Shunta Furukawa

Title: Shunta Furukawa and His Flow-Measurement Inventions.

Introduction

Shunta Furukawa is an inventor associated with Kyoto, Japan. His patent work includes technologies for measuring fluid flow, with attention to corrosive fluids and temperature-related measurement accuracy. He is credited with 2 patents.

Latest Patents

Furukawa’s listed patents include “Coriolis Mass Flowmeter with No Risk of Metal Ion Elution.” The invention describes a Coriolis mass flowmeter designed for measuring corrosive fluids while avoiding metal-ion elution. Its tube, supports, and frames are made from a highly elastic plastic material. Vibration detectors measure the tube’s motion, and the fluid’s mass flow rate is determined from the phase shift between their detected vibration waveforms.

His other listed patent, “Flow Measurement Device,” concerns a device that uses a bluff body to generate Karman vortices in a measuring pipe. A piezoelectric element senses changes in the vortices, while a downstream temperature sensor measures fluid temperature. The device can correct the flow-rate measurement by relating the vortex-shedding frequency at the measured temperature to the frequency at a reference temperature.

Career Highlights

Furukawa has been associated with Kofloc Corp. and Alphitechnology Co., Ltd. His listed inventions address practical challenges in flow measurement, including compatibility with corrosive fluids and correction for temperature-dependent changes.

Collaborations

His listed coworkers include Keiji Kido and Kota Tanaka. Their names are associated with the professional context provided for Furukawa’s work.

Conclusion

Shunta Furukawa’s patent portfolio focuses on flow-measurement devices, combining material choices and sensing methods to address corrosion risks and temperature effects.