Patents by Inventor Kiyomi Funabashi

Kiyomi Funabashi 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: 7536239
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 7532946
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 7433757
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20080040148
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20080015731
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20080015732
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 7272465
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20060015212
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 6980883
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20040260627
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 6778877
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20020133302
    Abstract: The problem is providing an environmental performance improvement support system and an environmental performance improvement support method that support to improve effects on the environment due to release of chemical substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine
  • Publication number: 20010018625
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 5481061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of solidifying radioactive waste with cement, comprising forming a mixture comprising water, a hydrophilic material and cement substantially non-shrinkable or expansible with respect to volume change upon hardening, mixing said mixture with the radioactive waste, followed by hardening to form a solid body.The present invention enables the formation of a compact solid body having voids, such as capillary voids, of reduced volume, which makes it possible to reduce the leaching rate of hazardous materials. Further, since no shrinkage accompanies hardening, no tensile stress occurs in the cement surrounding minute waste particles within the hardened material, thereby enabling a decrease in the strength of the solid body to be minimized. This in turn enables an increase in the amount of packing of waste. Prior addition of a hydrophilic material enables the cement fluidity before hardening to be maintained even after complete absorption of water by a water absorptive waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyomi Funabashi, Koichi Chino, Osamu Kuriyama, Tsutomu Baba, Shunsuke Uchida, Makoto Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 5202062
    Abstract: The present invention adds carbonates or chlorides of alkaline earth metals to the radioactive wastes containing sodium sulfate and subjects sulfate group in the radioactive wastes to reduction treatment, thereby converts the sulfate group into sulfides of alkaline earth metals which are chemically stable substances while suppressing SOx generation, and solidifies the radioactive wastes stably for an extended period of time by applying to the converted radioactive wastes solidifying treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Baba, Koichi Chino, Masami Matsuda, Takashi Nishi, Kiyomi Funabashi, Takashi Ikeda, Akira Sasahiro, Makoto Kikuchi, Shin Tamada
  • Patent number: 5143654
    Abstract: A method of solidifying a radioactive waste of an atomic power plant, for example, begins with concentrating the liquid waste to powder or pellet form to reduce its volume. Prior to reducing its volume, an estimation is made of what the concentration will be once the liquid waste is converted into powdered or pelletized form. The powdered or pelletized waste is charged into a container, and a solidifying agent is poured over the contents to form a solidified body. The solidifying agent is prepared to have a desired coefficient of distribution that is determined in accordance with the estimated concentration of the reduced volume solidified waste so that the amount of leaching of the solidified body that is produced will be less than or equal to a predetermined value, such as the known value of leaching for a conventional cement-solidified waste that is not processed to reduce its volume before being solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kikuchi, Masato Ohura, Shin Tamata, Koichi Chino, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 5114622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of cementing a radioactive waste and a cemented body thereof which are less liable to bring about radioactivity leakage for a long period of time and suitable for disposal of cemented bodies of radioactive wastes in the land.The radioactivity leakage from a cemented body of a radioactive waste occurs due to the presence of the voids within the cemented body, and these voids are formed during hardening of the cemented body or by leaching of a soluble component from the cemented body during immersion in water.In the present invention, in order to minimize the amount of radioactivity leakage, the fraction of fine voids (1 .mu.m or less) is limited to 20% by volume or less. In order to attain such a void fraction, operating conditions, such as water to cement ratio, hardening time of a mixture of a solidifying material with a waste, and addition of an organic polymer, are properly determined.Further, in order to prevent formation of a soluble component, i.e., Ca(OH).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyomi Funabashi, Osamu Kuriyama, Koichi Chino, Tsutomu Baba, Takashi Nishi, Makoto Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 5045241
    Abstract: A method of solidifying radioactive wastes comprising the steps of substituting the atmosphere inside a container packed with radioactive waste with a condensable vapor, pouring a matrix material into said container and thereafter condensing said vapor. The condensable vapor can be steam and the matrix material can be alkaline organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kuriyama, Kiyomi Funabashi, Tsutomu Baba, Masami Matsuda, Koichi Chino, Makoto Kikushi
  • Patent number: 4880595
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for cleaning nuclear reactor cooling water with cation exchange resin whose ion-exchanging groups have a bonding energy of not more than 300 KJ/mole are disclosed, whereby the radiation exposure of operators in an atomic power plant can be considerably reduced, and the waste ion exchange resin can be readily disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Matsuda, Kiyomi Funabashi, Takashi Nishi, Itaru Komori, Tsutomu Baba, Hideo Yusa, Shunsuke Uchida, Tetsuro Adachi, Katsumi Ohsumi, Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 4793947
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing a waste package of radioactive waste containing particles of radioactive waste material of low modulus of elasticity, particles of radioactive waste material of high modulus of elasticity, and a solidifying agent in which the particles of radioactive waste material of low modulus of elasticity and the particles of radioactive waste material of high modulus of elasticity are fixed in an almost uniformly dispersed state. According to this invention, the radioactive waste generated from nuclear power plants can be greatly reduced in volume and also a waste package of radioactive waste with high strength and excellent water resistance can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Izumida, Hideo Yusa, Kiyomi Funabashi, Makoto Kikuchi, Shin Tamata