Patents by Inventor Yoshiteru Yazawa

Yoshiteru Yazawa 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: 11801492
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst improved in OSC performance while maintaining an exhaust gas purification performance, which comprises a substrate and at least one catalyst layer formed on the substrate, wherein an uppermost catalyst layer contains a catalyst metal, a first OSC material having a pyrochlore structure, and a second OSC material having a higher oxygen storage/release rate than the first OSC material, wherein the uppermost catalyst layer consists of an upstream catalyst layer and a downstream catalyst layer, and wherein a proportion of a mass of the second OSC material based on a total mass of the first OSC material and the second OSC material is in a specific range in each of the upstream catalyst layer and the downstream catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Takahiro Nishio, Takumi Tojo, Yoshiteru Yazawa
  • Patent number: 11759769
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that allows improving an exhaust gas purification performance. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a porous carrier, a catalytic metal that is supported by the porous carrier and belongs to platinum group, an alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier, and an alkaline earth metal not supported by the porous carrier. At least a part of the alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier is supported inside the porous carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Seiji Nakahigashi, Takumi Tojo, Masahide Miura, Nobuyuki Takagi, Yoshiteru Yazawa, Sho Hoshino, Minoru Ito, Naoto Fujita, Tomomasa Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20230016121
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst improved in OSC performance while maintaining an exhaust gas purification performance, which comprises a substrate and at least one catalyst layer formed on the substrate, wherein an uppermost catalyst layer contains a catalyst metal, a first OSC material having a pyrochlore structure, and a second OSC material having a higher oxygen storage/release rate than the first OSC material, wherein the uppermost catalyst layer consists of an upstream catalyst layer and a downstream catalyst layer, and wherein a proportion of a mass of the second OSC material based on a total mass of the first OSC material and the second OSC material is in a specific range in each of the upstream catalyst layer and the downstream catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takahiro NISHIO, Takumi TOJO, Yoshiteru YAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220118428
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that allows improving an exhaust gas purification performance. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a porous carrier, a catalytic metal that is supported by the porous carrier and belongs to platinum group, an alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier, and an alkaline earth metal not supported by the porous carrier. At least a part of the alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier is supported inside the porous carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Chinzei, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Takumi TOJO, Masahide MIURA, Noboyuki TAKAGI, Yoshiteru YAZAWA, Sho HOSHINO, Minoru ITO, Naoto FUJITA, Tomomasa AIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9784155
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, an exhaust purification catalyst (13), hydrocarbon feed valve (15) and particulate filter (14) are arranged in an exhaust passage. If temperature increasing control should be performed when a first NOX purification method is performed, injection of hydrocarbons for the first NOX purification method is performed with a predetermined period and injection of hydrocarbons for temperature increasing control is performed in a time period when injection of hydrocarbons for the first NOX purification method is not performed, the first NOX purification method being configured to purify NOX which is contained in the exhaust gas by injecting hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve with the predetermined period, the temperature increasing control being configured to increase a temperature of the particulate filter to remove particulate matters trapped on the particulate filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Yoshiteru Yazawa
  • Publication number: 20160069234
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, an exhaust purification catalyst (13), hydrocarbon feed valve (15) and particulate filter (14) are arranged in an exhaust passage. If temperature increasing control should be performed when a first NOX purification method is performed, injection of hydrocarbons for the first NOX purification method is performed with a predetermined period and injection of hydrocarbons for temperature increasing control is performed in a time period when injection of hydrocarbons for the first NOX purification method is not performed, the first NOX purification method being configured to purify NOX which is contained in the exhaust gas by injecting hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve with the predetermined period, the temperature increasing control being configured to increase a temperature of the particulate filter to remove particulate matters trapped on the particulate filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei YOSHIDA, Yoshiteru YAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20110118113
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, including Rh/Y—ZrO2 particles obtained by supporting Rh on zirconia support particles which contain yttria, wherein yttria is contained in an amount of 2˜9 mol % in the support particles. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst exhibits a superior high-temperature durability because the zirconia support can resist heat, thereby particularly increasing the structure retaining power and the thermal stability of Rh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Naoto Miyoshi, Yoshiteru Yazawa, Kunio Ezaki, Hiroto Imai