Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Funatsu

Tetsuya Funatsu 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: 6629893
    Abstract: This invention provides a game system that reflects the allegiances of a player towards an object that is manipulated in the game. In the game system, any manipulation object can be selected from a plurality of manipulation objects. The game system has a computing device for computing selection assessments for each manipulation object, and a displaying device for displaying the selection assessments for each manipulation object on a display section, when the player selects a manipulation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Funatsu, Toshio Natsui, Michio Yamada
  • Patent number: 5248567
    Abstract: A fuel cell power plant comprised of a fuel cell main unit to which a fuel is supplied, a containment vessel for housing the fuel cell main unit; a purge gas supply pipe for introducing a purge gas which excludes combustion elements in the containment vessel; and a combustion element removal apparatus which is provided with the purge gas supply pipe and which effectively removes combustion elements in the purge gas before the purge gas is introduced in the containment vessel. The fuel call power plant may include a fuel reformer having at least a reforming space, and may use a reformed fuel gas or a used fuel gas as the purge gas from which the combustion elements are removed. The fuel reformer may include a burner for a reforming reaction, and in this case, the power plant may use a burner exhaust gas as the purge gas from which the combustion elements are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Amemiya, Tetsuya Funatsu, Motohiro Takahashi, Masahiro Akiyoshi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Suzuki