Patents by Inventor Takao Hirokado

Takao Hirokado 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: 20120269693
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine which is used in purification of exhaust gas and achieves both high catalytic activity at low temperature and high durability at high temperature. In an exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine of the present invention, a catalyst is disposed in an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine, at least one kind of the catalyst is noble metal supporting silicon carbide particles, and the noble metal supporting silicon carbide particles include a silicon oxide layer in which noble metal particles are supported on a surface of silicon carbide particles having an average primary particle diameter of 0.005 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Atsushi Kishimoto, Takao Hirokado, Tadashi Neya, Keita Ishizaki