Patents by Inventor Shinya Hamasaki
Shinya Hamasaki 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: 11955662Abstract: The present invention provides (I) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric storage device excellent in balance among the required performances such as product safety, charge/discharge characteristics, dimension stability, energy cost, consideration to the environment, etc., (II) a separator for an electric storage device superior in product safety obtained by controlling a puncture depth of a microporous membrane comprised in the separator for an electric storage device, or/and (III) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric power storage device excellent in product safety realized by controlling a porosity and a puncture strength of a thin microporous membrane.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Celgard, LLCInventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Masaki Takahashi, Shohei Mori, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Kenji Ebara, Changqing Adams
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Publication number: 20230327285Abstract: To provide a separator for electric storage devices that suppresses dendrite short circuits and has excellent thermal stability. A separator for electric storage devices, including a separator substrate having one or more (A) microporous layers mainly composed of polypropylene and one or more (B) microporous layers mainly composed of polypropylene, wherein the ratio MtA/MtB of the melt tension MtA of the microporous layer (A) at 240° C. to the melt tension MtB of the microporous layer (B) at 240° C. is from 1.05 to 4.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Hirotaka Yoshida, Shohei Mori, Hisashi Takeda
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Publication number: 20230282933Abstract: Provided are a thin-film separator for a power storage device, the separator having high strength and reduced clogging, and a power storage device separator that provides high strength, high level of safety, and high dimensional stability at high temperature, and that can be formed in a thin film. One aspect provides a power storage device separator comprising a fine-porous layer (X) consisting mainly of polyolefin (A), the fine-porous layer (X) having a melt flow rate of less than or equal to 0.9 g/10 min, and having an average long-hole diameter of more than or equal to 100 nm according to MD-TD surface observation or ND-MD cross-sectional observation with a scanning electron microscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Masaki Takahashi, Tomoya Tagawa, Mitsuko Saito
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Publication number: 20230231273Abstract: A multilayer porous membrane with two exterior layers and at least one interior layer. The average pore size of the interior layer is greater than that of either of the two exterior layers. The multilayer porous membrane may be used, for example, as or as part of a battery separator. Compared to prior multilayer porous membranes for battery separators, the multilayer porous membrane herein may exhibit at least one of improved thermal properties, improved anti-metal contamination properties, improved ease of manufacture, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Hisashi Takeda, Kang Karen Xiao, Allen M. Donn, Shinya Hamasaki, Masaki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230223653Abstract: Provided is a separator for a power storage device that combines high permeability and battery safety at high temperature. The separator for a power storage device has an inorganic content layer that contains inorganic particles and polyolefin resin. In a cross section of the inorganic content layer, a ratio b of the area occupied by the inorganic particles is 9-35% [inclusive], the ratio of the area occupied by vacancies is 20-60% [inclusive], and a TD direction heat shrinkage a at 150° C. of the separator for a power storage device is 4% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunori Uchida, Shohei Mori, Toshihiro Suzuki, Masato Murakami, Mitsuko Saito, Shinya Hamasaki, Michiko Shimoyamada
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Patent number: 11384938Abstract: To provide a burner that makes it possible to reduce error displacement of the distal end position of a burner main body when the burner main body is inserted. A burner (161) includes: a burner main body (162); a plurality of driving cylinders (163) that are disposed parallel to a direction of an axis line in which the burner main body (162) moves, and drive movement of the burner main body (162); a connecting member that connects the burner main body (162) and the plurality of driving cylinders (163); and a fitting member (170) that is provided between the burner main body (162) and the connecting member, and constrains relative movement in the direction of the axis line (X) and permits relative movement in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis line (X).Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Kohei Matsuo, Keisuke Matsuo, Shinya Hamasaki
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Publication number: 20210367309Abstract: The present invention provides (I) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric storage device excellent in balance among the required performances such as product safety, charge/discharge characteristics, dimension stability, energy cost, consideration to the environment, etc., (II) a separator for an electric storage device superior in product safety obtained by controlling a puncture depth of a microporous membrane comprised in the separator for an electric storage device, or/and (III) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric power storage device excellent in product safety realized by controlling a porosity and a puncture strength of a thin microporous membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Masaki Takahashi, Shohei Mori, Yoshiyuki ishii, Kenji Ebara, Changqing Adams
