Patents by Inventor Sueharu Jikumaru

Sueharu Jikumaru 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).

  • Drying carrier adapted for carrying honeycomb structure
    Patent number: 5265346
    Abstract: A drying carrier adapted for carrying honeycomb structures includes a plurality of perforated plates spaced to each other in the longitudinal direction of the drying carrier and made of a material having a conductivity higher than that of the drying carrier. Each of said perforated plates is provided with a convex portion having an upper contacting surface to be contacted with the bottom surface of the honeycomb structure to be carried. The surface area (A) of the upper contacting surface of the convex portion is smaller than the bottom surface area of the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sueharu Jikumaru, Yukihisa Wada