Patents by Inventor Shingo Kunitani

Shingo Kunitani 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: 9562533
    Abstract: A cryogenic pump for liquefied gases is provided, which shortens precooling time, has a small loss of cryogenic liquefied gas, excels in pump efficiency, and is advantageous in cost. A motor 1 and an impeller 2 are coupled by a shaft 3 for transmitting a rotative drive force therebetween, and the motor 1 is arranged on an upper side and the impeller 2 is arranged on a lower side. The motor 1 and the impeller 2 exist in an enclosed space 14 where they are communicated with each other and into which the cryogenic liquefied gas is introduced. A heat adjusting unit 11 is provided between the motor 1 and the impeller 2, the heat adjusting unit maintaining existence of the impeller 2 in a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas and maintaining existence of the motor 1 in a gas phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Air Water Inc.
    Inventors: Taketo Johchi, Shingo Kunitani, Akira Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20130216405
    Abstract: A cryogenic pump for liquefied gases is provided, which shortens precooling time, has a small loss of cryogenic liquefied gas, excels in pump efficiency, and is advantageous in cost. A motor 1 and an impeller 2 are coupled by a shaft 3 for transmitting a rotative drive force therebetween, and the motor 1 is arranged on an upper side and the impeller 2 is arranged on a lower side. The motor 1 and the impeller 2 exist in an enclosed space 14 where they are communicated with each other and into which the cryogenic liquefied gas is introduced. A heat adjusting unit 11 is provided between the motor 1 and the impeller 2, the heat adjusting unit maintaining existence of the impeller 2 in a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas and maintaining existence of the motor 1 in a gas phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Air Water Inc.
    Inventors: Taketo Johchi, Shingo Kunitani, Akira Yoshino
  • Patent number: 7047749
    Abstract: A regenerative refrigerating apparatus which can increase the speed of cooling and heating a subject to be cooled. The specific constitution of the regenerating type refrigerating apparatus includes a pressure control means 4 having a compressor 4a, a high pressure selector valve 4b, and a low pressure selector valve 4c, an expanding/compressing unit 1 having a room temperature end 1a and a low temperature end 1b, and a regenerating unit 2 having a room temperature end 2a and a low temperature end 2b, carries out heat transfer to a subject to be cooled, and is comprised of a flow path for working gas connecting the low temperature end 1b of the expanding/compressing unit and the low temperature end 2b of the regenerating unit with each other, and simultaneously extending to the subject to be cooled 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Air Water Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Kunitani, Atsushi Miyamoto, Daisuke Sanjou, Yasuhiro Kakimi, Taketoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040168445
    Abstract: A regenerative refrigerating apparatus which can increase the speed of cooling and heating a subject to be cooled. The specific constitution of the regenerating type refrigerating apparatus includes a pressure control means 4 having a compressor 4a, a high pressure selector valve 4b, and a low pressure selector valve 4c, an expanding/compressing unit 1 having a room temperature end 1a and a low temperature end 1b, and a regenerating unit 2 having a room temperature end 2a and a low temperature end 2b, carries out heat transfer to a subject to be cooled, and is comprised of a flow path for working gas connecting the low temperature end 1b of the expanding/compressing unit and the low temperature end 2b of the regenerating unit with each other, and simultaneously extending to the subject to be cooled 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Shingo Kunitani, Atsushi Miyamoto, Daisuke Sanjo, Yasuhiro Kakimi, Taketoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6293109
    Abstract: A pulse tube refrigerator which enables holding a cooling temperature without the use of a heater and the like. The pulse tube refrigerator employs a working gas which has a liquefying temperature within the range of an operating temperature of the pulse tube refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Daido Hoxan Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Kakimi, Shingo Kunitani, Daisuke Ito