Patents by Inventor Yunosuke Nakahara

Yunosuke Nakahara 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: 20170232425
    Abstract: To reduce an OSC material, while maintaining necessary OSC capacity; and to improve heat resistance and reactivity of a precious metal. Proposed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which comprises a first catalyst layer that is formed on the surface of a substrate that is formed of a ceramic or a metal, and a second catalyst layer that is formed on the upper side of the first catalyst layer. The first catalyst layer comprises a precious metal, an OSC material and an alumina, and the OSC material and the alumina are comprised at a mass ratio of OSC material:alumina=1:7 to 1:3. The second catalyst layer comprises a precious metal, an OSC material and an alumina, and the OSC material and the alumina are comprised at a mass ratio of OSC material:alumina=1:1 to 10:0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki KIMURA, Hiroyuki HORIMURA, Takumi YAMAGUCHI, Takeshi ENDO, Akihiro IIMURO, Ryoichi OSHIMA, Ohki HOUSHITO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 9731274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst carrier comprising an apatite-type composite oxide and proposes a catalyst carrier capable of improving purification performance of NOx due to improvement of phosphorus poisoning. Proposed is a catalyst carrier which contains a composite oxide that is represented by a composition formula of (LaA)9.33??B6O27.00?? (wherein, 0.3???3.0, 0.0<??6.0; “A” represents one or two or more elements selected from Ba, Pr, Y, Sr, Mg, and Ce; and “B” represents one or two or more elements selected from Si, P, and Fe).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Imada, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9713805
    Abstract: A catalyst for exhaust gas purification includes a carrier and a platinum group element supported on the carrier. The carrier includes a modified aluminum borate which contains an aluminum borate and at least one of oxides of an element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Si, Fe, and Ti. The modified aluminum borate contains the oxide in a concentration of 0.06% to 18% by mass relative to the mass of the modified aluminum borate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Hironori Iwakura, Michiyo Inoue, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Patent number: 9707543
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust-gas-purification catalyst carrier that contains a ceria-zirconia complex oxide having a pyrochlore phase and a novel exhaust-gas-purification catalyst carrier that exhibit excellent OSC performance at any temperature region of a low temperature (around 400° C.) and a high temperature (around 800° C.). Proposed is the exhaust-gas-purification catalyst carrier containing a ceria-zirconia complex oxide which has a pyrochlore phase and is 7.0 m2/g or more in specific surface area and in the range of 100 ? to 700 ? in crystallite size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahito Asanuma, Yasuhide Yamaguchi, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9687817
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for an exhaust gas purification catalyst containing aluminum borate particles having a peak (pore peak) exhibiting the highest intensity in a void volume diameter range of from 20 nm to 100 nm in a logarithmic differential void volume distribution measured using a mercury intrusion porosimeter, in order to provide a new catalyst support capable of effectively suppressing a decrease in catalytic performance caused by sulfur (S) component contained in the exhaust gas, in the case of supporting Pd as a catalytically active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Abe, Takahiro Sato, Ohki Houshito, Yuki Nagao, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9682365
    Abstract: Provided is a new catalyst that can have heightened purification performance for NOx under lean conditions. Proposed is an exhaust gas purification catalyst composition provided with: a carrier (A) comprising zirconium phosphate; a catalyst active component (a) supported on the carrier (A); a carrier (B) comprising an inorganic oxide porous body; and a catalyst active component (b) supported on the carrier (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Hironori Iwakura, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Publication number: 20170165642
    Abstract: A fuel reforming catalyst which contains an inorganic porous support, a catalytically active species, and catalyst particles including CeO2 and ZrO2 and in which the concentration of ZrO2 in the catalyst particles is higher in the vicinity of the particle surface than in the particle interior and the concentration of CeO2 in the catalyst particles is equal in the particle interior and in the vicinity of the particle surface is proposed for the purpose of providing a new fuel reforming catalyst which can effectively lower the concentration of the hydrocarbon of C2 or more in the gas which has passed through a steam reforming reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Seiji MORIUCHI, Kazuya KINOSHITA, Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Keiji TSUKAMOTO, Kazuyuki YAMADA, Hideo URATA
  • Patent number: 9669389
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust gas purifying catalyst carrier has a core body formed of a CeO2—ZrO2 solid solution or a CeO2—ZrO2—La2O2 solid solution, and CeO2 supported on the surface of the core body, wherein the core body has a CeO2 content of 5 to 35 mass % and an La2O2 content of 0 to 10 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier, and the amount of CeO2 supported on the core body is 5 to 17 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Takashi Wakabayashi, Yasunori Imada, Ohki Houshito, Yuki Nagao, Takahiko Sakaue, Akihiro Nara, Shinji Aoki
  • Publication number: 20170144136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst carrier for exhaust gas purification catalyst which contains a metal phosphate containing Zr, and it provides a new catalyst carrier which exhibits excellent NOx purification performance in a high temperature region. The invention proposes a carrier for exhaust gas purification catalyst containing a metal phosphate which has a NASICON type structure and contains Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Masato MACHIDA, Yuki NAGAO, Michiyo MATSUMOTO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170120221
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier of the invention includes a modified aluminum borate which contains aluminum borate and at least one addition element selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element and an alkaline earth metal and which has an electronegativity of 2.732 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Ohki HOUSHITO, Hironori IWAKURA, Yuki NAGAO, Masato MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170028387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for purifying exhaust gas and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which contain a manganese-containing composite oxide, and an object of the invention is to provide a novel catalyst composition which can sufficiently function as an exhaust gas purifying catalyst even without supporting a precious metal as a catalytically active component. To achieve the object, there is proposed a catalyst composition for purifying exhaust gas including particles containing a manganese-containing composite oxide and particles containing a metal of Group 5 to Group 11 having an electron in the d orbital (however, Mn, Pt, Rh, and Pd are excluded) or an oxide of the metal in a mixed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Makoto OGAWA, Yuki NAGAO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 9533290
