Patents by Inventor Ryuta Kono

Ryuta Kono 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: 20200386134
    Abstract: A filter including a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb structure segments made of porous ceramics, side faces of the segments being bonded together via a bonding material, wherein each of the pillar-shaped honeycomb structure segments includes an outer peripheral side wall, and partition walls partitioning a plurality of cells extending from a first end face to a second end face, and in each of the pillar-shaped honeycomb structure segments, an average porosity of the outer peripheral side wall is lower than that of the partition walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Koji FUKUYO, Tasuku MATSUMOTO, Shuichi ICHIKAWA, Suguru KODAMA, Ryuta KONO, Narimasa SHINODA, Rui HORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8562732
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising: a coating material adjustment step for obtaining a coating material by mixing at least water with a ceramic powder aggregate having only one peak in a particle size distribution, an average particle size of 23 to 39 ?m, and a particle size distribution width of 15 to 33, a coating material application step for applying the coating material to cover the outer periphery of a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells separated by porous ceramic partition walls, and a coating material heat-drying step for forming an outer wall by heat-drying the coating material after the coating material application step. By the method, the outer periphery is covered with a coating material to form an outer wall to hardly generate, for example, crack generation and peeling upon drying the outer wall, and the coating material is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuta Kono, Yoshiro Ono, Yasushi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8277895
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising: a coating material adjustment step for obtaining a coating material by mixing at least water with a ceramic powder aggregate having only one peak in a particle size distribution, an average particle size of 23 to 39 ?m, and a particle size distribution width of 15 to 33, a coating material application step for applying the coating material to cover the outer periphery of a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells separated by porous ceramic partition walls, and a coating material heat-drying step for forming an outer wall by heat-drying the coating material after the coating material application step. By the method, the outer periphery is covered with a coating material to form an outer wall to hardly generate, for example, crack generation and peeling upon drying the outer wall, and the coating material is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuta Kono, Yoshiro Ono, Yasushi Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20120225768
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising: a coating material adjustment step for obtaining a coating material by mixing at least water with a ceramic powder aggregate having only one peak in a particle size distribution, an average particle size of 23 to 39 ?m, and a particle size distribution width of 15 to 33, a coating material application step for applying the coating material to cover the outer periphery of a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells separated by porous ceramic partition walls, and a coating material heat-drying step for forming an outer wall by heat-drying the coating material after the coating material application step. By the method, the outer periphery is covered with a coating material to form an outer wall to hardly generate, for example, crack generation and peeling upon drying the outer wall, and the coating material is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta KONO, Yoshiro ONO, Yasushi NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100119719
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising: a coating material adjustment step for obtaining a coating material by mixing at least water with a ceramic powder aggregate having only one peak in a particle size distribution, an average particle size of 23 to 39 ?m, and a particle size distribution width of 15 to 33, a coating material application step for applying the coating material to cover the outer periphery of a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells separated by porous ceramic partition walls, and a coating material heat-drying step for forming an outer wall by heat-drying the coating material after the coating material application step. By the method, the outer periphery is covered with a coating material to form an outer wall to hardly generate, for example, crack generation and peeling upon drying the outer wall, and the coating material is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta KONO, Yoshiro ONO, Yasushi NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090220699
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes the steps of: forming the outer periphery of a ceramic structure having a plurality of cells separated by ceramic porous partition walls into a predetermined shape; applying a coating material containing at least a ceramic powder, water, and a high-boiling additive having a higher boiling point than that of water on an outer periphery of the cell structure 2 so as to cover the outer periphery; and drying the coating material by heating to form an outer wall 3. The method provides a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure having the outer wall formed by covering the outer periphery with a coating material and hardly having a crack and a defect such as peeling and a coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta KONO, Yoshiro ONO, Yasushi NOGUCHI