Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Fujishiro

Yoshinobu Fujishiro 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: 11643736
    Abstract: The present invention utilizes an electrochemical catalyst which contains: a metal oxide that is composed of one or more compounds selected from among zirconium oxide, cerium oxide, yttrium oxide, gadolinium oxide, samarium oxide, cobalt oxide and scandium oxide; and a metal variant, which has a valence that is different from the valence of the metal that constitutes the metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Haruo Kishimoto, Yohei Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shimada, Tomohiro Ishiyama, Ryousuke Atsumi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro
  • Publication number: 20220025527
    Abstract: The present invention utilizes an electrochemical catalyst which contains: a metal oxide that is composed of one or more compounds selected from among zirconium oxide, cerium oxide, yttrium oxide, gadolinium oxide, samarium oxide, cobalt oxide and scandium oxide; and a metal variant, which has a valence that is different from the valence of the metal that constitutes the metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Haruo Kishimoto, Yohei Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shimada, Tomohiro Ishiyama, Ryousuke Atsumi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro
  • Patent number: 9997270
    Abstract: A lithium ion conductive substance is provided that is characterized by containing a compound wherein a composite oxide represented by Li1+x+yAlxTi2?xSiyP3?yO12 (0?x?1 and 0?y?1) is doped with at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the lithium ion conductive substance is provided that includes the following steps: (a) a step of forming an inorganic substance that contains predetermined quantities of a Li component, an Al component, a Ti component, a Si component, and a P component, into a sheet shape, and (b) a step of interposing between materials that contain at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm, and sintering, a sheet-shaped formed body obtained at step (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Koichi Hamamoto, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Danila Victorovich Matveev
  • Publication number: 20150372347
    Abstract: A lithium ion conductive substance is provided that is characterized by containing a compound wherein a composite oxide represented by Li1+x+yAlxTi2-xSiyP3-yO12 (0?x?1 and 0?y?1) is doped with at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the lithium ion conductive substance is provided that includes the following steps: (a) a step of forming an inorganic substance that contains predetermined quantities of a Li component, an Al component, a Ti component, a Si component, and a P component, into a sheet shape, and (b) a step of interposing between materials that contain at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm, and sintering, a sheet-shaped formed body obtained at step (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Koichi HAMAMOTO, Yoshinobu FUJISHIRO, Danila Victorovich MATVEEV
  • Patent number: 9178243
    Abstract: The invention provides a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, having a plurality of through-holes, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reaction system comprising the porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, and the invention relates to a support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, in which a plurality of through-holes provided in a porous support act as structural supports for electrochemical reaction cells, to an electrochemical reaction cell stack in which electrochemical reaction unit cells are integrated at a high density using the porous support, to an electrochemical reaction system comprising the electrochemical reaction cell stack, and to a manufacturing method thereof, and the present invention enables to provide a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reactio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Toshio Suzuki, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano
  • Patent number: 9160035
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the lithium ion conductive substance is provided that includes the following steps: (a) a step of forming an inorganic substance that contains predetermined quantities of a Li component, an Al component, a Ti component, a Si component, and a P component, into a sheet shape, and (b) a step of interposing between materials that contain at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm, and sintering, a sheet-shaped formed body obtained at step (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Koichi Hamamoto, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Danila Victorovich Matveev
  • Patent number: 8900759
    Abstract: Tube electrochemical reactor bundle or stack, having a structure, in which a plurality of tube fuel cells, formed of a dense ion conductor (electrolyte) and cathode (air electrode) laminated to an anode (fuel electrode) material having a tube structure, are electrically connected by a thin metallic wire, and an electrochemical reactor system using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toshio Suzuki, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano
  • Publication number: 20140166930
