Patents by Inventor Yutaka Suhara
Yutaka Suhara 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).
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Publication number: 20080226537Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Publication number: 20060257309Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for heat-treating carbon fiber, in which impairment of a furnace caused by solidification of a transition metal impurity serving as a catalyst raw material is prevented, and the amount of the metal, such as Fe, Co, or Ni, contained in the carbon fiber is reduced. In the present invention, a vaporized metal impurity is contained in an inert gas that is passed through a furnace, and the gas is discharged from a high-temperature section of the furnace. The impurity contained in the gas discharged from the furnace is cooled to solidify, and then recovered. The resultant gas is recycled as an inert gas in the furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Toshio Morita, Yoshihisa Sakamoto, Yutaka Suhara, Kunio Nishimura
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Publication number: 20060083919Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Patent number: 6998176Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Patent number: 6998171Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having a multilayer structure having stacked cylindrical carbon sheets and a center axis having a hollow structure. The fine carbon fiber has an outer diameter of 2 to 300 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 15,000, and at least one cylindrical carbon sheet layer among the multiple layers is folded at an end part of the carbon fiber and continued to another cylindrical carbon sheet. The folded and continued cylindrical carbon sheets form a cylindrical structure opened at the end part.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Yutaka Suhara
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Publication number: 20040131848Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Patent number: 6699582Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Publication number: 20030180515Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having a multilayer structure having stacked cylindrical carbon sheets and a center axis having a hollow structure. The fine carbon fiber has an outer diameter of 2 to 300 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 15,000, and at least one cylindrical carbon sheet layer among the multiple layers is folded at an end part of the carbon fiber and continued to another cylindrical carbon sheet. The folded and continued cylindrical carbon sheets form a cylindrical structure opened at the end part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Yutaka Suhara
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Patent number: 6565971Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having a multilayer structure having stacked cylindrical carbon sheets and a center axis having a hollow structure. The fine carbon fiber has an outer diameter of 2 to 300 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 15,000, and at least one cylindrical carbon sheet layer among the multiple layers is folded at an end part of the carbon fiber and continued to another cylindrical carbon sheet. The folded and continued cylindrical carbon sheets form a cylindrical structure opened at the end part.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2001Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Yutaka Suhara
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Publication number: 20030039828Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Patent number: 6489025Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2001Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Patent number: 6464950Abstract: A method for producing carbon fiber including the following processes: a process for obtaining fine carbon fiber by thermally decomposing an organic compound in a furnace by use of a catalyst; a process for separating a reaction exhaust gas contained in the carbon fiber; a process for continuously subjecting the carbon fiber to thermal treatment in a non-oxidative atmosphere; and a process for incinerating a thermal treatment exhaust gas generated in the thermal treatment and/or the reaction exhaust gas. The method for separating a reaction exhaust gas from carbon fiber is characterized in that a packed carbon fiber layer is formed, an inert gas is caused to flow through the layer, and the layer is compressed. Combustion of the reaction exhaust gas and combustion of the exhaust gas generated from the subsequent thermal treatment is achieved through employment of a pilot burner holding flame at all times in a vertical incinerator.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1999Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Yutaka Suhara, Yoshihisa Sakamoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Kunio Nishimura
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Publication number: 20020058139Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having a multilayer structure having stacked cylindrical carbon sheets and a center axis having a hollow structure. The fine carbon fiber has an outer diameter of 2 to 300 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 15,000, and at least one cylindrical carbon sheet layer among the multiple layers is folded at an end part of the carbon fiber and continued to another cylindrical carbon sheet. The folded and continued cylindrical carbon sheets form a cylindrical structure opened at the end part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Yutaka Suhara
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Publication number: 20020015845Abstract: A fine carbon fiber having an outer diameter of about 1 to about 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 30,000, comprising a hollow center portion and a multi-layer sheath structure of a plurality of carbon layers, the layers forming annual rings, wherein the sheath-forming carbon layers form an incomplete sheath, i.e., the carbon layers are partially broken or disrupted in a longitudinal direction, and the outer diameter of the carbon fiber and/or the diameter of the hollow center portion are not uniform in a longitudinal direction. The carbon fiber is obtained by instantaneously reacting a carrier gas at a high temperature and an organic compound gas kept at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the transition metal compound and has a conductivity equivalent to that of a conventional vapor phase method and is useful as a filler material in resins, rubbers, paints and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventors: Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura
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Publication number: 20010051127Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for heat-treating carbon fiber, in which impairment of a furnace caused by solidification of a transition metal impurity serving as a catalyst raw material is prevented, and the amount of the metal, such as Fe, Co, or Ni, contained in the carbon fiber is reduced. In the present invention, a vaporized metal impurity is contained in an inert gas that is passed through a furnace, and the gas is discharged from a high-temperature section of the furnace. The impurity contained in the gas discharged from the furnace is cooled to solidify, and then recovered. The resultant gas is recycled as an inert gas in the furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Toshio Morita, Yoshihisa Sakamoto, Yutaka Suhara, Kunio Nishimura