Patents by Inventor Norimitsu TOHNAI

Norimitsu TOHNAI 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: 20230167577
    Abstract: A refining method according to the present invention is a refining method for crystallizing a compound with at least one crystal form, including setting, as a target wavelength and a target concentration, a specific infrared wavelength and a specific concentration at which a specific crystal form precipitates from a solution of the compound dissolved in a solvent, and using an infrared radiation apparatus capable of emitting infrared radiation including the target wavelength to evaporate the solvent and precipitate the specific crystal form while irradiating a solution of the compound dissolved in the solvent at the target concentration with infrared radiation including the target wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimitsu TOHNAI, Daiki KATO, Yoshio KONDO, Kazunari YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230150957
    Abstract: A refining method according to the present invention is a refining method for crystallizing a compound with at least one crystal form, including: setting, as a target wavelength, a specific infrared wavelength at which a specific crystal form precipitates from a solution of the compound dissolved in a solvent; and using an infrared radiation apparatus capable of emitting infrared radiation including the target wavelength to evaporate the solvent and precipitate the specific crystal form while irradiating the solution with infrared radiation including the target wavelength. The specific infrared wavelength is preferably set as the target wavelength based on an infrared absorption spectrum of the crystal form and the dissolution rate of the compound in the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimitsu TOHNAI, Daiki KATO, Yoshio KONDO, Kazunari YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230150958
    Abstract: A refining method according to the present invention is a refining method for crystallizing a compound with at least one crystal form, including setting, as a target wavelength and a target temperature, a specific infrared wavelength and a specific temperature at which a specific crystal form precipitates from a solution of the compound dissolved in a solvent, and using an infrared radiation apparatus capable of emitting infrared radiation including the target wavelength to evaporate the solvent and precipitate the specific crystal form while irradiating the solution with infrared radiation including the target wavelength and adjusting a temperature of the solution to the target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimitsu TOHNAI, Daiki KATO, Yoshio KONDO, Kazunari YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11434213
    Abstract: The complex crystal of the present disclosure is a complex crystal having a structure in which supramolecular units each composed of two or more types of molecules are arrayed. Each of the supramolecular units contains a cyanoacrylic acid derivative and a trisubstituted methylamine as the molecules. The complex crystal has, between the supramolecular units, molecular cavities in each of which a guest molecule for which the supramolecular unit is a host is not disposed. The complex crystal of the present disclosure can have a property of incorporating a chemical substance therein and can exhibit a great change in a characteristic when incorporating the chemical substance therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei Hosokawa, Norimitsu Tohnai, Mikihiko Nishitani
  • Publication number: 20210270853
    Abstract: An organic salt of the present disclosure contains terephthalic acid and at least one kind of primary alkylamine. An alkyl group constituting the primary alkylamine has 6 or more and 17 or less carbon atoms. The organic salt of the present disclosure can be used to detect a hydroxy radical contained in a gas, for example. The present disclosure provides: an organic salt that makes it possible to detect a hydroxy radical more easily as well as to detect a hydroxy radical generated in a living body; and a hydroxy-radical sensor adopting the organic salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Teppei HOSOKAWA, Norimitsu TOHNAI
  • Publication number: 20200010437
    Abstract: The complex crystal of the present disclosure is a complex crystal having a structure in which supramolecular units each composed of two or more types of molecules are arrayed. Each of the supramolecular units contains a cyanoacrylic acid derivative and a trisubstituted methylamine as the molecules. The complex crystal has, between the supramolecular units, molecular cavities in each of which a guest molecule for which the supramolecular unit is a host is not disposed. The complex crystal of the present disclosure can have a property of incorporating a chemical substance therein and can exhibit a great change in a characteristic when incorporating the chemical substance therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Teppei HOSOKAWA, Norimitsu TOHNAI, Mikihiko NISHITANI