Patents by Inventor Toshiro Takabatake

Toshiro Takabatake 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 module
    Patent number: 11527692
    Abstract: To provide a thermoelectric conversion material having low environmental load and an excellent thermoelectric figure of merit ZT and a thermoelectric conversion module including the thermoelectric conversion material. A thermoelectric conversion material of the present invention is characterized by being a compound represented by Chemical Formula (1). Cu26-xMxA2E6-yS32??(1) In Chemical Formula (1), M represents a metal material including at least one of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn; A represents a metal material including at least one of Nb and Ta; E represents a metal material including at least one of Si, Ge, and Sn; x represents a numerical value of 0 or more and 4 or less; and y represents a numerical value of more than 0 and 1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michihiro Ohta, Yuta Kikuchi, Yohan Bouyrie, Koichiro Suekuni, Toshiro Takabatake
  • THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE
    Publication number: 20190148613
    Abstract: To provide a thermoelectric conversion material having low environmental load and an excellent thermoelectric figure of merit ZT and a thermoelectric conversion module including the thermoelectric conversion material. A thermoelectric conversion material of the present invention is characterized by being a compound represented by Chemical Formula (1). Cu26-xMxA2E6-yS32??(1) In Chemical Formula (1), M represents a metal material including at least one of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn; A represents a metal material including at least one of Nb and Ta; E represents a metal material including at least one of Si, Ge, and Sn; x represents a numerical value of 0 or more and 4 or less; and y represents a numerical value of more than 0 and 1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Michihiro Ohta, Yuta Kikuchi, Yohan Bouyrie, Koichiro Suekuni, Toshiro Takabatake