Patents by Inventor Shohei Takami

Shohei Takami 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: 20230360830
    Abstract: There is provided a superconducting electromagnet device which can suppress heat generation by an eddy current of a cooling sheet for cooling a superconducting coil to thereby cool the superconducting coil efficiently, and a cooling method thereof. The superconducting electromagnet device includes: a superconducting coil generating a magnetic field; a cooling mechanism cooling the superconducting coil; a radiation shield housing the superconducting coil thereinside to prevent heat intrusion from the outside; and a vacuum vessel for vacuum insulation which houses the radiation shield, wherein the cooling mechanism includes: a circumferential cooling unit having a plurality of strip-shaped circumferential cooling sheets arrayed each with an interval along a circumferential direction of the superconducting coil; and an axial cooling unit having a plurality of strip-shaped axial cooling sheets arrayed each with an interval along an axial direction of the superconducting coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki SAKAMOTO, Shohei TAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11482358
    Abstract: A control method for a superconducting magnet apparatus comprising steps of: causing a superconducting coil to transition to a superconductive state by causing a cooler to cool the superconducting coil to or below a critical temperature; supplying electric current to the superconducting coil, which has transitioned to the superconductive state, from an excitation power supply; starting a persistent current mode by stopping supply of the electric current; adjusting temperature of the superconducting coil to a specific temperature which is equal to or lower than the critical temperature and higher than a steady operation temperature; and starting a steady operation by cooling the superconducting coil to or below the steady operation temperature, after a specific condition for stabilizing a magnetic field of the superconducting coil is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Saki Amano, Shohei Takami
  • Patent number: 11359843
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a refrigeration system including detectors, each of which detects a phase indicative of a displacement of a displacer of each of cryogenic refrigerators; a processor that calculates an operation frequency of a motor of each of the cryogenic refrigerators, which is a frequency that suppresses oscillations or noises generated by reciprocating motions of the displacer of each of the cryogenic refrigerators, based on a detection result obtained by each of the detectors; and drivers, each of which drives the motor of each of the cryogenic refrigerators based on a calculation result obtained by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Nezuka, Shohei Takami, Tomofumi Orikasa
  • Publication number: 20190362874
    Abstract: A control method for a superconducting magnet apparatus comprising steps of: causing a superconducting coil to transition to a superconductive state by causing a cooler to cool the superconducting coil to or below a critical temperature; supplying electric current to the superconducting coil, which has transitioned to the superconductive state, from an excitation power supply; starting a persistent current mode by stopping supply of the electric current; adjusting temperature of the superconducting coil to a specific temperature which is equal to or lower than the critical temperature and higher than a steady operation temperature; and starting a steady operation by cooling the superconducting coil to or below the steady operation temperature, after a specific condition for stabilizing a magnetic field of the superconducting coil is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Saki AMANO, Shohei TAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180216853
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a refrigeration system including detectors, each of which detects a phase indicative of a displacement of a displacer of each of cryogenic refrigerators; a processor that calculates an operation frequency of a motor of each of the cryogenic refrigerators, which is a frequency that suppresses oscillations or noises generated by reciprocating motions of the displacer of each of the cryogenic refrigerators, based on a detection result obtained by each of the detectors; and drivers, each of which drives the motor of each of the cryogenic refrigerators based on a calculation result obtained by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Nezuka, Shohei Takami, Tomofumi Orikasa
  • Patent number: 9835702
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic field adjustment implement for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a magnetic field adjustment unit and a placing unit. The magnetic field adjustment unit is configured to improve a uniformity of a static magnetic field formed by a magnet of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The static magnetic field is formed under an influence of a circumstance in a shield room in which the magnet is placed. The magnetic field adjustment is placed outside the magnet. The placing unit is configured to place the magnetic field adjustment unit outside the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Takami, Yoshitomo Sakakura, Kazuto Nogami, Hidekazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8280468
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet device for a single crystal pulling apparatus is arranged outside a pulling furnace containing a crucible for melting a single crystal material therein so as to apply a magnetic field to the melted single crystal material. The superconducting magnet device for a single crystal pulling apparatus includes a cryostat containing a superconducting coil therein, and a refrigerator port arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the cryostat and provided with a cryogenic refrigerator that cools the superconducting coil. The cryogenic refrigerator is provided in a region of the outer surface region of the cryostat at which the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the superconducting coil is weak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shohei Takami, Tsutomu Shimonosono, Tomoko Ota, Yuuji Minemoto, Yoshifumi Nagamoto, Makoto Ushijima
  • Publication number: 20110077161
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet device for a single crystal pulling apparatus is arranged outside a pulling furnace containing a crucible for melting a single crystal material therein so as to apply a magnetic field to the melted single crystal material. The superconducting magnet device for a single crystal pulling apparatus includes a cryostat containing a superconducting coil therein, and a refrigerator port arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the cryostat and provided with a cryogenic refrigerator that cools the superconducting coil. The cryogenic refrigerator is provided in a region of the outer surface region of the cryostat at which the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the superconducting coil is weak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shohei Takami, Tsutomu Shimonosono, Tomoko Ota, Yuuji Minemoto, Yoshifumi Nagamoto, Makoto Ushijima