Patents by Inventor Kenichi Okada

Kenichi Okada 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: 7396580
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a transparent electrode substrate with an ITO film formed thereon, used for example as the transparent electrode plate in a dye sensitized solar cell, for which the electrical resistance does not increase even when exposed to high temperatures of 300° C. or higher. In order to achieve the object, the present invention provides a substrate for a transparent electrode, wherein two or more layers of different transparent conductive films are formed on a transparent substrate, and an upper layer transparent conductive film has a higher heat resistance than that of a lower layer transparent conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Kawashima, Hiroshi Matsui, Kenichi Okada, Nobuo Tanabe
  • Patent number: 7326286
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas treating tower in which exhaust gas flow velocity is increased more than a prior art case so that exhaust gas treating efficiency can be enhanced or the exhaust gas treating tower can be made compact if equivalent performance is to be maintained. Also, an exhaust gas treating tower ensuring a liquid recovery is provided. In an exhaust gas treating tower 10A, liquid columns C are generated and also a liquid drop generating member 20 is provided to thereby generate liquid drops M therearound to be floated. Also, liquid is spouted from spray nozzles to thereby generate liquid films F in area different from the liquid columns C. In an exhaust gas treating tower 110, a liquid drop eliminator 120 is provided upstream of a mist eliminator 118. Interval P1 of collecting plates 121 of the liquid drop eliminator 120 is made larger than interval P2 of collecting plates 119 of the mist eliminator 118.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Toru Takashina, Susumu Okino, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Tsumoru Nakamura, Shintaro Honjo, Kouzou Takano, Tsuyoshi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20070202020
    Abstract: Provided is a system for removing mercury from a mercury-containing exhaust gas, which contains a mercury chlorinating agent feed unit for feeding a mercury chlorinating agent to an flue exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide and mercury, a reductive denitration unit for reducing the nitrogen oxide, and a desulfurization unit for removing the sulfur oxide, characterized in that the mercury chlorinating agent feed unit further comprises a heating unit for heating a non-gaseous agent for mercury chlorination which is in the non-gaseous form under normal temperature and normal pressure or a gasifying unit for obtaining a gaseous agent for mercury chlorination from the non-gaseous agent for mercury chlorination. The present invention makes it possible to provide a mercury removal process and system which have high reliability and can be operated at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kenichi Okada, Susumu Okino, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Satoru Sugita, Yoshio Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20070187849
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas treating tower in which exhaust gas flow velocity is increased more than a prior art case so that exhaust gas treating efficiency can be enhanced or the exhaust gas treating tower can be made compact if equivalent performance is to be maintained. Also, an exhaust gas treating tower ensuring a liquid recovery is provided. In an exhaust gas treating tower 10A, liquid columns C are generated and also a liquid drop generating member 20 is provided to thereby generate liquid drops M therearound to be floated. Also, liquid is spouted from spray nozzles to thereby generate liquid films F in area different from the liquid columns C. In an exhaust gas treating tower 110, a liquid drop eliminator 120 is provided upstream of a mist eliminator 118. Interval P1 of collecting plates 121 of the liquid drop eliminator 120 is made larger than interval P2 of collecting plates 119 of the mist eliminator 118.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Toru Takashina, Susumu Okino, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Tsumoru Nakamura, Shintaro Honjo, Kouzou Takano, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Koichiro Iwashita
  • Patent number: 7235220
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas treatment method including oxidation treatment for converting metallic mercury contained in combustion exhaust gas into mercury chloride; and mercury removal treatment for removing mercury from the combustion exhaust gas by dissolving the mercury chloride in water, wherein a plurality of oxidation catalysts for performing the oxidation treatment are provided, and during the time when the oxidation treatment is performed, at least one of the oxidation catalysts performs catalyst performance restoration treatment without performing oxidation treatment. According to the present invention, the deterioration in mercury removal performance can be restrained even in continuous operation on condition that mercury is oxidized in a low temperature region not higher than 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kozo Iida, Kenichi Okada, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Masanori Tabata
  • Publication number: 20070125420
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes a casing; and a stacked body enclosed within the casing, wherein the stacked body comprises: a working electrode having a porous oxide semiconductor layer having a sensitizing dye supported on a surface thereof; a counter electrode provided on a side of the porous oxide semiconductor layer of the working electrode facing the working electrode; and an electrolyte layer at least a part of which is formed between the working electrode and the counter electrode, and wherein an upper surface and a lower surface of the stacked body contacts directly or indirectly an inner surface of the casing, the portion of the casing at least contacting the working electrode being made of a material having an optical characteristic of transmitting sunlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ezure, Nobuo Tanabe, Hiroshi Matsui, Kenichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20070031660
