Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Yanase

Hitoshi Yanase 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).

  • Patent number: 11731891
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus biologically treats organic wastewater containing nitrogen using a treatment tank storing activated sludge. A top-bottom partition member divides the treatment tank in into an upper space and a lower space. A plurality of anoxic tanks are formed in the lower space, while a plurality of aerobic tanks, each of which having an immersion-type membrane separation device, are formed in the upper space. A raw water supply path divides and supplies the organic wastewater to each anoxic tank. A plurality of denitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfers the activated sludge from the anoxic tanks to the aerobic tanks, while a plurality of nitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfer the activated sludge from the aerobic tanks to the anoxic tanks, whereby the activated sludge is circulated throughout the treatment tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Shinya Nagae, Hitoshi Yanase
  • Patent number: 11643345
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank having a plurality of biological treatment units connected in series, where each biological treatment unit includes a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side along a flow of the organic wastewater, where a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge in the aerobic tank, a sludge return path from the aerobic tank on the most downstream side to the anoxic tank on the most upstream side, and an anaerobic tank for anaerobically treating the organic wastewater, which is then divided and supplied to the anoxic tank of each biological treatment unit. By repeating the denitrification in the anoxic tank and the nitrification in the aerobic tank. The membrane-permeated liquid from the membrane separation device in each biological treatment unit is discharged as treated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Shinya Nagae, Hitoshi Yanase, Yuko Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11434157
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus is operated by switching between a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The first operation mode includes supplying organic wastewater to a dual-use tank and performing an anaerobic treatment process therein, performing a nitrification-denitrification process in a membrane bioreactor treatment tank, and extracting membrane-permeated water from a membrane separation device arranged in the membrane bioreactor treatment tank as treated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Shinya Nagae, Hitoshi Yanase, Ryosuke Ono
  • Publication number: 20210206676
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus is operated by switching between a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The first operation mode includes supplying organic wastewater to a dual-use tank and performing an anaerobic treatment process therein, performing a nitrification-denitrification process in a membrane bioreactor treatment tank, and extracting membrane-permeated water from a membrane separation device arranged in the membrane bioreactor treatment tank as treated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE, Hitoshi YANASE, Ryosuke ONO
  • Publication number: 20210206677
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus biologically treats organic wastewater containing nitrogen using a treatment tank storing activated sludge. A top-bottom partition member divides the treatment tank in into an upper space and a lower space. A plurality of anoxic tanks are formed in the lower space, while a plurality of aerobic tanks, each of which having an immersion-type membrane separation device, are formed in the upper space. A raw water supply path divides and supplies the organic wastewater to each anoxic tank. A plurality of denitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfers the activated sludge from the anoxic tanks to the aerobic tanks, while a plurality of nitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfer the activated sludge from the aerobic tanks to the anoxic tanks, whereby the activated sludge is circulated throughout the treatment tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE, Hitoshi YANASE
  • Publication number: 20210179462
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank having a plurality of biological treatment units connected in series, where each biological treatment unit includes a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side along a flow of the organic wastewater, where a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge in the aerobic tank, a sludge return path from the aerobic tank on the most downstream side to the anoxic tank on the most upstream side, and an anaerobic tank for anaerobically treating the organic wastewater, which is then divided and supplied to the anoxic tank of each biological treatment unit. By repeating the denitrification in the anoxic tank and the nitrification in the aerobic tank. The membrane-permeated liquid from the membrane separation device in each biological treatment unit is discharged as treated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE, Hitoshi YANASE, Yuko TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10822260
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank in which biological treatment units are connected in series along a flow of organic wastewater. Each biological treatment unit has a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side, and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side in which a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge. The activated sludge returns from a most downstream-side aerobic tank to a most upstream-side anoxic tank through a sludge return path. Whether to stop an operating membrane separation device and whether to start a stopped membrane separation device are determined for each biological treatment unit based on at least one of an inflow amount of the organic wastewater, a tank water level, a transmembrane pressure difference of each membrane separation device, a T-N concentration of the treated water, and an NH3-N concentration of the treated water as an index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Kuniyasu Suzuki, Hitoshi Yanase, Yukako Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200031697
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank in which biological treatment units are connected in series along a flow of organic wastewater. Each biological treatment unit has a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side, and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side in which a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge. The activated sludge returns from a most downstream-side aerobic tank to a most upstream-side anoxic tank through a sludge return path. Whether to stop an operating membrane separation device and whether to start a stopped membrane separation device are determined for each biological treatment unit based on at least one of an inflow amount of the organic wastewater, a tank water level, a transmembrane pressure difference of each membrane separation device, a T-N concentration of the treated water, and an NH3-N concentration of the treated water as an index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Kuniyasu SUZUKI, Hitoshi YANASE, Yukako ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20120234754
