Patents by Inventor Yutaro Suzuki
Yutaro Suzuki 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: 20240136653Abstract: A battery module includes: a duct extending in a Y axis direction in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, to form a flow space; and an attachment-target member to which the duct is attached. The attachment-target member has a first wall portion and a pair of second wall portions each rising from the first wall portion in a Z axis direction. The duct is disposed between the pair of second wall portions. The duct has: a third wall portion facing the first wall portion in the Z axis direction with the flow space being interposed therebetween; and a pair of fourth wall portions extending, in the Z axis direction toward the first wall portion, from both end portions of the third wall portion in the X axis direction, the pair of fourth wall portions respectively facing the pair of second wall portions in the X axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Yutaro YOSHIMURA, Yuzo SUZUKI, Kosyo ABE, Takahide TAKEDA
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Patent number: 11511233Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a separation membrane element which has an element configuration having high fresh water production performance and high removal performance, has an improved membrane surface linear velocity whereby fouling due to hardly-soluble salts (scales) or organic matters is less likely to occur on the membrane surface particularly in high recovery ratio operation, and is excellent in fresh water production performance and removal performance over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Takeshi Konda, Kentarou Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hiroki Minehara, Hiroaki Tanaka, Monami Suzuki, Yutaro Suzuki
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Patent number: 11123691Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a separation membrane element with which it is possible to stabilize the separation removal performance when a separation membrane element is operated. The present invention is a separation membrane element provided at least with a collecting pipe, a separation membrane, a feed-side channel material, and a permeation-side channel material, wherein: the feed-side channel material is configured from a fibrous column X configured from a plurality of fibrous materials A arranged in one direction and a fibrous column Y configured from a plurality of fibrous materials B arranged in a different direction to the fibrous column X; the fibrous materials A intersect the fibrous materials B to form intersections; and the fibrous materials A and/or the fibrous materials B have a small-diameter part and a large-diameter part between adjacent intersections in a section plane parallel to the respective fibrous column.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Takuji Nishioka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Yutaro Suzuki, Fuka Ono
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Publication number: 20200078739Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a separation membrane element with which it is possible to stabilize the separation removal performance when a separation membrane element is operated. The present invention is a separation membrane element provided at least with a collecting pipe, a separation membrane, a feed-side channel material, and a permeation-side channel material, wherein: the feed-side channel material is configured from a fibrous column X configured from a plurality of fibrous materials A arranged in one direction and a fibrous column Y configured from a plurality of fibrous materials B arranged in a different direction to the fibrous column X; the fibrous materials A intersect the fibrous materials B to form intersections; and the fibrous materials A and/or the fibrous materials B have a small-diameter part and a large-diameter part between adjacent intersections in a section plane parallel to the respective fibrous column.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Hiroho HIROZAWA, Takuji NISHIOKA, Yoshiyuki KITAMURA, Yutaro SUZUKI, Fuka ONO
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Publication number: 20190282962Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a separation membrane element which has an element configuration having high fresh water production performance and high removal performance, has an improved membrane surface linear velocity whereby fouling due to hardly-soluble salts (scales) or organic matters is less likely to occur on the membrane surface particularly in high recovery ratio operation, and is excellent in fresh water production performance and removal performance over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Takeshi KONDA, Kentarou TAKAGI, Hiroho HIROZAWA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Hiroki MINEHARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Monami SUZUKI, Yutaro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170326506Abstract: The present invention provides a semipermeable membrane which has resistance to oxidizing agents even in the presence of heavy metals and which, despite this, can have salt-removing performance equal to that of semipermeable membranes having poor resistance to oxidizing agents. A coated semipermeable membrane of the invention includes a semipermeable layer and a polymer layer formed on the semipermeable layer, and the polymer layer includes a polymerization product formed by both condensation of hydrolyzable groups possessed by the following compound (A) and polymerization of the compound (A) with the following compound (B): (A) a silicon compound having a silicon atom, a reactive group including an ethylenically unsaturated group directly bonded to the silicon atom, and a hydrolyzable group directly bonded to the silicon atom; and (B) a compound other than the compound (A), which has both a hydrophilic group and an ethylenically unsaturated group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Takahiro TOKUYAMA, Hiroki TOMIOKA, Takafumi OGAWA, Yutaro SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9527042Abstract: A separation membrane for water treatment, comprising a porous layer that is obtained by a phase separation method using a solution containing a resin and at least one of either an N,N-disubstituted isobutylamide or an N-monosubstituted isobutylamide.