Patents by Inventor Akihiko INOMATA

Akihiko INOMATA 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: 11692276
    Abstract: The present invention realizes industrially excellent effects such that when electric power having a large output fluctuation, such as renewable energy, is used as a power source, electrolysis performance is unlikely to be deteriorated and excellent catalytic activity is retained stably over a longer period of time, and in addition, the present invention provides a technique that enables forming a catalyst layer of an oxygen generation anode, which gives such excellent effects, with a more versatile materials and by a simple electrolysis method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shigenori Mitsushima, Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Shohei Takatsu, Ikuo Nagashima, Tatsuya Taniguchi, Akihiko Inomata, Ayaka Nagai, Yoshinori Nishiki, Akihiro Kato, Awaludin Zaenal, Takaaki Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230109702
    Abstract: The present invention realizes industrially excellent effects such that when electric power having a large output fluctuation, such as renewable energy, is used as a power source, electrolysis performance is unlikely to be deteriorated and excellent catalytic activity is retained stably over a longer period of time, and in addition, the present invention provides a technique that enables forming a catalyst layer of an oxygen generation anode, which gives such excellent effects, with a more versatile materials and by a simple electrolysis method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shigenori MITSUSHIMA, Yoshiyuki KURODA, Shohei TAKATSU, Ikuo NAGASHIMA, Tatsuya TANIGUCHI, Akihiko INOMATA, Ayaka NAGAI, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Akihiro KATO, Awaludin ZAENAL, Takaaki NAKAI
  • Patent number: 11248726
    Abstract: A joint structure connecting a first and second double pipe, includes a male bayonet at an end portion of one of the pipes, the male bayonet including a first flange; a female bayonet at an end portion of the other of the pipes, the female bayonet including a second flange fastened to the first; a first positioning member mounted on the first double pipe; a second positioning member mounted on the second double pipe, the second positioning member being positioned with respect to the first so that a center axis of the male bayonet and the female bayonet conform to each other; and a slide mechanism which supports the first positioning member so the first positioning member is slidable in an axial direction of the first double pipe or supports the second positioning member so the second positioning member is slidable in an axial direction of the second double pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Inomata, Shuntaro Unno, Tomonori Takase, Tomoaki Umemura
  • Patent number: 10495258
    Abstract: A liquefied hydrogen transport method includes connecting first and second loading arms to the manifold while vacuum insulation double tubes of the first and second loading arms are filled with hydrogen gas and air is mixed in piggyback lines; supplying an inactive gas to one of the piggyback lines of the first and second loading arms and taking in a gas mixture of an inactive gas and air from the other of the piggyback lines of the first and second loading arms; supplying hydrogen gas to one of the piggyback lines of the first and second loading arms and taking in a gas mixture of hydrogen gas and an inactive gas from the other of the piggyback lines of the first and second lading arms; and transporting liquefied hydrogen through any one of the vacuum insulation double tubes of the first and second loading arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuntaro Unno, Tomonori Takase, Tomoaki Umemura, Akihiko Inomata
  • Publication number: 20190331268
    Abstract: A joint structure connecting a first and second double pipe, includes a male bayonet at an end portion of one of the pipes, the male bayonet including a first flange; a female bayonet at an end portion of the other of the pipes, the female bayonet including a second flange fastened to the first; a first positioning member mounted on the first double pipe; a second positioning member mounted on the second double pipe, the second positioning member being positioned with respect to the first so that a center axis of the male bayonet and the female bayonet conform to each other; and a slide mechanism which supports the first positioning member so the first positioning member is slidable in an axial direction of the first double pipe or supports the second positioning member so the second positioning member is slidable in an axial direction of the second double pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko INOMATA, Shuntaro UNNO, Tomonori TAKASE, Tomoaki UMEMURA
  • Patent number: 10399643
    Abstract: A liquefied hydrogen loading arm configured to transport liquefied hydrogen includes: a support frame structure including a base riser erected on a ground, an inboard boom, an outboard boom, and a counterweight; a flexible vacuum insulation double tube including a flexible metal inner tube, a flexible metal outer tube fitted on the inner tube, and a vacuum layer, the vacuum insulation double tube being disposed in an upward curved shape in a space below the support frame structure; a vacuum insulation double connecting tube connected to a distal end portion of the vacuum insulation double tube and connected to a distal end portion of the outboard boom; and a midway portion support mechanism configured to support a lengthwise midway portion of the vacuum insulation double tube on the support frame structure through a hard curved member curved upward in a convex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo Boeki Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Unno, Tomonori Takase, Tomoaki Umemura, Akihiko Inomata
  • Publication number: 20180208275
    Abstract: A liquefied hydrogen loading arm configured to transport liquefied hydrogen includes: a support frame structure including a base riser erected on a ground, an inboard boom, an outboard boom, and a counterweight; a flexible vacuum insulation double tube including a flexible metal inner tube, a flexible metal outer tube fitted on the inner tube, and a vacuum layer, the vacuum insulation double tube being disposed in an upward curved shape in a space below the support frame structure; a vacuum insulation double connecting tube connected to a distal end portion of the vacuum insulation double tube and connected to a distal end portion of the outboard boom; and a midway portion support mechanism configured to support a lengthwise midway portion of the vacuum insulation double tube on the support frame structure through a hard curved member curved upward in a convex shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuntaro UNNO, Tomonori TAKASE, Tomoaki UMEMURA, Akihiko INOMATA
  • Publication number: 20180202608
    Abstract: A liquefied hydrogen transport method includes connecting first and second loading arms to the manifold while vacuum insulation double tubes of the first and second loading arms are filled with hydrogen gas and air is mixed in piggyback lines; supplying an inactive gas to one of the piggyback lines of the first and second loading arms and taking in a gas mixture of an inactive gas and air from the other of the piggyback lines of the first and second loading arms; supplying hydrogen gas to one of the piggyback lines of the first and second loading arms and taking in a gas mixture of hydrogen gas and an inactive gas from the other of the piggyback lines of the first and second lading arms; and transporting liquefied hydrogen through any one of the vacuum insulation double tubes of the first and second loading arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuntaro UNNO, Tomonori TAKASE, Tomoaki UMEMURA, Akihiko INOMATA