Patents by Inventor Tadayuki Hiraga

Tadayuki Hiraga 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: 9726370
    Abstract: A tubular burner includes: a mixing tube having an inlet port into which a fuel gas and primary air flow; and a flame hole member having a plurality of flame holes and being fitted into a front end portion of the mixing tube. The flame holes of the flame hole member are made up of a central main flame hole and a plurality of subsidiary flame holes positioned around, and each being smaller than, the central main flame hole. In an annular region of the flame hole member defined between an outer periphery of the flame hole member and the central main flame hole, a plurality of non-flame-hole regions which are free from formation of the subsidiary flame holes are provided at a circumferential distance from one another. The plurality of the subsidiary flame holes are formed in each of flame hole regions defined between the non-flame-hole regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20160109119
    Abstract: A tubular burner includes: a mixing tube having an inlet port into which a fuel gas and primary air flow; and a flame hole member having a plurality of flame holes and being fitted into a front end portion of the mixing tube. The flame holes of the flame hole member are made up of a central main flame hole and a plurality of subsidiary flame holes positioned around, and each being smaller than, the central main flame hole. In an annular region of the flame hole member defined between an outer periphery of the flame hole member and the central main flame hole, a plurality of non-flame-hole regions which are free from formation of the subsidiary flame holes are provided at a circumferential distance from one another. The plurality of the subsidiary flame holes are formed in each of flame hole regions defined between the non-flame-hole regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20150184848
    Abstract: A tubular burner has a mixing tube which includes a rear-end inlet port into which a fuel gas and primary air flow, and a flame hole member having a plurality of flame holes and being fitted into a front end region of the mixing tube. The flame hole member is prevented from getting pulled out of position, without applying an undue force thereto. At a front end of the mixing tube a cylindrical elongated section is disposed in a manner to be elongated beyond a front face of the flame hole member. A convex portion is formed in the cylindrical elongated section so as to protrude diametrically inward of the cylindrical elongated section to prevent the flame hole member from getting pulled out of position in a forward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Hiraga, Hideo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8858225
    Abstract: A combustion device has tubular burners with mixing tubes made by joining together two plate members which have formed therein half-split mixing tubes at a distance from one another and which, when joined together, form a clearance serving as a carryover flame hole to communicate a mixing tube with an adjoining mixing tube. An intermediate flame hole portion is formed by recessing backward the front end of the carryover flame hole. A cover portion is formed in each of the two plate members so as to lie opposite to each other with a recessed space lying therebetween. The recessed space is defined as a space that is generated between the intermediate flame hole portion and a line that is drawn in front of the intermediate flame hole portion along the same longitudinal direction as the front end, except for the part of the intermediate flame hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20130101948
    Abstract: A flame hole member of a tubular burner has a front plate and a rear plate both of sheet metal make. The front plate has a first flame hole in the central portion of the front plate, and a plurality of second flame holes located around a periphery of the first flame hole, each of the second flame holes being of a slit shape in a width below a quenching distance. The rear plate has a first ventilation hole in the central portion of the rear plate, and a plurality of second ventilation holes of smaller diameter than the first ventilation hole, each of the second ventilation holes being located around a periphery of the first ventilation hole. At least one of the rear plate and the front plate is provided with a cylindrical section for introducing into the first flame hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20120231404
    Abstract: A combustion device has tubular burners with mixing tubes made by joining together two plate members which have formed therein half-split mixing tubes at a distance from one another and which, when joined together, form a clearance serving as a carryover flame hole to communicate a mixing tube with an adjoining mixing tube. An intermediate flame hole portion is formed by recessing backward the front end of the carryover flame hole. A cover portion is formed in each of the two plate members so as to lie opposite to each other with a recessed space lying therebetween. The recessed space is defined as a space that is generated between the intermediate flame hole portion and a line that is drawn in front of the intermediate flame hole portion along the same longitudinal direction as the front end, except for the part of the intermediate flame hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
  • Patent number: 8015950
    Abstract: A single can-type composite heat source machine including a single can body including a first combustion section having a first burner and a hot water supplying first main heat exchanger located above the first burner, and a second combustion section having a second burner and a second main heat exchanger located above the second burner and used for a purpose other than hot water supply. The first combustion section and the second combustion section are partitioned from each other by a partition wall and juxtaposed in a lateral direction. The machine includes a first auxiliary heat exchanger and a second auxiliary heat exchanger both of a latent heat recovery type connected to upstream sides of the first main heat exchanger and the second main heat exchanger, respectively. An exhaust system can be miniaturized and simplified in spite of provision of the auxiliary heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Okamoto, Tadayuki Hiraga, Hiroitsu Ohta, Mineyuki Nasu, Hiroaki Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20100229804
    Abstract: In a single can-type composite heat source machine including a single can body (2) including a first combustion section (3-1) having a first burner (4-1) and a hot water supplying first main heat exchanger (5-1) located above the first burner (4-1), and a second combustion section (3-2) having a second burner (4-2) and a second main heat exchanger (5-2) located above the second burner (4-2) and used for a purpose other than hot water supply, the first combustion section (3-1) and the second combustion section (3-2) being partitioned from each other by a partition wall (2a) and juxtaposed in a lateral direction, the machine including a first auxiliary heat exchanger (11-1) and a second auxiliary heat exchanger (11-2) both of a latent heat recovery type connected to upstream sides of the first main heat exchanger and the second main heat exchanger, respectively, an exhaust system can be miniaturized and simplified in spite of provision of the auxiliary heat exchangers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Hideo Okamoto, Tadayuki Hiraga, Hiroitsu Ohta, Mineyuki Nasu, Hiroaki Sasaki