Patents by Inventor Noriaki Shimonabe

Noriaki Shimonabe 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: 9601221
    Abstract: An opening and closing device that opens and closes an access port opened from a substantially cylindrical working platform disposed inside a reactor vessel and used to access a nozzle stub of the reactor vessel from the inside of the working platform, the opening and closing device includes: a cover that is slidable along an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface of the working platform from a closing position where the access port is closed to an opening position where the access port is opened; and moving device for sliding the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugiura, Takumi Hori, Kenji Nishikawa, Ken Onishi, Noriaki Shimonabe, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Ikuo Wakamoto
  • Patent number: 9524803
    Abstract: A reactor vessel that performs work inside a nozzle stub of the reactor vessel, including a platform unit that is provided at an upper portion inside the reactor vessel and includes a substantially cylindrical side wall portion and a bottom portion blocking the lower end of the side wall portion; an access window that is provided at the side wall portion of the platform unit an access window moving device that opens and closes the access window; a working device; and a control device that is provided at the outside of the reactor vessel and controls the access window moving device and the working device, wherein the control device drives the access window moving device to open the access window, drives the working device to perform work inside the nozzle stub, and then drives the access window moving device to close the access window after the performance of the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugiura, Takumi Hori, Kenji Nishikawa, Ken Onishi, Noriaki Shimonabe, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Ikuo Wakamoto
  • Publication number: 20120027154
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nozzle stub working system for a reactor vessel that performs work inside a nozzle stub of the reactor vessel, the nozzle stub working system for the reactor vessel including: a platform unit that is provided at an upper portion inside the reactor vessel and includes a substantially cylindrical side wall portion and a bottom portion blocking the lower end of the side wall portion; an access window that is provided at the side wall portion of the platform unit to allow the inside of the platform unit to communicate with the nozzle stub; an access window moving device that opens and closes the access window; a working device that advances from the inside of the platform unit to the inside of the nozzle stub to perform work inside the nozzle stub; and a control device that is provided at the outside of the reactor vessel and controls the access window moving device and the working device, wherein the control device drives the access window moving device to open the access window, drives the workin
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugiura, Takumi Hori, Kenji Nishikawa, Ken Onishi, Noriaki Shimonabe, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Ikuo Wakamoto
  • Publication number: 20120027153
    Abstract: An opening and closing device that opens and closes an access port opened from a substantially cylindrical working platform disposed inside a reactor vessel and used to access a nozzle stub of the reactor vessel from the inside of the working platform, the opening and closing device includes: a cover that is slidable along an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface of the working platform from a closing position where the access port is closed to an opening position where the access port is opened; and moving device for sliding the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugiura, Takumi Hori, Kenji Nishikawa, Ken Onishi, Noriaki Shimonabe, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Ikuo Wakamoto