Patents by Inventor Hidenao Negi

Hidenao Negi 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: 10458728
    Abstract: A turbulence member is made of a flat plate member configured to be inserted into a heat-transfer tube having a substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape. The flat plate member is a generate turbulence in a fluid flowing inside the heat-transfer tube by a plurality of projected pieces projected on both front and back surfaces. A rotation preventing piece configured to prevent rotation of the flat plate member inside the heat-transfer tube is provided in at least one of both side edges along the flow passage direction in the flat plate member. The rotation preventing piece is provided at a predetermined angle to the flat plate member so that a forefront comes into contact with a tube wall inner circumferential surface of the heat-transfer tube. A space through which the fluid can circulate is formed between the rotation preventing piece and the tube wall inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenao Negi, Toshimitsu Nagasaka, Takaaki Nakagoshi
  • Patent number: 10197343
    Abstract: A turbulence generator includes a flat plate member (1) having a plurality of through holes (10a), (10b), and pairs of projecting pieces (11, 12) and (13, 14) projecting respectively from upstream-side edges and downstream-side edges of the through holes (10a), (10b), wherein the pairs of projecting pieces (11, 12) and (13, 14) project alternately to front and back surface sides of the flat plate member (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenao Negi, Toshimitsu Nagasaka, Takaaki Nakagoshi
  • Publication number: 20170343304
    Abstract: A turbulence member is made of a flat plate member configured to be inserted into a heat-transfer tube having a substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape. The flat plate member is a generate turbulence in a fluid flowing inside the heat-transfer tube by a plurality of projected pieces projected on both front and back surfaces. A rotation preventing piece configured to prevent rotation of the flat plate member inside the heat-transfer tube is provided in at least one of both side edges along the flow passage direction in the flat plate member. The rotation preventing piece is provided at a predetermined angle to the flat plate member so that a forefront comes into contact with a tube wall inner circumferential surface of the heat-transfer tube. A space through which the fluid can circulate is formed between the rotation preventing piece and the tube wall inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hidenao Negi, Toshimitsu Nagasaka, Takaaki Nakagoshi
  • Publication number: 20170307309
    Abstract: A turbulence generator includes a flat plate member (1) having a plurality of through holes (10a), (10b), and pairs of projecting pieces (11, 12) and (13, 14) projecting respectively from upstream-side edges and downstream-side edges of the through holes (10a), (10b), wherein the pairs of projecting pieces (11, 12) and (13, 14) project alternately to front and back surface sides of the flat plate member (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hidenao Negi, Toshimitsu Nagasaka, Takaaki Nakagoshi