Patents by Inventor Hiroko SHIMPO

Hiroko SHIMPO 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: 10913918
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a lubricating base oil; and 40 mass % or less of a polymer, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, the polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (I) and a weight average molecular weight of from 500 to 100000. [In formula (I), Ra, Rb and Rc each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and Rd represents an oxygen-containing organic group or a C1-18 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroko Shimpo, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Ogata, Takeshi Okido
  • Patent number: 10723926
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing: a first ester that is a polyol ester of dipentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 7.0 mm2/s or more; and a second ester that is a complex ester of a polyhydric alcohol containing at least one selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Yuya Mizutani, Hidetoshi Ogata
  • Patent number: 10626344
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil; a sulfide compound; and an orthophosphoric acid ester, wherein a content of the sulfide compound is 0.01 to 2.0% by mass and a content of the orthophosphoric acid ester is 0.1 to 5.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Hiroko Shimpo, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Patent number: 10323208
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing an ester base oil obtained from pentaerythritol and mixed fatty acids of a fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms and a fatty acid having 9 carbon atoms, wherein a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of the ester base oil is 1.06 to 1.20, and used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno, Ken Sawada, Kentaro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190127659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a lubricating base oil; and 40 mass % or less of a polymer, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, the polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (I) and a weight average molecular weight of from 500 to 100000. [In formula (I), Ra, Rb and Rc each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and Rd represents an oxygen-containing organic group or a C1-18 hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko SHIMPO, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Hidetoshi OGATA, Takeshi OKIDO
  • Patent number: 10053644
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a polyvinylether having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, R4 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group or an ethereal oxygen-containing divalent hydrocarbon group, R5 represents a hydrocarbon group, m represents an integer of 0 or more, and in the case where m is 2 or more, a plurality of R4 may be the same or different from each other, a number average molecular weight Mn is 500 or more and 2000 or less, a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.10 or more and 1.25 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil is used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Tsutomu Takahashi, Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno
  • Publication number: 20180215977
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing: a first ester that is a polyol ester of dipentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 7.0 mm2/s or more; and a second ester that is a complex ester of a polyhydric alcohol containing at least one selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi OKIDO, Hiroko SHIMPO, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180201867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil; a sulfide compound; and an orthophosphoric acid ester, wherein a content of the sulfide compound is 0.01 to 2.0% by mass and a content of the orthophosphoric acid ester is 0.1 to 5.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori SAITO, Hiroko SHIMPO, Kuniko ADEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10023823
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less, wherein the refrigerating machine oil is used with a refrigerant comprising 15% by mass or more of difluoromethane, 15% by mass or more of pentafluoroethane, 15% by mass or more of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 15% by mass or more of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane based on the total amount of the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno, Ken Sawada, Kentaro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9944881
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil; a sulfide compound; and an orthophosphoric acid ester, wherein a content of the sulfide compound is 0.01 to 2.0% by mass and a content of the orthophosphoric acid ester is 0.1 to 5.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Hiroko Shimpo, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20170327759
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less, wherein the refrigerating machine oil is used with a refrigerant comprising 15% by mass or more of difluoromethane, 15% by mass or more of pentafluoroethane, 15% by mass or more of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 15% by mass or more of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane based on the total amount of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroko SHIMPO, Souichirou KONNO, Ken SAWADA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170327765
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing an ester base oil obtained from pentaerythritol and mixed fatty acids of a fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms and a fatty acid having 9 carbon atoms, wherein a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of the ester base oil is 1.06 to 1.20, and used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroko SHIMPO, Souichirou KONNO, Ken SAWADA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9783762
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and the like, and (B) a polyol ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol and a monocarboxylic fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester/(B) the polyol ester of 5/95 to 95/5; and a refrigerant such as carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno
  • Publication number: 20170073602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a polyvinylether having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, R4 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group or an ethereal oxygen-containing divalent hydrocarbon group, R5 represents a hydrocarbon group, m represents an integer of 0 or more, and in the case where m is 2 or more, a plurality of R4 may be the same or different from each other, a number average molecular weight Mn is 500 or more and 2000 or less, a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.10 or more and 1.25 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil is used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Tsutomu Takahashi, Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno
  • Publication number: 20170002291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing, as a base oil, a mixed ester of (A) a complex ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and the like, and (B) a polyol ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol such as neopentyl glycol and a monocarboxylic fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, in a mass ratio of (A) the complex ester/(B) the polyol ester of 5/95 to 95/5; and a refrigerant such as carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno
  • Patent number: 9365760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a base oil; a sulfide compound; and a gallate, wherein a content of the sulfide compound is 0.01 to 2.0% by mass and a content of the gallate is 10 to 500 ppm by mass based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Hiroko Shimpo, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150376543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil; a sulfide compound; and an orthophosphoric acid ester, wherein a content of the sulfide compound is 0.01 to 2.0% by mass and a content of the orthophosphoric acid ester is 0.1 to 5.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori SAITO, Hiroko SHIMPO, Kuniko ADEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150307762
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a base oil; a sulfide compound; and a gallate, wherein a content of the sulfide compound is 0.01 to 2.0% by mass and a content of the gallate is 10 to 500 ppm by mass based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori SAITO, Hiroko SHIMPO, Kuniko ADEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150076393
    Abstract: The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises a mixed refrigerant comprising a hydrofluoroethane represented by the following formula (A), difluoromethane and tetrafluoropropene, and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one selected from a polyol ester, a polyvinyl ether and a polyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil, wherein a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of the base oil is 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less. C2HnF6-n??(A) [n represents 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Ken Sawada, Hiroko Shimpo, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Patent number: 8889031
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerator machine comprising a base oil comprising an ether-based compound, a carbodiimide compound, and an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerant. The present invention also provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil containing an ether-based compound and a carbodiimide compound, the refrigerating machine oil being used together with an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Sawada, Kuniko Takahashi, Hiroko Shimpo, Katsuya Takigawa