Patents by Inventor Yuriko Takahashi

Yuriko Takahashi 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: 11384674
    Abstract: A reuse evaluation system is a system that performs an evaluation to reuse a catalyst in a state where the catalyst that purifies an exhaust gas of an engine of a vehicle 1 is mounted on the vehicle. The reuse evaluation system includes a deterioration estimator that estimates a degree of deterioration of the catalyst based on an operating state of the vehicle, a reuse setting unit that sets a range of the degree of deterioration of the catalyst as a reuse range of the catalyst according to a usage of reuse of the catalyst, and a reuse determining unit that determines that the catalyst is reusable in the reuse usages when the degree of deterioration of the catalyst estimated by the deterioration estimator is within the reuse range set by the reuse setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Okada, Masaru Kakinohana, Fukutaroh Mori, Shogo Shirakawa, Yuriko Takahashi, Masashi Nose
  • Patent number: 11286839
    Abstract: A method for reusing a vehicular catalyst that ensures effective reuse of a catalyst discarded when a vehicle is discarded is provided. A catalyst deterioration level of a catalytic converter is diagnosed, a catalyst that has a value of the deterioration level diagnosed to be smaller than a predetermined value is determined as a reusable catalyst, and the catalytic converter that includes the catalyst determined as the reusable catalyst is removed from a discarded vehicle. The removed catalytic converter is stored in association with a vehicle type and a manufacturing time of the discarded vehicle. When an abnormality occurs in a catalyst of a drivable vehicle corresponding to the vehicle type and the manufacturing time, a catalytic converter that includes the abnormal catalyst is replaced with the stored catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Okada, Masaru Kakinohana, Fukutaroh Mori, Shogo Shirakawa, Yuriko Takahashi, Masashi Nose
  • Publication number: 20210301708
    Abstract: A reuse evaluation system is a system that performs an evaluation to reuse a catalyst in a state where the catalyst that purifies an exhaust gas of an engine of a vehicle 1 is mounted on the vehicle. The reuse evaluation system includes a deterioration estimator that estimates a degree of deterioration of the catalyst based on an operating state of the vehicle, a reuse setting unit that sets a range of the degree of deterioration of the catalyst as a reuse range of the catalyst according to a usage of reuse of the catalyst, and a reuse determining unit that determines that the catalyst is reusable in the reuse usages when the degree of deterioration of the catalyst estimated by the deterioration estimator is within the reuse range set by the reuse setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi OKADA, Masaru KAKINOHANA, Fukutaroh MORI, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Yuriko TAKAHASHI, Masashi NOSE
  • Publication number: 20210285357
    Abstract: A method for reusing a vehicular catalyst that ensures effective reuse of a catalyst discarded when a vehicle is discarded is provided. A catalyst deterioration level of a catalytic converter is diagnosed, a catalyst that has a value of the deterioration level diagnosed to be smaller than a predetermined value is determined as a reusable catalyst, and the catalytic converter that includes the catalyst determined as the reusable catalyst is removed from a discarded vehicle. The removed catalytic converter is stored in association with a vehicle type and a manufacturing time of the discarded vehicle. When an abnormality occurs in a catalyst of a drivable vehicle corresponding to the vehicle type and the manufacturing time, a catalytic converter that includes the abnormal catalyst is replaced with the stored catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi OKADA, Masaru KAKINOHANA, Fukutaroh MORI, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Yuriko TAKAHASHI, Masashi NOSE
  • Publication number: 20020054841
    Abstract: A purification method for an alkali metal chloride, which comprises separating, from a mixture comprising one type of alkali metal chloride and other water-soluble inorganic salt, said other water-soluble inorganic salt, to purify said alkali metal chloride, wherein water or an aqueous solution of said alkali metal chloride is added to said mixture in such an amount that is sufficient to dissolve at least one type of said other water-soluble inorganic salt substantially in its entire amount and that is not sufficient to dissolve said alkali metal chloride substantially in its entire amount, thereby to dissolve said other water-soluble inorganic salt substantially in its entire amount, and the obtained slurry is subjected to solid-liquid separation to recover the solid component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Fumiaki Nakashima, Shintaro Kikuchi, Hachiro Hirano, Yuriko Takahashi, Shigeru Sakurai