Patents by Inventor Hironobu Yamamoto

Hironobu Yamamoto 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: 6038850
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system has two or more than two cooling ducts formed in two or more than two elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled such as the gas turbine blades and the combustor of the gas turbine system so that steam is made to flow through the cooling ducts of these two or more than two elements to be cooled to effectively and maximally exploit the cooling potential and the waste heat collecting potential of the steam and hence improve the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Yuji Nakata, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Asako Inomata, Sachio Shibuya, Akinori Koga, Junji Ishii, Shoko Ito, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6000213
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system has two or more than two coolooling ducts formed in two or more than two elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled such as the gas turbine blades and the combustor of the gas turbine system so that steam is made to flow through the cooling ducts of these two or more than two elements to be cooled to effectively and maximally exploit the cooling potential and the waste heat collecting potential of the steam and hence improve the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Yuji Nakata, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Asako Inomata, Sachio Shibuya, Akinori Koga, Junji Ishii, Shoko Ito, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5778657
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system has two or more than two cooling ducts formed in two or more than two elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled such as the gas turbine blades and the combustor of the gas turbine system so that steam is made to flow through the cooling ducts of these two or more than two elements to be cooled to effectively and maximally exploit the cooling potential and the waste heat collecting potential of the steam and hence improve the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Yuji Nakata, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Asako Inomata, Sachio Shibuya, Akinori Koga, Junji Ishii, Shoko Ito, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5406406
    Abstract: An organic molecular crystal comprising the compound N-isopropyl-N'-(4-acetylphenyl)-urea is used for preparing an optical wavelength conversion device. Especially, the device may comprise a core and a clad wherein the organic crystal is used as the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Satoru Funato, Kaoru Okaniwa
  • Patent number: 5383050
    Abstract: The compounds 4-chloro-4'-hydroxybenzophenone, methyl 3,4-diaminobenzoate, N-(4-aminobenzenesulfonyl)-acetamide, methyl 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzoate, 2-chloro-4-cyano-6-methylaniline, 4'-hydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone and methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate form high quality crystals with high melting point. They are useful for second order non-linear optical process devices such as wavelength conversion devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Robert Johnson, Satoru Funato
  • Patent number: 5110988
    Abstract: A nonlinear optical material comprising a nitroaniline derivative represented by the following chemical formula:A--CX.sub.2 --Rwherein A represents ##STR1## (Y represents at least one group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl groups, deuterated alkyl groups and electron donor groups and Z represents hydrogen, deuterium, a methyl group or a deuterated methyl group), X represents hydrogen or deuterium, and R represents an alkoxy group, a deuterated alkoxy group or the same group as A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignees: Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited, Seizo Miyata, Naoya Miyata, Research Development Corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Seizo Miyata, Takeshi Hosomi, Toshio Suzuki, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Hironobu Yamamoto, Akio Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4808223
    Abstract: This invention relates to a silver/metal oxide material for electrical contacts containing no Cd which essentially consists of Ag and 5 to 30% by weight of at least one of oxides of Sb, Sn, Zn, In, Cu, Mn, Bi and Pb, and further, if necessary, 0.05 to 2% by weight of at least one of oxides of Mg, Al, Fe, Ni, Co, Si, Ga, Ge, Te, Ca and Li, the total amount of said metal oxides being 5 to 32% by weight, wherein fine particles of said metal oxides are substantially uniformly distributed in a matrix whose main component is Ag in a sintered state, and wherein there are no grain boundaries formed by agglomerations or agglomerated layers of said metal oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignees: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Ozaki, Hisaji Shinohara, Hironobu Yamamoto, Takashi Nara, Hajime Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4770901
    Abstract: A process for formation of tin oxide film is described, wherein a glass substrate is heated to a high temperature and then tin oxide film is formed on the surface of said substrate by a thermal decomposition oxidation reaction caused by bringing a tin compound or a mixture of a tin compound and a fluorine-containing compound into contact with the surface of said glass substrate, and wherein prior to the formation of tin oxide film, said glass substrate is preliminarily brought into contact with a solution of chloride of a metal belonging to Group IVB of the Periodic Table so that a layer of a composition containing the chloride of the Group IVB metal as the primary component is formed on the surface of said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Katoh, Hideo Kawahara, Masato Hyohdou, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4659384
    Abstract: A gallium alloy for dental restorations which is hardenable at mouth temperature or around 37.degree. C. or more after triturating multicomponent liquid gallium alloy with alloy powder, is disclosed. The mixture has a heterogeneous structure after hardening, and contains as the overall composition, 9-47% gallium, 1-35% indium, 0.2-38% tin and 1-68% silver as indispensable components and one or more elements selected from 0.4-35% palladium, 0.5-25% copper and 0.4-12% zinc as arbitrary components. The multicomponent liquid gallium alloy contains 45-85% gallium, 5-40% indium and 1-30% tin as fundamental components and small amounts one or more elements selected from silver, palladium, gold, platinium, copper, zinc and germanium as arbitrary components. The alloy powder contains 1-85% silver and two or more elements selected from 1-40% tin, 1-40% palladium, 1-30% copper, 1-15% zinc and 1-25% indium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Tokuriki Honten Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasuhito Daigo, Takashi Horibe, Kengo Inage, Shigeyasu Naruse, Takashi Nara, Yoshizo Okamoto, Hironobu Yamamoto