Patents by Inventor Ohki Houshito

Ohki Houshito 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: 20220212173
    Abstract: Provided are an exhaust gas purifying catalyst structure that inhibits foil elongation and improves structural durability and a production method therefor. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst structure has a metal support configured by using an mantle and a metal foil provided in the mantle and forming an exhaust gas flow path, and a catalyst layer provided on a surface forming the flow path of the metal foil, wherein the catalyst layer contains a noble metal, an OSC material containing cerium and a rare earth element other than cerium (non-Ce rare earth element), and alumina, and a content of the non-Ce rare earth element with respect to 100% by mass of the catalyst layer is 2.52% by mass or more and 4.62% by mass or less in terms of an oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiaki KIMURA, Koji UENO, Takeshi ENDO, Akiko IWASA, Shumpei SUZUKI, Toshiharu MORIYA, Ohki HOUSHITO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10220373
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier of the invention includes a modified aluminum borate which contains aluminum borate and at least one addition element selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element and an alkaline earth metal and which has an electronegativity of 2.732 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Ohki Houshito, Hironori Iwakura, Yuki Nagao, Masato Machida
  • Patent number: 10022705
    Abstract: To reduce an OSC material, while maintaining necessary OSC capacity; and to improve heat resistance and reactivity of a precious metal. Proposed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which comprises a first catalyst layer that is formed on the surface of a substrate that is formed of a ceramic or a metal, and a second catalyst layer that is formed on the upper side of the first catalyst layer. The first catalyst layer comprises a precious metal, an OSC material and an alumina, and the OSC material and the alumina are comprised at a mass ratio of OSC material:alumina=1:7 to 1:3. The second catalyst layer comprises a precious metal, an OSC material and an alumina, and the OSC material and the alumina are comprised at a mass ratio of OSC material:alumina=1:1 to 10:0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kimura, Hiroyuki Horimura, Takumi Yamaguchi, Takeshi Endo, Akihiro Iimuro, Ryoichi Oshima, Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20170232425
    Abstract: To reduce an OSC material, while maintaining necessary OSC capacity; and to improve heat resistance and reactivity of a precious metal. Proposed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which comprises a first catalyst layer that is formed on the surface of a substrate that is formed of a ceramic or a metal, and a second catalyst layer that is formed on the upper side of the first catalyst layer. The first catalyst layer comprises a precious metal, an OSC material and an alumina, and the OSC material and the alumina are comprised at a mass ratio of OSC material:alumina=1:7 to 1:3. The second catalyst layer comprises a precious metal, an OSC material and an alumina, and the OSC material and the alumina are comprised at a mass ratio of OSC material:alumina=1:1 to 10:0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki KIMURA, Hiroyuki HORIMURA, Takumi YAMAGUCHI, Takeshi ENDO, Akihiro IIMURO, Ryoichi OSHIMA, Ohki HOUSHITO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 9687817
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for an exhaust gas purification catalyst containing aluminum borate particles having a peak (pore peak) exhibiting the highest intensity in a void volume diameter range of from 20 nm to 100 nm in a logarithmic differential void volume distribution measured using a mercury intrusion porosimeter, in order to provide a new catalyst support capable of effectively suppressing a decrease in catalytic performance caused by sulfur (S) component contained in the exhaust gas, in the case of supporting Pd as a catalytically active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Abe, Takahiro Sato, Ohki Houshito, Yuki Nagao, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9669389
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust gas purifying catalyst carrier has a core body formed of a CeO2—ZrO2 solid solution or a CeO2—ZrO2—La2O2 solid solution, and CeO2 supported on the surface of the core body, wherein the core body has a CeO2 content of 5 to 35 mass % and an La2O2 content of 0 to 10 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier, and the amount of CeO2 supported on the core body is 5 to 17 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Takashi Wakabayashi, Yasunori Imada, Ohki Houshito, Yuki Nagao, Takahiko Sakaue, Akihiro Nara, Shinji Aoki
  • Publication number: 20170120221
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier of the invention includes a modified aluminum borate which contains aluminum borate and at least one addition element selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element and an alkaline earth metal and which has an electronegativity of 2.732 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Ohki HOUSHITO, Hironori IWAKURA, Yuki NAGAO, Masato MACHIDA
  • Patent number: 9597665
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification catalyst system for use in an automobile including an exhaust gas purification catalyst product disposed in both a front section and a rear section, the exhaust gas purification catalyst product of the front section has a layered catalyst including a lower layer which contains aluminum borate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Ohki Houshito
  • Patent number: 9533290
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst composition using other metals different from noble metals as a catalytic activity component and which has an excellent catalytic activity even after a thermal duration treatment. Provided are an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition which includes ceria-zirconia particles with a feature in that a peak arising from (111) plane is divided into two peak tops in an XRD pattern and in which a transition metal including at least one of Cu, Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, and Ag is supported on the ceria-zirconia particles, and a catalyst using the exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Makoto Ogawa, Ryoichi Oshima, Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20160279606
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for an exhaust gas purification catalyst containing aluminum borate particles having a peak (pore peak) exhibiting the highest intensity in a void volume diameter range of from 20 nm to 100 nm in a logarithmic differential void volume distribution measured using a mercury intrusion porosimeter, in order to provide a new catalyst support capable of effectively suppressing a decrease in catalytic performance caused by sulfur (S) component contained in the exhaust gas, in the case of supporting Pd as a catalytically active component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Akira ABE, Takahiro SATO, Ohki HOUSHITO, Yuki NAGAO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 9358524
