Patents by Inventor Keiichi Okuyama

Keiichi Okuyama 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: 10228129
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved To provide a waste gasification melting apparatus which, even if a fuel gas is used as an alternative to a part of the coke, the temperature of the coke bed can be sufficiently raised, and a method using the same. Solution A waste gasification melting apparatus including an oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 for blowing oxygen rich air into a tuyere 5, and a fuel gas supply apparatus 15 for supplying a fuel gas to the tuyere 5, and a controller 16 for controlling the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14; the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 mixing air and oxygen to prepare oxygen rich air and supply the oxygen rich air to the tuyere 5; and the controller 16 controlling the amount of air to be mixed and the amount of oxygen to be mixed in the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 so as to give an oxygen concentration of the oxygen rich air in accordance with the amount of fuel gas supplied to the tuyere 5 from the fuel gas supply apparatus 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: JFE Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Horiuchi, Keiichi Okuyama, Takeshi Uchiyama, Hajime Akiyama, Junya Watanabe, Takashi Nakayama, Kazumasa Wakimoto, Akio Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20160053992
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved To provide a waste gasification melting apparatus which, even if a fuel gas is used as an alternative to a part of the coke, the temperature of the coke bed can be sufficiently raised, and a method using the same. Solution A waste gasification melting apparatus including an oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 for blowing oxygen rich air into a tuyere 5, and a fuel gas supply apparatus 15 for supplying a fuel gas to the tuyere 5, and a controller 16 for controlling the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14; the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 mixing air and oxygen to prepare oxygen rich air and supply the oxygen rich air to the tuyere 5; and the controller 16 controlling the amount of air to be mixed and the amount of oxygen to be mixed in the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 so as to give an oxygen concentration of the oxygen rich air in accordance with the amount of fuel gas supplied to the tuyere 5 from the fuel gas supply apparatus 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: JFE Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Horiuchi, Keiichi Okuyama, Takeshi Uchiyama, Hajime Akiyama, Junya Watanabe, Takashi Nakayama, Kazumasa Wakimoto, Akio Shimomura
  • Patent number: 9106331
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a package that has a plurality of slots into each of which a board can be freely detachably inserted; at least one control board; a PWE interface communication unit that is connected to the control board, converts an input SDH or PDH signal to a packet signal, and outputs the converted signal to the control board; a radio transmission communication unit that is connected to the control board, converts the packet signal to a radio signal, and outputs the converted signal; and an optical transmission communication unit that is connected to the control board, converts the packet signal to an optical transmission signal, and outputs the converted signal. The units are separately inserted in the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20140086572
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a package that has a plurality of slots into each of which a board can be freely detachably inserted; at least one control board; a PWE interface communication unit that is connected to the control board, converts an input SDH or PDH signal to a packet signal, and outputs the converted signal to the control board; a radio transmission communication unit that is connected to the control board, converts the packet signal to a radio signal, and outputs the converted signal; and an optical transmission communication unit that is connected to the control board, converts the packet signal to an optical transmission signal, and outputs the converted signal. The units are separately inserted in the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiichi Okuyama
  • Patent number: 8536385
    Abstract: A process for preparing dimethyl ether or a mixture of dimethyl ether and methanol including passing a raw gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen through a catalyst slurry containing a mixture including (a) a medium oil having as a main component, a branched, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 16 to 50 carbon atoms, 1 to 7 tertiary carbon atoms, 0 quaternary carbon atoms, and 1 to 16 carbon atoms in the branched chains bonded to the tertiary carbon atom; and at least one of the tertiary carbon atoms is bonded to hydrocarbon chains with a chain length having 4 or more of carbon atoms in three directions, (b) a methanol synthesis catalyst; (c) a methanol dehydration catalyst; and (d) a methanol shift catalyst or a methanol dehydration/shift catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Inpex Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Total Gas & Power Ventures, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Okuyama, Yotaro Ohno, Takashi Ogawa, Seiji Aoki, Tsutomu Shikada, Yasuhiro Mogi, Toshifumi Suzuki, Yasuo Miyoshi, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Kazuro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120157554
    Abstract: A medium oil to be used for a synthesis reaction in a slurry-bed reaction procedure. The medium oil has as a main component, a branched, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 16 to 50 carbon atoms, 1 to 7 tertiary carbon atoms, 0 quaternary carbon atoms, and 1 to 16 carbon atoms in the branched chains bonded to the tertiary carbon atoms; and at least one of the tertiary carbon atoms is bonded to hydrocarbon chains with a chain length having 4 or more carbon atoms in three directions, wherein the synthesis reaction in the slurry-bed reaction procedure comprises producing an oxygen-containing organic compound from a raw gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: INPEX Corporation, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Total Gas & Power Ventures, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi OKUYAMA, Yotaro OHNO, Takashi OGAWA, Seiji AOKI, Tsutomu SHIKADA, Yasuhiro MOGI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Yasuo MIYOSHI, Nobuaki KOBAYASHI, Kazuro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 7981500
