Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa Ando

Yoshimasa Ando 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: 20240067883
    Abstract: Provided is a production system for producing a hydrocarbon compound, which is a hydrocarbon compound production system capable of managing an environmental load reducing effect derived from a raw material. The hydrocarbon compound production system includes a hydrogen production device that generates hydrogen, a carbon dioxide supply device that supplies a carbon dioxide, and a hydrocarbon compound production device that generates a hydrocarbon compound from each of the hydrogen generated by the hydrogen production device and the carbon dioxide supplied from the carbon dioxide supply device, wherein, on the basis of at least either one of respective environmental indicators of the hydrogen generated by the hydrogen production device and the carbon dioxide supplied from the carbon dioxide supply device, an environmental load level of the hydrocarbon compound generated by the hydrocarbon compound production device is categorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shinya MARUSHIMA, Kenichi IRIE, Takahiro KAMO, Tadateru TANIOKA, Yoshimasa ANDO, Atsushi TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 11802344
    Abstract: A hydrogen production system includes: a hydrogen production device connected to an electric power system or connected to a power generation device using renewable energy and configured to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing pure water; an output control unit capable of controlling an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device according to request from the electric power system; a first pure water line for supplying pure water to the hydrogen production device; a first adjustment device capable of adjusting an amount of pure water supplied to the hydrogen production device via the first pure water line; and a first control unit configured to control the first adjustment device, based on a power amount signal indicating information on an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Marushima, Atsushi Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Ando, Kazunori Fujita, Tadateru Tanioka
  • Patent number: 11801486
    Abstract: A synthetic product production system is provided with: a synthesis plant for producing a synthetic product by synthesizing a hydrogen-containing gas and carbon dioxide; and a carbon dioxide supply line for supplying the carbon dioxide to the synthesis plant from a recovery and storage plant including a recovery device for recovering the carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide-containing gas and an injection facility for fixing the recovered carbon dioxide into a stratum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Marushima, Tadateru Tanioka, Kazunori Fujita, Yoshimasa Ando, Takahiro Kamo, Kenichi Irie, Atsushi Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20220349068
    Abstract: A hydrogen production system includes: a hydrogen production device connected to an electric power system or connected to a power generation device using renewable energy and configured to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing pure water; an output control unit capable of controlling an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device according to request from the electric power system; a first pure water line for supplying pure water to the hydrogen production device; a first adjustment device capable of adjusting an amount of pure water supplied to the hydrogen production device via the first pure water line; and a first control unit configured to control the first adjustment device, based on a power amount signal indicating information on an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya MARUSHIMA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI, Yoshimasa ANDO, Kazunori FUJITA, Tadateru TANIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220331773
    Abstract: A synthetic product production system is provided with: a synthesis plant for producing a synthetic product by synthesizing a hydrogen-containing gas and carbon dioxide; and a carbon dioxide supply line for supplying the carbon dioxide to the synthesis plant from a recovery and storage plant including a recovery device for recovering the carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide-containing gas and an injection facility for fixing the recovered carbon dioxide into a stratum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Marushima, Tadateru Tanioka, Kazunori Fujita, Yoshimasa Ando, Takahiro Kamo, Kenichi Irie, Atsushi Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11421329
    Abstract: A hydrogen production system includes: a hydrogen production device connected to an electric power system and configured to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing pure water; an output control unit capable of controlling an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device according to request from the electric power system; a first pure water line for supplying pure water to the hydrogen production device; a first adjustment device capable of adjusting an amount of pure water supplied to the hydrogen production device via the first pure water line; and a first control unit configured to control the first adjustment device, based on a power amount signal indicating information on an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Marushima, Atsushi Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Ando, Kazunori Fujita, Tadateru Tanioka
  • Publication number: 20210262100
