Patents by Inventor Yuha Okazaki

Yuha Okazaki 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: 11517856
    Abstract: A flow path spacer (13) of the present disclosure includes a plurality of first linear portions (21) and a plurality of second linear portions (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuha Okazaki, Yasuhiro Uda
  • Patent number: 11484840
    Abstract: A raw water channel spacer capable of suppressing formation of a concentration polarization layer in a region in the vicinity of a separation membrane in a raw water channel, and a spiral wound membrane element including the same are provided. A raw water channel spacer is formed by superposing a first yarn row and a second yarn row, and includes alternately a first mesh structure having a configuration in which first rectangular meshes formed of the yarn rows are continuous in an extending direction of the second yarn row, and a second mesh structure having a configuration in which meshes are continuous in the extending direction of the second yarn row such that an interval in the second yarn row is smaller than an interval of the second yarn row forming the first mesh structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuha Okazaki, Yasuhiro Uda
  • Publication number: 20210213390
    Abstract: A flow path spacer (13) of the present disclosure includes a plurality of first linear portions (21) and a plurality of second linear portions (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yuha OKAZAKI, Yasuhiro UDA
  • Publication number: 20210205761
    Abstract: A spacer (13) of the present disclosure includes a plurality of first linear portions (21) and a plurality of second linear portions (22). The plurality of first linear portions (21) and the plurality of second linear portions (22) intersect each other to form a first opening portion (31) and a second opening portion (32) each having a diagonal line (31a or 32a) parallel to a predetermined direction, an opening area of the second opening portion (32) is smaller than an opening area of the first opening portion (31), and the difference between the length of the diagonal line (31a) of the first opening portion (31) and the length of the diagonal line (32a) of the second opening portion (32) is in the range of 10 to 35% of the length of the diagonal line (31a) of the first opening portion (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Yuha OKAZAKI, Yasuhiro UDA
  • Patent number: 10974200
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a spiral membrane element that can make a composite semipermeable membrane high in effective membrane area, and that can restrain the composite semipermeable membrane from being lowered in rejection ratio by a deformation of this membrane while ensuring the flow rate of a permeation liquid flowing in a permeation-side flow-channel sufficiently. The spiral membrane element comprises a layered body which comprises a composite semipermeable membrane, a supply-side flow-channel member, and a permeation-side flow-channel member; and the permeation-side flow-channel member comprises a tricot knitted fabric having a plurality of ribs each formed by repeating loops in a linear form in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of grooves present between the ribs; has a membrane support index of 60 to 135, the membrane support index being calculated in accordance with the specified numerical relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mieko Nishi, Yuha Okazaki, Masashi Echizen
  • Publication number: 20200261860
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane, which has excellent oxidant resistance (chlorine resistance) and salt rejection property, and a method for producing the same. The composite semipermeable membrane has a skin layer, which includes a polyamide-based resin obtained by polymerization of a polyfunctional amine component and a polyfunctional acid halide component and is formed on the surface of a porous support. The polyfunctional amine component includes an alicyclic diamine. The skin layer has an absorption peak intensity of at least 0.03 that is obtained by a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) transmission method and originates in the stretching vibration of C?O in the amide groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotsugu MIYABE, Shinichi INOUE, Yuha OKAZAKI, Tomoya OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200164315
    Abstract: A raw water channel spacer capable of suppressing formation of a concentration polarization layer in a region in the vicinity of a separation membrane in a raw water channel, and a spiral wound membrane element including the same are provided. A raw water channel spacer is formed by superposing a first yarn row and a second yarn row, and includes alternately a first mesh structure having a configuration in which first rectangular meshes formed of the yarn rows are continuous in an extending direction of the second yarn row, and a second mesh structure having a configuration in which meshes are continuous in the extending direction of the second yam row such that an interval in the second yarn row is smaller than an interval of the second yarn row forming the first mesh structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuha OKAZAKI, Yasuhiro UDA
  • Publication number: 20190001274
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a spiral membrane element that can make a composite semipermeable membrane high in effective membrane area, and that can restrain the composite semipermeable membrane from being lowered in rejection ratio by a deformation of this membrane while ensuring the flow rate of a permeation liquid flowing in a permeation-side flow-channel sufficiently. The spiral membrane element comprises a layered body which comprises a composite semipermeable membrane, a supply-side flow-channel member, and a permeation-side flow-channel member; and the permeation-side flow-channel member comprises a tricot knitted fabric having a plurality of ribs each formed by repeating loops in a linear form in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of grooves present between the ribs; has a membrane support index of 60 to 135, the membrane support index being calculated in accordance with the specified numerical relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Mieko Nishi, Yuha Okazaki, Masashi Echizen