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).
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Publication number: 20240301965Abstract: An emergency release mechanism is applied to fluid loading equipment for transporting fluid, and includes: a pair of pipe portions having a vacuum double structure in each of which a flow path for transporting the fluid is formed, the pair of pipe portions being arranged with opening ends abutting against each other; a coupling member capable of coupling the pair of pipe portions to each other and being removed therefrom; and a pair of shutoff valves configured to shut off the flow path in the pipe portions. The pair of pipe portions respectively include valve seats formed in the flow path. The shutoff valves respectively include valve bodies configured to seat on the respective valve seats to close the flow path, and linear motion drive devices configured to move the respective valve bodies along the flow path to cause the valve bodies to seat on the respective valve seats.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Tomonori TAKASE, Akihiko INOMATA, Tsutomu KAWAI, Yuma YOSHIHARA
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Patent number: 11692276Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Shigenori Mitsushima, Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Shohei Takatsu, Ikuo Nagashima, Tatsuya Taniguchi, Akihiko Inomata, Ayaka Nagai, Yoshinori Nishiki, Akihiro Kato, Awaludin Zaenal, Takaaki Nakai
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Publication number: 20230109702Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Shigenori MITSUSHIMA, Yoshiyuki KURODA, Shohei TAKATSU, Ikuo NAGASHIMA, Tatsuya TANIGUCHI, Akihiko INOMATA, Ayaka NAGAI, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Akihiro KATO, Awaludin ZAENAL, Takaaki NAKAI
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Patent number: 11248726Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihiko Inomata, Shuntaro Unno, Tomonori Takase, Tomoaki Umemura
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Patent number: 10495258Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuntaro Unno, Tomonori Takase, Tomoaki Umemura, Akihiko Inomata
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Publication number: 20190331268Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihiko INOMATA, Shuntaro UNNO, Tomonori TAKASE, Tomoaki UMEMURA
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Patent number: 10399643Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo Boeki Engineering Ltd.Inventors: Shuntaro Unno, Tomonori Takase, Tomoaki Umemura, Akihiko Inomata
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Publication number: 20180208275Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuntaro UNNO, Tomonori TAKASE, Tomoaki UMEMURA, Akihiko INOMATA
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Publication number: 20180202608Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuntaro UNNO, Tomonori TAKASE, Tomoaki UMEMURA, Akihiko INOMATA