Patents by Inventor Ganji Abe

Ganji Abe 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).

  • Closed vessel for radioactive substance, seal-welding method for closed vessel, and exhaust system used for seal-welding method
    Patent number: 6990166
    Abstract: A primary lid is set in a top opening of a vessel body that contains radioactive substance, and closes the top opening. The peripheral edge portion of the primary lid is welded to the inner peripheral surface of the vessel body. As the primary lid is welded, steam in the vessel body is discharged to the outside through a discharge hole in the primary lid, and a shield gas is filled into or run through a space in the outer peripheral portion of the primary lid, so as to prevent the steam from flowing into the welding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsunaga, Ganji Abe, Kazuo Murakami, Koichi Ue, Takashi Shige, Etsuryo Kita, Shizuo Inoue, Tsuneo Mandai
  • CLOSED VESSEL FOR RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE, SEAL-WELDING METHOD FOR CLOSED VESSEL, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM USED FOR SEAL-WELDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20050105673
    Abstract: A primary lid is set in a top opening of a vessel body that contains radioactive substance, and closes the top opening. The peripheral edge portion of the primary lid is welded to the inner peripheral surface of the vessel body. As the primary lid is welded, steam in the vessel body is discharged to the outside through a discharge hole in the primary lid, and a shield gas is filled into or run through a space in the outer peripheral portion of the primary lid, so as to prevent the steam from flowing into the welding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsunaga, Ganji Abe, Kazuo Murakami, Koichi Ue, Takashi Shige, Etsuryo Kita, Shizuo Inoue, Tsuneo Mandai
  • Closed vessel for radioactive substance, seal-welding method for closed vessel, and exhaust system used for seal-welding method
    Patent number: 6671344
    Abstract: A primary lid is set in a top opening of a vessel body that contains radioactive substance, and closes the top opening. The peripheral edge portion of the primary lid is welded to the inner peripheral surface of the vessel body. As the primary lid is welded, steam in the vessel body is discharged to the outside through a discharge hole in the primary lid, and a shield gas is filled into or run through a space in the outer peripheral portion of the primary lid, so as to prevent the steam from flowing into the welding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsunaga, Ganji Abe, Kazuo Murakami, Koichi Ue, Takashi Shige, Etsuryo Kita, Shizuo Inoue, Tsuneo Mandai
  • Storage container, storage container refilling system, and refilling method
    Patent number: 6538259
    Abstract: A container body of a concrete cask includes a storage portion that stores a canister. A refilling system includes a reduction cylinder having an outside diameter smaller than the diameter of the storage portion and an inside diameter larger than the diameter of the canister, a first lift mechanism configured to raise and lower the reduction cylinder between a down position in the storage portion and an up position wherein it is drawn out of the storage portion, and a second lift mechanism having a holding portion for holding one end portion of the canister and configured to raise and lower the canister with respect to the container body. In refilling operations, the canister is loaded into and unloaded from the storage portion of the container body by the second lift mechanism with the reduction cylinder set in the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsunaga, Ganji Abe, Kazuo Murakami, Kazuo Asada, Tadashi Shiraishi, Shigeru Kunishima
  • STORAGE CONTAINER, STORAGE CONTAINER REFILLING SYSTEM, AND REFILLING METHOD
    Publication number: 20030028065
    Abstract: A container body of a concrete cask includes a storage portion that stores a canister. A refilling system includes a reduction cylinder having an outside diameter smaller than the diameter of the storage portion and an inside diameter larger than the diameter of the canister, a first lift mechanism configured to raise and lower the reduction cylinder between a down position in the storage portion and an up position wherein it is drawn out of the storage portion, and a second lift mechanism having a holding portion for holding one end portion of the canister and configured to raise and lower the canister with respect to the container body. In refilling operations, the canister is loaded into and unloaded from the storage portion of the container body by the second lift mechanism with the reduction cylinder set in the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsunaga, Ganji Abe, Kazuo Murakami, Kazuo Asada, Tadashi Shiraishi, Shigeru Kunishima
  • Closed vessel for radioactive substance, seal-welding method for closed vessel, and exhaust system used for seal-welding method
    Publication number: 20030002614
    Abstract: A primary lid is set in a top opening of a vessel body that contains radioactive substance, and closes the top opening. The peripheral edge portion of the primary lid is welded to the inner peripheral surface of the vessel body. As the primary lid is welded, steam in the vessel body is discharged to the outside through a discharge hole in the primary lid, and a shield gas is filled into or run through a space in the outer peripheral portion of the primary lid, so as to prevent the steam from flowing into the welding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsunaga, Ganji Abe, Kazuo Murakami, Koichi Ue, Takashi Shige, Etsuryo Kita, Shizuo Inoue, Tsuneo Mandai