    Abstract: A lithium ion conductive substance is provided that is characterized by containing a compound wherein a composite oxide represented by Li1+x+yAlxTi2?xSiyP3?yO12 (0?x?1 and 0?y?1) is doped with at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the lithium ion conductive substance is provided that includes the following steps: (a) a step of forming an inorganic substance that contains predetermined quantities of a Li component, an Al component, a Ti component, a Si component, and a P component, into a sheet shape, and (b) a step of interposing between materials that contain at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm, and sintering, a sheet-shaped formed body obtained at step (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Koichi Hamamoto, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Danila Victorovich Matveev
  • Patent number: 8642229
    Abstract: The present invention is an electrochemical reactor unit in which a plurality of electrochemical reactor cells constituted by a tube are housed in a porous material body having a heat releasing function and a current collecting function, these are electrically connected in series, and a fuel manifold is mounted to the connected electrochemical reactor cells; an electrochemical reactor module that comprises a plurality of the units which are arranged in fuel supply holes, and a structure supplying air directly to the entire electrochemical reactor module; and an electrochemical reaction system in which such an electrochemical reactor module is utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toshio Suzuki, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano
  • Publication number: 20140023951
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell including a fuel electrode having an interface with a fuel gas, a dense ion conductor (electrolyte) and an air electrode having an interface with air (oxygen) layered in this order, the fuel electrode and the air electrode are not in contact with each other and are separated by an electrolyte, and including a functional layer having a porous structure and promoting electrochemical reactions is layered on part or all of a fuel electrode surface that is an interface with the fuel gas. The electrochemical cell allows a high-efficiency electrochemical reaction system that utilizes a gaseous hydrogen fuel that significantly lowers resistance derived from internal diffusion of a gaseous hydrogen fuel gas in a fuel electrode, and makes it possible to achieve, at a single-cell level, a generation efficiency of 40% or more even in a medium-to-low-temperature region at or below 700° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshio Suzuki, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Koichi Hamamoto, Yoshinobu Fujishiro
  • Publication number: 20090291347
    Abstract: The present invention is an electrochemical reactor unit in which a plurality of electrochemical reactor cells constituted by a tube are housed in a porous material body having a heat releasing function and a current collecting function, these are electrically connected in series, and a fuel manifold is mounted to the connected electrochemical reactor cells; an electrochemical reactor module that comprises a plurality of the units which are arranged in fuel supply holes, and a structure supplying air directly to the entire electrochemical reactor module; and an electrochemical reaction system in which such an electrochemical reactor module is utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: National Institute of Adv Industrial Sci and Tech
    Inventors: Toshio SUZUKI, Toshiaki YAMAGUCHI, Yoshinobu FUJISHIRO, Masanobu AWANO
  • Publication number: 20090277806
    Abstract: The present invention is an electrochemical cell system gas sensor that detects a subject substance to be detected using an electrochemical reaction system and comprises an ion conduction phase and at least two kinds of electrode facing each other and contacting the ion conduction phase, an electrode structure thereof comprising a chemical detection electrode layer having a selective adsorption characteristic relative to the subject substance to be detected and at least one reference electrode layer serving as a counter electrode to the chemical detection electrode layer, a manufacturing method thereof, and a method of detecting the subject substance to be detected, the present invention provides a chemical detection system having an extremely high response speed and great detection ability irrespective of high or low temperatures and even in the presence of excessive oxygen that impairs the chemical reaction of the subject substance to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicants: Nat Inst of Adv Industrial Sci and Tech, Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Hamamoto, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano, Kazuhisa Kasukawa, Masashi Kasaya, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090214919
    Abstract: Tube electrochemical reactor bundle or stack, having a structure, in which a plurality of tube fuel cells, formed of a dense ion conductor (electrolyte) and cathode (air electrode) laminated to an anode (fuel electrode) material having a tube structure, are electrically connected by a thin metallic wire, and an electrochemical reactor system using them are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: National Institute of Adv Industrial Sci and Tech
    Inventors: Toshio SUZUKI, Toshiaki YAMAGUCHI, Yoshinobu FUJISHIRO, Masanobu AWANO
  • Publication number: 20090011328
    Abstract: The invention provides a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, having a plurality of through-holes, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reaction system comprising the porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, and the invention relates to a support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, in which a plurality of through-holes provided in a porous support act as structural supports for electrochemical reaction cells, to an electrochemical reaction cell stack in which electrochemical reaction unit cells are integrated at a high density using the porous support, to an electrochemical reaction system comprising the electrochemical reaction cell stack, and to a manufacturing method thereof, and the present invention enables to provide a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reactio
