Patents by Inventor Michinobu Tachibana

Michinobu Tachibana 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: 20130089413
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a compressor body and a shell and tube heat exchanger for cooling of a compressed air discharged from the compressor body. A tube provided in the shell and tube heat exchanger has both ends each having a cylindrical shape, and a center part formed as a multi-lobate tube to have a corrugated shape with crest portions and trough portions alternately arranged in a circumferential direction. The multi-lobate tube provided at the center part of the tube is formed to have a multi-lobate spiral shape through twisting. Size reduction of the shell and tube heat exchanger may make the screw compressor compact as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki FUJIMOTO, Michinobu Tachibana, Isao Katano