Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Kawaguchi

Tatsuo Kawaguchi 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: 11242791
    Abstract: A heat recovery device, including a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure comprising an outer peripheral side wall having one or more planar outer peripheral side surfaces; one or more thermoelectric conversion modules arranged to face the one or more planar outer peripheral side surfaces; a tubular member that circumferentially covers the outer peripheral side surfaces of the honeycomb structure and the one or more thermoelectric conversion modules; and a casing that circumferentially covers the tubular member; wherein the partition walls are mainly configured of ceramics; and wherein the casing has an inflow port and an outflow port for a second fluid having a temperature lower than that of the first fluid, and a flow path for the second fluid is formed circumferentially around the tubular member between an inner surface of the casing and an outer surface of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Daisuke Kimura, Makoto Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 11079182
    Abstract: A heat exchanger according to the present invention includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells, the cells providing first flow paths through which a first fluid is passed; an inner cylinder attached to an outer periphery of the honeycomb structure; and an outer cylinder disposed on an outer periphery of the inner cylinder, the outer cylinder providing a second flow path through which a second fluid is passed, the second flow path being arranged between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder. The second flow path includes: an intermediate flow path extending in an axial direction of the honeycomb structure so as to include an outer peripheral position of the honeycomb structure; and side flow paths located on both sides of the intermediate flow path in the axial direction. The intermediate flow path has a height lower than that of each of the side flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sakuma, Daisuke Kimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Makoto Yoshihara, Takafumi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20210080184
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a hollow pillar shaped honeycomb structure; a first cylindrical member fitted to a surface of an outer peripheral wall of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; a second cylindrical member fitted to a surface of an inner peripheral wall of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; a cylindrical guide member having a portion, the portion being disposed on a radially inner side of the second cylindrical member with a distance so as to form the flow path for the first fluid; an upstream cylindrical member connecting an upstream end of the first cylindrical member to an upstream side of the guide member; and a downstream cylindrical member connected to a downstream end of the first cylindrical member. The guide member includes an inclined portion that inclines to its downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaro FUMOTO, Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210080185
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb; an inner cylindrical member; an outer cylindrical member arranged on a radially outer side of the inner cylindrical member such that a part of the outer cylindrical member forms a flow path for a second fluid; an upstream cylindrical member having a cylindrical portion and a flange portion, the upstream cylindrical member being located on a side of a first end face of the honeycomb structure, and an end portion of the flange portion being connected to the inner cylindrical member and/or the outer cylindrical member; and a downstream cylindrical member having a cylindrical portion and a flange portion, the downstream cylindrical member being located on a side of a second end face of the honeycomb structure, and an end portion of the flange portion being connected to the inner cylindrical member and/or the outer cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaro FUMOTO, Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI, Takeshi SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20210080187
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a hollow pillar shaped honeycomb structure, a first cylindrical member, a second cylindrical member, a cylindrical guide member, and an upstream cylindrical member. A communication port is provided between the downstream end portion of the guide member and the second cylindrical member or at the guide member. The second cylindrical member has a horn shape in which a diameter of the upstream end portion of the second cylindrical member is increased radially outward. The upstream cylindrical member has a flange portion, and a rising position of the flange portion is located on a more downstream side than the upstream end portion of the first cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaro FUMOTO, Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10837342
    Abstract: A heat exchange component including: a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure; and a casing arranged so as to cover an outer circumferential face of the honeycomb structure. The casing includes an inner cylinder arranged so as to be fitted to the outer circumferential face of the honeycomb structure, a middle cylinder arranged so as to cover the inner cylinder, and an outer cylinder arranged so as to cover the middle cylinder such that a circumferential flow path serving as a flow path of a second fluid is formed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder. The circumferential flow path includes an inner circumferential flow path and an outer circumferential flow path. At least one communication hole that communicates the inner circumferential flow path and the outer circumferential flow path is formed in a portion of the middle cylinder that covers the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sakuma, Makoto Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20200309464
    Abstract: A heat exchanger 100, including: an inner cylinder 10 through which a first fluid can flow, the inner cylinder 10 being configured to house a heat recovery member 30; and an outer cylinder 20 disposed so as to be spaced on a radially outer side of the inner cylinder 10 such that a second fluid can flow between the outer cylinder 20 and the inner cylinder 10. In the heat exchanger 100, at least a part of the outer cylinder 20 and/or the inner cylinder 10 has at least one continuous irregular structure 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaro FUMOTO, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Daisuke KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200309471
