Patents by Inventor Seiji NAKAHIGASHI

Seiji NAKAHIGASHI 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: 20240018891
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification system that allows suppressing the emission of carbon monoxide (CO). An exhaust gas purification system includes a three-way catalyst and a particulate filter and a control device. The three-way catalyst and the particulate filter are arranged respectively on an upstream side and a downstream side of an exhaust channel connected to an internal combustion engine. The control device controls the internal combustion engine so as to execute fuel cut during a deceleration operation of the internal combustion engine. The particulate filter includes a honeycomb substrate and an outflow cell side catalyst layer. The honeycomb substrate includes a porous partition wall defining a plurality of cells extending from an inflow side end surface to an outflow side end surface. The plurality of cells include an inflow cell and an outflow cell adjacent across the partition wall. The inflow cell has an open inflow side end and a sealed outflow side end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji SUGIURA, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Masatoshi IKEBE, Takaya OTA, Takeshi MORISHIMA, Eiji HARADA
  • Patent number: 11759769
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that allows improving an exhaust gas purification performance. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a porous carrier, a catalytic metal that is supported by the porous carrier and belongs to platinum group, an alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier, and an alkaline earth metal not supported by the porous carrier. At least a part of the alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier is supported inside the porous carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Seiji Nakahigashi, Takumi Tojo, Masahide Miura, Nobuyuki Takagi, Yoshiteru Yazawa, Sho Hoshino, Minoru Ito, Naoto Fujita, Tomomasa Aikawa
  • Patent number: 11719144
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having improved durability, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, the catalyst coat layer having a two-layer structure, wherein the catalyst coat layer includes an upstream portion on an upstream side and a downstream portion on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a part or all of the upstream portion is formed on a part of the downstream portion, wherein the downstream portion contains Rh fine particles, and wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation ? of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norimichi Shimano, Shogo Shirakawa, Masahide Miura, Isao Chinzei, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiroki Nihashi, Hiromi Togashi, Tomomasa Aikawa, Isao Naito
  • Patent number: 11633724
    Abstract: Methods for exhaust gas purification, including the steps of: attaching an exhaust gas purification catalyst to an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, and supplying an exhaust gas to the exhaust gas purification catalyst, where the exhaust gas purification catalyst includes an upper layer containing first carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide and rhodium, and a lower layer containing second carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide, the upper layer includes a rhodium-rich portion near the surface of the upper layer on the upstream side of the exhaust gas flow, and the existence range of the rhodium-rich portion is in a range of greater than 50% to 80% of the length of the upper layer from a downstream side end of an exhaust gas flow and of less than 20 ?m in the depth direction from an outermost surface of the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Oishi, Takaya Ota, Yoshinori Saito, Seiji Nakahigashi, Isao Chinzei, Hiromasa Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11607672
    Abstract: Methods for exhaust gas purification, including the steps of: attaching an exhaust gas purification catalyst to an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, and supplying an exhaust gas to the exhaust gas purification catalyst, where the exhaust gas purification catalyst includes an upper layer containing first carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide and rhodium, and a lower layer containing second carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide, the upper layer includes a rhodium-rich portion near the surface of the upper layer on the upstream side of the exhaust gas flow, and the existence range of the rhodium-rich portion is in a range of greater than 50% to 80% of the length of the upper layer from a downstream side end of an exhaust gas flow and of less than 20 ?m in the depth direction from an outermost surface of the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Oishi, Takaya Ota, Yoshinori Saito, Seiji Nakahigashi, Isao Chinzei, Hiromasa Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11577226
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved Rh activation, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, the catalyst coat layer having a two-layer structure, wherein the catalyst coat layer includes an upstream portion on an upstream side and a downstream portion on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a part or all of the upstream portion is formed on a part of the downstream portion, wherein the upstream portion contains Rh fine particles and Pt, wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation ? of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less, and wherein the downstream portion contains Rh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Nakahigashi, Isao Chinzei, Shogo Shirakawa, Hiromasa Suzuki, Masahide Miura, Takahiro Nishio, Norimichi Shimano, Hiroki Nihashi, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Takashi Onozuka, Souta Akiyama, Hiromi Togashi, Takahiro Noguchi, Isao Naito
