Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080241003 | CATALYST SUPPORTER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CATALYST SUPPORTER AND EXHAUST GAS PROCESSING DEVICE - A catalyst supporter having a honeycomb structure whose cells extend in a longitudinal direction thereof. The cells are partitioned by a cell wall, and a coat layer is placed on a peripheral portion of the honeycomb structure. A thickness D of the coat layer is within a range of 2 mm10-02-2008 | |
20080241005 | CATALYST CARRIER AND EXHAUST-GAS TREATING DEVICE - A catalyst carrier including a honeycomb structure having two end faces and a peripheral portion connecting the end faces to each other and in which cells extending between the end faces are separated by cell walls. The catalyst carrier further includes a coated layer that is disposed on the peripheral portion throughout a full length of the honeycomb structure. A reinforcing member is disposed on the peripheral portion of the honeycomb structure, where the reinforcing member has two reinforcing rings. The reinforcing rings are disposed to surround the periphery of each of the end faces of the honeycomb structure respectively. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241008 | CATALYST CARRIER AND EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS - A catalyst carrier including a ceramic block having two open faces, an outer peripheral surface, and multiple cells divided by a cell wall and extending between the open faces. The ceramic block has multiple honeycomb units combined by interposing an adhesive layer, where the honeycomb units include an outer-peripheral-side honeycomb unit and a center-side honeycomb unit combined to form the outer peripheral part and the center part, respectively, of the block. The outer-peripheral-side honeycomb unit has an outer peripheral cell wall forming the outer peripheral surface of the outer-peripheral-side honeycomb unit. The outer peripheral cell wall includes an outermost peripheral cell wall forming part of the outer peripheral surface of the block. A cell of the outer-peripheral-side honeycomb unit in contact with the outermost peripheral cell wall thereof has a corner part having a curved surface, where the corner part is on the side contacting the outermost peripheral cell wall. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241465 | CATALYST CARRIER - A catalyst carrier includes a honeycomb structure where cells extending in a longitudinal direction are divided by cell walls; and a coating layer provided at a peripheral part of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure and the coating layer contain at least one of inorganic fibers and whiskers. At least one of the inorganic fiber and whisker contained in the honeycomb structure is oriented mainly in a first direction. At least one of the inorganic fiber and whisker contained in the coating layer is oriented mainly in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction cross at substantially right angles to each other. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241467 | MIXED PARTICLES AND HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE FOR GAS CONVERSION APPARATUS - Mixed particles including noble metal particles of a noble metal, first particles of one or more metal oxides, and second particles of a metal oxide. The first particles of one or more metal oxides are selected from Al | 10-02-2008 |
20090246451 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit and coating layers. The at least one honeycomb unit includes a first SOx-occluding agent, first inorganic particles, an inorganic binder, and partition walls extending along the longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit to define parallel through holes. The coating layers are formed on the partition walls. A basicity of the at least one honeycomb unit is higher than a basicity of the coating layers. The coating layers include a second SOx-occluding agent and second inorganic particles. | 10-01-2009 |
20090246456 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction. The honeycomb unit includes SOx storage agent, inorganic particles, inorganic binder, and a partition wall extending along the longitudinal direction to define plural through holes. An expression Y≧−26X+40000 (010-01-2009 | |
20090247402 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit a NOx occluding catalyst and a noble metal catalyst. The at least one honeycomb unit includes inorganic particles and an inorganic binder and has a plurality of cell walls extending from one end face to another end face of the at least one honeycomb unit along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit to define a plurality of cells. The NOx occluding catalyst and the noble metal catalyst are provided at the plurality of cell walls. An amount of the noble metal catalyst provided on a surface of at least one of the plurality of cell walls is greater than an amount of the noble metal catalyst provided in a center part along a thickness of the at least one of the plurality of cell walls. | 10-01-2009 |
20090247403 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one a honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction. | 10-01-2009 |
20090291032 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, EXHAUST GAS CLEANING UNIT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes an inorganic particle, inorganic binder, a honeycomb unit, a first end face, and a second end face. The honeycomb unit includes plural partition walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define through-holes. The first end face is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and provided at a first end of the honeycomb structure. The second end face is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and provided at a second end opposite to the first end in the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure. First circularity of the first end face and second circularity of the second end face are about 1.5 mm to about 4.0 mm. The circularity of the first end face is different from the circularity of the second end face. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291034 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, EXHAUST GAS CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit including zeolite, an inorganic binder, and cell walls. The cell walls extend from a first end face to a second end face to define cells along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit. Each of the cell walls includes a center part in the longitudinal direction and a first end part adjacent to the first end face. The first end part has a thickness larger than a thickness of the center part, and/or the first end part has a porosity smaller than a porosity of the center part. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291252 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit having opening ratio (P) of at least approximately 50% and at most approximately 65% and a cell density ρ of at least approximately 31/cm | 11-26-2009 |
