Patents by Inventor Noriaki Tsutsui

Noriaki Tsutsui 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: 9268045
    Abstract: A neutron detector with a unique neutron detecting element is disclosed. The neutron detecting element has an inner cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body including a ZnS phosphor, and a neutron converter material which contains 6Li or 10B is arranged outside of the cylindrical substrate; a scintillator fluorescence detection body made by placing coiled wavelength shift fibers where two wavelength shift fibers are wound in parallel along the cylindrical substrate on said inner cylindrical neutron scintillator; and an outer cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body is arranged inside of the cylindrical substrate, the outer cylindrical neutron scintillator being arranged on the scintillator fluorescence detection body. The fluorescence signals converted into pulse signals by two optical detectors are led to a coincidence circuit, and when two fluorescence signals are measured simultaneously during the predetermined period of time, a neutron signal is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Chichibu Fuji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Tsutsui, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaki Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20150097122
    Abstract: A neutron detector with a unique neutron detecting element is disclosed. The neutron detecting element has an inner cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body including a ZnS phosphor, and a neutron converter material which contains 6Li or 10B is arranged outside of the cylindrical substrate; a scintillator fluorescence detection body made by placing coiled wavelength shift fibers where two wavelength shift fibers are wound in parallel along the cylindrical substrate on said inner cylindrical neutron scintillator; and an outer cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body is arranged inside of the cylindrical substrate, the outer cylindrical neutron scintillator being arranged on the scintillator fluorescence detection body. The fluorescence signals converted into pulse signals by two optical detectors are led to a coincidence circuit, and when two fluorescence signals are measured simultaneously during the predetermined period of time, a neutron signal is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Noriaki Tsutsui, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaki Katagiri
  • Patent number: 8993973
    Abstract: In a lattice-like pixel structure in which reflecting plates that reflect a fluorescent light from a fluorescent material-based neutron detecting sheet are arranged along vertical and horizontal axes at a regular interval, a lattice-like fluorescent light detecting member is provided, in which grooves may be formed at an upper half position of the vertical axis direction reflecting plate and at a center position in a vertical axis interval for accommodating a wavelength shifting fiber for vertical axis detection and at a lower half position of the horizontal axis direction reflecting plate and at a center position in a horizontal axis interval for accommodating a wavelength shifting fiber for horizontal axis detection; and a fluorescent material-based neutron detecting sheet is arranged only at a front surface or at both of a front surface and a back surface of the lattice-like fluorescent light detecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Chichibu Fuji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Masaki Katagiri, Noriaki Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 8822943
    Abstract: A neutron detector without 3He gas, provided with a translucent type plate neutron scintillator having the structure capable to emit fluorescence from double-sides; the neutron scintillator is composed of ZnS fluorescent substance and a neutron converter which contains 6Li or 10B, and arranged at an angle of 45 degrees from the neutrons which are incident in parallel all together, inside of a cylindrical detector housing with the circular or square section where the specular reflector with the reflectance of 90% or more is arranged internally, and the fluorescence emitted when the neutron enters the scintillator is detected by two photo multipliers arranged on both sides, and signals output from these two photo multipliers are processed to be taken out as a neutron signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Horshin Electronics Co., Ltd., Chichibu Fuji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Masaki Katagiri, Masumi Ebine, Atsushi Birumachi, Akira Ohzu, Yutaka Yoribayashi, Noriaki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20140021359
    Abstract: A neutron detector without 3He gas, provided with a translucent type plate neutron scintillator having the structure capable to emit fluorescence from double-sides; the neutron scintillator is composed of ZnS fluorescent substance and a neutron converter which contains 6Li or 10B, and arranged at an angle of 45 degrees from the neutrons which are incident in parallel all together, inside of a cylindrical detector housing with the circular or square section where the specular reflector with the reflectance of 90% or more is arranged internally, and the fluorescence emitted when the neutron enters the scintillator is detected by two photo multipliers arranged on both sides, and signals output from these two photo multipliers are processed to be taken out as a neutron signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Masaki KATAGIRI, Masumi EBINE, Atsushi BIRUMACHI, Akira OHZU, Yutaka YORIBAYASHI, Noriaki TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20120280132
    Abstract: In a lattice-like pixel structure in which a reflecting plate that reflects a fluorescent light from a fluorescent material-based neutron detecting sheet is arranged along a vertical axis at a regular interval, and a reflecting plate that reflects a fluorescent light is arranged along a horizontal axis at a regular interval and at a right angle with respect to a series of fluorescent plates formed arranged along the vertical axis, a lattice-like fluorescent light detecting member is formed by providing such a structure that a groove may be formed at upper half position of the vertical axis direction reflecting plate and at a center position in a vertical axis interval for accommodating a wavelength shifting fiber for vertical axis detection for detecting the fluorescent light, and a groove may be formed at lower half position of the horizontal axis direction reflecting plate and at a center position in a horizontal axis interval for accommodating a wavelength shifting fiber for horizontal axis detection for d
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: CHICHIBU FUJI CO., LTD., JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Masaki Katagiri, Noriaki Tsutsui