Patents by Inventor Kohei Seki

Kohei Seki 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: 20230115399
    Abstract: A catalyst for halogen production for oxidizing a hydrogen halide with oxygen to produce a halogen, the catalyst for halogen production including 4% or less by volume of water with respect to a pore volume of the catalyst for halogen production while the catalyst is encapsulated in a package, and the package encapsulating therein the catalyst for halogen production for oxidizing a hydrogen halide with oxygen to produce a halogen, wherein the catalyst for halogen production includes 4% or less by volume of water with respect to a pore volume of the catalyst for halogen production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke MIKAMI, Kohei SEKI
  • Patent number: 11417974
    Abstract: A car window glass includes a glass plate having a conductor layer, a connection terminal, and a power line. The connection terminal includes metal-plate first and second join parts joined to the conductor layer via the first and second solder layers, a metal-plate bridge section connected to the first and second join parts and spaced apart from the conductor layer, and a fixing part for fixing the power line to a bridge section main surface. The power line extends from the fixing part along a glass plate main surface, and the side opposite of the side facing the glass plate main surface is free of the bridge section, and the starting point of the power line extending from the fixing part is positioned in the upper direction of a virtual line connecting the center portions of the first and second join parts with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada, Kazunori Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20210328368
    Abstract: A car window glass includes a glass plate having a conductor layer, a connection terminal, and a power line. The connection terminal includes metal-plate first and second join parts joined to the conductor layer via the first and second solder layers, a metal-plate bridge section connected to the first and second join parts and spaced apart from the conductor layer, and a fixing part for fixing the power line to a bridge section main surface. The power line extends from the fixing part along a glass plate main surface, and the side opposite of the side facing the glass plate main surface is free of the bridge section, and the starting point of the power line extending from the fixing part is positioned in the upper direction of a virtual line connecting the center portions of the first and second join parts with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Kohei SEKI, Jun HAMADA, Kazunori FURUHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210315061
    Abstract: A vehicle window glass assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a vehicle window glass pane with a silver-containing conductor layer of predetermined pattern formed on a main surface of the glass pane; a solder layer made of an indium-containing lead-free solder; a connection terminal connected to the conductor layer via the solder layer, and a power line fixed to the connection terminal. The connection terminal includes: a metal plate having a first main surface joined to the solder layer and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface; and a fixing part that fixes the power line to the second main surface. The power line extends from the fixing part. A starting point of the power line extending from the fixing part is situated above a region inside a joint region defined by the solder layer and the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kohei SEKI, Jun HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11121487
    Abstract: A car window glass includes a glass plate having a conductor layer, a connection terminal, and a power line. The connection terminal includes metal-plate first and second join parts joined to the conductor layer via the first and second solder layers, a metal-plate bridge section connected to the first and second join parts and spaced apart from the conductor layer, and a fixing part for fixing the power line to a bridge section main surface. The power line extends from the fixing part along a glass plate main surface, and the side opposite of the side facing the glass plate main surface is free of the bridge section, and the starting point of the power line extending from the fixing part is positioned in the upper direction of a virtual line connecting the center portions of the first and second join parts with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada, Kazunori Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20210146331
    Abstract: Provided are a humidity conditioning material that adsorbs and desorbs a large amount of moisture, and a production method thereof. A humidity conditioning material comprising: a porous silica material having an average pore diameter of 1 nm or more; and a carrier, wherein the humidity conditioning material contains an alkali metal element in an amount of 0.001 wt % or more and less than 1.0 wt %. A method for producing a humidity conditioning material involving the following Step (1), Step (2), and Step (3). Step (1): A dispersion medium is mixed with a porous silica material having an average pore diameter of 1 nm or more to obtain a slurry, and an amount of alkali metal element in the slurry is adjusted to be 0.001 wt % to 1 wt % relative to a solid content weight therein. Step (2): The slurry obtained in Step (1) is applied to a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuro YONEMOTO, Kohei SEKI
  • Patent number: 10882026
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing chlorine by feeding hydrogen chloride and oxygen into catalyst beds which are formed in the reaction tubes of a fixed-bed multitubular reactor and which contain catalysts for use in oxidation of hydrogen chloride, and this process is characterized in that the catalyst beds in one reaction zone in the fixed-bed multitubular reactor are catalyst beds formed by packing catalysts of a plurality of production lots; and in that the catalysts of the plurality of production lots satisfy the following condition (I): Condition (I): a value of AB is smaller than 1.20 (with the proviso that A and B are values of three significant figures, having a relationship of A?B), wherein the pore volume of a catalyst of one production lot optionally selected from the plurality of production lots is A [ml/g], and the pore volume of another one production lot is B [ml/g].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kohei Seki
  • Publication number: 20200343653
