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).

  • Patent number: 9308516
    Abstract: Provided is a novel catalyst carrier for exhaust gas which relates to an OSC material containing a ceria-zirconia composite oxide and is able to enhance the low temperature properties and to exert excellent OSC even at the time of engine start and excellent exhaust gas purification performance. A catalyst carrier for exhaust gas containing a fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide and ceria formed from the fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide by phase separation proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20160082419
    Abstract: The disclosed exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier 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: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Ohki HOUSHITO, Hironori IWAKURA, Yuki NAGAO, Masato MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160045896
    Abstract: Provided is a new catalyst structure for exhaust gas treatment including an upper catalyst layer and a lower catalyst layer, in which the catalyst structure can sufficiently exhibit functions as a three way catalyst while maintaining gas diffusibility. Proposed is a catalyst structure including a substrate, an upper catalyst layer, and a lower catalyst layer, the catalyst structure having a first peak or a second peak at a pore volume diameter of 10 nm to 50 nm and a pore volume diameter of 50 nm to 100 nm, respectively, in the logarithmic differential pore volume distribution analyzed by a mercury intrusion porosimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Yasunori IMADA, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150352530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition using other metals different from precious metals as a catalytically active component and is to propose a novel catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification which has excellent catalytic activity, in particular, excellent treatment activity of HC even after a thermal durability treatment. The invention is to propose a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification comprising catalyst particles having a constitution in which Cu and a transition metal A including at least one of Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zr, and Ag are supported on ceria (CeO2) particles and a catalyst using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki NAGAO, Michitaka YAMAGUCHI, Yunosuke NAKAHARA, Masato MACHIDA
  • Patent number: 9199221
    Abstract: Provided are an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a carrier containing substituted aluminum borate in which 2.5 to 11.5 at. % of aluminum atoms contained therein are substituted by Fe, Co, Ga, or Ni, and Pd supported on the carrier; and an exhaust gas purification catalyst product including a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer of the aforementioned exhaust gas purification catalyst and which is supported on the catalyst support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Patent number: 9192917
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which includes barium hexaaluminate, and palladium and barium which are supported on barium hexaaluminate, wherein the amount of supported palladium, as reduced to metallic Pd, is 0.2 to 3.5 mass % with respect to the mass of barium hexaaluminate; the amount of supported barium, as reduced to BaO, is 1 to 20 mass % with respect to the mass of barium hexaaluminate; and the ratio by mole of supported barium to supported palladium, Ba/Pd, is (0.5 to 10)/1; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst product which has a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer which is formed of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst as a predominant component and which is supported on the catalyst support; and a method for producing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunosuke Nakahara, Ohki Houshito
  • Patent number: 9180440
    Abstract: A catalyst for exhaust gas purification having superior exhaust gas purification performance is provided. Disclosed is a catalyst containing, as a catalyst support, a composite phosphate containing yttrium and phosphorus and having a composition ratio of yttrium to phosphorus (Y/P) of greater than 1 as a molar ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michitaka Yamaguchi, Akiko Sugioka, Takahito Asanuma, Yunosuke Nakahara, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9162217
    Abstract: An apatite compound represented by general formula: A10(PO4)6(OH)2 (wherein A represents Ba or a combination of Ba and Sr and/or Ca) is used as a carrier. This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is obtained by having the apatite compound carrier support a noble metal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakata, Sumio Kato, Masataka Ogasawara, Atsunori Ono, Yohei Takahashi, Takashi Wakabayashi, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20150290622
    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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yasunori IMADA, Yunosuke NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150273462
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a new exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which gas diffusibility and miscibility in a catalyst layer are high, and thereby excellent catalyst performance can be exhibited. There is proposed 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: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hironori Iwakura, Toshiharu Moriya, Yasunori Imada, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20150224471
    Abstract: Provided is a novel catalyst carrier for exhaust gas which relates to an OSC material containing a ceria-zirconia composite oxide and is able to enhance the low temperature properties and to exert excellent OSC even at the time of engine start and excellent exhaust gas purification performance. A catalyst carrier for exhaust gas containing a fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide and ceria formed from the fluorite type ceria-zirconia composite oxide by phase separation proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20150209760
    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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahito Asanuma, Yasuhide Yamaguchi, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20150133292
    Abstract: An apatite compound represented by general formula: A10(PO4)6(OH)2 (wherein A represents Ba or a combination of Ba and Sr and/or Ca) is used as a carrier. This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is obtained by having the apatite compound carrier support a noble metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakata, Sumio Kato, Masataka Ogasawara, Atsunori Ono, Yohei Takahashi, Takashi Wakabayashi, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20150087504
    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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi Wakabayashi, Yosuke Shibata, Yunosuke Nakahara, Kiyotaka Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20150086434
    Abstract: Provided is a novel palladium catalyst capable of efficiently purifying carbon monoxide (CO) and total hydrocarbons (THC) under a fuel-rich atmosphere even when palladium (Pd) is used as a catalyst active component. Proposed is a palladium monolayer catalyst for an exhaust gas from a saddle-riding-type vehicle, which is an exhaust gas purification catalyst for a saddle-riding-type vehicle to be installed in an exhaust gas passage in an internal combustion engine. The palladium monolayer catalyst includes a substrate, and a catalyst layer that has the form of a monolayer and contains palladium acting as a catalyst active component, an inorganic porous body acting as a catalyst carrier, ceria (CeO2) particles acting as a promoter component, and barium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kimura, Hiroyuki Horimura, Akiko Koga, Motoki Ito, Masateru Tsuji, Takashi Wakabayashi, Yosuke Shibata, Yunosuke Nakahara, Kiyotaka Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20140371058
    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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Yunosuke Nakahara, Yasunori Imada, Ohki Houshito, Noriaki Iwata, Shinichi Tosa, Syouji Inose, Masanori Hashimoto, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20140323294
    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: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Makoto Ogawa, Ryoichi Oshima, Ohki Houshito, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20140243191
    Abstract: Provided are an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a carrier containing substituted aluminum borate in which 2.5 to 11.5 at. % of aluminum atoms contained therein are substituted by Fe, Co, Ga, or Ni, and Pd supported on the carrier; and an exhaust gas purification catalyst product including a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer of the aforementioned exhaust gas purification catalyst and which is supported on the catalyst support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Publication number: 20140221198
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier which includes a phosphate salt represented by formula: MPO4 (wherein M represents Y, La, or Al) or a zirconium phosphate represented by formula ZrP2O7; an exhaust gas purification catalyst containing a noble metal at least containing Rh and supported on the carrier; and an exhaust gas purification catalyst product having a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, the layer being supported on the catalyst support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Takahiro Sato, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Publication number: 20140213439
    Abstract: A catalyst for exhaust gas purification having superior exhaust gas purification performance is provided. Disclosed is a catalyst containing, as a catalyst support, a composite phosphate containing yttrium and phosphorus and having a composition ratio of yttrium to phosphorus (Y/P) of greater than 1 as a molar ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michitaka Yamaguchi, Akiko Sugioka, Takahito Asanuma, Yunosuke Nakahara, Takahiro Sato