Patents by Inventor Naoki Yokota

Naoki Yokota 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: 20240368775
    Abstract: Provided are a technique related to a CO2 electrolysis device that is more excellent in production efficiency for producing a reduction product (CO or the like) from CO2, and a technique related to a CO2 electrolysis device that can suppress a decrease in CO2 reduction efficiency and be stably operated. An aspect of the present invention is a CO2 electrolysis device including an electrode material. The CO2 electrolysis device includes: a support including a conductive carrier and a catalyst supported on the conductive carrier, the catalyst including any one or more of particles of a metal complex, a metal, or an inorganic compound; and an anion exchange resin covering a part or the whole of the surface of the support and including an ionomer of the following formula (1): where m and n represent natural numbers of 1 to 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO.,LTD., IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Naoki YOKOTA, Katsuya NAGASE, Hiroyuki KANEKO, Yuji OKAMOTO, Qingxin JIA
  • Publication number: 20240218114
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anion exchange resin which is capable of producing an electrolyte membrane with excellent chemical property, electrical property, and mechanical property, and an electrolyte membrane formed from the anion exchange resin. In an anion exchange resin of the present invention, a hydrophobic unit, obtained by repeating divalent hydrophobic groups which comprises a bisphenol residue represented by formula (1); a hydrophobic unit, obtained by repeating divalent hydrophobic groups which comprises a bisphenol residue represented by formula (2); and a hydrophilic unit, obtained by repeating divalent hydrophobic groups, which is composed of a plurality of aromatic rings connected to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group and/or via carbon-carbon bond, and which is connected to an anion exchange group via a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 2 or more, are connected to each other via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, WASEDA UNIVERSITY, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Yoshihiro OZAWA, Naoki YOKOTA, Yuko TAKAHASHI, Katsuya NAGASE
  • Patent number: 11809768
    Abstract: A display apparatus is configured to activate a display control apparatus by transmitting an activating signal to the display control apparatus in response to determining that a start condition is satisfied. In response to receiving the activating signal, the display control apparatus is enabled to transmit a video data corresponding to a video to be displayed in a display in the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Asai, Mitsuo Tamagaki, Yoshitaka Adachi, Naoki Yokota, Ken Aida, Satoshi Katano
  • Publication number: 20230312813
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing an anion exchange resin which is capable of producing an electrolyte membrane with excellent mechanical property (strength). A monomer for forming a hydrophobic group is reacted with a monomer for forming a hydrophilic group in the presence of bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0) as a catalyst, 2,2?-bipyridine as a co-ligand, a bromide or an iodide as a co-catalyst, and a reducing agent to produce an anion exchange resin where the hydrophobic group is connected to the hydrophilic group via direct bond, in which a mole number of bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0) is 0.3 to 1.8 times a total mole number of the monomer for forming a hydrophobic group and the monomer for forming a hydrophilic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Yosuke KONNO, Naoki YOKOTA, Katsuya NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20210409576
    Abstract: A display control apparatus is configured to synchronize a transmission start timing to start a transmission of a video data to a display apparatus with a display operation start timing for the display apparatus to start a display operation in a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Toshitaka ASAI, Mitsuo TAMAGAKI, Yoshitaka ADACHI, Naoki YOKOTA, Ken AIDA, Satoshi KATANO
  • Publication number: 20210409717
    Abstract: In a display control apparatus, it is determine whether video data transmitted to a display apparatus is reliable or unreliable. In response to determining that the video data transmitted to the display apparatus is unreliable, a predetermined process is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Toshitaka ASAI, Mitsuo TAMAGAKI, Yoshitaka ADACHI, Naoki YOKOTA, Ken AIDA, Satoshi KATANO
  • Publication number: 20210405947
    Abstract: A display apparatus is configured to activate a display control apparatus by transmitting an activating signal to the display control apparatus in response to determining that a start condition is satisfied. In response to receiving the activating signal, the display control apparatus is enabled to transmit a video data corresponding to a video to be displayed in a display in the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Toshitaka ASAI, Mitsuo TAMAGAKI, Yoshitaka ADACHI, Naoki YOKOTA, Ken AIDA, Satoshi KATANO
  • Patent number: 11173484
