Patents by Inventor Keiji Higashi

Keiji Higashi 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: 20140050891
    Abstract: The raw coke materials of a carbon material for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery is a striped agglomerate obtained by a delayed coking method under a condition that the ratio of the generation rate (mass %) of a generated gas, which includes a hydrogen gas generated by subjecting a heavy oil to coking and C1-C4 gases and the formation rate (mass %) of the raw coke materials (generation rate/formation rate) is from 0.3 to 0.8, and wherein, when an average length of the base of the stripes is defined as W, an average height is defined as H, and an average length in the vertical direction is defined as L, H/W is from 0.15 to 0.40 and L/W is 5.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamotsu TANO, Hiroshi Ozawa, Keiji Higashi, Takashi Oyama, Masatoshi Nishida
  • Patent number: 8226921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Patent number: 8197788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Patent number: 8137530
    Abstract: A process is provided for producing petroleum coke that is high in strength and sufficiently small in thermal expansion coefficient and sufficiently suppressed from puffing. The process includes coking a feedstock containing a first heavy oil having a sulfur content of 1.0 percent by mass or less, a nitrogen content of 0.5 percent by mass or less, and an aromatic index of 0.1 or greater, produced by hydrodesulfurizing a heavy oil with a sulfur content of 1 percent by mass or more under conditions (1) where the total pressure is 10 MPa or greater and less than 16 MPa and the hydrogen partial pressure is 5 MPa or greater and 16 MPa or less or conditions (2) where the total pressure is 20 MPa or greater and 25 MPa or less and the hydrogen partial pressure is greater than 20 MPa and 25 MPa or less, and a second heavy oil with an aromatic index of 0.3 or greater and an initial boiling point of 150° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Petroleum Refining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Toshiyuki Oda, Keiji Higashi
  • Publication number: 20110267737
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED, NIPPON OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OYAMA, Kazuhisa NAKANISHI, Tamotsu TANO, Keiji HIGASHI, Ippei FUJINAGA, Hiromitsu HASHISAKA, Toshitaka FUJII, Takashi NORO, Akio SAKAMOTO, Kiwamu TAKESHITA, Keizou IKAI, Masaki FUJII, Hideki ONO
  • Publication number: 20110253593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED, NIPPON OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OYAMA, Kazuhisa NAKANISHI, Tamotsu TANO, Keiji HIGASHI, Ippei FUJINAGA, Hiromitsu HASHISAKA, Toshitaka FUJII, Takashi NORO, Akio SAKAMOTO, Kiwamu TAKESHITA, Keizou IKAI, Masaki FUJII, Hideki ONO
  • Patent number: 7964173
    Abstract: The present invention provides feedstock compositions for use of the production of an activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrodes or the production of needle coke, comprising a first heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 300° C. or higher, an asphalten content of 12 percent by mass or less, a saturate content of 50 percent by mass or more and a sulfur content of 0.3 percent by mass or less, produced as a residue resulting from vacuum-distillation of a petroleum-based oil and a second heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 150° C. or higher and a sulfur content of 0.5 percent by mass or less, produced by subjecting a hydrocarbon oil to fluidized catalytic cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Kiwamu Takeshita, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Patent number: 7959888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20100181228
    Abstract: A process is provided for producing petroleum coke that is high in strength and sufficiently small in thermal expansion coefficient and sufficiently suppressed from puffing. The process includes coking a feedstock containing a first heavy oil having a sulfur content of 1.0 percent by mass or less, a nitrogen content of 0.5 percent by mass or less, and an aromatic index of 0.1 or greater, produced by hydrodesulfurizing a heavy oil with a sulfur content of 1 percent by mass or more under conditions (1) where the total pressure is 10 MPa or greater and less than 16 MPa and the hydrogen partial pressure is 5 MPa or greater and 16 MPa or less or conditions (2) where the total pressure is 20 MPa or greater and 25 MPa or less and the hydrogen partial pressure is greater than 20 MPa and 25 MPa or less, and a second heavy oil with an aromatic index of 0.3 or greater and an initial boiling point of 150° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Toshiyuki Oda, Keiji Higashi
  • Publication number: 20090268375
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicants: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION, NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20090237860
    Abstract: The present invention provides feedstock compositions for use of the production of an activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrodes or the production of needle coke, comprising a first heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 300° C. or higher, an asphalten content of 12 percent by mass or less, a saturate content of 50 percent by mass or more and a sulfur content of 0.3 percent by mass or less, produced as a residue resulting from vacuum-distillation of a petroleum-based oil and a second heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 150° C. or higher and a sulfur content of 0.5 percent by mass or less, produced by subjecting a hydrocarbon oil to fluidized catalytic cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicants: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION, NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Kiwamu Takeshita, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20020123002
    Abstract: A coating film 2 of an uncured resin composition which is curable in response to irradiation with an energy beam is formed on the surface of a molding 1. A desirable portion of the coating film 2 is irradiated with the energy beam. Thus, the portion of the coating film 2 irradiated with the energy beam is cured to form a surface decorative layer 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Masui, Keiji Higashi
  • Patent number: 5676901
    Abstract: Consequently, the resin molding can be coated over the whole surface with a coating material uniformly and with an excellent adhesion.A molding material is compressed and molded with a mold comprising split molds and capable of forming a space between them outer periphery and slidable position of which are tapered, the molds are mutually separated before complete curing to define a space between at least one side surface of the molding and an opposing surface of the mold, a gas flow is formed inside the molds and in a direction towards the outer periphery for discharging any foreign material such as molding-flash and dust through the space to the exterior of the molds, and a fluid coating material is injected in the space between the molding and the surface of the mold and, with the molds clamped again, compressed to be cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Higashi, Koichi Uesaki, Masunori Kobayakawa, Shusuke Matsumura, Hisanao Kajiura, Yoshikazu Maki, Yoshinori Uno, Shigeru Oka, Shigeo Yoshida, deceased, Kiyo Yoshida, executor, Tomo Yoshida, executor, Shikiko Yoshida, executor, Yukio Yoshida, executor