Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Onishi
Yasuhiro Onishi 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).
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Publication number: 20240326144Abstract: [Problem] To provide a gear machining device enabling machining by a plurality of tools with a simple configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Yoichi ONISHI, Satoru TAKESHITA, Yasuhiro KUROKAWA
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Publication number: 20240299854Abstract: The present embodiment provides a program that makes it easy for a player to manage game media. The arrangement is such that batch experience-value conversion is performed on the basis of an input by a player, in which the whole duplicate number for each subject character is converted into a pool experience value, where the subject characters are, among characters possessed by the player, all the characters whose duplicate numbers are greater than or equal to one and whose maximum levels have reached an upper-limit value of one hundred.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.Inventors: Koji Yamakoshi, Koji Otani, Yasuhiro Yamada, Makoto Noguchi, Yujiro Onishi
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Publication number: 20200326128Abstract: The infrared baking device includes: a furnace chamber having an opening openable/closable by an opening/closing cover and allowing an internal space thereof to be tightly sealed; a baking object placement portion on which a baking object is to be placed and which is extractable/insertable through the opening; a heater lamp for heating the heating object by infrared rays; and a thermocouple provided at the baking object placement tray. A furnace wall of the furnace chamber is configured so that infrared rays from the heater lamp are collected and radiated to the tray. The thermocouple is provided in a contactor to contact with the tray. The tray and the contactor are made of the same material which absorbs the infrared rays.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Sadayuki Ibusuki
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Patent number: 10753889Abstract: Provided are a cell for X-ray analysis and an X-ray analysis apparatus that enable simultaneous X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption fine structure measurements of a material (sample) in the same field of view on the sample (same position on the sample). The cell for X-ray analysis of the present invention enables simultaneous X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption fine structure measurements of a sample in the same field of view on the sample and includes a furnace including a space where the sample is held and a focused heater heating the sample, a first window provided to the furnace and through which X-rays directed at the sample is incident, a second window provided to the furnace and from which X-rays emerging from the sample exit, a third window provided to the furnace, and a holder that positions the sample in the space.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONInventors: Ken'ichi Kimijima, Masao Kimura, Daiji Asahara, Yasuhiro Onishi
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Publication number: 20190145915Abstract: Provided are a cell for X-ray analysis and an X-ray analysis apparatus that enable simultaneous X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption fine structure measurements of a material (sample) in the same field of view on the sample (same position on the sample). The cell for X-ray analysis of the present invention enables simultaneous X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption fine structure measurements of a sample in the same field of view on the sample and includes a furnace including a space where the sample is held and a focused heater heating the sample, a first window provided to the furnace and through which X-rays directed at the sample is incident, a second window provided to the furnace and from which X-rays emerging from the sample exit, a third window provided to the furnace, and a holder that positions the sample in the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Inter-University Research Institute Corporation High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationInventors: Ken'ichi Kimijima, Masao Kimura, Daiji Asahara, Yasuhiro Onishi
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Patent number: 9688918Abstract: The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus according to the present invention includes a reaction vessel that brings a synthesis gas having carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas as main components into contact with a slurry having a solid catalyst suspended in a liquid hydrocarbon compound to synthesize a liquid hydrocarbon compound using a Fischer-Tropsch reaction; a filter that is provided within the reaction vessel and is configured to separate the liquid hydrocarbon compound from the catalyst; and a powdered catalyst particles-discharging device configured to discharge powdered catalyst particles in the solid catalyst in the slurry to the outside of the reaction vessel.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO.Inventors: Atsushi Murata, Eiichi Yamada, Kazuki Murahashi, Yuzuru Kato, Yasuhiro Onishi
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Patent number: 9452405Abstract: A liquid-fuel synthesizing method includes a synthesizing step of synthesizing liquid fuels by making a synthesis gas including a carbon monoxide gas and a hydrogen gas as the main components and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid react with each other in a reactor, and a synthesis gas supply step of supplying the synthesis gas to the reactor from a plurality of supply devices provided in the reactor so as to have different heights.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignees: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Akihiko Hirama
