Patents by Inventor Takahiro TOKUYAMA

Takahiro TOKUYAMA 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: 20240105693
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device according to the present invention is provided with: a first circuit body constituting an upper arm of an inverter circuit for converting a DC current into an AC current; a second circuit body constituting a lower arm of the inverter circuit; and a circuit board that has therein a through-hole in which the first circuit body and the second circuit body are disposed and that has an intermediate board between the first circuit body and the second circuit body. The intermediate board has an AC wiring pattern for transmitting the AC current, and the first circuit body and the second circuit body are connected to the AC wiring pattern so as to be in surface contact with the AC wiring pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ti CHEN, Akihiro NAMBA, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Takahiro ARAKI, Kyota ASAI
  • Publication number: 20230043774
    Abstract: The present invention aims to improve the separation selectivity for light gases such as hydrogen and helium. The gas separation membrane according to the present invention includes a porous support layer and a separation functional layer containing a cross-linked polyamide and laid on the porous support layer, wherein: the separation functional layer has a protuberance structure containing a plurality of protrusions and recesses; randomly selected 20 of the protrusions on the surface of the separation functional layer indented under a load of 3 nN and observed in pure water at 25° C. by atomic force microscopy give an average deformation of 5.0 nm or more and 10.0 nm or less; and they give a standard deviation of the deformation of 5.0 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tokuyama, Rina Iizuka, Yoko Hasegawa, Hiroho Hirozawa, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220280896
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane module includes a center pipe; a plurality of separation membranes each having a feed surface and a permeate surface, the separation membranes arranged such that the feed surfaces face each other and the permeate surfaces face each other; a feed channel material arranged between the feed surfaces; and a permeate channel material arranged between the permeate surfaces, wherein the separation membranes, the feed channel material, and the permeate channel material are wound around the center pipe, an average pore size on a front surface and an average pore size on a back surface of the feed channel material are each 0.95 mm or less, and an average pore size on a front surface and an averaged pore size on a back surface of the permeate channel material are each 0.95 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Rina Iizuka, Takahiro Tokuyama, Yoko Hasegawa, Yosuke Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220029185
    Abstract: A power generation system, includes: a fuel cell that includes a negative electrode and a positive electrode and is configured to generate electric power by chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen; a separator that includes a hydrogen-permselective separation membrane and is configured to obtain permeated gas and non-permeated gas from mixed gas; and a negative electrode gas supply passage configured to supply the mixed gas containing hydrogen to the separator and supply the permeated gas obtained by the separator to the negative electrode. The separation membrane includes a porous support layer and a separation functional layer provided on the porous support layer. The separation functional layer contains at least one kind of chemical compound selected from the group consisting of polyamide, graphene, MOF (Metal Organic Framework), and COF (Covalent Organic Framework).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Rina IIZUKA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220029177
    Abstract: A power generation system, includes: a fuel cell that includes a negative electrode and a positive electrode and is configured to generate electric power by chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen; a separator that includes an oxygen-permselective separation membrane and is configured to obtain permeated gas and non-permeated gas from mixed gas; and a positive electrode gas supply passage through which the mixed gas is supplied to the separator and the obtained permeated gas is supplied to the positive electrode. The separation membrane includes a porous support layer and a separation functional layer provided on the porous support layer. The separation functional layer contains at least one kind of chemical compound selected from the group consisting of polyamide, graphene, MOF (Metal Organic Framework), and COF (Covalent Organic Framework).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Rina IIZUKA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220029178
    Abstract: A power generation system, includes: a fuel cell that includes a negative electrode supplied with hydrogen-containing gas and a positive electrode supplied with oxygen-containing gas, and is configured to generate electric power by chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen; a separator that includes a hydrogen-permselective separation membrane and is configured to obtain permeated gas and non-permeated gas from mixed gas; and a circulating passage through which negative electrode-side exhaust gas of the fuel cell is sent to the separator, and through which the permeated gas is supplied to the negative electrode. The separation membrane includes a porous support layer and a separation functional layer provided on the porous support layer. The separation functional layer contains at least one kind of chemical compound selected from the group consisting of polyamide, graphene, MOF (Metal Organic Framework), and COF (Covalent Organic Framework).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Rina IIZUKA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11090614
    Abstract: A novel membrane is provided in which the permeate flow rate is not prone to decrease even when the membrane is used to process seawater with high salt concentration and high heavy metal ion concentration. This composite semipermeable membrane comprises a porous support layer, a separation function layer arranged on the porous support layer, and a coating layer coating the separation function layer, wherein the separation function layer contains a crosslinked polymer amide which is a condensate of polyfunctional aromatic amine and polyfunctional aromatic acid chloride, and the coating layer contains an aliphatic polymer including a polyether moiety and a carbonic acid polymer moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Harutoki Shimura, Takahiro Tokuyama, Yoshiki Nishiguchi, Yohei Adachi, Kohei Kuraoka
  • Patent number: 10960360
