Patents by Inventor Atsuhiro Yukumoto

Atsuhiro Yukumoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20100072133
    Abstract: A dehydrating apparatus, a dehydration system, and a dehydration method have improved membrane performance. The dehydrating apparatus 1 includes, in a dehydrating apparatus body, a water separation membrane module 10 in which a water separation membrane having at least one flow path extending in the up and down direction to cause a liquid to pass through is provided with a liquid inlet at the bottom thereof and a liquid outlet at the top thereof; and a shell 11 defined by the outer surface of the water separation membrane module and the inner wall of the dehydrating apparatus body. A heater 12 is provided in the shell near the liquid outlet, and a connection port 14 for connection with a pressure reducing device 13 is provided in the shell near the liquid inlet. As the liquid rises in the water separation membrane, water in the liquid permeates the water separation membrane and moves into the shell, by which the liquid is dehydrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Hiroyuki Osora, Yoshio Seiki, Haruaki Hirayama