Patents by Inventor Hironobu Yamauchi

Hironobu Yamauchi 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: 20240051911
    Abstract: The method for industrially producing a dialkyl carbonate and a diol, in which the dialkyl carbonate and the diol are continuously produced through a reactive distillation system of taking a cyclic carbonate and an aliphatic monohydric alcohol as starting materials, comprising the steps of: continuously feeding the starting materials into a continuous multi-stage distillation column in which a homogeneous catalyst is present; carrying out reaction and distillation simultaneously in the column; continuously withdrawing a low boiling point reaction mixture containing the produced dialkyl carbonate in a gaseous form from an upper portion of the column; and continuously withdrawing a high boiling point reaction mixture containing the diol in a liquid form from a lower portion of the column, where the method satisfies specific requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hironobu YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 8293162
    Abstract: A method for producing a molded product consisting of a resin polymerized by a melt polycondensation reaction, comprising continuous feeding of a prepolymer in molten state from a prepolymer feeding port to a polymerization reactor, discharging from holes of a porous plate, followed by polymerization while dropping along a supporting substrate under reduced pressure, and molding by transferring to at least one molding machine in molten state without solidification, wherein transfer pressure to said molding machine is controlled so as to maintain at an arbitrary pressure from 0.1 to 100 MPa (absolute pressure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Hiroshige Okamoto, Muneaki Aminaka, Kouji Takeuchi, Hironobu Yamauchi, Ken Someya
  • Publication number: 20080128949
    Abstract: A method for producing a molded product consisting of a resin polymerized by a melt polycondensation reaction, comprising continuous feeding of a prepolymer in molten state from a prepolymer feeding port to a polymerization reactor, discharging from holes of a porous plate, followed by polymerization while dropping along a supporting substrate under reduced pressure, and molding by transferring to at least one molding machine in molten state without solidification, wherein transfer pressure to said molding machine is controlled so as to maintain at an arbitrary pressure from 0.1 to 100 MPa (absolute pressure).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Hiroshige Okamoto, Muneaki Aminaka, Kouji Takeuchi, Hironobu Yamauchi, Ken Someya
  • Publication number: 20040165221
    Abstract: [Object] This invention provides an inquiry-management system and inquiry-management method that, when an inquiry regarding poor product quality or part specifications is received as FAX data, is capable of managing the inquiries sent as FAX data without having to output the FAX data on paper and is capable of keeping it together with the information-management form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Taku Motohashi, Hironobu Yamauchi, Katsumi Sakamoto