Patents by Inventor Naohiko Shimura

Naohiko Shimura 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: 20210179455
    Abstract: A hydrogen peroxide water manufacturing device includes an ejector unit including an introduction-side diameter-increasing portion to which water to be treated is introduced, a nozzle portion connected to the introduction-side diameter-increasing portion and having an introduction opening to which a source gas containing oxygen gas is introduced from outside, on a side wall, and a discharge-side diameter-increasing portion that is connected to the nozzle portion and from which the water to be treated mixed with the source gas is discharged, and an electrolysis unit disposed downstream of the ejector unit and including electrolytic electrodes to electrolyze the discharged water to be treated mixed with the source gas and generate hydrogen peroxide by using the source gas as a source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiko SHIMURA, Seiichi MURAYAMA, Kanako NAKAJIMA, Ryutaro MAKISE, Kie KUBO
  • Publication number: 20210024388
    Abstract: An advanced oxidation water treatment system includes an ozone reaction tank; a first hydrogen peroxide supplier which supplies hydrogen peroxide to treatment water in a supply line supplying the treatment water to the ozone reaction tank; an ozone generator which generates and supplies an ozonized gas containing ozone to the ozone reaction tank; a second hydrogen peroxide supplier which can supply additional hydrogen peroxide to the ozone reaction tank downstream of where the ozonized gas is supplied; a meter which measures water quality of the treatment water at a location downstream of where the ozonized gas is supplied; and a controller which determines whether and how much additional hydrogen peroxide is to be supplied by the second hydrogen peroxide supplier based on the water quality measured by the meter, and to control the second hydrogen peroxide supplier accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi MURAYAMA, Naohiko SHIMURA, Kanako MORITANI, Ryutaro MAKISE
  • Publication number: 20210002150
    Abstract: A water treatment system includes: a water treatment device; a feed-water pump that feeds water to be treated to the water treatment device; an ozone generator that generates ozone-containing gas containing ozone gas and oxygen gas; and a direct-current power supply that supplies direct-current power. The water treatment device includes: an ejector including an inlet-side wider-diameter part into which the water is introduced, a nozzle in communication with the inlet-side wider-diameter part and including a sidewall including an inlet opening into which the ozone-containing gas is introduced, and an outlet-side wider-diameter part in communication with the nozzle, from which the water mixed with the ozone-containing gas is ejected; and an electrolyzer located downstream of the ejector and including an electrolysis-purpose electrode supplied with the direct-current power to electrolyze the ejected water mixed with the ozone-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naohiko SHIMURA, Seiichi MURAYAMA, Kanako NAKAJIMA, Ryutaro MAKISE, Kie KUBO
  • Publication number: 20200055754
    Abstract: A water treatment apparatus includes: a reaction vessel that contains water to be treated, including an upper part from which the water to be treated is introduced and a lower part from which the water to be treated is discharged, to form a downward flow; an ozone supply unit that supplies ozonized gas into the reaction vessel from the lower part to form an upward flow of the ozonized gas containing ozone gas and oxygen; and an electrolysis electrode pair disposed on the upper part of the reaction vessel, the pair that produces hydrogen peroxide from the water to be treated and the oxygen gas contained in the ozonized gas by electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi MURAYAMA, Naohiko SHIMURA, Kanako MORITANI, Ryutaro MAKISE, Kie KUBO
  • Patent number: 10352302
    Abstract: An airflow generator power supply of an embodiment supplies alternating-current voltage to a plurality of airflow generators on a blade of a wind turbine generator. The power supply has a frequency converter, a plurality of transformers, and a switch. The frequency converter generates alternating-current voltage. Each transformer amplifies the alternating-current voltage and applies the amplified voltage to the corresponding airflow generator. The switch outputs the alternating-current voltage from the frequency converter to one selected from the transformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Motofumi Tanaka, Naohiko Shimura, Toshiki Osako
  • Publication number: 20180371628
    Abstract: A device for generating hydrogen peroxide includes an electrolytic cell, a pair of electrodes, and a circulation pipe. The electrolytic cell holds an electrolytic solution. The pair of electrodes is provided in the electrolytic cell and electrolyzes the electrolytic solution. The circulation pipe is connected to the electrolytic cell, and causes oxygen generated from the electrolytic solution that has been electrolyzed in the electrolytic cell to flow into the electrolytic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi IDE, Seiichi MURAYAMA, Naohiko SHIMURA, Norimitsu ABE
  • Patent number: 10138871
    Abstract: There is provided an airflow generation device and the like capable of suppressing an increase in a number of poles of a slip ring, and effectively preventing a malfunction from occurring due to a generation of noise caused by the slip ring. An airflow generation device of an embodiment has a main body, a rotation speed detecting unit, and a voltage application unit. The main body has a first electrode and a second electrode provided to a base formed of a dielectric, and is disposed on a rotary body. The rotation speed detecting unit detects a rotation speed of the rotary body. The voltage application unit generates an airflow by applying a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode based on the rotation speed detected in the rotation speed detecting unit. Here, the voltage application unit and the rotation speed detecting unit are disposed in the rotary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naohiko Shimura, Motofumi Tanaka, Toshiki Osako, Tadayoshi Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 10086926
