Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Fukuda

Toshihiro Fukuda 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: 20150265965
    Abstract: A flue gas treatment apparatus for removing sulfur contents contained in combustion flue gas, includes a treatment agent feeder to feed a treatment agent into a flue through which the combustion flue gas flows, a cooler to cool the combustion flue gas to which the treatment agent has been fed and condense SO3 components in the combustion flue gas, an electric dust collection apparatus provided in the flue, a desulfurization apparatus based on a lime-gypsum process, and a circulation line for feeding a portion of the dust particles recovered by the electric dust collection apparatus into the flue that is provided on an upstream side of the cooler in the direction of flow of the flue gas for circulated use thereof as the treatment agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshimoto, Seiji Kagawa, Toshihiro Fukuda, Ryozo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9101882
    Abstract: A wet type flue-gas desulfurization apparatus includes a desulfurization apparatus main body; a gas introducing unit that is disposed on a side wall of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that introduces a flue gas; an absorbent accumulating unit that accumulates an absorbent which has absorbed the sulfur oxide present in the flue gas; a circulation line that circulates the absorbent from the absorbent circulating unit; a spray pipe that is disposed in the vicinity of the middle portion of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that sprays the absorbent, which is circulated in the circulation line, as a spray liquid from a nozzle; an ORP meter that measures the oxidation reduction potential of the absorbent; and an oxidation resistant pipe group that, in the vicinity of the interface of the absorbent present in the absorbent accumulating unit, cushions a falling liquid falling from an absorber of the absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toshihiro Fukuda, Seiji Kagawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Satoru Sugita, Norikazu Inaba, Motofumi Ito, Jun Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150157974
    Abstract: To include a boiler 11 that burns fuel F, an air heater 13 that recovers heat of flue gas 18 from the boiler 11, a first precipitator 14 that reduces dust in the flue gas 18 after heat recovery, a desulfurizer 15 that reduces sulfur oxides in the flue gas 18 after dust reduction by an absorbent, a dewaterer 32 that reduces gypsum 31 from desulfurization discharged water 30 discharged from the desulfurizer 15, a spray drying device 34 including an atomizer that atomizes a dewatering filtration fluid 33 discharged from the dewaterer 32, and a flue-gas introducing line L11 that introduces a part of the flue gas 18 into the spray drying device 34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Seiji Kagawa, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20150139881
    Abstract: A wet type flue-gas desulfurization apparatus includes a desulfurization apparatus main body; a gas introducing unit that is disposed on a side wall of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that introduces a flue gas; an absorbent accumulating unit that accumulates an absorbent which has absorbed the sulfur oxide present in the flue gas; a circulation line that circulates the absorbent from the absorbent circulating unit; a spray pipe that is disposed in the vicinity of the middle portion of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that sprays the absorbent, which is circulated in the circulation line, as a spray liquid from a nozzle; an ORP meter that measures the oxidation reduction potential of the absorbent; and an oxidation resistant pipe group that, in the vicinity of the interface of the absorbent present in the absorbent accumulating unit, cushions a falling liquid falling from an absorber of the absorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toshihiro Fukuda, Seiji Kagawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Satoru Sugita, Norikazu Inaba, Motofumi Ito, Jun Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8986428
    Abstract: To include a boiler 11 that burns fuel F, an air heater 13 that recovers heat of flue gas 18 from the boiler 11, a first precipitator 14 that reduces dust in the flue gas 18 after heat recovery, a desulfurizer 15 that reduces sulfur oxides in the flue gas 18 after dust reduction by an absorbent, a dewaterer 32 that reduces gypsum 31 from desulfurization discharged water 30 discharged from the desulfurizer 15, a spray drying device 34 including an atomizer that atomizes a dewatering filtration fluid 33 discharged from the dewaterer 32, and a flue-gas introducing line L11 that introduces a part of the flue gas 18 into the spray drying device 34.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Seiji Kagawa, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8956736
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device for emitting red light is disclosed, including: an anode; a cathode; and an organic layer including a light emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a red light-emitting guest material and a host material composed of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound having a skeleton with a 4 to 7 membered ring, and a photosensitizing layer containing a light-emitting guest material which generates blue light is provided adjacent to the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Matsunami, Masayuki Kurotaki, Toshihiro Fukuda, Yasunori Kijima, Akifumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8946684