    Abstract: A car window glass includes a glass plate having a conductor layer, a connection terminal, and a power line. The connection terminal includes metal-plate first and second join parts joined to the conductor layer via the first and second solder layers, a metal-plate bridge section connected to the first and second join parts and spaced apart from the conductor layer, and a fixing part for fixing the power line to a bridge section main surface. The power line extends from the fixing part along a glass plate main surface, and the side opposite of the side facing the glass plate main surface is free of the bridge section, and the starting point of the power line extending from the fixing part is positioned in the upper direction of a virtual line connecting the center portions of the first and second join parts with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei SEKI, Jun HAMADA, Kazunori FURUHASHI
  • Patent number: 10457636
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-caprolactam involves a step of Beckmann-rearranging cyclohexanone oxime in a gas phase in the presence of a zeolite catalyst containing silicon and at least one element selected from alkaline earth metal elements and magnesium. The concentration of the above-described element in the zeolite catalyst is 3 ppm by mass or more and 10000 ppm by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yoshimura, Nobufumi Watanabe, Kohei Seki, Masashi Teramori, Keisuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190241513
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-caprolactam involves a step of Beckmann-rearranging cyclohexanone oxime in a gas phase in the presence of a zeolite catalyst containing silicon and at least one element selected from alkaline earth metal elements and magnesium. The concentration of the above-described element in the zeolite catalyst is 3 ppm by mass or more and 10000 ppm by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuaki YOSHIMURA, Nobufumi WATANABE, Kohei SEKI, Masashi TERAMORI, Keisuke TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9889431
    Abstract: A method for producing chlorine by oxidizing hydrogen chloride with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst satisfies the following conditions (i) and (ii): (i) the BET specific surface area is from 1 to 250 m2/g; and (ii) the value of H/D, wherein H is the half width of the peak of a pore distribution curve as determined by a mercury intrusion method; and D is the average pore diameter, is from 0.6 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kohei Seki
  • Patent number: 9682915
    Abstract: Production of methacrylic acid ester comprising a step of having acetone undergo a dehydration reaction in the presence of a dehydration reaction catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture; a step of separating a mixture containing propyne and propadiene as main components from the obtained reaction mixture; a step of separating the separated mixture containing propyne and propadiene as main components into a liquid, gas, or gas-liquid mixture containing propyne as a main component, and a liquid, gas, or gas-liquid mixture containing propadiene as a main component; and a step of bringing the obtained liquid, gas, or gas-liquid mixture containing propyne as a main component into contact with carbon monoxide and an alcohol having 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Group 8 metal elements, Group 9 metal elements, and Group 10 metal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Tetsuya Suzuta, Naoki Miura
  • Publication number: 20160152515
    Abstract: A phosphor-dispersed glass according to one aspect of the present invention includes phosphor particles and a phosphor encapsulant, wherein the phosphor encapsulant is a fluoride glass material containing 1 to 45 mol % of AlF3, 30 to 60 mol % of a sum of a fluoride of Hf and a fluoride of Zr, 20 to 65 mol % of alkaline earth fluorides in total, 2 to 25 mol % in total of at least one fluoride of element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Gd and Lu and 0 to 20 mol % in total of at least one fluoride of element selected from the group consisting of Na, Li and K. It is feasible in this phosphor-dispersed glass to suppress deactivation of the phosphor particles regardless of the kind of the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideyuki OKAMOTO, Ken KASUGA, Kohei SEKI, Shin OMI
  • Publication number: 20160039738
    Abstract: Production of methacrylic acid ester comprising a step of having acetone undergo a dehydration reaction in the presence of a dehydration reaction catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture; a step of separating a mixture containing propyne and propadiene as main components from the obtained reaction mixture; a step of separating the separated mixture containing propyne and propadiene as main components into a liquid, gas, or gas-liquid mixture containing propyne as a main component, and a liquid, gas, or gas-liquid mixture containing propadiene as a main component; and a step of bringing the obtained liquid, gas, or gas-liquid mixture containing propyne as a main component into contact with carbon monoxide and an alcohol having 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Group 8 metal elements, Group 9 metal elements, and Group 10 metal elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei SEKI, Tetsuya SUZUTA, Naoki MIURA
  • Patent number: 8454914
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for recovering ruthenium at a sufficient recovery rate from a solid in which a ruthenium compound is supported on a carrier. The present invention relates to a process for recovering ruthenium, comprising the following steps (1) to (3): (1) bringing a solid in which a ruthenium compound is supported on a carrier, into contact with a reducing gas, to thereby reduce the ruthenium compound; (2) cooling the solid obtained in the step (1) to 250° C. or lower under an atmosphere of a non-oxidizing gas; and (3) mixing the solid obtained in the step (2) with an oxidizing solution, to thereby dissolve ruthenium in the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Furuya Metal Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinari Hirai, Tomohiro Maruko, Kohei Seki
  • Patent number: 8318125
    Abstract: A catalyst having decreased activity is subjected to a contact treatment with a reducing gas containing carbon monoxide and/or hydrogen. Also, the catalyst can be effectively activated by being treated by contacting with an oxidizing gas after having been treated by contacting with the reducing gas. As the catalyst for production of chlorine, a ruthenium catalyst, particularly a catalyst containing ruthenium oxide is suitably activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Youhei Uchida, Kohei Seki
  • Patent number: D883227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada
  • Patent number: D927431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada
  • Patent number: D928721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada
  • Patent number: D962873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei Seki, Jun Hamada