Patents by Inventor Toshihide Morikawa

Toshihide Morikawa 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: 11629889
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system (10) includes a pumping well (20), a water injection well (30), a pipe (13) having two ends which are immersed in water stored in the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) so as to connect the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) to each other, a pump (21) and a pump (31) which are respectively provided inside the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) and pump up stored water through the pipe (13), a valve (25) and a valve (35) which are respectively provided on a pressurization side of the pump (21) inside the pumping well (20) and a pressurization side of the pump (31) inside the water injection well (30), and a heat exchanger (14) which is configured to exchange heat with the pipe (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, NEWJEC INC., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., MORIKAWA SAKUSEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Sakai, Takeshi Fuchimoto, Rinnichi Sai, Masaki Nakao, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Yasuhisa Nakaso, Toshihide Morikawa, Shinsuke Sakae
  • Publication number: 20200261739
    Abstract: To provide a hair drier capable of emitting red LED light to the scalp efficiently to improve the scalp environment, a hair drier of the present invention is arranged such that a cover body provided at an air outlet of a blower has a facing surface that faces the head of the user in a state where the cover body is covering at least a portion of the head of the user, the facing surface being provided with an LED light-emitting section configured to emit LED light to the scalp of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: ADERANS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihide MORIKAWA, Yoshihiro TSUMURA, Tsuyoshi TERAOKA
  • Publication number: 20200253352
    Abstract: To provide a hair drier capable of improving the scalp environment, a cover body has an opening section and covers at least a portion of the head of the user in such a manner that the opening section faces the head, and a facing surface facing the head is provided with a plurality of LED light-emitting sections configured to emit LED light to the scalp of the head and is made of a highly reflective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihide MORIKAWA, Masaomi ENDOH, Takuya SHIMODA, Emi SAITO, Daiki TAKAMOTO, Yoshihiro TSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200025419
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system (10) includes a pumping well (20), a water injection well (30), a pipe (13) having two ends which are immersed in water stored in the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) so as to connect the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) to each other, a pump (21) and a pump (31) which are respectively provided inside the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) and pump up stored water through the pipe (13), a valve (25) and a valve (35) which are respectively provided on a pressurization side of the pump (21) inside the pumping well (20) and a pressurization side of the pump (31) inside the water injection well (30), and a heat exchanger (14) which is configured to exchange heat with the pipe (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, NEWJEC INC., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., MORIKAWA SAKUSEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu SAKAI, Takeshi FUCHIMOTO, Rinnichi SAI, Masaki NAKAO, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Yasuhisa NAKASO, Toshihide MORIKAWA, Shinsuke SAKAE
  • Patent number: 6146839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Chlamydia pneumoniae antigen comprising protein derived from the outer membrane of Chlamydia pneumoniae, a method for producing a Chlamydia pneumoniae antigen which comprises solubilizing the cytosol and the cytoplasmic membrane of Chlamydia pneumoniae elementary body with an ionic detergent, and then removing the solubilized portion to obtain the residue, a method for measuring an anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody which comprises using the Chlamydia pneumoniae antigen, and a reagent for measuring anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody, said reagent comprising the Chlamydia pneumoniae antigen.In accordance with the present invention, there are provided a Chlamydia pneumoniae antigen which has a high species-specificity, very few clinically problematic false negatives, and few false positives, a method for producing said antigen, a method for measuring an anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody, and a reagent for measuring an anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Morikawa, Kiyotaka Kawagoe, Hiroshi Izutsu, Akifumi Iguchi, Mitsuo Yamaki