Patents by Inventor Shinichi Tohyama

Shinichi Tohyama 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: 7104055
    Abstract: In the pressure oscillation generator 1, self-excited vibration is generated in a work transfer tube 30 by heating a heat input section 22 and also a resonator 50 is resonated, and when a work is inputted into a heat exchanger 20, the work is amplified by the heat exchanger 20, and is transferred to the heat transfer tube 30 and is then outputted to an output section 40. Because of the configuration, an outputted work can be amplified to a work larger than the inputted work, so that, by using a portion of the outputted work as energy for driving the cylinder 10, the pressure oscillation generator 1 can continuously be driven only by heating and without using electric energy generated by a large scale solar system or the like, which enables substantial size reduction of the pressure oscillation generator 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignees: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Nihon University School Juridical Person
    Inventors: Yoichi Matsubara, Shinichi Tohyama, Hiroyuki Sugita
  • Publication number: 20050223705
    Abstract: In the pressure oscillation generator 1, self-excited vibration is generated in a work transfer tube 30 by heating a heat input section 22 and also a resonator 50 is resonated, and when a work is inputted into a heat exchanger 20, the work is amplified by the heat exchanger 20, and is transferred to the heat transfer tube 30 and is then outputted to an output section 40. Because of the configuration, an outputted work can be amplified to a work larger than the inputted work, so that, by using a portion of the outputted work as energy for driving the cylinder 10, the pressure oscillation generator 1 can continuously be driven only by heating and without using electric energy generated by a large scale solar system or the like, which enables substantial size reduction of the pressure oscillation generator 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicants: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Nihon University School Juridical Person
    Inventors: Yoichi Matsubara, Shinichi Tohyama, Hiroyuki Sugita