Patents by Inventor Souichirou Konno
Souichirou Konno 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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Publication number: 20170327765Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing an ester base oil obtained from pentaerythritol and mixed fatty acids of a fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms and a fatty acid having 9 carbon atoms, wherein a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of the ester base oil is 1.06 to 1.20, and used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroko SHIMPO, Souichirou KONNO, Ken SAWADA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170327759Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less, wherein the refrigerating machine oil is used with a refrigerant comprising 15% by mass or more of difluoromethane, 15% by mass or more of pentafluoroethane, 15% by mass or more of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 15% by mass or more of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane based on the total amount of the refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroko SHIMPO, Souichirou KONNO, Ken SAWADA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170327763Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a base oil; a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group and R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; and an epoxy compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Souichirou KONNO, Fumiyuki NARA
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Patent number: 9783762Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and the like, and (B) a polyol ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol and a monocarboxylic fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester/(B) the polyol ester of 5/95 to 95/5; and a refrigerant such as carbon dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno
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Publication number: 20170240834Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a base oil comprising an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid comprising 20 to 100% by mol of a branched fatty acid having 4 to 9 carbon atoms; and 0.2 to 0.5% by mass of a phenol-based antioxidant based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with trifluoroethylene refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Tsutomu TAKAHASHI, Souichirou KONNO
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Patent number: 9737881Abstract: A method of producing a regenerated hydrotreating catalyst, including a first step of preparing a hydrotreating catalyst that has been used for hydrotreatment of a petroleum fraction and has a metal element selected from Group 6 elements of the periodic table; a second step of performing regeneration treatment for part of the catalyst prepared in the first step, then performing X-ray absorption fine structure analysis for the catalyst after the regeneration treatment, and obtaining regeneration treatment conditions in which a ratio IS/IO of a peak intensity IS of a peak attributed to a bond between the metal element and a sulfur atom to a peak intensity IO of a peak attributed to a bond between the metal element and an oxygen atom is in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 in a radial distribution curve obtained from an extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshimu Iwanami, Takashi Sano, Tomohiro Konishi, Makoto Nakamura, Souichirou Konno
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Patent number: 9732263Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Saito, Souichirou Konno, Kuniko Adegawa
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Patent number: 9725630Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising: a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester obtainable by synthesis of at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a C6-C12 polybasic acid, and a C4-C18 monohydric alcohol or a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, and (B) a polyol ester obtainable by synthesis of at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol, and a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester/(B) the polyol ester of 5/95 to 95/5; and a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, wherein a refrigerant dissolved viscosity, at a temperature of 80° C. and an absolute pressure of 1.5 MPa, is 1.0 mm2/s or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Okido, Souichirou Konno
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Publication number: 20170218292Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3, which may be the same as or different from each other, represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; and R4 represents a hydrocarbon group or an organic group containing an oxygen atom, and having a number average molecular weight Mn of 300 or more and 3000 or less and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn (Mw/Mn) of 1.10 or more and 2.00 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a refrigerant selected from the group consisting of difluoromethane, a mixture of difluoromethane and pentafluoroethane, a mixture of difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, a mixture of pentafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, unsaturated hydrofluorocarbons, hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventor: Souichirou KONNO
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Patent number: 9719001Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising: a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester obtainable by synthesis of at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a C6-C12 polybasic acid, and a C4-C18 monohydric alcohol or a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, and (B) a polyol ester obtainable by synthesis of from at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol, and a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester/(B) the polyol ester of 5/95 to 95/5; and tetrafluoropropene as a refrigerant, wherein a refrigerant dissolved viscosity, at a temperature of 80° C. and an absolute pressure of 1.6 MPa, is 1.5 mm2/s or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Okido, Souichirou Konno
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Patent number: 9676983Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising: a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester and (B) a polyol ester, wherein (A) is obtainable by synthesis from a specific polyhydric alcohol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a monocarboxylic acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein (B) is obtainable by synthesis from a specific polyhydric alcohol and a monocarboxylic acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and wherein a mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 5/95 to 95/5; and difluoromethane used as a refrigerant, and the working fluid composition having a refrigerant dissolved viscosity of 5.5 mm2/s or more, at a temperature of 80° C. and an absolute pressure of 2.1 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Souichirou Konno, Kuniko Adegawa
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Publication number: 20170073602Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a polyvinylether having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, R4 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group or an ethereal oxygen-containing divalent hydrocarbon group, R5 represents a hydrocarbon group, m represents an integer of 0 or more, and in the case where m is 2 or more, a plurality of R4 may be the same or different from each other, a number average molecular weight Mn is 500 or more and 2000 or less, a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.10 or more and 1.25 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil is used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Tsutomu Takahashi, Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno
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Patent number: 9587196Abstract: Disclosed is a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil comprising an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, a carbodiimide compound, and a phosphorous compound, and at least one refrigerant selected from 1, 1, 1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the fatty acid comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the carbodiimide compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy the conditions represented by the formula (1): 0.11 ? ( N C M C · W C ) ( N P M P · W P ) ? 4.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
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Publication number: 20170044461Abstract: The invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Tsutomu Takahashi, Souichirou Konno
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Publication number: 20170044462Abstract: The invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a hydrocarbon-based base oil, the refrigerating machine oil having a viscosity index of 120 or less, and being used with a 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Tsutomu Takahashi, Souichirou Konno
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Publication number: 20170037337Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil that comprises an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, an epoxy compound, and a phosphorus compound, and a fluoropropene refrigerant, wherein the polyhydric alcohol constituting the ester comprises pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol, the fatty acid constituting the ester comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the epoxy compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy a condition represented by the following formula (1). [ Formula ? ? 1 ] ? 0.10 ? ( N E M E · W E ) ( N P M P · W P ) ? 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicants: Denso Corporation, Kabushki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Masataka MUTO, Hajime MUKAWA, Takekazu KANO, Genki HAYASHI, Kazuki YAMAMOTO, Takahiro HOSHIDA, Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Ken SAWADA, Akira TADA, Souichirou KONNO
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Publication number: 20170015935Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less as a base oil, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a trifluoroethylene refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicants: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Tsutomu TAKAHASHI, Akira TADA, Souichirou KONNO
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Publication number: 20170009170Abstract: Disclosed is a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil comprising an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, a carbodiimide compound, and a phosphorous compound, and at least one refrigerant selected from 1, 1, 1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the fatty acid comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the carbodiimide compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy the conditions represented by the formula (1): 0.11 ? ( N C M C · W C ) ( N P M P · W P ) ? 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
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Publication number: 20170002291Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and the like, and (B) a polyol ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol and a monocarboxylic fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester/(B) the polyol ester of 5/95 to 95/5; and a refrigerant such as carbon dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno
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Publication number: 20160289523Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising: a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester obtainable by synthesis of at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a C6-C12 polybasic acid, and a C4-C18 monohydric alcohol or a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, and (B) a polyol ester obtainable by synthesis of at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol, and a C4-C18 monocarboxylic fatty acid, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester/(B) the polyol ester of 5/95 to 95/5; and a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, wherein a refrigerant dissolved viscosity, at a temperature of 80° C. and an absolute pressure of 1.5 MPa, is 1.0 mm2/s or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi OKIDO, Souichirou KONNO