Patents by Inventor Kouichi Furugaki

Kouichi Furugaki 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).

  • System for preventing adhesion of marine organisms
    Patent number: 7303659
    Abstract: Plural composite panels are aligned in multiple horizontal rows. Each composite panel includes a titanium panel (anode), an electrical insulating member and a stainless-steel band member. The titanium panels (also, stainless-steel band members) of horizontally adjacent panels overlap each other to be in face-to-face contact. The stainless-steel band members are horizontally connected at different levels to form long negative electrodes (cathode) extending in seawater-flowing direction in an inlet channel. Each stainless-steel band member is exposed to seawater through a gap between vertically adjacent composite panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo Energy & Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Inagaki, Liang Yan, Kenji Sato, Akira Nemoto, Yoshiharu Mikami, Nobuo Yamaga, Tadahiko Oba, Makoto Gomi, Takeo Shimazaki, Kouichi Furugaki, Kenji Kaneda
  • System for preventing adhesion of marine organisms
    Publication number: 20060054498
    Abstract: Plural composite panels are aligned in multiple horizontal rows. Each composite panel includes a titanium panel (anode), an electrical insulating member and a stainless-steel band member. The titanium panels (also, stainless-steel band members) of horizontally adjacent panels overlap each other to be in face-to-face contact. The stainless-steel band members are horizontally connected at different levels to form long negative electrodes (cathode) extending in seawater-flowing direction in an inlet channel. Each stainless-steel band member is exposed to seawater through a gap between vertically adjacent composite panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo Energy & Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Inagaki, Liang Yan, Kenji Sato, Akira Nemoto, Yoshiharu Mikami, Nobuo Yamaga, Tadahiko Oba, Makoto Gomi, Takeo Shimazaki, Kouichi Furugaki, Kenji Kaneda