    Abstract: A heat exchanger 100 includes: an inner cylinder 10 through which a first fluid can flow, the inner cylinder 10 being configured to be capable of housing a heat recovery member 40; an outer cylinder 20 disposed so as to be spaced on a radially outer side of the inner cylinder 10 such that a second fluid can flow between the outer cylinder 20 and the inner cylinder 10; and an intermediate cylinder 30 disposed between the inner cylinder 10 and the outer cylinder 20, the intermediate cylinder 30 partitioning a flow path for the second fluid into an inner flow path 31b and an outer flow path 31a. In the heat exchanger, the intermediate cylinder 30 includes communication holes 32 that are communicated in a radial direction, and the communication holes 32 are provided in an axial direction of the intermediate cylinder 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi HAMADA, Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI, Takeshi SAKUMA, Yutaro FUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200309463
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a honeycomb structure having partition walls defining fluid cells extending between inflow and outflow end faces, and inner and outer peripheral walls. A first outer cylinder contacts the outer peripheral wall. A first inner cylinder having inflow and outflow ports for the fluid has an outer peripheral surface that contacts the inner peripheral wall. A second inner cylinder having inflow and outflow ports for the fluid is spaced on a radially inner side of the inner peripheral wall. The inflow port of the first inner cylinder is closer to the inflow end face than the outflow end face in an axial direction of the honeycomb structure. The outflow port of the second inner cylinder is closer to the outflow end face than the inflow end face in the axial direction of the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto YOSHIHARA, Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI, Yutaro FUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200141299
    Abstract: A heat recovery device, including a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure comprising an outer peripheral side wall having one or more planar outer peripheral side surfaces; one or more thermoelectric conversion modules arranged to face the one or more planar outer peripheral side surfaces; a tubular member that circumferentially covers the outer peripheral side surfaces of the honeycomb structure and the one or more thermoelectric conversion modules; and a casing that circumferentially covers the tubular member; wherein the partition walls are mainly configured of ceramics; and wherein the casing has an inflow port and an outflow port for a second fluid having a temperature lower than that of the first fluid, and a flow path for the second fluid is formed circumferentially around the tubular member between an inner surface of the casing and an outer surface of the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI, Daisuke KIMURA, Makoto YOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10619938
    Abstract: A heat exchange member which does not easily suffer from breakage due to thermal stress by relaxing the thermal stress. The heat exchange member is provided with a honeycomb structure and a covering member. The outer peripheral wall of the honeycomb structure has at least one slit. The covering member covers the honeycomb structure so that the heat exchange can be carried out between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchange member performs heat exchange by means of the outer peripheral wall of the honeycomb structure and the covering member in the state where the first fluid passing through the cells and the second fluid passing through the outside of the covering member are not mixed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Makoto Miyazaki, Yoshimasa Kondo, Hironori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10619947
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, including: a columnar honeycomb structure having cells partitioned by partition walls composed of ceramics, each cell penetrating from a first end to a second end to form a flow path for a first fluid; an inner tubular member fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the honeycomb structure to circumferentially cover that surface; a spacer directly and circumferentially covering an outer peripheral surface of the inner tubular member as well as indirectly and circumferentially covering the outer peripheral surface of the honeycomb structure; and an outer tubular member directly and circumferentially covering the spacer; wherein the spacer has a three-dimensional structure that allows flow of a second fluid therein and suppresses movement of bubbles in the second fluid; and wherein at least one opening part between the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member forms a gate of the spacer for the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Daisuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200013535
    Abstract: Provided is a transformer oil that has high environmental compatibility and is expected to be further improved in transformer cooling properties. The transformer oil is a transformer oil prepared by mixing a plant oil and a silicone oil and containing no mineral oil, in which a volume ratio of the plant oil to the silicone oil is 3:7 to 7:3 and magnetic particles (for example, temperature-sensitive magnetic particles) are dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicants: THE DOSHISHA, Sakura Seiyusho Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Haruhiko YAMASAKI, Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10527369
    Abstract: A heat exchanger element includes at least two honeycomb structures arranged serially and each including a cell structural portion having cells separated and formed by partition walls containing SiC and functioning as passages which extend from one end face to the other end face and which a first fluid passes through, and an outer peripheral wall disposed on the outer periphery of the cell structural portion. The first fluid passes through the cells of the honeycomb structures without leaking out of the cells or mixing. The cell structural portions of at least a pair of the honeycomb structures adjacent to each other among the honeycomb structures arranged serially are disposed with a gap, and the first fluid passing through the cells mixes together between end faces forming the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Suzuki, Hironori Takahashi, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Yoshimasa Kondo
