Patents by Inventor Souichi Sato

Souichi Sato 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: 5464512
    Abstract: A method of uranium isotope enrichment by utilizing a photochemically selective effect is provided. The method comprises placing a powder of a uranyl compound of carboxylate having at least one oxygen-containing substituent in a magnetic field, irradiating the powder for an effective period of time with visible or shorter wavelength light capable of being absorbed by uranyl ion in the uranyl compound, and separating the resulting reduction products of the uranyl ion from the unreacted uranyl compound by fractionation to isolate a fraction enriched with .sup.235 U isotope. An ordinary light source having wavelengths of a wide range can be used, and there is no need for uranium gasification and cryogenic cooling which are required in a conventional laser method or molecular laser method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kiahatsu Jigyodan
    Inventors: Yu Yokoyama, Souichi Sato