Patents by Inventor Yukari KOMAI

Yukari KOMAI 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: 20240327304
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes preparing a honeycomb formed body by extruding a green body comprising a ceramic raw material, a pore-forming material, a binder and a dispersion medium through a die that defines opening shapes of the plurality of cells; drying the honeycomb formed body to obtain a honeycomb dried body; and firing the honeycomb dried body to obtain a honeycomb fired body in which a thickness of the partition walls is 50 ?m or more and 210 ?m or less, and a porosity of the partition walls is 45% to 60%; wherein the pore-forming material contains crosslinked starch and an acrylic polymer, and the green body contains 1.0 parts by mass or more of crosslinked starch with the proviso that a P content is less than 0.2 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the ceramic raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukari KOMAI, Koji MOTOKI
  • Publication number: 20200299201
    Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb structure including: plugging ends of cells on one of a first end face side and a second end face side in each of the cells of a ceramic honeycomb formed body that includes partition walls defining the cells extending from the first end face to the second end face; placing the ceramic honeycomb formed body on a shelf board with the first end face facing downward; arranging at least one lid member on the second end face of the ceramic honeycomb formed body so as to completely cover the second end face; and placing the ceramic honeycomb formed body together with the shelf board and the lid member in a firing furnace and firing the ceramic honeycomb formed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukari KOMAI, Shungo NAGAI