    Abstract: Provided is a novel catalyst structure capable of maintaining gas diffusivity to a deep part of a catalyst layer even under condition of a high gas flow rate. Proposed is a catalyst structure, which has a porous apatite catalyst layer containing an oxide (hereinafter referred to as “apatite”) whose crystalline structure belongs to an apatite type, and in which, in logarithmic differentiation void volume distribution measured by a mercury intrusion porosimeter, a peak top is present within a void volume diameter range of 100 nm to 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Yunosuke Nakahara, Yasunori Imada, Ohki Houshito, Noriaki Iwata, Shinichi Tosa, Syouji Inose, Masanori Hashimoto, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9308516
    Abstract: Provided is a novel catalyst carrier for exhaust gas which relates to an OSC material containing a ceria-zirconia composite oxide and is able to enhance the low temperature properties and to exert excellent OSC even at the time of engine start and excellent exhaust gas purification performance. A catalyst carrier for exhaust gas containing a fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide and ceria formed from the fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide by phase separation proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20160082420
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification catalyst system for use in an automobile including an exhaust gas purification catalyst product disposed in both a front section and a rear section, the exhaust gas purification catalyst product of the front section has a layered catalyst including a lower layer which contains aluminum borate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yuki NAGAO, Ohki HOUSHITO
  • Publication number: 20160082419
    Abstract: The disclosed exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier includes a modified aluminum borate which contains aluminum borate and at least one addition element selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element and an alkaline earth metal and which has an electronegativity of 2.732 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Ohki HOUSHITO, Hironori IWAKURA, Yuki NAGAO, Masato MACHIDA
  • Patent number: 9192917
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which includes barium hexaaluminate, and palladium and barium which are supported on barium hexaaluminate, wherein the amount of supported palladium, as reduced to metallic Pd, is 0.2 to 3.5 mass % with respect to the mass of barium hexaaluminate; the amount of supported barium, as reduced to BaO, is 1 to 20 mass % with respect to the mass of barium hexaaluminate; and the ratio by mole of supported barium to supported palladium, Ba/Pd, is (0.5 to 10)/1; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst product which has a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer which is formed of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst as a predominant component and which is supported on the catalyst support; and a method for producing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Ohki Houshito
  • Publication number: 20150224471
    Abstract: Provided is a novel catalyst carrier for exhaust gas which relates to an OSC material containing a ceria-zirconia composite oxide and is able to enhance the low temperature properties and to exert excellent OSC even at the time of engine start and excellent exhaust gas purification performance. A catalyst carrier for exhaust gas containing a fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide and ceria formed from the fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide by phase separation proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20140371058
    Abstract: Provided is a novel catalyst structure capable of maintaining gas diffusivity to a deep part of a catalyst layer even under condition of a high gas flow rate. Proposed is a catalyst structure, which has a porous apatite catalyst layer containing an oxide (hereinafter referred to as “apatite”) whose crystalline structure belongs to an apatite type, and in which, in logarithmic differentiation void volume distribution measured by a mercury intrusion porosimeter, a peak top is present within a void volume diameter range of 100 nm to 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Yunosuke Nakahara, Yasunori Imada, Ohki Houshito, Noriaki Iwata, Shinichi Tosa, Syouji Inose, Masanori Hashimoto, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20140323294
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst composition using other metals different from noble metals as a catalytic activity component and which has an excellent catalytic activity even after a thermal duration treatment. Provided are an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition which includes ceria-zirconia particles with a feature in that a peak arising from (111) plane is divided into two peak tops in an XRD pattern and in which a transition metal including at least one of Cu, Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, and Ag is supported on the ceria-zirconia particles, and a catalyst using the exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Makoto Ogawa, Ryoichi Oshima, Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20140038818
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust gas purifying catalyst carrier has a core body formed of a CeO2—ZrO2 solid solution or a CeO2—ZrO2—La2O2 solid solution, and CeO2 supported on the surface of the core body, wherein the core body has a CeO2 content of 5 to 35 mass % and an La2O2 content of 0 to 10 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier, and the amount of CeO2 supported on the core body is 5 to 17 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Takashi Wakabayashi, Yasunori Imada, Ohki Houshito, Yuki Nagao, Takahiko Sakaue, Akihiro Nara, Shinji Aoki
  • Publication number: 20130116117
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which includes barium hexaaluminate, and palladium and barium which are supported on barium hexaaluminate, wherein the amount of supported palladium, as reduced to metallic Pd, is 0.2 to 3.5 mass % with respect to the mass of barium hexaaluminate; the amount of supported barium, as reduced to BaO, is 1 to 20 mass % with respect to the mass of barium hexaaluminate; and the ratio by mole of supported barium to supported palladium, Ba/Pd, is (0.5 to 10)/1; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst product which has a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer which is formed of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst as a predominant component and which is supported on the catalyst support; and a method for producing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Ohki Houshito