    Abstract: A hydrogen production system includes: a hydrogen production device connected to an electric power system and configured to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing pure water; an output control unit capable of controlling an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device according to request from the electric power system; a first pure water line for supplying pure water to the hydrogen production device; a first adjustment device capable of adjusting an amount of pure water supplied to the hydrogen production device via the first pure water line; and a first control unit configured to control the first adjustment device, based on a power amount signal indicating information on an amount of power supplied from the electric power system to the hydrogen production device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Shinya MARUSHIMA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI, Yoshimasa ANDO, Kazunori FUJITA, Tadateru TANIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210195837
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes: a grain conveyance mechanism for conveying grains from a threshing apparatus to a grain tank; a grain discharge apparatus provided in an end area of the grain conveyance mechanism, the grain discharge apparatus having a discharge case provided with a grain discharge opening, and a discharge rotor rotatably arranged in the discharge case; a pressed portion that is subjected to a pressing force applied by grains immediately before the grains are discharged by the discharge rotor; a load detector for detecting the pressing force exerted on the pressed portion; and a yield evaluator for evaluating the amount of conveyed grain based on a detection signal from the load detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Kazuhiro Takahara, Yoshimasa Ando
  • Patent number: 10980177
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying grains obtained by a thresher for threshing grain culms reaped from a field to a grain tank, a measurer (340) for measuring the amount of grain conveyed to the grain tank as a conveyed yield, a yield assignment calculator (631) for calculating a minimal section yield, which is a yield per minimal section, by assigning the conveyed yield to a minimal section in the field, a grain conveyance state detector (632) for detecting a grain conveyance state of the conveyance mechanism (7), a yield corrector (633) for correcting the minimal section yield in accordance with the grain conveyance state, and a yield distribution data generator (661) for generating yield distribution data that represents a yield distribution in the field, based on the minimal section yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Yoshimasa Ando, Kazuhiro Takahara, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Patent number: 10945368
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes: a grain conveyance mechanism for conveying grains from a threshing apparatus to a grain tank; a grain discharge apparatus provided in an end area of the grain conveyance mechanism, the grain discharge apparatus having a discharge case provided with a grain discharge opening, and a discharge rotor rotatably arranged in the discharge case; a pressed portion that is subjected to a pressing force applied by grains immediately before the grains are discharged by the discharge rotor; a load detector for detecting the pressing force exerted on the pressed portion; and a yield evaluator for evaluating the amount of conveyed grain based on a detection signal from the load detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Kazuhiro Takahara, Yoshimasa Ando
  • Publication number: 20190183046
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes: a grain conveyance mechanism for conveying grains from a threshing apparatus to a grain tank; a grain discharge apparatus provided in an end area of the grain conveyance mechanism, the grain discharge apparatus having a discharge case provided with a grain discharge opening, and a discharge rotor rotatably arranged in the discharge case; a pressed portion that is subjected to a pressing force applied by grains immediately before the grains are discharged by the discharge rotor; a load detector for detecting the pressing force exerted on the pressed portion; and a yield evaluator for evaluating the amount of conveyed grain based on a detection signal from the load detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Kazuhiro Takahara, Yoshimasa Ando
  • Publication number: 20180132419
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying grains obtained by a thresher for threshing grain culms reaped from a field to a grain tank, a measurer (340) for measuring the amount of grain conveyed to the grain tank as a conveyed yield, a yield assignment calculator (631) for calculating a minimal section yield, which is a yield per minimal section, by assigning the conveyed yield to a minimal section in the field, a grain conveyance state detector (632) for detecting a grain conveyance state of the conveyance mechanism (7), a yield corrector (633) for correcting the minimal section yield in accordance with the grain conveyance state, and a yield distribution data generator (661) for generating yield distribution data that represents a yield distribution in the field, based on the minimal section yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Yoshimasa Ando, Kazuhiro Takahara, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Patent number: 9493386
    Abstract: A method for supplying reaction gases in which at least a material to be oxidized and a gas containing molecular oxygen are mixed and the resultant mixture is supplied to a catalytic gas-phase oxidation reactor, characterized in that, a feed rate of the material to be oxidized and a feed rate of the gas containing molecular oxygen are adjusted so that when a composition of a gas at the inlet of the catalytic gas-phase oxidation reactor is changed from a composition A point [the concentration of the material to be oxidized: R(a), and the concentration of oxygen: O(a)] represented by plotting a concentration of the material to be oxidized and a concentration of oxygen in the gas at said inlet to a composition B point [R(b) and O(b)] [the composition A point and the composition B point are compositions outside an explosion range, and R(a)?R(b) and O(a)?O(b)], compositions on the way of the change from the composition A point to the composition B point fall outside the explosion range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kabu, Yoshimasa Ando, Yoshiyuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 7625467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a support beam for use in an easily polymerizeable substance treatment apparatus. The support beam supports or reinforces an internal provided in the easily polymerizeable substance treatment apparatus. The support beam has an internal mounting portion to which the internal is attached, and a folded-back portion, at least part of which, is inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction when approaching an end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ando, Hideyasu Takezawa, Yasuhiro Kabu
