Patents by Inventor Ken ICHIMURA

Ken ICHIMURA 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: 11913717
    Abstract: A natural gas liquefying apparatus includes: a precooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to precool natural gas; a liquefying unit, which is a treatment unit configured to liquefy the natural gas; a refrigerant cooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to cool a liquefying refrigerant; a compression unit configured to compress vaporized refrigerants; and a pipe rack including air-cooled coolers arrayed and arranged on an upper surface. The treatment units and the compression unit are separately arranged in a first arrangement region and a second arrangement region arranged opposed to each other across a long side of the pipe rack. The pipe rack interposed between the first and second arrangement regions has a region in which no air-cooled cooler is arranged in order to arrange a plurality of pipes, through which refrigerants are allowed to flow, in a direction of a short side of the pipe rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Kaoru Sawayanagi, Tomoharu Inoue, Yuichi Yoshizawa, Masahito Seiwa, Ken Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20220290918
    Abstract: A natural gas liquefying apparatus includes: a precooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to precool natural gas; a liquefying unit, which is a treatment unit configured to liquefy the natural gas; a refrigerant cooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to cool a liquefying refrigerant; a compression unit configured to compress vaporized refrigerants; and a pipe rack including air-cooled coolers arrayed and arranged on an upper surface. The treatment units and the compression unit are separately arranged in a first arrangement region and a second arrangement region arranged opposed to each other across a long side of the pipe rack. The pipe rack interposed between the first and second arrangement regions has a region in which no air-cooled cooler is arranged in order to arrange a plurality of pipes, through which refrigerants are allowed to flow, in a direction of a short side of the pipe rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori YAMADA, Kaoru SAWAYANAGI, Tomoharu INOUE, Yuichi YOSHIZAWA, Masahito SEIWA, Ken ICHIMURA