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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178254 | Cell for solid oxide fuel cell and method for manufacturing same There is provided an SOFC cell and manufacturing method thereof whereby the occurrence of Cr poisoning of the air electrode can be satisfactorily suppressed in an SOFC cell formed by joining together an air electrode with a Cr-containing alloy or the like. A Cr(VI) ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8163863 | Polysilane and polysilane-containing resin composition A polysilane having excellent functionalities (e.g., solubility in a solvent and reactivity) is obtained by introducing a structural unit of the following formula (1) to a polysilane through a reaction of a dihalosilane having a Si—H bond and adding a hydrosilylat... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7972585 | Carbon monoxide removal method, operating method for fuel reforming system, carbon monoxide remover , fuel removal system having the carbon monoxide remover, and filter In operating the carbon monoxide removal reactor or the fuel reforming system, there is provided a technique for removing carbon monoxide in a stable manner for an extended period of time. In a method of removing carbon monoxide including an introducing step of intr... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7867411 | Method for producing synthesis gas and apparatus for producing synthesis gas A method for producing a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen from a source gas containing light hydrocarbons, includes the steps of: performing low temperature steam reforming by adding steam to the source gas and converting hydrocarbons of carbon ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7799464 | Hybrid battery At least two types of active materials having different charge and discharge characteristics are combined and incorporated into a same cell to provide a battery. The active materials having different charge and discharge characteristics to be incorporated have any f... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7781540 | Resin composition and molded articles thereof A resin composition, and molded articles thereof, where the resin composition simultaneously satisfies resistances, such as heat and environmental resistance, and moldability at high levels, and has excellent optical properties, such as high refractivity and low bir... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7772356 | Infrared absorption filter The present invention discloses an infrared absorption filter which enables a coloring matter having infrared absorptivity to be contained or dispersed uniformly in a high concentration and has excellent durability, and an infrared absorption panel comprising this i... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7658908 | Method of removing carbon monoxide and operating a fuel cell system A carbon monoxide removing catalyst such as a ruthenium supporting catalyst is provided for removing, through oxidation thereof, carbon monoxide from an alcohol reformed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to a fuel cell. For its activation, t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7544634 | Carbon monoxide removing catalyst A carbon monoxide removing catalyst such as a ruthenium supporting catalyst is provided for removing, through oxidation thereof, carbon monoxide from an alcohol reformed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to a fuel cell. For its activation, t... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544341 | Method of removing carbon monoxide A carbon monoxide removing catalyst such as a ruthenium supporting catalyst is provided for removing, through oxidation thereof, carbon monoxide from an alcohol reformed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to a fuel cell. For its activation, t... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7538176 | Polyester polymer, its moldings, and production method of the polyester polymer The aim of the invention is to stably provide a polyester polymer which has excellent transparency, mechanical and electric characteristics, and extremely low optical anisotropy and excellent moldability and size stability for engineering plastics, particularly suit... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7358016 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor and electrophoto-graphic apparatus equipped with the same A top surface layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive element (e.g., a charge-transporting layer) is rendered to contain a cyclic polysilane represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, R1 and R... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7264652 | Filter for collecting chlorinated organic compound The collecting filter can capture and collect various chlorinated organic compounds in both particulate form and gaseous form contained in a fluid at the same time, and is easy to extract the collected chlorinated organic compounds therefrom. This collecting filter ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247592 | Method of activating catalyst for carbon monoxide removal A carbon monoxide removing catalyst such as a ruthenium supporting catalyst is provided for removing, through oxidation thereof, carbon monoxide from an alcohol reformed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to a fuel cell. For its activation, t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7029639 | Desulfurizer comprising activated carbon and method of desulfurization A desulfurization apparatus for desulfurizing a flue gas containing sulfur oxides through contact with a porous carbon material. The carbon material, which is provided in a desulfurization tower, is at least one species selected from activated carbon and activated c... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025898 | Heating medium composition, and method for feeding an oxidation inhibitor to a heat exchange apparatus A heating medium composition for suppressing deterioration of both a metal piping and a synthetic resin piping. The heating medium composition contains an antifreeze ingredient, water, a corrosion inhibitor, and a surfactant. The corrosion inhibitor includes a triaz... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6951097 | Fluid distributor, burner apparatus, gas turbine engine and co-generation system Disclosed is a burner apparatus comprising an inner tube defining a second channel and an outer tube defining a first channel surrounding the inner tube, air supplying means for supplying air to the first channel and the second channel, and gas supplying means for s... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6905544 | Manufacturing method for a carbon nanomaterial, a manufacturing apparatus for a carbon nanomaterial, and manufacturing facility for a carbon nanomaterial The invention has as an object proving a carbon nanomaterial fabrication method that can continuously mass-produce a high purity carbon a nanomaterial. The tube-shaped or fiber-shaped carbon nanomaterial having carbon as the main constituent is fabricated with a com... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901762 | Device and method for pressure control of cargo tank of liquefied natural gas carrier An apparatus for controlling the pressure in a cargo tank 1 supplies BOG generated from liquefied natural gas stored in the cargo tank 1 to a burning system 6 through a compressor. In this apparatus, a reliquefaction plant 5 is disposed o... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6890374 | Filter for sampling chlorinated organic compound A collector 3 capable of collecting and sampling simultaneously various types of chlorinated organic compounds in both particulate and gaseous forms contained in a fluid and easy to extract the sampled chlorinated organic compounds therefrom includes a sampli... