Patents by Inventor Minoru NAKAYASU

Minoru NAKAYASU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240147857
    Abstract: A thermoelectric power generation system 20 includes a heat exchanger 1 having double tubes which are an inner tube 1a and an outer tube 1b, and a thermoelectric power generation module 2 mounted between the inner tube and the outer tube. The thermoelectric power generation module generates thermoelectric power using a temperature difference between a medium inside the inner tube and a medium outside the outer tube, and a highly thermal conductive elastic sheet 3a, 3b is mounted between the thermoelectric power generation module and the inner tube and/or the outer tube in close contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: E-ThermoGentek Co., Ltd., KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAWASAKI THERMAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi UNO, Nao MAJIMA, Michio OKAJIMA, Keiichi OHATA, Shutaro NAMBU, Makoto GODA, Minoru NAKAYASU, Yoma KANEDA, Masamichi SAKAGUCHI, Takahide YANAGIDA, Yusei MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220238778
    Abstract: A tubular heat exchanger with a thermoelectric power generation function includes an inner tube 4 in which coolant flows, a thermoelectric power generation module 5 attached to an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube 4, an outer tube 3 attached to an outer peripheral surface of the thermoelectric power generation module 5, and heat collection fins 6 provided on an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube 3. The thermoelectric power generation module 5 generates thermoelectric power using the outer peripheral surface of the inner tube 4 as a low temperature source and an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube 3 as a high temperature source. The inner peripheral surface of the outer tube 3 closely contacts the outer peripheral surface of the thermoelectric power generation module 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michio OKAJIMA, Nao MAJIMA, Takashi UNO, Keiichi OHATA, Shutaro NAMBU, Makoto GODA, Minoru NAKAYASU, Yoma KANEDA, Masamichi SAKAGUCHI, Takahide YANAGIDA, Yusei MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10168106
    Abstract: A heat exchanger 1 comprises a shell 2 which has in an interior thereof a heat exchange chamber 20 in which a gas to be cooled or an intermediate medium is filled, and performs heat exchange directly or indirectly between liquid hydrogen and the gas to be cooled, in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20; a tray 23 which is provided in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20 and receives a liquefied gas and a deposited substance F which are generated by the heat exchange in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20; and a liquid discharge mechanism (flashboard 22, drain port 25, and drain pipe 26) which discharges the liquefied gas from the tray 23 in a state in which the deposited substance F is left in the tray 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Tanaka, Kazuhide Hakamada, Minoru Nakayasu
  • Publication number: 20170291486
    Abstract: A hydrogen fuel supply system 1 comprises a tank 2 which stores liquid hydrogen therein; a supply line 4 which takes the liquid hydrogen out of the tank 2, vaporizes the liquid hydrogen into a hydrogen gas, and supplies the hydrogen gas to a use point 3; and a pressurization line 5 which compresses the hydrogen gas generated by vaporization of the liquid hydrogen inside the tank 2 by use of a compressor 59 so that a pressure of the hydrogen gas is increased, and sends the hydrogen gas with the increased pressure to a gaseous phase part inside the tank 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TANAKA, Minoru NAKAYASU
  • Publication number: 20170292794
    Abstract: A heat exchanger 1 comprises a shell 2 which has in an interior thereof a heat exchange chamber 20 in which a gas to be cooled or an intermediate medium is filled, and performs heat exchange directly or indirectly between liquid hydrogen and the gas to be cooled, in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20; a tray 23 which is provided in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20 and receives a liquefied gas and a deposited substance F which are generated by the heat exchange in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20; and a liquid discharge mechanism (flashboard 22, drain port 25, and drain pipe 26) which discharges the liquefied gas from the tray 23 in a state in which the deposited substance F is left in the tray 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TANAKA, Kazuhide HAKAMADA, Minoru NAKAYASU