Patents by Inventor Takahiro NISHIO

Takahiro NISHIO 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: 20240139716
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst providing a catalyst performance and an OSC performance at the same time even at low temperature. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer includes a first catalyst coating layer containing Pd and/or Pt and a second catalyst coating layer containing Rh. The first catalyst coating layer is formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The second catalyst coating layer includes an upstream coating layer and a downstream coating layer. Rh in the upstream coating layer and the downstream coating layer are supported on specific carrier particles. Further, a particle diameter of Rh is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Cataler Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Nobuyuki Takagl, Takumi Tojo, Shogo Shirakawa, Kengo Shimizu, Sho Hoshino, Shun Sakamoto, Yosuke Toda
  • Publication number: 20240142221
    Abstract: Provided is an image measurement system including: a placement portion on which a measurement object is placed; an imaging unit configured to be relatively movable with respect to the placement portion; a movement control unit that switches between a high-speed movement mode and a low-speed movement mode and allows the imaging unit to relatively move with respect to the placement portion; and an imaging control unit that captures instantaneous image information by the imaging unit on the basis of switching to the low-speed movement mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hirato Sonobe, Takeshi Saeki, Yukimasa Nishio, Ryohei Kanno, Takahiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20240017246
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification device includes: a substrate including an upstream and a downstream ends; a first catalyst layer extending across a first region and containing a first rhodium-containing catalyst and a first cerium-containing oxide, the first rhodium-containing catalyst containing a first metal oxide carrier and first rhodium particles supported on the first metal oxide carrier, a mean of a particle size distribution of the first rhodium particles being 1.5 nm to 18 nm; and a second catalyst layer extending across a second region and containing a second rhodium-containing catalyst containing a second metal oxide carrier and second rhodium particles supported on the second metal oxide carrier, a cerium content in the first catalyst layer based on a volume capacity of the substrate in the first region being higher than a cerium content in the second catalyst layer based on a volume capacity of the substrate in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo Shirakawa, Hiroki Shirakawa, Nobuyuki Takagi, Tomomasa Aikawa, Hiroki Nihashi, Takahiro Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20230405569
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst having a catalyst performance and an OSC performance in a compatible manner in an air-fuel ratio (A/F) rich atmosphere where HC poisoning is likely to occur. The exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer includes a first catalyst coating layer containing Pd and/or Pt as a catalyst metal and a second catalyst coating layer containing Rh as a catalyst metal. The first catalyst coating layer is formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The second catalyst coating layer includes a high specific surface area OSC material having a specific surface area of more than 40 m2/g, a medium specific surface area OSC material having a specific surface area of 4 m2/g to 40 m2/g, and a low specific surface area OSC material having a specific surface area of less than 4 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Takumi TOJO, Nobuyuki TAKAGI, Yosuke TODA, Sho HOSHINO, Shun SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230372917
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification device includes: a substrate including an upstream end through which an exhaust gas is introduced and a downstream end through which the exhaust gas is discharged; a first catalyst layer containing a rhodium-containing catalyst containing a metal oxide carrier and rhodium particles supported on the metal oxide carrier, the first catalyst layer extending across a first region; and a second catalyst layer containing palladium particles and a material having a basicity higher than a basicity of the metal oxide carrier, the second catalyst layer extending across a second region. A mean of a particle size distribution of the rhodium particles is from 1.5 nm to 18 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo Shirakawa, Hiroki Shirakawa, Nobuyuki Takagi, Tomomasa Aikawa, Hiroki Nihashi, Takahiro Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20230372907
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing an exhaust gas purification material and a method for manufacturing an exhaust gas purification device that allow efficient removal of a harmful component even after exposure to a high temperature environment. The method for producing the exhaust gas purification material includes the steps, in this order, of: (a) impregnating a metal oxide carrier with a rhodium compound solution; (b) drying the metal oxide carrier impregnated with the rhodium compound solution to obtain a rhodium-containing catalyst containing the metal oxide carrier and rhodium particles supported on the metal oxide carrier; (c) heating the rhodium-containing catalyst at a temperature within a range from 700° C. to 900° C. under an inert atmosphere; and (d) mixing the rhodium-containing catalyst with a material having a basicity higher than a basicity of the metal oxide carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Nobuyuki TAKAGI, Tomomasa AIKAWA, Hiroki NIHASHI, Takahiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230368952
    Abstract: A FeNi ordered alloy structural body includes a support having a surface, and particles disposed on the surface of the support with gaps therebetween. Each of the particles contains an L10-type FeNi ordered alloy phase. In a method for manufacturing the FeNi ordered alloy structural body, the support is prepared, and particles of an FeNi disordered alloy are dispersed on the surface of the support with gaps therebetween. A nitriding treatment is performed to the particles of the FeNi disordered alloy to form particles in which nitrogen is incorporated. After the nitriding treatment, a denitrification treatment is performed to desorb the nitrogen from the particles, thereby to form the particles containing the L10-type FeNi ordered alloy phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO NISHIO, HIROAKI KURA
