Patents by Inventor Toru Kannari

Toru Kannari 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: 9739504
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steam generator capable of greatly improving energy efficiency, and an energy supply system that uses the steam generator. The steam generator of the present invention includes a high-temperature chamber to which heat of 250° C. to 800° C. is supplied; a low-temperature chamber arranged adjacent to the high-temperature chamber and configured to produce low-temperature steam of 50° C. to 185° C. from water using the heat of the high-temperature chamber; and at least one thermoelectric element arranged between the high-temperature chamber and the low-temperature chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JGC CORPORATION, SASAKURA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Tamaura, Yoshiharu Horita, Koji Miyazaki, Kazutaka Hiraoka, Toru Kannari
  • Patent number: 9048384
    Abstract: A steam generation apparatus 1 including a high-temperature pipe 10 disposed extending horizontally and through which a high-temperature fluid passes; low-temperature pipes 20 disposed on both sides of the high-temperature pipe 10 in a horizontal direction and through which a low-temperature fluid having a temperature lower than that of the high-temperature fluid passes; and a thermoelectric module 30 interposed between the high-temperature pipe 10 and each of the low-temperature pipes 20 for generating electrical power using a temperature difference between the high-temperature pipe 10 and the low-temperature pipes 20, the low-temperature pipes 20 being configured such that the supplied low-temperature fluid in a liquid form is turned into steam due to heat exchange with the high-temperature fluid and is discharged from an upper portion of the low-temperature pipes 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Sasakura Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kannari, Yoshiaki Miho
  • Patent number: 8766084
    Abstract: A thermoelectric generation apparatus 1 including a high-temperature pipe 10through which a high-temperature fluid passes; a low-temperature pipe 20 disposed horizontally adjacent to the high-temperature pipe 10 and through which a low-temperature fluid having a temperature lower than that of the high-temperature fluid passes; a thermoelectric module 32 interposed between the high-temperature pipe 10 and the low-temperature pipe 20 and generating power using a temperature difference between the high-temperature pipe 10 and the low-temperature pipe 20; a fluid chamber 28 connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the low-temperature pipe 20, parallel to the low-temperature pipe 20; and a fluid replenisher 110 capable of replenishing the fluid chamber 28 with the low-temperature fluid in a liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: Toru Kannari, Yoshiaki Miho
  • Publication number: 20130019598
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steam generator capable of greatly improving energy efficiency, and an energy supply system that uses the steam generator. The steam generator of the present invention includes a high-temperature chamber to which heat of 250° C. to 800° C. is supplied; a low-temperature chamber arranged adjacent to the high-temperature chamber and configured to produce low-temperature steam of 50° C. to 185° C. from water using the heat of the high-temperature chamber; and at least one thermoelectric element arranged between the high-temperature chamber and the low-temperature chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SASAKURA ENGINEERING CO., LTD., JGC CORPORATION, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yutaka Tamaura, Yoshiharu Horita, Koji Miyazaki, Kazutaka Hiraoka, Toru Kannari