Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Kawai

Kazuhiro Kawai 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: 20250010344
    Abstract: A waste treatment facility includes a storage unit configured to store waste, at least one treatment facility configured to perform intermediate treatment of part of the waste stored in the storage unit, a hydrothermal treatment device configured to hydrolyze remaining part of the waste stored in the storage unit with steam to produce a modified substance, and a treatment condition setting device configured to acquire process data of the hydrothermal treatment device, estimate an index for setting a treatment condition for intermediate treatment of the waste in the at least one treatment facility in accordance with the process data, and set the treatment condition in accordance with the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Noma, Kazuhiro Kawai, Yosuke Nakagawa, Kazuki Nishizawa, Kairi Yamada, Terumasa Harada, Kiyonori Kushioka
  • Publication number: 20240390472
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a vaccine effective for protection against infection by Streptococcus species that causes mastitis in livestock and other animals. Specifically, the present invention provides a vaccine comprising a non-encapsulated strain of Streptococcus species as an antigen, and in particular, a vaccine for preventing mastitis developed by infection by Streptococcus uberis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, SCHOOL CORPORATION, AZABU VETERINARY MEDICINE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
    Inventors: Atsushi WATANABE, Eiji HATA, Shinya GOTO, Kazuhiro KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240386391
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a pitting corrosion propagation degree management system for a rotor dovetail in a rotor of a steam turbine for implanting a rotor blade of the steam turbine, the system comprises a display information generator configured to generate display information for displaying: past pitting corrosion propagation degree related information indicating information on a past pitting corrosion propagation degree of the rotor from the past to the present calculated based on measured information; and future pitting corrosion propagation degree related information indicating information on a future pitting corrosion propagation degree of the rotor dovetail calculated based on a future operation plan input through an input screen of a user interface and the past pitting corrosion propagation degree related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuteru Kawai, Kazuhiro Saito, Yoshikazu Ninomiya, Yuka Tsukada, Tetsuya Makino, Osamu Tanaka, Tsukasa Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Yasunori Ono
  • Publication number: 20240286937
    Abstract: Provided are: a novel heavy metal treatment agent having improved performance for treating elements of groups 6-16 of the periodic table or compounds thereof, including treatment of incinerated ash and wastewater, etc.; and a method for treating incinerated ash and wastewater using the heavy metal treatment agent. This heavy metal treatment agent includes at least one dithiocarbamate of one or more amine compounds represented by any of formulae (I) to (III): wherein m represents an integer of 3 to 6; wherein each of the n Xs independently represents a hydrogen atom or a 2-aminoethyl group, at least one X is a 2-aminoethyl group, n is an integer of 1 to 3 and the total number of nitrogen atoms is 4 to 8; and wherein o is an integer of 0 to 2, p is 0 or 1, q is 0 or 1, r is an integer of 0 to 3, the sum of o, p and r is greater than or equal to 1, and the total number of nitrogen atoms is 3 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TERADA, Yuichiro TAKAMATSU, Koji KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240180990
    Abstract: Methane production from ruminant digestion is reduced by allowing a ruminant to be fed on feed containing unfermented coffee grounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION, SCHOOL CORPORATION, AZABU VETERINARY MEDICINE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
    Inventors: Kie YAMADA, Yoji INUI, Kazuhiro KAWAI, Tomomi KURUMISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240058850
    Abstract: A waste treatment system 100 for performing a hydrothermal treatment of wastes includes a hydrothermal treatment device 10 for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the wastes, a storage facility 8, 9 for storing a fuel produced from a reactant of the hydrothermal treatment, and a heat recovery steam generator 18 for generating the steam to be supplied to the hydrothermal treatment device 10. The heat recovery steam generator 18 is configured to generate the steam by using a combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel stored in the storage facility 8, 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Atsuhiro YUKUMOTO, Akira Noma, Yoshio Seiki, Yasumichi Aoki, Nobuyuki Ukai, Kazuhiro Kawai, Jun Satou, Susumu Okino
  • Publication number: 20230406746
