Patents by Inventor Ken Sawada

Ken Sawada 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: 10053647
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil that comprises an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, an epoxy compound, and a phosphorus compound, and a fluoropropene refrigerant, wherein the polyhydric alcohol constituting the ester comprises pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol, the fatty acid constituting the ester comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the epoxy compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy a condition represented by the following formula (1). [ Formula ? ? 1 ] ? 0.10 ? ( N E M E · W E ) ( N P M P · W P ) ? 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Kabushki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Muto, Hajime Mukawa, Takekazu Kano, Genki Hayashi, Kazuki Yamamoto, Takahiro Hoshida, Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
  • Patent number: 10023823
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less, wherein the refrigerating machine oil is used with a refrigerant comprising 15% by mass or more of difluoromethane, 15% by mass or more of pentafluoroethane, 15% by mass or more of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 15% by mass or more of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane based on the total amount of the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Hiroko Shimpo, Souichirou Konno, Ken Sawada, Kentaro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10005981
    Abstract: The refrigerating machine oil according to the present invention comprises a polyalkylene glycol represented by the following formula (1): R1—(OR3)n—OR2??(1) [R1 and R2 may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or an acyl group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R3 represents an alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n represents an integer such that a number average molecular weight of the polyalkylene glycol represented by the formula (1) is from 1000 to 2500] the polyalkylene glycol having a ratio of the weight average molecular weight Mw to the number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of from 1.00 to 1.15, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
  • Publication number: 20180044607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid as a base oil; and an ether compound of a polyhydric alcohol, the refrigerating machine oil being used with an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Tada, Ken Sawada
  • Patent number: 9834737
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil composition comprising an ester-based base oil, an epoxy compound, and a carbodiimide compound, the refrigerating machine oil composition being used with a refrigerant containing a fluoropropene in a refrigerating machine comprising a member containing polyethylene terephthalate and/or a member containing hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
  • Publication number: 20170327759
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less, wherein the refrigerating machine oil is used with a refrigerant comprising 15% by mass or more of difluoromethane, 15% by mass or more of pentafluoroethane, 15% by mass or more of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 15% by mass or more of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane based on the total amount of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroko SHIMPO, Souichirou KONNO, Ken SAWADA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170327765
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing an ester base oil obtained from pentaerythritol and mixed fatty acids of a fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms and a fatty acid having 9 carbon atoms, wherein a ratio of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of the ester base oil is 1.06 to 1.20, and used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroko SHIMPO, Souichirou KONNO, Ken SAWADA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170267483
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken SAWADA, Shigeru MIZUNO, Hiroyuki KUNO, Takuya FUKUHARA
  • Patent number: 9752091
    Abstract: The lubricating base oil of the present invention comprises an ester synthesized from: a first component that is at least one selected from polyhydric alcohols having 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups; a second component that is at least one selected from polybasic acids having 6 to 12 carbon atoms; and a third component that is at least one selected from monohydric alcohols having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and monocarboxylic acids having 2 to 12 carbon atoms. In addition, the refrigerating machine oil and the working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention each comprise the above lubricating base oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Ken Sawada, Takeshi Okido, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Patent number: 9688502
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Sawada, Shigeru Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kuno, Takuya Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 9587196
    Abstract: Disclosed is a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil comprising an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, a carbodiimide compound, and a phosphorous compound, and at least one refrigerant selected from 1, 1, 1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the fatty acid comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the carbodiimide compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy the conditions represented by the formula (1): 0.11 ? ( N C M C · W C ) ( N P M P · W P ) ? 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
  • Publication number: 20170037337