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: an organic layer which is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode and in which a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer emitting light of single colors or two or more different colors in a visible wavelength region are sequentially included at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode; a first reflective interface which is provided on the side of the first electrode so as to reflect light emitted from the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer to be emitted from the side of the second electrode; and a second reflective interface and a third reflective interface which are sequentially provided on the side of the second electrode at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukuda, Jiro Yamada, Yohei Ebihara
  • Publication number: 20140367660
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and is formed by stacking a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer in order from the first electrode side, in which light emitted from the organic layer is reflected by an interface between the first light-emitting layer and the first electrode, passes through the second electrode, and is emitted to the outside of the light-emitting device, a first light-transmitting layer, a second light-transmitting layer, and a third light-transmitting layer are provided on a side of the second light-emitting layer opposite to the first light-emitting layer in order from the second light-emitting layer side, and predetermined conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20140346480
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer in which a first luminescent layer and a second luminescent layer are provided from a first electrode side, the organic layer being provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, light from the organic layer being reflected on an interface of the luminescent layer and the first electrode, passing through the second electrode, and being emitted to outside, a first optical transparent layer, a second optical transparent layer, and a third optical transparent layer being provided, from a second luminescent layer side, on a side of the second luminescent layer, the side being opposite to the first luminescent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro FUKUDA, Kohji HANAWA
  • Patent number: 8883107
    Abstract: To include a boiler 11 that burns fuel F, an air heater 13 that recovers heat of flue gas 18 from the boiler 11, a first precipitator 14 that reduces dust in the flue gas 18 after heat recovery, a desulfurizer 15 that reduces sulfur oxides in the flue gas 18 after dust reduction by an absorbent, a dewaterer 32 that reduces gypsum 31 from desulfurization discharged water 30 discharged from the desulfurizer 15, a spray drying device 34 including an atomizer that atomizes a dewatering filtration fluid 33 discharged from the dewaterer 32, and a flue-gas introducing line L11 that introduces a part of the flue gas 18 into the spray drying device 34.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Seiji Kagawa, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8860302
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: light-emitting devices emitting light of different single colors in a visible wavelength region, wherein each of the light-emitting devices includes an organic layer which is interposed between first and second electrodes and in which a first or second light-emitting layer emitting light of different single colors is included at a first or second position separated from each other in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode; a first reflective interface which is provided on the side of the first electrode so as to reflect light emitted from the first or second light-emitting layer to be emitted from the side of the second electrode; and a second reflective interface and a third reflective interface which are provided on the side of the second electrode at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukuda, Jiro Yamada, Yohei Ebihara
  • Publication number: 20140212351
    Abstract: To include a boiler 11 that burns fuel F, an air heater 13 that recovers heat of flue gas 18 from the boiler 11, a first precipitator 14 that reduces dust in the flue gas 18 after heat recovery, a desulfurizer 15 that reduces sulfur oxides in the flue gas 18 after dust reduction by an absorbent, a dewaterer 32 that reduces gypsum 31 from desulfurization discharged water 30 discharged from the desulfurizer 15, a spray drying device 34 including an atomizer that atomizes a dewatering filtration fluid 33 discharged from the dewaterer 32, and a flue-gas introducing line L11 that introduces a part of the flue gas 18 into the spray drying device 34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Seiji Kagawa, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20140202362
    Abstract: To include a boiler 11 that burns fuel F, an air heater 13 that recovers heat of flue gas 18 from the boiler 11, a first precipitator 14 that reduces dust in the flue gas 18 after heat recovery, a desulfurizer 15 that reduces sulfur oxides in the flue gas 18 after dust reduction by an absorbent, a dewaterer 32 that reduces gypsum 31 from desulfurization discharged water 30 discharged from the desulfurizer 15, a spray drying device 34 including an atomizer that atomizes a dewatering filtration fluid 33 discharged from the dewaterer 32, and a flue-gas introducing line L11 that introduces a part of the flue gas 18 into the spray drying device 34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Seiji Kagawa, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8773016
    Abstract: A display apparatus, includes: a substrate; a plural light emitting elements provided on the substrate and each formed from a lower electrode, a light emitting function layer and an upper layer stacked in this order; a partition for element isolation provided on the substrate and having a plural apertures individually corresponding to the light emitting elements; and a black matrix disposed on the light extraction side of the light emitting elements and having a shape with which the black matrix covers over portions. Each of the apertures of the partition having a side wall is formed in such a tapering shape that the aperture width increases toward the light extraction side of the light emitting elements. The black matrix is provided in such a manner as to cover over an upper edge portion of the tapering shape on at least one side which defines each aperture of the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akitsuna Takagi, Jiro Yamada, Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8760048