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: National Institute of Adv Industrial Sci and Tech
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Toshio Suzuki, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano
  • Publication number: 20090004072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic chemical reaction device capable of decomposing solid carbon, and provides a chemical reactor comprising a chemical reaction device that has an ion-conducting ceramic material and a chemical reaction structure composed of a catalyst electrode that is formed on the ceramic material and can electrochemically remove solid carbon (PM) by direct oxidation, a cathode, a solid electrolyte, and an anode, and thereby solid carbon (PM) is directly oxidized and removed on the anode surface by a reaction of C+2O2??CO2 by using oxygen ions supplied via the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Nat. Ins. of Adv. Industrial Sci. and Tech
    Inventors: Koichi Hamamoto, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano
  • Publication number: 20070224481
    Abstract: The present invention provides a smaller and more efficient tube-type electrochemical reactor cell stack, along with an electrochemical reactor system using this stack, and the invention provides an electrochemical reactor cell stack which is a structure comprising electrochemical reactor cells with a tube structure composed of an anode (fuel electrode), a dense ion conductor (electrolyte) and a cathode (air electrode) arranged in connecting holes on the side of a fuel gas pipe, wherein each tube-type cell is connected in parallel or series electrically by means of a conduction connector, along with a manifold for tube-type cells and an electrochemical reactor system using it, and the use of a manifold and stack structure with high industrial productivity allows the small tube-type cells to be highly integrated, so that a highly efficient solid oxide fuel cell or other electrochemical reactor system can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: National Inst of Adv Industrial Science and Tech.
    Inventors: Toshio SUZUKI, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano
  • Publication number: 20070141423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tubular electrochemical reactor cell capable of realizing reduced size and high efficiency, and an electrochemical reactor system using the same, and in a tubular electrochemical reactor cell and an electrochemical reactor system composed thereof, the tubular cell is a tubular cell electrochemical reactor cell in which a dense ionic conductor (electrolyte) and cathode (air electrode) are laminated onto a tube structure composed of an anode (fuel electrode) material, the tube outer diameter being 2 mm or less, the tube wall thickness being 0.5 mm or less, and the porosity of the tube structure being 10% or more; a production process of the tubular electrochemical reactor cell; and, an electrochemical reactor system comprising a chemical reaction unit using the tubular electrochemical reactor cell as a basic unit thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: National Inst of Adv Industrial Science and Tech.
    Inventors: Toshio Suzuki, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano
  • Publication number: 20060118409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical reaction system for efficiently excluding nitrogen oxides with low power consumption when excess oxygen is present in exhaust gas, to a method of use therefor, to an activation method therefor, and to a reaction method for oxidizing or reducing by the use of an oxidation-reduction reactor with high selectivity without the need to supply or exchange a reducing agent or oxidizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Indudt Sci & Tec
    Inventors: Masanobu Awano, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Jin Hae, Shuzo Kanzaki, Sergei Bredikhin, Shingo Katayama, Takuya Hiramatsu, Osamu Shiono
  • Publication number: 20050167286
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical reactor with which nitrogen oxide emission control can be performed very efficiently at a low applied voltage when an excess of oxygen is present in a combustion exhaust gas. The present invention is a chemical reactor in which the upper cathode, lower cathode, and anode that make the chemical reactor are a mixture of an electron-conductive substance and an ion-conductive substance, and the electron-conductive substance and ion-conductive substance of the upper cathode are mixed in a specific ratio, which makes it possible to lower the applied voltage and reduce the power consumption of the chemical reactor, and is also a method for the emission control of nitrogen oxides in which this chemical reactor is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Nat'l Inst of Advanced Industrial Sci and Tech
    Inventors: Masanobu Awano, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Jin Hae, Sergei Bredikhin, Kazuyuki Matsuda, Shingo Katayama, Motoyuki Miyata, Kunihiro Maeda, Takuya Hiramatsu, Osamu Shiono
  • Patent number: 6818107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chemical reactor having an electrochemical cell containing a three-layer structure for the decomposition and removal of a substance treated by a chemical reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Fine Ceramics Research Association
    Inventors: Masanobu Awano, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Hae Jin Hwang, Sergei Bredikhin, Kazuyuki Matsuda, Kunihiro Maeda, Takao Kanai, Motoyuki Miyata