Patents by Inventor Mikihito Kawakatsu

Mikihito Kawakatsu 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: 5152337
    Abstract: A stack type evaporator according to the invention comprises a plurality of plate-shaped tubular elements stacked in a direction of their width with a fin member interposed between two of such tubular elements which have inlet header portions at their ends and outlet header portions at their further ends so that coolant can flow straight within said tubular elements, a pair of dish-shaped core plates which constitute each tubular element having inner surfaces provided with ribs arranged at regular intervals in a direction of coolant flow, wherein an end surface of each rib protruding from one core plate is alternately bonded to a flat body of the other core plate whereby the coolant paths within each tubular element are formed parallel with each other and straight from the inlet header portion toward the outlet header portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo, Showa Aluminum
    Inventors: Mikihito Kawakatsu, Kenji Sakamoto, Hidenori Esaki, Yuji Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Okuda