Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ushikoshi

Kenichi Ushikoshi 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: 20180369723
    Abstract: A method for operating a filtration apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a method for operating a filtration apparatus including three or more filtration modules, the method including a filtration step in which a filtration treatment is performed using the filtration modules and a cleaning step in which some of the filtration modules are stopped from performing the filtration treatment and the filtration modules stopped from performing the filtration treatment are cleaned simultaneously. A filtration apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention is a filtration apparatus including three or more filtration modules, a collection system that collects a filtrate from the filtration modules, and a cleaning system that cleans some of the filtration modules simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko MIKI, Hiromu TANAKA, Takayuki NISHIURA, Kenichi USHIKOSHI, Kiyoshi IDA, Toru MORITA
  • Patent number: 9309880
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Publication number: 20150368130
    Abstract: A process for purification treatment of wastewater according to the present invention is a process for conducting a purification treatment of wastewater containing polyvinyl alcohol by using a membrane bioreactor process, the process including adding a nutrient to a treatment system. The nutrient is preferably added to an aeration tank. The nutrient preferably contains nitrogen. An amount of the nutrient initially added is preferably 5% or more and 25% or less in terms of nitrogen. The process for purification treatment of wastewater preferably includes a step of measuring a nitrogen content after a treatment, and an amount of the nutrient added is preferably adjusted on the basis of the result of this measurement while checking the effect on the basis of a chemical oxygen demand. The nutrient may be added to the aeration tank by a mechanism that adds the nutrient to the treatment system or by feeding the nutrient manually to the treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi USHIKOSHI, Toru MORITA, Masao KOMATSU, Teizo MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 8888473
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Patent number: 8858201
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Patent number: 8834138
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Publication number: 20140105772
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Kazuo KAWASUMI, Kenichi USHIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20140105771
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Kazuo KAWASUMI, Kenichi USHIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20140003984
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Kazuo KAWASUMI, Kenichi USHIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130264254
    Abstract: Devices used in an oil-containing wastewater treatment system are simplified by efficiently combining differences in processes used in the system. The oil-containing wastewater treatment system includes a separation tank that separates oil by flotation, the separation tank being arranged in a supply path of raw water which is oil-containing wastewater; a membrane filtration tank that is arranged on the downstream of the separation tank and that includes therein a membrane separation module including a hollow fiber membrane or a flat sheet membrane, and a diffuser for generating air bubbles, the diffuser being disposed below the membrane separation module; a supply pipe that supplies the raw water from the separation tank to the membrane filtration tank through a circulating pump; and a return pipe that returns unfiltered water containing the oil and air bubbles from the membrane filtration tank to the separation tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ushikoshi, Toru Morita, Kiyoshi Ida, Teizo Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20130243632
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Kazuo KAWASUMI, Kenichi USHIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130243633
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Kazuo KAWASUMI, Kenichi USHIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20120164012
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Kazuo KAWASUMI, Kenichi USHIKOSHI
  • Patent number: 8157546
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device is of a writhing type for transporting a fluid continuously. The fluid transporting device comprises a plurality of push pins arranged along a tube and radially on a concentric arc for squeezing a portion of the tube through which the fluid is fed and having elasticity substantially at right angles, and rollers for pushing those push pins sequentially from the inlet side to the outlet side of the fluid. With this structure, it is possible to provide a thin, small fluid transporting device for continuing a stable flow rate, and a fluid transporter having the fluid transporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Patent number: 8100675
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device comprises a tube frame having a tube guide wall for arranging a tube having an elasticity in an arcuate shape, and a rotary pressure mechanism having a plurality of rollers. The rotary pressure mechanism is arranged, when the tube is arranged in the tube frame, on the side opposite to the guide wall side of the tube, such that its center of rotation is aligned with the center of the arc of the tube guide wall. A plurality of push pins are interposed between the tube and the rotary pressure mechanism and are arranged radially of the center of rotation of the rotary pressure mechanism. A switching mechanism moves at least one of the rollers to a position for the push pins to release the tube and a position for the push pins to press the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Patent number: 7965568
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first chip that is directly accessible from outside, a second chip that transmits and receives data to and from the first chip, the second chip being not directly accessible from outside, and a through circuit that is provided in the first chip and transmits first and second test signals input from an external device to the second chip, wherein the through circuit includes a first signal transmission path to generate a first signal by synchronizing the first test signal to a clock signal input from the external device and to output it to the second chip and a second signal transmission path to generate a second signal by synchronizing the second test signal to a test clock signal input from the external device and to output it to the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Ushikoshi, Nobutoshi Tsunesada, Tsuyoshi Hirakawa, Noriaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 7950908
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device is of a writhing type for transporting a fluid continuously. The fluid transporting device comprises a plurality of push pins arranged along a tube and radially on a concentric arc for squeezing a portion of the tube through which the fluid is fed and having elasticity substantially at right angles, and rollers 50 to 53 for pushing those push pins sequentially from the inlet side to the outlet side of the fluid. With this structure, it is possible to provide a thin, small fluid transporting device for continuing a stable flow rate, and a fluid transporter having the fluid transporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Patent number: 7907473
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device for storing data defining a multidimensional space based on coordinate information of the data, includes: a cell array having memory cells arranged in a lattice pattern, for storing the data; a word line selector selecting and driving any one of a plurality of word lines which activate memory cells arranged in a row direction; write amplifiers/sense amplifiers writing/reading data to/from the memory cells arranged in a column direction; an amplifier selector inputting/outputting the data to/from the selected one of the write amplifiers/sense amplifiers; and an address conversion circuit generating a row address to be supplied to the word line selector based on the coordinate information of the data, and to generate a column address to be supplied to the amplifier selector by converting the coordinate information of the data into one-dimensional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishizaki, Hironori Nakamura, Takayuki Kurokawa, Kenichi Ushikoshi
  • Publication number: 20100074781
    Abstract: A fluid transporting device is of a writhing type for transporting a fluid continuously. The fluid transporting device comprises a plurality of push pins arranged along a tube and radially on a concentric arc for squeezing a portion of the tube through which the fluid is fed and having elasticity substantially at right angles, and rollers for pushing those push pins sequentially from the inlet side to the outlet side of the fluid. With this structure, it is possible to provide a thin, small fluid transporting device for continuing a stable flow rate, and a fluid transporter having the fluid transporting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime MIYAZAKI, Kazuo KAWASUMI, Kenichi USHIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20090190417
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first chip that is directly accessible from outside, a second chip that transmits and receives data to and from the first chip, the second chip being not directly accessible from outside, and a through circuit that is provided in the first chip and transmits first and second test signals input from an external device to the second chip, wherein the through circuit includes a first signal transmission path to generate a first signal by synchronizing the first test signal to a clock signal input from the external device and to output it to the second chip and a second signal transmission path to generate a second signal by synchronizing the second test signal to a test clock signal input from the external device and to output it to the second chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENICHI USHIKOSHI, Nobutoshi Tsunesada, Tsuyoshi Hirakawa, Noriaki Komatsu