Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Mitsuoka

Hiroaki Mitsuoka 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: 20190316016
    Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Patent number: 10414706
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mari Ichinokawa, Atsushi Fujimori, Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20190276380
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing (Z)-1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene where (E)-1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and water can be efficiently removed and (Z)-1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene with higher purity can be obtained at a higher recovery ratio. The method for producing (Z)-1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene includes: distilling a distillation composition which contains (Z)-1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene, (E)-1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and water to remove (E)-1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and water as an azeotropic composition or an azeotropic-like composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAMURA, Atsushi Fujimori, Mari Ichinokawa, Hidekazu Okamoto, Hiroaki Mitsuoka
  • Publication number: 20190276381
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene, whereby it is possible to efficiently remove 1-chloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propyne and/or an oxide from a composition comprising 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene. A method for producing 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene, in which a composition comprising 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoropropene and at least one member selected from 1-chloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propyne and an oxide, is brought into contact with a basic aqueous solution to remove said at least one member selected from 1-chloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propyne and an oxide, from the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAMURA, Atsushi FUJIMORI, Mari ICHINOKAWA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroaki MITSUOKA
  • Patent number: 10392546
    Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Patent number: 10358591
    Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil (for example, an ester refrigerant oil, an ether refrigerant oil, a polyglycol refrigerant oil or a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil), and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
  • Patent number: 10233371
    Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and an aniline point of at least ?100° C. and at most 0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180370882
    Abstract: There are provided a solvent composition containing tDCE, which does not exert an adverse effect on the global environment, has high solubility and incombustibility, and can maintain initial incombustibility even in use accompanied by a phase change, a cleaning method using the solvent composition, a coating film-forming composition including the solvent composition, and a method of forming a homogeneous coating film using the coating film-forming composition. A solvent composition includes: tDCE; at least one HFE (A) selected from HFE-347pc-f, HFE-365mf-c, and HFE-467sc-f; and at least one HFC (X) selected from cHFC-447, and HFC-76-13sf, in which a ratio of tDCE with respect to a total amount of tDCE, HFE (A), and HFC (X) is 65 to 80 mass %, a ratio of HFE (A) with respect to the total amount is 5 to 25 mass %, and a ratio of HFC (X) with respect to the total amount is 5 to 25 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Daisuke IKEDA, Toshio MIKI, Tsuyoshi HANADA
  • Publication number: 20180346841
    Abstract: There are provided a solvent composition containing tDCE, which does not exert an adverse effect on the global environment, has high solubility and incombustibility, and can maintain initial incombustibility even in use accompanied by a phase change, a cleaning method using the solvent composition, a coating film-forming composition including the solvent composition, and a method of forming a homogeneous coating film using the coating film-forming composition. A solvent composition includes: tDCE; a first HFE having a boiling point of 40 to 65° C.; and a second HFE having a boiling point of 70 to 120° C., in which a ratio of tDCE is 65 to 80 mass %, a ratio of the first HFE is 5 to 25 mass %, and a ratio of the second HFE is 5 to 25 mass % with respect to a total amount of tDCE, the first HFE, and the second HFE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke IKEDA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Toshio MIKI, Tsuyoshi HANADA
  • Patent number: 10138403
    Abstract: There are provided a composition for a heat cycle system containing a working medium for heat cycle that has a low global warming potential and high stability, which can be used as a substitute for HFC-134a and HFC-245fa, and a heat cycle system using this composition. The composition for a heat cycle system contains: a working medium for heat cycle containing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and a stabilizer suppressing deterioration of the working medium for heat cycle such as an oxidation resistance improver, a heat resistance improver, or a metal deactivator, and the heat cycle system uses this composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Mai Tasaka, Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180282602
    Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure, and a refrigerant oil having a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxy value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20180215980
    Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and an aniline point of at least ?100° C. and at most 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9976067
    Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • 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: 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