    Abstract: A vortex generating apparatus includes: a member to contact with a flow of a fluid to form a stagnation point and a first and a second separation points on a periphery of a cross section of the member parallel to the flow; a disturbance applying unit to apply a disturbance to an upstream side of the first separation point to cause part of a boundary layer of the flow to adhere; and a controller to temporally control the application of the disturbance to change an adhesion distance from the stagnation point to the first separation point so as to generate a dynamic stall vortex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Motofumi Tanaka, Toshiki Osako, Kazunori Shioda, Hisashi Matsuda, Tatsuro Uchida, Naohiko Shimura
  • Patent number: 9841005
    Abstract: A wind power generation system has a windmill, a lift improvement device, a power generator, a storage, and a controller. The windmill rotates when receiving an airflow. The lift improvement device has a capability of operating and halting, the lift improvement device increases a lift force to a blade of the windmill when operating. The power generator generates power by rotation of the windmill and a torque is generated in a direction suppressing rotation of the windmill. The storage stores a plurality of characteristic maps indicating characteristics of the torques of the power generator in relation to rotation speeds of the power generator. The controller controls a power generation amount of the power generator by switching and using the plurality of characteristic maps of the storage in correspondence with a state of operating or halting of the lift improvement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Motofumi Tanaka, Naohiko Shimura, Toshiki Osako, Toshimasa Yamada, Hisashi Matsuda, Yuuta Onishi, Shinya Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9709032
    Abstract: An airflow generation device of an embodiment has a main body and a voltage application unit. The main body has a base formed of an insulating material and provided with a first electrode and a second electrode. The voltage application unit generates an airflow by applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, the main body is formed to include a portion which gradually decreases in thickness from a center portion to an end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hisashi Matsuda, Kenichi Yamazaki, Motofumi Tanaka, Naohiko Shimura, Masahiro Asayama, Toshiki Osako
  • Publication number: 20170080411
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an absorption tower comprising a CO2 absorption unit in which an exhaust gas containing CO2 and a lean solution comprising an amino group-containing compound are brought into contact with each other to allow the lean solution to absorb CO2; a regeneration tower in which CO2 contained in a rich solution is separated to regenerate the rich solution; and a purification unit in which an amino group-containing compound in a CO2-removed exhaust gas obtained by removing CO2 in the CO2 absorption unit is removed from, wherein the purification unit comprises a catalytic unit in which a photocatalyst is supported on a carrier including a gap through which air can pass, an activation member which activates the photocatalyst, and a power supply unit. The activation member is a pair of electrodes comprising a first electrode and a second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Koshito FUJITA, Naohiko Shimura, Daigo Muraoka, Masatoshi Hodotsuka
  • Publication number: 20160377060
    Abstract: An airflow generator power supply of an embodiment supplies alternating-current voltage to a plurality of airflow generators on a blade of a wind turbine generator. The power supply has a frequency converter, a plurality of transformers, and a switch. The frequency converter generates alternating-current voltage. Each transformer amplifies the alternating-current voltage and applies the amplified voltage to the corresponding airflow generator. The switch outputs the alternating-current voltage from the frequency converter to one selected from the transformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Motofumi TANAKA, Naohiko SHIMURA, Toshiki OSAKO
  • Publication number: 20160230783
    Abstract: An airflow generation device of an embodiment includes a dielectric base, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a power supply. The dielectric base has a main surface. The first electrode is disposed on the main surface. The second electrode is disposed in the dielectric base with an interval from the first electrode in a first direction along the main surface. At least a part of the third electrode is disposed at a position in the dielectric base, between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first direction, and deeper than the second electrode. The power supply applies voltages for causing discharge to the first, second, and third electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuta ONISHI, Motofumi TANAKA, Masahiro ASAYAMA, Naohiko SHIMURA, Hiroyuki YASUI, Kenichi YAMAZAKI, Toshiki OSAKO
  • Publication number: 20160146188
    Abstract: A wind farm of an embodiment includes a wind turbine and an airflow generation device, the wind turbine being installed in plurality in a predetermined installation region. The wind turbines each have a blade attached to a rotor. The airflow generation device includes a first electrode and a second electrode which are provided on a substrate formed of an insulating material. Here, the plural wind turbines include: a first wind turbine located on an upstream side and a second wind turbine located on a more downstream side than the first wind turbine, in a wind direction with a higher yearly frequency than a predetermined value, out of wind directions of wind blowing in the installation region. The airflow generation device is installed on the blade provided in the first wind turbine out of the plural wind turbines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisashi MATSUDA, Motofumi Tanaka, Toshiki Osako, Kenichi Yamazaki, Masahiro Asayama, Naohiko Shimura, Asako Inomata
