Patents by Inventor Tsubasa Shimizu

Tsubasa Shimizu 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: 20230275370
    Abstract: A connector assembly method which includes connecting an external connector fixed to a case of equipment and an internal connector on an internal substrate in the case. A lead extending inward of the case is provided at the external connector, a contact terminal is provided in a socket opening formed at the internal connector, and the connecting the external connector and the internal connector includes inserting a tip end side of the lead into the socket opening in such a manner that the socket opening of the internal connector and a tip end of the lead of the external connector relatively approach each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kentaro DOI, Akio TSUBOI, Tsubasa SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11369915
    Abstract: A pressure swing adsorption type hydrogen manufacturing apparatus includes a process control unit that controls operation of adsorption towers that generate a product gas by adsorbing, using adsorbents, adsorption target components other than hydrogen components from a source gas, in a state where an adsorption process, a pressure-equalization discharge process, a desorption process, and a pressure-restoration process are successively repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidaka Asonuma, Tsubasa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210111500
    Abstract: A connector assembly method which includes connecting an external connector fixed to a case of equipment and an internal connector on an internal substrate in the case. A lead extending inward of the case is provided at the external connector, a contact terminal is provided in a socket opening formed at the internal connector, and the connecting the external connector and the internal connector includes inserting a tip end side of the lead into the socket opening in such a manner that the socket opening of the internal connector and a tip end of the lead of the external connector relatively approach each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kentaro DOI, Akio TSUBOI, Tsubasa SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10870811
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a fuel gas manufacturing device for stopping the operation in such a manner that the operation can be immediately resumed, while keeping facilities from becoming complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidaka Asonuma, Tsubasa Shimizu, Takaya Kanda
  • Patent number: 10815443
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a fuel gas manufacturing device for stopping the operation in such a manner that the operation can be immediately resumed, while keeping facilities from becoming complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidaka Asonuma, Tsubasa Shimizu, Takaya Kanda
  • Publication number: 20200122080
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure swing adsorption type hydrogen manufacturing apparatus that can improve the product recovery rate in a state where the purity of the product is kept from being reduced. A process control unit P controls operation of adsorption towers 1 that generate a product gas by adsorbing, using adsorbents, adsorption target components other than hydrogen components from a source gas, in a state where an adsorption process, a pressure-equalization discharge process, a desorption process, and a pressure-restoration process are successively repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidaka ASONUMA, Tsubasa SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10597293
    Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurizer, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Murata, Tsubasa Shimizu, Satoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20200048570
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a fuel gas manufacturing device for stopping the operation in such a manner that the operation can be immediately resumed, while keeping facilities from becoming complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hidaka Asonuma, Tsubasa Shimizu, Takaya Kanda
  • Patent number: 10501319
    Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurizer, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Murata, Tsubasa Shimizu, Satoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190135629
    Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurizer, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Murata, Tsubasa Shimizu, Satoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20180022605
    Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurized, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Murata, Tsubasa Shimizu, Satoshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9675927
    Abstract: A method for hydrogen production by pressure swing adsorption that can increase the recovery efficiency of an adsorption target component while enabling an off-gas to be appropriately supplied to a combustion device is provided that can achieve a cost reduction and an increase in the efficiency of the combustion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Shimizu, Koichiro Ikeda, Shota Kawashima, Yukio Hiranaka, Satoshi Mori
  • Publication number: 20160175761
    Abstract: A method for hydrogen production by pressure swing adsorption that can increase the recovery efficiency of an adsorption target component while enabling an off-gas to be appropriately supplied to a combustion device is provided that can achieve a cost reduction and an increase in the efficiency of the combustion operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Tsubasa SHIMIZU, Koichiro IKEDA, Shota KAWASHIMA, Yukio HIRANAKA, Satoshi MORI
  • Publication number: 20020153526
    Abstract: There is provided a packaging bag 1 for semiconductor wafer for packaging a shipping container having semiconductor wafers stored therein, wherein the packaging bag is provided with a handle 4. The handle is preferably formed of a welded part 2 and hole 3 opened in the welded part, particularly, a plurality of holes having circular or elliptical shape are preferably provided in the welded part. Whereby there is provided a packaging bag which enables even a heavy shipping container having wafers of large diameter stored therein to be easily taken in and out of an external box, and enables a workability to improve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Kohei Toyama, Tsubasa Shimizu