Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Okuda

Kazutaka Okuda 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: 7727317
    Abstract: A scrubber removes dust from an exhaust gas. The scrubber includes a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, an impeller housed in the casing and supported by a shaft, and a cleaning liquid supply tube for ejecting a cleaning liquid by which the dust contained in the exhaust gas is captured. The scrubber further includes a plurality of protrusions provided around the impeller such that the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid which are discharged from the impeller impinge upon the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kotaro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7607914
    Abstract: A combustion type waste gas treatment system capable of oxidatively decomposing a hazardous combustible waste gas while heating efficiently with a structure which allows the waste gas to mix with an auxiliary burning gas efficiently without the occurrence of backfire in a waste gas inlet pipe. The combustion type waste gas treatment system has a burner part and a combustion chamber. Combustion flames are formed to extend from the burner part toward the combustion chamber, and a combustible waste gas is introduced into the combustion flames from waste gas inlet pipes thereby oxidatively decomposing the waste gas. A flow velocity accelerating device makes the flow velocity of the combustible waste gas flowing through the waste gas inlet pipe higher than the burning velocity of the combustible waste gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Komai, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Rikiya Nakamura, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yoshiro Takemura, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao
  • Publication number: 20070160946
    Abstract: A combustion type waste gas treatment system capable of oxidatively decomposing a hazardous combustible waste gas while heating efficiently with a structure which allows the waste gas to mix with an auxiliary burning gas efficiently without the occurrence of backfire in a waste gas inlet pipe. The combustion type waste gas treatment system has a burner part and a combustion chamber. Combustion flames are formed to extend from the burner part toward the combustion chamber, and a combustible waste gas is introduced into the combustion flames from waste gas inlet pipes thereby oxidatively decomposing the waste gas. A flow velocity accelerating device makes the flow velocity of the combustible waste gas flowing through the waste gas inlet pipe higher than the burning velocity of the combustible waste gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Tetsuo Komai, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Rikiya Nakamura, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yoshiro Takemura, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao
  • Patent number: 7112060
    Abstract: The present invention provides a burner for use in a combustion-type waste gas treatment system for combusting waste gases emitted from semiconductor manufacturing system, particularly, a deposition gas containing SiH4 and a halogen-base gas, simultaneously at a high efficiency of destruction, making it difficult for a powder of SiO2 to be attached and deposited, performing a low-NOx combustion, and maintaining a desired level of safety. The combustion-type waste gas treatment system has a flame stabilizing zone (15), which is open toward a combustion chamber (11), surrounded by a peripheral wall (12), and closed by a plate (14) remotely from the combustion chamber. A waste gas, an auxiliary combustible agent, and air are introduced into and mixed with each other in the flame stabilizing zone (15), and the mixed gases are ejected toward the combustion chamber (11) perpendicularly to the plate (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiro Takemura, Tetsuo Komai, Kotaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Kazutaka Okuda, Rikiya Nakamura, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060032378
    Abstract: A scrubber removes dust from an exhaust gas. The scrubber includes a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, an impeller housed in the casing and supported by a shaft, and a cleaning liquid supply tube for ejecting a cleaning liquid by which the dust contained in the exhaust gas is captured. The scrubber further includes a plurality of protrusions provided around the impeller such that the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid which are discharged from the impeller impinge upon the protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kotaro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20050271988
    Abstract: A combustion type waste gas treatment system capable of oxidatively decomposing a hazardous combustible waste gas while heating efficiently with a structure which allows the waste gas to mix with an auxiliary burning gas efficiently without the occurrence of backfire in a waste gas inlet pipe. The combustion type waste gas treatment system has a burner part and a combustion chamber. Combustion flames are formed to extend from the burner part toward the combustion chamber, and a combustible waste gas is introduced into the combustion flames from waste gas inlet pipes thereby oxidatively decomposing the waste gas. A flow velocity accelerating device makes the flow velocity of the combustible waste gas flowing through the waste gas inlet pipe higher than the burning velocity of the combustible waste gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Tetsuo Komai, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Rikiya Nakamura, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yoshiro Takemura, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao
