Patents by Inventor Gentarou Takeda

Gentarou Takeda 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: 8480949
    Abstract: A gas-jet cooling apparatus for a continuous annealing furnace apparatus includes a plurality of tubular pressure headers extending in a width direction of a steel strip and having a length that is larger than a width of the steel strip, wherein the pressure headers are arranged to face each of front and back surfaces of the steel strip along a longitudinal direction of the steel strip at a pitch L; and a plurality of nozzles protruding from the pressure headers, wherein the nozzles are arranged along the width direction of the steel strip at a pitch W and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the steel strip in a staggered manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kobayashi, Gentarou Takeda, Hideyuki Takahashi, Masato Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20120205842
    Abstract: A gas jet cooling apparatus for a continuous annealing furnace apparatus includes a plurality of tubular pressure headers extending in a width direction of a steel strip and having a length that is larger than a width of the steel strip, wherein the pressure headers are arranged to face each of front and back surfaces of the steel strip along a longitudinal direction of the steel strip at a pitch L; and a plurality of nozzles protruding from the pressure headers, wherein the nozzles are arranged along the width direction of the steel strip at a pitch W and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the steel strip in a staggered manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kobayashi, Gentarou Takeda, Hideyuki Takahashi, Masato Sasaki