Patents by Inventor Naotaka Sawada
Naotaka Sawada 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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Patent number: 11705553Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a composite alloy for use in an electrode for an alkaline storage battery, including a powder preparation step of preparing a hydrogen storage alloy powder containing Ti and Cr and having a BCC structure, an etching step of applying an acid to the hydrogen storage alloy powder prepared in the powder preparation step, a Pd film forming step of coating the surface of the hydrogen storage alloy powder subjected to the etching step with Pd using a substitution plating method, and a heat treatment step of heating the hydrogen storage alloy powder having a Pd film formed, at said heating being a temperature of 500° C. or less, wherein in the Pd coating forming step, the hydrogen storage alloy powder is coated with Pd under the condition that the Pd element weight ratio of the composite alloy to be produced is 0.47% or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Makio Kon, Naotaka Sawada
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Publication number: 20230071774Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode active material with excellent capacity properties. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an anode active material to be used in an alkaline storage battery, the anode active material including: a base material containing Ti and Cr, and including a BCC structure as a metastable phase; and a coating layer that coats the base material, and contains a catalyst metal and a metal with oxygen affinity that is more than oxygen affinity of Ti; wherein an oxide film is present in an interface between the coating layer and the base material; and when a first thickness TA (nm) and a second thickness TB(nm) of the oxide film are determined by Auger electron spectroscopy, a rate of the TA with respect to the TB, which is TA/TB is, for example, 1.50 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makio KON, Hideki IBA, Yukinari KOTANI, Naotaka SAWADA, Tomoya MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA, Hiroshi SUYAMA, Masashi KODAMA
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Publication number: 20220140323Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a composite alloy for use in an electrode for an alkaline storage battery, including a powder preparation step of preparing a hydrogen storage alloy powder containing Ti and Cr and having a BCC structure, an etching step of applying an acid to the hydrogen storage alloy powder prepared in the powder preparation step, a Pd film forming step of coating the surface of the hydrogen storage alloy powder subjected to the etching step with Pd using a substitution plating method, and a heat treatment step of heating the hydrogen storage alloy powder having a Pd film formed, at said heating being a temperature of 500° C. or less, wherein in the Pd coating forming step, the hydrogen storage alloy powder is coated with Pd under the condition that the Pd element weight ratio of the composite alloy to be produced is 0.47% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Makio Kon, Naotaka Sawada
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Patent number: 10361451Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with high heat stability. In the invention, the object is achieved by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an ion conductor having (i) a Li element and (ii) an anion structure containing at least a P element, wherein a main component of the anion structure is PS43?, and the ion conductor has the PS43? and PS3O3? as the anion structure, but has neither PS2O23? nor PSO33?.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Iwao Nitta, Naotaka Sawada, Nobuaki Takazawa
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Patent number: 10005780Abstract: The present invention provides an advantageous production method of an imidazole derivative, which is suitable for industrial production. Compound (VI) is produced by reacting compound (I) with a Grignard reagent or a magnesium reagent, and a lithium reagent, and then reacting the resulting compound with compound (V).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical CompanyInventors: Yoichi Kawabata, Yasuhiro Sawai, Kazuaki Kanno, Naotaka Sawada
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Publication number: 20170250439Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with high heat stability. In the invention, the object is achieved by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an ion conductor having (i) a Li element and (ii) an anion structure containing at least a P element, wherein a main component of the anion structure is PS43?, and the ion conductor has the PS43? and PS3O3? as the anion structure, but has neither PS2O23? nor PSO33?.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Iwao NITTA, Naotaka SAWADA, Nobuaki TAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20160244454Abstract: The present invention provides an advantageous production method of an imidazole derivative, which is suitable for industrial production. Compound (VI) is produced by reacting compound (I) with a Grignard reagent or a magnesium reagent, and a lithium reagent, and then reacting the resulting compound with compound (V).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Yoichi Kawabata, Yasuhiro Sawai, Kazuaki Kanno, Naotaka Sawada
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Patent number: 9314775Abstract: Provided is a non-noble metal-based exhaust gas purifying catalyst which is capable of removing an unreacted material such as carbon monoxide in an exhaust gas at low temperatures. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst of the present invention contains a ceria-based carrier and a complex oxide of cobalt and an additional metal element, said complex oxide being supported by the ceria carrier. The additional metal element contains a metal element that is selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, magnesium, nickel, zinc and combinations of these elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Iwao Nitta, Naotaka Sawada
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Patent number: 9278938Abstract: The present invention provides an advantageous production method of an imidazole derivative, which is suitable for industrial production. Compound (VI) is produced by reacting compound (I) with a Grignard reagent or a magnesium reagent, and a lithium reagent, and then reacting the resulting compound with compound (V).Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Yoichi Kawabata, Yasuhiro Sawai, Kazuaki Kanno, Naotaka Sawada
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Patent number: 9233356Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst including a catalyst support and bimetallic particles supported thereon, wherein said bimetallic particles include an at least partial solid solution of rhodium and iridium and have a diffraction peak at 40.66°<2?<41.07° in X-ray diffraction with a CuK? ray. A method for producing an exhaust gas purification catalyst, includes heating a mixed solution containing a rhodium salt, an iridium salt and a reducing agent at a temperature sufficient to reduce rhodium and iridium, thereby producing bimetallic particles including an at least partial solid solution of rhodium and iridium; and supporting the produced bimetallic particles on a catalyst support.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Nagao, Naotaka Sawada, Yusaku Inatomi