20090291253 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit has a longitudinal direction and includes zeolite and an inorganic binder. A content of the zeolite per apparent unit volume of the at least one honeycomb unit is about 230 g/L or greater. The at least one honeycomb includes plural cell walls extending from one end face to another end face along the longitudinal direction to define plural cell walls. A porosity of substantially all pores in the cell walls is about 40% or less. A porosity of pores having diameters in a range of about 0.005 μm through about 0.02 μm in the cell walls is about 5% or greater. A porosity of pores having diameters in a range of about 0.05 μm through about 0.2 μm in the cell walls is about 17.5% or greater. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291254 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit has a longitudinal direction and includes plural cell walls extending from one end face to another end face along the longitudinal direction to define plural cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes inorganic particles, an inorganic binder, and inorganic fibers. A degree of orientation of the inorganic fibers in an a-axis direction parallel to the longitudinal direction is about 0.5 or less. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291256 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit which has zeolite, inorganic binder, and cell walls extending from one end to another end along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. An amount of zeolite contained per apparent unit volume of the honeycomb unit is approximately 230 g/L or more. Mathematical formulae [1] and [2] are satisfied when a thickness of the cell walls is defined as X mm and an average pore diameter of a surface of the cell walls observed by a microscope is defined as Y μm: | 11-26-2009 |
20090291824 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit has thermal conductivity equal to or greater than about 0.15 W/m/K but less than or equal to about 0.60 W/m/K and has Young's modulus equal to or greater than about 1.5 MPa but less than or equal to about 7.0 Mpa. The honeycomb unit includes zeolite, an inorganic binder, and partition walls. The partition walls extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define plural through holes. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291825 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit containing zeolite and an inorganic binder and having cell walls extending from one end to another end along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. An amount of zeolite contained per apparent unit volume of the honeycomb unit is approximately 230 g/L or more. A thickness X mm of the cell walls is in a range from approximately 0.15 mm to approximately 0.35 mm. A mathematical formula 40X+20≦Y≦40X+30 is satisfied when a porosity of the cell walls is defined as Y %. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291826 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit includes zeolite, inorganic binder, and cell walls extending from a first end face to a second end face along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes a cross-sectional surface orthogonal to the longitudinal direction having a substantially square shape. An aperture ratio of the at least one honeycomb unit is in a range from about 50% to about 65%. A formula 12.5V+5011-26-2009 | |
20090291827 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit and a coat layer provided at a peripheral surface of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb unit includes zeolite, an inorganic binder, and cell walls extending from a first end face to a second end face of the honeycomb unit along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. A ratio κc/κh is equal to or larger than about 0.75 and equal to or smaller than about 1.25. Ec/Eh is equal to or larger than about 0.75 and equal to or smaller than about 1.25. The κc and κh are coefficients of thermal expansion of the coat layer and the honeycomb unit, respectively, in a radial direction of the honeycomb structure. The Ec and Eh are Young's moduli of the coat layer and the honeycomb unit, respectively, in the radial direction of the honeycomb structure. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291828 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb units and an adhesive layer. Each of the plurality of honeycomb units has a longitudinal direction and includes zeolite, an inorganic binder, a first end face, a second end face, and a cell wall. The second end face is located opposite to the first end face in the longitudinal direction. The cell wall extends from the first end face to the second end face along the longitudinal direction to define cells. The adhesive layer includes zeolite and is provided between the plurality of honeycomb units to connect the plurality of honeycomb units. A ratio of a coefficient of thermal expansion of the adhesive layer to a coefficient of thermal expansion of each of the plurality of honeycomb units is in a range from approximately 0.8 to approximately 1.2. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291829 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit has a longitudinal direction and cell walls extending from one end face to another end face along the longitudinal direction to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes an inorganic binder, and zeolite ion-exchanged with plural kinds of metal ions. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291830 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a center area, an outer peripheral area, and at least one honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction. The center area has a smaller similarity shape in relation to a peripheral shape of the honeycomb structure in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The smaller similarity shape is defined by including a center of the honeycomb structure and substantially a half of a length from the center to the peripheral shape of the honeycomb structure. The outer peripheral area is located outside the smaller similarity shape. An aperture ratio of the honeycomb structure is from approximately 50% to approximately 65% in the cross section of the honeycomb structure. The aperture ratio includes a first aperture ratio in the outer peripheral area and a second aperture ratio in the center area. The first aperture ratio is larger than the second aperture ratio. