Patents by Inventor Yasuro Ato

Yasuro Ato 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: 3939366
    Abstract: Radioactive energy is converted to electric energy by irradiating a converter body of semiconductor material etc. with radioactive rays to produce a number of electron-hole pairs in the converter, applying a magnetic field to the converter in a direction perpendicular to the direction of diffusion of the electron-hole pairs to separate the electrons and the holes in a direction perpendicular to the direction of diffusion of the electron-hole pairs and to the direction of application of the magnetic field and deriving the electrons and the holes from electrodes provided on the respective end faces of the converter body as electric energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology
    Inventors: Yasuro Ato, Soji Miyagawa