Patents by Inventor Kimio KONNO

Kimio KONNO 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: 10514183
    Abstract: An exhaust gas latent-heat recovery device includes: a heat transfer tube disposed inside a duct through which exhaust gas flows, the heat transfer tube having a water supply inlet into which water to be heated for recovering latent heat of the exhaust gas is supplied and a water supply outlet through which the water to be heated is discharged; and a water supply control part configured to control supply of the water to be heated to the water supply inlet. The water supply control part is configured to control supply of the water to be heated from the water supply inlet so that an outlet temperature being a temperature of the water to be heated at the water supply outlet is at a set temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Koumoto, Tomohiro Harada, Hiroyuki Yagita, Akitoshi Sugiyama, Tarou Ichihara, Kimio Konno, Yukimitsu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180149388
    Abstract: An exhaust gas latent-heat recovery device includes: a heat transfer tube disposed inside a duct through which exhaust gas flows, the heat transfer tube having a water supply inlet into which water to be heated for recovering latent heat of the exhaust gas is supplied and a water supply outlet through which the water to be heated is discharged; and a water supply control part configured to control supply of the water to be heated to the water supply inlet. The water supply control part is configured to control supply of the water to be heated from the water supply inlet so that an outlet temperature being a temperature of the water to be heated at the water supply outlet is at a set temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki KOUMOTO, Tomohiro HARADA, Hiroyuki YAGITA, Akitoshi SUGIYAMA, Tarou ICHIHARA, Kimio KONNO, Yukimitsu SASAKI