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6854258 | Fluid distributor, burner apparatus, gas turbine engine and co-generation system Disclosed is a burner apparatus comprising an inner tube defining a second channel and an outer tube defining a first channel surrounding the inner tube air supplying means for supplying air to the first channel and the second channel, and gas supplying means for su... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6855398 | Sound absorbing and heat insulating material, and method of manufacturing same An object of the present invention is, by utilizing carbon fibers as its constituent material, to provide a thermal-acoustic insulation material having excellent properties in durability, compression resilience, lightness, fireproofness, and non-galvanic corrosivene... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6844292 | Method for preparing catalyst for reforming methanol In a method of manufacturing a copper-zinc-aluminum-based methanol reforming catalyst by coprecipitation, the methanol reforming catalyst is obtained by using a copper compound, a zinc compound and aluminum hydroxide, mixing them with an alkaline substance to produc... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6829897 | Fluid distributor, burner apparatus, gas turbine engine and co-generation system Disclosed is a burner apparatus comprising an inner tube defining a second channel and an outer tube defining a first channel surrounding the inner tube, air supplying means for supplying air to the first channel and the second channel, and gas supplying means for s... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6684641 | Fluid distributor, burner device, gas turbine engine, and cogeneration system A fluid distributor includes a first feed port for feeding fuel gas into a main fuel flow path, a feed path for feeding the fuel gas inside a gas flow path to the first feed port, and distributedly into a pilot fuel flow path so as to increase the distrib... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6555385 | Sampling bottle for chlorinated organic compounds A collector is provided which is capable of simultaneously capturing and collecting particulate and gaseous chlorinated organic compounds contained in a fluid. The collector 3 includes a housing 6 and a captor 7 disposed within the housing 6. The captor 7... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6528012 | Welded structure made of low thermal expansion coefficient alloy and welding material therefore In a welded structure and welded pipe, having members joined to each other by welding wherein, at least one of the members is formed of Fe--Ni-base low thermal expansion coefficient alloy, there is provided a welded structure and welded pipe having a weld... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6502866 | One-touch joint for flexible tube A one-touch joint for a flexible tube. A tapered surface is formed on the inner circumference of a fastening ring, and a ring-shaped retainer is positioned between the tapered surface and a seal member. When the flexible tube is inserted into the retainer... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6263698 | Dripping device for an absorption type refrigerator A liquid outlet pipe extended from a lower end of a liquid storage reservoir 420 is communicated with a section in the proximity of a lower portion of a refrigerant liquid dispersing pipe 421. A plurality of liquid outlet holes 426 are provided on an uppe... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6087924 | Gas sensors and methods of manufacturing the same In a gas sensor which uses CuO as a p-type semiconductor, by adding Na2 CO3 in excess of 1 wt % relative to CuO, sensitivity to gases such as H2, NO, NO2 and SO2 is suppressed, whereby selectivity for... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5863503 | Nitrogen oxide detecting sensor and method of manufacturing the same A nitrogen oxide detecting sensor, according to the present invention, incorporates a gas detecting portion including, as a main component thereof, an oxide compound having electric conductivity or semiconductivity, the oxide compound having a crystal str... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5862796 | Gas storage apparatus, gaseous fuel automobile using the gas storage apparatus, gas storage method and methane adsorbing-retaining agent A gas storage apparatus for use in storing a gas including methane as a main component thereof is disclosed. The apparatus includes an entrance/exit opening for allowing entrance or exit therethrough of a gas to be stored, a gas-tight maintaining mechanis... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5846059 | Scotch yoke mechanism for multistage compressor having a spring-biased liner plate A multistage compressor has a yoke with a cross slider and roller bearings pressed against the sides of the cross slider by spring forces to enable the cross slider to slide smoothly within the yoke. The spring forces are generated by springs disposed bet... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5844124 | Method and apparatus for measuring odorant concentration and oderant adding system A method, an apparatus, and an integrated system using the apparatus for measuring a concentration of odorant in odorized gas which is produced by adding the odorant to un-odorized gas comprised mainly of hydrocarbon gas. In a detection absorbance measuri... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5830592 | Solid electrolyte fuel cell A fuel cell includes a multi-layered cell assembly having a stacked plurality of unit cells. Each unit includes a plate-like electrolyte layer having an oxygen electrode on one face thereof and a fuel electrode on the other face thereof, an oxygen-contain... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5810984 | Nitrogen oxide sensor and method of manufacturing the sensor A nitrogen oxide sensor and a method of manufacturing the sensor are disclosed. The sensor has a gas detecting portion including sensitive material having electric property thereof subject to change in association with presence of nitrogen oxide in gas an... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5798428 | Method of preparing polysilanes and resultant products There is disclosed a method of making polysilanes by polymerization of a silane in the presence of a catalyst comprising a phosphine-stabilized polyhydride of an early transition metal of Groups 4 to 7 of the Periodic Table and the resultant polysilanes w... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5750280 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes cells (40) in form of rectangular plates stacked in a spaced relationship to form a cell assembly (41), with intercellular passages (y) formed between the cells. Each cell is held by a pair of cell holders (5) and includes an e... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5734091 | Method of manufacturing nitrogen oxide sensor, and nitrogen oxide sensor manufactured by the method and material therefor A method of manufacturing a nitrogen oxide sensor for detecting a nitrogen oxide to be used in the field of e.g. reducing or decomposing nitrogen oxides, as well as such sensor and material suitable for manufacturing the sensor are disclosed. For manufact... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5649983 | Fuel cell assembly and method of producing the same A fuel cell assembly includes a plurality of fuel cells. Each cell has a solid electrolyte plate, an oxygen electrode attached on one side of the electrolyte plate, a fuel electrode attached on the other side of the electrolyte plate and an electrically c... | 07/22/1997 |
