Patents by Inventor Hideo Otsu

Hideo Otsu 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: 20240102192
    Abstract: An organic hydride production device comprises an electrolyzer and a water removal device. The electrolyzer has a cathode chamber. The water removal device has a container that stores a catholyte fed from the cathode chamber, a drain pipe that discharges dragged water from the container, a detector that detects that the dragged water has been accumulated in the container, and a switcher that is provided in the drain pipe, is capable of switching between a regulation state in which drainage from the drain pipe is regulated and an execution state in which the drainage is executed, and switches from the regulation state to the execution state based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: ENEOS Corporation, DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Kota MIYOSHI, Hideo OTSU, Hiroki DOMON, Jun SUNAMI
  • Patent number: 11718922
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a stacked structure including electrodes that can effectively prevent misalignment between units. [Solution] A stacked structure 2 including electrodes 232, 332, 412, 233, 333, 422, wherein multiple units 23, 33, 24, 41, 42 including flat units are stacked and fastened by fasteners 25, the respective units 23, 33, 24, 41, 42 comprising frame-shaped fastening portions 237a, 237b, 337a, 337b, 247a, 247b, 417a, 417b, 427a, 427b on outer peripheral portions on both surfaces thereof, being stacked by the surfaces of the respective fastening portions 237a, 237b, 337a, 337b, 247a, 247b, 417a, 417b, 427a, 427b being pressed against each other, and being formed so that the width of fastening portions 247a, 247b, 337a, 337b, 427a, 427b on one unit is different from the width of fastening portions 237a, 237b, 417a, 417b on another unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Hideo Otsu, Kota Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20220416262
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a stacked structure including electrodes that can effectively prevent misalignment between units. [Solution] A stacked structure 2 including electrodes 232, 332, 412, 233, 333, 422, wherein multiple units 23, 33, 24, 41, 42 including flat units are stacked and fastened by fasteners 25, the respective units 23, 33, 24, 41, 42 comprising frame-shaped fastening portions 237a, 237b, 337a, 337b, 247a, 247b, 417a, 417b, 427a, 427b on outer peripheral portions on both surfaces thereof, being stacked by the surfaces of the respective fastening portions 237a, 237b, 337a, 337b, 247a, 247b, 417a, 417b, 427a, 427b being pressed against each other, and being formed so that the width of fastening portions 247a, 247b, 337a, 337b, 427a, 427b on one unit is different from the width of fastening portions 237a, 237b, 417a, 417b on another unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hideo OTSU, Kota KUROKI
  • Patent number: 11365484
    Abstract: The chamber frame element of the present invention, which has a smaller amount of voltage drop, consumes less reactive power than the prior art, and exhibits no metal corrosion, is a chamber frame element (14) for an electrolyzer or an electrodialysis cell. The chamber frame element (14) includes: a bag body (141); a frame (142) housed in an interior space of the bag body (141); and an inlet (143) and an outlet (144) to which piping can be attached, which are formed on the outer side of a region where the frame is housed in the bag body (141).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Otsu, Makoto Okura
  • Publication number: 20220074058
    Abstract: The chamber frame element of the present invention, which has a smaller amount of voltage drop, consumes less reactive power than the prior art, and exhibits no metal corrosion, is a chamber frame element (14) for an electrolyzer or an electrodialysis cell. The chamber frame element (14) includes: a bag body (141); a frame (142) housed in an interior space of the bag body (141); and an inlet (143) and an outlet (144) to which piping can be attached, which are formed on the outer side of a region where the frame is housed in the bag body (141).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo OTSU, Makoto OKURA
  • Patent number: 10760166
    Abstract: A sacrificial electrode attachment structure includes: a first pipe in which electrolyte flows; a second pipe which is formed of an insulating material and allows the electrolyte to flow; a cylindrical sacrificial electrode unit arranged between the first pipe and the second pipe so as to allow the electrolyte to flow, and including a sacrificial electrode that contacts the electrolyte; a first pipe joint adapted to liquid-tightly connect the first pipe to the sacrificial electrode unit in a detachable manner; and a second pipe joint adapted to liquid-tightly connect the second pipe to the sacrificial electrode unit in a detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Hideo Otsu, Koji Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10253422
    Abstract: An electrolysis method of preventing the voltage of an electrolytic bath from rising over time without halting electrolysis and an electrolysis device for executing the method are provided such that: in operation of a two-compartment electrolytic bath, which has a membrane partitioning an anode compartment from a cathode compartment and in which a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process is fed into the anode compartment while direct current is supplied to the electrolytic bath to produce polysulfide in the anode compartment through electrolysis, and a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process that contains at least one of a scale cleaning agent and a scale inhibitor is fed to the anode compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Suyama, Kazuhiro Kurosu, Masaaki Kato, Hideo Otsu
  • Publication number: 20190078217
    Abstract: A sacrificial electrode attachment structure includes: a first pipe in which electrolyte flows; a second pipe which is formed of an insulating material and allows the electrolyte to flow; a cylindrical sacrificial electrode unit arranged between the first pipe and the second pipe so as to allow the electrolyte to flow, and including a sacrificial electrode that contacts the electrolyte; a first pipe joint adapted to liquid-tightly connect the first pipe to the sacrificial electrode unit in a detachable manner; and a second pipe joint adapted to liquid-tightly connect the second pipe to the sacrificial electrode unit in a detachable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Hideo OTSU, Koji YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180195189
    Abstract: An electrolysis method of preventing the voltage of an electrolytic bath from rising over time without halting electrolysis and an electrolysis device for executing the method are provided such that: in operation of a two-compartment electrolytic bath, which has a membrane partitioning an anode compartment from a cathode compartment and in which a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process is fed into the anode compartment while direct current is supplied to the electrolytic bath to produce polysulfide in the anode compartment through electrolysis, and a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process that contains at least one of a scale cleaning agent and a scale inhibitor is fed to the anode compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD.
    Inventors: KENICHIRO SUYAMA, KAZUHIRO KUROSU, MASAAKI KATO, HIDEO OTSU
  • Patent number: 9951432
    Abstract: An electrolysis method of preventing the voltage of an electrolytic bath from rising over time without halting electrolysis and an electrolysis device for executing the method are provided such that: in operation of a two-compartment electrolytic bath, which has a membrane partitioning an anode compartment from a cathode compartment and in which a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process is fed into the anode compartment while direct current is supplied to the electrolytic bath to produce polysulfide in the anode compartment through electrolysis, and a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process that contains at least one of a scale cleaning agent and a scale inhibitor is fed to the anode compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Suyama, Kazuhiro Kurosu, Masaaki Kato, Hideo Otsu
  • Publication number: 20150240370
    Abstract: An electrolysis method of preventing the voltage of an electrolytic bath from rising over time without halting electrolysis and an electrolysis device for executing the method are provided such that: in operation of a two-compartment electrolytic bath, which has a membrane partitioning an anode compartment from a cathode compartment and in which a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process is fed into the anode compartment while direct current is supplied to the electrolytic bath to produce polysulfide in the anode compartment through electrolysis, and a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process that contains at least one of a scale cleaning agent and a scale inhibitor is fed to the anode compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichiro Suyama, Kazuhiro Kurosu, Masaaki Kato, Hideo Otsu