Patents by Inventor Munenori Kawamura

Munenori Kawamura 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: 9291368
    Abstract: [Problem] To present a solar heat collecting device capable of enhancing the heat collecting efficiency by effectively utilizing the sunlight entering an area near the end part of the reflector at the opposite side of the direction of location of the sun. [Solving Means] In the solar heat collecting device for collecting the reflected light of sunlight Sb1, Sb2 entering a trough type reflector 1 having a parabolic section to a heat collecting pipe 2 erected at a position of focus of the reflector 1, and transmitting energy to a heat medium passing inside of the heat collecting pipe 2, the solar heat collecting device is installed so that central axis L1 of the reflector 1 may be directed along the north-south axis, and a plane reflector 3 is disposed orthogonally to central axis L1, at the end part of the reflector 1 at the opposite side of the direction of location of the sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Plant Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Kawane, Jun Yoshida, Munenori Kawamura, Hironobu Ueda
  • Publication number: 20130298897
    Abstract: [Problem] To present a solar heat collecting device capable of enhancing the heat collecting efficiency by effectively utilizing the sunlight entering an area near the end part of the reflector at the opposite side of the direction of location of the sun. [Solving Means] In the solar heat collecting device for collecting the reflected light of sunlight Sb1, Sb2 entering a trough type reflector 1 having a parabolic section to a heat collecting pipe 2 erected at a position of focus of the reflector 1, and transmitting energy to a heat medium passing inside of the heat collecting pipe 2, the solar heat collecting device is installed so that central axis L1 of the reflector 1 may be directed along the north-south axis, and a plane reflector 3 is disposed orthogonally to central axis L1, at the end part of the reflector 1 at the opposite side of the direction of location of the sun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: Hitachi Plant Mechanics Co., Ltd., Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Kawane, Jun Yoshida, Munenori Kawamura, Hironobu Ueda