Patents by Inventor Takaaki Murata

Takaaki Murata 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: 20230053887
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma source includes a container being configured to store a gas, a cathode member, and an anode member. The cathode member is provided in the container. The cathode member includes a plurality of first cathode layers. Each the cathode layers are arranged along a plurality of sides of a polygon. Each of the first cathode layers includes a first surface facing inside the polygon. The first surface is planar. The anode member is provided in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisao MIYAZAKI, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Shigeya KIMURA, Toshiaki MATSUMOTO, Takaaki MURATA, Ryota SUGANUMA
  • Patent number: 11305992
    Abstract: An ozone generation device includes an inverter, an ozone generator, and a reactor. The inverter turns on and off a switching element by pulse width modulation (PWM) control to convert DC power into AC power. In the ozone generator, voltage of the AC power is applied to a dielectric electrode, and discharge is generated in raw material gas flowing in a discharge gap between the dielectric electrode and a metal electrode, so that ozone is generated by the discharge. The reactor is connected in series to a dielectric electrode, and reduces an inrush current that flows through the dielectric electrode when the switching element is switched from off to on by the PWM control by the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Murata, Yuji Okita, Michiko Hashimoto, Kie Kubo, Hiroshi Mochikawa
  • Publication number: 20210206136
    Abstract: An antimicrobial layered body includes: a non-metal substrate; and a metal oxide layer, in which the metal oxide layer is present on an outermost surface, the metal oxide layer contains an anion, and a total abundance ratio of at least one atom of a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, and a carbon atom which are derived from the anion is 1.0 atm % or more when analyzed by XPS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Hideki MASUDA, Takashi YANAGISHITA
  • Publication number: 20210147233
    Abstract: An ozone generation device includes an inverter, an ozone generator, and a reactor. The inverter turns on and off a switching element by pulse width modulation (PWM) control to convert DC power into AC power. In the ozone generator, voltage of the AC power is applied to a dielectric electrode, and discharge is generated in raw material gas flowing in a discharge gap between the dielectric electrode and a metal electrode, so that ozone is generated by the discharge. The reactor is connected in series to a dielectric electrode, and reduces an inrush current that flows through the dielectric electrode when the switching element is switched from off to on by the PWM control by the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Yuji OKITA, Michiko HASHIMOTO, Kie KUBO, Hiroshi MOCHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210039948
    Abstract: An ozone generator includes a metal electrode, a dielectric element, a conductive film, and a power feeding member. The dielectric element has a tubular shape and is spaced from the metal electrode with a discharge gap to which raw gas is supplied. The conductive film is located. on an inner surface of the dielectric element. The power feeding member is electrically connected to the conductive film, and includes a contact member of a mesh form including a plurality of woven metal wires. The contact member contacts with the conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiko HASHIMOTO, Takaaki MURATA, Kie KUBO, Yuji OKITA
  • Patent number: 10759661
    Abstract: An ozone generation apparatus includes a cylindrical shaped first electrode, a cylindrical shaped second electrode disposed coaxially with the first electrode and disposed in the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Dry air is supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode as raw material gas. A discharge gap length d formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the dielectric is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. A pd product, which is a product of the discharge gap length d and a gas pressure p of the raw material gas, is in a range of 6 to 16 kPa·cm. And the discharge gap length d and the gas pressure p of the raw material gas are set to satisfy following expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaaki Murata, Yuji Okita, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Kie Kubo, Ryutaro Makise, Kazuhiko Noda, Ryoichi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200148536
    Abstract: An ozone generator includes a container, a first metal electrode, a dielectric electrode, a heat pipe, a heat sink, and a power supply unit. The first metal electrode is a cylindrical electrode the axial direction of which is a first direction, and disposed in the container. A cooling medium is supplied to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The dielectric electrode is a cylindrical electrode that is disposed to be opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the first metal electrode, and is coaxial with the first metal electrode. The heat pipe is disposed to be opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the dielectric electrode, and has electrical conductivity. The heat sink is disposed on the outside as an outer space of a space between the first metal electrode and the heat pipe, and connected to the heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kanako MORITANI, Takaaki MURATA, Yuji OKITA, Kie KUBO
  • Publication number: 20190367362