    Abstract: A waste treatment system, includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste; a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid of the waste hydrolyzed by the at least one reformer; a microbial reaction detection device for detecting a state of degradation of the reformed material in the microbial reactor; and an adjustment device for adjusting amount and timing of supply of the reformed material to the microbial reactor, based on a detected value of the microbial reaction detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Noma, Kazuhiro Kawai, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino, Shinichi Okamoto, Shinji Nakamura, Kouetsu Shizukuishi, Nobuyuki Ukai, Yuuji Nakajima, Keiichi Nakagawa, Haruka Adachi, Takashi Ike, Yosuke Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11839909
    Abstract: A waste treatment system 100 for performing a hydrothermal treatment of wastes includes a hydrothermal treatment device 10 for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the wastes, a storage facility 8, 9 for storing a fuel produced from a reactant of the hydrothermal treatment, and a heat recovery steam generator 18 for generating the steam to be supplied to the hydrothermal treatment device 10. The heat recovery steam generator 18 is configured to generate the steam by using a combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel stored in the storage facility 8, 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Akira Noma, Yoshio Seiki, Yasumichi Aoki, Nobuyuki Ukai, Kazuhiro Kawai, Jun Satou, Susumu Okino
  • Publication number: 20230356275
    Abstract: A waste treatment system includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste with steam; a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid of the waste hydrolyzed by the at least one reformer; and at least one steam generation device for generating the steam by using only combustion energy of a gas produced in the microbial reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kawai, Akira Noma, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino
  • Publication number: 20230257783
    Abstract: A waste treatment system includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste; and a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid among the waste hydrolyzed in the at least one reformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Noma, Kazuhiro Kawai, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino, Yosuke Nakagawa, Koichi Fukunaga, Keiichi Nakagawa, Haruka Adachi, Takashi Ike, Ryo Kamito, Masahiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210146410
    Abstract: A waste treatment system 100 for performing a hydrothermal treatment of wastes includes a hydrothermal treatment device 10 for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the wastes, a storage facility 8, 9 for storing a fuel produced from a reactant of the hydrothermal treatment, and a heat recovery steam generator 18 for generating the steam to be supplied to the hydrothermal treatment device 10. The heat recovery steam generator 18 is configured to generate the steam by using a combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel stored in the storage facility 8, 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Atsuhiro YUKUMOTO, Akira NOMA, Yoshio SEIKI, Yasumichi AOKI, Nobuyuki UKAI, Kazuhiro KAWAI, Jun SATOU, Susumu OKINO
  • Patent number: 10889381
    Abstract: An anti-icing system according to the present invention blows heated air to a curved inner surface of a main wing of an aircraft. The anti-icing system includes: a piccolo tube that includes a flow path through which the heated air flows in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a plurality of ejection holes provided along the longitudinal direction to make the flow path communicate with an outside; and an engine that supplies the heated air toward the piccolo tube. The heated air ejected from the ejection holes of the piccolo tube is ejected toward an upper limit position and a lower limit position of an outside airflow stagnation point that are virtually formed on the main wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gento Ichikawa, Yoichi Uefuji, Toshiyuki Ishida, Masatoshi Morishita, Kazuhiro Kawai
  • Patent number: 10589866
    Abstract: An anti-icing system according to the present invention includes: a piccolo tube that includes a flow path through which heated gas flows in the longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a plurality of ejection holes provided along the longitudinal direction to make the flow path communicate with an outside; and an engine serving as a supply source that supplies the heated gas toward the piccolo tube. The piccolo tube is decreased in an area of the flow path in a stepwise manner or in a continuous manner in the longitudinal direction, and has a continuous side surface provided with the ejection holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Morishita, Masanori Tsujita, Satoshi Watanabe, Yoichi Uefuji, Kazuhiro Kawai, Toshiyuki Ishida, Gento Ichikawa, Go Fujita
  • Patent number: 10377497
    Abstract: There is provided an anti-icing system that has a simple structure and makes it possible to exert anti-icing performance by dealing with displacement of a stagnation point without increasing air resistance. The anti-icing system according to the present invention blows heated gas to an inner surface of a wing of an aircraft, and includes: a piccolo tube that includes a flow path through which the heated gas flows in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a plurality of ejection holes provided along the longitudinal direction to make the flow path communicate with an outside; and a supply source that supplies the heated gas toward the piccolo tube. The piccolo tube is held to cause positions of the respective ejection holes to be fixed in a gravity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ishida, Gento Ichikawa, Yoichi Uefuji, Masatoshi Morishita, Kazuhiro Kawai, Satoshi Watanabe, Go Fujita