  • Patent number: 7588739
    Abstract: A fixed-bed multitubular reactor, comprising a plurality of reaction tubes (3) filled with a catalyst and catalyst temperature measurers (4) measuring the temperatures of the reaction tubes near the radical center parts thereof. The catalyst temperature measurer (4) is installed in each of a part of the plurality of reaction tubes (3), and the measurement positions thereof are differentiated from each other in the longitudinal direction of the reaction tubes (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miezi Sugiyama, Yoshimasa Ando, Yoshiyuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 7552740
    Abstract: A method for handling an easily polymerizable substance and a device for handling an easily polymerizable substance are provided that prevent polymerization of the easily polymerizable substance in a bypass line by renewing the easily polymerizable substance retained in the bypass line of a flow control valve or flow meter installed in a line through which flows liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance. The method for handling an easily polymerizable substance renews liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance retained in the bypass line by intermittently opening and closing a bypass shutoff valve. The method for handling an easily polymerizable substance allows a portion of a liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance flowing through a line to flow through a bypass line by opening a bypass shutoff valve during handling of a liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kabu, Yoshimasa Ando, Nobuo Momodomi
  • Publication number: 20070049769
    Abstract: A fixed-bed multitubular reactor, comprising a plurality of reaction tubes (3) filled with a catalyst and catalyst temperature measurers (4) measuring the temperatures of the reaction tubes near the radical center parts thereof. The catalyst temperature measurer (4) is installed in each of a part of the plurality of reaction tubes (3), and the measurement positions thereof are differentiated from each other in the longitudinal direction of the reaction tubes (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miezi Sugiyama, Yoshimasa Ando, Yoshiyuki Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20060231376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a support beam for use in an easily polymerizeable substance treatment apparatus for treating easily polymerizeable substances, the support beam being for supporting or reinforcing an internal provided in the easily polymerizeable substance treatment apparatus; comprising an internal mounting portion to which the internal is attached, and a folded-back portion at which the internal mounting portion is folded back so that at least part of the folded-back portion is inclined downward when approaching an end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ando, Hideyasu Takezawa, Yasuhiro Kabu
  • Publication number: 20060166365
    Abstract: A method for supplying reaction gases in which at least a material to be oxidized and a gas containing molecular oxygen are mixed and the resultant mixture is supplied to a catalytic gas-phase oxidation reactor, characterized in that, a feed rate of the material to be oxidized and a feed rate of the gas containing molecular oxygen are adjusted so that when a composition of a gas at the inlet of the catalytic gas-phase oxidation reactor is changed from a composition A point [the concentration of the material to be oxidized: R(a), and the concentration of oxygen: O(a)] represented by plotting a concentration of the material to be oxidized and a concentration of oxygen in the gas at said inlet to a composition B point [R(b) and O(b)] [the composition A point and the composition B point are compositions outside an explosion range, and R(a)?R(b) and O(a)?O(b)], compositions on the way of the change from the composition A point to the composition B point fall outside the explosion range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kabu, Yoshimasa Ando, Yoshiyuki Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20050252557
    Abstract: A method for handling an easily polymerizable substance and a device for handling an easily polymerizable substance are provided that prevent polymerization of the easily polymerizable substance in a bypass line by renewing the easily polymerizable substance retained in the bypass line of a flow control valve or flow meter installed in a line through which flows liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance. The method for handling an easily polymerizable substance renews liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance retained in the bypass line by intermittently opening and closing a bypass shutoff valve. The method for handling an easily polymerizable substance allows a portion of a liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance flowing through a line to flow through a bypass line by opening a bypass shutoff valve during handling of a liquid containing an easily polymerizable substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kabu, Yoshimasa Ando, Nobuo Momodomi