Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Abe

Yoshifumi Abe 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: 10883155
    Abstract: A method for recovering gold from an ore or a refining intermediate containing gold, comprising a step of contacting a gold-containing raw material obtained from the ore or the refining intermediate with an acidic solution containing a copper ion, an iron ion and a halide ion while supplying an oxidizing agent to leach the gold component in the raw material. The halide ion in the acidic solution is only a bromide ion, wherein the concentration of the bromide ion in the acidic solution is 100 g/L or more or the concentration of the bromide ion in the acidic solution is less than 100 g/L. When the concentration of the bromide ion is less than 100 g/L, a concentration ratio of the halide ion in the acidic solution is such that a ratio of the concentration of the chloride ion to the concentration of the bromide ion is ? or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Abe
  • Patent number: 10421334
    Abstract: An electric compressor mounted to a vehicle includes a motor, a compression unit driven by the motor, an inverter unit for driving the motor, a housing for accommodating the motor, the compression unit, and the inverter unit, and a cover mounted to the housing for closing a space accommodating the inverter unit. The electric compressor is fixed to the vehicle by means of a first mounting leg provided to the housing, and a second mounting leg provided to the cover. The second mounting leg includes a stress concentration part at which stress concentrates as compared with another portion of the second mounting leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Nishibori, Makoto Iwasa, Nobuaki Ogawa, Takeshi Imanishi, Yoshifumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20180298465
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for recovering gold in an ore or a refining intermediate by sufficiently leaching gold in a raw material resulting from the ore or the refining intermediate in an acidic solution containing a copper ion, an iron ion and a halide ion, which can contribute to improve the recovery rate of gold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira YOSHIMURA, Yoshifumi ABE
  • Publication number: 20170259647
    Abstract: An electric compressor mounted to a vehicle includes a motor, a compression unit driven by the motor, an inverter unit for driving the motor, a housing for accommodating the motor, the compression unit, and the inverter unit, and a cover mounted to the housing for closing a space accommodating the inverter unit. The electric compressor is fixed to the vehicle by means of a first mounting leg provided to the housing, and a second mounting leg provided to the cover. The second mounting leg includes a stress concentration part at which stress concentrates as compared with another portion of the second mounting leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: KEI NISHIBORI, MAKOTO IWASA, NOBUAKI OGAWA, TAKESHI IMANISHI, YOSHIFUMI ABE
  • Patent number: 9593394
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of leaching gold that can be inexpensively and efficiently carried out from a mixture containing sulfur and gold, typically from the material containing sulfur and gold that is an intermediate product recovered by the flotation method in the hydrometallurgical method. Specifically, disclosed is a process of leaching gold from the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold, the process involving combining the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold and an aqueous solution of hydroxide of one or more of metals of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, the hydroxides reacting with elemental sulfur to form thiosulfate of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal, and the gold thereby being leached by reaction with the thiosulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Sano, Yoshifumi Abe, Kazuhiro Hatano, Koji Katsukawa
  • Patent number: 9290827
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of leaching copper and gold from sulfide ores, which includes Process (1) of bringing a first aqueous acidic solution which contains chlorine ion, copper ion and iron ion, but no bromine ion, into contact with sulfide ores under supply of an oxidizing agent, so as to leach copper component contained in the sulfide ores; Process (2) of separating, by solid-liquid separation, a leaching reaction liquid obtained in Process (1), into a leaching residue and a leachate; and Process (3) of bringing a second aqueous acidic solution which contains chlorine ion, bromine ion, copper ion and iron ion, into contact with the leaching residue obtained in Process (2) under supply of an oxidizing agent, so as to leach gold contained in the leaching residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hatano, Yoshifumi Abe, Koji Katsukawa, Eiki Ono
  • Patent number: 9239052
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a back pressure chamber oil-feeding path for feeding lubricating oil from a high-pressure region to a back pressure chamber, and a compression chamber oil-feeding path for feeding lubricating oil from the back pressure chamber to a compression chamber. One phase in which the back pressure chamber oil-feeding path is communicated from the high-pressure region to the back pressure chamber and another phase in which the compression chamber oil-feeding path is communicated from the back pressure chamber to the compression chamber are shifted from each other, so that the back pressure chamber oil-feeding path and the compression chamber oil-feeding path are never put into the communicating state simultaneously. Thus, after a halt of the compressor, under-communication oil-feeding of the lubricating oil from the high-pressure region via the back pressure chamber to the compression chamber can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadayuki Yamada, Atsushi Sakuda, Yoshiyuki Futagami, Takashi Morimoto, Nobuaki Ogawa, Yoshifumi Abe
