Patents by Inventor Shingo Kikugawa

Shingo Kikugawa 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: 9738952
    Abstract: A hydrogen storing alloy containing only a few impurities leading to a short circuit where the yield can be maintained even when the alloy is subjected to magnetic separation treatment. A hydrogen storing alloy includes a matrix phase having an AB5 type crystal structure, the alloy having a misch metal (referred to as “Mm”) in an A-site in an ABx composition and having any one or at least one of Ni, Al, Mn, and Co in a B-site in the ABx composition, wherein the ratio (referred to as “ABx”) of the total number of moles of elements comprising the B site to the total number of moles of elements comprising the A site is 5.00<ABx?5.40; the content of Co is more than 0.0 mol % and less than 0.7 mol %; and residual magnetization is more than 0 emu/g and 0.020 emu/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Kikugawa, Keisuke Miyanohara, Yoshimi Hata
  • Publication number: 20160298214
    Abstract: A hydrogen storing alloy containing only a few impurities leading to a short circuit where the yield can be maintained even when the alloy is subjected to magnetic separation treatment. A hydrogen storing alloy includes a matrix phase having an AB5 type crystal structure, the alloy having a misch metal (referred to as “Mm”) in an A-site in an ABx composition and having any one or at least one of Ni, Al, Mn, and Co in a B-site in the ABx composition, wherein the ratio (referred to as “ABx”) of the total number of moles of elements comprising the B site to the total number of moles of elements comprising the A site is 5.00<ABx?5.40; the content of Co is more than 0.0 mol % and less than 0.7 mol %; and residual magnetization is more than 0 emu/g and 0.020 emu/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Shingo Kikugawa, Keisuke Miyanohara, Yoshimi Hata
  • Patent number: 6773667
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage material which is an AB5 type hydrogen storage alloy having a CaCu5 type crystal structure represented by general formula: MmNiaMnbAlcCod wherein Mm is a misch metal, 4.1<a≦4.3, 0.4<b≦0.6, 0.2≦c≦0.4, 0.1≦d≦0.4, and 5.2≦a+b+c+d≦5.45, or general formula: MmNiaMnbAlcCodXe wherein Mm is a misch metal, X is Cu and/or Fe, 4.1<a≦4.3, 0.4<b≦0.6, 0.2≦c≦0.4, 0.1≦d≦0.4, 0<e≦0.1, and 5.2≦a+b+c+d+e≦5.45, characterized in that the lattice length on the c-axis is 406.2 pm or more, and a process of producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Yasuda, Yoshiki Sakaguchi, Shingo Kikugawa
  • Publication number: 20020192153
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage material which is an AB5 type hydrogen storage alloy having a CaCu5 type crystal structure represented by general formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Yasuda, Yoshiki Sakaguchi, Shingo Kikugawa
  • Patent number: 6372059
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage material which is an AB5 type hydrogen storage alloy having a CaCu5 type crystal structure represented by general formula: MmNiaMnbAlcCod wherein Mm denotes a misch metal, 4.0<a≦4.3, 0.25≦b≦0.4, 0.25≦c≦0.4, 0.3≦d≦0.5, and 5.05≦a+b+c+d≦5.25, or general formula: MmNiaMnbAlcCodXe wherein Mm denotes a misch metal, X is Cu and/or Fe, 4.0<a≦4.3, 0.25≦b≦0.4, 0.25≦c≦0.4, 0.3≦d≦0.5, 0<e≦0.1, and 5.05≦a+b+c+d+e≦5.25, characterized in that the lattice length on the c-axis is 404.9 pm to 405.8 pm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Yasuda, Yoshiki Sakaguchi, Akira Uchiyama, Daisuke Mukai, Shingo Kikugawa