Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Hashiba

Tomohiko Hashiba 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: 20200037463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for removing heat, comprising the steps of: generating liquid fine particles comprising at least one vaporable liquid; transporting the liquid fine particles to a heat source; and vaporizing the liquid fine particles in the vicinity of the heat source without contacting the liquid fine particles with the heat source, wherein the heat of the heat source is removed by the heat of vaporization of the liquid fine particles, as well as a system for removing heat which can perform the process for removing heat. The process and system for removing heat according to the present invention can exert high cooling efficiency because they can directly remove heat from the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Tomohiko HASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20190374731
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to an inhaler which is capable of generating super fine particle which has a uniform particle size and has a core-shell structure in which the core comprises a first liquid substance to be sprayed and the shell comprises a second liquid substance to be sprayed. According to this aspect, the present invention can spray superfine particles of liquid medicine and the like with a uniform particle size, and can perform coating for sustained release and the like for the superfine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Tomohiko HASHIBA
  • Patent number: 9452307
    Abstract: A method for efficiently and simply achieving decontamination of organic compounds, in particular, gaseous organic compounds diffused in the atmosphere, is provided by carrying out an in-situ treatment under in-situ environmental conditions. The method involves exposing organic compounds to a processing gas at normal temperature, thereby achieving decontamination, in which the processing gas includes a hydroxylmethyl radical, a hydroperoxy radical, a hydrogen radical, and a hydroxyl radical which are generated by allowing a catalyst to act on methanol gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: LUNAERE INC.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20150005566
    Abstract: A method for efficiently and simply achieving decontamination of organic compounds, in particular, gaseous organic compounds diffused in the atmosphere, is provided by carrying out an in-situ treatment under in-situ environmental conditions. The method involves exposing organic compounds to a processing gas at normal temperature, thereby achieving decontamination, in which the processing gas includes a hydroxylmethyl radical, a hydroperoxy radical, a hydrogen radical, and a hydroxyl radical which are generated by allowing a catalyst to act on methanol gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20100025872
    Abstract: Provided are a production method of liposome dispersion industrially useful and the production equipment. In a process for forming liposome dispersion by dispersing a membrane material in an aqueous medium, wherein a liquid that the membrane material is dissolved or dispersed is discharged from 161a, while discharging the aqueous medium from 161b, the discharge flows are collectively crushed by a high-speed gas stream from a liquid jet port 162 into minute droplets, then, the droplets are crashed against a flow-blocking body 190 to reaggregate for the production. According to the production of the present invention, since removal of solvent is easy, and there is no need of defoaming operation, it becomes possible to produce liposome dispersion efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: WINGTURF CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20090252836
    Abstract: The prevent invention provides a novel gas treatment method for a fluid, and a method for producing a milk using the same, which is industrially extremely advantageous in terms of cost and efficiency. A gas treatment method for a fluid, comprises, while discharging a fluid from a fluid discharge port 161 of a two-fluid nozzle 160, crushing the discharge flow into fine droplets by a gas stream from a gas injection port 162, and then allowing the droplets to strike against a flow prevention member 190 and thereby agglomerate, so as to perform a gas treatment (gas addition, gas replacement, deaeration, or sterilization (disinfection)). According to the method for producing a milk, nitrogen is used as the gas stream, whereby homogenization and nitrogen replacement of dissolved oxygen can be performed in one and the same process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Wingturf Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20090081075
    Abstract: A highly versatile method of a sterilization and a sterilization apparatus, in which objects with poor heat resistance that are to be sterilized, such as plastic products, can be sterilized without incurring thermal damage, with such a strong sterilization power that spores can be killed. A treatment chamber is filled with a treatment gas containing HCHO, and any sterilization objects placed in the treatment chamber are sterilized. During sterilization, while maintaining the interior of the treatment chamber at a pre-determined temperature (T1), the treatment gas is fed into the treatment chamber, and the sterilization objects are exposed to the treatment gas for a pre-determined period of time (h1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hashiba, Koji Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20090072041
    Abstract: Oil/water mixtures recovered from the sea surface and similar areas are emulsified without the use of any emulsifier and subjected to combustion. A boat (300) is equipped with a spilled oil recovery unit (310) for recovering oil having been spilled onto the natural sea area; an emulsification unit (100) devised so that while the oil/water mixture is discharged through a liquid discharge nozzle, any of this mixture (121) having been recovered by the spilled oil recovery unit (310) is crushed by a high-speed air current sprayed from an air jet orifice disposed around the liquid discharge nozzle to thereby produce an oil/water emulsion; and a combustion unit (200) capable of combustion of the emulsion produced by the emulsification unit (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Patent number: 7415980
    Abstract: A suction device capable of spraying a liquid medicine or the like so that the particles have a set uniform diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignees: Bio Media Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Patent number: 7329038
    Abstract: A mixer capable of uniformly mixing a plurality of fluid materials without providing a mixing tank or an agitating vane. Different fluid raw materials are stored in raw material tanks, respectively. The raw materials are fed at a predetermined rate by variable restrictors so as to be supplied to a fluid supply hole of a nozzle. At this moment, the materials are not mixed. When the materials are discharged from a fluid discharge outlet, compressed air introduced from an air supply hole of the nozzle forms a high-speed vortex flow of the compressed air in front of the nozzle and the discharged raw materials are crushed into fine particles and mixed by this vortex flow, thereby obtaining a uniformly mixed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Bio Media Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20060018793
    Abstract: A method of speedily measuring the formaldehyde concentration of test gas with high sensitivity without suffering influences of coexisting gases; and a measuring instrument therefore. In particular, a method of measuring the formaldehyde concentration characterized in that a test gas is brought into contact with a filter wetted with a color forming agent consisting of an alkali aqueous solution of 4-amino-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole (AHMT) so as to induce color formation, and that the formaldehyde concentration of test gas is determined on the basis of the degree of color formation; and a measuring instrument including a light emitting element (LED) , a light receiving element (PIN type photodiode) and a display arranged so as to optically measure the degree of color formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hashiba, Koji Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20040244792
    Abstract: A suction device capable of spraying a liquid medicine or the like so that the particles have a set uniform diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20040240311
    Abstract: A mixer capable of uniformly mixing a plurality of fluid materials without providing a mixing tank or an agitating vane. Different fluid raw materials are stored in raw material tanks, respectively. The raw materials are fed at a predetermined rate by variable restrictors so as to be supplied to a fluid supply hole of a nozzle. At this moment, the materials are not mixed. When the materials are discharged from a fluid discharge outlet, compressed air introduced from an air supply hole of the nozzle forms a high-speed vortex flow of the compressed air in front of the nozzle and the discharged raw materials are crushed into fine particles and mixed by this vortex flow, thereby obtaining a uniformly mixed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hashiba