Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Tabata

Seiichiro Tabata 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: 11955638
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped member is provided and includes a porous carbon material including a material obtained from carbonization of a raw material including rice husk, the raw material having a silicon content of at least 5 wt %, the raw material is heat treated before carbonization, and the raw material is treated by an alkali treatment after carbonization to reduce the silicon content, the porous carbon material having a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g as measured by the nitrogen BET method, a pore volume of at least 0.1 cm3/g as measured by the BJH method and MP method, and an R value of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Tabata, Shinichiro Yamada, Masayoshi Kanno, Tsutomu Noguchi, Takeshi Horie
  • Publication number: 20230364582
    Abstract: A functional material is provided and includes a porous carbon material derived from a plant-derived material as a raw material, wherein a bulk density of the porous carbon material is in a range of 0.2 grams/cm3 to 0.4 grams/cm3, and wherein a value of an ignition residue of the porous carbon material ranges from 0.1 mass % to 20 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shun YAMANOI, Seiichiro TABATA, Hironori IIDA
  • Patent number: 11802059
    Abstract: A porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a volume of fine pores by a BJH method of 0.3 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 ?m or more, alternatively, a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1×10?9 m to 5×10?7 m, obtained by a non-localized density functional theory method, of 1.0 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Yamanoi, Hironori Iida, Machiko Minatoya, Seiichiro Tabata, Shinichiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11707727
    Abstract: A solidified porous carbon material uses a plant-derived material as a raw material, a bulk density of the solidified porous carbon material is in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 grams/cm3, preferably, 0.3 to 0.4 grams/cm3. A value of a cumulative pore volume in the range of 0.05 to 5 ?m in pore size based on a mercury press-in method is in the range of 0.4 to 1.2 cm3, preferably, 0.5 to 1.0 cm3 per 1 gram of the solidified porous carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Yamanoi, Seiichiro Tabata, Hironori Iida
  • Patent number: 11707068
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fungicide, including a porous carbon material and a silver member adhered to the porous carbon material, wherein a value of a specific surface area based on a nitrogen BET, namely Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller method is equal to or larger than 10 m2/g, and a volume of a fine pore based on a BJH, namely Barrett, Joyner, and Halenda method and an MP, namely Micro Pore method is equal to or larger than 0.1 cm3/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Iida, Shun Yamanoi, Machiko Minatoya, Seiichiro Tabata, Shinichiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11697106
    Abstract: A porous carbon material composite formed of a porous carbon material and a functional material and equipped with high functionality. The porous carbon material composite is formed of (A) a porous carbon material obtainable from a plant-derived material having a silicon (Si) content of 5 wt % or higher as a raw material; and (B) a functional material adhered on the porous carbon material, and has a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or greater as determined by the nitrogen BET method and a pore volume of 0.1 cm3/g or greater as determined by the BJH method and MP method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Iida, Seiichiro Tabata, Shinichiro Yamada, Tsutomu Noguchi, Shun Yamanoi
  • Patent number: 11697603
    Abstract: A filter medium of the present invention includes a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a volume of fine pores by a BJH method of 0.3 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 ?m or more, alternatively, a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1×10?9 m to 5×10?7 m, obtained by a non-localized density functional theory method, of 1.0 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Yamanoi, Hironori Iida, Machiko Minatoya, Seiichiro Tabata, Shinichiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230147545
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped member is provided and includes a porous carbon material including a material obtained from carbonization of a raw material including rice husk, the raw material having a silicon content of at least 5 wt %, the raw material is heat treated before carbonization, and the raw material is treated by an alkali treatment after carbonization to reduce the silicon content, the porous carbon material having a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g as measured by the nitrogen BET method, a pore volume of at least 0.1 cm3/g as measured by the BJH method and MP method, and an R value of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Shinichiro YAMADA, Masayoshi KANNO, Tsutomu NOGUCHI, Takeshi HORIE
  • Publication number: 20230121484
    Abstract: An unwanted matter removal device includes a removal tank 10, a pair of electrodes 31A and 31B disposed in the removal tank 10, a flow path 40 composed of the pair of electrodes 31A and 31B, a Fenton's reagent introduction portion that introduces a Fenton's reagent into the flow path, a liquid introduction portion that introduces a liquid containing an unwanted matter that should be removed into the flow path and a liquid discharge portion that discharges the liquid from the flow path, and the pair of electrodes 31A and 31B are composed of comb-like electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Jan Jasper VAN DEN BERG, Tim BEARD
  • Publication number: 20230084981
    Abstract: Provided is a particle capturing system and a particle capturing system capable of capturing even small particles to be captured in a gas phase. The particle capturing system according to the present technology includes: an acoustic aggregation device that aggregates particles to be captured in a gas phase by applying sound waves to the particles to be captured; and an aggregate capturing device that charges particle aggregates obtained by aggregating the particles to be captured in the gas phase and captures the particle aggregates with an electrostatic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Jan Jasper VAN DEN BERG, Tim BEARD
  • Publication number: 20230072495
    Abstract: Provided is a filter cleaning device capable of cleaning a filter while suppressing the shortening of the life of the filter. The present technology provides a filter cleaning device that determines a contaminated region from a plurality of regions of a filter that captures particles or molecules, and supplies energy for reducing a contamination level to some of the plurality of regions determined as the contaminated region. According to the present technology, it is possible to provide a filter cleaning device capable of cleaning a filter while suppressing the shortening of the life of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Tim BEARD, Jan Jasper VAN DEN BERG
  • Publication number: 20230070640