    Abstract: There are provided a carbon fiber reinforced prepreg of gas barrier properties comprising a sheet-like carbon fiber reinforcement and a matrix resin including therein a gas barrier layer having a clay mineral with a plate-like crystal structure unidirectionally aligned and densely laminated, and a carbon fiber reinforced plastic produced from the carbon fiber reinforced prepreg. Such prepreg is obtained by disposing a film material of gas barrier properties having a clay mineral with a plate-like crystal structure unidirectionally aligned and densely laminated, in at least one interlayer of a laminate of a carbon fiber reinforced prepreg comprising a sheet form carbon fiber reinforcement and a matrix resin; and then heating and/or pressurizing the laminate. The carbon fiber-reinforced composite material of the invention exhibits high gas barrier properties, and particularly hydrogen gas barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: Kyushu Institute of Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Japan, Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Yonemoto, Takeo Ebina, Fujio Mizukami, Keiichi Okuyama, Shoji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20100329675
    Abstract: The interface circuit of the present invention comprises: a first framer configured to input or output a first standard frame compliant with a first standard to or from a transmission path; and a second framer connected to the first framer and configured to input or output a second standard frame compliant with a second standard from or to an in-device interface. The second framer comprises a second framer transmission section configured to input a transmission data from the in-device interface and generate a second standard frame with the transmission data in a payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: KEIICHI OKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 7856075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a clock supply device and a clock supply method by which the holdover characteristics that maintains with high precision the same frequency as the frequency observed immediately before an error can be achieved simply with the addition of a high stability oscillator. An output clock signal that is output from a conventional PLL circuit is monitored with a clock signal of a high-stability fixed oscillator, and the monitor result is written in a memory. A holdover reference generating circuit averages the result written over a certain period of time. When a frequency error monitoring circuit detects a frequency error in an input reference signal, a selector selects a holdover reference, instead of the input reference signal, and inputs the holdover reference to the PLL circuit. Alternatively, the holdover reference generating circuit may select the input of the PLL circuit at the time of an error, and then perform holdover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kon, Keiichi Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20100317747
    Abstract: A medium oil to be used for a synthesis reaction in a slurry-bed reaction procedure. The medium oil has as a main component, a branched, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 16 to 50 carbon atoms, 1 to 7 tertiary carbon atoms, 0 quaternary carbon atoms, and 1 to 16 carbon atoms in the branched chains bonded to the tertiary carbon atoms; and at least one of the tertiary carbon atoms is bonded to hydrocarbon chains with a chain length having 4 or more carbon atoms in three directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Keiichi Okuyama, Yotaro Ohno, Takashi Ogawa, Seiji Aoki, Tsutomu Shikada, Yasuhiro Mogi, Toshifumi Suzuki, Yasuo Miyoshi, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Kazuro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100304145
    Abstract: There are provided a carbon fiber reinforced prepreg of gas barrier properties comprising a sheet-like carbon fiber reinforcement and a matrix resin including therein a gas barrier layer having a clay mineral with a plate-like crystal structure unidirectionally aligned and densely laminated, and a carbon fiber reinforced plastic produced from the carbon fiber reinforced prepreg. Such prepreg is obtained by disposing a film material of gas barrier properties having a clay mineral with a plate-like crystal structure unidirectionally aligned and densely laminated, in at least one interlayer of a laminate of a carbon fiber reinforced prepreg comprising a sheet form carbon fiber reinforcement and a matrix resin; and then heating and/or pressurizing the laminate. The carbon fiber-reinforced composite material of the invention exhibits high gas barrier properties, and particularly hydrogen gas barrier properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicants: Kyushu Institute of Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Koichi Yonemoto, Takeo Ebina, Fujio Mizukami, Keiichi Okuyama, Shoji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20080069285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a clock supply device and a clock supply method by which the holdover characteristics that maintains with high precision the same frequency as the frequency observed immediately before an error can be achieved simply with the addition of a high stability oscillator. An output clock signal that is output from a conventional PLL circuit is monitored with a clock signal of a high-stability fixed oscillator, and the monitor result is written in a memory. A holdover reference generating circuit averages the result written over a certain period of time. When a frequency error monitoring circuit detects a frequency error in an input reference signal, a selector selects a holdover reference, instead of the input reference signal, and inputs the holdover reference to the PLL circuit. Alternatively, the holdover reference generating circuit may select the input of the PLL circuit at the time of an error, and then perform holdover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KON, Keiichi OKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20060120953
