Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Okamoto

Hidekazu Okamoto 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: 10377686
    Abstract: An efficient method for producing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetorafluoropropene from 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is provided. The method produces 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetorafluoropropene by reducing 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with fewer over-reduced by-products, such as 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane. In the method, 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene reacts with hydrogen in a gas phase in the presence of a palladium catalyst-carrying carrier, in which a palladium catalyst having a specific surface area of 40 m2/g or less is carried on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Nomura, Hidekazu Okamoto, Hirokazu Takagi
  • Patent number: 10364384
    Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system comprising trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), which has a low global warming potential and excellent cycle performance of HFO-1123 and which has high durability, and a heat cycle system employing the composition, which has less influence over global warming and has both high cycle performance and durability. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a radical scavenger, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20190152884
    Abstract: There is provided a method of efficiently manufacturing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene by an industrially feasible method by using a raw material which is easy to obtain. A method of manufacturing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene, including subjecting 3-chloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoropropane to a dehydrofluorination reaction in the presence of a base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc
    Inventors: Mari ICHINOKAWA, Hidekazu Okamoto, Ryuji Seki
  • Patent number: 10221112
    Abstract: There is provided a method of efficiently manufacturing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene by an industrially feasible method by using a raw material which is easy to obtain. A method of manufacturing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene, including subjecting 3-chloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoropropane to a dehydrofluorination reaction in the presence of a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Mari Ichinokawa, Hidekazu Okamoto, Ryuji Seki
  • Patent number: 10196552
    Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having less influence over the ozone layer, having a low global warming potential and having excellent durability, and a heat cycle system. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid containing trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, and a lubricating oil, wherein the interaction distance (Ra1123) between trifluoroethylene and the lubricating oil as determined from the Hansen solubility parameters is shorter than the interaction distance (Ra32) between difluoromethane and the lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuya Fujii, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Katsuya Ueno, Hidekazu Okamoto, Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
  • Publication number: 20190031934
    Abstract: A working fluid for heat cycle, wherein the global warming potential is less than 300; the product of the relative coefficient of performance and the relative refrigerating capacity is at least 0.820 relative to R410A in a standard refrigerating cycle under conditions of an evaporation temperature of 0° C., a condensing temperature of 40° C., a supercoiling degree of 5° C. and a degree of superheat of 5° C.; the relative compressor discharge gas pressure is at most 1.100; the lower limit of the combustion range by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety Act is at least 5 vol %; and the pressure will not exceed 2.00 MPaG in a combustion test by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety act under 0.98 MPaG at 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mai TASAKA, Satoshi KAWAGUCHI, Katsuya UENO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Tetsuo OTSUKA, Yoshinobu KADOWAKI, Tatsuhiro NOGAMI, Daisuke SHIRAKAWA, Hirokazu TAKAGI, Takeaki ARAI
  • Patent number: 10174971
    Abstract: To provide a heat cycle system with high durability, which employs a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene having a low global warming potential. A heat cycle system 10 which has a circulation path in which a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene is circulated from a compressor 11 via a condenser 12, an expansion valve 13 and an evaporator 14 to the compressor 11, wherein a conductor wire provided in the circulation path is covered with a heat resistant material having a heat resistance of at least 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuya Ueno, Hiroki Hayamizu, Hidekazu Okamoto, Masamichi Ippommatsu
  • Publication number: 20180354874
    Abstract: There is provided an efficient method for producing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetorafluoropropene, with fewer by-products such as 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane which are over-reduced products, in a method of obtaining 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetorafluoropropene by reducing 1-1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. A method for producing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, comprising: reacting 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with hydrogen in a gas phase in the presence of a palladium catalyst-carrying carrier in which a palladium catalyst having a specific surface area of 40 m2/g or less is carried on a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Nomura, Hidekazu Okamoto, Hirokazu Takagi
  • Patent number: 10144856
    Abstract: A working fluid for heat cycle contains trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on the entire amount of the working fluid is higher than 90 mass % and at most 100 mass %. The proportion of trifluoroethylene based on the total amount of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is at least 21 mass % and at most 39 mass %. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and suppressed self-decomposition property. A composition for a heat cycle system contains the working fluid and a heat cycle system employs the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Katsuya Ueno, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Hidekazu Okamoto, Tetsuo Otsuka, Yoshinobu Kadowaki, Tatsuhiro Nogami
  • Patent number: 10131828
    Abstract: To provide a working fluid for heat cycle which has a small temperature glide, a sufficiently low discharge temperature, high durability and less influence over global warming, and with which a heat cycle system excellent in the system maintenance properties and the cycle performance (capacity) is achieved, a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, wherein the proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane based on the entire amount of the working fluid for heat cycle is higher than 90 mass % and at most 100 mass %, and the mass ratio represented by trifluoroethylene/difluoromethane in the working fluid for heat cycle is from 41/59 to 59/41, a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system employing the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Okamoto, Masato Fukushima, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Yoshinobu Kadowaki, Tetsuo Otsuka, Katsuya Ueno, Kazuyoshi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 10131827
