Patents by Inventor Ikuto Aoyama

Ikuto Aoyama 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).

  • Thermoelectric module
    Patent number: 6700053
    Abstract: A thermoelectric module comprising an N-type thermoelectric element having excellent characteristics in air atmosphere even when the temperature rises to a medium-to-high temperature region of about 500° C. and, further, improving the conversion efficiency of, a thermoelectric module, by the combination of an excellent P-type thermoelectric material and an excellent n-type thermoelectric material containing a compound having a skutterudite structure, the module comprising an N-type thermoelectric elements each containing a compound having a skutterudite structure, P-type thermoelectric elements each connected directly or by way of a metal member to the N-type thermoelectric elements and containing an Mn—Si series compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Reiko Hara, Ikuto Aoyama, Kenichi Tomita, Kouichi Ishida
  • Thermoelectric module
    Publication number: 20020024154
    Abstract: A thermoelectric module comprising an N-type thermoelectric element having excellent characteristics in atmospheric air even when the temperature rises to a medium-to-high temperature region of about 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Reiko Hara, Ikuto Aoyama, Kenichi Tomita, Kouichi Ishida