Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kitanaka

Atsushi Kitanaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240116416
    Abstract: In a cushion skin, left and right side surface skin front portions are fixed to a cushion frame of the seat cushion. The left and right side surface skin rear portions are respectively connected to the left and right side surface skin front portions, and each have a lower extending portion extending downward of the rear portion of the cushion pad. The connecting portion is disposed at the lower side of the rear portion of the cushion pad, and connects the distal end portions of each lower extending portion of the left and right side surface skin rear portions in the seat left-right direction. In each lower extending portion, a front side in the seat front-rear direction expands wider outward in the seat left-right direction than a rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Syunji TAKAZAWA, Hideki HASUMI, Atsushi KAGEYAMA, Fumito KITANAKA, Kenji NAGUMO
  • Publication number: 20150329381
    Abstract: A separation membrane module has an element unit. The element unit includes: a shaft; a plurality of separation membrane elements each including a separation membrane pair having two separation membranes disposed so that permeate-side surfaces of the separation membranes face each other and a water collecting flow path provided between the separation membranes, and a sealed portion that seals the separation membranes at peripheral edge portions of the separation membranes; a suspension portion that suspends the separation membrane elements on the shaft; and a water collection nozzle provides communication between the water collection flow path and an outside of the separation membrane elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kitanaka, Yasuharu Watanabe, Shuji Furuno, Yoshifumi Odaka, Seiko Kantani, Hideaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20150021264
    Abstract: A plant effluent treatment method includes a mixing treatment step that mixes a microorganism activating agent into plant effluent containing organic compounds as discharged from a chemical plant, petroleum plant or petrochemical plant and discharges it as mixing treatment effluent, and an aerobic treatment step that subjects the mixing treatment effluent to aerobic biological treatment and solid-liquid separation treatment in a membrane bioreactor tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: Chiyoda Corporation, Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanako Tsuda, Yusuke Shinoda, Masayo Shinohara, Kazuyuki Tejima, Atsushi Kitanaka, Masahide Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20150021260
    Abstract: A separation membrane element including a pair of separation membranes containing two separation membranes arranged so that the filtrate-side surfaces thereof are disposed in mutually opposed relation, and a plurality of resin members bonded to both of the mutually opposed filtrate-side surfaces, a peripheral edge of the pair of separation membranes being sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Toray Industries
    Inventors: Kenta Iwai, Shuji Furuno, Yoshifumi Odaka, Kenji Komori, Yasuharu Watanabe, Atsushi Kitanaka, Seiko Kantani, Hideaki Ando
  • Patent number: 8900456
    Abstract: A method of treating wastewater containing an organic compound includes feeding wastewater to an anoxic tank, adding compounds containing nitrogen and phosphorus components to wastewater, performing anaerobic treatment on wastewater, and discharging treated wastewater as pre-treated water; introducing pre-treated water into an anaerobic treatment tank, performing anaerobic treatment on pre-treated water, thereby decomposing the organic compound into organic compounds of smaller molecular size and a mixture gas containing methane and carbon dioxide, and discharging treated water as primary water; introducing primary water into an aerobic treatment tank, performing aerobic treatment on primary water, and discharging treated water through a solid-liquid separator as secondary water; and introducing at least a part of secondary water into a reverse osmosis membrane separation unit, and separating part of secondary water into RO permeated water and RO concentrated brine, wherein at least a part of RO concentrated
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Chiyoda Corporation, Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayo Shinohara, Kazuhige Kawamura, Hiromi Satoh, Toshinobu Imahama, Atsushi Kitanaka, Masahide Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20130306559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning method for a submerged membrane element used in a membrane bioreactor treatment in which organic wastewater containing 1 mg/L or more of manganese is subjected a biological treatment in a bioreactor treatment tank and then subjected to solid-liquid separation by a membrane filtration device provided in the bioreactor treatment tank, in which after a first liquid containing an oxidizing agent is injected from a secondary side of the submerged membrane element to a primary side thereof and maintained for a certain period of time, the first liquid containing an oxidizing agent is suction-discharged from the secondary side to the outside of the system, and then a second liquid containing an acid is injected from the secondary side of the submerged membrane element to the primary side thereof and maintained for a certain period of time, followed by conducting suction filtration operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Seiko Kantani, Atsushi Kitanaka, Masahiro Kihara, Toshiro Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8557112
    Abstract: A fine bubble diffusing tube that can generate fine bubbles evenly and uniformly even when the diffusing tube has a long length, a fine bubble diffusing device using such a tube and a submerged membrane separation apparatus are produced. The fine bubble diffusing tube is provided with a cylindrical supporting tube 1, and an elastic sheet 2 with fine slits formed therein, with the elastic sheet 2 being placed to cover the outer circumference of the supporting tube 1, so that, upon supplying a gas to a space between the elastic sheet 2 and the supporting tube 1, the fine slits of the elastic sheet 2 are opened to generate fine bubbles, and the supporting tube 1 has a length L of 1000 mm or more in the longitudinal direction, with gas supply units 4 serving as gas flow inlets being attached to the two ends of the supporting tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroo Takabatake, Yuji Tanaka, Kazuya Sugita, Atsushi Kitanaka
  • Publication number: 20120181229
    Abstract: A method of treating wastewater containing an organic compound includes feeding wastewater to an anoxic tank, adding compounds containing nitrogen and phosphorus components to wastewater, performing anaerobic treatment on wastewater, and discharging treated wastewater as pre-treated water; introducing pre-treated water into an anaerobic treatment tank, performing anaerobic treatment on pre-treated water, thereby decomposing the organic compound into organic compounds of smaller molecular size and a mixture gas containing methane and carbon dioxide, and discharging treated water as primary water; introducing primary water into an aerobic treatment tank, performing aerobic treatment on primary water, and discharging treated water through a solid-liquid separator as secondary water; and introducing at least a part of secondary water into a reverse osmosis membrane separation unit, and separating part of secondary water into RO permeated water and RO concentrated brine, wherein at least a part of RO concentrated
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayo Shinohara, Kazushige Kawamura, Hiromi Satoh, Toshinobu Imahama, Atsushi Kitanaka, Masahide Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20100224541
    Abstract: A fine bubble diffusing tube that can generate fine bubbles evenly and uniformly even when the diffusing tube has a long length, a fine bubble diffusing device using such a tube and a submerged membrane separation apparatus are produced. The fine bubble diffusing tube is provided with a cylindrical supporting tube 1, and an elastic sheet 2 with fine slits formed therein, with the elastic sheet 2 being placed to cover the outer circumference of the supporting tube 1, so that, upon supplying a gas to a space between the elastic sheet 2 and the supporting tube 1, the fine slits of the elastic sheet 2 are opened to generate fine bubbles, and the supporting tube 1 has a length L of 1000 mm or more in the longitudinal direction, with gas supply units 4 serving as gas flow inlets being attached to the two ends of the supporting tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroo Takabatake, Yuji Tanaka, Kazuya Sugita, Atsushi Kitanaka
  • Publication number: 20100213124
    Abstract: A submerged membrane separation apparatus is provided that includes a separation membrane module and fine bubble diffusing tubes placed vertically below the module that can evenly and uniformly produce fine bubbles from vertically below the separation membrane module, even when the separation membrane module is large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc
    Inventors: Hiroo Takabatake, Asami Naruse, Kazuya Sugita, Atsushi Kitanaka