Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kato

Masaaki Kato 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: 20240218542
    Abstract: To provide a method and an apparatus for producing a sodium hypochlorite solution on-site at a high efficiency and at the initial cost and suppressing operating cost without any problems about impurities derived from raw material water and raw salt. A method of producing a sodium hypochlorite solution on-site in the vicinity of a physical plant where a sodium hypochlorite solution is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Hiroki DOMON, Masahiro OHARA, Masaaki KATO
  • Publication number: 20240189722
    Abstract: Non-transitory computer-readable media, systems, and methods are disclosed for source data management. An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a source data management program including instructions, when executed by one or more processors, causes a computer to perform operations including: assigning source data based on a token corresponding to a user; and assigning an award to the user based on the source data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke HATA, Atsushi YOSHIMEKI, Takahide NOJIMA, Yu WATANABE, Yasuaki SAKAMOTO, Masaaki KATO
  • Publication number: 20240193712
    Abstract: Non-transitory computer-readable media, systems, and methods are disclosed for a token management. An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a token management program including instructions, when executed by one or more processors, causes a computer to perform instructions including: combining a first object corresponding to a first token and a second object corresponding to a second token through superimposition; and generating a third token according to the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke HATA, Atsushi YOSHIMEKI, Takahide NOJIMA, Yu WATANABE, Yasuaki SAKAMOTO, Masaaki KATO
  • Patent number: 11794147
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment method includes: a soft water treatment 1 of crystallizing calcium carbonate from wastewater to remove the calcium carbonate therefrom; and an electrolysis 2 of electrolyzing some of the wastewater from which the calcium carbonate has been removed to obtain an acidic aqueous solution and an alkaline aqueous solution, wherein at least some of the alkaline aqueous solution is circulated to be used in the soft water treatment 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, De Nora Permelec Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsui, Hideki Komatsu, Yasuhito Ishii, Manabu Ozawa, Yoshinori Nishiki, Masaaki Kato, Rie Morita
  • Publication number: 20230241555
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment method includes: a soft water treatment 1 of crystallizing calcium carbonate from wastewater to remove the calcium carbonate therefrom; and an electrolysis 2 of electrolyzing some of the wastewater from which the calcium carbonate has been removed to obtain an acidic aqueous solution and an alkaline aqueous solution, wherein at least some of the alkaline aqueous solution is circulated to be used in the soft water treatment 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MATSUI, Hideki KOMATSU, Yasuhito ISHII, Manabu OZAWA, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Masaaki KATO, Rie MORITA
  • Patent number: 11560828
    Abstract: An engine includes a combustion chamber, a cylinder head, an intake valve, a partition wall plate, and a tumble valve. The cylinder head includes an intake port that communicates with the combustion chamber. The intake valve includes a head configured to open and close an open end of the intake port. The partition wall plate partitions the intake port into first and second passages. The tumble valve is configured to open and close either one of the first passage and the second passage. A cross sectional shape of the partition wall plate is defined on a basis of a shape of a gap that is surrounded by a contour of the head and a contour of the open end, as viewed in a reference direction. The reference direction is a direction from a reference point in the intake port to a gap between the open end and the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kimoto, Masaaki Kato, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takumi Murata, Takeshi Tsuda, Akihisa Yoshino, Daisuke Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20220242757
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) for producing an acidic aqueous solution includes: an electrodialyzer (110) that has a monovalent ion perm-selective ion-exchange membrane and separates wastewater containing chloride ions and alkali metal ions into electrodialysis concentrated water and electrodialysis diluted water by an electrodialysis treatment; an electrolyzer (120) includes an anode that that electrolyzes the electrodialysis concentrated water to produce an acidic aqueous solution; and a first circulator (13) that circulates at least some of the acidic aqueous solution to the wastewater supplied to the electrodialyzer (110), and that adjusts a pH of the wastewater supplied to the electrodialyzer to 3 to 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Manabu OZAWA, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Masaaki KATO, Rie MORITA
  • Publication number: 20210381423
    Abstract: An engine includes a combustion chamber, a cylinder head, an intake valve, a partition wall plate, and a tumble valve. The cylinder head includes an intake port that communicates with the combustion chamber. The intake valve includes a head configured to open and close an open end of the intake port. The partition wall plate partitions the intake port into first and second passages. The tumble valve is configured to open and close either one of the first passage and the second passage. A cross sectional shape of the partition wall plate is defined on a basis of a shape of a gap that is surrounded by a contour of the head and a contour of the open end, as viewed in a reference direction. The reference direction is a direction from a reference point in the intake port to a gap between the open end and the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kenta KIMOTO, Masaaki Kato, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takumi Murata, Takeshi Tsuda, Akihisa Yoshino, Daisuke Miyashita
  • Patent number: 11125149
    Abstract: An intake device of an internal combustion engine includes a partition, a control valve, and a third passage. The partition divides an interior of an intake pipe that couples with a combustion chamber into a first passage and a second passage. The control valve is capable of opening and closing the first passage. The third passage opens at or near a coupling site between the partition and the intake pipe on an inner face of the second passage. The third passage is configured to be capable of sucking in at least a part of a boundary layer produced at or near the coupling site by a vapor flowing through the second passage in a state in which the control valve is working in a direction of closing the first passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventor: Masaaki Kato
  • Patent number: 10815944
    Abstract: A partition plate is configured to separate an intake passage formed by an intake pipe to be coupled to a combustion chamber into a first intake passage and a second intake passage. The first intake passage is openable and closable by a valve. A shape of a first cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the intake pipe is set on the basis of a shape of a surface of the intake pipe that faces the partition plate with the second intake passage interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Kato
  • Publication number: 20190353092
