Patents by Inventor Hiraku Kawaoto

Hiraku Kawaoto 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: 20120255367
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive displacement gas-liquid two-phase flowmeter and a multi phase flow rate measurement system, and more specifically to a positive displacement gas-liquid two-phase flowmeter capable of measuring a flow rate of each of a gas and a liquid of a gas-liquid two-phase flow including the liquid and the gas flowing in a pipe line and a multiphase flow rate measurement system that includes the flowmeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: OVAL Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hiraku Kawaoto
  • Patent number: 7827869
    Abstract: In order to extract a part of a three-phase flow from a pipe line, a pair of communication pipes, which are connected to upstream and downstream sides of an orifice provided in the pipe line, and a gas-liquid extraction tank are used. Flowing of a slag flow or the like into the pipe line causes a periodical change in a pressure difference between input and output sides of the orifice. This causes extraction of gas-liquid and discharge mainly of gas to be simultaneously effected in the pair of communication pipes and the gas-liquid extraction tank. Within the gas-liquid extraction tank, the gas-liquid is forcibly shaken horizontally, vertically, etc. for agitating, whereby gas-liquid of high liquid-phase rate remains. Then, the gas is removed from this gas-liquid of high liquid-phase rate to thereby extract mixture liquid, which is accumulated in a liquid storage tank. The mixture liquid flows from the liquid storage tank in an amount required at a Coriolis meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Oval Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hiraku Kawaoto
  • Publication number: 20090199653
    Abstract: In order to extract a part of a three-phase flow from a pipe line (23), a pair of communication pipes (13), which are connected to upstream and downstream sides of an orifice (12) provided in the pipe line (23), and a gas-liquid extraction tank (14) are used. Flowing of a slag flow or the like into the pipe line (23) causes a periodical change in a pressure difference between input and output sides of the orifice (12). This causes extraction of gas-liquid and discharge mainly of gas to be simultaneously effected in the pair of communication pipes (13) and the gas-liquid extraction tank (14). Within the gas-liquid extraction tank (14), the gas-liquid is forcibly shaken horizontally, vertically, etc. for agitating, whereby gas-liquid of high liquid-phase rate remains. Then, the gas is removed from this gas-liquid of high liquid-phase rate to thereby extract mixture liquid, which is accumulated in a liquid storage tank (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hiraku Kawaoto