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Masakazu Koiwa, Masahiro Kimura, Yutaro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9486745Abstract: Provided is a semipermeable membrane having at least a separating functional layer, wherein azo compounds are retained in the separating functional layer, and the separating functional layer has a yellow index of 10 to 40. Also provided is a method of producing the semipermeable membrane. The present invention provides a semipermeable membrane having not only high water permeability but also high rejection performance even for substances that are nondissociative in the neutral range, such as boric acid, and showing high durability and a manufacturing method therefor.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Tomoko Mitsuhata, Takao Sasaki, Takeharu Inoue, Takashi Yoshino, Kiyohiko Takaya, Yutaro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9387445Abstract: To provide a separation membrane element that is able to increase the amount of permeate fluid per unit time and also able to improve stability performance, provided is a separation membrane element, comprising a separation membrane and a permeate spacer, wherein a separation functional layer is arranged on the surface of said separation membrane and a nonwoven fabric served as a substrate is arranged on the back surface of said separation membrane, wherein said permeate spacer is arranged on the back surface side of said substrate, wherein said permeate spacer is made of a different material from said separation membrane, and a projection area ratio of said permeate spacer to said separation membrane is 0.03 to 0.80.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Katsufumi Oto, Kentarou Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Yutaro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150213912Abstract: A polycapillary lens has a plurality of capillaries, extending from one end face to the other end face and configured to guide radiation or a particle beam input into the one end face, to the other end face, and has a plurality of concentric areas A1, A2 in a plane intersecting with a guide direction of the radiation or the particle beam. In addition, an inside diameter La of the capillaries included in the area A1 is different from an inside diameter Lb of the capillaries included in the area A2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takuya Sakai, Yutaro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140224726Abstract: To provide a separation membrane element that is able to increase the amount of permeate fluid per unit time and also able to improve stability performance, provided is a separation membrane element, comprising a separation membrane and a permeate spacer, wherein a separation functional layer is arranged on the surface of said separation membrane and a nonwoven fabric served as a substrate is arranged on the back surface of said separation membrane, wherein said permeate spacer is arranged on the back surface side of said substrate, wherein said permeate spacer is made of a different material from said separation membrane, and a projection area ratio of said permeate spacer to said separation membrane is 0.03 to 0.80.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Katsufumi Oto, Kentarou Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Yutaro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130284664Abstract: A separation membrane for water treatment, comprising a porous layer that is obtained by a phase separation method using a solution containing a resin and at least one of either an N,N-disubstituted isobutylamide or an N-monosubstituted isobutylamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Masakazu Koiwa, Masahiro Kimura, Yutaro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130213880Abstract: A separation membrane is provided containing hydrophilic molecules and having, as formed on at least one surface of a feed side and a permeate side thereof, a height difference of from 80 ?m to 2000 ?m, in which a weight of the hydrophilic molecules in a bone-dry separation membrane is from 0.1% to 40% based on a weight of the bone-dry separation membrane from which the weight of the hydrophilic molecules has been subtracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yutaro Suzuki, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Fimura
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Publication number: 20120261332Abstract: Provided is a semipermeable membrane having at least a separating functional layer, wherein azo compounds are retained in the separating functional layer, and the separating functional layer has a yellow index of 10 to 40. Also provided is a method of producing the semipermeable membrane. The present invention provides a semipermeable membrane having not only high water permeability but also high rejection performance even for substances that are nondissociative in the neutral range, such as boric acid, and showing high durability and a manufacturing method therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Tomoko Mitsuhata, Takao Sasaki, Takeharu Inoue, Takashi Yoshino, Kiyohiko Takaya, Yutaro Suzuki