Patents by Inventor Kentaro Takagi

Kentaro Takagi 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: 20150321148
    Abstract: A separation membrane including: a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face; and a plurality of channel members adhered to the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, in which a weight W (g) of the plurality of channel members and a volume V (cm3) of the plurality of channel members, exclusive of portions impregnated into the permeate-side face, satisfy the following relational expression: 1.0?W/V?2.5, and the channel members have a melting temperature of 200° C. or lower as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20150311493
    Abstract: Provided is a battery in which an area density S (mg/cm2) of a positive electrode active material layer is 27 mg/cm2 or greater, and a porous film included in a separator has a structure satisfying the following Expressions. 0.04?Ri??0.07L?0.09×S+4.99 Ri=?2L/?? ??=[{(L×?/100)?Rz×0.46/3}/L]×100 ?={(1.216×??Td×10?4)/L}0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro ABE, Kentaro TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20150298064
    Abstract: A separation membrane (31) is provided with: a separation membrane main body comprising at least a base material (11) and a separation functional layer (13) which are provided with a supply side surface (17) and a permeation side surface (18); material (11) on the side opposite to that of the separation functional layer (13) in the direction of thickness. Two or more layers of the flow path material are included. As a result, a separation membrane and separation membrane element which are effective in providing stable performance when repeated operation is carried out under conditions of high pressure over a long period of time are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro TAKAGI, Masahiro KIMURA, Masakazu KOIWA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Hiroho HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20150144550
    Abstract: A separation membrane element includes a water collecting pipe, a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face, a feed-side channel material and permeate-side channel materials. The separation membrane main body, the feed-side channel material and the permeate-side channel materials are spirally wound around the water collecting tube. A plurality of the permeate-side channel materials are discontinuously provided on the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, along a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of the water collecting pipe. The feed-side channel material has a thickness of from 0.15 to 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Okamoto, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kentaro Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 9016114
    Abstract: A method of measuring a steam turbine according to an embodiment has: installing a measuring device into the inside of the steam turbine through an inspection hole or a manhole of the steam turbine or an inspection hole or a manhole of a condenser connected to the steam turbine, when the steam turbine is halted; and measuring a position and a dimension of an axial key or a center key of the steam turbine by using the measuring device, without opening a turbine casing of the steam turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasunori Ono, Tetsuya Yamanaka, Kentaro Takagi
  • Publication number: 20150068971
    Abstract: A spiral separation membrane element includes a water collection tube; a separation membrane wound around the water collection tube, having a feed-side surface and a permeate-side surface, and including a band-shaped region on at least one end of the feed-side surface in an axial direction of the water collection tube; and a channel material fused to the band-shaped region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20150041388
    Abstract: A separation membrane includes a separation membrane main body that includes a supply-side surface and a filtrate-side surface; and a supply-side channel member disposed on the supply-side surface of the separation membrane main body, wherein when a thickness of the supply-side channel member in a direction perpendicular to a flowing direction of a supplied water that flows on the supply-side surface is a width d of the supply-side channel member, a ratio of height/width (h/d) of the supply-side channel member is 0.7 or greater and 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140251896
    Abstract: A separation membrane, including: a separation membrane main body having at least a base material and a separating functional layer; and a flow path material independently fixed in the thickness direction of the base material, and having a compression elasticity of 0.1-5.0 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140231332
    Abstract: A separation membrane includes a separation membrane sheet at least including a substrate and a separation functional layer, and a flow path member having a composition different from the separation membrane sheet and directly secured to the substrate by an adhesive force of at least 1 N/m on side opposite in thickness direction to the separation functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140151286
    Abstract: A separation membrane includes a separation membrane main body having at least a substrate and a separation function layer; and a channel material having a composition different from that of the separation membrane main body and affixed to a substrate-side surface of the separation membrane main body, wherein the channel material is discontinuous in a first direction and continuous in a second direction from one end to another end of the separation membrane main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasuo Seike, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8631946
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane comprising a porous support membrane on which a separating functional polyamide layer resulting from the polycondensation reaction of polyfunctional aromatic amines with polyfunctional acid halides is formed, wherein the separating functional polyamide layer has carboxy groups, amino groups, phenolic hydroxyl groups, and azo groups, wherein XA, the ratio of the amino groups (molar equivalent of the amino groups/(molar equivalent of the azo groups+molar equivalent of the phenolic hydroxyl groups+molar equivalent of the amino groups)) on a feed water contact surface of the separating functional polyamide layer (an A surface), is in the range 0.5 or less, and XB, the ratio of the amino groups (molar equivalent of the amino groups/(molar equivalent of the azo groups+molar equivalent of the phenolic hydroxyl groups+molar equivalent of the amino groups)) on a permeate-side surface of the separating functional polyamide layer (a B surface), i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Tomoko Mitsuhata, Kentaro Takagi, Katsufumi Oto