    Abstract: An intake device of an internal combustion engine includes a partition, a control valve, and a third passage. The partition divides an interior of an intake pipe that couples with a combustion chamber into a first passage and a second passage. The control valve is capable of opening and closing the first passage. The third passage opens at or near a coupling site between the partition and the intake pipe on an inner face of the second passage. The third passage is configured to be capable of sucking in at least a part of a boundary layer produced at or near the coupling site by a vapor flowing through the second passage in a state in which the control valve is working in a direction of closing the first passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Masaaki KATO
  • Patent number: 10428777
    Abstract: A fuel injection device that injects a liquefied gas fuel from an injection port to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine includes a passage forming member configured to define a fuel passage through which the liquefied gas fuel flows to the injection port, a temperature regulating unit configured to adjust a temperature of the liquefied gas fuel flowing through the fuel passage according to an operation state of the internal combustion engine, and a pressure regulating unit configured to adjust a pressure of the liquefied gas fuel flowing through the fuel passage according to the operation state of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kato, Takamasa Yokota
  • Patent number: 10415520
    Abstract: A fuel supply device supplying a fuel stored in a fuel tank to an engine includes a low-pressure pump configured to feed the fuel, a high-pressure pump configured to compress the fuel discharged from the low-pressure pump and to feed to the engine, a first low-pressure passage member configured to define a first fuel passage from the low-pressure pump to the high-pressure pump, and a second low-pressure passage member configured to define a second fuel passage branched from the first fuel passage at a low-pressure junction portion and joining the first fuel passage at a low-pressure confluence portion, wherein the first fuel passage and the second fuel passage are different in at least one of (i) temperatures of the fuels that flow through the fuel passages and (ii) passage lengths of the fuel passages from the low-pressure junction portion to the low-pressure confluence portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kato, Hisaharu Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10400720
    Abstract: A partition plate includes a main body and a plurality of protrusions. The main body is configured to be disposed in an intake passage of an engine partition the intake passage. The protrusions are provided at an end of the main body. The end is located toward a combustion chamber. Each protrusion is inclined relative to a width direction of the main body from an apex toward a base. The apex protrudes so as to be the closest toward the combustion chamber, and the base is the farthest from the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Kato
  • Patent number: 10393075
    Abstract: A partition plate is configured to separate an intake passage formed by an intake pipe to be coupled to a combustion chamber into a first intake passage and a second intake passage. The first intake passage is openable and closable by a valve. A shape of a first cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the intake pipe is set on the basis of a shape of a surface of the intake pipe that faces the partition plate with the second intake passage interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Kato
  • Publication number: 20190226433
    Abstract: A partition plate is configured to separate an intake passage formed by an intake pipe to be coupled to a combustion chamber into a first intake passage and a second intake passage. The first intake passage is openable and closable by a valve. A shape of a first cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the intake pipe is set on the basis of a shape of a surface of the intake pipe that faces the partition plate with the second intake passage interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki KATO
  • Patent number: 10280524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a set of ozone water manufacturing device which can greatly reduce an unpleasant smell of ozone gas when ozone water is used for sterilizing hands and feet, and can save power consumption of a pump which operates for preventing stagnation of a water stream in an electrolytic bath. The ozone water manufacturing device includes an electrolytic bath and a mixer which atomizes air bubbles of the ozone gas in the ozone water flowing out of the electrolytic bath. Each of the electrode assemblies in an electrode unit within the electrolytic bath is inclined at the predetermined same angle in a vertical direction. The mixer includes a mixing case bottom and a mixing case main body. A vortex flow generating plate generates a violent water stream from the water stream within the mixing case main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: WATER AGENCY INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Masaaki Kato, Yasuhiro Kotani
  • Patent number: 10253422
    Abstract: An electrolysis method of preventing the voltage of an electrolytic bath from rising over time without halting electrolysis and an electrolysis device for executing the method are provided such that: in operation of a two-compartment electrolytic bath, which has a membrane partitioning an anode compartment from a cathode compartment and in which a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process is fed into the anode compartment while direct current is supplied to the electrolytic bath to produce polysulfide in the anode compartment through electrolysis, and a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process that contains at least one of a scale cleaning agent and a scale inhibitor is fed to the anode compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Suyama, Kazuhiro Kurosu, Masaaki Kato, Hideo Otsu
  • Publication number: 20180355827
    Abstract: A fuel injection device that injects a liquefied gas fuel from an injection port to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine includes a passage forming member configured to define a fuel passage through which the liquefied gas fuel flows to the injection port, a temperature regulating unit configured to adjust a temperature of the liquefied gas fuel flowing through the fuel passage according to an operation state of the internal combustion engine, and a pressure regulating unit configured to adjust a pressure of the liquefied gas fuel flowing through the fuel passage according to the operation state of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masaaki KATO, Takamasa YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20180334752
    Abstract: The present invention provides a set of ozone water manufacturing device which can greatly reduce an unpleasant smell of ozone gas when ozone water is used for sterilizing hands and feet, and can save power consumption of a pump which operates for preventing stagnation of a water stream in an electrolytic bath. The ozone water manufacturing device includes an electrolytic bath and a mixer which atomizes air bubbles of the ozone gas in the ozone water flowing out of the electrolytic bath. Each of the electrode assemblies in an electrode unit within the electrolytic bath is inclined at the predetermined same angle in a vertical direction. The mixer includes a mixing case bottom and a mixing case main body. A vortex flow generating plate generates a violent water stream from the water stream within the mixing case main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi OYAMA, Masaaki KATO, Yasuhiro KOTANI