Patents by Inventor Naohiko Oki
Naohiko Oki 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).
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Publication number: 20070183958Abstract: To produce activated carbon for an electrode of an electric double-layer capacitor, the following steps are carried out sequentially: a step of subjecting a massive mesophase pitch to a pulverizing treatment to provide a pulverized powder; a step of subjecting the pulverized powder to an infusibilizing treatment under conditions of a temperature in a range of 300° C. (inclusive) to 450° C. (inclusive) in the atmospheric air current, a step of subjecting the pulverized powder to a carbonizing treatment under conditions of a temperature in a range of 600° C. (inclusive) to 900° C. (inclusive) in an inert gas current to provide a carbonized powder, a step of subjecting the carbonized powder to an alkali activating treatment under conditions of a temperature in a range of 500° C. (inclusive) to 1,000° C. (inclusive) in an inert gas atmosphere, followed by the post treatments, thereby producing alkali-activated carbon, and a step of subjecting the alkali-activated carbon to a pulverizing treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Takeshi Fujino, Shigeki Oyama, Naohiko Oki, Minoru Noguchi, Kenji Sato, Shushi Nishimura, Takashi Maeda, Yuji Kawabuchi, Takahiro Haga
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Patent number: 7214646Abstract: To produce activated carbon for an electrode of an electric double-layer capacitor, the following steps are carried out sequentially: a step of subjecting a massive mesophase pitch to a pulverizing treatment to provide a pulverized powder; a step of subjecting the pulverized powder to an infusibilizing treatment under conditions of a temperature in a range of 300° C. (inclusive) to 450° C. (inclusive) in the atmospheric air current, a step of subjecting the pulverized powder to a carbonizing treatment under conditions of a temperature in a range of 600° C. (inclusive) to 900° C. (inclusive) in an inert gas current to provide a carbonized powder, a step of subjecting the carbonized powder to an alkali activating treatment under conditions of a temperature in a range of 500° C. (inclusive) to 1,000° C. (inclusive) in an inert gas atmosphere, followed by the post treatments, thereby producing alkali-activated carbon, and a step of subjecting the alkali-activated carbon to a pulverizing treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2000Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kuraray Chemical Co., Ltd., Kashima Oil Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Fujino, Shigeki Oyama, Naohiko Oki, Minoru Noguchi, Kenji Sato, Shushi Nishimura, Takashi Maeda, Yuji Kawabuchi, Takahiro Haga
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Patent number: 7096131Abstract: The present invention provides a method for easily determining the specifications of a fuel cell and a capacitor constituting a fuel cell power generation system according to an operational mode of an electric load connected to the fuel cell power generation system and a fuel cell power generation system having its specification set using the method. The specifications of the fuel cell and the capacitor connected in parallel to the fuel cell are determined by meeting three requirements: the driving performance, the fuel economy, and the durability, in good balance.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2004Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehiko Takase, Koji Tamenori, Naohiko Oki, Asao Uenodai, Naoyuki Enjoji
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Patent number: 7095604Abstract: In an electric double-layer capacitor, a solution of a quaternary ammonium borofluoride compound in propylene carbonate is used as an electrolyte. The electrode includes alkali-activated carbon made using meso-phase pitch as a starting material, and a conductive filler having a rest potential smaller than that of the alkali-activated carbon in the electrolyte. The amount Fc of conductive filler incorporated in the electrode is set in a range of 10% by weight?Fc?40% by weight. Such electric double-layer capacitor has a large electrostatic capacity and excellent durability.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Noguchi, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Eisuke Komazawa, Takahiro Takeshita, Kenichi Murakami
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Patent number: 7061750Abstract: A polarizing electrode for an electric double layer capacitor has good moldability and can achieving higher density of electrode and higher capacity, and an electric double layer capacitor employs the same. The electric double layer capacitor is made of an activated carbon obtained by activating a hard-to-graphitize material (for example, phenol resin) with water vapor, and the activated carbon has a median particle size within a range from 4 ?m to 8 ?m in the particle size distribution and at least a peak observed on the side of smaller particle size than the median particle size in the particle size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Daido Metal Company Ltd., Kuraray Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Oyama, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Kenichi Murakami, Kouki Ozaki, Masanori Tsutsui, Kiyoto Otsuka
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Publication number: 20050076075Abstract: A method for easily determining the specifications of a fuel cell and a capacitor constituting a fuel cell power generation system according to an operational mode of an electric load connected to the fuel cell power generation system. The specifications of the fuel cell and the capacitor connected in parallel to the fuel cell are determined by a first step for determining a limit value di/dt_lmt of an increasing rate di/dt of an output current density per unit cell area of the fuel cell according to at least an operational mode of the electric load connected to the fuel cell system, a second step for determining an internal resistance Rfc of the fuel cell on the basis of a current-voltage (I-V) characteristic of the fuel cell based on the di/dt_lmt determined by the first step, and a third step for determining the internal resistance Rcap of the capacitor such that a characteristic value K calculated by weighted multiplication of Rfc determined by the second step and Rcap lies within the range of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2004Publication date: April 7, 2005Applicant: Honda Motor Cp., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehiko Takase, Koji Tamenori, Naohiko Oki, Asao Uenodai, Naoyuki Enjoji
