Patents by Inventor Kouji Ueno
Kouji Ueno 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).
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Patent number: 7527085Abstract: A small water-cooling type electronic component cooling apparatus is provided. The electronic component cooling apparatus comprises a so-called water-cooling heat sink 3, a radiator 7 cooled by an electric fan 5, first and second coolant paths 9, 11 for circulating a coolant between the heat sink 3 and the radiator 7, and an electric pump 13 to supply a moving energy to the coolant. The electric pump 13 is arranged at a position facing the heat-radiating portion of the radiator 7.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2005Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignees: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd., Intel CorporationInventors: Masayuki Iijima, Tomoaki Ikeda, Masashi Miyazawa, Kouji Ueno, Paul J. Gwin, Brian J. Long, Peter A. Davison, Rolf A. Konstad
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Patent number: 7511172Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid by absorbing acrylic acid at a high ratio and obtaining an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is provided. This method comprises a step of circulating part of a discharged gas from an absorption step of acrylic acid to the reactor and discarding the remainder to the out side of system while the gas is cooled before circulation to the reactor. By the method, the acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is obtained due to decrease of an acrylic acid loss.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2007Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Harunori Hirao, Kouji Ueno, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Patent number: 7332626Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid by absorbing acrylic acid at a high ratio and obtaining an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is provided. This method comprises a step of circulating part of a discharged gas from an absorption step of acrylic acid to the reactor and discarding the remainder to the out side of system while the gas is cooled before circulation to the reactor. By the method, the acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is obtained due to decrease of an acrylic acid loss.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Harunori Hirao, Kouji Ueno, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Patent number: 7321060Abstract: A method for the production of acrylic acid of high concentration by absorbing acrylic acid with high absorption ratio of acrylic acid is provided. In a method for producing acrylic acid by a procedure comprising a step of catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction and a step of absorbing the acrylic acid-containing gas, while a low boiling substance-containing solution is introduced into the absorption column via a portion different from the top of the column.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Serata, Kouji Ueno, Harunori Hirao, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Publication number: 20070270611Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid by absorbing acrylic acid at a high ratio and obtaining an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is provided. This method comprises a step of circulating part of a discharged gas from an absorption step of acrylic acid to the reactor and discarding the remainder to the out side of system while the gas is cooled before circulation to the reactor. By the method, the acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is obtained due to decrease of an acrylic acid loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Harunori Hirao, Kouji Ueno, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Patent number: 7251137Abstract: An electronic component, cooling apparatus comprises a so-called water-cooled heat sink, a radiator to be cooled by a motor-driven fan, first and second coolant paths for circulating a coolant between the heat sink and the radiator, and a motor-driven pump for giving a moving energy to the coolant. A plurality of engaging pieces of the motor-driven fan and a plurality of engaged portion of the radiator are engaged to connect the motor-driven fan and the radiator.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Iijima, Masashi Miyazawa, Kouji Ueno
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Patent number: 7216393Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical-connector cleaning device, wherein an outer casing has an openable and closable window, through which a cleaning tape for cleaning fiber end surface of the optical connectors is gradually fed. The optical-connector cleaning device according to the invention includes a cassette for integrally holding a reel for feeding unused cleaning tape and a reel for taking up the used cleaning tape, wherein the cassette can be attached to and detached from the outer casing, thus facilitating the replacement of the cleaning tape. Furthermore, in the optical-connector cleaning device according to the invention, a replacement unit including a guide plate for guiding the fiber end surface of the optical connector and a rubber pad serving as a base for the cleaning tape can be detachably disposed at a position corresponding to the window in the outer casing, thus facilitating the cleaning of optical connectors having different shapes.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2002Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Sadao Tomioka, Yoshiteru Kiyomura, Iwao Watanabe, Kouji Ueno
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Publication number: 20070073680Abstract: A semantic analysis apparatus includes a data obtaining unit that obtains data in which an item name and an item value belonging to the item name are represented in a predetermined data format; an item value extracting unit that extracts the item value from the data based on the data format; a concept storing unit that stores a concept which is a semantic notion to be attached to the item name and an instance which is specific data of the concept in association with each other; a concept specifying unit that specifies the concept, which is stored in the concept storing unit and which is associated with the instance which at least partially matches with a character string of the extracted item value, as the concept for the item name; and an associating unit that associates the concept with the item name.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Takahiro Kawamura, Kouji Ueno, Shinichi Nagano, Tetsuo Hasegawa, Akihiko Ohsuga
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Patent number: 7183428Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid by using an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration without azeotropic distillation is provided. This method of producing acrylic acid comprises introducing an acrylic acid-containing gas obtained by catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction into an absorption column and supplying the acrylic acid-containing solution to crystallization step thereby separating the solution into acrylic acid and residual mother liquid, and distilling at least part of the residual mother liquid and circulating the distillate obtained by the distillation to the absorption column.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Inc.Inventors: Kouji Ueno, Harunori Hirao, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Patent number: 7151194Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid from an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration without performing azeotropic distillation is provided. This method of producing acrylic acid comprises steps of absorbing acrylic acid-containing gas, distilling the acrylic acid-containing solution without using an azeotropic solvent thereby obtaining crude acrylic acid as a column bottom stream and/or a column side stream, and supplying the crude acrylic acid to a crystallizing step and melt crystallizing the crude acrylic acid thereby obtaining purified acrylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Ueno, Harunori Hirao, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Publication number: 20060217839Abstract: An object management apparatus for managing an object which executes a process includes an execution conditions holding unit that holds the process and corresponding execution condition indicating a first status of the object as a prerequisite for executing the process; an execution instruction acquisition unit that acquires an execution instruction indicating the process; a status information acquisition unit that acquires status information indicating a second status of the object from the object; and a status determining unit that determines whether the process indicated in the execution instruction can be executed by the object, based on the first status indicated in the execution condition corresponding to the process indicated in the execution instruction and the second status indicated the status information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Takahiro Kawamura, Kouji Ueno, Tetsuo Hasegawa, Akihiko Ohsuga