    Abstract: To provide a working fluid which has cycle performance sufficient as an alternative to R410A while the influence over global warming is sufficiently suppressed, which does not significantly increase the load to an apparatus as compared with a case where R410A is used, and which can be stably used continuously without any special measures, a composition for a heat cycle system contains the working fluid, and a heat cycle system employs the composition. A working fluid for heat cycle, wherein the global warming potential is less than 300; the product of the relative coefficient of performance and the relative refrigerating capacity is at least 0.820 relative to R410A in a standard refrigerating cycle under conditions of an evaporation temperature of 0° C., a condensing temperature of 40° C., a supercoiling degree of 5° C. and a degree of superheat of 5° C.; the relative compressor discharge gas pressure is at most 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Katsuya Ueno, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Hidekazu Okamoto, Tetsuo Otsuka, Yoshinobu Kadowaki, Tatsuhiro Nogami, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20180319726
    Abstract: The present invention is a solvent composition including: a solvent including 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene; and at least one type of stabilizer selected from a group consisting of phenols, ethers, epoxides, amines, alcohols, and hydrocarbons, and is a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and has no adverse effect on a global environment, and is excellent in stability, and this solvent composition can be used for a wide range of industrial uses such as cleaning, coating uses, and a heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: AGC Inc
    Inventors: Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Toshio Miki, Masahiko Nakamura, Mari Ichinokawa, Hidekazu Okamoto, Atsushi Fujimori
  • Patent number: 10093600
    Abstract: A method to efficiently and stably produce trifluoroethylene from 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane is provided. In the method, a material gas containing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane in a gaseous phase and calcium oxide in a solid phase are brought into contact with each other in a reactor. Clogging of the reactor is less likely to occur, the load of the moisture removal process is light, and problems such as a decrease in the yield of trifluoroethylene do not arise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10081749
    Abstract: A composition is provided containing HFO-1123 having a low GWP, which is useful as a heat transfer composition, an aerosol sprayer, a foaming agent, a blowing agent, a solvent or the like. A composition containing HFO-1123, and at least one first compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1132, HFO-1132a, CFO-1113, HCFO-1122, HCFO-1122a, HFC-143 and methane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Taniguchi, Hidekazu Okamoto, Shoji Furuta, Yu Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20180187134
    Abstract: There is provided a solvent composition which is a stable solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances, has a sufficient drying property, and has no adverse effect on a global environment, is stabilized not to decompose, and moreover suppresses metal corrosion under coexistence with metal, and which can be used without having an adverse effect on articles of various materials such as metal, plastic, and elastomer in a wide range of industrial uses such as cleaning and dilution coating uses. A solvent composition including: a solvent (A) including (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene; and a stabilizer (B) consisting of HCFC whose boiling point at normal pressure is not lower than 30° C. nor higher than 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Hidekazu Okamoto, Masaaki Tsuzaki, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Satoko Itoh
  • Publication number: 20180162794
    Abstract: There is provided a method of efficiently manufacturing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene by an industrially feasible method by using a raw material which is easy to obtain. A method of manufacturing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene, including subjecting 3-chloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoropropane to a dehydrofluorination reaction in the presence of a base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mari ICHINOKAWA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Ryuji SEKI
  • Publication number: 20180134640
    Abstract: There are provided a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and excellent in detergency and a drying property, and has no adverse effect on a global environment and is excellent in stability; a cleaning method using the solvent composition; a method of forming a coating film; a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition; and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid. A solvent composition including 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and 1-chloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propyne, a cleaning method of bringing the solvent composition and an article into contact with each other, a method of dissolving a nonvolatile organic compound in the solvent composition to produce a coating film-forming composition and evaporating the solvent composition after applying the coating film-forming composition on an article to be coated, to form a coating film, a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition, and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAMURA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mari ICHINOKAWA, Atsushi FUJIMORI, Hidekazu OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180134639
    Abstract: There is provided an industrially advantageous and efficient method of producing a Z-isomer of HCFO-1224yd or HCFO-1223xd by isomerizing an E-isomer thereof. The method produces HCFO (Z-isomer) by causing specific HCFO (E-isomer) contained in a raw material composition to undergo an isomerization reaction under a condition where the HCFO (E-isomer) is isomerized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Takeuchi, Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180127341
    Abstract: There are provided: a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and excellent in detergency, and has no adverse effect on a global environment, is excellent in stability, and is capable of suppressing corrosion of metal; a cleaning method using the solvent composition; a method of forming a coating film; a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition; and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid. A solvent composition including HCFO-1233yd and HCFC-244ca, in which a content of HCFC-244ca to a total of HCFO-1233yd and HCFC-244ca is 0.0001 to 1 mass %, a cleaning method of contacting the solvent composition with an article, a method of forming a coating film consisting of the nonvolatile organic compound using the solvent composition and a nonvolatile organic compound, a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition, and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAMURA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mari ICHINOKAWA, Atsushi FUJIMORI, Hidekazu OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180079941
    Abstract: A working fluid for a heat cycle, contains: trifluoroethylene; and a first component consisting of at least one of substance selected from carbon dioxide, fluoromethane, trifluoroiodomethane, methane, ethane, propane, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, nitrogen and ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsuya UENO, Hikaru ONO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA