Patents by Inventor Tadao Akimoto

Tadao Akimoto 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).

  • Catalytic converter of a radial flow type
    Patent number: 4124357
    Abstract: A catalytic converter of a radial flow type including an outer casing, a cylindrical outer separator, and a cylindrical inner separator, the two separators defining a catalyst chamber therebetween, wherein the end portions at one end of the two separators are firmly connected to the outer casing while the other end portions of the two separators are formed as mutually telescoping closed free ends having a radial and an axial clearance therebetween, these free end portions being flexibly supported from the outer casing by means of a plate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadao Akimoto, Eiji Hiramatsu