Patents by Inventor Yukihiko HASEGAWA

Yukihiko HASEGAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20200395133
    Abstract: A nuclear fusion system includes: a muon generation unit for generating negative muons; a gas supply unit for circulating and supplying gaseous deuterium or gaseous deuterium-tritium mixture as raw material gas for a nuclear fusion reaction; and a Laval nozzle for accelerating the raw material gas to supersonic velocity including a flow regulation portion in which the muons are decelerated and a reaction portion in which the nuclear fusion reaction occurs, wherein an oblique shockwave, which is generated as a result of collision of a shock wave generator arranged inside the reaction portion and the raw material gas accelerated to supersonic velocity, converges on a center axis of the Laval nozzle, and thereby a high-density gas target is retained in a gas phase, and wherein the muons are introduced into the high-density gas target, and thereby the nuclear fusion reaction is caused to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: CHUBU UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Motoyasu SATO, Atsuo IIYOSHI, Yasushi KINO, Takashi MUTOH, Yoshiharu TANAHASHI, Norimasa YAMAMOTO, Hirohisa TAKANO, Yukihiko HASEGAWA