Patents by Inventor Norifumi MORIHARA

Norifumi MORIHARA 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: 10981789
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for further uniformly drawing out a carbon nanotube web while inhibiting mixing of edge scraps. A carbon nanotube web is drawn out from a carbon nanotube array-in a state in which abutting members which abut on the carbon nanotube array are provided on respective outer sides of both edges of a boundary region between the carbon nanotube array and the carbon nanotube web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norifumi Morihara, Tetsuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10899619
    Abstract: The method for producing a carbon nanotube web includes preparing a carbon nanotube array disposed on a substrate, the carbon nanotube array including a plurality of carbon nanotubes vertically aligned relative to the substrate; and drawing a carbon nanotube web from the carbon nanotube array so that the plurality of carbon nanotube single yarns are arranged in parallel, wherein in the step of drawing a carbon nanotube web, the carbon nanotube web is oscillated in a direction crossing both the thickness direction of the substrate and the drawing direction of the carbon nanotube web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Inoue, Norifumi Morihara, Tomoya Yamashita, Katsunori Suzuki, Yasuro Okumiya, Koji Yataka
  • Publication number: 20190194020
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for further uniformly drawing out a carbon nanotube web while inhibiting mixing of edge scraps. A carbon nanotube web is drawn out from a carbon nanotube array-in a state in which abutting members which abut on the carbon nanotube array are provided on respective outer sides of both edges of a boundary region between the carbon nanotube array and the carbon nanotube web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Norifumi MORIHARA, Tetsuya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190100435
    Abstract: The method for producing a carbon nanotube web includes preparing a carbon nanotube array disposed on a substrate, the carbon nanotube array including a plurality of carbon nanotubes vertically aligned relative to the substrate; and drawing a carbon nanotube web from the carbon nanotube array so that the plurality of carbon nanotube single yarns are arranged in parallel, wherein in the step of drawing a carbon nanotube web, the carbon nanotube web is oscillated in a direction crossing both the thickness direction of the substrate and the drawing direction of the carbon nanotube web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya INOUE, Norifumi MORIHARA, Tomoya YAMASHITA, Katsunori SUZUKI, Yasuro OKUMIYA, Koji YATAKA
  • Publication number: 20180179064
    Abstract: A method for producing a carbon nanotube web includes a step of preparing a carbon nanotube array disposed on a substrate, the carbon nanotube array including a plurality of carbon nanotubes vertically aligned relative to the substrate; and a step of drawing a carbon nanotube web from the carbon nanotube array, the carbon nanotube web including a plurality of carbon nanotube single yarns arranged in parallel in a direction intersecting the direction carbon nanotube single yarns extend, and the carbon nanotube single yarns including a plurality of continuously connected carbon nanotubes. In the step of drawing a carbon nanotube web, the drawing position of the carbon nanotube web from the carbon nanotube array is kept at the same position in the drawing direction of the carbon nanotube web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuya INOUE, Norifumi MORIHARA, Tomoya YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20180073166
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube collected product, comprising the steps of: preparing a roller comprising a shaft having a cylindrical shape and a resin film located over an entire circumference of the shaft preparing a plurality of carbon nanotube yarns each having a plurality of carbon nanotubes; arranging the plurality of carbon nanotube yarns in parallel and along a direction an axis of the shaft extends, and drawing the plurality of carbon nanotube yarns in a circumferential direction of the shaft such that they are located on the resin film; supplying a volatile liquid to the plurality of carbon nanotube yarns located on the resin film; and processing the plurality of carbon nanotube yarns to which the liquid has been supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Norifumi MORIHARA, Tetsuya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180044819
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube fiber, the method comprising: preparing a core material—extending in a predetermined direction; preparing a carbon nanotube array comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned on a substrate and oriented vertically to the substrate; preparing a carbon nanotube untwisted yarn comprising the plurality of continuously connected carbon nanotubes by drawing the carbon nanotube untwisted yarn from the carbon nanotube array; and winding the carbon nanotube untwisted yarn around the core material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuya INOUE, Norifumi MORIHARA, Tomoya YAMASHITA