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Publication number: 20150251165Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst including a catalyst support and bimetallic particles supported thereon, wherein said bimetallic particles include an at least partial solid solution of rhodium and iridium and have a diffraction peak at 40.66°<2?<41.07° in X-ray diffraction with a CuK? ray. A method for producing an exhaust gas purification catalyst, includes heating a mixed solution containing a rhodium salt, an iridium salt and a reducing agent at a temperature sufficient to reduce rhodium and iridium, thereby producing bimetallic particles including an at least partial solid solution of rhodium and iridium; and supporting the produced bimetallic particles on a catalyst support.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Satoshi NAGAO, Naotaka SAWADA, Yusaku INATOMI
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Publication number: 20150174555Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst obtained by loading a solid material composed of M (M is a metal element selected from Cu, Mn, Ni, Fe, Mg and Ag), Co and O on a support having an oxygen absorbing/releasing ability through a thin layer containing Al and O; and a method for producing the catalyst above, including steps of coating the surface of the support having an oxygen absorbing/releasing ability with a precursor for giving a thin layer containing Al and O, and depositing a precursor of a solid material composed of M, Co and O, which is produced from an acid salt of Co and an acid salt of a metal M (M is a metal element selected from Cu, Mn, Ni, Fe, Mg and Ag).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Iwao Nitta, Naotaka Sawada
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Publication number: 20150005160Abstract: Provided is a non-noble metal-based exhaust gas purifying catalyst which is capable of removing an unreacted material such as carbon monoxide in an exhaust gas at low temperatures. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst of the present invention contains a ceria-based carrier and a complex oxide of cobalt and an additional metal element, said complex oxide being supported by the ceria carrier. The additional metal element contains a metal element that is selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, magnesium, nickel, zinc and combinations of these elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Iwao Nitta, Naotaka Sawada
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Publication number: 20140100373Abstract: The present invention provides an advantageous production method of an imidazole derivative, which is suitable for industrial production. Compound (VI) is produced by reacting compound (I) with a Grignard reagent or a magnesium reagent, and a lithium reagent, and then reacting the resulting compound with compound (V).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Yoichi Kawabata, Yasuhiro Sawai, Kazuaki Kanno, Naotaka Sawada
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Patent number: 8507504Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a hydrate of 3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-4-imino-7-[(2?-methyl-2?,3?-dihydro-1?H-spiro[cyclopropane-1,4?-isoquinolin]-7?-yl)amino]-3,4-dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2(1H)-one (Compound A) or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A and a crystalline form of Compound A or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A, which are useful in the field of treatment of various cancers as a kinase inhibitor, especially as a Weel kinase inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Shuntaro Furukawa, Taketo Ikeno, Shinji Kato, Masashi Kawasaki, Hisaki Kojima, Wataru Minagawa, Naotaka Sawada, Fuyuki Yamamoto, Sachin Lohani, Yaling Wang
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Publication number: 20110092520Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a hydrate of 3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-4-imino-7-[(2?-methyl-2?,3?-dihydro-1?H-spiro[cyclopropane-1,4?-isoquinolin]-7?-yl)amino]-3,4-dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2(1H)-one (Compound A) or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A and a crystalline form of Compound A or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A, which are useful in the field of treatment of various cancers as a kinase inhibitor, especially as a Weel kinase inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Shuntaro Furukawa, Taketo Ikeno, Shinji Kato, Masashi Kawasaki, Hisaki Kojima, Wataru Minagawa, Naotaka Sawada, Fuyuki Yamamoto, Sachin Lohani, Yaling Wang
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Publication number: 20100222394Abstract: The present invention provides a more efficient industrial method for producing a pyrazol-3-yl-benzamide derivative expressed by a formula useful as medicine: wherein R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a lower alkyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Kenichi Asakawa, Naotaka Sawada, Takayuki Tsuritani, Toshiaki Mase, Keiji Takahashi, Takahiro Itoh, Feng Xu, Naoki Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20090306375Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a 4(3H)-quinazolinone derivative, which is useful as a medicinal substance, with better efficiency in an industrial scale. The process comprises the steps of reacting 4-hydroxy-N-tert-butoxycarbonylpiperidine with 4-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene in the presence of sodium hydride, reacting the resulting product with cyclobutanone, reducing the resulting product to give 4-(1-cyclobutyl-4-piperidinyl)oxyaniline, and reacting this compound with 2-methyl-5-trifluoromethyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one to give 3-{4-[(1-cyclobutyl-4-piperidinyl)oxy]phenyl}-2-methyl-5-trifluoromethyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Satoshi Kii, Tsuyoshi Nagase, Kimihiko Sato, Nagaaki Sato, Naotaka Sawada, Takayuki Tsuritani
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Publication number: 20090131664Abstract: This invention is related to a method for producing 3-{4-[3-(1-pyrrolidinyl)propoxy]phenyl}-5-trifluoromethyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone comprising a step for reacting 2-methyl-5-trifluoromethyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one with 4-[3-(1-pyrrolidinyl)propoxy]aniline or an acid-addition salt thereof, or 4-(1-cyclobutyl-4-piperidinoy9oxyaniline or acid addition salt thereof in the presence of an acid catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Atsushi Akao, Takehiko Iida, Takahiro Itoh, Toshiaki Mase, Kimihiko Sato, Naotaka Sawada, Chie Kadowaki, Takayuki Tsuritani, Nobuyoshi Yasuda
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Publication number: 20060241299Abstract: This invention relates to a process for making spirolactone compounds of general formula I, having an improved IA/IB ratio, according to the following shceme.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2004Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Ralph Volante, Steven Weissman, Takehiko Iida, Yuhei Yamamoto, Hiroki Sato, Kenji Maeda, Naotaka Sawada, Toshiaki Mase