Patents by Inventor Hideaki Imura

Hideaki Imura 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: 20240051903
    Abstract: To provide a method and a composition for producing a geometric isomer (isomer 2) represented by a certain formula (1) by geometrically isomerizing a corresponding geometric isomer (isomer 1) represented by the certain formula (1), the method including, contacting the geometric isomer (isomer 1) represented by the certain formula (1) with a compound (A) which is at least one of a dichlorotrifluoropropane and hydrogen chloride in a gas phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki NISHINAKA, Hideaki IMURA, Masamune OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240043777
    Abstract: A novel hydrochlorofluoroolefin-based composition contains Z-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane, and water. In the composition, the proportions of Z-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane, and water are 55.00 mass % to 99.98 mass %, 0.01 mass % to 44.99 mass %, and 0.01 mass % to 10.00 mass %, respectively, with respect to the total amount of Z-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kanako OSAFUNE, Hideaki IMURA
  • Patent number: 11756372
    Abstract: Provided is a casino game medium and a game table system capable of reducing adjacent reading without limiting a design of a game table. The casino game medium 100 includes the medium side antenna 110, the resistance element 111 connected to the medium side antenna 110, and the IC chip 112 that stores medium information and outputs the medium information based upon an induced electromotive force generated in the medium side antenna 110. The medium side antenna 110 is designed so that the resonance frequency thereof is higher than the specified frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Hideaki Imura
  • Patent number: 11667594
    Abstract: By fluorinating 1,2,3,3-tetrachloro-1-propene (1230xd) using hydrogen fluoride as a fluorinating agent, an efficient method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene (1232xd) is provided. Through this composition including 1232xd, there are also provided an environmentally friendly composition having excellent ability to dissolve various organic matters, a method for cleaning an article using the composition, a method for producing a lubricant solution using the composition, and a method for producing a component provided with a lubricant coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamune Okamoto, Kei Matsunaga, Hideaki Imura, Shota Kawano
  • Publication number: 20230063030
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for producing a (hydro)halocarbon includes a step of purifying the (hydro)halocarbon by reduced-pressure distillation of an azeotropic or azeotropic-like composition containing the (hydro)halocarbon and a compound different from the (hydro)halocarbon. According to another embodiment, a method for producing a (hydro)halocarbon includes a step purifying the (hydro)halocarbon by reduced-pressure distillation of an azeotropic or azeotropic-like composition containing the (hydro)halocarbon and a compound different from the (hydro)halocarbon, wherein standard boiling points of both the (hydro)halocarbon and the compound are 80° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIKAWA, Hideaki IMURA, Naoki NISHINAKA
  • Patent number: 11443587
    Abstract: To provide a gaming table apparatus capable of suppressing the prevention of progress of a game. The gaming table apparatus includes bet units on which gaming media betted by players are placed, a reading unit reading monetary values of the gaming media placed on the bet units, a card shoe in which cards used for a game are accommodated in a drawable manner, a detecting device detecting identification information of the cards taken from the card shoe and outputs the detected identification information, a controller managing the destination to which the game proceeds, a display displaying information about the destination to which the game proceeds managed by the controller, and a memory in which the information displayed on the display is stored, in which the controller determines the destination to which the game proceeds when the monetary values of the gaming medium betted on the bet unit change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Kouichi Matsumoto, Yoshiyuki Kanno, Masaya Kato, Hideaki Imura
  • Publication number: 20220251008
    Abstract: By fluorinating 1,2,3,3-tetrachloro-1-propene (1230xd) using hydrogen fluoride as a fluorinating agent, an efficient method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene (1232xd) is provided. Through this composition including 1232xd, there are also provided an environmentally friendly composition having excellent ability to dissolve various organic matters, a method for cleaning an article using the composition, a method for producing a lubricant solution using the composition, and a method for producing a component provided with a lubricant coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamune OKAMOTO, Kei MATSUNAGA, Hideaki IMURA, Shota KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11339106
    Abstract: By fluorinating 1,2,3,3-tetrachloro-1-propene (1230xd) using hydrogen fluoride as a fluorinating agent, an efficient method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene (1232xd) is provided. Through this composition including 1232xd, there are also provided an environmentally friendly composition having excellent ability to dissolve various organic matters, a method for cleaning an article using the composition, a method for producing a lubricant solution using the composition, and a method for producing a component provided with a lubricant coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamune Okamoto, Kei Matsunaga, Hideaki Imura, Shota Kawano
  • Patent number: 11276274
    Abstract: It is possible to accurately detect that paper stock stored in a container reaches a limit number. A paper stock processing system includes: a banknote processing device which includes a banknote accommodation unit accommodating banknotes, updates the accumulated number each time a banknote is accommodated, and transmits an updated accumulated number signal; a smart interface board which transmits the accumulated number signal to the outside when receiving the accumulated number signal; and a management server which compares the accumulated number indicated by the accumulated number signal with the maximum number and detects whether the number of accommodated banknotes has reached a limitation number set to the banknote accommodation unit 100, when receiving the accumulated number signal from a PTS terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Imura, Kunihiro Manabe
  • Publication number: 20210383638
    Abstract: Provided is a casino game medium and a game table system capable of reducing adjacent reading without limiting a design of a game table. The casino game medium 100 includes the medium side antenna 110, the resistance element 111 connected to the medium side antenna 110, and the IC chip 112 that stores medium information and outputs the medium information based upon an induced electromotive force generated in the medium side antenna 110. The medium side antenna 110 is designed so that the resonance frequency thereof is higher than the specified frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Hideaki IMURA
  • Publication number: 20200369584
