Patents by Inventor Yuichi Orikasa

Yuichi Orikasa 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: 10115991
    Abstract: A production method for a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly which may include the steps of preparing a catalyst ink that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter which is not supported on a support, an electrolyte resin, and a water-based solvent and forming a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer by using the catalyst ink, as a catalyst layer that is included in at least one of a fuel electrode side and an oxidant electrode side in the fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly that has a fuel electrode at one surface side of an electrolyte membrane, and an oxidant electrode at another surface side of the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Naohara, Yuichi Orikasa, Manabu Kato
  • Publication number: 20150064610
    Abstract: A production method for a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly which may include the steps of preparing a catalyst ink that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter which is not supported on a support, an electrolyte resin, and a water-based solvent and forming a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer by using the catalyst ink, as a catalyst layer that is included in at least one of a fuel electrode side and an oxidant electrode side in the fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly that has a fuel electrode at one surface side of an electrolyte membrane, and an oxidant electrode at another surface side of the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo NAOHARA, Yuichi ORIKASA, Manabu KATO
  • Patent number: 8906574
    Abstract: A fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly having a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode has a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter that is not supported on a support, and an electrochemically active surface area of the metal catalyst nanoparticle is 10 m2/g to 150 m2/g, and a layer thickness of the non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer is less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Naohara, Yuichi Orikasa, Manabu Kato
  • Patent number: 5438098
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition, the composition comprising1 to 99% by weight of polyarylenesulfide-type resin (I),99 to 1% by-weight of at least one resin (II) selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate-type polyphenyleneether-type resins, and ABS-type resins, and0.1 to 100 parts by weight, on the basis of 100 parts of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a graft copolymer (III) as compatibilizer having a specific multi-phase structure.The thermoplastic resin composition containing the compatibilizer (III) of the present invention has a feature of each of the blended resins of a polyarylenesulfide-type resin (I) and at least one resin (II) selected from the group consisting of carbonate-type resins, polyphenyleneether-type resins and ABS-type resins, such as good impact and heat resistance, moldability, and appearance of molded articles. The composition is widely used for the manufacture of automobile parts, electrical and electronic components, and industrial parts, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5326817
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is here provided which contains (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polyphenylene ether resin alone or a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of a polycarbonate resin and polyoxymethylene resin, and (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the resins (I) +(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fats Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5296538
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition, the composition comprising1 to 99% by weight of polyarylenesulfide-type resin (I),99 to 1% by weight of at least one resin (II) selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate-type resins, polyphenyleneether-type resins, and ABS-type resins, and0.1 to 100 parts by weight, on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a graft copolymer (III) as compatibilizer having a specific multi-phase structure.The thermoplastic resin composition containing the compatibilizer (III) of the present invention has a feature of each of the blended resins of a polyarylenesulfide-type resin (I) and at least one resin (II) selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate-type resins, polyphenyleneether-type resins and ABS-type resins, such as good impact and heat resistance, moldability, and appearance of molded articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5244973
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is here disclosed which is prepared by blending (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polyamide resin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of a polyphenylene ether resin alone or a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer, an aromatic polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polyoxymethylene resin, an ABS resin, a polyarylene sulfide resin and a polyarylate resin, and (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suehiro Sakazume, Yuichi Orikasa
  • Patent number: 5218037
    Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 99 to 1% by weight of an aromatic polyester resin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of a polyphenylene ether resin, a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer, a polycarbonate resin, and a polyarylene sulfide resin, (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume, Sadahiro Nishimura, Yoshinori Maki
  • Patent number: 5212227
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises 99 to 1% by weight of a propylene polymer (I), 1 to 99% by weight of a vinyl polymer (II), 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin (III) which is a graft copolymer comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a propylene polymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suehiro Sakazume, Yuichi Orikasa
  • Patent number: 5204405
    Abstract: A novel thermoplastic resin composition is here disclosed which comprises (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polyolefin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of a polyarylene sulfide, (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the components (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an olefin polymer or copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m, and (IV) 0 to 150 parts of an inorganic filler based on 100 parts by weight of the components (I)+(II)+(III).Furthermore, a method for preparing the aforesaid composition is also disclosed here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5179160
    Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 50 to 99% by weight of a polyamide resin, and (II) 50 to 1% by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of at least one ethylene copolymer selected from the group consisting of epoxy group-containing ethylene copolymers, ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, alkyl ester copolymers and metallic salts of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, and ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers, and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one vinyl monomer, either of both the components possessing a dispersion phase where each particle has a diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5175204
    Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 50 to 99% by weight of an aromatic polyester resin, and (II) 50 to 1% by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of at least one ethylene copolymer selected from the group consisting of epoxy group-containing ethylene copolymers, ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, alkyl ester copolymers and metallic salts of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, and ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers, and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one vinyl monomer, either of both the components possessing a dispersion phase where each particle has a diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5166240
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded bumper therefrom in which said composition comprises:(I) 1 to 99 parts by weight of a propylene polymer, and(II) 99 to 1 parts by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is a graft copolymer comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a propylene polymer and 95 to 5% by weigth of a vinyl polymer obtained from at least one vinyl monomer, either of the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suehiro Sakazume, Yuichi Orikasa
  • Patent number: 5157070
    Abstract: A novel thermoplastic resin composition is here disclosed which contains(I) 99 to 1 part by weight of a polyarylate resin and(II) 1 to 99 parts by weight of at least one selected from a polyamide resin and a polyarylene sulfide resin with(III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either on both the components being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.Furthermore, a novel method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also disclosed here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5141984
    Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polyamide resin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of a polyphenylene ether resin, a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer, and a polycarbonate resin, (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 5036120
    Abstract: A novel thermoplastic resin composition is here provided which contains(I) 100 parts by weight of a polyoxymethylene resin alone or a mixture of the polyoxymethylene resin and a polycarbonate resin, with(II) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.Furthermore, a novel method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil and Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 4994539
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving impulse destructive strength of an electrical insulating material which is characterized by employing, as said electrical insulating material, an ethylene copolymer prepared by subjecting, to a high-pressure radical polymerization, ethylene or a mixture of ethylene and another monomer in the presence of at least one selected from the group consisting of one- to three-ring aromatic compounds (except styrene and substituted styrenes each having a single ring) each having one carbon-carbon double bond in one molecule, at a polymerization pressure of 500 to 4,000 kg/cm.sup.2 at a polymerization temperature of 50.degree. to 400.degree. C., with said ethylene copolymer containing 0.005 to 1 mol % of a unit derived from said aromatic compound as a polymeric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Shinji Kojima, Takashi Inoue, Kaoru Yamamoto, Atsushi Sato, Shigenobu Kawakami
  • Patent number: 4987165
    Abstract: A novel thermoplastic resin composition is here disclosed which contains (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polysulfone or polyether sulfone; (II) 1 to 99% by weight of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin; (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resin (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of the polymer or copolymer being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m; and (IV) 0 to 150 parts of an inorganic filler.Furthermore, a method for preparing the aforesaid composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume
  • Patent number: 4983663
    Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition containing(I) 99 to 1% by weight of an ABS resin,(II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from an aromatic polyester resin and a polyamide resin(III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of the polymer or copolymer being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume, Sadahiro Nishimura, Yoshinori Maki
  • Patent number: 4962148
    Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition containing(I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polypropylene,(II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polyamide resin, a polyphenylene ether resin or a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer and an ABS resin, and(III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of a polyolefin and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd, Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Suehiro Sakazume, Sadahiro Nishimura, Yoshinori Maki