Patents by Inventor Ikuro Sawada

Ikuro Sawada 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).

  • POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150050581
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a hydrothermal fluid well including a drilled hole reaching down to a hydrothermal fluid reservoir present below an ocean floor from an ocean floor surface and a casing installed in the drilled hole through a guide base on the ocean floor surface, an anode provided on a flow channel for hot water formed by the hydrothermal fluid well, a cathode provided in seawater other than the flow channel for hot water formed by the hydrothermal fluid well, and an ocean floor device that is connected with the anode and the cathode respectively and extracts generated power so as to operate. Power is easily and stably supplied on the ocean floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicants: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamamoto, Ken Takai, Toshikazu Saruhashi, Ikuro Sawada, Junichi Miyazaki, Takazo Shibuya, Kentaro Nakamura, Ryuhei Nakamura, Kazuhito Hashimoto