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus including light-emitting devices emitting light of different single colors in a visible wavelength region, wherein each light-emitting device including: an organic layer between first and second electrodes and in which a first or second light-emitting layer emitting light of a different single color is included at a first or second position separated from each other in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode; a first reflective interface on the side of the first electrode; and a second reflective interface and a third reflective interface which on the side of the second electrode in that order at mutually separated positions in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukuda, Jiro Yamada, Yohei Ebihara
  • Patent number: 8736161
    Abstract: A light-emitting device including: an organic layer which is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode and in which a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer emitting light of single colors or two or more different colors in a visible wavelength region are sequentially included at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode; a first reflective interface which is provided on the side of the first electrode so as to reflect light emitted from the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer to be emitted from the side of the second electrode; and a second reflective interface and a third reflective interface which are sequentially provided on the side of the second electrode at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukuda, Jiro Yamada, Yohei Ebihara
  • Patent number: 8715402
    Abstract: To include a boiler 11 that burns fuel F, an air heater 13 that recovers heat of flue gas 18 from the boiler 11, a first precipitator 14 that reduces dust in the flue gas 18 after heat recovery, a desulfurizer 15 that reduces sulfur oxides in the flue gas 18 after dust reduction by an absorbent, a dewaterer 32 that reduces gypsum 31 from desulfurization discharged water 30 discharged from the desulfurizer 15, a spray drying device 34 including an atomizer that atomizes a dewatering filtration fluid 33 discharged from the dewaterer 32, and a flue-gas introducing line L11 that introduces a part of the flue gas 18 into the spray drying device 34.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Seiji Kagawa, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20140083629
    Abstract: A spray drying apparatus includes a gas inlet provided on a side wall in the vicinity of a top portion of the spray drying apparatus, for introducing a flue gas for drying a spray liquid of a dehydration filtrate; a rectifying plate provided in a spray drying apparatus main body, for decelerating the introduced flue gas so as to alter the flue gas flow to a laminar flow; a spray nozzle for spraying the dehydration filtrate emitted from the desulfurization waste water into the flue gas altered to the laminar flow; a gas outlet provided in the vicinity of a bottom portion of the spray drying apparatus main body, for discharging the flue gas contributed to drying of the dehydration filtrate; and a discharge hopper provided on the bottom portion side of the spray drying apparatus main body, for discharging an ash as a spray-dried solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukuda, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Seiji Kagawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Nobuyuki Ukai
  • Publication number: 20140045131
    Abstract: A spray drying apparatus includes: a gas inlet provided in a side wall in the vicinity of a top (lid) portion of the spray drying apparatus, for introducing a flue gas for drying a spray of dehydrated filtrate; flow-adjusting plates provided in a body of the spray drying apparatus, for decelerating the introduced flue gas so as to change the flow of the flue gas to a laminar flow; a spray nozzle for spraying the dehydrated filtrate from the desulfurization waste water into the flue gas having been changed to the laminar flow; and a joining unit for joining a bottom portion of the body of the spray drying apparatus to a gas supply line that is a main flue gas duct for the flue gas so as to discharge spray-dried solids to the main flue gas duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukuda, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Seiji Kagawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Nobuyuki Ukai
  • Publication number: 20130248121
    Abstract: A spray-drying device includes a spray nozzle that sprays the dehydrated filtrate from the desulfurization wastewater, in a spray-drying device body, an inlet that is provided in the spray-drying device body and introduces flue gas for drying spray liquid, a dry area that is provided in the spray-drying device body and dries the dehydrated filtrate by the flue gas, an outlet that discharged the flue gas contributing to the drying, a plurality of thermometers that are provided in the dry area and measure temperatures of the inside, a determination unit that determines whether or not a spray-drying state of the dehydrated filtrate is satisfactory on the basis of the measurement results of the thermometers, and a control unit that adjusts the flue gas or the dehydrated filtrate when it is determined that the spray-drying is not satisfactory as a result of the determination of the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Seiji Kagawa, Toshihiro Fukuda