Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kamimoto

Yoshiyuki Kamimoto 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).

  • Induction heating apparatus with adjustable flux concentrators
    Patent number: 4185183
    Abstract: An induction heating apparatus for induction heating a strip metallic sheet material having a given width from one end to the other end of the material in the longitudinal direction while the material is transferred in the longitudinal direction, comprising a high frequency source, a high frequency coil coupled to the high frequency source and including at least one turn winding formed of two coil portions extending along the surface of the material in the lateral direction of the material to exceed the side edges of the material, a first magnetic flux concentrating member provided in the vicinity of one coil portion extending along the one coil portion to exceed the side edges of the material, and a second magnetic flux concentrating member provided in the vicinity of the other coil portion provided locally in the vicinity of the side edges of the material, whereby heating distribution is adapted to be made uniform throughout the width of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Toyo Aluminum K.K.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kamimoto