Patents by Inventor Kazuya Sawakura

Kazuya Sawakura 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: 6250100
    Abstract: A dual heat source high-temperature regenerator to solve problems involved in two types of conventional high-temperature regenerators for carrying out heating by using a dedicated burner as the heat source and by using exhaust gas supplied from outside systems as the heat source; namely, the former type has a problem of higher running costs, and the latter a problem of narrower ranges for capacity control. The dual heat source high-temperature regenerator arranges two inner shells and inside an outer shell to form combustion and exhaust gas flues, respectively. The combustion gas flue has a sideways U shape as a whole. The lower end is equipped with a burner, and the upper end connected to an exhaust duct. The exhaust gas flue 62 has a horizontal, straight shape as a whole. One end is provided with an exhaust gas inlet, and the other end connected to an exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Funai, Kazuhiro Yoshii, Hisao Miyazaki, Kazuya Sawakura, Daisaku Chou
  • Patent number: 5704225
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to improve the response performance of absorption refrigeration machine to changes in air-conditioning load by reducing irregularity in solution concentration. A spreader 34 is provided with openings 34a having a constant diameter, and these openings are positioned or aligned in such a manner that the concentration of the openings 34a is rare on one side of the spreader but dense on the other side. The side having the rare concentration of the openings 34a is placed to the lateral wall 1a of a vessel 1 in which a solution outlet 16 is provided. The side having the dense concentration is placed to the other lateral wall 1b of the vessel 1. The spreader 34 is placed at the position where it is slightly away from the solution outlet 16 toward a front wall 1c in a vapor portion of an evaporation-separative region 19, with the bottom plate of the spreader being horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sawakura, Masayuki Oonou, Sumio Ikeda