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Publication number: 20210215334Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve workability when installing a cooling pipe and a burner oxidizer supply pipe through which fuel and an oxidizer are supplied to a combustion furnace or the like of a gasifier. A burner (2) is provided with: an air supply pipe (8) through which air is supplied into a combustion furnace (1); a cooling pipe (6) that is provided so as to surround a supply pipe (5); and a closed flange (7) which is detachably fixed to a furnace wall and to which the air supply pipe (8) and the cooling pipe (6) are fixed. The tip of the cooling pipe (6) on a furnace inside is arranged to project to the furnace inside more than the tip of the supply pipe (5) by a projection allowance length (L1).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masashi Kitada, Shinya Hamasaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Yoshinori Koyama, Tatsuya Kameyama
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Publication number: 20210180790Abstract: To provide a burner that makes it possible to reduce error displacement of the distal end position of a burner main body when the burner main body is inserted. A burner (161) includes: a burner main body (162); a plurality of driving cylinders (163) that are disposed parallel to a direction of an axis line in which the burner main body (162) moves, and drive movement of the burner main body (162); a connecting member that connects the burner main body (162) and the plurality of driving cylinders (163); and a fitting member (170) that is provided between the burner main body (162) and the connecting member, and constrains relative movement in the direction of the axis line (X) and permits relative movement in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis line (X).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Matsuo, Keisuke Matsuo, Shinya Hamasaki
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Publication number: 20200035969Abstract: Problem: The invention provides a separator for a lithium-ion secondary battery exhibiting excellent strength, wettability with nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, voltage endurance and cycle characteristics in lithium-ion secondary batteries, and a method of increasing the puncture depth of the separator. Solution: A separator for a lithium-ion secondary battery is formed of a microporous film comprising a polyolefin resin (A) as a major component, and a resin (B), at least portions of the surfaces of the micropores in the microporous film being coated with resin (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Takahiko Kondo, Kazunori Uchida, Shinya Hamasaki
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Patent number: 10050306Abstract: An electrolyte containing a non-aqueous solvent, a lithium salt (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2) and a compound having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (3a) and a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (3b).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Fumiaki Ozaki, Yusuke Shigemori, Masato Murakami, Asami Ohashi
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Patent number: 9997805Abstract: An electrolyte containing a non-aqueous solvent, a lithium salt (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2) and a compound having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (3a) and a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (3b).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Fumiaki Ozaki, Yusuke Shigemori, Masato Murakami, Asami Ohashi
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Publication number: 20160240888Abstract: An electrolyte containing a non-aqueous solvent, a lithium salt (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2) and a compound having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (3a) and a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (3b).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya HAMASAKI, Fumiaki OZAKI, Yusuke SHIGEMORI, Masato MURAKAMI, Asami OHASHI
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Publication number: 20150345788Abstract: A combustion burner and a pressurized gasification furnace provided with: a burner main body (41) capable of blowing a fuel gas in which fuel and air are mixed; and an ignition torch (42) that is provided inside the burner main body (41) and propagates a flame from the base end part of the torch, with the flame being discharged from the tip end part. By arranging the tip end part (42a) of the ignition torch (42) at the base-end side with respect to the tip end part (41a) of the burner main body (41), the thermal load at the tip end part of the ignition torch during ignition is reduced, and thus the durability can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuyuki MIYATA, Yasuo SODA, Katsuhiko YOKOHAMA, Shinya HAMASAKI, Keisuke MATSUO
