Patents by Inventor Michihiko Watanabe

Michihiko Watanabe 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: 7093619
    Abstract: To provide a thermal insulation piping with no radially projecting part from a periphery thereof, so as to facilitate insertion of the thermal insulation piping into a pipeline or equivalent. In a thermal insulation tube 10 having a vacuum layer between an inner tube 11 and an outer tube 12, an evacuation port 30 for vacuum evacuation is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the thermal insulation piping at an end of the thermal insulation tube 10. This construction can produce the thermal insulation tube 10 with no radially projecting part from a periphery thereof, thus providing improved workability when the thermal insulation piping is contained in the pipeline or equivalent. Further, a flexible pipe(s) 40 is/are preferably connected to the evacuation port(s) 30. This can allow increased positional tolerances in the connection of the evacuation port(s) to a vacuum evacuation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated
    Inventors: Michihiko Watanabe, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Kimiyoshi Matsuo, Shoichi Honjo, Tomoo Mimura, Terumitsu Aiba
  • Patent number: 7002116
    Abstract: A baking method for heating an object (an inner pipe, an outer pipe) having a vacuum layer formed therein to remove gas molecules occluded in the object, wherein the object itself is made to be a heat production element for heating. By making the baking object a heat production element, the object can be heated directly and the heating can be energy-efficient. Moreover, additional heating means such as a heater or gas is unnecessary, which enables simplification of a configuration of a baking device. Therefore, a baking method is obtained which enables energy-efficient heating and, in particular, uniform heating of a long or large object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michihiko Watanabe, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Terumitsu Aiba, Kimiyoshi Matsuo, Shoichi Honjo, Tomoo Mimura
  • Publication number: 20050011574
    Abstract: To provide a thermal insulation piping with no radially projecting part from a periphery thereof, so as to facilitate insertion of the thermal insulation piping into a pipeline or equivalent. In a thermal insulation tube 10 having a vacuum layer between an inner tube 11 and an outer tube 12, an evacuation port 30 for vacuum evacuation is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the thermal insulation piping at an end of the thermal insulation tube 10. This construction can produce the thermal insulation tube 10 with no radially projecting part from a periphery thereof, thus providing improved workability when the thermal insulation piping is contained in the pipeline or equivalent. Further, a flexible pipe(s) 40 is/are preferably connected to the evacuation pont(s) 30. This can allow increased positional tolerances in the connection of the evacuation port(s) to a vacuum evacuation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Michihiko Watanabe, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Kimiyoshi Matsuo, Shoichi Honjo, Tomoo Mimura, Terumitsu Aiba
  • Publication number: 20040238528
    Abstract: A baking method for heating an object (an inner pipe, an outer pipe) having a vacuum layer formed therein to remove gas molecules occluded in the object, wherein the object itself is made to be a heat production element for heating. By making the baking object a heat production element, the object can be heated directly and the heating can be energy-efficient. Moreover, additional heating means such as a heater or gas is unnecessary, which enables simplification of a configuration of a baking device. Therefore, a baking method is obtained which enables energy-efficient heating and, in particular, uniform heating of a long or large object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michihiko Watanabe, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Terumitsu Aiba, Kimiyoshi Matsuo, Shoichi Honjo, Tomoo Mimura