Patents by Inventor Shigeki Sugiura

Shigeki Sugiura 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: 20120100062
    Abstract: A combined plant is provided. The combined plant of continuously supplying hydrogen and nitrogen to an ammonia synthesis facility that continuously synthesizes ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen, the combined plant including: a hydrogen production facility for acquiring solar energy and producing hydrogen by utilizing a part of the acquired solar energy; a nitrogen production facility for producing nitrogen from air and supplying the nitrogen to the ammonia synthesis facility; and a hydrogen storage facility for storing the hydrogen produced by the hydrogen production facility and supplying the produced hydrogen to the ammonia synthesis facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Norihiko Nakamura, Shigeki Sugiura, Shusei Obata, Shinichi Takeshima, Haruyuki Nakanishi, Yosuke Iida, Akinori Sato
  • Patent number: 6082103
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold comprising a plurality of exhaust pipes and a merging portion applies exhaust gas from each cylinder uniformly to an oxygen sensor in a merging portion at low speed thereby improving the durability of the oxygen sensor. A downstream forward end of each exhaust pipe of the exhaust manifold, when connected to an inlet wall of a merging case having the oxygen sensor mounted on a side thereof, is formed in the shape of a bell mouth for leading the exhaust gas to the oxygen sensor. Each exhaust pipe is fixedly welded to the merging case at a position upstream of the forward end of the bell mouth. An angle formed by lines perpendicular to tangential lines at starting and ending points of a curved portion of the bell mouth at the forward end of the exhaust pipe is set in the range of 45.degree. to 75.degree.. As a result, the bell mouth spreads over the whole interior of the merging case and reduces a flow rate of the exhaust gas, and part of the exhaust gas flows toward the oxygen sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Sugiura, Takayoshi Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Oi