    Abstract: To provide a technique enabling the effective use of a plant-derived Si source. The present technique is capable of providing a production method of a porous material containing Si and Al, in which a first Si source composition that is a plant-derived Si source and an Al source are used as at least raw materials. The first Si source composition may be a Si source recovered when a treatment for recovering the Si source is carried out after a carbonization treatment of a plant-derived raw material. A second Si source composition may be a treatment product obtained by a decarburization treatment of a plant-derived raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Seiichiro TABATA, Toshiyuki YOKOI
  • Patent number: 11545665
    Abstract: A carbon-polymer complex is provided and includes a porous carbon material and a binder, wherein the porous carbon material includes a material obtained from carbonization of a raw material including rice husk, the raw material having a silicon content of at least 5 wt %, the raw material is heat treated before carbonization, and the raw material is treated by an alkali treatment after carbonization to reduce the silicon content, the porous carbon material having a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g as measured by the nitrogen BET method, a pore volume of at least 0.1 cm3/g as measured by the BJH method and MP method, and an R value of 1.5 or greater, wherein the porous carbon material includes mesopores having pore sizes from 2 nm to 50 nm and obtained from the alkali treatment of the raw material after carbonization, the porous carbon material further includes macropores and micropores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Tabata, Shinichiro Yamada, Masayoshi Kanno, Tsutomu Noguchi, Takeshi Horie
  • Patent number: 11539055
    Abstract: An air-metal secondary battery has an electrode including a porous carbon material, wherein the porous carbon material has a specific surface area of 280 m2/g or more, preferably 700 m2/g or more, more preferably 1,500 m2/g or more, as determined by a nitrogen BET method, and the air-metal secondary battery has an average charging voltage of 4.4 V or less, preferably 4.3 V or less, more preferably 4.1 V or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Iida, Seiichiro Tabata, Shun Yamanoi, Shinichiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210333299
    Abstract: A pretreatment apparatus (100) for performing pretreatment of a sample is provided with a holder (610) for holding a container (10) containing a sample, a centrifugal separation device (600) for rotating the container (10) held by the holder (610) to perform a centrifugal separation, a temperature adjustment device (420) for adjusting the temperature of the sample in the container (10) in the holder (610), an input device (320) for receiving from a user a designated temperature that is adjusted by the temperature adjustment device (420), a controller (300) for controlling the temperature adjustment device (420) in accordance with the designated temperature received via the input device (320).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Hiroyasu SUMIDA, Yoshihiko KITAWAKI, Seiichiro TABATA
  • Patent number: 11099200
    Abstract: A pretreatment apparatus (100) for performing pretreatment of a sample is provided with a holder (610) for holding a container (10) containing a sample, a centrifugal separation device (600) for rotating the container (10) held by the holder (610) to perform a centrifugal separation, a temperature adjustment device (420) for adjusting the temperature of the sample in the container (10) in the holder (610), an input device (320) for receiving from a user a designated temperature that is adjusted by the temperature adjustment device (420), a controller (300) for controlling the temperature adjustment device (420) in accordance with the designated temperature received via the input device (320).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Sumida, Yoshihiko Kitawaki, Seiichiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 11061040
    Abstract: A pretreatment apparatus (100) for performing pretreatment of a sample is provided with a holder (610) for holding a container (10) containing a sample, a centrifugal separation device (600) for rotating the container (10) held by the holder (610) to perform a centrifugal separation, a temperature adjustment device (420) for adjusting the temperature of the sample in the container (10) in the holder (610), an input device (320) for receiving from a user a designated temperature that is adjusted by the temperature adjustment device (420), a controller (300) for controlling the temperature adjustment device (420) in accordance with the designated temperature received via the input device (320).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Sumida, Yoshihiko Kitawaki, Seiichiro Tabata
  • Publication number: 20210094016
    Abstract: A functional material is provided and includes a porous carbon material derived from a plant-derived material as a raw material, wherein a bulk density of the porous carbon material is in a range of 0.2 grams/cm3 to 0.4 grams/cm3, a value of a cumulative pore volume in a range of 0.05 ?m to 5 ?m in pore size of the porous carbon material based on a mercury press-in method is in a range of 0.4 cm3 per 1 gram of the porous carbon material to 1.2 cm3 per 1 gram of the porous carbon material, and a value of a pore volume of the porous carbon material based on an MP method is in a range of 0.04 cm3 per 1 cm3 of the porous carbon material to 0.09 cm3 per 1 cm3 of the porous carbon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shun YAMANOI, Seiichiro TABATA, Hironori IIDA
  • Publication number: 20210023535
    Abstract: A porous carbon material composite formed of a porous carbon material and a functional material and equipped with high functionality. The porous carbon material composite is formed of (A) a porous carbon material obtainable from a plant-derived material having a silicon (Si) content of 5 wt % or higher as a raw material; and (B) a functional material adhered on the porous carbon material, and has a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or greater as determined by the nitrogen BET method and a pore volume of 0.1 cm3/g or greater as determined by the BJH method and MP method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Iida, Seiichiro Tabata, Shinichiro Yamada, Tsutomu Noguchi, Shun Yamanoi
  • Publication number: 20200386973
    Abstract: Provided are a particle measuring device and a particle measuring method that can omit the work for position adjustment of optical fibers and maintain a state where light appropriately enters the optical fibers. A particle measuring device (10) includes: a flow cell (20) in which a sample (11) including a particle flows; an irradiator (30) configured to irradiate an irradiation light to the sample (11) flowing in the flow cell (20); a condenser lens (42) to condense a light generated from the particle included in the sample (11) which is irradiated by the irradiation light; a light transmitter (50) which is formed by a plurality of optical fibers (51) being bundled, and which the light having passed through the condenser lens (42) enters; and a light detector (61) configured to receive the light transmitted by the light transmitter (50) and output a detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Seiichiro TABATA