  • Patent number: 6969250
    Abstract: A waste gas treatment system having a burner part and a combustion chamber provided at a downstream side of the burner part. Combustion flames are formed from the burner part toward the combustion chamber, and a waste gas is introduced into the combustion flames, thereby oxidatively decomposing the waste gas. The combustion chamber is formed from an inner wall made of a fiber-reinforced ceramic material. Therefore, the wear of the inner wall due to heat and corrosion is minimized, and thermal stress cracking is also reduced. Consequently, the lifetime of the system increases, and the cost of equipment and the availability factor can be improved. In addition, because the inner wall exhibits no catalytic effect, the formation of thermal NOx is suppressed, and it is possible to achieve environmental preservation and to simplify the treatment equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Kawamura, Rikiya Nakamura, Yuji Shirao, Yoshiro Takemura, Kazutaka Okuda, Takeshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6948929
    Abstract: A combustion type waste gas treatment system is capable of oxidatively decomposing a hazardous combustible waste gas while heating efficiently with a structure which allows the waste gas to mix with an auxiliary burning gas efficiently without the occurrence of backfire in a waste gas inlet pipe. The combustion type waste gas treatment system has a burner part and a combustion chamber. Combustion flames are formed to extend from the burner part toward the combustion chamber, and a combustible waste gas is introduced into the combustion flames from waste gas inlet pipes thereby oxidatively decomposing the waste gas. A flow velocity accelerating device makes the flow velocity of the combustible waste gas flowing through the waste gas inlet pipe higher than the burning velocity of the combustible waste gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Komai, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Rikiya Nakamura, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yoshiro Takemura, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao
  • Patent number: 6946022
    Abstract: A scrubber removes dust from an exhaust gas. The scrubber includes a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, an impeller housed in the casing and supported by a shaft, and a cleaning liquid supply tube for ejecting a cleaning liquid by which the dust contained in the exhaust gas is captured. The scrubber further includes a plurality of protrusions provided around the impeller such that the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid which are discharged from the impeller impinge upon the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kotaro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20040191142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a burner for use in a combustion-type waste gas treatment system for combusting waste gases emitted from semiconductor manufacturing system, particularly, a deposition gas containing SiH4 and a halogen-base gas, simultaneously at a high efficiency of destruction, making it difficult for a powder of SiO2 to be attached and deposited, performing a low-NOx combustion, and maintaining a desired level of safety. The combustion-type waste gas treatment system has a flame stabilizing zone (15), which is open toward a combustion chamber (11), surrounded by a peripheral wall (12), and closed by a plate (14) remotely from the combustion chamber. A waste gas, an auxiliary combustible agent, and air are introduced into and mixed with each other in the flame stabilizing zone (15), and the mixed gases are ejected toward the combustion chamber (11) perpendicularly to the plate (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiro Takemura, Tetsuo Komai, Kotaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Kazutaka Okuda, Rikiya Nakamura, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 6797045
    Abstract: A scrubber including a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet. An impeller is mounted in the casing, and the impeller is rotatable about its own axis. An exhaust gas can be introduced into the center of the impeller through the exhaust gas inlet of the casing. A cleaning liquid discharge nozzle is positioned at the center of the impeller for spraying a cleaning liquid in the impeller. Also, a baffle member is spaced apart from and surrounds the impeller. A mixture of the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid exiting the impeller impinges on the baffle member. The cleaning liquid discharge nozzle is provided inside and rigidly connected to the impeller so as to rotate together with the impeller. The nozzle has a plurality of cleaning liquid discharge orifices extending radially through a cylindrical wall thereof to discharge a cleaning liquid into the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Yuji Shirao, Yoshihiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 6736635
    Abstract: The present invention provides a burner for use in a combustion-type waste gas treatment system for combusting waste gases emitted from semiconductor manufacturing system, particularly, a deposition gas containing SiH4 and a halogen-base gas, simultaneously at a high efficiency of destruction, making it difficult for a powder of SiO2 to be attached and deposited, performing a low-NOx combustion, and maintaining a desired level of safety. The combustion-type waste gas treatment system has a flame stabilizing zone (15), which is open toward a combustion chamber (11), surrounded by a peripheral wall (12), and closed by a plate (14) remotely from the combustion chamber. A waste gas, an auxiliary combustible agent, and air are introduced into and mixed with each other in the flame stabilizing zone (15), and the mixed gases are ejected toward the combustion chamber (11) perpendicularly to the plate (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiro Takemura, Tetsuo Komai, Kotaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Kazutaka Okuda, Rikiya Nakamura, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20040028590
