Patents by Inventor Michio Nishiyama

Michio Nishiyama 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: 11236369
    Abstract: An alcohol production system that produces alcohol by alcoholic fermentation using a saccharide solution, including an alcoholic fermentation vessel in which the saccharide solution is fermented by adding yeast to produce alcohol, which is an organic feedstock, and a biomass-hydrothermally-treated-product adding means that adds a biomass hydrothermally-treated product obtained by hydrothermally treating a biomass feedstock to the alcoholic fermentation vessel. The alcohol production system can improve alcoholic fermentation efficiency and realize cost reduction without adding only a mineral salt from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Michio Nishiyama, Hideo Suzuki, Ryosuke Uehara
  • Patent number: 10549699
    Abstract: A container includes a bottom wall, an upper surface, and an outer end portion having an outwardly directed end surface. A side wall is provided that includes an inner surface and a lower end portion. An integral hinge is provided connecting a lower end portion of an inside wall integrally connected to an outer end portion of a bottom of the container and a lower end portion of the outside wall. The inner surface of the outside wall is offset from a downward extension of the side wall's inner surface. A lower surface of part the lower end portion of the side wall and lateral wall contacts the upper surface of the bottom wall in an up-down direction of the container. The inner surface of the outside wall contacts at least one of the outwardly directed end surfaces of the bottom wall and the outer surface of the inside wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Kikuo Sugimura, Michio Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9434971
    Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20160250978
    Abstract: A container includes a bottom wall, an upper surface, and an outer end portion having an outwardly directed end surface. A side wall is provided that includes an inner surface and a lower end portion. An integral hinge is provided connecting a lower end portion of an inside wall integrally connected to an outer end portion of a bottom of the container and a lower end portion of the outside wall. The inner surface of the outside wall is offset from a downward extension of the side wall's inner surface. A lower surface of part the lower end portion of the side wall and lateral wall contacts the upper surface of the bottom wall in an up-down direction of the container. The inner surface of the outside wall contacts at least one of the outwardly directed end surfaces of the bottom wall and the outer surface of the inside wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicants: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Kikuo SUGIMURA, Michio NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9102965
    Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9074232
    Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20130078697
    Abstract: An alcohol production system that produces alcohol by alcoholic fermentation using a saccharide solution, including an alcoholic fermentation vessel in which the saccharide solution is fermented by adding yeast to produce alcohol, which is an organic feedstock, and a biomass-hydrothermally-treated-product adding means that adds a biomass hydrothermally-treated product obtained by hydrothermally treating a biomass feedstock to the alcoholic fermentation vessel. The alcohol production system can improve alcoholic fermentation efficiency and realize cost reduction without adding only a mineral salt from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS,LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Michio Nishiyama, Hideo Suzuki, Ryosuke Uehara
  • Publication number: 20120315677
    Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS,LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 5091128
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for producing compositional material for a low melting point metal casting equipment, wherein said composition does not cause large cracks during operation even if there is a reduction in its physical strength resulting from the non-use of reinforcing asbestos fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yamamoto, Michio Nishiyama, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Masakazu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 4975231
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for producing compositional material for a low melting point metal casting equipment, wherein said composition does not casue large cracks during operation even if there is a reduction in its physical strength resulting from the non-use of reinforcing asbestos fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yamamoto, Michio Nishiyama, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Masakazu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 4690867
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved compositional material for a low melting point metal casting equipment and a method for producing the same, wherein said composition does not cause large cracks during operation even if there is a reduction in its physical strength resulting from the non-use of reinforcing asbestos fiber.This material actually has a durability equivalent to/or greater than that of products reinforced with asbestos fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yamamoto, Michio Nishiyama, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Masakazu Ozaki