Patents by Inventor Juichiro YAMADA

Juichiro YAMADA 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).

  • Publication number: 20170247877
    Abstract: A method for constructing a double-shell-structured cylindrical tank having an inner tank and an outer tank includes: a step of, inside the outer tank, assembling a first structure of the inner tank excluding a lowermost level of the inner tank by alternately and repeatedly performing raising of an inner tank lateral plate using a jack-up unit and attaching of a next inner tank lateral plate below the raised inner tank lateral plate; a step of assembling a second structure serving as the lowermost level of the inner tank on an annular portion provided on a base portion of the outer tank and configured to support the inner tank; and a step of assembling the inner tank by joining the first structure and the second structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Juichiro YAMADA, Shigeki KATO
  • Patent number: 9664338
    Abstract: When manufacturing a low-temperature tank (1), a plurality of unit tanks (10) that are able to be connected together by mutually different objects, and that are each capable of storing low-temperature liquefied gas are manufactured in a factory that is distant from a construction site. The unit tanks (10) are then transported to the construction site, and an inner tank (2) is then assembled at the construction site by connecting together the plurality of unit tanks (10). An outer tank (3) is then formed around the inner tank (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Moriki Hata, Juichiro Yamada, Michitaka Furikoma, Masahiko Sugitani
  • Patent number: 9556607
    Abstract: There is provided a method for constructing a cylindrical tank, including the step of assembling a metal inner tank by individually and sequentially conducting, on an internal side of a PC wall, raising of an inner tank lateral plate by a jack-up unit and welding of a next-stage inner tank lateral plate onto a lower section of the raised inner tank lateral plate, further including the step of installing a guide pair configured to sandwich the raised inner tank lateral plate onto the next-stage inner tank lateral plate that is to be welded therebeneath. As a result, in the case of adopting the jack-up construction system, it is possible to prevent an inner tank lateral plate from being attached next from falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juichiro Yamada, Shigeki Kato
  • Publication number: 20160083957
    Abstract: There is provided a method for constructing a cylindrical tank, including the step of assembling a metal inner tank by individually and sequentially conducting, on an internal side of a PC wall, raising of an inner tank lateral plate by a jack-up unit and welding of a next-stage inner tank lateral plate onto a lower section of the raised inner tank lateral plate, further including the step of installing a guide pair configured to sandwich the raised inner tank lateral plate onto the next-stage inner tank lateral plate that is to be welded therebeneath. As a result, in the case of adopting the jack-up construction system, it is possible to prevent an inner tank lateral plate from being attached next from falling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Juichiro YAMADA, Shigeki KATO
  • Publication number: 20140103046
    Abstract: When manufacturing a low-temperature tank (1), a plurality of unit tanks (10) that are able to be connected together by mutually different objects, and that are each capable of storing low-temperature liquefied gas are manufactured in a factory that is distant from a construction site. The unit tanks (10) are then transported to the construction site, and an inner tank (2) is then assembled at the construction site by connecting together the plurality of unit tanks (10). An outer tank (3) is then formed around the inner tank (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Moriki HATA, Juichiro YAMADA, Michitaka FURIKOMA, Masahiko SUGITANI