    Abstract: By fluorinating 1,2,3,3-tetrachloro-1-propene (1230xd) using hydrogen fluoride as a fluorinating agent, an efficient method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene (1232xd) is provided. Through this composition including 1232xd, there are also provided an environmentally friendly composition having excellent ability to dissolve various organic matters, a method for cleaning an article using the composition, a method for producing a lubricant solution using the composition, and a method for producing a component provided with a lubricant coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamune OKAMOTO, Kei MATSUNAGA, Hideaki IMURA, Shota KAWANO
  • Patent number: 10815174
    Abstract: A storage method of HCFO-1233zd (Z) according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes using a storage container having a liquid-contact portion thereof. The liquid-contact portion is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of epoxy-phenolic resin, phenolic resin, phenolic-butyral resin, stainless steel, iron phosphate, zinc phosphate and glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoto Takada, Masahiko Tani, Hideaki Imura, Koji Ueda, Yoshio Nishiguchi, Fuyuhiko Sakyu
  • Publication number: 20200202666
    Abstract: It is possible to accurately detect that paper stock stored in a container reaches a limit number. A paper stock processing system includes: a banknote processing device which includes a banknote accommodation unit accommodating banknotes, updates the accumulated number each time a banknote is accommodated, and transmits an updated accumulated number signal; a smart interface board which transmits the accumulated number signal to the outside when receiving the accumulated number signal; and a management server which compares the accumulated number indicated by the accumulated number signal with the maximum number and detects whether the number of accommodated banknotes has reached a limitation number set to the banknote accommodation unit 100, when receiving the accumulated number signal from a PTS terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Hideaki IMURA, Kunihiro MANABE
  • Patent number: 10683252
    Abstract: Fluoral is obtained by gas-phase fluorination of chloral in the presence of a catalyst and then reacted with trimethyl orthoformate, thereby readily forming 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl methyl ether as an intermediate for production of desflurane. 1,2,2,2-Tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether (desflurane) is produced with high yield from the thus-formed 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl methyl ether by chlorination and fluorination. This method enables efficient industrial-scale production of desflurane useful as an inhalation anesthetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Hosoi, Mineo Watanabe, Hideaki Imura, Kensuke Hirotaki, Naoya Ueshima
  • Patent number: 10611708
    Abstract: A method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene according to the present invention includes the step of reacting 1,1,2,3,3-pentachloropropene with a fluorinating agent where hydrogen fluoride is used as the fluorinating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kei Matsunaga, Hideaki Imura, Masatomi Kanai, Masahiko Tani, Naoto Takada, Kohei Sumida, Satoru Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20200020193
    Abstract: To provide a gaming table apparatus capable of suppressing the prevention of progress of a game. The gaming table apparatus includes bet units on which gaming media betted by players are placed, a reading unit reading monetary values of the gaming media placed on the bet units, a card shoe in which cards used for a game are accommodated in a drawable manner, a detecting device detecting identification information of the cards taken from the card shoe and outputs the detected identification information, a controller managing the destination to which the game proceeds, a display displaying information about the destination to which the game proceeds managed by the controller, and a memory in which the information displayed on the display is stored, in which the controller determines the destination to which the game proceeds when the monetary values of the gaming medium betted on the bet unit change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Shinsuke YAMAGUCHI, Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Yoshiyuki KANNO, Masaya KATO, Hideaki IMURA
  • Publication number: 20190345086
    Abstract: Fluoral is obtained by gas-phase fluorination of chloral in the presence of a catalyst and then reacted with trimethyl orthoformate, thereby readily forming 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl methyl ether as an intermediate for production of desflurane. 1,2,2,2-Tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether (desflurane) is produced with high yield from the thus-formed 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl methyl ether by chlorination and fluorination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji HOSOI, Mineo WATANABE, Hideaki IMURA, Kensuke HIROTAKI, Naoya UESHIMA
  • Patent number: 10344250
    Abstract: A liquid composition according to one embodiment of the present invention contains 0.0001 mol % to 40 mol % (Z)-1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1223Z) and 99.9999 mol % to 60 mol % (E)-1,2-dichloro-ethylene (t-DCE). The liquid composition has less influence on the global environment and azeotropic (or azeotrope-like) properties. There occurs practically no composition change even when the liquid composition is used in an open system or used for a long term. Further, it is less likely that there will occur a composition change even when the liquid composition is recovered by distillation. The liquid composition is thus suitably usable as a cleaning agent (solvent). In particular, the liquid composition of 90 mol % or less of t-DCE is classified as non-hazardous under the Fire Serves Act.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Imura, Naoto Takada
  • Publication number: 20190169103
    Abstract: A storage method of HCFO-1233zd (Z) according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes using a storage container having a liquid-contact portion thereof. The liquid-contact portion is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of epoxy-phenolic resin, phenolic resin, phenolic-butyral resin, stainless steel, iron phosphate, zinc phosphate and glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Naoto TAKADA, Masahiko TANI, Hideaki IMURA, Koji UEDA, Yoshio NISHIGUCHI, Fuyuhiko SAKYU
  • Patent number: 10246670
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a liquid composition containing: 80 mol % to 99.9999 mol % of (Z)-1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1223Z) and 0.0001 mol % to 20 mol % of (E)-1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1223E). The liquid composition has small impact on the global environment and exerts azeotrope-like properties. Therefore, the composition of the liquid composition is not substantially changed even when the liquid composition is used in an open system or used for a long period. The composition of the liquid composition is also rarely changed even when the liquid composition is recovered by distillation. Therefore, the liquid mixture according to the present invention can be used suitably as a cleaning agent (a solvent).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Imura, Naoto Takada