    Abstract: Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a battery electrode catalyst layer, which have improved electrical properties and chemical properties. For example, used is an anion exchange resin which has a hydrophobic unit being composed of bisphenol AF residues repeated via carbon-carbon bond and a hydrophilic unit being composed of hydrophilic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, in which the hydrophilic group is formed by connecting an anion exchange group to a fluorene backbone via a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group, and in which the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are connected via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: University Of Yamanashi, Takahata Precision Co., Ltd., DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kenji Miyatake, Junpei Miyake, Taro Kimura, Naoki Yokota, Katsuya Nagase, Yousuke Konno, Koichiro Asazawa, Aoi Takano, Takeshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11154852
    Abstract: Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane and the like, which have improved chemical properties (durability). For example, used is an anion exchange resin comprising a hydrophobic unit being composed of a plurality of divalent hydrophobic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, the divalent hydrophobic group having a plurality of aromatic rings which are connected to each other via a divalent fluorine-containing group; and a hydrophilic unit being composed of a plurality of hydrophilic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, the hydrophilic groups being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are connected to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group and/or carbon-carbon bond, and the hydrophilic groups containing an anion exchange group-containing group including a quaternary ammonium salt having a piperidine ring, and wherein the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are connected via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD., DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kenji Miyatake, Junpei Miyake, Naoki Yokota, Katsuya Nagase, Aoi Takano, Takeshi Kato, Koichiro Asazawa
  • Patent number: 10947339
    Abstract: Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, which have an improved physical property (anion conductivity); a method for producing thereof; an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer produced from the anion exchange resin; and a fuel cell having the electrolyte membrane or the electrode catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyatake, Junpei Miyake, Hideaki Ono, Manai Shimada, Naoki Yokota, Natsumi Yoshimura, Koichiro Asazawa, Eriko Nishino
  • Patent number: 10734663
    Abstract: An anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, which have improved chemical properties and mechanical properties; an electrolyte membrane and a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer produced from the anion exchange resin; and a fuel cell having the electrolyte membrane or the electrode catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyatake, Junpei Miyake, Hideaki Ono, Manai Shimada, Naoki Yokota, Natsumi Yoshimura, Aoi Takano, Koichiro Asazawa, Eriko Nishino, Yui Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 10727515
    Abstract: An anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, which have improved electrical properties; an electrolyte membrane and a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer produced from the anion exchange resin; and a fuel cell having the electrolyte membrane or the electrode catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyatake, Junpei Miyake, Hideaki Ono, Manai Shimada, Naoki Yokota, Natsumi Yoshimura, Aoi Takano, Koichiro Asazawa, Eriko Nishino, Yui Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20200230590
    Abstract: Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a battery electrode catalyst layer, which have improved electrical properties and chemical properties. For example, used is an anion exchange resin which has a hydrophobic unit being composed of bisphenol AF residues repeated via carbon-carbon bond and a hydrophilic unit being composed of hydrophilic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, in which the hydrophilic group is formed by connecting an anion exchange group to a fluorene backbone via a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group, and in which the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are connected via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: University Of Yamanashi, Takahata Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Junpei Miyake, Taro Kimura, Naoki Yokota, Katsuya Nagase, Yousuke Konno, Koichiro Asazawa, Aoi Takano, Takeshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20200061599
    Abstract: Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane and the like, which have improved chemical properties (durability). For example, used is an anion exchange resin comprising a hydrophobic unit being composed of a plurality of divalent hydrophobic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, the divalent hydrophobic group having a plurality of aromatic rings which are connected to each other via a divalent fluorine-containing group; and a hydrophilic unit being composed of a plurality of hydrophilic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, the hydrophilic groups being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are connected to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group and/or carbon-carbon bond, and the hydrophilic groups containing an anion exchange group-containing group including a quaternary ammonium salt having a piperidine ring, and wherein the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are connected via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: University Of Yamanashi, Takahata Precision Co., Ltd., Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Junpei Miyake, Naoki Yokota, Katsuya Nagase, Aoi Takano, Takeshi Kato, Koichiro Asazawa