    Abstract: An ozone generator includes a first end plate, a second end plate located opposite the first end plate, a metallic electrode held at both ends by the first and second end plates, a dielectric located inside the metallic electrode with a discharge gap, and including an open end on a first end plate side and a closed end on a second end plate side, a conductive film located on an inner surface of the dielectric, and a high voltage feeding terminal electrically coupled to the conductive film. The conductive film and the high voltage feeding terminal are at least partially in a same position as the first end plate in axial direction of the dielectric. An end of the conductive film and an end of the high voltage feeding terminal on a dielectric opening side extend further toward the opening of the dielectric than the first end plate in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiko HASHIMOTO, Takaaki MURATA, Kie KUBO, Yuji OKITA
  • Patent number: 10144643
    Abstract: A cylindrical tank-shaped container including: plural parallel electrode tubes; discharge tubes arranged inside the electrode tubes, each forming a discharge gap; a pair of end plates that penetrate and hold both of end sections of the plural electrode tubes; a cooling space formed by the pair of end plates and the inner surface of the tank-shaped container divided between end plates; a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed in opposite end sides of the cooling space; a raw material gas inlet that introduces raw material gas to be sent to the discharge gaps; and an outlet for ozone gas generated from the raw material gas by silent discharge in the discharge gaps, providing an electrode tube in which a discharge tube is not arranged, among the plural electrode tubes, that have surrounding coolant medium that reaches at least a prescribed temperature resulting from the silent discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Noda, Takaaki Murata, Ryoichi Takahashi, Kie Kubo
  • Patent number: 10112125
    Abstract: A treatment method for a used ion exchange resin, includes: bringing a used ion exchange resin into contact with a reaction solution, the used ion exchange resin having an ion exchange group with at least a radionuclide or a heavy metal element adsorbed thereon, and the reaction solution containing an iron compound, hydrogen peroxide, and ozone; separating at least a part of the reaction solution in contact with the used ion exchange resin from the used ion exchange resin; and decomposing an organic component contained in the reaction solution separated from the used ion exchange resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sugimori, Shinya Miyamoto, Seiichi Murayama, Takaaki Murata, Yumi Yaita, Masaaki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20170121176
    Abstract: A cylindrical tank-shaped container including: plural parallel electrode tubes; discharge tubes arranged inside the electrode tubes, each forming a discharge gap; a pair of end plates that penetrate and hold both of end sections of the plural electrode tubes; a cooling space formed by the pair of end plates and the inner surface of the tank-shaped container divided between end plates; a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed in opposite end sides of the cooling space; a raw material gas inlet that introduces raw material gas to be sent to the discharge gaps; and an outlet for ozone gas generated from the raw material gas by silent discharge in the discharge gaps, providing an electrode tube in which a discharge tube is not arranged, among the plural electrode tubes, that have surrounding coolant medium that reaches at least a prescribed temperature resulting from the silent discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiko NODA, Takaaki MURATA, Ryoichi TAKAHASHI, Kie KUBO
  • Publication number: 20160243474
    Abstract: A treatment method for a used ion exchange resin, includes: bringing a used ion exchange resin into contact with a reaction solution, the used ion exchange resin having an ion exchange group with at least a radionuclide or a heavy metal element adsorbed thereon, and the reaction solution containing an iron compound, hydrogen peroxide, and ozone; separating at least a part of the reaction solution in contact with the used ion exchange resin from the used ion exchange resin; and decomposing an organic component contained in the reaction solution separated from the used ion exchange resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiaki SUGIMORI, Shinya MIYAMOTO, Seiichi MURAYAMA, Takaaki MURATA, Yumi YAITA, Masaaki KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20160236933
    Abstract: An ozone generation apparatus includes a cylindrical shaped first electrode, a cylindrical shaped second electrode disposed coaxially with the first electrode and disposed in the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Dry air is supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode as raw material gas. A discharge gap length d formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the dielectric is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. A pd product, which is a product of the discharge gap length d and a gas pressure p of the raw material gas, is in a range of 6 to 16 kPa·cm. And the discharge gap length d and the gas pressure p of the raw material gas are set to satisfy following expression. (pd?250d?3.16)2+150d?12.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Yuji Okita, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Kie Kubo, Ryutaro Makise, Kazuhiko Noda, Ryoichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9309118
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus includes a cylindrical high-voltage electrode and a coaxially arranged cylindrical low-voltage electrode. A predetermined high voltage is applied between the high-voltage and low-voltage electrodes via a dielectric substance to cause discharge generating ozone, the discharge gap length being 0.3 to 0.5 mm. One of the low-voltage and high-voltage electrodes is a metal electrode and the other a dielectric electrode. A projection group including plural done shape projections, arranged on same circumference of the metal electrode, is arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the metal electrode to hold the metal electrode coaxial with the dielectric electrode while keeping the discharge gap length. The projection group is arranged at a center portion in a longitudinal direction of the discharging space positioned away from both ends of the discharging space by a predetermined distance L3 satisfying, 0.0?L3/L?0.1, L being length of the discharging space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Takaaki Murata, Kazuhiko Noda, Kie Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150239737
