Patents by Inventor Akihiko Iyanaga

Akihiko Iyanaga 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).

  • Hot fluid generating apparatus
    Patent number: 5997279
    Abstract: A hot fluid generating apparatus includes a combustion chamber, a regenerative combustion burner, a fluid passage formed along a wall structure of the combustion chamber, and a device for causing fluid to flow in the fluid passage. The combustion chamber has a flame radiation heat transfer only as a heat transfer portion. A portion of the wall structure opposite to the burner is utilized as a radiation heat transfer portion. A portion of exhaust gas from the burner is recirculated to the supply air to suppress generation of NOx. A portion of the wall structure close to the burner is formed to be a cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunari Hosome, Akihiko Iyanaga, Kazuhisa Mitani