Patents by Inventor Shuuji Hirayama

Shuuji Hirayama 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).

  • Fuel battery mounted motorcycle
    Patent number: 6679345
    Abstract: A fuel battery mounted motorcycle has a lower center of gravity by disposing a reformer for generating hydrogen, together with a fuel battery and a secondary battery, in a lower portion of a floor of the motorcycle. The center of gravity of the motorcycle can be lowered and the floor can be effectively utilized for a purpose other than the original purpose of the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuuji Hirayama, Noboru Yamashita, Mitsuru Iseno, Masayuki Toriyama, Masashi Igarashi
  • Fuel battery mounted motorcycle
    Publication number: 20020005305
    Abstract: A fuel battery mounted motorcycle has a lower center of gravity by disposing a reformer for generating hydrogen, together with a fuel battery and a secondary battery, in a lower portion of a floor of the motorcycle. The center of gravity of the motorcycle can be lowered and the floor can be effectively utilized for a purpose other than the original purpose of the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Shuuji Hirayama, Noboru Yamashita, Mitsuru Iseno, Masayuki Toriyama, Masashi Igarashi
  • Metal raney catalysts and preparation of hydrogenated compounds therewith
    Patent number: 6245920
    Abstract: Noble metal, particularly ruthenium, Raney catalysts which can hydrogenate (1) aromaticity-exhibiting ring portions of organic compounds, (2) carboxylic acids and their ester portions (carbonyl ester groups), (3) ring portions and carboxylic acid or their ester groups in compounds having such ring portions and carboxylic acid or their ester portions, and (4) ring portions and nitrile groups of aromatic nitrile compounds and methods for the preparation of corresponding hydrogenated compounds. The methods allow preparation of hydrogenated compounds having hydrogenated aromatic ring portions, hydrogenated carbonyl ester groups, hydrogenated aromatic ring and carbonyl ester groups, or hydrogenated aromatic rings and nitrile groups under milder hydrogen pressure and temperature conditions than the conventional catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kouhei Morikawa, Shuuji Hirayama, Yoshimasa Ishimura, Yuseki Suyama, Tsutomu Nozawa, Hiroyuki Monzen, Motoo Miura, Kuniomi Marumo, Taketoshi Naito
  • Noble metal raney catalysts and preparation of hydrogenated compounds therewith
    Patent number: 6215030
    Abstract: Noble metal, particularly ruthenium, Raney catalysts which can hydrogenate (1) aromaticity-exhibiting ring portions of organic compounds, (2) carboxylic acids and their ester portions (carbonyl ester groups), (3) ring portions and carboxylic acid or their ester groups in compounds having such ring portions and carboxylic acid or their ester portions, and (4) ring portions and nitrile groups of aromatic nitrile compounds and methods for the preparation of corresponding hydrogenated compounds. The methods allow preparation of hydrogenated compounds having hydrogenated aromatic ring portions, hydrogenated carbonyl ester groups, hydrogenated aromatic ring and carbonyl ester groups, or hydrogenated aromatic rings and nitrile groups under milder hydrogen pressure and temperature conditions than the conventional catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kouhei Morikawa, Shuuji Hirayama, Yoshimasa Ishimura, Yuseki Suyama, Tsutomu Nozawa, Hiroyuki Monzen, Motoo Miura, Kuniomi Marumo, Taketoshi Naito
  • Noble metal Raney catalysts and preparation of hydrogenated compounds therewith
    Patent number: 6018048
    Abstract: Noble metal, particularly ruthenium, Raney catalysts having the property of catalyzing the hydrogenation of (1) aromaticity-exhibiting ring portions of organic compounds, (2) carboxylic acids and their ester portions (carbonyl ester groups), (3) ring portions and carboxylic acid or their ester groups in compounds having such ring portions and carboxylic acid or their ester portions, and (4) ring portions and nitrile groups of aromatic nitrile compounds and methods for the preparation of corresponding hydrogenated compounds. The methods allow preparation of hydrogenated compounds having hydrogenated aromatic ring portions, hydrogenated carbonyl ester groups, hydrogenated aromatic ring and carbonyl ester groups, or hydrogenated aromatic rings and nitrile groups under milder hydrogen pressure and temperature conditions than the conventional catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kouhei Morikawa, Shuuji Hirayama, Yoshimasa Ishimura, Yuseki Suyama, Tsutomu Nozawa, Hiroyuki Monzen, Motoo Miura, Kuniomi Marumo, Taketoshi Naito