Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Kuroki

Mitsuhiro Kuroki 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).

  • Thermoelectric element and fabrication method thereof
    Publication number: 20020059950
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thermoelectric element with a higher thermoelectric performance than that of a conventional thermoelectric element. This fabrication method includes the steps of: (a) preparing a thermoelectric material having a predetermined composition; and (b) applying extruding pressure to the thermoelectric material in a first direction to extrude it through a die having, in an area which is not less than half of a deforming area of the thermoelectric material in the first direction, a maximum strain rate within +30% of an average strain rate so as to plastically deform the thermoelectric material into an extruded product of the thermoelectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon Lee, Takeshi Kajihara, Kiyoharu Sasaki, Akio Konishi, Takeji Kajiura, Keisuke Ikeda, Susumu Miura, Kenichirou Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Kuroki, Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Mizukami