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst composition using other metals different from noble metals as a catalytic activity component and which has an excellent catalytic activity even after a thermal duration treatment. Provided are an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition which includes ceria-zirconia particles with a feature in that a peak arising from (111) plane is divided into two peak tops in an XRD pattern and in which a transition metal including at least one of Cu, Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, and Ag is supported on the ceria-zirconia particles, and a catalyst using the exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Makoto Ogawa, Ryoichi Oshima, Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20160318005
    Abstract: The invention relates an exhaust gas purifying catalyst containing Fe and Ce, and a new catalyst for exhaust gas which can further enhance the excellent durability to a severe temperature change is provided. Provided is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which contains catalyst particles having a configuration in which iron (Fe), cerium (Ce), and a precious metal, and one or two or more kinds of elements (referred to as the “M element”) among cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), magnesium (Mg), lanthanum (La), and strontium (Sr) are supported on inorganic porous support particles, and in which catalyst particles having a configuration in which Ce is present at 1 at % or more, Fe is present at 0.1 at % or more, and the M element is present at 0.1 at % or more account for 80 or more when 100 of catalyst particles having a particle diameter of 6 ?m or more are randomly selected and each of these catalyst particles is quantitatively mapped by EDX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Kazuya KINOSHITA, Hiroaki OKUMURA, Fumikazu KIMATA, Toyofumi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20160288097
    Abstract: A catalyst for exhaust gas purification includes a carrier and a platinum group element supported on the carrier. The carrier includes a modified aluminum borate which contains an aluminum borate and at least one of oxides of an element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Si, Fe, and Ti. The modified aluminum borate contains the oxide in a concentration of 0.06% to 18% by mass relative to the mass of the modified aluminum borate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Yuki NAGAO, Hironori IWAKURA, Michiyo INOUE, Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Masato MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160279606
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for an exhaust gas purification catalyst containing aluminum borate particles having a peak (pore peak) exhibiting the highest intensity in a void volume diameter range of from 20 nm to 100 nm in a logarithmic differential void volume distribution measured using a mercury intrusion porosimeter, in order to provide a new catalyst support capable of effectively suppressing a decrease in catalytic performance caused by sulfur (S) component contained in the exhaust gas, in the case of supporting Pd as a catalytically active component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Akira ABE, Takahiro SATO, Ohki HOUSHITO, Yuki NAGAO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 9381510
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising a catalyst layer comprising two or more types of inorganic porous particles each having a different particle size, a catalytically active component, and voids, wherein; as a first characteristic, 50% or more by number of all the voids in the catalyst layer satisfies a condition of the following (formula 1); L/2/(?S)1/2?2 . . . (formula 1) wherein S represents a void cross-sectional area, and L represents a void cross-sectional circumference in the (formula 1), and; as a second characteristic, in the void cross-sectional area in the catalyst layer, the average void radius, determined assuming that the void shape is a perfect circle, is 10 ?m to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Iwakura, Toshiharu Moriya, Yasunori Imada, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9358524
    Abstract: Provided is a novel catalyst structure capable of maintaining gas diffusivity to a deep part of a catalyst layer even under condition of a high gas flow rate. Proposed is a catalyst structure, which has a porous apatite catalyst layer containing an oxide (hereinafter referred to as “apatite”) whose crystalline structure belongs to an apatite type, and in which, in logarithmic differentiation void volume distribution measured by a mercury intrusion porosimeter, a peak top is present within a void volume diameter range of 100 nm to 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Yunosuke Nakahara, Yasunori Imada, Ohki Houshito, Noriaki Iwata, Shinichi Tosa, Syouji Inose, Masanori Hashimoto, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20160144344
    Abstract: Disclosed is a carrier for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, the carrier containing aluminum borate represented by 9Al2O3 2B2O3 and modified with La2O3 in an amount of 0.3 to 2 mass % on the basis of the mass of the aluminum borate; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst containing the carrier, and Pd or Pd+Ba supported on the carrier; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst product containing a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst supported on the catalyst support, which catalyst product may also contain an Rh catalyst layer supported on the layer of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst; and a method for producing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro SATO, Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Masato MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160121310
    Abstract: Provided is a new catalyst that can have heightened purification performance for NOx under lean conditions. Proposed is an exhaust gas purification catalyst composition provided with: a carrier (A) comprising zirconium phosphate; a catalyst active component (a) supported on the carrier (A); a carrier (B) comprising an inorganic oxide porous body; and a catalyst active component (b) supported on the carrier (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Yuki NAGAO, Hironori IWAKURA, Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Masato MACHIDA
  • Patent number: 9314773
    Abstract: Provided is a palladium catalyst in which palladium (Pd) is used as a catalyst active component, and particularly a novel palladium catalyst which can purify CO and THC with high efficiency even under a fuel-rich atmosphere having a high space velocity (SV). Proposed is a palladium catalyst having a substrate and a catalyst layer that contains palladium acting as a catalyst active component, an inorganic porous material acting as a catalyst support and ceria (CeO2) particles acting as a promoter component, in which a mass ratio (Pd/CeO2) of a content of the palladium in the catalyst layer to a content of the ceria particles in the catalyst layer is 0.0014 to 0.6000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Wakabayashi, Yosuke Shibata, Yunosuke Nakahara, Kiyotaka Yasuda