Patents by Inventor Toshio Yamada

Toshio Yamada 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: 10024209
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes: a honeycomb structure body having partition walls for defining a plurality of cells that extend from an inflow end face to an outflow end face; an inflow side plugging portion; an outflow side plugging portion; and a porous surface trapping layer which is disposed on an inflow surface which is a surface on an inflow cell side which is the cell in which the outflow side plugging portion is disposed, among surfaces of the partition walls, in which the surface trapping layer has a thickness of 10 to 60 ?m and an average pore diameter of 0.3 to 5 ?m, and in a section which is parallel to a cell extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Toshio Yamada, Toshihiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20180093929
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb substrate including latticed partition walls which define a plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face and forming through channels for fluid and a honeycomb outer wall, and a flange portion attached to a part of the honeycomb outer wall of the honeycomb substrate, and including latticed flange partition walls which define a plurality of flange cells extending from one flange end face to the other flange end face and a flange outer wall, and in the honeycomb substrate, a ratio of a non-outer wall region in which the honeycomb outer wall is not disposed is in a range of 10 to 90% to a total area of a substrate circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9803596
    Abstract: The honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb substrate having porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells and plugging portions. In a cross section, the cells are arranged so that a periphery of an inlet plugged cell including an open end whose shape is a square in which a length of one side is L1 is surrounded with four rectangular outlet plugged cells each including an open end whose shape is a rectangle in which a length of one side is L1 and a length of the other side is L2 (L1>L2) and four square outlet plugged cells each including an open end whose shape is a square in which a length of one side is L2. A partition wall center distance a, a partition wall center distance b and a partition wall thickness t satisfy the following equation (1): 0.95<b/at<1.90 ??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Kazuhiko Kumazawa, Toshihiro Hirakawa, Toshio Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170259460
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure forming die includes a linear slit forming step of forming, in a kneaded material discharging surface of a die substrate, a plurality of linear slits which are straight from one end to the other end on the kneaded material discharging surface, a slit sealing material disposing step of disposing a slit sealing material in parts of the plurality of linear slits, and a back hole forming step of forming back holes to introduce a kneaded material, in a kneaded material introducing surface of the die substrate which is present on a side opposite to the kneaded material discharging surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro HIRAKAWA, Toshio YAMADA, Yukio MIYAIRI
  • Patent number: 9700842
    Abstract: In a cross section perpendicular to a central axis direction of the honeycomb substrate, cells are arranged so that a periphery of an inlet plugged cell is surrounded with four rectangular outlet plugged cells and four square outlet plugged cells, and in the cross section, a partition wall center distance a, a partition wall center distance b and a partition wall thickness t satisfy the following equation (1). Additionally, an amount of a catalyst per unit volume of partition walls which is loaded onto the partition walls defining the rectangular outlet plugged cells and the inlet plugged cells is larger than an amount of a catalyst per unit volume of the partition walls which is loaded onto the partition walls defining the rectangular outlet plugged cells and the square outlet plugged cells 0.95<b/at<1.90??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Kazuhiko Kumazawa, Toshihiro Hirakawa, Toshio Yamada
  • Patent number: 9518494
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure constituted by honeycomb segments, where a honeycomb segment has a first end and second end surfaces of a quadrangular shape; the second end surface having an area larger than that of the first one, a first pair of two side surfaces facing each other in parallel, and a second pair of two side surfaces facing each other make side surfaces become gradually narrow from the second end surface toward the first end surface, where a plurality of honeycomb segments are disposed in such a manner that the honeycomb segments are aligned to form rows in parallel in a predetermined direction, so as to make adjacent honeycomb segments directed opposite to each other in first end surfaces bonded to each other with one of side surfaces of the second pair of side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Hidetoshi Yanase
  • Patent number: 9470131
    Abstract: In each honeycomb segment, a first and a second end surfaces are rectangular shapes having the same dimension, and are in a positional relation in which extending directions of long sides of the respective end surfaces are perpendicular to each other, and (X?Y)/2 is from 0.2 to 7 mm, where X is a length of each long side of each of the first and the second end surfaces, and Y is a length of each short side of each of the first and the second end surfaces. The honeycomb segment has two pairs of tapered side surfaces each of which including two side surfaces facing each other so that a distance between side surfaces becomes narrow from the first end surface toward the second end surface end, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Hidetoshi Yanase
  • Publication number: 20160281562
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes: a honeycomb structure body having partition walls for defining a plurality of cells that extend from an inflow end face to an outflow end face; an inflow side plugging portion; an outflow side plugging portion; and a porous surface trapping layer which is disposed on an inflow surface which is a surface on an inflow cell side which is the cell in which the outflow side plugging portion is disposed, among surfaces of the partition walls, in which the surface trapping layer has a thickness of 10 to 60 ?m and an average pore diameter of 0.3 to 5 ?m, and in a section which is parallel to a cell extending direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Toshio YAMADA, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9289711
    Abstract: A plugged honeycomb structure including a honeycomb structure body, outflow side plugged portions, and inflow side plugged portions. A shape of cells in a cross section is a hexagonal shape. Among six corner portions of each of the hexagonal cells, the corner portion between two partition walls at least one of which is the partition wall separating inflow cells or outflow cells from each other is a specific corner portion, and the corner portion between the two partition walls each of which is the partition wall separating the inflow cell and the outflow cell is an unspecific corner portion. At least one of the specific corner portions is provided with a reinforcing portion so that a shape of the specific corner portion is rounded, and the unspecific corner portions are not provided with the reinforcing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hirakawa, Toshio Yamada, Satoshi Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20160067653