    Abstract: A combustion type waste gas treatment method wherein waste gas discharged from an industrial product manufacturing process is introduced into combustion flames to thermally or oxidatively decompose a combustible component in the waste gas. Hydrogen gas and oxygen gas are generated by electrolysis of water and supplied as a gas for combustion to form the combustion flames. A pipe or a hole through which the combustion flames can be viewed directly is formed in a wall of the burner part upstream of the combustion flames. The combustion flames are detected with a UV sensor through the pipe or the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsuji, Kohtaro Kawamura, Masaru Nakaniwa, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Kazutomo Miyazaki, Rikiya Nakamura, Tetsuo Komai, Tomonori Ohashi, Yoshiro Takemura
  • Patent number: 6638343
    Abstract: A waste gas treatment system has a primary cooling section provided at a stage subsequent to a decomposition treatment section in which a waste gas is subjected to decomposition treatment at high temperature. The primary cooling section has a liquid spray part for spraying a liquid on the treated gas from the decomposition treatment section. A secondary cooling section cools the treated gas sprayed with the liquid in the primary cooling section to reduce the volume of the treated gas. Further, a particle collecting section injects a liquid into the treated gas cooled in the secondary cooling section to collect fine particles contained in the treated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro Kawamura, Rikiya Nakamura, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Takeshi Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20030164560
    Abstract: A scrubber removes dust from an exhaust gas. The scrubber includes a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, an impeller housed in the casing and supported by a shaft, and a cleaning liquid supply tube for ejecting a cleaning liquid by which the dust contained in the exhaust gas is captured. The scrubber further includes a plurality of protrusions provided around the impeller such that the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid which are discharged from the impeller impinge upon the protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kotaro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20030089241
    Abstract: A scrubber comprises a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet; an impeller mounted in the casing, and which is rotated about its own axis, an exhaust gas introduced into the center of the impeller through the exhaust gas inlet of the casing; a cleaning liquid discharge nozzle positioned at the center of the impeller to spray a cleaning liquid in the impeller; and, a baffle member spaced apart from and surrounding the impeller on which a mixture of the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid exiting the impeller impinges. The cleaning liquid discharge nozzle is provided inside and rigidly connected to the impeller to rotate together with the impeller. The nozzle has a plurality of cleaning liquid discharge orifices extending radially through the cylindrical wall thereof to discharge a cleaning liquid into the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Yuji Shirao, Yoshihiro Ueda
  • Publication number: 20030054299
    Abstract: A waste gas treatment system having a burner part and a combustion chamber provided at the downstream side of the burner part, wherein combustion flames are formed from the burner part toward the combustion chamber, and a waste gas is introduced into the combustion flames, thereby oxidatively decomposing the waste gas. The combustion chamber is formed from an inner wall made of a fiber-reinforced ceramic material. Therefore, the wear of the inner wall due to heat and corrosion is minimized, and thermal stress cracking is also reduced. Consequently, the lifetime of the system increases, and the cost of equipment and the availability factor can be improved. In addition, because the inner wall exhibits no catalytic effect, the formation of thermal NOx is suppressed, and it is possible to achieve environmental preservation and to simplify the treatment equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Kotaro Kawamura, Rikiya Nakamura, Yuji Shirao, Yoshiro Takemura, Kazutaka Okuda, Takeshi Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20020041836
    Abstract: A combustion type waste gas treatment system capable of oxidatively decomposing a hazardous and combustible waste gas under heating efficiently with a structure which allows the waste gas to mix with an auxiliary burning gas efficiently without the occurrence of backfire in a waste gas inlet pipe. The combustion type waste gas treatment system has a burner part and a combustion chamber. Combustion flames are formed to extend from the burner part toward the combustion chamber, and a combustible waste gas is introduced into the combustion frames from waste gas inlet pipes thereby oxidatively decomposing the waste gas. A flow velocity accelerating device makes the flow velocity of the combustible waste gas flowing through the waste gas inlet pipe higher than the burning velocity of the combustible waste gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuo Komai, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Rikiya Nakamura, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tomonori Ohashi, Yoshiro Takemura, Yasutaka Muroga, Tadakazu Nishikawa, Yuji Shirao