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291831 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit includes plural cell walls to define plural cells, about 61 to about 70 mass % of zeolite, about 15 to about 25 mass % of an inorganic fiber, and about 10 to about 20 mass % of alumina other than alumina included in the zeolite and the inorganic fiber. The honeycomb unit has an opening ratio (%) of about 57% or more. The opening ratio is equal to or less than y shown in a formula of y=0.55x+30 when a content x (mass %) of the zeolite included in the honeycomb unit is less than about 66 mass %. The opening ratio is equal to or less than y shown in a formula of y 32 −0.25x+82.8 when the content x (mass %) is about 66 mass % or more. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291832 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a first end face, a second end face, and at least one honeycomb unit. The second end face is disposed opposite the first end face along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure. The at least one honeycomb unit has plural cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction from the first end face toward the second end face to define plural cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes about 50 mass % to about 60 mass % of zeolite, about 15 mass % to about 25 mass % of inorganic fibers, about 20 mass % to about 32 mass % of alumina that is not contained in the zeolite or the inorganic fibers, and an opening ratio Y(%). The opening ratio Y(%) satisfies an expression about 57≦Y≦0.7X+25, where X (mass %) is a zeolite content of the at least one honeycomb unit. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291833 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes center and peripheral regions. The center region has a smaller similarity shape in relation to a peripheral shape of the honeycomb structure in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The peripheral region is located outside the smaller similarity shape. Zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Cu, Mn, Ag, and V is present at a first weight ratio and a second weight ratio in the center region and the peripheral region, respectively, relative to a total weight of the zeolite. The second weight ratio is larger than the first weight ratio. Zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Fe, Ti, and Co is present at a third weight ratio and a fourth weight ratio in the center region and the peripheral region, respectively, relative to a total weight of the zeolite. The third weight ratio is larger than the fourth weight ratio. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291834 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit and a coating layer. The honeycomb unit includes inorganic particles, an inorganic binder, and partition walls. The partition walls extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define plural through holes. The coating layer defines a periphery of the honeycomb structure. A ratio of a specific heat capacity of the coating layer to a specific heat capacity of the honeycomb unit is about 1.0 or less. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291835 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit having inorganic particles, an inorganic binder and inorganic fibers. A value of (D90-D10)/D50, which indicates a length distribution of the inorganic fibers, is about two or less, where, when the fiber length is taken in a horizontal axis and a volume frequency is taken in a vertical axis, D10 is a fiber length at 10% by volume, D50 is a fiber length at 50% by volume, and D90 is a fiber length at 90% by volume, where D1011-26-2009 | |
20090291836 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit which includes walls. The walls have a thickness of from about 0.10 mm to about 0.50 mm and extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure to define through-holes. The honeycomb structure has a center area inside a boundary line passing through positions located at substantially a half of a length from a center of the honeycomb structure to a periphery of the honeycomb structure in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The honeycomb structure has a peripheral area outside the boundary line. A thickness of the walls located in the peripheral area is larger than a thickness of the walls located in the center area. A first opening ratio in the center area in the cross section is larger than a second opening ratio in the peripheral area in the cross section. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291837 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes honeycomb units. Each of the honeycomb units has a longitudinal direction and includes inorganic particles, an inorganic binder, and cell walls defining cells extending along the longitudinal direction from one end face to another end face. The honeycomb units are bonded together via an adhesive such that each longitudinal direction is substantially in parallel. An amount of ammonia desorbed per unit mass of the honeycomb units is about 5 to about 100 times greater than an amount of ammonia desorbed per unit mass of the adhesive. The amount of ammonia desorbed per unit mass of the honeycomb units and the amount of ammonia desorbed per unit mass of the adhesive are measured by an NH | 11-26-2009 |
20090291840 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction and including cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction from one end face to another end face to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes inorganic particles, inorganic binder, and inorganic fibers. The inorganic fibers include a bio-soluble inorganic compound. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291841 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit and a peripheral wall at a peripheral surface connecting one end face and another end face of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb unit includes inorganic particles, an inorganic binder, and cell walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit has a b-axis compression strength of about 1.0 MPa or less. A thickness T of the peripheral wall of the honeycomb structure is larger than 0.42V-0.25 (mm), where V is a volume of the honeycomb structure and in a range from about 1.0 liters to about 10 liters. | 11-26-2009 |
