Patents by Inventor Kouki Sakane

Kouki Sakane 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: 20220228787
    Abstract: A snow making apparatus includes: a snow making container having an inner space for snow making; a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space; a catching unit configured to catch the fine snow or the fine snow formed of the water droplets; and a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space. The catching unit is configured to be shaken thereby making snow caught by the catching unit fall off from the catching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: ESPEC CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENOKI, Kouki SAKANE, Koshi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220090837
    Abstract: A snow making apparatus includes a cylindrical body and a snow making nozzle that jets water droplets into the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has a proximal end that is opened to a temperature environment where snow can be produced from water droplets jetted from the snow making nozzle. A distal end of the cylindrical body is connected to a pipe member communicating with a test chamber. The snow making nozzle is formed of a two-fluid nozzle. The pipe member communicates with a snowfall hood disposed in the test chamber and having a supply opening that allows snow to fall. The cylindrical body is disposed in an oblique posture so as to be lowered from a proximal end toward a distal end of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: ESPEC CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENOKI, Koshi TAMURA, Kouki SAKANE
  • Patent number: 8359906
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an environment testing apparatus capable of achieving, on the surface of a test object, a stable condensation status with less variation in the condensation amount than that of already existing-art. The environment testing apparatus 100 includes a regulator 4. On the basis of a signal from a condensation amount sensor 9, the regulator 4 controls the temperature of a cooling/heating plate 6 between a deviation-added value of the wet bulb temperature obtained from the wet bulb 11, and a deviation-added value of the dew-point temperature inside the test chamber 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: ESPEC Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimada, Shinichirou Sakami, Kouki Sakane
  • Publication number: 20110126616
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an environment testing apparatus capable of achieving, on the surface of a test object, a stable condensation status with less variation in the condensation amount than that of already existing-art. The environment testing apparatus 100 includes a regulator 4. On the basis of a signal from a condensation amount sensor 9, the regulator 4 controls the temperature of a cooling/heating plate 6 between a deviation-added value of the wet bulb temperature obtained from the wet bulb 11, and a deviation-added value of the dew-point temperature inside the test chamber 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: ESPEC CORP.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimada, Shinichirou Sakami, Kouki Sakane