Patents by Inventor Shigeo Horiuchi

Shigeo Horiuchi 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: 20090252891
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structure matter composed of (a) oxidized form thin film particle(s) which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a thickness of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Masukazu Hirata, Takuya Gotou, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20080146452
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a (113) [121] textured Ag sheet and an HTS Tl-1223 phase coated conductor featuring a high critical current density. The Ag sheet is allowed to have an intensified (113) [121] texture by applying an additional tensile force to an Ag sheet which has undergone primary recrystallization. The HTS Tl-1223 phase coated conductor is fabricated by depositing/layering a biaxially textured Tl-1223 phase HTS film on the Ag substrate. The application of a slight tensile force suppresses the occurrence of secondary recrystallization in the Ag sheet, resulting in the intensification of (113) [121] texture components in the Ag sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Dae Yeong Jeong, Su Young Kim, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20070160842
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structure matter composed of (a) oxidized form thin film particle(s) which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a thickness of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Masukazu Hirata, Takuya Gotou, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 6967013
    Abstract: A process for producing aligned carbon nanotube films, wherein a carbon compound is decomposed using a substrate that is coated with an element having no catalytic ability by itself and which loads a metallic element having catalytic ability or a compound thereof, thereby forming a film of fine carbon nanotubes on the surface of the substrate which are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Someya, Takashi Fujii, Masukazu Hirata, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 6828015
    Abstract: There are provided a composite which is formed of a component (a) or a component (b) and a component (c), or the component (a) or the component (b) and a component (d), and is suitable for various uses such as an electrically-conductive material, (a) oxidized form thin film particles which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a carbon skeleton, have a thickness of 0.4 nm to 10 nm and a planar-direction size of at least 20 nm and have lyophilic to a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of at least 15, (b) reduced form thin film particles obtained by partially or completely reducing the above thin film particles so as to have an oxygen content of 0 to 35 wt %, (c) a macromolecule as a matrix component, and (d) low molecular-weight parts which bond a plurality of the thin film particles by a covalent bond, a process for the production of the composite, and a method for reducing oxidized form thin film particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Masukazu Hirata, Takuya Goto, Kouji Takenaka, Ryu Iwasaki, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20030187124
    Abstract: There are provided a composite which is formed of a component (a) or a component (b) and a component (c), or the component (a) or the component (b) and a component (d), and is suitable for various uses such as an electrically-conductive material, (a) oxidized form thin film particles which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a carbon skeleton, have a thickness of 0.4 nm to 10 nm and a planar-direction size of at least 20 nm and have lyophilic to a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of at least 15, (b) reduced form thin film particles obtained by partially or completely reducing the above thin film particles so as to have an oxygen content of 0 to 35 wt %, (c) a macromolecule as a matrix component, and (d) low molecular-weight parts which bond a plurality of the thin film particles by a covalent bond, a process for the production of the composite, and a method for reducing oxidized form thin film particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Masukazu Hirata, Takuya Gotou, Kouji Takenaka, Ryu Iwasaki, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20030186059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structure matter composed of (a) oxidized form thin film particle(s) which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a thickness of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Masukazu Hirata, Takuya Gotou, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20030147801
    Abstract: A process for producing aligned carbon nanotube films, wherein a carbon compound is decomposed using a substrate that is coated with an element having no catalytic ability by itself and which loads a metallic element having catalytic ability or a compound thereof, thereby forming a film of fine carbon nanotubes on the surface of the substrate which are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Masao Someya, Takashi Fujii, Masukazu Hirata, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 6596396
    Abstract: Thin-film-like particles and isolated films of an extremely small thickness having a skeleton constructed by carbons are provided. The thin-film-like particles take independent shapes, have a thickness of 0.4 to 10 nm and a breadth in a planar direction of 20 nm or more, and can disperse in a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more. The thin-film-like particles are obtained by promoting separation of layers in oxidation of graphite. The particles in their dispersion are placed, along with the dispersion, on a mesh, and dried to obtain an isolated thin film. The thin-film-like particles are reduced to obtain thin-film-like graphite particles and these collective matters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Masukazu Hirata, Shigeo Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20020022122
    Abstract: Thin-film-like particles and isolated films of an extremely small thickness having a skeleton constructed by carbons are provided. The thin-film-like particles take independent shapes, have a thickness of 0.4 to 10 nm and a breadth in a planar direction of 20 nm or more, and can disperse in a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more. The thin-film-like particles are obtained by promoting separation of layers in oxidation of graphite. The particles in their dispersion are placed, along with the dispersion, on a mesh, and dried to obtain an isolated thin film. The thin-film-like particles are reduced to obtain thin-film-like graphite particles and these collective matters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Masukazu Hirata, Shigeo Horiuchi