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Patent number: 9434657Abstract: The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus is provided with a synthesis gas supply line in which a synthesis gas is compressed and supplied by a first compressor, a reactor configured to accommodate a catalyst slurry, a gas-liquid separator configured to separate an unreacted synthesis gas and hydrocarbons discharged from the reactor into a gas and a liquid, a first recycle line in which the unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid is compressed and recycled into the reactor by a second compressor, and a second recycle line configured to recycle a residual unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid into the inlet side of the first compressor at the time of start-up operation when the synthesis gas is gradually increased in the amount to be introduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd, COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTDInventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Kazuhiko Tasaka, Tomoyuki Mikuriya
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Patent number: 9404047Abstract: A start-up method for a hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus, comprising: an initial slurry-loading step in which the slurry is loaded into the reactor at the initial stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction at a lower loading rate than that applied to the reactor in a steady-state operation; and a CO conversion ratio-increasing step in which the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor is raised by adding to the slurry the hydrocarbons synthesized at the early stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction so that the CO conversion ratio is increased in proportion to a rise in the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeo Ito, Atsushi Murata, Eiichi Yamada, Yuzuru Kato, Yasuhiro Onishi
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Publication number: 20160046870Abstract: The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus according to the present invention includes a reaction vessel that brings a synthesis gas having carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas as main components into contact with a slurry having a solid catalyst suspended in a liquid hydrocarbon compound to synthesize a liquid hydrocarbon compound using a Fischer-Tropsch reaction; a filter that is provided within the reaction vessel and is configured to separate the liquid hydrocarbon compound from the catalyst; and a powdered catalyst particles-discharging device configured to discharge powdered catalyst particles in the solid catalyst in the slurry to the outside of the reaction vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Atsushi MURATA, Eiichi YAMADA, Kazuki MURAHASHI, Yuzuru KATO, Yasuhiro ONISHI
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Publication number: 20150353839Abstract: A hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus includes a reactor bringing synthesis gas into contact with a slurry having a solid catalyst suspended in liquid hydrocarbons to synthesize hydrocarbons by the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction; a cylindrical inner tube having a lower end arranged within the reactor at a predetermined distance from the bottom thereof; and a sparger arranged on an inner lower side of the inner tube, which blows the synthesis gas toward the inside of the inner tube. A Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction region, where the slurry including bubbles flows out from inside the inner tube through an upper end thereof, is formed in a space between a virtual extension portion of the upper end of the inner tube and an inner surface of the reactor, wherein the slurry is held within the reactor until the upper end of the inner tube is lower than the liquid level of the slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Yuuji MAEDA, Atsushi MURATA, Eiichi YAMADA, Yuzuru KATO, Yasuhiro ONISHI
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Patent number: 9162170Abstract: A synthesis reaction system is provided with: a reactor which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in liquid; a separator which separates the hydrocarbon compound from the slurry; and a filtering device which filters the hydrocarbon compound extracted from the separator to trap powdered catalyst particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignees: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Yuzuru Kato, Atsushi Murata, Eiichi Yamada
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Publication number: 20150267123Abstract: A start-up method for a hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus, comprising: an initial slurry-loading step in which the slurry is loaded into the reactor at the initial stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction at a lower loading rate than that applied to the reactor in a steady-state operation; and a CO conversion ratio-increasing step in which the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor is raised by adding to the slurry the hydrocarbons synthesized at the early stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction so that the CO conversion ratio is increased in proportion to a rise in the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Takeo Ito, Atsushi Murata, Eiichi Yamada, Yuzuru Kato, Yasuhiro Onishi
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Patent number: 9139779Abstract: A catalyst separation system which separates catalyst particles from liquid hydrocarbons synthesized by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including a hydrogen and a carbon monoxide as the main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, the catalyst separation system is provided with: a reactor; a storage tank which stores the slurry drawn from the reactor; a plurality of filters which filters the slurry; and a filtrate recovery vessel which recovers a filtrate which has passed through the plurality of filters, wherein the plurality of filters is disposed in series in a flow line for the slurry from the storage tank to the filtrate recovery vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Yuzuru Kato, Eiichi Yamada, Kentarou Morita