20090305873 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction and including zeolite, an inorganic binder, and walls. The zeolite includes a first zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Cu, Mn, Ag, and V and a second zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Fe, Ti, and Co. Each wall has first and second surfaces which extend along the longitudinal direction and define a thickness of each wall. A ratio of the first zeolite by weight to a total weight of the first and second zeolites at a center of the thickness of each wall is larger than the ratio of the first zeolite at the first or second surface. A ratio of the second zeolite by weight to the total weight at the first or second surface is larger than the ratio of the second zeolite at the center of the thickness of each wall. | 12-10-2009 |
20090311146 | EXHAUST GAS TREATING APPARATUS - An exhaust gas treating apparatus includes an upstream honeycomb structure and a downstream honeycomb structure each provided along an exhaust gas flowing direction of the exhaust gas treating apparatus. Each of the plurality of honeycomb structures includes at least one honeycomb unit includes zeolite, an inorganic binder, and walls. A first ratio of weight of zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Cu, Mn, Ag, and V in the downstream honeycomb structure is greater than a first ratio of weight of zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Cu, Mn, Ag, and V in the upstream honeycomb structure. A second ratio of weight of zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Fe, Ti, and Co in the upstream honeycomb structure is greater than a second ratio of weight of the zeolite ion-exchanged with at least one of Fe, Ti, and Co in the downstream honeycomb structure. | 12-17-2009 |
20100055386 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit has a longitudinal direction and includes an inorganic binder, a cell wall, and xeolite. The cell wall extends from a first end face to a second end face of the at least one honeycomb unit along the longitudinal direction to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes the zeolite in an amount exceeding approximately 250 g/L per apparent volume. The xeolite is present at a first concentration at a center part of a thickness of the cell wall and at a second concentration at a surface of the cell wall. The second concentration is larger than the first concentration. | 03-04-2010 |
20100247398 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A disclosed honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit having parallel through holes separated by partition walls and extending in the longitudinal direction, the honeycomb unit including a first SOx-occluding agent, first inorganic particles, and an inorganic binder; and coating layers formed on the partition walls and including a second SOx-occluding agent and second inorganic particles. In the honeycomb structure, the basicity of the honeycomb unit is higher than that of the coating layers. | 09-30-2010 |
20110250094 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY AND EXHAUST GAS CONVERSION APPARATUS - A honeycomb structural body includes a plurality of honeycomb units, first and second electrodes, and first and second conductive members. The plurality of honeycomb units are adhered to each other by interposing an adhesive layer. Each of the plurality of honeycomb units contains a conductive ceramic material. Each of the plurality of honeycomb units includes cell walls extending along a longitudinal direction of each of the plurality of honeycomb units to define a plurality of through-holes. The first and second electrodes are provided on an outer peripheral surface of each of the plurality of honeycomb units. The first and second conductive members are electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, respectively. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250095 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY AND EXHAUST GAS CONVERSION APPARATUS - A honeycomb structural body includes a plurality of honeycomb units adhered to each other by interposing an adhesive layer. Each of the honeycomb units has a substantially fan shaped cross section or a substantially elliptical fan shaped cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of each of the honeycomb units. First and second electrodes are provided at a part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the honeycomb units that does not face the adhesive layer and are provided at a first area between each of the honeycomb units and the adhesive layer. And/or the first and second electrodes are provided at a second area between the outer peripheral surface of each of the honeycomb units and the adhesive layer and are provided at a third area including a center of the substantially fan shaped cross section or the substantially elliptical fan shaped cross section. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250096 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit includes a pair of electrodes and cell walls. The cell walls extend along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit to define a plurality of through holes. The cell walls have pores filled with a substance under a formation region of the pair of electrodes. The substance has an electrical resistivity lower than an electrical resistivity of a material to form the at least one honeycomb unit. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250097 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure has a substantially circular-pillar-shape. The honeycomb structure includes at least one electrically conductive honeycomb unit, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The at least one electrically conductive honeycomb unit includes walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the at least one electrically conductive honeycomb unit to define a plurality of through holes. The first electrode is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the honeycomb structure. The second electrode is provided in a vicinity of a central axis of the honeycomb structure extending along the longitudinal direction. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250382 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure includes at least one pillar-shaped honeycomb unit and a pair of electrodes. The pillar-shaped honeycomb unit includes an outer peripheral wall and cell walls. The cell walls extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. The cell walls are composed of a ceramic aggregate having pores. The cell walls contain a substance having an electrical resistivity lower than an electrical resistivity of ceramic forming the ceramic aggregate. The pair of electrodes is arranged at the cell walls and/or the outer peripheral wall. | 10-13-2011 |