Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shikada

Hiroshi Shikada 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: 9335301
    Abstract: An ultrasonic testing equipment of the present invention includes: an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of transducers arranged along a predetermined annular curved surface; a transmission/reception control unit that causes at least two transducers selected from the plurality of the transducers to transmit the ultrasonic waves to and receive the same from the tubular test object and a ultrasonic testing waveform display unit which displays ultrasonic testing waveforms received by the selected transducers radially corresponding to the propagation directions of the ultrasonic waves transmitted from and received by the selected transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Yamano, Hiroshi Shikada, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20140060195
    Abstract: An ultrasonic testing equipment of the present invention includes: an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of transducers arranged along a predetermined annular curved surface; a transmission/reception control unit that causes at least two transducers selected from the plurality of the transducers to transmit the ultrasonic waves to and receive the same from the tubular test object and a ultrasonic testing waveform display unit which displays ultrasonic testing waveforms received by the selected transducers radially corresponding to the propagation directions of the ultrasonic waves transmitted from and received by the selected transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki YAMANO, Hiroshi Shikada, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8544329
    Abstract: An ultrasonic testing equipment includes an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of transducers arranged along a predetermined annular curved surface, a transmission/reception control unit that causes at least two transducers of the plurality of transducers to transmit the ultrasonic waves to and receive the same from a tubular test object and a ultrasonic testing waveform display unit which displays ultrasonic testing waveforms received by the selected transducers radially corresponding to the propagation directions of the ultrasonic waves transmitted from and received by the selected transducers. The waveform display unit displays the waveforms radially with a point of time corresponding to an echo on an incident point of the ultrasonic wave to the test object contained in the waveform as a beginning point and displays circles indicating points of time corresponding to the echo on the internal surface and/or the external surface of the test object around the beginning point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Yamano, Hiroshi Shikada, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20110088476
    Abstract: A ultrasound flaw probing device (100) is provided with a ultrasonic probe (1) with a plurality of vibrators (11) arranged along a predetermined circular curved surface, a transmission and reception control means (2) that selects at least two or more pieces of the vibrators to carry out the transmission and reception of a ultrasonic wave for inspecting a tubular subject member (P) to be probed, and a probing waveform display means (3) that radially displays a probing waveform received by the selected pieces of the vibrators arranged in accordance with propagation directions of the ultrasonic transmitted and received from the vibrators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Yamano, Hiroshi Shikada, Kenji Fujiwara