Patents by Inventor Katsuya Toda

Katsuya Toda 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: 7998240
    Abstract: A process of water-granulating copper smelting slag can readily suppress elution of As from the copper smelting slag. A process of water-granulating a copper smelting slag with granulation water in a circulating system, includes granulating the copper smelting slag with the granulation water; settling suspended solids from the granulation water circulating in the system in a settling tank followed by discharging part of the granulation water through the settling tank from the system; and feeding supplementary water having a concentration of As of 0.01 mg/L or less into the system in such an amount that the total amount of the granulation water circulating in the system is kept constant; wherein the amount of granulation water discharged through the settling tank is such that As eluted from the copper smelting slag after water granulation is 0.01 mg/L or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaki, Katsuya Toda
  • Patent number: 7944203
    Abstract: A corrosion evaluation device for performing a quantitative evaluation of corrosion by measuring a quantity of decrease in the thickness of a magnetic material which is covered by a non magnetic material or a magnetic material which is not covered by a non magnetic material which includes: a magnetic field generating device for generating such a magnetic field that includes the magnetic material in a magnetic path, a Giant Magnet-Resistive effect (GMR) sensor provided with a GMR sensor for detecting a magnetic flux leakage with regard to the magnetic material and converts a change in the magnetic flux into an electrical signal, a thickness reduction calculation portion for calculating a quantity of decrease in the thickness of the magnetic material based on the electrical signal. The corrosion evaluation device precisely performs a quantitative evaluation of corrosion even when the magnetic material, which is to be evaluated, is covered by a non magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Katsuya Toda, Minoru Tagami
  • Publication number: 20090223324
    Abstract: A process of water-granulating copper smelting slag can readily suppress elution of As from the copper smelting slag. A process of water-granulating a copper smelting slag with granulation water in a circulating system, includes granulating the copper smelting slag with the granulation water; settling suspended solids from the granulation water circulating in the system in a settling tank followed by discharging part of the granulation water through the settling tank from the system; and feeding supplementary water having a concentration of As of 0.01 mg/L or less into the system in such an amount that the total amount of the granulation water circulating in the system is kept constant; wherein the amount of granulation water discharged through the settling tank is such that As eluted from the copper smelting slag after water granulation is 0.01 mg/L or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaki, Katsuya Toda
  • Publication number: 20090134867
    Abstract: A corrosion evaluation device for performing a quantitative evaluation of corrosion by measuring a quantity of decrease in the thickness of a magnetic material which is covered by a non magnetic material or a magnetic material which is not covered by a non magnetic material which includes: a magnetic field generating device for generating such a magnetic field that includes the magnetic material in a magnetic path, a Giant Magnet-Resistive effect (GMR) sensor provided with a GMR sensor for detecting a magnetic flux leakage with regard to the magnetic material and converts a change in the magnetic flux into an electrical signal, a thickness reduction calculation portion for calculating a quantity of decrease in the thickness of the magnetic material based on the electrical signal. The corrosion evaluation device precisely performs a quantitative evaluation of corrosion even when the magnetic material, which is to be evaluated, is covered by a non magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Katsuya Toda, Minoru Tagami