Patents by Inventor Mai Tasaka
Mai Tasaka 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).
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Patent number: 11421138Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and high stability, and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a stabilizer for preventing deterioration of the working fluid for heat cycle, such as an oxidation resistance-improving agent, a heat resistance-improving agent or a metal deactivator, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
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Publication number: 20220177761Abstract: A working fluid for a heat cycle, contains: trifluoroethylene; and a first component consisting of at least one of substance selected from carbon dioxide, fluoromethane, trifluoroiodomethane, methane, ethane, propane, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, nitrogen and ammonia.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Katsuya UENO, Hikaru ONO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA
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Publication number: 20220135759Abstract: To provide a composite comprising a resin foam and a resin member different from the resin foam, which can suppress deterioration of the outer appearance of the resin member. A composite comprising a resin foam formed by using a blowing agent containing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and a resin member different from the resin foam, containing a resin selected from the group consisting of a polycarbonate resin, a polystyrene resin, a polyphenylene ether resin, an acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene resin and a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tamaki CHINSOGA, Mai TASAKA
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Publication number: 20220089927Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and high stability, and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a stabilizer for preventing deterioration of the working fluid for heat cycle, such as an oxidation resistance-improving agent, a heat resistance-improving agent or a metal deactivator, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
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Patent number: 11149177Abstract: There is provided a working fluid for heat cycle that uses (Z)-1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFO-1224yd(Z)) which has a less impact on the ozone layer, has a less impact on global warming, and has excellent cycle performance, the working fluid for heat cycle having sufficiently ensured stability and having high productivity. The working fluid for heat cycle contains HCFO-1224yd(Z) and an impurity, wherein the impurity includes a specific trace component, and a total content ratio of the trace component to a total amount of the working fluid is less than 1.5 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Mai Tasaka, Hirokazu Takagi, Masato Fukushima, Toshiyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 11072734Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
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Patent number: 10851276Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil (for example, an ester refrigerant oil, an ether refrigerant oil, a polyglycol refrigerant oil or a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil), and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
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Patent number: 10787597Abstract: A working fluid for heat cycle, wherein the global warming potential is less than 300; the product of the relative coefficient of performance and the relative refrigerating capacity is at least 0.820 relative to R410A in a standard refrigerating cycle under conditions of an evaporation temperature of 0° C., a condensing temperature of 40° C., a supercoiling degree of 5° C. and a degree of superheat of 5° C.; the relative compressor discharge gas pressure is at most 1.100; the lower limit of the combustion range by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety Act is at least 5 vol %; and the pressure will not exceed 2.00 MPaG in a combustion test by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety act under 0.98 MPaG at 250° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Katsuya Ueno, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Hidekazu Okamoto, Tetsuo Otsuka, Yoshinobu Kadowaki, Tatsuhiro Nogami, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
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Publication number: 20200040242Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and high stability, and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a stabilizer for preventing deterioration of the working fluid for heat cycle, such as an oxidation resistance-improving agent, a heat resistance-improving agent or a metal deactivator, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mai TASAKA
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Patent number: 10501667Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and high stability, and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a stabilizer for preventing deterioration of the working fluid for heat cycle, such as an oxidation resistance-improving agent, a heat resistance-improving agent or a metal deactivator, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
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Publication number: 20190322916Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil (for example, an ester refrigerant oil, an ether refrigerant oil, a polyglycol refrigerant oil or a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil), and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
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Publication number: 20190316016Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
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Patent number: 10392546Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
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Patent number: 10358591Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil (for example, an ester refrigerant oil, an ether refrigerant oil, a polyglycol refrigerant oil or a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil), and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
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Publication number: 20190161661Abstract: There is provided a working fluid for heat cycle that uses (Z)-1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFO-1224yd(Z)) which has a less impact on the ozone layer, has a less impact on global warming, and has excellent cycle performance, the working fluid for heat cycle having sufficiently ensured stability and having high productivity. The working fluid for heat cycle contains HCFO-1224yd(Z) and an impurity, wherein the impurity includes a specific trace component, and a total content ratio of the trace component to a total amount of the working fluid is less than 1.5 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Hirokazu TAKAGI, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Toshiyuki TANAKA
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Patent number: 10233371Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and an aniline point of at least ?100° C. and at most 0° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
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Patent number: 10196552Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having less influence over the ozone layer, having a low global warming potential and having excellent durability, and a heat cycle system. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid containing trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, and a lubricating oil, wherein the interaction distance (Ra1123) between trifluoroethylene and the lubricating oil as determined from the Hansen solubility parameters is shorter than the interaction distance (Ra32) between difluoromethane and the lubricating oil.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Katsuya Fujii, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Katsuya Ueno, Hidekazu Okamoto, Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
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Publication number: 20190031934Abstract: A working fluid for heat cycle, wherein the global warming potential is less than 300; the product of the relative coefficient of performance and the relative refrigerating capacity is at least 0.820 relative to R410A in a standard refrigerating cycle under conditions of an evaporation temperature of 0° C., a condensing temperature of 40° C., a supercoiling degree of 5° C. and a degree of superheat of 5° C.; the relative compressor discharge gas pressure is at most 1.100; the lower limit of the combustion range by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety Act is at least 5 vol %; and the pressure will not exceed 2.00 MPaG in a combustion test by method A in High Pressure Gas Safety act under 0.98 MPaG at 250° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mai TASAKA, Satoshi KAWAGUCHI, Katsuya UENO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Tetsuo OTSUKA, Yoshinobu KADOWAKI, Tatsuhiro NOGAMI, Daisuke SHIRAKAWA, Hirokazu TAKAGI, Takeaki ARAI
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Publication number: 20190003469Abstract: A heat exchange unit includes a compressor configured to compress a working medium that circulates through a refrigerating cycle, the working medium including 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene, a heat exchanger provided in the refrigerating cycle, and a heat dissipation means configured to dissipate heat generated in the compressor without using the working medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: AGC INC.Inventors: Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato Fukushima, Hirokazu Takagi, Mai Tasaka
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Patent number: 10138403Abstract: There are provided a composition for a heat cycle system containing a working medium for heat cycle that has a low global warming potential and high stability, which can be used as a substitute for HFC-134a and HFC-245fa, and a heat cycle system using this composition. The composition for a heat cycle system contains: a working medium for heat cycle containing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and a stabilizer suppressing deterioration of the working medium for heat cycle such as an oxidation resistance improver, a heat resistance improver, or a metal deactivator, and the heat cycle system uses this composition for a heat cycle system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Mai Tasaka, Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka