Patents by Inventor Yukio Yasukawa

Yukio Yasukawa 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: 6691520
    Abstract: A pulse tube cryocooler where conditions under which a difference in refrigeration output due to an installation posture can be reduced as compared with conventional pulse tube cryocoolers and where the refrigeration efficiency of the cryocooler is improved, and the refrigeration output can be raised. The pulse tube cryocooler may have a regenerator coupled to a compressor through a heat radiation part and an internal regenerating agent, with the compressor repeatedly feeding and suctioning a working gas, a pulse tube coupled to the regenerator through a cooling part, and a buffer tank coupled to the pulse tube through a heat radiation part and an inertance tube. A ratio of a space volume of the pulse tube to a space volume of the regenerator may be between 0.75 to 1.5. When a diameter of a circle having an area equal to an inner cross section of the regenerator is made an inner diameter, a value obtained by dividing a length of the regenerator by a square of the inner diameter may be between 0.11 to 0.26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Kamoshita, Yukio Yasukawa
  • Publication number: 20040011060
    Abstract: A pulse tube cryocooler where conditions under which a difference in refrigeration output due to an installation posture can be reduced as compared with conventional pulse tube cryocoolers and where the refrigeration efficiency of the cryocooler is improved, and the refrigeration output can be raised. The pulse tube cryocooler may have a regenerator coupled to a compressor through a heat radiation part and an internal regenerating agent, with the compressor repeatedly feeding and suctioning a working gas, a pulse tube coupled to the regenerator through a cooling part, and a buffer tank coupled to the pulse tube through a heat radiation part and an inertance tube. A ratio of a space volume of the pulse tube to a space volume of the regenerator may be between 0.75 to 1.5. When a diameter of a circle having an area equal to an inner cross section of the regenerator is made an inner diameter, a value obtained by dividing a length of the regenerator by a square of the inner diameter may be between 0.11 to 0.26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Kamoshita, Yukio Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 6641377
    Abstract: In a compressor, a yoke constituting a linear drive section together with a driver coil, through which magnetic fluxes from a permanent magnet pass, is integrated with a cylinder and a container. A piston inserted into the cylinder is supported by springs, and the other end thereof faces an operating-gas-compressing space. The linear drive section is arranged parallel to the piston in a diametrical direction thereof. This construction reduces the longitudinal dimension of a piston portion. Further, a plurality of parts is combined together in a main body block, thereby reducing the number of parts required and improving the assembly accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Toyama, Yukio Yasukawa, Keishi Ohshima
  • Publication number: 20020057974
    Abstract: In a compressor, a yoke constituting a linear drive section together with a driver coil, through which magnetic fluxes from a permanent magnet pass, is integrated with a cylinder and a container. A piston inserted into the cylinder is supported by springs, and the other end thereof faces an operating-gas-compressing space. The linear drive section is arranged parallel to the piston in a diametrical direction thereof. This construction reduces the longitudinal dimension of a piston portion. Further, a plurality of parts is combined together in a main body block, thereby reducing the number of parts required and improving the assembly accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Kentaro Toyama, Yukio Yasukawa, Keishi Ohshima
  • Patent number: 6153825
    Abstract: A superconducting current lead includes a cylindrical support member 3, and superconducting wire material units 1 each of which is fixed onto the support member and each of which is composed of a single tape-like oxide superconducting wire material or a laminated tape-like oxide superconducting wire material, wherein tape surf aces of the superconducting wire material units are disposed in parallel with a circumferential direction in a cylindrical coordinate system, and the cylindrical support member is formed from a low thermal conductivity material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Ando, Hiroshi Tsuji, Takaaki Isono, Yukio Yasukawa, Kizen Sakaki, Masayuki Konno, Takeshi Kato, Kazuhiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6034588
    Abstract: A superconducting current lead is provided, in which a plurality of unit conductors serving as current paths and each formed from a tape-like oxide superconducting wire are disposed on a cylindrical support member 4 so that a tape surface of the superconducting wire material is made parallel with a circumferential direction in a cylindrical coordinate system, and magnetic members 3 are disposed between the plurality of unit conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Ando, Hiroshi Tsuji, Takaaki Isono, Kazuya Hamada, Yukio Yasukawa, Masanobu Nozawa