Patents by Inventor Kuniko Adegawa

Kuniko Adegawa 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: 20150252281
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil, and at least one ester additive selected from a first ester that is a fatty acid 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl alkyl ester and a second ester that is a 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl carboxylic acid alkyl ester, wherein a content of the ester additive is 0.01 to 5.0% by mass based on the total mass of the lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Ken Sawada, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150203732
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine comprises a refrigerant comprising monofluoroethane and a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one selected from a mineral oil having % CN in an n-d-M ring analysis of 10 to 60 and a pour point of ?15° C. or lower and a synthetic hydrocarbon oil having a pour point of ?15° C. or lower, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Souichirou Konno, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150184103
    Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the present invention comprises an ester synthesized from: a first component that is at least one selected from polyhydric alcohols having 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups; a second component that is at least one selected from polybasic acids having 6 to 12 carbon atoms; and a third component that is at least one selected from monohydric alcohols having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and monocarboxylic acids having 2 to 12 carbon atoms. In addition, the refrigerating machine oil and the working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention each comprise the above lubricating base oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Ken Sawada, Takeshi Okido, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150115194
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine comprising: a refrigerating machine oil containing at least one lubricating base oil selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil, and at least one phosphorus compound selected from a mono(alkylphenyl) diphenyl phosphate having a C3-C5 alkyl group and a di(alkylphenyl) phenyl phosphate having two C3-C5 alkyl groups, wherein a content of the phosphorus compound is 0.01 to 5% by mass based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil; and a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Fumiyuki Nara, Tomonari Matsumoto, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150076393
    Abstract: The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises a mixed refrigerant comprising a hydrofluoroethane represented by the following formula (A), difluoromethane and tetrafluoropropene, and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one selected from a polyol ester, a polyvinyl ether and a polyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil, wherein a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of the base oil is 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less. C2HnF6-n??(A) [n represents 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Ken Sawada, Hiroko Shimpo, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150041705
    Abstract: The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises a refrigerant comprising monofluoroethane, and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one selected from a polyol ester, a polyvinyl ether and a polyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil, wherein a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of the base oil is 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Hiroshi Eto, Tsutomu Takahashi, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150041704
    Abstract: The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises a refrigerant comprising a first refrigerant component and a second refrigerant component, and having a global warming potential (GWP) of 500 or less, wherein the first refrigerant component is at least one selected from difluoromethane and tetrafluoropropene, and the second refrigerant component is at least one selected from carbon dioxide and a hydrocarbon having 3 to 4 carbon atoms; and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one selected from a polyol ester, a polyvinyl ether and a polyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil, wherein a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of the base oil is 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Souichirou Konno, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150028252
    Abstract: A refrigerating machine oil composition comprising at least one ester additive selected from tetraesters of pentaerythritol and one selected from fatty acids having 5 to 18 carbon atoms and hexaesters of dipentaerythritol and one selected from fatty acids having 5 to 18 carbon atoms, and a base oil that is an ester other than the ester additive, in which the content of the ester additive is 2 to 20 mass % based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil composition, and the kinematic viscosity of the refrigerating machine oil composition at 40° C. is 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Hiroshi Eto, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150014575
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises: a refrigerating machine oil comprising a complex ester as a base oil; and a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, the complex ester being obtainable by further esterifying, with at least one selected from a monohydric alcohol having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and a fatty acid having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an ester intermediate obtained by reacting a neopentyl polyol with a dibasic acid, and having an acid value of 0.5 mgKOH/g or less, the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2 to 50 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Ken Sawada, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150014574
    Abstract: The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises: a refrigerating machine oil comprising a mineral oil and an alkylbenzene in a mass ratio, the mineral oil/the alkylbenzene, of 85/15 to 15/85, wherein the mineral oil has a % CN by n-d-M ring analysis of 20 to 60, a pour point of ?15° C. or less and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 1.5 to 15 mm2/s; and a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 2 to 12 mm2/s and a flash point of 120° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Fumiyuki Nara, Tomonari Matsumoto, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150008358
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the invention comprises a refrigerant comprising difluoromethane and an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon wherein a mass of the difluoromethane/the unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon is 95/5 to 10/90, and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one base oil selected from among polyol esters with a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 3.2 to 5.8 and polyvinyl ethers with a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 3.2 to 5.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi Okido, Masanori Saito, Kuniko Adegawa