  • Patent number: 10494974
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device including a heat exchange portion, an exhaust branch portion, and an exhaust distribution portion, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises a pillar-shaped honeycomb body having a first end face and a second end face, and a casing accommodating the honeycomb body, the exhaust branch portion has a branch path that branches a path of exhaust gas flowing into the honeycomb body into a central portion and an outer circumferential portion in a cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction of the honeycomb body, and the exhaust distribution portion has an exhaust distribution mechanism that adjusts a heat recovery amount by changing an airflow resistance of the path of the exhaust gas in the central portion of the honeycomb body and varying the exhaust amount passing through the path of the exhaust gas in the outer circumferential portion of the honeycomb body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sakuma, Makoto Yoshihara, Hiroshi Mizuno, Daisuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190301807
    Abstract: A heat exchanger according to the present invention includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells, the cells providing first flow paths through which a first fluid is passed; an inner cylinder attached to an outer periphery of the honeycomb structure; and an outer cylinder disposed on an outer periphery of the inner cylinder, the outer cylinder providing a second flow path through which a second fluid is passed, the second flow path being arranged between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder. The second flow path includes: an intermediate flow path extending in an axial direction of the honeycomb structure so as to include an outer peripheral position of the honeycomb structure; and side flow paths located on both sides of the intermediate flow path in the axial direction. The intermediate flow path has a height lower than that of each of the side flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sakuma, Daisuke Kimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Makoto Yoshihara, Takafumi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20190277570
    Abstract: A heat exchanging member including a hollow pillar shaped honeycomb structure having partition walls defining cells, the cells penetrating from a first end face to a second end face to form flow paths for a first fluid, an inner peripheral wall, and an outer peripheral wall; and a covering member being configured to cover the outer peripheral wall of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure. The heat exchanging member is configured to perform heat exchange between the first fluid and a second fluid flowing through an outer side of the covering member. In the heat exchanging member, in a cross section of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure perpendicular to a flow path direction of the first fluid, the cells are radially provided, and each of the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall has a thickness larger than that of each of the partition walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI, Takeshi SAKUMA, Daisuke KIMURA, Yutaro FUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190204031
    Abstract: A heat exchanging member includes: a pillar shape honeycomb structure having an outer peripheral wall and partition walls extending through the honeycomb structure from a first end face to a second end face to define a plurality of cells forming a through channel of a first fluid, and a covering member for covering the outer peripheral wall of the honeycomb structure. In a cross section of the honeycomb structure perpendicular to a flow direction of the first fluid, the partition walls includes: a plurality of first partition walls extending in a radial direction from the side of a center portion of the cross section; and a plurality of second partition walls extending in a circumferential direction, and a number of the first partition walls on the side of the central portion is less than a number of the first partition walls on the side of the outer peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI, Daisuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 10234209
    Abstract: To provide a heat exchanger that can control temperatures of fluids to be heat-exchanged. A heat exchanger 30 includes a honeycomb structure 1, a second fluid flow through portion 26 located at an outer periphery side of the honeycomb structure 1 serving as a flow passage for a second fluid, and a third fluid flow through portion 27 located at an outer periphery side of the second fluid flow through portion 26 serving as a flow passage for a third fluid. Cells 3 of the honeycomb structure 1 serve as a first fluid flow through portion 25 through which the first fluid passes. With the heat exchanger 30, the first fluid, the second fluid, and the third fluid can be heat-exchanged without being mixed with one another. Constituting the fluid flow passage with three flow passages allows controlling temperatures of two fluids to be heat-exchanged by the residual fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tokuda, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Makoto Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20180230884
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device including a heat exchange portion, an exhaust branch portion, and an exhaust distribution portion, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises a pillar-shaped honeycomb body having a first end face and a second end face, and a casing accommodating the honeycomb body, the exhaust branch portion has a branch path that branches a path of exhaust gas flowing into the honeycomb body into a central portion and an outer circumferential portion in a cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction of the honeycomb body, and the exhaust distribution portion has an exhaust distribution mechanism that adjusts a heat recovery amount by changing an airflow resistance of the path of the exhaust gas in the central portion of the honeycomb body and varying the exhaust amount passing through the path of the exhaust gas in the outer circumferential portion of the honeycomb body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI, Takeshi SAKUMA, Makoto YOSHIHARA, Hiroshi MIZUNO, Daisuke KIMURA