  • Patent number: 10471420
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cation exchange resin, and a cation exchange membrane and an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell using the same. The cation exchange resin comprises a divalent hydrophobic unit; and a divalent hydrophilic unit having divalent hydrophilic groups which are repeated via carbon-carbon bond. The divalent hydrophilic groups being composed of one aromatic ring, or being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are bonded to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group, a divalent silicon-containing group, a divalent nitrogen-containing group, a divalent phosphorus-containing group, a divalent oxygen-containing group, a divalent sulfur-containing group, or carbon-carbon bond, and at least one of the aromatic rings having a cation exchange group; wherein the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are bonded to each other via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyatake, Makoto Uchida, Jyunpei Miyake, Takashi Mochizuki, Hideaki Ono, Manai Shimada, Naoki Yokota, Natsumi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10287409
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a battery electrode catalyst layer. The anion exchange resin of the present invention has a hydrophobic unit, a hydrophilic unit and divalent fluorine-containing groups. The hydrophobic unit has divalent hydrophobic groups composed of one aromatic ring or a plurality of aromatic rings that are repeated via carbon-carbon bond. The hydrophilic unit has divalent hydrophilic groups composed of one aromatic ring or a plurality of aromatic rings, at least one of which has an anion exchange group, that are repeated via carbon-carbon bond. The divalent fluorine-containing groups have a specific structure and are bonded via carbon-carbon bond to the hydrophobic unit and/or the hydrophilic unit and/or a moiety other than these units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: TAKAHATA PRECISION JAPAN CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Manai Shimada, Naoki Yokota, Kenji Miyatake, Masahiro Watanabe, Junpei Miyake, Hideaki Ono, Eriko Nishino, Koichiro Asazawa
  • Publication number: 20190027768
    Abstract: An anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, which have improved electrical properties; an electrolyte membrane and a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer produced from the anion exchange resin; and a fuel cell having the electrolyte membrane or the electrode catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Junpei MIYAKE, Hideaki ONO, Manai SHIMADA, Naoki YOKOTA, Natsumi YOSHIMURA, Aoi TAKANO, Koichiro ASAZAWA, Eriko NISHINO, Yui KUWABARA
  • Publication number: 20190027767
    Abstract: An anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, which have improved chemical properties and mechanical properties; an electrolyte membrane and a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer produced from the anion exchange resin; and a fuel cell having the electrolyte membrane or the electrode catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Junpei MIYAKE, Hideaki ONO, Manai SHIMADA, Naoki YOKOTA, Natsumi YOSHIMURA, Aoi TAKANO, Koichiro ASAZAWA, Eriko NISHINO, Yui KUWABARA
  • Publication number: 20180265626
    Abstract: Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, which have an improved physical property (anion conductivity); a method for producing thereof; an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer produced from the anion exchange resin; and a fuel cell having the electrolyte membrane or the electrode catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicants: University of Yamanashi, Takahata Precision Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Junpei MIYAKE, Hideaki ONO, Manai SHIMADA, Naoki YOKOTA, Natsumi YOSHIMURA, Koichiro ASAZAWA, Eriko NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20180178210
    Abstract: A cation exchange resin having improved chemical properties and mechanical properties, and a cation exchange membrane and an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell using the same are provided. A cation exchange resin is used, the cation exchange resin comprising: a divalent hydrophobic unit; and a divalent hydrophilic unit having divalent hydrophilic groups which are repeated via carbon-carbon bond, the divalent hydrophilic groups being composed of one aromatic ring, or being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are bonded to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group, a divalent silicon-containing group, a divalent nitrogen-containing group, a divalent phosphorus-containing group, a divalent oxygen-containing group, a divalent sulfur-containing group, or carbon-carbon bond, at least one of the aromatic rings having a cation exchange group; wherein the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are bonded to each other via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicants: University of Yamanashi, Takahata Precision Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Makoto UCHIDA, Jyunpei MIYAKE, Takashi MOCHIZUKI, Hideaki ONO, Manai SHIMADA, Naoki YOKOTA, Natsumi YOSHIMURA