Patents by Inventor Akira Uchiura

Akira Uchiura 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: 8313548
    Abstract: A method of designing a gas-solid separator that has an inner cylinder having a closed lower end and an opened upper end, and extending in a vertical direction; an outer cylinder that coaxially covers the inner cylinder from the outside and has a gas vent port formed on the upper end side of the inner cylinder and communicating with an exterior; and a plurality of axially extending long holes formed a side surface on the lower end side of the inner cylinder in a circumferential direction, one of long side edge parts of each of the long holes being provided with a guide blade that protrudes outward and is inclined circumferentially so as to cover the long hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum, Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Fujiyama, Toshiaki Okuhara, Shigeko Okuhara, legal representative, Akira Uchiura
  • Patent number: 8070846
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas-solid separator that has: an inner cylinder 10 having a closed lower end 11 and an opened upper end 1, and extending in a vertical direction; an outer cylinder 2 that coaxially covers the inner cylinder 10 from the outside and has a gas vent port 6 formed on the upper end side of the inner cylinder and communicating with an exterior; and a plurality of axially extending long holes 4 having a length L[m] and formed on a side surface on the lower end 11 side of the inner cylinder 10 in a circumferential direction, one of long side edge parts of each of the long holes being provided with a guide blade 5 that protrudes outward and is inclined circumferentially so as to cover the long hole 4, wherein the length L of each long hole 4 is defined such as to satisfy an expression of non-dimensional Stokes number St=(?pdp2/(18?))·U/L?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignees: Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum, Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Fujiyama, Toshiaki Okuhara, Shigeko Okuhara, legal representative, Akira Uchiura
  • Publication number: 20100186355
    Abstract: A solid-gas separator constructed from a vertically extending inner tube (10) having a closed lower end (11) and an open upper end (1), and from an outer tube (2) coaxially covering the inner tube (10) from the outside and having a gas vent (6) located on the upper end side of the inner tube and communicated with the outside. Circumferentially arranged axially extending long holes (4) are formed in a side face of the inner tube (10), on its lower end (11) side, and guide blades (5) are each arranged at the edge of one long side of a long hole (4), projected outward, and inclined to the circumferential direction so as to cover the long hole (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicants: JAPAN COOPERATION CENTER, PETROLEUM, NIPPON OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Fujiyama, Toshiaki Okuhara, Shigeko Okuhara, Akira Uchiura
  • Publication number: 20100043365
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas-solid separator that has: an inner cylinder 10 having a closed lower end 11 and an opened upper end 1, and extending in a vertical direction; an outer cylinder 2 that coaxially covers the inner cylinder 10 from the outside and has a gas vent port 6 formed on the upper end side of the inner cylinder and communicating with an exterior; and a plurality of axially extending long holes 4 having a length L[m] and formed on a side surface on the lower end 11 side of the inner cylinder 10 in a circumferential direction, one of long side edge parts of each of the long holes being provided with a guide blade 5 that protrudes outward and is inclined circumferentially so as to cover the long hole 4, wherein the length L of each long hole 4 is defined such as to satisfy an expression of non-dimensional Stokes number St=(?pdp2/(18?))·U/L?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yuichiro Fujiyama, Toshiaki Okuhara, Shigeko Okuhara, Akira Uchiura