Patents by Inventor Yozo Ishihara

Yozo Ishihara 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: 11215592
    Abstract: There is provided a separation method in which a target component in a solution can be separated simply but safely and efficiently without contamination from the environment. This method includes: providing a solution containing a target component, and a reaction reagent; while continuously feeding the solution and the reaction reagent to a flow path, intermittently injecting bubbles into the flow path to produce a gas-liquid slug flow in which a mixed liquid containing the solution and the reaction reagent is segmented into a plurality of droplets by the bubbles; continuing the feed of the gas-liquid slug flow in the flow path, thereby facilitating the mixing of the solution and the reaction reagent, and the gasification of the target component by the mixing, in each droplet, and the movement of a target component-derived gas produced by the gasification to the bubbles; and recovering the target component-derived gas with an absorbing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., BL TEC K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagaoka, Fumihiro Yoshinaga, Atsumi Koyanagi, Shunichi Hatamoto, Yozo Ishihara, Makiko Kumagai, Takashi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210318278
    Abstract: There is provided a separation method in which a target component in a solution can be separated simply but safely and efficiently without contamination from the environment. This method includes: providing a solution containing a target component, and a reaction reagent; while continuously feeding the solution and the reaction reagent to a flow path, intermittently injecting bubbles into the flow path to produce a gas-liquid slug flow in which a mixed liquid containing the solution and the reaction reagent is segmented into a plurality of droplets by the bubbles; continuing the feed of the gas-liquid slug flow in the flow path, thereby facilitating the mixing of the solution and the reaction reagent, and the gasification of the target component by the mixing, in each droplet, and the movement of a target component-derived gas produced by the gasification to the bubbles; and recovering the target component-derived gas with an absorbing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., BL TEC K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto NAGAOKA, Fumihiro YOSHINAGA, Atsumi KOYANAGI, Shunichi HATAMOTO, Yozo ISHIHARA, Makiko KUMAGAI, Takashi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8030087
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method to more easily analyze the concentration of glue in an electrolyte solution, while suppressing the degradation of glue during the analysis. There is provided a method for analyzing the concentration of glue contained in an electrolyte solution containing the electrolyte components by using high performance liquid chromatography, where said method comprises a step wherein an electrolyte solution is added into the eluent pH of which has been adjusted equal to or less than 5 by adding acid to an aqueous solution of phosphate of alkaline metal or alkaline earth metal, a step wherein the eluent into which the electrolyte solution has been added is passed through a separation column the exclusion limit molecular weight of which is 4000-6000 for separating the glue and electrolyte components, and a step wherein the separated glue is detected by a detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Takahira, Yozo Ishihara, Ikunobu Sumida
  • Publication number: 20090071233
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method which makes it possible to analyze more easily the concentration of glue in an electrolyte solution, while surpressing the degradation of glue during the analysis. There is provided a method for analyzing the concentration of glue contained in an electrolyte solution containing the electrolyte components by using high performance liquid chromatography, characterized in that said method comprises a step wherein an electrolyte solution is added into the eluent pH of which has been adjusted equal to or less than 5 by adding acid to an aqueous solution of phosphate of alkaline metal or alkaline earth metal, a step wherein the eluent into which the electrolyte solution has been added is passed through a separation column the exclusion limit molecular weight of which is 4000-6000 for separating the glue and electrolyte components, and a step wherein the separated glue is detected by a detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Masayuki Takahira, Yozo Ishihara, Ikunobu Sumida