Patents by Inventor Shigekazu MINAMI

Shigekazu MINAMI 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: 20220341356
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification catalyst, a catalytic component (100) containing a first oxide (21), a second oxide (22), and a precious metal (30) is supported on a three-dimensional structure (10); the ratio of the amount of precious metal (30) supported on the first oxide (21) to the total amount of precious metal (30) supported on the first oxide (21) and precious metal (30) supported on the second oxide (22), or the ratio of the amount of precious metal (30) supported on the second oxide (22) to the total amount of precious metal (30) supported on the first oxide (21) and precious metal (30) supported on the second oxide (22) is 70% or more to 100% or less, as measured by an electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA); and the amount of carbon monoxide that the precious metal (30) can adsorb per unit mass is 15 mL/g or more to 100 mL/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki TAKEDA, Shigekazu MINAMI
  • Patent number: 11149603
    Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium and yttrium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of yttrium contained in the first region (3) and/or the second region (4) is higher than the concentration of yttrium contained in the region (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kuno, Masashi Nakashima, Takahiro Ikegami, Kosuke Mikita, Masanori Ikeda, Shigekazu Minami
  • Patent number: 11141713
    Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of rhodium contained in the first region (3) is higher than the concentration of rhodium contained in the second region (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kuno, Takahiro Ikegami, Kosuke Mikita, Masashi Nakashima, Shigekazu Minami, Masanori Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11143072
    Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of neodymium contained in the first region (3) is higher than the concentration of neodymium contained in the second region (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kuno, Masashi Nakashima, Kenji Ashikari, Yuji Ogino, Kazuyoshi Komata, Shigekazu Minami
  • Patent number: 11110396
    Abstract: An object is to provide a means for suppressing a deterioration in catalytic performance even after being exposed to high temperature exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound for a long period of time. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including palladium supported on cerium-aluminum composite oxide containing cerium at from 3 to 60% by mass in terms of cerium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigekazu Minami, Masanori Ikeda, Yuta Akasaka, Hirotaka Kuno, Hideki Goto
  • Patent number: 10653999
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which can maintain high catalyst activity even after the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is exposed to an exhaust gas at a high temperature for a long period of time. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst contains a Pd—Pr complex and PdO, and the Pd—Pr complex is represented by PraPdbOc, where a=1 to 3, b=1 to 10, and c=1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ashikari, Masanori Ikeda, Shigekazu Minami, Masashi Nakashima, Hideki Goto
  • Publication number: 20200129962
    Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of rhodium contained in the first region (3) is higher than the concentration of rhodium contained in the second region (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Takahiro IKEGAMI, Kosuke MIKITA, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Shigekazu MINAMI, Masanori IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200047121
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which can maintain high catalyst activity even after the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is exposed to an exhaust gas at a high temperature for a long period of time. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst contains a Pd—Pr complex and PdO, and the Pd—Pr complex is represented by PraPdbOc, where a=1 to 3, b=1 to 10, and c=1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ashikari, Masanori IKEDA, Shigekazu MINAMI, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Hideki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200049041
    Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of neodymium contained in the first region (3) is higher than the concentration of neodymium contained in the second region (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Kenji ASHIKARI, Yuji OGINO, Kazuyoshi KOMATA, Shigekazu MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20200049042
    Abstract: In order to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of purifying hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas at low temperatures, the exhaust gas purification catalyst according to the present invention includes: a region (2) containing palladium and yttrium on a three-dimensional structure (1), and a first region (3) and a second region (4) provided on the region (2) in order from an inflow side of exhaust gas to an outflow side of exhaust gas. The concentration of yttrium contained in the first region (3) and/or the second region (4) is higher than the concentration of yttrium contained in the region (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Takahiro IKEGAMI, Kosuke MIKITA, Masanori IKEDA, Shigekazu MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20180133651
    Abstract: An object is to provide a means for suppressing a deterioration in catalytic performance even after being exposed to high temperature exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound for a long period of time. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including palladium supported on cerium-aluminum composite oxide containing cerium at from 3 to 60% by mass in terms of cerium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Shigekazu MINAMI, Masanori IKEDA, Yuta AKASAKA, Hirotaka KUNO, Hideki GOTO
  • Patent number: 9433927
    Abstract: As a way to suppress deterioration of catalytic performance in an exhaust gas purification catalyst even after being exposed to an exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound, an exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided. The catalyst purifies an exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound, and the catalyst includes a catalyst layer containing rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), and either a ceria-zirconia-lanthana complex oxide or a ceria-zirconia-lanthana-yttria complex oxide as catalyst active components. Further, an average value of distances between Rh particles and the nearest Pd particles of the Rh and the Pd is within 4000 nm, a weight ratio of the Pd to the Rh is from 0.2 to 4.9, and a content rate of yttria in the ceria-zirconia-lanthana-yttria complex oxide is 19% by weight or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Komata, Shigekazu Minami, Yuji Ogino, Hideki Goto
  • Publication number: 20150367328
    Abstract: As a way to suppress deterioration of catalytic performance in an exhaust gas purification catalyst even after being exposed to an exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound, an exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided. The catalyst purifies an exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound, and the catalyst includes a catalyst layer containing rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), and either a ceria-zirconia-lanthana complex oxide or a ceria-zirconia-lanthana-yttria complex oxide as catalyst active components. Further, an average value of distances between Rh particles and the nearest Pd particles of the Rh and the Pd is within 4000 nm, a weight ratio of the Pd to the Rh is from 0.2 to 4.9, and a content rate of yttria in the ceria-zirconia-lanthana-yttria complex oxide is 19% by weight or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori IKEDA, Kazuyoshi KOMATA, Shigekazu MINAMI, Yuji OGINO, Hideki GOTO