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus includes a cylindrical high-voltage electrode and a coaxially arranged cylindrical low-voltage electrode. A predetermined high voltage is applied between the high-voltage and low-voltage electrodes via a dielectric substance to cause discharge generating ozone, the discharge gap length being 0.3 to 0.5 mm. One of the low-voltage and high-voltage electrodes is a metal electrode and the other a dielectric electrode. A projection group including plural done shape projections, arranged on same circumference of the metal electrode, is arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the metal electrode to hold the metal electrode coaxial with the dielectric electrode while keeping the discharge gap length. The projection group is arranged at a center portion in a longitudinal direction of the discharging space positioned away from both ends of the discharging space by a predetermined distance L3 satisfying, 0.0?L3/L?0.1, L being length of the discharging space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Takaaki Murata, Kazuhiko Noda, Kie Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150004070
    Abstract: An ozone generation apparatus includes a cylindrical shaped first electrode, a cylindrical shaped second electrode disposed coaxially with the first electrode and disposed in the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Dry air is supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode as raw material gas. A discharge gap length d formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the dielectric is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. A pd product, which is a product of the discharge gap length d and a gas pressure p of the raw material gas, is in a range of 6 to 16 kPa·cm. And the discharge gap length d and the gas pressure p of the raw material gas are set to satisfy following expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Yuji OKITA, Kiyoyuki AMEMORI, Kie KUBO, Ryutaro MAKISE, Kazuhiko NODA, Ryouichi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8663569
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus according to one embodiment includes a hollow cylindrical sealed container provided with an inlet for a feed gas containing oxygen gas and an outlet for an ozonized gas. A discharge tube including a dielectric tube arranged within the container and a first electrode arranged within the dielectric tube is provided in the container. A second electrode is arranged within the container and surrounds the first electrode, spaced apart from the dielectric tube to form a discharge gap between the second electrode and the dielectric tube. The apparatus further includes a discharge voltage source configured to apply a discharging voltage across the first and second electrodes, and a cooling water jacket surrounding the second electrode. The dielectric tube has an outer diameter of 12 mm or more, but 19 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaaki Murata, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Ryutaro Makise, Kanako Nakajima, Kazuhiko Noda, Michiko Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120156106
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus according to one embodiment includes a hollow cylindrical sealed container provided with an inlet for a feed gas containing oxygen gas and an outlet for an ozonized gas. A discharge tube including a dielectric tube arranged within the container and a first electrode arranged within the dielectric tube is provided in the container. A second electrode is arranged within the container and surrounds the first electrode, spaced apart from the dielectric tube to form a discharge gap between the second electrode and the dielectric tube. The apparatus further includes a discharge voltage source configured to apply a discharging voltage across the first and second electrodes, and a cooling water jacket surrounding the second electrode. The dielectric tube has an outer diameter of 12 mm or more, but 19 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Ryutaro Makise, Kanako Nakajima, Kazuhiko Noda, Michiko Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100239473
    Abstract: An apparatus performs radical treatment by electric discharge. The radical treatment apparatus includes an electrode unit having a gas flow path that blows gas onto treatment water and an electrode member that generates the electric discharge at a leading edge in order to generate a radical from the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Takanori IIJIMA, Takaaki Murata, Kie Kubo, Yuji Okita, Shinji Kobayashi, Toru Ebata
  • Patent number: 7421189
    Abstract: An original coded stream reproduced from a magnetic tape is decoded by an MPEG decoder, and original video data of a base band is thus generated. A switching circuit generates edited video data by switching the original video data and supplied insertion video data on the base band level at IN-point and OUT-point. The MPEG encoder generates an edited coded stream by coding the edited video data supplied from the switching circuit. A system controller controls a recording circuit to record a picture changed by editing processing, from among the edited coded stream, onto the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Ido, Ichiro Aki, Kohei Nakajo, Ichiro Ogata, Hiroshi Matsuzawa, Takaaki Murata, Takayuki Ohishi, Kenji Ohtsuka, Mikio Kita