Patents by Inventor Kinjiro Kobayashi

Kinjiro Kobayashi 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: 6138514
    Abstract: A tube flaw detecting method detects a flaw portion in a heat exchanger tube constituting a boiler furnace wall using two probes, enabling one to carry out appropriate inspection work with a high efficiency. A transmitter probe and a receiver probe are juxtaposed in a circumferential direction, and an ultrasonic wave is transmitted from the transmitter probe to propagate. Repeated reflections occur at a tube inner surface and tube outer surface, and the wave is reflected at a crack extending in the circumferential direction to return, propagating likewise to be received by the receiver probe so that existence of the crack is confirmed. Thus, inspection work for a crack can be done with certainty with a simple arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Shin-Nippon Nondestructive Inspection Co., Kyusyugiken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Iwamoto, Kiyotaka Aoki, Hironori Ishii, Shinichi Tsuji, Kinjiro Kobayashi