  • Patent number: 11559768
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the transient state in which an A/F repeats rich and lean phases. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal, a composite oxide containing cerium oxide and zirconium oxide, and a composite oxide containing aluminum oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 20 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Masahide Miura, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Akira Morikawa, Toshio Yamamoto, Satoru Katoh, Takashi Onozuka, Hirotaka Ori, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Sho Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11524285
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification catalyst device includes an upper layer which includes first carrier particles and rhodium, and a lower layer which includes second carrier particles, and the upper layer includes a rhodium enriched area in the range a, from the upstream end in the exhaust gas flow to 50% of the upper layer length, and a range b from the upper layer top surface to 18 ?m in the depth direction. The rhodium enriched area contains at least 50% and less than 100% of all the rhodium in the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Oishi, Takaya Ota, Isao Chinzei, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yoshinori Saito, Seiji Nakahigashi
  • Publication number: 20220339606
    Abstract: Methods for exhaust gas purification, including the steps of: attaching an exhaust gas purification catalyst to an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, and supplying an exhaust gas to the exhaust gas purification catalyst, where the exhaust gas purification catalyst includes an upper layer containing first carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide and rhodium, and a lower layer containing second carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide, the upper layer includes a rhodium-rich portion near the surface of the upper layer on the upstream side of the exhaust gas flow, and the existence range of the rhodium-rich portion is in a range of greater than 50% to 80% of the length of the upper layer from a downstream side end of an exhaust gas flow and of less than 20 ?m in the depth direction from an outermost surface of the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke OISHI, Takaya OTA, Yoshinori SAITO, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Isao CHINZEI, Hiromasa SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11426710
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas control catalyst including a base and a catalyst coating layer having a two-layer structure on the base. The catalyst coating layer includes a lower layer on the base, and an upper layer on the lower layer. The upper layer of the catalyst coating layer contains Rh particles in which a mean particle diameter measured by observation using a transmission electron microscope is 1.0 nm or more and 2.0 nm or less and a particle-diameter standard deviation ? is 0.8 nm or less. A length of the upper layer from an end face on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction falls within a range of 70% or more and 100% or less of a total length of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishio, Shogo Shirakawa, Masahide Miura, Isao Chinzei, Seiji Nakahigashi, Norimichi Shimano, Hiromi Togashi, Hiroki Nihashi, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Takashi Onozuka, Souta Akiyama, Isao Naito
  • Patent number: 11400436
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved low-temperature activity, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coat layer contains Rh fine particles and a promoter comprising a Ce—Zr-based composite oxide and a Zr-based composite oxide not containing cerium oxide, wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation ? of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less, and wherein the Rh fine particles are supported on each of the Ce—Zr-based composite oxide and the Zr-based composite oxide not containing cerium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Seiji Nakahigashi, Shogo Shirakawa, Hiromasa Suzuki, Masahide Miura, Takahiro Nishio, Norimichi Shimano, Hiroki Nihashi, Hiromi Togashi, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Takashi Onozuka, Souta Akiyama, Isao Naito
  • Publication number: 20220118428
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that allows improving an exhaust gas purification performance. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a porous carrier, a catalytic metal that is supported by the porous carrier and belongs to platinum group, an alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier, and an alkaline earth metal not supported by the porous carrier. At least a part of the alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier is supported inside the porous carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Takumi TOJO, Masahide MIURA, Noboyuki TAKAGI, Yoshiteru YAZAWA, Sho HOSHINO, Minoru ITO, Naoto FUJITA, Tomomasa AIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210205790
