well as a manufacturing method thereof. Sheer stress and centrifugal force are applied to a solution comprising a starting material metal compound and a fibrous carbon and reacted in a rotating reaction container to produce a composite material of metal compound and fibrous carbon. The composite material and a binder which is a fibrous carbon are stirred to produce a mixed solvent. The mixed solvent is subjected to suction filtration and vacuum drying. This mixed solution is molded in a paper machine to prepare a sheet composite. The fibrous carbon is carbon nanotubes having a specific surface area of 600 to 2600 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shunzo Suematsu, Daisuke Horii, Kenji Tamamitsu, Katsuhiko Naoi, Wako Naoi, Hiroaki Hatori, Kenji Hata, Morio Yumura
  • Patent number: 8048396
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes, capable of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes with high purity. A process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes according to the present invention includes feeding a feedstock including a hydrocarbon source, a metallocene, and a sulfur compound in a state of mist to a feeding zone where hydrogen gas flows at a linear velocity of 1-50 m/second wherein the amount of the hydrocarbon source is 0.01-0.2% by mass and the amount of the metallocene is 0.001-0.2% by mass based on the total amount of the hydrogen gas and the feedstock, and the amount by mass of the sulfur compound is ?-4 times as much as that of the metallocene; and making the hydrogen gas and the fed feedstock flow through a reaction zone with a temperature of 800-1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Nikkiso Company Limited, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Morio Yumura, Satoshi Ohshima, Junzo Yana, Kaori Fukuma
  • Publication number: 20080107587
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes, capable of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes with high purity. A process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes according to the present invention includes feeding a feedstock including a hydrocarbon source, a metallocene, and a sulfur compound in a state of mist to a feeding zone where hydrogen gas flows at a linear velocity of 1-50 m/second wherein the amount of the hydrocarbon source is 0.01-0.2% by mass and the amount of the metallocene is 0.001-0.2% by mass based on the total amount of the hydrogen gas and the feedstock, and the amount by mass of the sulfur compound is ?-4 times as much as that of the metallocene; and making the hydrogen gas and the fed feedstock flow through a reaction zone with a temperature of 800-1000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Morio Yumura, Satoshi Ohshima, Junzo Yana, Kaori Fukuma