Patents by Inventor Takumi Inohara

Takumi Inohara 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).

  • Thermoelectric conversion material and thermoelectric conversion element
    Patent number: 10937939
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material according to an embodiment is expressed by the following formula (1): (M11-xM2x)4Si(Te1-yM3y)4 ??(1) wherein M1 represents Ta or Nb, M2 is at least one element selected from a group consisting of elements of groups 4 to 12 in the periodic table, M3 is at least one element selected from a group consisting of As, Sb, Bi, Sn and Pb, 0?x<0.02, 0?y<0.02, and M2 is an element different from M1 when 0<x.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Okamoto, Koshi Takenaka, Takumi Inohara, Taichi Wada, Yuma Yoshikawa
  • THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20190334072
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material according to an embodiment is expressed by the following formula (1): (M11-xM2x)4Si(Te1-yM3y)4 ??(1) wherein M1 represents Ta or Nb, M2 is at least one element selected from a group consisting of elements of groups 4 to 12 in the periodic table, M3 is at least one element selected from a group consisting of As, Sb, Bi, Sn and Pb, 0?x<0.02, 0?y<0.02, and M2 is an element different from M1 when 0<x.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Okamoto, Koshi Takenaka, Takumi Inohara, Taichi Wada, Yuma Yoshikawa