  • Patent number: 9234259
    Abstract: A process for recovering copper from an acid aqueous solution containing cupric chlorides and alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal chlorides by a solvent extraction with a cation-exchange extractant, comprising the step of processing a solvent extraction in the presence of sulfate ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Abe, Hiroshi Hosaka, Kazuaki Takebayashi, Akira Yoshimura, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9045811
    Abstract: A process of leaching gold can be inexpensively and efficiently carried out from a mixture containing sulfur and gold, typically from the material containing sulfur and gold that is an intermediate product recovered by the flotation method in the hydrometallurgical method. Specifically, the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold and an aqueous solution of hydroxide of one or more of metals of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals are combined, the hydroxides reacting with elemental sulfur to form thiosulfate of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal, and the gold thereby being leached by reaction with the thiosulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Sano, Yoshifumi Abe, Kazuhiro Hatano, Koji Katsukawa
  • Publication number: 20150044075
    Abstract: An electric compressor comprising a casing in which a compressing mechanism 4, an electric motor portion for driving the compressing mechanism 4, and an inverter portion 8 for driving the electric motor portion are incorporated, wherein a surface of the casing is provided with a collided portion 3d, the collided portion 3d is provided only on a portion of the casing other than a portion thereof in which the electric motor portion is incorporated and a portion of the casing other than a portion thereof in which the inverter portion 8 is incorporated. According to this, it is possible to provide the electric compressor 1 capable of preventing a high voltage portion from being exposed to an impact load applied to the electric compressor 1 when a vehicle collides without increasing a weight, an external size and a cost of the electric compressor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Abe, Nobuaki Ogawa, Kiyozumi Kusano
  • Patent number: 8911533
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of recovering gold from an aqueous solution having a gold concentration of 10 mg/L or lower, using a plurality of extraction apparatuses for bringing the aqueous solution into contact with an extraction agent, arranged to configure a multi-stage extraction process, the method allowing the aqueous solution to continuously flow from the first-stage extraction process to the next-stage extraction process, while recycling the extraction medium used in each stage twice or more times for the extraction process of the same stage, without back extraction and reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hatano, Yoshifumi Abe, Eiki Ono, Koji Katsukawa
  • Publication number: 20140331822
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of leaching gold that can be inexpensively and efficiently carried out from a mixture containing sulfur and gold, typically from the material containing sulfur and gold that is an intermediate product recovered by the flotation method in the hydrometallurgical method. Specifically, disclosed is a process of leaching gold from the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold, the process involving combining the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold and an aqueous solution of hydroxide of one or more of metals of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, the hydroxides reacting with elemental sulfur to form thiosulfate of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal, and the gold thereby being leached by reaction with the thiosulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Masaki SANO, Yoshifumi ABE, Kazuhiro HATANO, Koji KATSUKAWA
  • Patent number: 8834139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a scroll compressor in which the reliabilities of the eccentric ball bearing and the main ball bearing are enhanced by controlling an amount of oil supplied from the high pressure region to the back pressure chamber and an amount of oil from the high pressure region to the eccentric ball bearing and the main ball bearing. The scroll compressor includes a back pressure chamber oil-supply path 25 through which lubricating oil 7 is supplied from the high pressure region 21 to the back pressure chamber 22, and a compression chamber oil-supply path 26 through which lubricating oil 7 is supplied from the back pressure chamber 22 to the compression chamber, and the one opening 25c of the back pressure chamber oil-supply path 25 reciprocates, and comes into and comes out from the sealing member 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Sadayuki Yamada, Nobuaki Ogawa, Yoshifumi Abe, Atsushi Sakuda, Takashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8585798
    Abstract: The copper sulfide ore is leached in the halide bath without using a special oxidant but with the use of only air. The copper and gold in the copper sulfide ore can be leached at high leaching ratio. The treating steps are as follows. (1) Copper leaching process (CL). The raw material is charged into the first acidic aqueous solution, which contains cupric chloride, ferric chloride, 7 g/L of hydrochloric acid, and sodium chloride. The post-leach liquor contains copper in cuprous state ions and copper in cupric state ions. (2) Solid-Liquid separation step. The resultant solid and liquid of CL step are separated. (3) Air oxidation step (OX). Air is blown into the post solid-liquid separation liquor. The copper in cuprous state ions are oxidized to the copper in cupric state ions. The iron leached in the step (1) is oxidized. Simultaneously, the impurities leached in the step (2) are precipitated. (4) Copper extracting step (CEX).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Abe, Hiroshi Hosaka, Kazuaki Takebayashi, Yasunari Ishiguro, Akira Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8388730
