Patents by Inventor Shinji Morimura

Shinji Morimura 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: 6382134
    Abstract: A fish rearing system having a water circulation system comprising: a trapping section including a particle trap 2 for capturing residual feed and fish feces contained in the water, a sediment trap 6 for accumulating a sediment in a rearing tank and separating the sediment from the water, a residual feed detecting sensor 5 interposed in a pipe 4 communicating with the particle trap 2 and the sediment trap 6, and a micro-screen filter 7; a denitrification device 12 for denitrifying a nitrogen compound dissolved and contained in the water; a bubble surfacing device 11 for generating bubbles by supplying air and/or ozone and removing surface active substances contained in the water by capturing the bubbles; an ultraviolet disinfection device 13 for disinfecting the circulating rearing water; an ammonium treatment section consisting of a immersion treatment device 15 and a non-immersion treatment device 14 and having a function of decomposing ammonium contained in the water; and an aeration device 21 for dissolvi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignees: Jifas Corporation, Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Gruenberg, Shinji Morimura, Shinichiroh Kawaguchi, Akio Minami
  • Patent number: 4615301
    Abstract: A fish breeding apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a frame body for the fish breeding framed by connecting rod elastic reinforcements to each other into a polygon at a side number of 4 to 30 through bent couplings, and a mooring cable connected at its one end to each of the bent couplings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Maekawa, Hiroshi Sasaki, Shinji Morimura
  • Patent number: 4610219
    Abstract: A floating frame member for use in a fish breeding apparatus, which is a hollow rod-shaped elastic body constituting a main part of a gas chamber therein, said elastic body being composed of rubber or rubbery elastic material and reinforced with fiber cords to have an outer diameter of about 279.4-about 609.6 mm (11-24 inches), a thickness of about 12.7-50.8 mm (1/2-2 inches) and a product between a Young's modulus and a sectional secondary moment of 100-3,000 kg.multidot.m.sup.2, and having a ratio of circumferential stress to axial stress of 1.5-2.5 when an internal pressure of 0.1-20 kg/cm.sup.2 is applied to said elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Morimura
  • Patent number: 4244323
    Abstract: An apparatus for floating and sinking fish breeding netted tanks comprising a floating and sinking mechanism composed of a flexible bag enclosed in a tubular frame and adapted to be supplied with a fluid under pressure and to remove it so as to float and sink the fish breeding netted tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventor: Shinji Morimura