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Publication number: 20050024814Abstract: In an electric double-layer capacitor, a solution of a quaternary ammonium borofluoride compound in propylene carbonate is used as an electrolyte. The electrode includes alkali-activated carbon made using meso-phase pitch as a starting material, and a conductive filler having a rest potential smaller than that of the alkali-activated carbon in the electrolyte. The amount Fc of conductive filler incorporated in the electrode is set in a range of 10% by weight?Fc?40% by weight. Such electric double-layer capacitor has a large electrostatic capacity and excellent durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Minoru Noguchi, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Eisuke Komazawa, Takahiro Takeshita, Kenichi Murakami
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Patent number: 6800222Abstract: In an electric double-layer capacitor, a solution of a quaternary ammonium borofluoride compound in propylene carbonate is used as an electrolyte. The electrode includes alkali-activated carbon made using meso-phase pitch as a starting material, and a conductive filler having a rest potential smaller than that of the alkali-activated carbon in the electrolyte. The amount Fc of conductive filler incorporated in the electrode is set in a range of 10% by weight≦Fc≦40% by weight. Such electric double-layer capacitor has a large electrostatic capacity and excellent durability.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2000Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Noguchi, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Eisuke Komazawa, Takahiro Takeshita, Kenichi Murakami
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Publication number: 20040160728Abstract: A polarizing electrode for an electric double layer capacitor has good moldability and can achieving higher density of electrode and higher capacity, and an electric double layer capacitor employs the same. The electric double layer capacitor is made of an activated carbon obtained by activating a hard-to-graphitize material (for example, phenol resin) with water vapor, and the activated carbon has a median particle size within a range from 4 &mgr;m to 8 &mgr;m in the particle size distribution and at least a peak observed on the side of smaller particle size than the median particle size in the particle size distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2003Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventors: Shigeki Oyama, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Kenichi Murakami, Kouki Ozaki, Masanori Tsutsui, Kiyoto Otsuka
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Patent number: 6639786Abstract: A cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor includes a cylindrical sealed vessel housing an electrode roll and an electrolyte solution. The electrode roll is formed of a rolled superposed assembly having band-shaped positive and negative poles and two band-shaped separators sandwiching one of the band-shaped positive and negative poles. Each of the band-shaped positive and negative poles includes a band-shaped collector and a pair of polarizing electrodes formed in a laminated manner on opposite surfaces of the band-shaped collector. In a state in which the electrode roll has been accommodated in the sealed vessel along with the electrolyte solution, an outer diameter D1 of the electrode roll and an inner diameter D2 of the sealed vessel are brought into a relationship of D1=D2 by at least one of swelling of the polarizing electrodes caused by the electrolyte solution and expansion of the polarizing electrodes caused by an electrical charge.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Eisuke Komazawa, Takahiro Takeshita, Yasuhiro Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20030043532Abstract: A cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor includes a cylindrical sealed vessel housing an electrode roll and an electrolyte solution. The electrode roll is formed of a rolled superposed assembly comprising band-shaped positive and negative poles and two band-shaped separators sandwiching one of the band-shaped positive and negative poles. Each of the band-shaped positive and negative poles includes a band-shaped collector and a pair of polarizing electrodes formed in a laminated manner on opposite surfaces of the band-shaped collector. In a state in which the electrode roll has been accommodated in the sealed vessel along with the electrolyte solution, an outer diameter D1 of the electrode roll and an inner diameter D2 of the sealed vessel are brought into a relationship of D1=D2 by at least one of swelling of the polarizing electrodes caused by the electrolyte solution and expansion of the polarizing electrodes caused by an electrical charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Eisuke Komazawa, Takahiro Takeshita, Yasuhiro Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20020036883Abstract: An activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor whose rate of FS (filling swing) in an &agr;s-plot by the nitrogen adsorption method is at most 27 cm3/g STP. An activated carbon electrode formed with the activated carbon. An electric double layer capacitor equipped with the activated carbon electrodes as polarizable electrodes and having excellent durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: March 28, 2002Inventors: Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Manabu Iwaida, Tomoyuki Aida, Aisaku Nagai, Yukio Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20020010092Abstract: Activated carbon for electric double-layer capacitor has a high electrostatic capacity density. An area rate of edge faces in a surface (including inner surfaces of fine bores) of the activated carbon for an electric double-layer capacitor is equal to or higher than 20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2000Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Morinobu Endoh, Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Shigeki Oyama
