Patents by Inventor Aya Utsuki

Aya Utsuki 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: 20230198010
    Abstract: A liquid composition containing a solvent, an inorganic solid electrolyte, and a dispersant is provided. The dispersant is soluble in the solvent. A 10% volume fraction-component's particle diameter (D10), a 50% volume fraction-component's particle diameter (D50), a 90% volume fraction-component's particle diameter (D90), and a mode diameter (Dm) of solids contained in the liquid composition satisfy D90/D10>10, D50<1 ?m, and Dm<2 ?m, where D10, D50, D90, and Dm are measured by a laser diffraction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomasa KAJITA, Hiromichi Kuriyama, Satoshi Nakajima, Yoshio Itoh, Shigeo Takeuchi, Yuji Sone, Aya Utsuki, Kayato Ohya
  • Patent number: 11387444
    Abstract: An electrode is provided which includes an electrode substrate, an electrode mixture layer overlying the electrode substrate, and an insulating layer overlying the electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer contains an active material and a void. The insulating layer contains a resin and an insulating inorganic particulate accounting for 80% by mass of the insulating layer. In a boundary region of the electrode mixture layer with the insulating layer, the resin and the insulating inorganic particulate are present in a part of the void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Aya Utsuki, Masahiro Masuzawa, Kohji Matsuoka, Yuu Zama, Anna Hirowatari, Hideo Yanagita
  • Publication number: 20190288276
    Abstract: An electrode is provided which includes an electrode substrate, an electrode mixture layer overlying the electrode substrate, and an insulating layer overlying the electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer contains an active material and a void. The insulating layer contains a resin and an insulating inorganic particulate accounting for 80% by mass of the insulating layer. In a boundary region of the electrode mixture layer with the insulating layer, the resin and the insulating inorganic particulate are present in a part of the void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Aya UTSUKI, Masahiro MASUZAWA, Kohji MATSUOKA, Yuu ZAMA, Anna HIROWATARI, Hideo YANAGITA
  • Patent number: 10087093
    Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical reactor and one or more catalyst members each having a rod-like or plate-like shape extending in a longitudinal direction within the reactor. The cylindrical reactor decomposes an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction under heat and pressure. The cylindrical reactor has an introduction port on one end and a discharge port on the other end. An upstream end surface, relative to a direction of flow of the target fluid, of each of the catalyst members is located in a downstream vicinity of or upstream from an inflow position where the target fluid flows into the reactor through the introduction port. Each of the catalyst members is suspended with the upstream end surface being fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Mutoh, Shogo Suzuki, Yuu Zama, Aya Utsuki, Kimio Aoki, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Makito Nakashima, Kenichi Hayakawa, Shigeru Yamada
  • Patent number: 9260330
    Abstract: A fluid purifying apparatus that purifies fluid containing organic matter has a reactor including a first transfer part that receives the fluid from outside and transfers the fluid in a vertical direction from an upper side to a lower side while heating and pressurizing the fluid and mixing the fluid with an oxidant, a second transfer part that receives the fluid that has passed through the first transfer part and transfers the fluid in the vertical direction from the lower side to the upper side, and a partition member that partitions an upper part of the reactor into the first transfer part and the second transfer part, and a solid storage part that communicates with the first transfer part and the second transfer part below the partition member and receives solid matter contained in the fluid that settles while the fluid is transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hayakawa, Shogo Suzuki, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Kimio Aoki, Noriaki Okada, Aya Utsuki, Yuu Zama, Toshiyuki Mutoh, Shigeru Yamada, Makito Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20150376042
    Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical reactor and one or more catalyst members each having a rod-like or plate-like shape extending in a longitudinal direction within the reactor. The cylindrical reactor decomposes an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction under heat and pressure. The cylindrical reactor has an introduction port on one end and a discharge port on the other end. An upstream end surface, relative to a direction of flow of the target fluid, of each of the catalyst members is located in a downstream vicinity of or upstream from an inflow position where the target fluid flows into the reactor through the introduction port. Each of the catalyst members is suspended with the upstream end surface being fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiyuki MUTOH, Shogo SUZUKI, Yuu ZAMA, Aya UTSUKI, Kimio AOKI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA, Kenichi HAYAKAWA, Shigeru YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20150368129
    Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a reactor to decompose an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction. The reactor includes a cylindrical base material, a catalyst, and a migration space. The catalyst accelerates the oxidation reaction of the organic substance, and is disposed along an inner periphery of the cylindrical base material. Into the migration space, solids precipitated in the oxidation reaction migrate in a longitudinal direction without accumulating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Yuu ZAMA, Toshiyuki MUTOH, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA, Shogo SUZUKI, Aya UTSUKI, Kenichi HAYAKAWA, Kimio AOKI, Shigeru YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20140151277
    Abstract: A fluid purification system includes a reaction tank which purifies a purification target fluid by decomposing an organic substance in a purification target fluid with an oxidation reaction while heating and pressurizing a mixed fluid of the purification target fluid and an oxidant; a crusher which crushes an organic solid waste so as to obtain an organic crushed product; and a mixer which mixes the organic crushed product and liquid so as to obtain high concentration organic slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kimio Aoki, Shogo SUZUKI, Toshiyuki MUTOH, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA, Aya UTSUKI, Kenichi HAYAKAWA, Yu ZAMA, Shigeru YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20140048464
    Abstract: A fluid purifying apparatus that purifies fluid containing organic matter has a reactor including a first transfer part that receives the fluid from outside and transfers the fluid in a vertical direction from an upper side to a lower side while heating and pressurizing the fluid and mixing the fluid with an oxidant, a second transfer part that receives the fluid that has passed through the first transfer part and transfers the fluid in the vertical direction from the lower side to the upper side, and a partition member that partitions an upper part of the reactor into the first transfer part and the second transfer part, and a solid storage part that communicates with the first transfer part and the second transfer part below the partition member and receives solid matter contained in the fluid that settles while the fluid is transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi HAYAKAWA, Shogo SUZUKI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Kimio AOKI, Noriaki OKADA, Aya UTSUKI, Yuu ZAMA, Toshiyuki MUTOH, Shigeru YAMADA, Makito NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20130153477
    Abstract: An inner tube is provided with a protruding portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the tube, in a position extending throughout the entire area of the outer peripheral surface of the tube, in a region located outside an outer tube, of the entire area in a longitudinal direction of the inner tube inserted into a through-hole of a discharge side wall of the outer tube, and the protruding portion of the inner tube is pressed by an outlet joint toward the discharge side wall along an axial direction of the outer tube, and thereby, the inner tube is cantilevered by the discharge side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Noriaki Okada, Shozo Murata, Toshiyuki Mutoh, Shigeru Yamada, Makito Nakashima, Aya Utsuki, Kenichi Hayakawa, Kimio Aoki, Yuu Zama
  • Publication number: 20120225771
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst-supporting carrier, including a step of supplying subcritical carbon dioxide or supercritical carbon dioxide to a dissolving tank containing a catalyst precursor generated when a catalyst is reduced to dissolve the catalyst precursor in the subcritical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide; a step of supplying the subcritical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide in which the catalyst precursor is dissolved to a supporting tank containing a carrier and reducing the catalyst precursor to cause the catalyst to be supported on the carrier; and a step of supplying the sub-critical carbon dioxide or the supercritical carbon dioxide to the supporting tank containing the carrier on which the catalyst is supported to clean the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Hideyuki Miyazawa, Hiroshi Kondo, Shogo Suzuki, Shozo Murata, Noriaki Okada, Aya Utsuki