| IMAGINEERING, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120038919 | SPECTROSCOPE - Provided is a spectroscope that can be manufactured easily, can be reduced in size, and can provide high wavelength resolution of a specific spectral band. Specifically, provided is a spectroscope with a diffraction grating | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120013254 | IGNITION APPARATUS, INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE, IGNITION PLUG, PLASMA EQUIPMENT, EXHAUST GAS DEGRADATION APPARATUS, OZONE GENERATING/STERILIZING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS, AND ODOR ELIMINATING APPARATUS - Stable and highly efficient combustion/reaction is provided, even when fuel ratio of mixture is decreased and combustion/reaction of the lean mixture is performed in a heat engine such as a reciprocating engine, for controlling dielectric constant of mixture in a combustion/reaction chamber 8 by introducing water and/or exhaust gas into the combustion/reaction chamber, by introducing water and/or exhaust gas into the combustion/reaction chamber. A microwave radiation antenna for irradiation of the combustion/reaction chamber, and a discharge unit for igniting the mixture in the combustion/reaction chamber are provided. The dielectric constant of the mixture before the combustion/reaction of the mixture is controlled so that the resonance frequency of the mixture corresponds to the frequency of the microwave. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012077 | IGNITION APPARATUS, INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE, IGNITION PLUG, PLASMA EQUIPMENT, EXHAUST GAS DEGRADATION APPARATUS, OZONE GENERATING/STERILIZING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS, AND ODOR ELIMINATING APPARATUS - Stable and highly efficient combustion/reaction is provided, even when fuel ratio of mixture is decreased and combustion/reaction of the lean mixture is performed in a heat engine such as a reciprocating engine, for controlling dielectric constant of mixture in a combustion/reaction chamber | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110031886 | PLASMA APPARATUS USING A VALVE - Provided is a plasma apparatus using a valve, which comprises a discharge device with an electrode exposed to the combustion chamber installed in a cylinder head, an antenna installed on the valve face of a valve head, an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in a valve stem with one end connected to the antenna and the other end covered with an insulator or dielectric and extending to a power-receiving portion positioned at a location fitting into the guide hole in the valve stem, and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding an electromagnetic waves to the power-receiving portion. At the compression stroke when the combustion chamber side opening of an intake port or an exhaust port is closed with the valve head, discharge is generated with the electrode of the discharge device and the electromagnetic waves fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line are radiated from the antenna. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110030660 | MULTIPLE DISCHARGE PLASMA APPARATUS - A multiple discharge plasma apparatus is provided with a plurality of discharge devices, each with an electrode exposed to the combustion chamber and installed in at least one of members constituting the combustion chamber; an antenna installed in at least one of the members constituting the combustion chamber so as to radiate electromagnetic waves to the combustion chamber; an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in at least one of the members constituting the combustion chamber, with one end connected to the antenna and the other end covered with an insulator or dielectric and extending to a portion, of at least one of the members constituting the combustion chamber, distant from the combustion chamber; and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic waves into the electromagnetic wave transmission line; wherein the multiple discharge plasma apparatus is configured such that discharge is generated by the electrodes of a plurality of discharge devices and the electromagnetic waves fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line is radiated from antenna, during the compression stroke. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110030347 | AFTER-TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS RIGHT AFTER A COMBUSTION CHAMBER - Provided is an after-treatment apparatus for exhaust gas right after a combustion chamber, which apparatus comprises a discharge device with an electrode exposed to an exhaust port installed in a cylinder head, an antenna installed on the back face of a valve head, an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in a valve stem with one end connected to the antenna and the other end, covered with an insulator or dielectric and extending to and connected to a power-receiving portion, which is positioned at a location fitting into the guide hole or at a location farther from the valve head in the valve stem, and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic waves to the power-receiving portion. The after-treatment apparatus is configured such that discharge is generated with the electrode of the discharge device and electromagnetic waves fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line are radiated from the antenna. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110025210 | PLASMA APPARATUS USING A CYLINDER HEAD - Provided is a plasma apparatus using a cylinder head, which comprises a discharge device installed with an electrode exposed to the combustion chamber and installed in the cylinder head, an antenna installed to protrude from the cylinder head into the combustion chamber, a bulging portion bulging from the cylinder head to the combustion chamber so as to cover the antenna, made from insulator or dielectric, an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in the cylinder head and with one end connected to the antenna and the other end, covered with insulator or dielectric, penetrating the cylinder head to extend to an outer wall of the cylinder head, and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic waves to the electromagnetic wave transmission line. At compression stroke, discharge is generated with the electrode of the discharge device and the electromagnetic waves, fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line, are radiated from the antenna. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110001294 | GASKET OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A gasket of an internal combustion engine includes a discharge line installed in an intermediate layer and having an outer end exposed from the outer peripheral edge of the gasket to be a first connection part and an inner end exposed from a inner peripheral edge around the opening to be an electrode, configured such that discharge is generated between electrodes with voltage applied between first connection parts; an antenna installed at least partly in the intermediate layer at the inner peripheral edge around the opening to radiate electromagnetic waves into a combustion chamber; and an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in the intermediate layer, having an outer end exposed from an outer peripheral edge to be a second connection part and an inner end connected to the antenna, and guiding electromagnetic waves to the antenna. