Patents by Inventor Hiroo Nishimura

Hiroo Nishimura 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).

  • Mechanism for firing gas turbines with liquefied natural gas
    Patent number: 5400588
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of firing a gas turbine with LNG which is designed to store the "cold" of LNG in an the LNG vaporizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Masami Yamane, Kazuhiko Asada, Yutaka Itoh, Shinichi Miura, Hiroo Nishimura
  • Vaporizer for liquefied natural gas
    Patent number: 5341769
    Abstract: A vaporizer for liquefied natural gas which prevents the heat exchanger tubes from being extremely cooled, without reducing the vaporizing efficiency. The vaporizer is characterized in that each of the heat exchanger tubes connecting the lower header and upper header contains a pipe for liquefied natural gas in a certain region from its end near the inlet, said pipe having on its outer surface fins which are in pressure contact with the inner surface of the heat exchanger tube, and the heat exchanger tube is in direct contact with the natural gas in its region near the outlet and beyond the region in which the pipe for liquefied natural gas lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Koichi Ueno, Akio Tsukamoto, Tamotsu Tori, Hiroo Nishimura, Keizo Konishi, Fukuzo Harada