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Patent number: 9120981Abstract: A hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus synthesizes hydrocarbons by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction. The apparatus includes a reactor; a flowing line; a first cooling unit; a second cooling unit; a first separating unit which separates the liquid hydrocarbons condensed by the first cooling unit from the gaseous hydrocarbons; and a second separating unit which separates the liquid hydrocarbons condensed by the second cooling unit from the gaseous hydrocarbons. The first cooling unit cools the hydrocarbons which flow through the flowing line to a temperature range equal to or lower than a condensing point at which a wax fraction condenses, and higher than a freezing point at which the wax fraction solidifies. The second cooling unit cools the hydrocarbons which flow through the flowing line to a temperature range lower than the temperature to which the gaseous hydrocarbons are cooled by the first cooling unit, and higher than a freezing point at which a middle distillate solidifies.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignees: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Onishi
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Patent number: 8906314Abstract: A bubble column reactor includes a reactor body which contains a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, an inflow port which is provided at the bottom of the reactor body and allows a synthesis gas including a carbon monoxide gas and a hydrogen gas as the main components to flow into the slurry therethrough, and an outflow port which is provided at the top of the reactor body and allows gaseous hydrocarbons synthesized by a chemical reaction between the synthesis gas and the slurry, an unreacted synthesis gas, and the like to flow out therethrough. The distance in a vertical direction between the liquid surface of the slurry and the outflow port is 1.4 m or more and 10 m or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Inpex Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Yuzuru Kato, Eiichi Yamada, Atsushi Murata, Osamu Wakamura
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Patent number: 8883025Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a stock unit, a processing unit, and an alignment chamber. The stock unit supplies and collects a conveyable tray formed with a plurality of housing holes in each of which a wafer is housed. In the processing chamber, plasma processing is executed on the wafers housed in the tray supplied from the stock unit. The alignment chamber is provided with a rotating table on which the tray before being subjected to the plasma processing is set to perform positioning of the wafers on the rotating table. A housing state determination unit of a control device determines whether or not the wafer is misaligned with respect the housing hole of the tray based on a height detected by height detecting sensors.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shogo Okita, Yasuhiro Onishi
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Patent number: 8865079Abstract: A hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus includes a reactor, and a synthesis gas supply line through which a synthesis gas is supplied to the reactor, and syntheses hydrocarbons by contacting the synthesis gas and the catalyst slurry in the reactor. The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus includes a spare supply line which is connected to the synthesis gas supply line, and supplies inert gas or hydrogen gas to the reactor through the synthesis gas supply line when supply of the synthesis gas to the synthesis gas supply line from the synthesis gas supply device is stopped, and a fluid heating device which heats at least one of a fluid which flows through a flowing line of the synthesis gas supply line located closer to the reactor than a portion connected with the spare supply line, and a fluid which flows through the spare supply line.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Inpex Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Yuzuru Kato, Eiichi Yamada
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Patent number: 8758692Abstract: There is provided a synthesis reaction system which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in liquid and which extracts the hydrocarbon compound from the slurry. The synthesis reaction system includes a reactor main body which accommodates the slurry, a separator which separates the hydrocarbon compound included in the slurry from the slurry, a first flow passage which allows the slurry including the hydrocarbon compound to flow to the separator from the reactor main body, a second flow passage which allows the slurry to flow to the reactor main body from the separator, and a fluid supply nozzle which supplies a fluid toward at least any one of the separator, the first flow passage, and the second flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignees: Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Inpex Corporation, Nippon Oil Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasuhiro Onishi
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Publication number: 20140135410Abstract: The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus is provided with a synthesis gas supply line in which a synthesis gas is compressed and supplied by a first compressor, a reactor configured to accommodate a catalyst slurry, a gas-liquid separator configured to separate an unreacted synthesis gas and hydrocarbons discharged from the reactor into a gas and a liquid, a first recycle line in which the unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid is compressed and recycled into the reactor by a second compressor, and a second recycle line configured to recycle a residual unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid into the inlet side of the first compressor at the time of start-up operation when the synthesis gas is gradually increased in the amount to be introduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicants: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Kazuhiko Tasaka, Tomoyuki Mikuriya