  • Publication number: 20160131108
    Abstract: There is provided an airflow generation device and the like capable of suppressing an increase in a number of poles of a slip ring, and effectively preventing a malfunction from occurring due to a generation of noise caused by the slip ring. An airflow generation device of an embodiment has a main body, a rotation speed detecting unit, and a voltage application unit. The main body has a first electrode and a second electrode provided to a base formed of a dielectric, and is disposed on a rotary body. The rotation speed detecting unit detects a rotation speed of the rotary body. The voltage application unit generates an airflow by applying a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode based on the rotation speed detected in the rotation speed detecting unit. Here, the voltage application unit and the rotation speed detecting unit are disposed in the rotary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naohiko SHIMURA, Motofumi Tanaka, Toshiki Osako, Tadayoshi Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 9297260
    Abstract: An airflow control device 10 in an embodiment includes: a vortex shedding structure portion 20 discharging an airflow flowing on a surface in a flow direction as a vortex flow; and a first electrode 40 and a second electrode 41 disposed on a downstream side of the vortex shedding structure portion 20 via a dielectric. By applying a voltage between the first electrode 40 and the second electrode 41, flow of the airflow on the downstream side of the vortex shedding structure portion 20 is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Motofumi Tanaka, Hisashi Matsuda, Hiroyuki Yasui, Shohei Goshima, Naohiko Shimura, Kunihiko Wada, Tamon Ozaki, Toshiki Osako, Masahiro Asayama, Yutaka Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150345466
    Abstract: A wind power generation system has a windmill, a lift improvement device, a power generator, a storage, and a controller. The windmill rotates when receiving an airflow. The lift improvement device has a capability of operating and halting, the lift improvement device increases a lift force to a blade of the windmill when operating. The power generator generates power by rotation of the windmill and a torque is generated in a direction suppressing rotation of the windmill. The storage stores a plurality of characteristic maps indicating characteristics of the torques of the power generator in relation to rotation speeds of the power generator. The controller controls a power generation amount of the power generator by switching and using the plurality of characteristic maps of the storage in correspondence with a state of operating or halting of the lift improvement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Motofumi TANAKA, Naohiko SHIMURA, Toshiki OSAKO, Toshimasa YAMADA, Hisashi MATSUDA, Yuuta ONISHI, Shinya NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150275852
    Abstract: There is provided an attaching jig for an airflow generation device, capable of easily attaching the airflow generation device and efficiently performing an attachment work. An attaching jig in an embodiment is used when attaching an airflow generation device to an attachment object, the airflow generation device generating an airflow by voltage applied between a pair of electrodes provided in a base formed of a dielectric material. Here, as the attaching jig, a supporting jig that supports the airflow generation device is provided. The supporting jig includes: a plurality of support plates that support the airflow generation device on support surfaces thereof; and a coupling part that couples the plurality of support plates. The plurality of support plates are coupled at the coupling part so as to being foldable by rotationally moving around the coupling part as a rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hisashi Matsuda, Kenichi Yamazaki, Motofumi Tanaka, Naohiko Shimura, Masahiro Asayama, Toshiki Osako
  • Patent number: 8890347
    Abstract: A wind power generation system 10 of an embodiment includes a rotor 40 having a hub 41 and blades 42, a nacelle 31 pivotally supporting the rotor 40, a tower 30 supporting the nacelle 31, an airflow generation device 60 provided in a leading edge of each of the blades 42 and having a first electrode 61 and a second electrode 62 which are separated via a dielectric, and a discharge power supply 65 capable of applying a voltage between the electrodes of the airflow generation device 60. Further, the system includes a measurement device detecting information related to at least one of output in the wind power generation system 10, torque in the rotor 40 and a rotation speed of the blades 42, and a control unit 110 controlling the discharge power supply 65 based on an output from the measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Motofumi Tanaka, Hisashi Matsuda, Kunihiko Wada, Hiroyuki Yasui, Shohei Goshima, Naohiko Shimura, Yutaka Ishiwata, Susumu Kinoshita, Tamon Ozaki, Sueyoshi Mizuno, Shinichi Noda, Toshiki Osako, Toshimasa Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140286789
    Abstract: An airflow generation device of an embodiment has a main body and a voltage application unit. The main body has a base formed of an insulating material and provided with a first electrode and a second electrode. The voltage application unit generates an airflow by applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, the main body is formed to include a portion which gradually decreases in thickness from a center portion to an end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisashi MATSUDA, Kenichi YAMAZAKI, Motofumi TANAKA, Naohiko SHIMURA, Masahiro ASAYAMA, Toshiki OSAKO