Patents by Inventor Masataka NAKANE

Masataka NAKANE 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: 20240093937
    Abstract: Liquid hydrogen is produced while reducing emission of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Provided is a liquid hydrogen production device including: a carbon dioxide cycle plant (2), which includes a turbine (23) using a carbon dioxide fluid as a driving fluid, and is configured to drive the turbine (23) to generate motive power with use of a carbon dioxide cycle in which the carbon dioxide fluid discharged from the turbine (23) is increased in pressure and heated and is then re-supplied to the turbine (23); and a liquefaction plant (4) configured to cool gaseous hydrogen by heat exchange with a refrigerant, to obtain liquid hydrogen. The motive power generated by driving of the turbine (23) is used as motive power to be consumed in the liquefaction plant (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohide MURAOKA, Masataka NAKANE, Tomoharu INOUE, Takatoshi NAGAI
  • Patent number: 9632524
    Abstract: A vehicle pedal bracket, including a pair of bracket halves disposed on right and left sides of an operation pedal and joined by placing joint portions thereof parallel and on top of each other so that the joint portions surface contact each other, and the vehicle pedal bracket being fixed to a vehicle body via attachment portions of the pair of bracket halves, the joint portions protruding from the bracket halves formed by a sheet material and at least one of the joint portions bent into a crank shape and placed on top of each other so as to surface contact each other, the joint portions being provided at least at two positions located on both sides of the attachment portions in a vertical direction of a vehicle, and the joint portion which is located below the attachment portions being provided to protrude toward the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kitaguchi, Masataka Nakane
  • Publication number: 20160018842
    Abstract: A vehicle pedal bracket, including a pair of bracket halves disposed on right and left sides of an operation pedal and joined by placing joint portions thereof parallel and on top of each other so that the joint portions surface contact each other, and the vehicle pedal bracket being fixed to a vehicle body via attachment portions of the pair of bracket halves, the joint portions protruding from the bracket halves formed by a sheet material and at least one of the joint portions bent into a crank shape and placed on top of each other so as to surface contact each other, the joint portions being provided at least at two positions located on both sides of the attachment portions in a vertical direction of a vehicle, and the joint portion which is located below the attachment portions being provided to protrude toward the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki KITAGUCHI, Masataka NAKANE