    Abstract: By having a coating layer, this composite semipermeable membrane has fouling resistance easily maintainable before and after contact with acid, and enables stable operation over a long period of time. This composite semipermeable membrane comprises a porous support layer, a separation function layer arranged on the porous support layer, and a coating layer arranged on the separation function layer, wherein the separation function layer contains a crosslinked aromatic polyamide which is a polycondensate of polyfunctional aromatic amines and polyfunctional aromatic acid chloride, and the coating layer contains an aliphatic polymer having the structure (I) in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Harutoki Shimura, Yoshiki Nishiguchi, Yohei Adachi, Takahiro Tokuyama, Kohei Kuraoka
  • Patent number: 10906011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered semipermeable membrane satisfying the conditions below. (A) The maximum peak intensity between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 is 0.08 or greater in the difference spectrum between an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 97% relative humidity and an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 3% relative humidity. (B) The peak top wavenumber between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 of the aforementioned difference spectrum is 3400 cm?1 to 3550 cm?1. (C) The N1s peak has a maximum value at 401 eV or greater in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in which X-rays are radiated to a coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tokuyama, Takafumi Ogawa, Hiroki Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20210001281
    Abstract: A novel membrane is provided in which the permeate flow rate is not prone to decrease even when the membrane is used to process seawater with high salt concentration and high heavy metal ion concentration. This composite semipermeable membrane comprises a porous support layer, a separation function layer arranged on the porous support layer, and a coating layer coating the separation function layer, wherein the separation function layer contains a crosslinked polymer amide which is a condensate of polyfunctional aromatic amine and polyfunctional aromatic acid chloride, and the coating layer contains an aliphatic polymer including a polyether moiety and a carbonic acid polymer moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Harutoki SHIMURA, Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Yoshiki NISHIGUCHI, Yohei ADACHI, Kohei KURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20210001282
    Abstract: By having a coating layer, this composite semipermeable membrane has fouling resistance easily maintainable before and after contact with acid, and enables stable operation over a long period of time. This composite semipermeable membrane comprises a porous support layer, a separation function layer arranged on the porous support layer, and a coating layer arranged on the separation function layer, wherein the separation function layer contains a crosslinked aromatic polyamide which is a polycondensate of polyfunctional aromatic amines and polyfunctional aromatic acid chloride, and the coating layer contains an aliphatic polymer having the structure (I) in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Harutoki SHIMURA, Yoshiki NISHIGUCHI, Yohei ADACHI, Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Kohei KURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20190022602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered semipermeable membrane satisfying the conditions below. (A) The maximum peak intensity between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 is 0.08 or greater in the difference spectrum between an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 97% relative humidity and an IR spectrum measured at 25° C. and 3% relative humidity. (B) The peak top wavenumber between 3700 and 2900 cm?1 of the aforementioned difference spectrum is 3400 cm?1 to 3550 cm?1. (C) The N1s peak has a maximum value at 401 eV or greater in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in which X-rays are radiated to a coat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Takafumi OGAWA, Hiroki TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 10040033
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a multilayer separation membrane having excellent performance on both removal of suspended solids in water and adsorptive removal of metal ions in water. A multilayer separation membrane of the present invention includes: a porous adsorption layer including substantially a polymer having chelating functional groups; and a porous clarification layer, and the porous clarification layer is disposed neater to a raw water-side than the porous adsorption layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hanakawa, Koichi Takada, Takahiro Tokuyama, Kenta Iwai
  • Publication number: 20170326506
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semipermeable membrane which has resistance to oxidizing agents even in the presence of heavy metals and which, despite this, can have salt-removing performance equal to that of semipermeable membranes having poor resistance to oxidizing agents. A coated semipermeable membrane of the invention includes a semipermeable layer and a polymer layer formed on the semipermeable layer, and the polymer layer includes a polymerization product formed by both condensation of hydrolyzable groups possessed by the following compound (A) and polymerization of the compound (A) with the following compound (B): (A) a silicon compound having a silicon atom, a reactive group including an ethylenically unsaturated group directly bonded to the silicon atom, and a hydrolyzable group directly bonded to the silicon atom; and (B) a compound other than the compound (A), which has both a hydrophilic group and an ethylenically unsaturated group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Hiroki TOMIOKA, Takafumi OGAWA, Yutaro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160317973
    Abstract: Provided is a production process for a semipermeable membrane having both semipermeability and strength and also provided is the semipermeable membrane. The process comprises the step of forming a liquid membrane from a membrane-forming solution comprising materials (A) to (C), material (A) being a polymer having a repeating unit structure comprising one or more kinds of structural moieties selected from the group consisting of an amide group, an imide group, a sulfonyl group, and a heterocyclic ring, material (B) being a good solvent for material (A), material (C) being a salt, and the step of removing the solvent from the liquid membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Hiroki TOMIOKA
  • Publication number: 20160310907
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a multilayer separation membrane having excellent performance on both removal of suspended solids in water and adsorptive removal of metal ions in water. A multilayer separation membrane of the present invention includes: a porous adsorption layer including substantially a polymer having chelating functional groups; and a porous clarification layer and the porous clarification layer is disposed neater to a raw water-side than the porous adsorption layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki HANAKAWA, Koichi TAKADA, Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Kenta IWAI