Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Okoshi

Nobuhiko Okoshi 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).

  • Patent number: 4353854
    Abstract: A method of producing a large-sized body of a ceramic honeycomb structure, comprising the steps of integrating unfired unit blocks each having a prismatic shape and a honeycomb structure with axial gas passages into a large-sized body by bonding the unit blocks to one another with a bonding agent and firing this body. The unit blocks are formed of a ceramic composition consisting of a powdered ceramic material and completely gasifiable substances, and essential components of the bonding agent are also completely gasifiable substances such as a combination of an organic binder material used in the ceramic composition and a solvent for this binder material. The gasifiable substances present in the large-sized body are completely dissipated by heating before the occurrence of sintering of the ceramic material by firing, so that the fired product is a wholly and homogeneously ceramic body of a honeycomb structure highly resistant to thermal shocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company
    Inventors: Akira Oyamada, Shin Fujii, Nobuhiko Okoshi, Satoshi Ambe, Shigeyoshi Nakagawa