Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Hoshino

Ryoichi Hoshino 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: 4712612
    Abstract: An evaporator is provided having a core portion with an inlet and an outlet; a fluid path for allowing a cooling fluid to pass through, the path being formed in a zigzag form so that the fluid passes through the core portion at least three times; and the fluid path having an increasingly large cross-sectional area from the inlet toward the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Showa Aluminum Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto, Katsuhisa Suzuki, Ryoichi Hoshino, Hironaka Sasaki
  • Patent number: 4532771
    Abstract: A cooler made of aluminum for use in Stirling engines comprises a multiplicity of cooling tubes, a pair of headers joined to opposite ends of the cooling tubes, inner fins provided in the interior of the cooling tubes, a multiplicity of plate fins intersecting and attached to the group of cooling tubes, and a shell surrounding the cooling tubes and the plate fins. The shell is joined to the headers and has an inlet and an outlet for cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignees: Showa Aluminum Corporation, Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Momose, Kazuaki Yamaguchi, Masayoshi Okamoto, Ryoichi Hoshino, Hiroki Tanaka