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus comprises a biological treatment tank provided with a whole floor aeration section in which a first aerator is disposed so as to perform whole floor aeration, a solid-liquid separation section formed above the whole floor aeration section and provided with a membrane separation device immersed in activated sludge, and a flow path narrowing section formed between the whole floor aeration section and the solid-liquid separation section so as to vertically separate the whole floor aeration section and the solid-liquid separation section, wherein the flow path narrowing section includes a flow path narrowing device configured to narrow a cross-sectional area of the flow path from the whole floor aeration section to the solid-liquid separation section so as to combine fine air bubbles discharged from the first aeration device to each other and discharge the combined bubbles to an area below the membrane separation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Hitoshi YANASE, Yoshio KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 7953522
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a seating region. A first seating sensor is disposed at a central portion of the seating region and can detect a first seating position of an occupant. A second seating sensor is disposed at a peripheral portion of the seating region and can detect a second seating position of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Toyoto Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhito Takai, Hitoshi Yanase, Shigeyoshi Toda, Koji Ito, Setsu Takuma, Hiromi Kondo, Yoshiyuki Amamiya
  • Patent number: 7708341
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a cushion pad deformable to be flexed when a seating load of an occupant is applied. A seating sensor is disposed within the seat cushion for detecting a seating position of the occupant. The seating sensor is configured as a push-in switch and can detect the seating position of the occupant when the seating sensor is pressed by the cushion pad. A fragile region is interleaved between the seating sensor and the cushion pad at a pressure receiving region where the pressing force is applied to the seating sensor. The fragile region has rigidity lower than the cushion pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhito Takai, Hitoshi Yanase, Koji Ito, Setsu Takuma, Hiromi Kondo, Yoshiyuki Amamiya
  • Publication number: 20080191527
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a seating region. A first seating sensor is disposed at a central portion of the seating region and can detect a first seating position of an occupant. A second seating sensor is disposed at a peripheral portion of the seating region and can detect a second seating position of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Nobuhito TAKAI, Hitoshi YANASE, Shigeyoshi TODA, Koji ITO, Setsu TAKUMA, Hiromi KONDO, Yoshiyuki AMAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20080191524
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a cushion pad deformable to be flexed when a seating load of an occupant is applied. A seating sensor is disposed within the seat cushion for detecting a seating position of the occupant. The seating sensor is configured as a push-in switch and can detect the seating position of the occupant when the seating sensor is pressed by the cushion pad. A fragile region is interleaved between the seating sensor and the cushion pad at a pressure receiving region where the pressing force is applied to the seating sensor. The fragile region has rigidity lower than the cushion pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Nobuhito TAKAI, Hitoshi YANASE, Koji ITO, Setsu TAKUMA, Hiromi KONDO, Yoshiyuki AMAMIYA
  • Patent number: 6513878
    Abstract: A structure allows a functional member to be attached to an alloy frame without welding. In the state where a ratchet is disposed on a second side of the frame having an attachment bracket supported on a first side, a first fastener member is inserted through the functional member, frame, and attachment bracket so as to be received by a second fastener member provided in the attachment bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Masayuki Kato, Hitoshi Yanase
  • Publication number: 20010006302
    Abstract: A structure allows a functional member to be attached to an alloy frame without welding. In the state where a ratchet is disposed on a second side of the frame having an attachment bracket supported on a first side, a first fastener member is inserted through the functional member, frame, and attachment bracket so as to be received by a second fastener member provided in the attachment bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Masayuki Kato, Hitoshi Yanase
  • Patent number: 5860673
    Abstract: A seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus, constructed such that the air bag apparatus, which is integrated into a side portion of a seat back which side portion opposes a vehicle door, is activated at the time of a side impact such that a sewn portion of a seat surface layer, which is formed by sewing a front seat surface layer for covering the front of the seat back to a side seat surface layer for covering the side of the seat back, breaks and an air bag body inflates between a side portion of a vehicle body and the side of a vehicle occupant, comprising a sheet member provided inside the side seat surface layer integrally with the side seat surface layer, the sheet member being harder to stretch than the side seat surface layer, and one end of the sheet member being sewn to the sewn portion; and a fixing member provided inside the seat back, the fixing member being engaged with another end of the sheet member which is provided on the opposite side of the one end of the sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Hasegawa, Hisaaki Kato, Mituyoshi Ohno, Shigeharu Nakai, Hitoshi Yanase, Kenji Matsuzaki, Masahito Kanehara
  • Patent number: 5826938
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is equipped with a side air bag assembly, the air bag of which is assembled within a side cavity formed in one side of a back rest of the vehicle seat in a folded condition. A rear attachment board is mounted on a support frame of the back rest, and has a back portion formed to cover the rear face of the back rest and a side portion formed to cover the air bag in the side cavity. The side portion of the rear attachment board is formed as a door portion to be opened outwardly when applied with a thrusting force caused by inflation of the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignees: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yanase, Hisaaki Kato, Masanori Oyabu, Yasunori Hasegawa, Mitsuyoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 5788272
    Abstract: A vehicle seat equipped with a side air bag assembly the air bag of which is assembled within a side cavity formed in one side of a back rest of the vehicle seat in a folded condition. A rear attachment board is mounted on a support frame of the back rest, the rear attachment board having a back portion formed to cover the rear face of the back rest and a side portion formed to cover the air bag in the side cavity. The side portion of the rear attachment board is formed with an opening which is opposed to the air bag in the side cavity and closed by a door plate hinged at one side thereof to the rear attachment board at one side of the opening to be opened outwardly when a thrust force caused by inflation of the air bag is applied. The door plate is normally retained in a closed position by engagement with the other side of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yanase