Patents by Inventor Masafumi FUNAKAWA

Masafumi FUNAKAWA 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: 11679425
    Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method including: warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well; warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, the decomposer microorganisms being infused in the activator liquid, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well, or warming a purification liquid for decomposing a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the purification liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the purification liquid into an in-ground injection well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TAKENAKA CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Inaba, Yuji Yamazaki, Takaaki Shimizu, Nobuyasu Okuda, Yasuhide Furukawa, Tomohiro Nakashima, Haruka Kiyotomo, Kazuhiro Mukai, Masafumi Funakawa, Ai Hasegawa, Keisuke Omura, Kota Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11084075
    Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method includes a first process of injecting a cleaning liquid, that separates a contaminant in subsurface soil from the subsurface soil and that has been warmed to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, into an injection well provided in the ground, and a second process of pumping up groundwater containing the cleaning liquid, in which the contaminant separated from the subsurface soil has been dissolved, from a pumping well that is provided in the ground so as to be spaced apart from the injection well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: TAKENAKA CORPORATION, TAKENAKA CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamazaki, Takaaki Shimizu, Nobuyasu Okuda, Yasuhide Furukawa, Tomohiro Nakashima, Haruka Kiyotomo, Kazuhiro Mukai, Kaoru Inaba, Koudai Mae, Masafumi Funakawa, Ai Hasegawa, Keisuke Omura, Kota Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20200061683
    Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method including: warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well; warming an activator liquid, for stimulating decomposer microorganisms that decompose a contaminant in subsurface soil, the decomposer microorganisms being infused in the activator liquid, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the activator liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the activator liquid into an in-ground injection well, or warming a purification liquid for decomposing a contaminant in subsurface soil, to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, and feeding the purification liquid into the subsurface soil by injecting the purification liquid into an in-ground injection well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: TAKENAKA CORPORATION, TAKENAKA CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru INABA, Yuji YAMAZAKI, Takaaki SHIMIZU, Nobuyasu OKUDA, Yasuhide FURUKAWA, Tomohiro NAKASHIMA, Haruka KIYOTOMO, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Masafumi FUNAKAWA, Ai HASEGAWA, Keisuke OMURA, Kota TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190193129
    Abstract: A subsurface soil purification method includes a first process of injecting a cleaning liquid, that separates a contaminant in subsurface soil from the subsurface soil and that has been warmed to a higher temperature than a groundwater temperature, into an injection well provided in the ground, and a second process of pumping up groundwater containing the cleaning liquid, in which the contaminant separated from the subsurface soil has been dissolved, from a pumping well that is provided in the ground so as to be spaced apart from the injection well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAZAKI, Takaaki SHIMIZU, Nobuyasu OKUDA, Yasuhide FURUKAWA, Tomohiro NAKASHIMA, Haruka KIYOTOMO, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Kaoru INABA, Koudai MAE, Masafumi FUNAKAWA, Ai HASEGAWA, Keisuke OMURA, Kota TANABE