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).
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Patent number: 10024209Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Toshio Yamada, Toshihiro Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20180093929Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: NGK Insulators, LTD.Inventor: Toshio YAMADA
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Patent number: 9803596Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Kazuhiko Kumazawa, Toshihiro Hirakawa, Toshio Yamada
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Publication number: 20170259460Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro HIRAKAWA, Toshio YAMADA, Yukio MIYAIRI
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Patent number: 9700842Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Kazuhiko Kumazawa, Toshihiro Hirakawa, Toshio Yamada
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Patent number: 9518494Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Hidetoshi Yanase
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Patent number: 9470131Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Hidetoshi Yanase
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Publication number: 20160281562Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Toshio YAMADA, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA
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Patent number: 9289711Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Hirakawa, Toshio Yamada, Satoshi Sakashita
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Publication number: 20160067653Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Kazuhiko KUMAZAWA, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA, Toshio YAMADA
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Publication number: 20160069308Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Kazuhiko KUMAZAWA, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA, Toshio YAMADA
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Patent number: 9205363Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Toshihiro Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20150240679Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Toshio YAMADA, Shogo HIROSE, Toshihiro HIRAKAWA
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Patent number: 8999479Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Kentaro Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8911849Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Sakamoto, Koichi Okada, Toshio Yamada, Toshihiro Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20140287191Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio YAMADA, Hidetoshi YANASE
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Publication number: 20140287190Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio YAMADA, Hidetoshi YANASE
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Patent number: D732650Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventor: Toshio Yamada
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Patent number: D733277Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventor: Toshio Yamada
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Patent number: D763424Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventor: Toshio Yamada