Patents by Inventor Yoichi Nanba

Yoichi Nanba 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).

  • Publication number: 20040232392
    Abstract: Graphite fine powder exhibiting excellent electrical conductivity and is suitable for use in, for example, an anti-static application and an electromagnetic wave shielding application, a method for preparing the graphite fine powder, an electrically conductive resin composition using the fine graphite powder having an excellent conductivity and moldability, and a resin molded product using the graphite fine powder having excellent electrical conductivity and strength are provided. The graphite fine powder includes a substance containing a particular element on a part or whole of its surface layer, and the electrically conductive resin composition and the resin molded product are obtained by using the graphite fine powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Tsutomu Masuko, Yoichi Nanba, Satoshi Iinou
  • Patent number: 6780388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (1) carbon powder having a primary particle size of 100 nm or less and an X-ray crystallite plane spacing C0 of less than 0.680 nm, preferably of 0.6730 nm or less, which shows a volume resistivity of 0.1 &OHgr;·cm or less in the pressurized state under a pressure of 2 MPa, and containing boron in a range of 0.1 to 5% by mass, (2) a method for producing the carbon powder, (3) an electrically conducting carbon composite powder wherein above-described carbon powder is mixed with fibrous carbon, particularly vapor grown carbon fiber, (4) a catalyst for solid polymer electrode fuel battery using above-described carbon powder or electrically conducting carbon composite powder, (5) a polymer electrolyte fuel battery cell using the catalyst, and (6) a polymer electrolyte fuel battery using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Masuko, Yoichi Nanba
  • Publication number: 20020051903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (1) carbon powder having a primary particle size of 100 nm or less and an X-ray crystallite plane spacing C0 of less than 0.680 nm, preferably of 0.6730 nm or less, which shows a volume resistivity of 0.1 &OHgr;·cm or less in the pressurized state under a pressure of 2 MPa, and containing boron in a range of 0.1 to 5% by mass, (2) a method for producing the carbon powder, (3) an electrically conducting carbon composite powder wherein Age above-described carbon powder is mixed with fibrous carbon, particularly vapor grown carbon fiber, (4) a catalyst for solid polymer electrode fuel battery using above-described carbon powder or electrically conducting carbon composite powder, (5) a polymer electrolyte fuel battery cell using the catalyst, and (6) a polymer electrolyte fuel battery using the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Masuko, Yoichi Nanba
  • Patent number: 4649414
    Abstract: In a planer type PNPN semiconductor switch having a MOS FET structure, a field plate electrode is embedded in an insulator covering a surface of a semiconductor substrate to overlie an interface between the semiconductor substrate and a P gate region for limiting an extention of a depletion layer from an anode region to a P gate region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ueda, Hirokazu Tsukada, Yoichi Nanba