Patents by Inventor Akifumi Kanamori

Akifumi Kanamori 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: 11499677
    Abstract: A gas filling apparatus with excellent filling efficiency through a downsized gas pipe cooling section. A gas filling apparatus 1 of the present disclosure includes; a main unit 2 having a filling mechanism for transporting a gas from a gas supply source through a primary pipe 71 while measuring a flow rate of the gas and a gas pipe cooling section 41 for cooling a gas pipe in which a gas from the filling mechanism is introduced; and a hose unit 3 having a filling hose 34 connected to a secondary pipe 72 lead from the gas pipe cooling section and a gas filling nozzle attached to an end of the filling hose, wherein the gas pipe cooling section is made of copper alloy. The pipe cooling section can be disposed at a connecting portion between the secondary pipe and the filling hose, and plurality of the filling mechanisms can be mounted, and to each filling mechanism is independently mounted the gas pipe cooling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akifumi Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20200332961
    Abstract: A gas filling apparatus with excellent filling efficiency through a downsized gas pipe cooling section. A gas filling apparatus 1 of the present invention includes; a main unit 2 having a filling mechanism for transporting a gas from a gas supply source through a primary pipe 71 while measuring a flow rate of the gas and a gas pipe cooling section 41 for cooling a gas pipe in which a gas from the filling mechanism is introduced; and a hose unit 3 having a filling hose 34 connected to a secondary pipe 72 lead from the gas pipe cooling section and a gas filling nozzle attached to an end of the filling hose, wherein the gas pipe cooling section is made of copper alloy. The pipe cooling section can be disposed at a connecting portion between the secondary pipe and the filling hose, and plurality of the filling mechanisms can be mounted, and to each filling mechanism is independently mounted the gas pipe cooling section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Akifumi KANAMORI
  • Patent number: 6527020
    Abstract: An oil supply station system of the present invention includes a plurality of oil supply apparatuses standing within an oil supply station, and each having at a body case thereof a self-service oil supply mechanism and a touch-activated operating panel and having a printer for recording any change on a slip for a cash transaction. The system further includes a change dispenser disposed in a vicinity of an office of the oil supply station, for reading the slip and discharging change. Also, a POS terminal is connected in a data communicable manner with the plurality of oil supply apparatuses and the change dispenser, for providing permission to the change dispenser to dispense change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Tatsuno Corporation
    Inventors: Akifumi Kanamori, Kengo Yamazaki, Masahiko Araki
  • Publication number: 20020104582
    Abstract: As an oil supply station system to be equipped with an oil supply apparatus having an oil supply guiding apparatus adapted for items of setup of an oil supply operation guide to be clearly indicated at a single point, with an increased visibility of an operation button and facilitated confirmation, and to be low of installation cost and facile of changing process, there is provided one constituted with: a plurality of oil supply apparatuses (10) standing within a site of an oil supply station, and each respectively having at a body case (11) thereof an oil supply mechanism adapted for a client to render as own services an oil supply setup and oil supply work, and a touch-panel indicator (27) for indicating an oil supply guide, and having a printer (28) for recording a change on an oil supply slip for oil supply payable in cash; a change payer (6)disposed in a vicinity of a building of an office of the oil supply station, for reading the oil supply slip to discharge a change; and a POS terminal (5) connected i
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Akifumi Kanamori, Kengo Yamazaki, Masahiko Araki