Patents by Inventor Naoki Okuma

Naoki Okuma 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: 8282822
    Abstract: A membrane cartridge in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus capable of suppressing vibrations applied to the membrane cartridge by an ascending force of membrane cleaning gas and others by firmly coupling the adjacent membrane cartridges disposed in parallel. In a membrane cartridge in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus, selvages larger in thickness than a membrane cartridge main body are formed at both sides of the membrane cartridge, and a header forming part is formed on one selvage, and a guide hole is formed in other selvage relatively, and the header forming part and the guide hole of the membrane cartridge disposed adjacently by varying the direction mutually are formed to communicate and connect with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Okawa, Yasuyuki Okuno, Hidemi Nagakawa, Naoki Okuma, Kotaro Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20100243552
    Abstract: [Problem] To present a membrane cartridge in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus capable of suppressing vibrations applied to the membrane cartridge by an ascending force of membrane cleaning gas and others by firmly coupling the adjacent membrane cartridges disposed in parallel. [Solving Means] In a membrane cartridge A in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus, selvages 3 larger in thickness than a membrane cartridge main body 1 are formed at both sides of the membrane cartridge A, and a header forming part 4 is formed on one selvage 3, and a guide hole 5 is formed in other selvage 3 relatively, and the header forming part 4 and the guide hole 5 of the membrane cartridge A disposed adjacently by varying the direction mutually are formed to communicate and connect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yusuke OKAWA, Yasuyuki Okuno, Hidemi Nagakawa, Naoki Okuma, Kotaro Kitamura