Patents by Inventor Hiroyasu Banba

Hiroyasu Banba 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: 10662449
    Abstract: This method for producing a compound uses a continuous tank reactor which is provided with two or more reaction tanks for producing the compound and with a reaction liquid feeding pipe that feeds a reaction liquid from an upstream reaction tank to a downstream reaction tank, said method being characterized in that the Reynold's number of the reaction liquid that flows in the reaction liquid feeding pipe is configured to be 1800-22000. Furthermore, this compound production system is used in said method for producing a compound, and is formed by housing at least one of the reaction tanks in a portable container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kano, Takamitsu Kariya, Hiroyasu Banba, Tomohiko Mawatari, Takeshi Kato, Tsutomu Hirachi, Keizo Tachibana, Masahiro Kamide, Megumu Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20180119186
    Abstract: This method for producing a compound uses a continuous tank reactor which is provided with two or more reaction tanks for producing the compound and with a reaction liquid feeding pipe that feeds a reaction liquid from an upstream reaction tank to a downstream reaction tank, said method being characterized in that the Reynold's number of the reaction liquid that flows in the reaction liquid feeding pipe is configured to be 1800-22000. Furthermore, this compound production system is used in said method for producing a compound, and is formed by housing at least one of the reaction tanks in a portable container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto KANO, Takamitsu KARIYA, Hiroyasu BANBA, Tomohiko MAWATARI, Takeshi KATO, Tsutomu HIRACHI, Keizo TACHIBANA, Masahiro KAMIDE, Megumu MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8980588
    Abstract: A method for producing acrylamide from acrylonitrile by a biocatalyst method, wherein both evaporation of acrylonitrile into a gas phase and damaging of a catalyst by stirring are prevented, is provided. In the present invention, the production of acrylamide from acrylonitrile by the biocatalyst method comprises feeding acrylonitrile into an aqueous medium comprising a microbial catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamitsu Kariya, Hiroyasu Banba, Makoto Kano
  • Publication number: 20120276601
    Abstract: A method for producing acrylamide from acrylonitrile by a biocatalyst method, wherein both evaporation of acrylonitrile into a gas phase and damaging of a catalyst by stirring are prevented, is provided. In the present invention, the production of acrylamide from acrylonitrile by the biocatalyst method comprises feeding acrylonitrile into an aqueous medium comprising a microbial catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Dia-Nitrix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamitsu Kariya, Hiroyasu Banba, Makoto Kano
  • Patent number: 7205133
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing acrylamide with good storage stability and improved acrylamide polymer physical properties using a microbial catalyst. A microbial catalyst having catalytic activity to convert from acrylonitrile to acrylamide is washed with an aqueous acrylic acid solution, and then the washed microbial catalyst is used for the conversion reaction, so that the production of the above acrylamide is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Dia-Nitrix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Banba, Natsuko Morooka
  • Publication number: 20070027294
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to obtain a highly soluble and colorless acrylamide polymer having a high molecular weight. A method for producing such acrylamide polymer involves comprises steps of: hydrating acrylonitrile containing oxazole at a concentration of 5 mg/kg or less and hydrogen cyanide at a concentration of 1 mg/kg or less by an enzymatic method to yield acrylamide; andt polymerizing monomers containing acrylamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: DIA-NITRIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Murao, Katsuo Ishii, Makoto Kano, Hiroyasu Banba
  • Patent number: 7078199
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a compound using a biocatalyst. In the method for continuously producing a compound using a biocatalyst in one or a plurality of reaction tanks, the downstream reaction temperature is set higher than the upstream reaction temperature of the flow of the catalyst in a reaction tank or between reaction tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Murao, Katsuo Ishii, Hiroyasu Banba
  • Patent number: 6906215
    Abstract: There is provided a powdery S,S-EDDS iron complex improved in its caking property. An S,S-ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinic acid iron complex, which is crystalline and has an average particle diameter of from 10 to 1000 ?m and a water content of not more than 7% by weight, a powdery S,S-ethylene-N,N?-disuccinic acid (S,S-EDDS) iron complex having a compressive strength of not more than 1 kg/cm2, the compressive strength being measured according to JIS A 1108 after a lapse of 2 months under conditions of a temperature of 50° C. and a load of 300 g/cm2, and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeho Tanaka, Hiroyasu Banba, Kiyonobu Niwa
  • Publication number: 20040219647
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a compound using a biocatalyst. In the method for continuously producing a compound using a biocatalyst in one or a plurality of reaction tanks, the downstream reaction temperature is set higher than the upstream reaction temperature of the flow of the catalyst in a reaction tank or between reaction tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Kozo Murao, Katsuo Ishii, Hiroyasu Banba
  • Publication number: 20040086986
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing acrylamide with good storage stability and improved acrylamide polymer physical properties using a microbial catalyst. A microbial catalyst having catalytic activity to convert from acrylonitrile to acrylamide is washed with an aqueous acrylic acid solution, and then the washed microbial catalyst is used for the conversion reaction, so that the production of the above acrylamide is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Banba, Natsuko Morooka
  • Patent number: 6495716
    Abstract: Crystals of [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid which have a bulk density of 0.45 to 1.2 g/cm3, and a process for obtaining these crystals comprising the steps of adjusting an aqueous solution of an [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid metal salt to a temperature of 40 to 80° C. and a pH of 1.9 to 4.5, and cooling the solution to a temperature below 40° C. over a period of 0.2 to 10 hours while supplying a mineral acid so as to maintain the pH at 1.9 to 4.5 to precipitate [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid in a high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Banba, Shigeho Tanaka, Kiyonobu Niwa, Takakazu Endo
  • Patent number: 6414189
    Abstract: Crystals of [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid which have a bulk density of 0.45 to 1.2 g/cm3, and a process for obtaining these crystals comprising the steps of adjusting an aqueous solution of an [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid metal salt to a temperature of 40 to 80° C. and a pH of 1.9 to 4.5, and cooling the solution to a temperature below 40° C. over a period of 0.2 to 10 hours while supplying a mineral acid so as to maintain the pH at 1.9 to 4.5 to precipitate [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid in a high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Banba, Shigeho Tanaka, Kiyonobu Niwa, Takakazu Endo
  • Publication number: 20020082449
    Abstract: Crystals of [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid which have a bulk density of 0.45 to 1.2 g/cm3, and a process for obtaining these crystals comprising the steps of adjusting an aqueous solution of an [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid metal salt to a temperature of 40 to 80° C. and a pH of 1.9 to 4.5, and cooling the solution to a temperature below 40° C. over a period of 0.2 to 10 hours while supplying a mineral acid so as to maintain the pH at 1.9 to 4.5 to precipitate [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinic acid in a high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Banba, Shigeho Tanaka, Kiyonobu Niwa, Takakazu Endo