Patents by Inventor Shinzo Yoshimura

Shinzo Yoshimura 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: 9140445
    Abstract: A superheated steam generator, capable of generating superheated steam which exceeds about 400° C. even if a litz wire is adopted as an induction heating coil, is generally described. The generator may include induction heating elements that can generate heat by electromagnetic induction and that are housed in a heat-resistant container. The generator may also include a hose that allows cooling water to pass therethrough and which is wound around an outer peripheral surface of the heat-resistant container. A water supply unit for the cooling water is connected to one end of the hose, and the other end of the hose is connected to a steam inlet of the heat-resistant container. An induction heating coil is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hose, and a high-frequency power supply unit is connected to the induction heating coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideo Tomita, Takeshi Maruyama, Shinzo Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20090159591
    Abstract: A superheated steam generator, capable of generating superheated steam which exceeds 400° C. even if a litz wire is adopted as an induction heating coil, and capable of being used as a middle-sized or small-sized home-available apparatus, is provided. The invention provided a superheated steam generator in which induction heating elements 22 which generates heat by electromagnetic induction are housed in a heat-resistant container 21, a hose 24 which allows cooling water to pass therethrough is wound around an outer peripheral surface of the heat-resistant container, a water supply unit 4 for the cooling water is connected to one end of the hose, the other end of the hose is connected to a steam inlet 21A of the heat-resistant container, an induction heating coil 25 is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hose, a high-frequency power supply unit 3 is connected to the induction heating coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Hideo Tomita, Takeshi Maruyama, Shinzo Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7405380
    Abstract: This portable electromagnetic induction heating device is used to carry an induction current in a conductor, make the conductor generate heat by Joule's heat, and heat adhesive by the heat generating conductor. A heating induction coil (13a) is formed by a plurality of coil bodies (21-24 and 51-54), the respective coil bodies can change mutually center-to-center distances. Simultaneously, by changing any one of polarities thereof, a polarity and a position of a magnetic force line generated by the conductor are changed, whereby a heating state of the adhesive can be changed depending on a region of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Tokyo Denki University
    Inventors: Shuji Obata, Masataka Tanimitsu, Hideo Tomita, Shinzo Yoshimura, Kunihiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070023422
    Abstract: This portable electromagnetic induction heating device is used to carry an induction current in a conductor, make the conductor generate heat by Joule's heat, and heat adhesive by the heat generating conductor. A heating induction coil (13a) is formed by a plurality of coil bodies (21-24 and 51-54), the respective coil bodies can change mutually center-to-center distances. Simultaneously, by changing any one of polarities thereof, a polarity and a position of a magnetic force line generated by the conductor are changed, whereby a heating state of the adhesive can be changed depending on a region of the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Tokyo Denki University
    Inventors: Shuji Obata, Masataka Tanimitsu, Hideo Tomita, Shinzo Yoshimura, Kunihiko Suzuki