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved Rh activation, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, the catalyst coat layer having a two-layer structure, wherein the catalyst coat layer includes an upstream portion on an upstream side and a downstream portion on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a part or all of the upstream portion is formed on a part of the downstream portion, wherein the upstream portion contains Rh fine particles and Pt, wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation ? of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less, and wherein the downstream portion contains Rh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Isao CHINZEI, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Masahide MIURA, Takahiro NISHIO, Norimichi SHIMANO, Hiroki NIHASHI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Takashi ONOZUKA, Souta AKIYAMA, Hiromi TOGASHI, Takahiro NOGUCHI, Isao NAITO
  • Patent number: 11053833
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the atmosphere where the A/F is rich. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal and a metal oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 50 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Masahide Miura, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Toshio Yamamoto, Akira Morikawa, Satoru Katoh, Takashi Onozuka, Hirotaka Ori, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Sho Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20210197175
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas control catalyst including a base and a catalyst coating layer having a two-layer structure on the base. The catalyst coating layer includes a lower layer on the base, and an upper layer on the lower layer. The upper layer of the catalyst coating layer contains Rh particles in which a mean particle diameter measured by observation using a transmission electron microscope is 1.0 nm or more and 2.0 nm or less and a particle-diameter standard deviation ? is 0.8 nm or less. A length of the upper layer from an end face on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction falls within a range of 70% or more and 100% or less of a total length of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Masahide MIURA, Isao CHINZEI, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Norimichi SHIMANO, Hiromi TOGASHI, Hiroki NIHASHI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Takashi ONOZUKA, Souta AKIYAMA, Isao NAITO
  • Publication number: 20210197176
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved low-temperature activity, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coat layer contains Rh fine particles and a promoter comprising a Ce—Zr-based composite oxide and a Zr-based composite oxide not containing cerium oxide, wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation a of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less, and wherein the Rh fine particles are supported on each of the Ce—Zr-based composite oxide and the Zr-based composite oxide not containing cerium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao CHINZEI, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Masahide MIURA, Takahiro NISHIO, Norimichi SHIMANO, Hiroki NIHASHI, Hiromi TOGASHI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Takashi ONOZUKA, Souta AKIYAMA, Isao NAITO
  • Publication number: 20210199037
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having improved durability, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, the catalyst coat layer having a two-layer structure, wherein the catalyst coat layer includes an upstream portion on an upstream side and a downstream portion on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a part or all of the upstream portion is formed on a part of the downstream portion, wherein the downstream portion contains Rh fine particles, and wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation a of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norimichi Shimano, Shogo Shirakawa, Masahide Miura, Isao Chinzei, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiroki Nihashi, Hiromi Togashi, Tomomasa Aikawa, Isao Naito
  • Publication number: 20210094027
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification catalyst device includes an upper layer which includes first carrier particles and rhodium, and a lower layer which includes second carrier particles, and the upper layer includes a rhodium enriched area in the range a, from the upstream end in the exhaust gas flow to 50% of the upper layer length, and a range b from the upper layer top surface to 18 ?m in the depth direction. The rhodium enriched area contains at least 50% and less than 100% of all the rhodium in the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke OISHI, Takaya OTA, Isao CHINZEI, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Yoshinori SAITO, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20200376467
    Abstract: This exhaust gas purification catalyst device includes an upper layer which includes first carrier particles and rhodium, and a lower layer which includes second carrier particles, and the upper layer includes a rhodium enriched area in the range a, from the downstream end in the exhaust gas flow to greater than 50% and up to 80% of the upper layer length, and a range b from the upper layer top surface less than 20 ?m in the depth direction. The rhodium enriched area contains at least 50% and less than 100% of all the rhodium in the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke OISHI, Takaya OTA, Yoshinori SAITO, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Isao CHINZEI, Hiromasa SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200355106
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the atmosphere where the A/F is rich. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal and a metal oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 50 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao JIDOSHA CHINZEI, Masahide MIURA, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Toshio YAMAMOTO, Akira MORIKAWA, Satoru KATOH, Takashi ONOZUKA, Hirotaka ORI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Sho HOSHINO