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a synthesis gas containing no hydrocarbon and reduced concentration of carbon dioxide among the produced synthesis gas. The process according to the present invention comprises reforming the gas generated by partial combustion of hydrocarbon using a catalyst in a furnace for generating the synthesis gas mounted on a catalyst layer inside the furnace, and producing the synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide as a main components, and is characterized in that the temperature at outlet of the catalyst layer ranges from 1100 to 1300° C. and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the produced synthesis gas is not more than 10% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Keiichi Okuyama, Takashi Ogawa, Seiji Aoki, Tsutomu Shikada, Toshifumi Suzuki, Yasuo Miyoshi, Nobuaki Konayashi, Kazuno Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7015255
    Abstract: (a) A medium oil wherein a main component is a hydrocarbon, and the number of paraffinic carbon atoms is 70% or more with respect to a total number of carbon atoms, (b) a medium oil wherein a main component is a polybutene, (c) a medium oil wherein a main component is a mixture of hydrocarbons of the formula (1): CH3—C(CH3)2—[—CH2—C(CH3)2—]n—CH2—R ??(1) wherein R is —CH(CH3)2 or —C(CH3)?CH2, and n is 1 to 10, (d) a medium oil wherein a main component is a hydrocarbon prepared by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, or (e) a medium oil wherein a main component is a branched paraffinic hydrocarbon prepared by hydrogenolysis of a hydrocarbon prepared by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, and a process of producing dimethyl ether using the medium oil, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: JFE Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiji Tomura, Takashi Ogawa, Masami Ono, Keiichi Okuyama, Seiji Aoki, Tsutomu Shikada, Masatsugu Mizuguchi, Yotaro Ohno
  • Patent number: 6663051
    Abstract: A thermal protection structure includes a thermal protection layer formed by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a matrix resin, a gas-pervious wear-resistant layer formed of a heat-resistant material and laminated on the outer surface to be exposed to heat of the thermal protection layer. The wear-resistant layer prevents the direct impact of raindrops or ice pellets on the thermal protection layer, so that the reduction of the thermal protection ability of the thermal protection layer due to wear can be prevented. The gas-pervious wear-resistant layer permits the emission of gases produced by the thermal decomposition and carbonization of the thermal protection layer caused by aerodynamic heating into the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiichi Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20030025040
    Abstract: A thermal protection structure includes a thermal protection layer formed by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a matrix resin, a gas-pervious wear-resistant layer formed of a heat-resistant material and laminated on the outer surface to be exposed to heat of the thermal protection layer. The wear-resistant layer prevents the direct impact of raindrops or ice pellets on the thermal protection layer, so that the reduction of the thermal protection ability of the thermal protection layer due to wear can be prevented. The gas-pervious wear-resistant layer permits the emission of gases produced by the thermal decomposition and carbonization of the thermal protection layer caused by aerodynamic heating into the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiichi Okuyama
  • Patent number: 5825821
    Abstract: A termination cross-connect device, receiving the first and second digital signals from the previous cross-connect device through different routes, checks whether the sink-side J1 identification is included in the first and second digital signals. When it is included, the termination cross-connect device adjusts a phase difference between the first and second digital signals based on the J1 byte such that the first and second digital signals coincide in phase with each other. After the first and second digital signals coincide in phase with each other, the hitless switching is performed from the first path to the second path. Not only a route length delay differences but also interconnection delays developed in the previous cross-connect device may be canceled out by performing the delay adjustment when the cross-connect switch of the previous cross-connect device is active but when it is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Okuyama
  • Patent number: 5677931
    Abstract: Only when data inputted from first and second transmission paths agree with each other, a selector effects switching from the data from the first transmission path to the data from the second transmission path or from the data from the second transmission path to the data from the first transmission path. A transmission interface adds an overhead to the data of a payload outputted from the selector. A counter counts up at the timing of an overhead in the data inputted from the first transmission path based on an output signal from a multiframe synchronizing circuit that is associated with the first transmission path. In the absence of uninterrupted data switching by the selector, a parity bit is inserted into a random pattern generated by a random pattern generator, and the random pattern with the inserted parity bit is written into a memory while the counter is counting up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Okuyama, Kunihiko Akama
  • Patent number: 5651027
    Abstract: When transmitting signals to the respective two paths having a routing length difference on a transmitting side, a signal identifying one and the other of the respective two paths is given to the transmission signal before transmission to one and the other of the paths. On the receiving side, after the two paths have been intentionally switched in the state of non-instantaneous disconnection from one path to the other under external control, a change from the signal identifying one of the paths to the signal identifying the other path is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Okuyama