  • Publication number: 20130334128
    Abstract: A separation membrane element includes a perforated water collection tube; and an envelope-shaped membrane formed of a separation membrane and wound around a periphery of the perforated water collection tube, in which the separation membrane has a difference in surface level of 100 to 2,000 ?m on at least one surface thereof and has a strip-form region in each of both ends of the separation membrane in terms of the longitudinal direction of the perforated water collection tube, the strip-form region having an average difference in surface level of 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Masahiro Kimura, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroho Hirozawa
  • Publication number: 20130284664
    Abstract: A separation membrane for water treatment, comprising a porous layer that is obtained by a phase separation method using a solution containing a resin and at least one of either an N,N-disubstituted isobutylamide or an N-monosubstituted isobutylamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Masakazu Koiwa, Masahiro Kimura, Yutaro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130280513
    Abstract: A hygroscopic fiber is a fiber including polyamide 56 resin, and having a ?MR of at least 3.0%. A method for manufacturing the fiber is by a direct spin draw method in which: a polyamide 56 fiber discharged through a spinneret is cooled and solidified by cooling air; a spinning oil is deposited thereon and the fiber is stretched; and the fiber is taken up. The manufacturing method satisfies (1) the spinneret discharge line rate is between 14 m/min and 30 m/mm; and (2) the product of the take up velocity and the draw ratio is between 3900 and 4500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Itou, Kentaro Takagi, Takahiro Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20130233064
    Abstract: A method of measuring a steam turbine according to an embodiment has: installing a measuring device into the inside of the steam turbine through an inspection hole or a manhole of the steam turbine or an inspection hole or a manhole of a condenser connected to the steam turbine, when the steam turbine is halted; and measuring a position and a dimension of an axial key or a center key of the steam turbine by using the measuring device, without opening a turbine casing of the steam turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasunori ONO, Tetsuya YAMANAKA, Kentaro TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20130213880
    Abstract: A separation membrane is provided containing hydrophilic molecules and having, as formed on at least one surface of a feed side and a permeate side thereof, a height difference of from 80 ?m to 2000 ?m, in which a weight of the hydrophilic molecules in a bone-dry separation membrane is from 0.1% to 40% based on a weight of the bone-dry separation membrane from which the weight of the hydrophilic molecules has been subtracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yutaro Suzuki, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Fimura
  • Publication number: 20130175214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane having a plurality of concavoconvex parts which have a height difference of from 100 ?m to 2000 ?m and are formed on at least one surface of the separation membrane, in which an average value d1 of a minimum thickness and an average value d2 of a maximum thickness in the concavoconvex parts satisfy the following relational expression 0.8?d1/d2?1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Masahiro Kimura, Hiroho Hirozawa
  • Publication number: 20120261332
    Abstract: Provided is a semipermeable membrane having at least a separating functional layer, wherein azo compounds are retained in the separating functional layer, and the separating functional layer has a yellow index of 10 to 40. Also provided is a method of producing the semipermeable membrane. The present invention provides a semipermeable membrane having not only high water permeability but also high rejection performance even for substances that are nondissociative in the neutral range, such as boric acid, and showing high durability and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takagi, Tomoko Mitsuhata, Takao Sasaki, Takeharu Inoue, Takashi Yoshino, Kiyohiko Takaya, Yutaro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120248027
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane comprising a porous support membrane on which a separating functional polyamide layer resulting from the polycondensation reaction of polyfunctional aromatic amines with polyfunctional acid halides is formed, wherein the separating functional polyamide layer has carboxy groups, amino groups, phenolic hydroxyl groups, and azo groups, wherein XA, the ratio of the amino groups (molar equivalent of the amino groups/(molar equivalent of the azo groups+molar equivalent of the phenolic hydroxyl groups+molar equivalent of the amino groups)) on a feed water contact surface of the separating functional polyamide layer (an A surface), is in the range 0.5 or less, and XB, the ratio of the amino groups (molar equivalent of the amino groups/(molar equivalent of the azo groups+molar equivalent of the phenolic hydroxyl groups+molar equivalent of the amino groups)) on a permeate-side surface of the separating functional polyamide layer (a B surface), i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Tomoko Mitsuhata, Kentaro Takagi, Katsufumi Oto
  • Patent number: 7347954
    Abstract: A polymer electrolyte-forming composition containing (A) a quaternary ammonium salt of general formula (1) below and (B) an ionic liquid can be converted into a polymer without compromising the excellent properties of the ionic liquid, thus enabling an electrolyte having an excellent safety and electrical conductivity and also a broad potential window to be obtained. In formula (1), R1 to R3 are each independently an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbons or a substituent having a reactive unsaturated bond and any two from among R1 to R3 may together form a ring, and R4 is methyl, ethyl or a substituent having a reactive unsaturated bond, with the proviso that at least one of R1 to R4 is a substituent having a reactive unsaturated bond. X is a monovalent anion, the letter m is an integer from 1 to 8, and the letter n is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimiyo Banno, Kanako Yuyama, Kentaro Takagi, Gen Masuda, Takaya Sato