Patents by Inventor RYUROU KURAHACHI

RYUROU KURAHACHI 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: 20200350599
    Abstract: To provide a sheet formed product that, in addition to being thin, has a small groove interval, groove width, and groove depth, that has a large contact surface area with oxygen gas or hydrogen gas, that is suitable for simply and at low cost producing a lightweight compact separator, and a manufacturing method for same. In the sheet formed product (amorphous thin sheet) according to the present invention, a metal matrix on which is formed a passivation layer on a surface layer thereof and that exhibits corrosion resistance has a three-dimensional surface structure, for example a groove-like uneven shape on a surface thereof. On the front surface having the uneven shape (or also on the back surface), particles of a conductive material component penetrate the passivation layer, and are exposed on the surface without being in solid solution in the metal matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: MANABU KIUCHI, RYUROU KURAHACHI, YOSHIHISA FUKUDOME, KENJI KAWASAKA, KOJI KOREEDA, YOSHIO SHIN, TOSHIHARU MORIMOTO, SHIGEO KAKUDOU, KAZUNORI TAKIKAWA, HIDETAKA ITO, HIROAKI KONDO, SATOSHI KUBOTA, SOOYOUNG KIM, KAORU TSURUOKA, TOMOHIRO KANAMARU