Patents by Inventor YUTAKA MOMIYAMA

YUTAKA MOMIYAMA 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: 8778559
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell preventing formation of a diffusion layer containing Ca and other elements, and having an excellent power generation performance at low temperature by preventing breakdown of a crystal structure of an electrolyte by firing. Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell which includes a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode, each being sequentially laminated on the surface of a porous support. The porous support contains forsterite, and further has a calcium element (Ca) content of more than 0.2 mass % but not more than 2 mass % in terms of CaO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Ando, Seiki Furuya, Yutaka Momiyama, Kiyoshi Hayama, Osamu Okamoto, Naoki Watanabe, Nobuo Isaka, Masaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8765325
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell preventing formation of a diffusion layer containing Ca and other elements, and having an excellent power generation performance at low temperature by preventing breakdown of a crystal structure of an electrolyte by firing. Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell which includes an inner electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an outer electrode, each sequentially laminated on the surface of a porous support. The porous support contains forsterite, and has a Ca element content of 0.2 mass % or less in terms of CaO in a surface region at the inner electrode side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Ando, Seiki Furuya, Yutaka Momiyama, Kiyoshi Hayama, Osamu Okamoto, Naoki Watanabe, Nobuo Isaka, Masaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8722278
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell that has a high initial power generation performance and a good power generation durability. The fuel cell comprises at least a fuel electrode, an electrolyte, an air electrode, and a current collecting part disposed on the air electrode, wherein the current collecting part comprises an electroconductive metal and an oxide, the electroconductive metal is silver and palladium, the oxide is a perovskite oxide, and the content of the oxide is more than 0 (zero) and less than 0.111 in terms of weight ratio to the electroconductive metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Niimi, Akira Kawakami, Yutaka Momiyama, Shuichiro Saigan
  • Publication number: 20140093809
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell preventing formation of a diffusion layer containing Ca and other elements, and having an excellent power generation performance at low temperature by preventing breakdown of a crystal structure of an electrolyte by firing. Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell which includes an inner electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an outer electrode, each being sequentially laminated on the surface of a porous support. The porous support contains forsterite, and has a Mg/Si molar ratio of 1.90 to 2.2 both inclusive, and an A-to-B ratio (A/B) of 0.0% to 9.0% both inclusive, where A denotes a maximum peak height which appears at a diffraction angle 2?=26.5° to 27.0° and B denotes a maximum peak height which appears at 36.5° to 37.0° in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by using Cu—K? radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru ANDO, Seiki FURUYA, Yutaka MOMIYAMA, Kiyoshi HAYAMA, Osamu OKAMOTO, Naoki WATANABE, Nobuo ISAKA, Masaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20140093800
    Abstract: The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell 1 including a reforming section 94, disposed inside a fuel gas supply flow path 20 above a vaporizing section 86 to surround the upper portion of a fuel cell stack 14, for steam reforming raw fuel gas F introduced from a fuel gas introducing portion 90a using steam S produced in a vaporizing section; and a circulating flow path portion 156 disposed in a fuel gas supply flow path between the vaporizing section and the reforming section for circulating rising raw fuel gas introduced from a fuel gas introducing section into a fuel gas supply flow path and rising steam produced in the vaporizing section along the circumferential direction of the fuel gas supply flow path so as to form a flow supplying mixed raw fuel gas and steam uniformly over the entire circumference of the reforming section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki SATO, Naoki WATANABE, Nobuo ISAKA, Shigeru ANDO, Yutaka MOMIYAMA, Kiyoshi HAYAMA, Seiki FURUYA, Osamu OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140087288
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell scatters MgO over a grain boundary of an LSGM which is a solid electrolyte layer. Ni components that diffuse from a fuel electrode formed on the other side of an LDC from the LSGM are trapped by the scattered MgO particles and are suppressed from diffusing towards an air electrode in the electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Momiyama, Yasuo Kakinuma, Yuya Takahashi, Akira Ishiguro, Shigeru Ando, Akira Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20140080034
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell preventing formation of a diffusion layer containing Ca and other elements, and having an excellent power generation performance at low temperature by preventing breakdown of a crystal structure of an electrolyte by firing. Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell which includes a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode, each being sequentially laminated on the surface of a porous support. The porous support contains forsterite, and further has a calcium element (Ca) content of more than 0.2 mass % but not more than 2 mass % in terms of CaO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru ANDO, Seiki FURUYA, Yutaka MOMIYAMA, Kiyoshi HAYAMA, Osamu OKAMOTO, Naoki WATANABE, Nobuo ISAKA, Masaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20140080033
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell preventing formation of a diffusion layer containing Ca and other elements, and having an excellent power generation performance at low temperature by preventing breakdown of a crystal structure of an electrolyte by firing. Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell which includes an inner electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an outer electrode, each sequentially laminated on the surface of a porous support. The porous support contains forsterite, and has a Ca element content of 0.2 mass % or less in terms of CaO in a surface region at the inner electrode side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru ANDO, Seiki FURUYA, Yutaka MOMIYAMA, Kiyoshi HAYAMA, Osamu OKAMOTO, Naoki WATANABE, Nobuo ISAKA, Masaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20100098999
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell that has a high initial power generation performance and a good power generation durability. The fuel cell comprises at least a fuel electrode, an electrolyte, an air electrode, and a current collecting part disposed on the air electrode, wherein the current collecting part comprises an electroconductive metal and an oxide, the electroconductive metal is silver and palladium, the oxide is a perovskite oxide, and the content of the oxide is more than 0 (zero) and less than 0.111 in terms of weight ratio to the electroconductive metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: HIROSHI NIIMI, AKIRA KAWAKAMI, YUTAKA MOMIYAMA, SHUICHIRO SAIGAN