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil that comprises an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, an epoxy compound, and a phosphorus compound, and a fluoropropene refrigerant, wherein the polyhydric alcohol constituting the ester comprises pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol, the fatty acid constituting the ester comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the epoxy compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy a condition represented by the following formula (1). [ Formula ? ? 1 ] ? 0.10 ? ( N E M E · W E ) ( N P M P · W P ) ? 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicants: Denso Corporation, Kabushki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka MUTO, Hajime MUKAWA, Takekazu KANO, Genki HAYASHI, Kazuki YAMAMOTO, Takahiro HOSHIDA, Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Ken SAWADA, Akira TADA, Souichirou KONNO
  • Patent number: 9546337
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil, and at least one ester additive selected from a first ester that is a fatty acid 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl alkyl ester and a second ester that is a 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl carboxylic acid alkyl ester, wherein a content of the ester additive is 0.01 to 5.0% by mass based on the total mass of the lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Ken Sawada, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20170009170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil comprising an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, a carbodiimide compound, and a phosphorous compound, and at least one refrigerant selected from 1, 1, 1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the fatty acid comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the carbodiimide compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy the conditions represented by the formula (1): 0.11 ? ( N C M C · W C ) ( N P M P · W P ) ? 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
  • Patent number: 9469801
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises: a refrigerating machine oil comprising a complex ester as a base oil; and a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, the complex ester being obtainable by further esterifying, with at least one selected from a monohydric alcohol having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and a fatty acid having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an ester intermediate obtained by reacting a neopentyl polyol with a dibasic acid, and having an acid value of 0.5 mgKOH/g or less, the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2 to 50 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Ken Sawada, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20160244691
    Abstract: The refrigerating machine oil according to the present invention comprises a polyalkylene glycol represented by the following formula (1): R1—(OR3)n—OR2??(1) [R1 and R2 may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or an acyl group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R3 represents an alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n represents an integer such that a number average molecular weight of the polyalkylene glycol represented by the formula (1) is from 1000 to 2500] the polyalkylene glycol having a ratio of the weight average molecular weight Mw to the number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of from 1.00 to 1.15, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi, Ken Sawada, Akira Tada, Souichirou Konno
  • Publication number: 20160244692
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil composition comprising an ester-based base oil, an epoxy compound, and a carbodiimide compound, the refrigerating machine oil composition being used with a refrigerant containing a fluoropropene in a refrigerating machine comprising a member containing polyethylene terephthalate and/or a member containing hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAHASHI, Ken SAWADA, Akira TADA, Souichirou KONNO
  • Patent number: 9411000
    Abstract: Methods and systems for measuring capacitance difference are disclosed. In one aspect, first and second capacitive elements are connected between voltage receiving nodes for receiving first and second DC voltages and nodes connectable to a third DC voltage via a first, resp. second switch. Further, in a first phase, a voltage difference is applied to charge the capacitive elements and the switches are alternately closed. First resulting currents are measured. Further, in a second phase, the first and second DC voltages are applied alternatingly and the switches are alternately closed. Second resulting currents are measured. The capacitance difference can be determined from the first and second resulting currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: IMEC, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Geert Van der Plas, Ken Sawada, Yuichi Miyamori, Ankur Anchlia, Abdelkarim Mercha
  • Patent number: 9343410
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate laminated with an insulating layer, a first transmission line formed on the first semiconductor substrate, the first transmission line including a signal line and a ground, a second transmission line formed on the second semiconductor substrate, the second transmission line including a signal line and a ground, a first via layer for the signal lines, the first via layer for the signal lines being formed of a conductor layer formed within a via hole, a first via layer for the grounds, the first via layer for the grounds being formed of a conductor layer formed within a via hole, and a second via layer for the grounds, the second via layer for the grounds being formed of a conductor layer formed within a via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ken Sawada
  • Publication number: 20150336765
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus that forms a folding line on a sheet includes first and second folding rollers that form a folding line on the sheet by rotating a bent sheet while pinching from sheet surfaces and a first pressing unit that presses the second folding roller against the first folding roller in an arbitrary portion in a rotating shaft direction of the second folding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ken SAWADA, Shigeru MIZUNO, Hiroyuki KUNO, Takuya FUKUHARA