    Abstract: In a cross section perpendicular to a central axis direction of the honeycomb substrate, cells are arranged so that a periphery of an inlet plugged cell is surrounded with four rectangular outlet plugged cells and four square outlet plugged cells, and in the cross section, a partition wall center distance a, a partition wall center distance b and a partition wall thickness t satisfy the following equation (1). Additionally, an amount of a catalyst per unit volume of partition walls which is loaded onto the partition walls defining the rectangular outlet plugged cells and the inlet plugged cells is larger than an amount of a catalyst per unit volume of the partition walls which is loaded onto the partition walls defining the rectangular outlet plugged cells and the square outlet plugged cells. 0.95<b/at<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Kazuhiko KUMAZAWA, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA, Toshio YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160069308
    Abstract: The honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb substrate having porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells and plugging portions. In a cross section, the cells are arranged so that a periphery of an inlet plugged cell including an open end whose shape is a square in which a length of one side is L1 is surrounded with four rectangular outlet plugged cells each including an open end whose shape is a rectangle in which a length of one side is L1 and a length of the other side is L2 (L1>L2) and four square outlet plugged cells each including an open end whose shape is a square in which a length of one side is L2. A partition wall center distance a, a partition wall center distance b and a partition wall thickness t satisfy the following equation (1): 0.95<b/at<1.90 ??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Kazuhiko KUMAZAWA, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA, Toshio YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9205363
    Abstract: A dust collecting honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb base material having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells, and a flange section disposed on an outer periphery of the honeycomb base material and having porous flange partition walls to define and form “a plurality of flange cells extending in the same direction as in the cells”. The flange section is formed so as to project outwardly from the outer periphery of the honeycomb base material, the partition walls and the flange partition walls are continuously connected without forming any boundaries therein, the flange section has flange plugging portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Toshihiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20150240679
    Abstract: Provided is a honeycomb structure including a honeycomb substrate having partition walls defining cells extending from an inflow end face to an outflow end face, and plugging portions. The cells include at least one cell group consisting of a both-end plugged cell, an inlet cell adjacent to the both-end plugged cell, and an outlet cell adjacent to the both-end plugged cell. The partition walls defining the both-end plugged cell have a first common partition wall defining both of the inlet cell and the both-end plugged cell, and a second common partition wall defining both of the outlet cell and the both-end plugged cell. A first flow-through hole is formed in an end portion of the first common partition wall on the outflow end face side, and a second flow-through hole is formed in an end portion of the second common partition wall on the inflow end face side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Toshio YAMADA, Shogo HIROSE, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8999479
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a porous partition wall defining a plurality of cells serving as fluid passages, an outer peripheral wall located at the outermost periphery, a first cell having one end opened and the end plugged, and a second cell having the one end plugged and the other end opened. The first cells and the second cells are disposed alternately, and the area of the first cells is larger than that of the second cells in a cross section perpendicular to a center axis. The thickness of the partition wall that forms at least one cell from the outermost periphery in the outer peripheral section is 1.1 to 3.0 times the thickness of the partition wall in the center section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Kentaro Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8911849
    Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including: a plurality of honeycomb segments each having porous partition walls, and plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of the predetermined cells; joining portions in which the plurality of honeycomb segments are joined; and an outer peripheral wall, and having: an aspect ratio (a long axis/a short axis) of 1.2 or more, wherein corners which are regions of the joining portions in the region of 10 mm or less from each intersection between the joining portion and the outer peripheral wall along a direction of the short axis are present in the region of 25 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the joining portions is 0.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the other joining portions is 1.5 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sakamoto, Koichi Okada, Toshio Yamada, Toshihiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20140287191
    Abstract: In each honeycomb segment, a first and a second end surfaces are rectangular shapes having the same dimension, and are in a positional relation in which extending directions of long sides of the respective end surfaces are perpendicular to each other, and (X?Y)/2 is from 0.2 to 7 mm, where X is a length of each long side of each of the first and the second end surfaces, and Y is a length of each short side of each of the first and the second end surfaces. The honeycomb segment has two pairs of tapered side surfaces each of which including two side surfaces facing each other so that a distance between side surfaces becomes narrow from the first end surface toward the second end surface end, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio YAMADA, Hidetoshi YANASE
  • Publication number: 20140287190
    Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure constituted by honeycomb segments, where a honeycomb segment 2 has a first end and second end surfaces of a quadrangular shape; the second end surface having an area larger than that of the first one, a first pair of two side surfaces facing each other in parallel, and a second pair of two side surfaces facing each other make side surfaces become gradually narrow from the second end surface toward the first end surface, where a plurality of honeycomb segments are disposed in such a manner that the honeycomb segments are aligned to form rows in parallel in a predetermined direction, so as to make adjacent honeycomb segments directed opposite to each other in first end surfaces bonded to each other with one of side surfaces of the second pair of side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio YAMADA, Hidetoshi YANASE
  • Patent number: D732650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamada
  • Patent number: D733277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamada
  • Patent number: D763424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Yamada