Patents by Inventor Toshikatsu Enjoji

Toshikatsu Enjoji 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).

  • Patent number: 11101466
    Abstract: A carbon electrode material is disclosed for a redox flow battery that particularly, even when using an Mn—Ti type electrolyte, while stabilizing Mn ions and suppressing a rise in cell resistance during initial charge and discharge, has excellent oxidation resistance. The electrode material includes a carbonaceous fiber, and a carbonaceous material for binding the carbonaceous fiber, and satisfies the requirements: (1) when the size of a crystallite in a c axis direction found by X-ray diffraction in the carbonaceous material (B) is Lc(B), Lc(B) is 10 nm or greater; (2) when the size of the crystallite in the c axis direction found by X-ray diffraction in the carbonaceous fiber (A) is Lc(A), Lc(B)/Lc(A) is 1.0 or greater; and (3) the number of bonded oxygen atoms of the carbon electrode material surface is 1.0% or greater than the total number of carbon atoms of the carbon electrode material surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Enjoji, Takahiro Matsumura, Ryouhei Iwahara, Masaru Kobayashi, Masako Tatsuta, Yongrong Dong, Masayuki Oya, Kenichi Itou, Yoshiyasu Kawagoe
  • Publication number: 20200373583
    Abstract: A carbon electrode material is disclosed for a redox flow battery that particularly, even when using an Mn—Ti type electrolyte, while stabilizing Mn ions and suppressing a rise in cell resistance during initial charge and discharge, has excellent oxidation resistance. The electrode material includes a carbonaceous fiber, and a carbonaceous material for binding the carbonaceous fiber, and satisfies the requirements: (1) when the size of a crystallite in a c axis direction found by X-ray diffraction in the carbonaceous material (B) is Lc(B), Lc(B) is 10 nm or greater; (2) when the size of the crystallite in the c axis direction found by X-ray diffraction in the carbonaceous fiber (A) is Lc(A), Lc(B)/Lc(A) is 1.0 or greater; and (3) the number of bonded oxygen atoms of the carbon electrode material surface is 1.0% or greater than the total number of carbon atoms of the carbon electrode material surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Enjoji, Takahiro Matsumura, Ryouhei Iwahara, Masaru Kobayashi, Masako Tatsuta, Yongrong Dong, Masayuki Oya, Kenichi Itou, Yoshiyasu Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 10213716
    Abstract: [Problems] An object of the present invention is to provide an electret with an initial increased electrostatic charge quantity and suppressed attenuation of electrostatic charge to liquid particles. [Means for solving] The electret is obtained by depositing polytetrafluoroethylene having a melting point of 35° C. or higher and 320° C. or lower on a carrier and imparting an electrostatic charge to at least one of the carrier and the polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kitagawa, Toshikatsu Enjoji
  • Publication number: 20170113170
    Abstract: [Problems] An object of the present invention is to provide an electret with an initial increased electrostatic charge quantity and suppressed attenuation of electrostatic charge to liquid particles. [Means for solving] The electret is obtained by depositing polytetrafluoroethylene having a melting point of 35° C. or higher and 320° C. or lower on a carrier and imparting an electrostatic charge to at least one of the carrier and the polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kitagawa, Toshikatsu Enjoji