Patents by Inventor Masakuni Inoko

Masakuni Inoko 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).

  • Apparatus for treating ballast water and method for treating ballast water
    Patent number: 7776224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating ballast water, the apparatus being capable of treating ballast water so as to meet the ballast water standard established by the IMO exactly at low costs. The treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises a filter (4) that filters sea water to trap aquatic organisms, a bactericide supply apparatus (5) that supplies bactericide to the filtrate sea water, and a venturi tube 7 that introduces the sea water to which the bactericide is added, to produce cavitation in the sea water, thereby diffusing the bactericide and also damaging and destroying aquatic organisms in the sea water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: JFE Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiko Okamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara, Koji Fuchigami, Keisuke Nakahara, Masakuni Inoko, Sho Ishida
  • Apparatus for treating ballast water and method for treating ballast water
    Publication number: 20090127207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating ballast water, the apparatus being capable of treating ballast water so as to meet the ballast water standard established by the IMO exactly at low costs. The treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises a filter (4) that filters sea water to trap aquatic organisms, a bactericide supply apparatus (5) that supplies bactericide to the filtrate sea water, and a venturi tube 7 that introduces the sea water to which the bactericide is added, to produce cavitation in the sea water, thereby diffusing the bactericide and also damaging and destroying aquatic organisms in the sea water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Yukihiko Okamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara, Koji Fuchigami, Keisuke Nakahara, Masakuni Inoko, Sho Ishida