    Abstract: A process of leaching gold comprising the steps of: a) leaching copper from copper sulfide ore material that contains gold or contains silicate ore containing gold until the copper grade is reduced to 7.9 wt % or less; b) mixing the resulting material having a copper grade of 7.9 wt % or less with a gold leaching solution selected from the group consisting of a first solution containing chloride ions and ferric ions, and a second solution containing chloride ions and iron ions, the iron ions having been oxidized to trivalent ferric ions by air bubbled into the second solution; c) adjusting the pH of the gold leaching solution to 1.9 or less with stirring to leach at least gold in the material into the gold leaching solution by the oxidative activity of the ferric ions contained in the gold leaching solution, wherein the concentration of gold is reduced by selectively removing gold from part or all of the gold leaching solution during gold leaching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Abe, Hiroshi Hosaka, Kazuaki Takebayashi, Yasunari Ishiguro, Akira Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20120304828
    Abstract: This invention provides a process of leaching gold that can be inexpensively and efficiently carried out without using cyan from the mixture containing sulfur and gold, typically from the material which contains sulfur and gold and is an intermediate product recovered by the flotation method in the hydrometallurgical method. Specifically, this invention provides a process of leaching gold from the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold, comprising contacting said mixture and an aqueous solution of hydroxide of one or more of metals selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, and reacting said hydroxides and elemental sulfur so that thiosulfate of corresponding metal, and thus, gold is leached by the thiosulfate produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Masaki SANO, Yoshifumi Abe, Kazuhiro Hatano, Koji Katsukawa
  • Publication number: 20120234138
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of recovering gold from an aqueous solution having a gold concentration of 10 mg/L or lower, using a plurality of extraction apparatuses for bringing the aqueous solution into contact with an extraction agent, arranged to configure a multi-stage extraction process, the method allowing the aqueous solution to continuously flow from the first-stage extraction process to the next-stage extraction process, while recycling the extraction medium used in each stage twice or more times for the extraction process of the same stage, without back extraction and reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HATANO, Yoshifumi ABE, Eiki ONO, Koji KATSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120222519
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of leaching copper and gold from sulfide ores, which includes Process (1) of bringing a first aqueous acidic solution which contains chlorine ion, copper ion and iron ion, but no bromine ion, into contact with sulfide ores under supply of an oxidizing agent, so as to leach copper component contained in the sulfide ores; Process (2) of separating, by solid-liquid separation, a leaching reaction liquid obtained in Process (1), into a leaching residue and a leachate; and Process (3) of bringing a second aqueous acidic solution which contains chlorine ion, bromine ion, copper ion and iron ion, into contact with the leaching residue obtained in Process (2) under supply of an oxidizing agent, so as to leach gold contained in the leaching residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HATANO, Yoshifumi ABE, Koji KATSUKAWA, Eiki ONO
  • Patent number: 8206595
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of recovering silver safely and efficiently from a chloride or bromide bath containing various metals. Specifically, a method of recovering silver from a hydrochloric acid solution containing alkali and/or alkaline earth metal chloride, silver, copper and iron ions, comprising the steps of: (1) bringing the solution into contact with a strong-base anion-exchange resin to adsorb silver, copper, and iron on the anion-exchange resin; (2) then washing the anion-exchange resin with water to remove the adsorbed copper and iron; and (3) then bringing the ion-exchange resin into contact with a hydrochloric acid solution to elute the adsorbed silver, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hiai, Yoshifumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20120128518
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a back pressure chamber oil-feeding path for feeding lubricating oil from a high-pressure region to a back pressure chamber, and a compression chamber oil-feeding path for feeding lubricating oil from the back pressure chamber to a compression chamber. One phase in which the back pressure chamber oil-feeding path is communicated from the high-pressure region to the back pressure chamber and another phase in which the compression chamber oil-feeding path is communicated from the back pressure chamber to the compression chamber are shifted from each other, so that the back pressure chamber oil-feeding path and the compression chamber oil-feeding path are never put into the communicating state simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Sadayuki Yamada, Atsushi Sakuda, Yoshiyuki Futagami, Takashi Morimoto, Nobuaki Ogawa, Yoshifumi Abe