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Publication number: 20150099193Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery that operates at a high voltage, has a high cycle life, and generates less gas, and an electrolytic solution for such a lithium ion secondary battery. An electrolytic solution for a non-aqueous energy storage device, comprising: a non-aqueous solvent; a lithium salt (A) having no boron atom; a predetermined lithium salt (B) containing a boron atom; and a compound (C) in which at least one of hydrogen atoms in an acid selected from the group consisting of proton acids having a phosphorus atom and/or a boron atom, sulfonic acids, and carboxylic acids is replaced with a substituent represented by formula (3): wherein R3, R4, and R5 each independently represent an organic group which has 1 to 10 carbon atoms and which may have a substituent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Aya Inaba, Keiko Sumino, Yusuke Shigemori, Gang Cheng, Steven S. Kaye, Bin Li
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Patent number: 8997665Abstract: A leading end located in a two-stage entrained-flow bed coal gasifier has a double-walled structure including an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder, and cooling water for cooling the leading end is supplied through an interior of the inner cylinder to cool the leading end and is then returned to a base end through a space formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder. The space formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder has a smaller channel area than the interior of the inner cylinder, and a swirling flow along a guide formed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder and a substantially linear flow in a longitudinal direction of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder are applied to the cooling water returned to the base end through the space formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignees: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Joban Joint Power Co., Ltd., Hokkaido Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc., Hokuriku Electric Power Company, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryInventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Toshimi Ohtsuka, Yoshinori Koyama, Katsuhiko Yokohama, Yasunari Shibata, Jun Kasai
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Patent number: 8741600Abstract: A method of accurately separating immunoglobulin monomers by subjecting an immunoglobulin solution containing at least immunoglobulin monomers and immunoglobulin aggregates to cross-flow filtration using an ultrafiltration membrane, an ultrafiltration membrane module, and a cross-flow filtration apparatus. The method can separate immunoglobulin monomers by subjecting an immunoglobulin solution containing at least immunoglobulin monomers and immunoglobulin aggregates and having an immunoglobulin concentration of 1 to 150 g/L to cross-flow filtration using an ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight cut-off of 100,000 or more and less than 500,000 so that immunoglobulin monomers passes through the ultrafiltration membrane with a permeability of 80% or more while achieving a fractionation performance in which the permeability ratio of immunoglobulin dimers to immunoglobulin monomers that pass through the ultrafiltration membrane is 0.20 or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumihiko Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Mizomoto, Shinya Hamasaki, Takena Mochizuki
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Patent number: 8602221Abstract: [Problems] To provide a novel hydrophilized separation membrane for use in the treatment of a liquid, which comprises an aromatic ether polymer, is less likely to be degraded by sterilization with a high energy ray and has a controlled pore size and a high water permeability. [Means for Solving Problems] A porous separation membrane for use in the treatment of a liquid which is produced by a wet film formation process using an aromatic ether polymer and a hydrophilizing agent. The separation membrane can be used for medical purposes or in a pharmaceutical of food.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabuhiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi Mizomoto, Junichi Shishido, Shinya Hamasaki, Hirofumi Miura
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Patent number: 8561554Abstract: To provide a burner structure in which a burner is capable of highly precisely controlling the flow rate of the air for combustion within itself. An air flow passage (11) in a wind box (12) for injecting the air for combustion into a furnace (1) has a bent portion (13) just before joining with the furnace, and one or a plurality of guide vanes (14) are provided in the air flow passage (11) in the bent portion (13), and also in the bent portion (13), a drift control damper (16) is provided for varying the ratio of flow passage resistances of each of the air flow passages (11) divided by the guide vanes (14).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ryuhei Takashima, Takuichiro Daimaru, Shinya Hamasaki
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Publication number: 20130233212Abstract: A burner for a reaction furnace (12) including a fuel tube (2), an oxidizer tube (3) covering an outer periphery of the fuel tube, and a displacement absorbing member (7) provided on at least a part of the oxidizer tube. The fuel tube and the oxidizer tube have a proximal end fixed to a side wall of the reaction furnace and penetrating an outer vessel (11). The oxidizer tube is positioned with respect to the side wall of the inner vessel to suppress a length of a distal end of each of the oxidizer tube and the fuel tube projecting to an inside of the gasification furnace (10). Thermal stretching in an axial direction of the oxidizer tube is absorbed by the displacement absorbing member attached to the oxidizer tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Inventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Jun Kasai, Satoshi Shimonokado, Keisuke Matsuo