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Patent number: 6291069Abstract: Activated carbon for use in an electric double layer capacitor is in the form of particles produced by crushing activated carbon or fibers of activated carbon. The particles have a surface covered at least partly with a laminated structure layer of graphite formed along the surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1998Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Shigeki Oyama, Kenji Sato
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Patent number: 5891822Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for producing active carbon suitable for use in electrodes for an organic solvent type electric double layer capacitor, comprising calcining an easily graphitizable organic substance and then subjecting the resultant carbonized product to an alkali activation treatment, wherein the alkali activation treatment comprises a first alkali activation treatment at a temperature within a first range and a second alkali activation treatment at a temperature within a second range, said temperature within the second range being higher than that of the first activation treatment, and one of both alkali activation treatments is performed after the other alkali activation treatment.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeki Oyama, Naohiko Oki, Minoru Noguchi
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Patent number: 5877935Abstract: An active carbon suitable for use in electrodes for an organic solvent type electric double layer capacitor, which is obtained by calcining an easily graphitizable organic substance and then activating the resultant carbonized product with an alkali, wherein a mode in the pore size distribution of the active carbon according to a transmission electron microscope (TEM) image analysis method falls within a range of 10-20 angstroms, and an conjunctive pore rate, which is expressed by a proportion of the total area of pores having an area not smaller than 500 square angstroms to the whole pore area in the TEM image, is at least 20%.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki-KaishaInventors: Kenji Sato, Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Shigeki Oyama
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Patent number: 5780185Abstract: An amorphous solid solution of V.sub.2 O.sub.5, CoO.sub.2, P.sub.2 O.sub.5, MO (wherein M represents an alkaline earth metal element) and at least one lithium compound selected from the group consisting of lithium-oxygen compounds, lithium halides and lithium oxygen acid salts is formed by melting precursor materials therefore, then the melt is put into water or pressed with metal plates to quench it, and the solid solution is heat treated above its glass transition temperature, the resulting solid solution being used as a cathode material for a lithium battery, thereby obtaining the lithium battery preventing the capacity of a carbon anode from lowering and excellent in long-term cycle stability.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1995Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naohiko Oki, Minoru Noguchi, Atsushi Demachi, Kenji Sato, Eisuke Komazawa, Kazuhiro Araki
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Patent number: 5725968Abstract: An alkali ion-absorbing/desorbing carbon material excellent in absorption and desorption of alkali ions and useful for an electrode material for a secondary battery or an anode material of a lithium battery is obtained by heat treatment at 300.degree. to 1000.degree. C. of an organic polymer having an aromatic structure, wherein the monomers of the aromatic organic polymer are linked together by o-bonding or m-bonding, or wherein the aromatic organic polymer has a branched structure or a crosslinked structure. The carbon material has a randomly stacked, condensed aromatic ring structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1996Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Sato, Atsushi Demachi, Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Kazuhiro Araki, Morinobu Endo
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Patent number: 5591545Abstract: An organic polymer compound such as poly(p-phenylene) is heat treated under an atmosphere of an inert gas such as argon at 500.degree. to 1,500.degree. C., preferably in the vicinity of a carbonization temperature (the range from the carbonization temperature to the carbonization temperature+300.degree. C.) to obtain a carbon material having properties of both a carbon substance and an organic substance.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1994Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohichi Miyashita, Atsushi Demachi, Kenji Sato, Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki
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Patent number: 5273848Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium battery comprising an amorphous solid solution comprising V.sub.2 O.sub.5, CoO.sub.2, P.sub.2 O.sub.5 and MO, wherein M represents an alkaline earth metal element and CoO.sub.2 is contained in an amount of 0 to 10 mol % based on V.sub.2 O.sub.5, which is produced by melting a mixture of V.sub.2 O.sub.5, CoO.sub.2, P.sub.2 O.sub.5 and MO to form a melt, wherein CoO.sub.2 is contained in an amount of 0 to 10 mol % based on V.sub.2 O.sub.5, and then putting the melt into water or pressing the melt with metal plates to pulverize it.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1992Date of Patent: December 28, 1993Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Noguchi, Naohiko Oki, Kohichi Miyashita, Atsushi Demachi, Kenji Sato