Patents by Inventor Kin-ichi Ozawa

Kin-ichi Ozawa 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: 6197168
    Abstract: An electrochemical stain prevention apparatus of a submerged structure comprising a submerged structure of which at least the stain prevention surface is formed of a conductive film that does not generate chlorine even by applying a potential of 5 V vs. SCE or less, a counter electrode located so as not to contact with the submerged structure, and a power supply unit for passing a direct current through the submerged structure having the conductive film formed thereon and the counter electrode. Aquatic organisms adhered to the surface of the conductive film can effectively be controlled by applying a potential of from 0.1 to 5 V vs. SCE to the submerged structure of such a stain prevention apparatus without generating chlorine. A potential applied to the conductive film of the submerged structure can be controlled with good accuracy by disposing a reference electrode between the submerged structure and the counter electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignees: Pentel Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadashi Matsunaga, Tsuruo Nakayama, Hitoshi Wake, Kin-ichi Ozawa, Noriyuki Nakamura, Nobuyuki Murakami, Hiromichi Takahashi, Toshihiro Takimoto, Hideo Kadoi