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).

  • Patent number: 10131827
    Abstract: To provide a working fluid which has cycle performance sufficient as an alternative to R410A while the influence over global warming is sufficiently suppressed, which does not significantly increase the load to an apparatus as compared with a case where R410A is used, and which can be stably used continuously without any special measures, a composition for a heat cycle system contains the working fluid, and a heat cycle system employs the composition. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20180320043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling method for a mixed refrigerant, in which in a case of transferring and filling a mixed refrigerant that contains trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and in which the trifluoroethylene is present in an amount of 10 to 92 mass % in a liquid phase, with respect to a total 100 mass % of the trifluoroethylene and the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, in a liquid from a feeding container to a target container and equipment, a liquid phase mixing ratio (initial composition) of the trifluoroethylene in the mixed refrigerant in the feeding container immediately before the transferring and filling is set to x+yP (minimum value) to x % (target upper limit composition).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HAYAMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180320042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling method for a mixed refrigerant, in which in a case of transferring and filling a mixed refrigerant that contains trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane and in which the trifluoroethylene is present in an amount of 10 to 92 mass % in a liquid phase, with respect to a total 100 mass % of the trifluoroethylene and the difluoromethane, in a liquid from a feeding container to a target container and equipment, a liquid phase mixing ratio (initial composition) of the trifluoroethylene in the mixed refrigerant in the feeding container immediately before the transferring and filling is set to x+yp (minimum value) to x% (target upper limit composition).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HAYAMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180282602
    Abstract: 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, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure, and a refrigerant oil having a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxy 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, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Patent number: 10072194
    Abstract: To provide a working fluid for heat cycle, which has less influence over the ozone layer and has less influence over global warming, and which has favorable cycle performance. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and difluoroethylene, wherein the proportion of the content of difluoroethylene is less than 1.5 mass % based on the working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mai Tasaka, Masato Fukushima, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Tomoaki Taniguchi, Yu Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20180215980
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Patent number: 9976067
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Patent number: 9969917
    Abstract: To provide a method for stably and efficiently producing a working fluid which has less influence over global warming and which can be stably used by a usual operation even though it contains trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123) excellent in the cycle performance. A method for producing a working fluid containing HFO-1123 in a proportion of at most 70 mol %, which comprises mixing a first component containing HFO-1123 in a proportion of higher than 70 mol % stored in a first container, and a second component having no self-decomposition property stored in a second container, by supplying the first component to the second container, by supplying the second component to the first container, or by supplying both the first component and the second component to a separate third container, respectively under the predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Mai Tasaka, Katsuya Ueno
  • Patent number: 9957430
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Patent number: 9957429
    Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties is provided. A heat cycle system employing the composition is also provided. The composition contains a working fluid for heat cycle, which has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure and a refrigerant oil having a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxy value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a minimum temperature on the high temperature side of the phase separation temperature from the working fluid of at least 35° C. and a maximum temperature on the low temperature side of at most ?60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka, Daisuke Shirakawa, Hirokazu Takagi, Takeaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20180079941
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsuya UENO, Hikaru ONO, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA
  • Publication number: 20180066170
    Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system contains a working medium for heat cycle containing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a refrigerant oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20180044567
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20170002244
    Abstract: To provide a working fluid for heat cycle which has high durability, which is excellent in the compatibility with a greater variety of refrigerant oils, and which is excellent in the cycle performance (capacity), a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, wherein the proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane based on the entire amount of the working fluid for heat cycle is higher than 90 mass %, and the mass ratio represented by trifluoroethylene/difluoromethane in the working fluid for heat cycle is from 21/79 to 39/61, a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system employing the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai Tasaka, Katsuya Ueno, Hidekazu Okamoto, Katsuya Fujii, Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160369147
    Abstract: To provide a heat cycle system in which the working fluid is incombustible and has less influence over the ozone layer and global warming even if it leaks out, which has excellent cycle performance and which is excellent in the safety. A heat cycle system which employs a working fluid containing trifluoroethylene and either one or both of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and pentafluoroethane, wherein the proportion of trifluoroethylene in a gaseous phase formed in the system is at most 50 mass %. For example, a refrigerating cycle system 10 comprising a compressor 11, a condenser 12, an expansion valve 13 and an evaporator 14, wherein the working fluid is controlled as above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Mai TASAKA
  • Publication number: 20160355717
    Abstract: 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, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure, and a refrigerant oil having a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxy 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, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mai TASAKA, Daisuke SHIRAKAWA, Hirokazu TAKAGI, Takeaki ARAI
  • Publication number: 20160355719
    Abstract: 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, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure, and a refrigerant oil having a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxy value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and an aniline point of at least ?100° C. and at most 0° C., and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mai TASAKA, Daisuke SHIRAKAWA, Hirokazu TAKAGI, Takeaki ARAI
  • Publication number: 20160355716
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mai Tasaka
  • Publication number: 20160347982
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Mai TASAKA
  • Publication number: 20160340565
    Abstract: To provide a working fluid for heat cycle, which has less influence over the ozone layer and has less influence over global warming, and which has favorable cycle performance. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains trifluoroethylene and difluoroethylene, wherein the proportion of the content of difluoroethylene is less than 1.5 mass % based on the working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Masato Fukushima, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Tomoaki Taniguchi, Yu Takeuchi