Patents Represented by Law Firm Parkhurst, Wendell & Rossi
  • Patent number: 5339521
    Abstract: A machining method of a ceramic turbine rotor having a hub portion integrally formed with a plurality of radial blades, the hub portion having a front end to be centered during a finishing process of the radial blades and a rear end coaxially connected to a metallic support shaft, which machining method includes the steps of grinding the front distal end of said hub portion to form a tapered surface thereon; engaging the tapered surface of said hub portion with a corresponding tapered surface of an attachment mounted on a spindle of a headstock or a tailstock; and finishing the radial blades of said rotor in a desired form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kawase
  • Patent number: 5143847
    Abstract: An enzyme-fixed bioreactor, including a reaction column, enzyme-fixed catalyst particles uniformly and densely filled in the reaction column, the catalyst particles being composed of carrier sepiolite particles consisting essentially of sepiolite and an enzyme carried on the surface of the carrier sepiolite particles. The bioreactor has stable heat resistant and chemical properties, high productivity, and is economically superior to prior art, without fear of destruction of the catalyst, short path, and clogging in the reaction column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kawase, Yasuko Yoshida, Hitoshi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 5140756
    Abstract: In conventional fluidized granulators whose housing is made of a steel plate, a powder tends to cause blocking if it is highly hygroscopic, and the bag filter used therein causes clogging. These problems have been solved in the present invention by forming the housing of a fluidized granulator with a porous membrane in place of the conventional steel plate. This fluidized granulator produces granules or a coated powder by spraying powder with water, a binder fluid or a coating fluid while maintaining the powder in a fluidized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignees: TDK Corporation, Ohkawara Kakohki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Iwaya, Hitoshi Masumura, Hiroki Takahashi, Masaaki Ohkawara, Katsumi Kobayashi, Takashi Ito