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100200390 | GAS PROCESSING APPARATUS, GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAS PROCESSING METHOD, AND EXHAUST GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USING THE SAME - A gas treatment device for processing a gas using plasma, wherein the gas treatment device is highly versatile and capable of rapidly processing a large quantity of gas that includes particularly an aromatic compound or other component that is difficult to process. The gas treatment device comprises a plasma equipment series comprising a plurality of gas processing units ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100196208 | IGNITION OR PLASMA GENERATION APPARATUS - There is provided an ignition or plasma generation apparatus that eliminates the need for resonance means in a combustion chamber and simplifies the electrode structure within the combustion chamber in an instance where energy from each of a spark discharge and microwaves is used to ignite an air-fuel mixture gas in an internal combustion engine. The ignition or plasma generation apparatus includes a mixing circuit for mixing a high-voltage pulse from a high-voltage pulse generator and microwave energy from a microwave generator; and an ignition plug into which an output from the mixing circuit is supplied, the plug used for introducing the output into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The output supplied from the mixing circuit to the ignition plug is supplied in a manner in which the microwave energy and the high-voltage pulse are superimposed on each other on a same transmission line. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100192909 | COMPRESSION IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, GLOW PLUG, AND INJECTOR - The invention provides a practical diesel engine that uses plasma formed by microwave emissions. In a compression-ignition internal combustion engine, fuel is sprayed by an injector in the combustion chamber in which compressed oxidizing gas is present, and the fuel is compressed and ignited. The engine has one antenna or a plurality of antennas in the combustion chamber, and when the oxidizing gas or moisture and charged particles are present in the combustion chamber, an electromagnetic wave is emitted using the antenna in a space in which the oxidizing gas and the charged particles are present, and plasma is generated in the space by the energy fed to the charged particles. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100187968 | IGNITION PLUG AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - There is provided an ignition plug whereby an electrical configuration for discharge and an electrical configuration for guiding and radiating microwaves are provided concomitantly, within dimensions permitting installation in an installation space for an ordinary ignition plug, and adapted to efficiently guide and transmit microwaves into a combustion chamber. The ignition plug comprises a center electrode and a ground electrode for spark discharge; a center wire and an outside conductor forming a coaxial electromagnetic wave transmission line; and a microwave radiation antenna that is electrically integrated with the center wire; the microwave radiation antenna having a profile that defines part of a sphere or arc including a plurality of locations substantially equidistant from the center electrode. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186670 | PLASMA FORMATION REGION CONTROL APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a plasma formation region control apparatus, with which a large-scale plasma can be obtained under a high pressure with ease and at low cost. The plasma formation region control apparatus comprises a microwave oscillator, an antenna connected to the microwave oscillator, and controller for controlling the position of each of the microwave oscillator and the antenna. The controller positions the antenna towards a plasma formation region in accordance with a specification for a plasma region for respective points in time t; establishes a driving sequence for the microwave oscillator based on the temperature state of the specified plasma; and drives the microwave oscillator according to the driving sequence. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186368 | IGNITION/ CHEMICAL REACTION PROMOTION/ FLAME HOLDING DEVICE, SPEED-TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND FURNACE - An ignition and chemical reaction accelerator and flame stabilizer and a high-performance speed-type internal combustion engine using this device are provided, whereby ignition and the spreading and holding of flames can be dramatically improved in a gas turbine, a ram machine, a rocket engine, or another speed-type internal combustion engine. An ignition and chemical reaction accelerator and flame stabilizer of a speed-type internal combustion engine comprises a spark plug ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100180871 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - There is provided an internal-combustion engine that allows plasma to be used safely, efficiently, and in a manner conducive to resource conservation. An internal-combustion engine having an intake valve for opening and closing a combustion chamber, the internal-combustion engine comprising a valve-driving mechanism for driving the intake valve; and a plasma-generating device positioned within a region containing gas used for combustion during a combustion stroke, the plasma-generating device being composed of an antenna and a microwave-generating device, wherein the plasma-generating device composed of the antenna and the microwave-generating device generates plasma at a timing intimately associated with a state of openness of the intake valve in response to the driving of the valve by the valve-driving mechanism. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100055001 | REACTION ANALYSIS APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention is capable of determining that a reaction region is in an abnormal reaction state precisely with high reproducibility, executing proper analysis processing in accordance with the determined state of the reaction region, and efficiently analyzing a characteristic of the reaction region. The present invention obtains intensity values of first and second wavelength components by measurement of light emitted from the reaction region with a spectrometer. A relative intensity calculator calculates relative intensity of the first wavelength component relative to the second wavelength component from the intensity values of the first and second wavelength components. The apparatus determines whether or not the calculated relative intensity is a value within a predetermined range. An output portion provides notification that the state of the reaction region is a predetermined state when it is determined that the relative intensity is within the predetermined range. | 03-04-2010 |