  • Patent number: 11801492
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst improved in OSC performance while maintaining an exhaust gas purification performance, which comprises a substrate and at least one catalyst layer formed on the substrate, wherein an uppermost catalyst layer contains a catalyst metal, a first OSC material having a pyrochlore structure, and a second OSC material having a higher oxygen storage/release rate than the first OSC material, wherein the uppermost catalyst layer consists of an upstream catalyst layer and a downstream catalyst layer, and wherein a proportion of a mass of the second OSC material based on a total mass of the first OSC material and the second OSC material is in a specific range in each of the upstream catalyst layer and the downstream catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Takahiro Nishio, Takumi Tojo, Yoshiteru Yazawa
  • Patent number: 11795855
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of reducing a noble metal amount while maintaining a catalyst performance, which comprises a substrate and at least three catalyst coating layers formed on the substrate, the first and third catalyst coating layers contain Pd as a catalyst metal and are formed in a range of a predetermined length from an upstream end surface in an exhaust gas flow direction, and the second catalyst coating layer contains Rh as a catalyst metal and is formed in a range of a predetermined length from a downstream end surface in the exhaust gas flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Takahiro Nishio, Shogo Shirakawa, Masahide Miura, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yuki Kido, Minoru Ito, Sho Hoshino, Shin Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11725556
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved catalyst performance while securing an OSC in an air-fuel ratio (A/F) rich atmosphere where HC poisoning is likely to occur. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer has an upstream coat layer formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst and a downstream coat layer formed from an end portion in a downstream side with respect to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The downstream coat layer includes Rh as a catalytic metal, alumina-ceria-zirconia complex oxide, and alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Takumi Tojo, Takahiro Nishio, Yosuke Toda, Hirotaka Ori, Minoru Ito, Sho Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20230099171
    Abstract: An L10 type iron-nickel (FeNi) ordered alloy has an L10 type ordered structure and contains sulfur. The L10 type FeNi ordered alloy may have a sulfur content in a range from 0.01% by mass to 10% by mass. A manufacturing method of an L10 type FeNi ordered alloy includes performing a nitriding treatment to an FeNi alloy containing sulfur to obtain a nitride containing Fe and Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki KURA, Takahiro NISHIO, Eiji WATANABE, Yoshiaki HAYASHI, Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Hisashi MAEHARA, Takanori MATSUNO
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230016121
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst improved in OSC performance while maintaining an exhaust gas purification performance, which comprises a substrate and at least one catalyst layer formed on the substrate, wherein an uppermost catalyst layer contains a catalyst metal, a first OSC material having a pyrochlore structure, and a second OSC material having a higher oxygen storage/release rate than the first OSC material, wherein the uppermost catalyst layer consists of an upstream catalyst layer and a downstream catalyst layer, and wherein a proportion of a mass of the second OSC material based on a total mass of the first OSC material and the second OSC material is in a specific range in each of the upstream catalyst layer and the downstream catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takahiro NISHIO, Takumi TOJO, Yoshiteru YAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220298942
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved catalyst performance while securing an OSC in an air-fuel ratio (A/F) rich atmosphere where HC poisoning is likely to occur. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer has an upstream coat layer formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst and a downstream coat layer formed from an end portion in a downstream side with respect to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The downstream coat layer includes Rh as a catalytic metal, alumina-ceria-zirconia complex oxide, and alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takumi TOJO, Takahiro NISHIO, Yosuke TODA, Hirotaka ORI, Minoru ITO, Sho HOSHINO
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11396837
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst having a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate, in which the catalyst coating layer has an upstream-side coating layer formed from the upstream-side end portion of the exhaust gas cleaning catalyst in an exhaust gas flow direction and a downstream-side coating layer formed from the downstream-side end portion of the exhaust gas cleaning catalyst in the exhaust gas flow direction, when the upstream-side coating layer and the downstream-side coating layer overlap each other, the upstream-side coating layer is disposed on the downstream-side coating layer, and the upstream-side coating layer contains a catalytic metal and a ZrO2—CeO2 composite oxide in which Fe forms a solid solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eriko Yoshimoto, Masahide Miura, Takahiro Nishio
  • Publication number: 20210301706
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of reducing a noble metal amount while maintaining a catalyst performance, which comprises a substrate and at least three catalyst coating layers formed on the substrate, the first and third catalyst coating layers contain Pd as a catalyst metal and are formed in a range of a predetermined length from an upstream end surface in an exhaust gas flow direction, and the second catalyst coating layer contains Rh as a catalyst metal and is formed in a range of a predetermined length from a downstream end surface in the exhaust gas flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Masahide MIURA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Yuki KIDO, Minoru ITO, Sho HOSHINO, Shin NAKAYAMA
  • 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
  • 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