YTC America Inc. is the North American corporate research and development center of Yazaki Corporation, a global company with operations in 38 countries, employing in excess of 150,000 people. YTC America’s activities are focused in two major areas: leading-edge materials and process development, and development of next-generation software for automotive embedded systems.

Current R&D Activities

• Carbon Nanotubes
• Ecofriendly Polymers / Composites
• Electronic Shielding Materials
• Lead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics
• Automotive Embedded Software

Established Core Technologies

• Optical Coatings & Thin Films
• Hybrid & Nanocolloid Materials
• Porous Materials & Optical Glass

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Recent Patents:  YTCA recently received three patent grants in the field of carbon nanotube (CNT) technology from USPTO:
US 8,124,419:  Gas sensing technology utilizing hybridized CNT
US 7,943,238:  Capacitor technology utilizing hybridized CNT
US 7,938,987:  Method of hybridizing CNT with various metal and
                            non-metal species