    Abstract: An adhesive film prevents static charge on peeling generated when removed from an adherend and also improves adhesion between a base material and an adhesive layer, where an under coat layer containing an organometallic is formed on the base material and then an adhesive layer is formed on the base material. Alternatively, an adhesive film showing high adhesion with a glass substrate, and including an antistatic layer, which prevents static charge on peeling generated when the surface protective film is removed, and improves adhesion between a base material and an adhesive layer, where the adhesive film includes a base material, an adhesive layer made of a water dispersible adhesive including, and an antistatic layer, containing a water soluble or water dispersible conductive material, interposed between them, and the adhesive film is stuck onto an image display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Mika Kanamaru, Kenichi Okada, Toshitaka Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20060188712
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition which shows high adhesion with a glass substrate and has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, an adhesive optical film comprising an adhesive layer made of the adhesive composition, which shows high adhesion between the adhesive layer and an optical film and effectively suppresses the occurrence of adhesive residue and lack of adhesive and also has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, and an image display device comprising the adhesive optical film, the adhesive optical film comprises an optical film 1, an adhesive layer 3 made of a water dispersible adhesive composition comprising, as raw monomers, an alkyl(meth)acrylate ester whose alkyl group has 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer, a phosphoric acid group-containing vinyl monomer, and a copolymerizable vinyl monomer which is optionally copolymerizable with the above monomers, wherein a carboxyl group concentration is fro
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Toshitaka Takahashi, Mika Kanamaru, Michio Umeda
  • Publication number: 20060162770
    Abstract: In an electrode substrate 1, the surface of a metal circuit layer 12 is covered and insulated by an insulating layer 14. In a photoelectric conversion element that uses this electrode substrate 1, the metal circuit layer is reliably shielded from an electrolyte solution or the like so that corrosion and leak current thereof is effectively prevented, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved. The insulating layer 14 is preferably made of a material that contains a glass component, and is particularly preferably formed by printing a paste that contains glass frit. The metal circuit layer 12 is preferably formed using a printing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Kenichi Okada, Takuya Kawashima, Nobuo Tanabe, Tetsuya Ezure
  • Patent number: 7045568
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which has a small increase of a peel force to a release liner having a silicone release agent applied thereto or back coating layer, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets comprising the composition. The aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates as the main component and at least one silane monomer, and an organic compound capable of bonding to the silane monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonari Naito, Akiko Miyano, Kazuhisa Maeda, Michio Umeda, Kenichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20060093534
    Abstract: A liquid column type exhaust gas treatment apparatus comprising a spray header (2) for injecting an absorbing solution upward in an absorption tower (1), wherein exhaust gas introduced from a lower part of the absorption tower (1) and the absorbing solution injected from the spray header (2) are brought into gas-liquid contact with each other, by which desulfurization of exhaust gas is accomplished, characterized in that drift preventing plates (5a and 5b) are provided in a liquid top portion of a liquid column (6) formed by the absorbing solution and/or at the installation position of the spray header (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Shintaro Honjo, Susumu Okino, Toru Takashina, Masashi Yoshikawa, Tsuyoshi Oishi
  • Patent number: 7008987
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in adhesion to foams and unsusceptibility to edge peeling and retains stable adhesive force over long, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate and, disposed on one or both sides thereof, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising the aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive rubber foam sheet comprising a rubber foam and, disposed on one or both sides thereof, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer or pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. The aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates as the main component and at least one silane monomer, and a tackifier having a phenolic skeleton, added to the aqueous dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Tomonari Naito, Michio Umeda
  • Publication number: 20050278224
