Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Iwamoto

Kazuaki Iwamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20130032320
    Abstract: A plurality of heat-exchange tubes 30 each including a flat pipe including a groove 36 and wavelike depression-and-projection portions 33, 34 are arranged in parallel in such a manner that each of respective longitudinal directions thereof is a vertical direction, and a heat exchange medium is made to flow from an inlet 31 at each lower portion to an outlet 32 at each upper portion. Guide walls 43, 44 are provided in a shell 40, and exhaust gas is made to flow an inlet 41 at an upper portion to an outlet 42 at a lower portion, thereby making the exhaust gas meander in flow paths 46a to 46d and a space between the plurality of heat-exchange tubes 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, M K SALE CO., LTD., KANDORI INDUSTRY LTD., WAKI FACTORY INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Shikazono, Tsunehito Wake, Shiro Ikuta, Isamu Kandori, Kazuaki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 6315069
    Abstract: A battery is disposed beneath a floor panel of a vehicle, and an intake duct for supplying air from within a passenger compartment extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle above one side of the floor panel, passing through the floor panel above the battery. An exhaust duct for exhausting air supplied to the battery extends in the longitudinal direction above the other side of the floor panel, passing through the floor panel above the battery. Air inside the passenger compartment is supplied to the battery via the intake duct so as to cool the battery. After cooling the battery, air of an elevated temperature is exhausted via the exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Suba, Kazuaki Iwamoto