Patents by Inventor Yasuharu KAWABATA

Yasuharu KAWABATA 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: 11710841
    Abstract: A reaction device comprising: a first flow path to which a fuel gas is supplied; a second flow path to which a gas containing oxygen is supplied; a hydrogen permeable membrane that separates the first flow path and the second flow path and allows hydrogen contained in the fuel gas supplied to the first flow path to permeate toward the second flow path; and a catalyst that is provided in the second flow path and promotes oxidation reaction between the oxygen and hydrogen passing through the hydrogen permeable membrane, wherein the hydrogen permeable membrane comprises a barium zirconium oxide membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO GAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Kawabata, Yoshio Matsuzaki, Koki Sato
  • Publication number: 20220077482
    Abstract: This reaction device is provided with: a first flow path to which a fuel gas is supplied; a second flow path to which a gas containing oxygen is supplied; a hydrogen permeable membrane that partitions the first flow path from the second flow path, and that allows hydrogen contained in the fuel gas supplied to the first flow path to permeate toward the second flow path side; a catalyst that is provided in the second flow path and that accelerates an oxidation reaction between the oxygen and the hydrogen that has permeated through the hydrogen permeable membrane, wherein the hydrogen permeable membrane comprises a barium zirconate membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuharu KAWABATA, Yoshio MATSUZAKI, Koki SATO