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Patent number: 7048834Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially easy and economical method for purification of acrylic acid which enables to efficiently eliminate impurities from a crude acrylic acid containing aldehydes as the impurities while the formation of acrylic acid polymer is inhibited. The method for purification of acrylic acid includes the step of distilling a crude acrylic acid which is charged with an aldehyde treatment chemical, wherein the concentration ratio of furfural to acrolein by weight in the crude acrylic acid is adjusted so as to satisfy the following equation: (furfural concentration by weight)/(acrolein concentration by weight)?100.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitake Ishii, Kouji Ueno, Kazuhiko Sakamoto, Sei Nakahara, Masatoshi Ueoka, Tetsuji Mitsumoto, Takeshi Nishimura, Mamoru Takamura, Hisao Nakama
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Publication number: 20060023425Abstract: An electronic component cooling apparatus comprises a so-called water-cooled heat sink, a radiator to be cooled by a motor-driven fan, first and second coolant paths for circulating a coolant between the heat sink and the radiator, and a motor-driven pump for giving a moving energy to the coolant. A plurality of engaging pieces of the motor-driven fan and a plurality of engaged portion of the radiator are engaged to connect the motor-driven fan and the radiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Iijima, Masashi Miyazawa, Kouji Ueno
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Publication number: 20050280995Abstract: An electronic component cooling apparatus comprises a so-called water-cooled heat sink, a radiator to be cooled by a motor-driven fan, first and second coolant paths for circulating a coolant between the heat sink and the radiator, and a motor-driven pump for giving a moving energy to the coolant. A plurality of engaging pieces of the motor-driven fan and a plurality of engaged portion of the radiator are engaged to connect the motor-driven fan and the radiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Iijima, Masashi Miyazawa, Kouji Ueno
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Publication number: 20050168939Abstract: A small water-cooling type electronic component cooling apparatus is provided. The electronic component cooling apparatus comprises a so-called water-cooling heat sink 3, a radiator 7 cooled by an electric fan 5, first and second coolant paths 9, 11 for circulating a coolant between the heat sink 3 and the radiator 7, and an electric pump 13 to supply a moving energy to the coolant. The electric pump 13 is arranged at a position facing the heat-radiating portion of the radiator 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Applicants: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd., Intel CorporationInventors: Masayuki Iijima, Tomoaki Ikeda, Masashi Miyazawa, Kouji Ueno, Paul Gwin, Brian Long, Peter Davison, Rolf Konstad
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Publication number: 20050144000Abstract: A context recognition unit decides a user's context by comparing context recognition rules to the user's information, and outputs context recognition data based on the user's context. A processing selection unit decides a contents type by comparing processing selection rules to the context recognition data, and outputs contents creation request data based on the contents type. A contents delivery unit obtains contents based on the contents creation request data, and delivers the contents to the user's terminal. A question creation unit creates a question about the contents delivery for the user. Each context recognition rule and each processing selection rule includes a priority degree. The question creation unit specifies the context recognition rule or the processing selection rule based on the user's answer to the question, and changes the priority degree of the specified rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Inventors: Tomohiro Yamasaki, Akihiko Ohsuga, Masanori Hattori, Kenta Cho, Hisashi Hayashi, Kouji Ueno, Kentaro Kamahora
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Publication number: 20040249201Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid from an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration without performing azeotropic distillation is provided. This method of producing acrylic acid comprises steps of absorbing acrylic acid-containing gas, distilling the acrylic acid-containing solution without using an azeotropic solvent thereby obtaining crude acrylic acid as a column bottom stream and/or a column side stream, and supplying the crude acrylic acid to a crystallizing step and melt crystallizing the crude acrylic acid thereby obtaining purified acrylic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Kouji Ueno, Harunori Hirao, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Publication number: 20040249200Abstract: A method for the production of acrylic acid of high concentration by absorbing acrylic acid with high absorption ratio of acrylic acid is provided. In a method for producing acrylic acid by a procedure comprising a step of catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction and a step of absorbing the acrylic acid-containing gas, while a low boiling substance-containing solution is introduced into the absorption column via a portion different from the top of the column.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Naoki Serata, Kouji Ueno, Harunori Hirao, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Publication number: 20040249199Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid by using an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration without azeotropic distillation is provided. This method of producing acrylic acid comprises introducing an acrylic acid-containing gas obtained by catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction into an absorption column and supplying the acrylic acid-containing solution to crystallization step thereby separating the solution into acrylic acid and residual mother liquid, and distilling at least part of the residual mother liquid and circulating the distillate obtained by the distillation to the absorption column.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Kouji Ueno, Harunori Hirao, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya
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Publication number: 20040249202Abstract: A method for producing acrylic acid by absorbing acrylic acid at a high ratio and obtaining an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is provided. This method comprises a step of circulating part of a discharged gas from an absorption step of acrylic acid to the reactor and discarding the remainder to the out side of system while the gas is cooled before circulation to the reactor. By the method, the acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is obtained due to decrease of an acrylic acid loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Harunori Hirao, Kouji Ueno, Naoki Serata, Takeshi Yokogoshiya