Patents by Inventor Yasuo Funo

Yasuo Funo 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).

  • Method and apparatus for operating nuclear electric power generating plants
    Patent number: 4943408
    Abstract: In a nuclear electric power generating plant connected to an electric power system, an output of a nuclear reactor of the plant is reduced during a nighttime operation, increased to a predetermined level during a daytime operation and reduced during a lunch time operation in which a poisonous effect of fission products, i.e., X.sub.e.sup.135 produced during a decreased output running during a nighttime operation becomes significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumiaki Yamamoto, Tsutomu Otsuka, Yasuo Funo