    Abstract: In a perfume information processing system, a WEB server that provides contents containing perfume information, a perfume inquiry server that generates a perfume conversion table, and multiple clients that each includes a perfume emitting device are connected to a network. Each client sends information showing a perfume that should be emitted and information showing each stored perfume of its corresponding perfume emitting device to the perfume inquiry server and retrieves a perfume conversion table for converting the perfume that should be emitted into information showing a stored perfume. The client converts the perfume information contained in the contents retrieved from the WEB server into perfume information by referring to the perfume conversion table and controls perfume emission by the corresponding perfume emitting device based on the perfume information, thereby performing perfume emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Bannai, Keiichi Murai, Kenichi Okada, Shutaro Aiba
  • Publication number: 20050247338
    Abstract: To provide an easy-to-manufacture, high-quality photovoltaic conversion device and an optical power generator and also to provide a manufacturing method with high production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Hakuma, Kenichi Okada, Kenji Tomita, Hisao Arimune
  • Patent number: 6911605
    Abstract: In order to provide low-cost, long fatigue life flexible printed circuit, low profile electrolytic foil is used as copper foil for a circuit 3 of the flexible printed circuit 10. Crack which does not penetrate the copper foil should preferably be formed on the low profile electrolytic foil. For methods to form cracks on the low profile electrolytic foil, methods such as pre-bending and etching can be employed. Due to the weakness of the low profile electrolytic foil, the base film 1, the cover layer 5, and the bonding agent 2, 4 which are disposed on the both sides of the low profile electrolytic foil should preferably be plastic film of which elasticity ratio is equal to 108 Pa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Nobuo Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20050126629
    Abstract: A solar cell and photovoltaic power generation apparatus including a transparent electrically conductive film, a semiconductor provided on the transparent electrically conductive film, a conductive film opposing the semiconductor, and an electrolyte solution filled between the semiconductor and the conductive film. Metal ions, such as silver ions, may be dissolved in the electrolyte solution. When light is incident on the cell, the metal ions cause an oxidation-reduction reaction in the electrolyte solution and the cell is charged. When the open-circuit voltage decreases because the amount of incident light drops or light is blocked, the cell discharges to function as a secondary cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Hiroshi Matsui, Nobuo Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20050115602
    Abstract: A photo-electric conversion array is formed by connecting photo-electric conversion cells in series. Each photo-electric conversion cell includes: a substrate, at least one main surface of which is made of a conductor layer; plural crystalline semiconductor particles provided on the conductor surface of the substrate; an insulation layer filled in clearances among the crystalline semiconductor particles; a transparent electric conducting layer provided above the plural crystalline semiconductor particles; a collector electrode, formed on the transparent electric conducting layer, to collect electricity from the transparent electric conducting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hirofumi Senta, Takeshi Kyoda, Kenichi Okada, Hisao Arimune
  • Publication number: 20050112042
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas treatment method including oxidation treatment for converting metallic mercury contained in combustion exhaust gas into mercury chloride; and mercury removal treatment for removing mercury from the combustion exhaust gas by dissolving the mercury chloride in water, wherein a plurality of oxidation catalysts for performing the oxidation treatment are provided, and during the time when the oxidation treatment is performed, at least one of the oxidation catalysts performs catalyst performance restoration treatment without performing oxidation treatment. According to the present invention, the deterioration in mercury removal performance can be restrained even in continuous operation on condition that mercury is oxidized in a low temperature region not higher than 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kozo Iida, Kenichi Okada, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Masanori Tabata
  • Publication number: 20050056455
    Abstract: A parallel wiring according to the present invention includes a plurality of differential lines juxtaposed in a reference direction, wherein each differential line includes two wiring lines which are substantially parallel to each other, and the two wiring lines oppose each other obliquely with respect to the reference direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuya Masu, Kenichi Okada, Hiroyuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20050046052
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas treating tower in which exhaust gas flow velocity is increased more than a prior art case so that exhaust gas treating efficiency can be enhanced or the exhaust gas treating tower can be made compact if equivalent performance is to be maintained. Also, an exhaust gas treating tower ensuring a liquid recovery is provided. In an exhaust gas treating tower 10A, liquid columns C are generated and also a liquid drop generating member 20 is provided to thereby generate liquid drops M therearound to be floated. Also, liquid is spouted from spray nozzles to thereby generate liquid films F in area different from the liquid columns C. In an exhaust gas treating tower 110, a liquid drop eliminator 120 is provided upstream of a mist eliminator 118. Interval P1 of collecting plates 121 of the liquid drop eliminator 120 is made larger than interval P2 of collecting plates 119 of the mist eliminator 118.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Toru Takashina, Susumu Okino, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Tsumoru Nakamura, Shintaro Honjo, Kouzou Takano, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Koichiro Iwashita