Patents by Inventor Masanori Futai

Masanori Futai 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: 9897501
    Abstract: A flange fastening skill determination apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive output signals from respective tightening force detectors when a testee tightens a plurality of bolts for connecting flanges together, the tightening force detectors corresponding to the plurality of respective bolts; a measurer configured to obtain measurement results indicating transition of change in each of the output signals from a start to an end of tightening a corresponding bolt; a calculator configured to obtain a first calculation result indicating variation among output signal values during the tightening, a second calculation result indicating variation among output signal values at a time of completion of the tightening, and a third calculation result indicating a degree of tightening force of each of the plurality of bolts at the time of completion; and a determiner configured to determine a skill level of the testee based on the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Futai
  • Publication number: 20170082510
    Abstract: A flange fastening skill determination apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive output signals from respective tightening force detectors when a testee tightens a plurality of bolts for connecting flanges together, the tightening force detectors corresponding to the plurality of respective bolts; a measurer configured to obtain measurement results indicating transition of change in each of the output signals from a start to an end of tightening a corresponding bolt; a calculator configured to obtain a first calculation result indicating variation among output signal values during the tightening, a second calculation result indicating variation among output signal values at a time of completion of the tightening, and a third calculation result indicating a degree of tightening force of each of the plurality of bolts at the time of completion; and a determiner configured to determine a skill level of the testee based on the results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Masanori Futai
  • Patent number: 6871858
    Abstract: A shaft sealing apparatus is provided which can easily be assembled and arranged to prevent leakage of a dope from an acetylator or the like system. A screw sleeve having a spiral groove provided in the outer side thereof is mounted on rotary shaft adjacent to a location where the rotary shaft extends through a housing. As the screw sleeve rotates together with the rotary shaft, it can return back the dope into the housing thus providing a sealing effect. The screw sleeve includes six segments fabricated by separating circumferentially into two and axially into three. The six segments are jointed together to assemble a generally cylindrical structure on the rotary shaft. The assembling process can be conducted from two radial directions on the rotary shaft between the housing and each bearing unit supporting the rotary shaft without disassembling the bearing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Futai
  • Publication number: 20040119243
    Abstract: A shaft sealing apparatus is provided which can easily be assembled and arranged to prevent leakage of a dope from an acetylator or the like system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Masanori Futai