  • Patent number: 10076004
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes: heating chamber (11) for accommodating a heating object; magnetron (12) for heating the heating object accommodated in heating chamber (11); blower (13) for cooling magnetron (12); temperature detection device (17) for detecting a temperature of magnetron (12); and a control device for controlling an output power of magnetron (12) on the basis of temperature information output from temperature detection device (17), wherein temperature detection device (17) is disposed inside cooling fin (19) of magnetron (12), and the control device controls magnetron (12) on the basis of the temperature information obtained before cooking is started, thereby reducing a temperature transfer loss of abnormal heat generated from magnetron (12) and efficiently transferring the heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Kanzaki, Kazuhiro Kawai, Hisahiro Nishitani
  • Publication number: 20170233084
    Abstract: An anti-icing system according to the present invention blows heated air to a curved inner surface of a main wing of an aircraft. The anti-icing system includes: a piccolo tube that includes a flow path through which the heated air flows in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a plurality of ejection holes provided along the longitudinal direction to make the flow path communicate with an outside; and an engine that supplies the heated air toward the piccolo tube. The heated air ejected from the ejection holes of the piccolo tube is ejected toward an upper limit position and a lower limit position of an outside airflow stagnation point that are virtually formed on the main wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Gento Ichikawa, Yoichi Uefuji, Toshiyuki Ishida, Masatoshi Morishita, Kazuhiro Kawai
  • Publication number: 20170217593
    Abstract: There is provided an anti-icing system that has a simple structure and makes it possible to exert anti-icing performance by dealing with displacement of a stagnation point without increasing air resistance. The anti-icing system according to the present invention blows heated gas to an inner surface of a wing of an aircraft, and includes: a piccolo tube that includes a flow path through which the heated gas flows in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a plurality of ejection holes provided along the longitudinal direction to make the flow path communicate with an outside; and a supply source that supplies the heated gas toward the piccolo tube. The piccolo tube is held to cause positions of the respective ejection holes to be fixed in a gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ishida, Gento Ichikawa, Yoichi Uefuji, Masatoshi Morishita, Kazuhiro Kawai, Satoshi Watanabe, Go Fujita
  • Publication number: 20170210476
    Abstract: An anti-icing system according to the present invention includes: a piccolo tube that includes a flow path through which heated gas flows in the longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a plurality of ejection holes provided along the longitudinal direction to make the flow path communicate with an outside; and an engine serving as a supply source that supplies the heated gas toward the piccolo tube. The piccolo tube is decreased in an area of the flow path in a stepwise manner or in a continuous manner in the longitudinal direction, and has a continuous side surface provided with the ejection holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masatoshi Morishita, Masanori Tsujita, Satoshi Watanabe, Yoichi Uefuji, Kazuhiro Kawai, Toshiyuki Ishida, Gento Ichikawa, Go Fujita
  • Publication number: 20120043316
    Abstract: A high-frequency heating equipment includes temperature sensor (21) that is mounted with mounting bracket (22) such that temperature sensor (21) can be pressed by a lateral face of cooling fins and an end of temperature sensor (21) points to an anode of magnetron (3). This structure allows positively preventing magnetron (3) from falling into a thermal runaway which invites a breakdown of magnetron (3), and allows determining in a reliable manner whether the operation is a no-load running or a light-load running. The high-frequency heating equipment thus achieves stable performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kawai, Kouji Kanzaki, Hisahiro Nishitani
  • Publication number: 20110284528
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes: heating chamber (11) for accommodating a heating object; magnetron (12) for heating the heating object accommodated in heating chamber (11); blower (13) for cooling magnetron (12); temperature detection device (17) for detecting a temperature of magnetron (12); and a control device for controlling an output power of magnetron (12) on the basis of temperature information output from temperature detection device (17), wherein temperature detection device (17) is disposed inside cooling fin (19) of magnetron (12), and the control device controls magnetron (12) on the basis of the temperature information obtained before cooking is started, thereby reducing a temperature transfer loss of abnormal heat generated from magnetron (12) and efficiently transferring the heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Kanzaki, Kazuhiro Kawai, Hisahiro Nishitani