Patents by Inventor Hideo Hanaoka

Hideo Hanaoka 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: 20100077776
    Abstract: An air-conditioning method comprises the steps of performing a refrigerator operation using a refrigerator to which cooling water cooled in a plurality of cooling towers is supplied as a cold heat source, and performing a free cooling operation using at least some of the plurality of cooling towers as a cold heat source, wherein at a time of the free cooling operation, the number of the cooling towers which are operated is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Toshihito TAKENAMI, Hiroki Okawa, Hideo Hanaoka, Takumi Sugiura, Hiroshige Kikuchi, Yuji Miyajima
  • Patent number: 7000419
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to comprise an apparatus for high efficiency gas temperature and humidity adjustment and an adjustment method allowing to elevate the heat exchange efficiency of a cooling coil, reduce the cooling water quantity, lower also the pipe arrangement diameter and water supply pump power, making possible to cut the initial cost and running cost of the air-conditioning system. The apparatus for high efficiency gas temperature and humidity adjustment is characterized by that means for removing condensate water deposited on the cooling coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co, LTD
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Masaki Hirayama, Hideo Hanaoka, Takeshi Honma, Hirokazu Suzuki, Yoshio Yamazaki, Yoshinori Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 6748751
    Abstract: An air cooling device includes at least one cooling unit which includes an oblique honeycomb having front, rear, upper, and lower openings and disposed so that air to be cooled is introduced into the front opening and cooled air is discharged from the rear opening, a cooling water supply means which supplies cooling water to the upper opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a water receiving section which receives discharge water discharged from the lower opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a blower means which introduces air to be cooled into the front opening of the oblique honeycomb and allows cooled air to be discharged from the rear opening of the oblique honeycomb, wherein the height of one oblique honeycomb in the cooling unit is 200 to 800 mm. The air cooling device has high thermal efficiency, a small liquid-gas ratio, and a small pressure drop, and is capable of saving space and energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignees: Nichias Co., Ltd., Taisei Corporation, Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Sadao Kobayashi, Isao Terada, Toshihisa Okabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Naoki Mori, Hiromu Itoh, Yoshihide Wakayama, Hitoshi Inaba, Kazuo Saito, Kikuji Kobayashi, Hideo Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20030150234
    Abstract: An air cooling device includes at least one cooling unit which includes an oblique honeycomb having front, rear, upper, and lower openings and disposed so that air to be cooled is introduced into the front opening and cooled air is discharged from the rear opening, a cooling water supply means which supplies cooling water to the upper opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a water receiving section which receives discharge water discharged from the lower opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a blower means which introduces air to be cooled into the front opening of the oblique honeycomb and allows cooled air to be discharged from the rear opening of the oblique honeycomb, wherein the height of one oblique honeycomb in the cooling unit is 200 to 800 mm. The air cooling device has high thermal efficiency, a small liquid-gas ratio, and a small pressure drop, and is capable of saving space and energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Tadahiro Ohmi
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Sadao Kobayashi, Isao Terada, Toshihisa Okabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Naoki Mori, Hiromu Itoh, Yoshihide Wakayama, Hitoshi Inaba, Kazuo Saito, Kikuji Kobayashi, Hideo Hanaoka