Patents Examined by Brittanny Precht
  • Oil separator
    Patent number: 9568352
    Abstract: An oil separator introduces purge air from an air dryer into a housing, separates oil from the purge air, and recovers collected liquid containing the oil. The oil separator is equipped with a detecting member. The detecting member detects the amount of the collected liquid in the housing and outputs the result of the detection to a reporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NABTESCO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Sugio
  • Gas purification apparatus and related method
    Patent number: 9044701
    Abstract: A gas purification apparatus, highly purifying gas containing salt derived from molten salt stored in a vessel (10), is provided with a reflux mechanism (35, 42) liquefying the salt, contained in the gas, for return to the molten salt in the vessel, and a filtration mechanism (39, 44) disposed in an exhaust flow path of the gas on a downstream stage of the reflux mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Kinotech Solar Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Sumikura, Katsuji Ikeda, Masaaki Iosaki, Yoshinori Takeuchi