Patents by Inventor Shigeharu Yoneshima

Shigeharu Yoneshima 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: 6123323
    Abstract: A gas-liquid dispersion device to be installed in a system in which a liquid flows forming a continuous phase and a gas flows upward includes a perforated plate which is so mounted as to interrupt a gas-liquid passage, in which a mixed phase of the gas and liquid is produced. A separated liquid-conducting channel extending from the perforated plate toward its gas inflow opening side is formed in such a way that a gas-liquid passage is divided into a liquid-conducting portion and a gas-dispersing portion. When the mixed phase of the gas and liquid is supplied to the gas-liquid dispersion device, a gas phase accumulates on the gas inflow opening side of the gas-liquid dispersion device and creates a gas pocket, whereby pulsation of gas and liquid flows can be prevented. As a result, the gas passes upward through individual through holes (excluding the liquid-conducting channel) made in the perforated plate while the liquid passes through the liquid-conducting channel in a stable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yoneda, Shigeharu Yoneshima, Mikihiko Kanda, Yusuke Shiota