Patents by Inventor Shozo Kishi

Shozo Kishi 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: 9659112
    Abstract: There are provided a pipeline structure and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that supports the design of the pipeline structure. The pipeline structure includes two collars and a plurality of short pipes. The plurality of short pipes are connected by joint structures. Two collars are arranged to sandwich a zone where a fault displacement is expected to occur, and thereby, a ground displacement in the pipe axis direction is dealt with (absorbed). The plurality of short pipes are connected by the larger number of joints than the number of joints in the case of arranging a long pipe. By increasing the number of joints, it becomes easier to deal with (absorb) a ground displacement in the direction perpendicular to a pipe axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Shogo Kaneko, Keita Oda
  • Patent number: 9488300
    Abstract: An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Takashi Yokomizo, Yoshinori Itani, Takaaki Kagawa, Kohei Ikeda, Shogo Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20160290540
    Abstract: A pipe joint structure provided with: a heel section configured so that a spigot formed on the end section of a pipe is inserted via a seal member into a socket formed in the end section of another pipe and seal member is fitted to a recessed section formed on the inner circumferential section of the socket; and a valve section compressed between the inner circumferential surface of the socket and the outer circumferential surface of the spigot. Additionally, a marker member is provided to the heel section that is accommodated in the recessed section. The socket circumference section of the pipe joint structure is subjected to non-contact inspection by a marker detection device from the spigot-side pipe along the axial direction of the pipe and the quality of the joining state of the pipe joint structure is determined on the basis of whether the marker member is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo KISHI, Takaaki KAGAWA, Keita ODA, Yuito KOMARU
  • Publication number: 20160102792
    Abstract: An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Takashi Yokomizo, Yoshinori Itani, Takaaki Kagawa, Kohei Ikeda, Shogo Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20160102790
    Abstract: An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Takashi Yokomizo, Yoshinori Itani, Takaaki Kagawa, Kohei Ikeda, Shogo Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20150362103
    Abstract: There are provided a pipeline structure and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that supports the design of the pipeline structure. The pipeline structure includes two collars and a plurality of short pipes. The plurality of short pipes are connected by joint structures. Two collars are arranged to sandwich a zone where a fault displacement is expected to occur, and thereby, a ground displacement in the pipe axis direction is dealt with (absorbed). The plurality of short pipes are connected by the larger number of joints than the number of joints in the case of arranging a long pipe. By increasing the number of joints, it becomes easier to deal with (absorb) a ground displacement in the direction perpendicular to a pipe axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Shozo KISHI, Shogo KANEKO, Keita ODA
  • Publication number: 20150292656
    Abstract: A first projection is formed on the outer periphery of a bulb part, a second projection is formed on the socket rear end of the bulb part, a tapered part is formed with a decreasing diameter from the inner periphery of a heel part to the inner periphery of the second projection, and a third projection is formed on the tapered part. A first dimension B from the first projection to the third projection in an inclination direction opposite to an inclination direction G of the tapered part is smaller than a second dimension C from the first projection to the second projection in a radial direction A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo KISHI, Takaaki KAGAWA, Keita ODA, Kazuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20140203554
    Abstract: An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Takashi Yokomizo, Yoshinori Itani, Takaaki Kagawa, Kohei Ikeda, Shogo Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140035282
    Abstract: An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Takashi Yokomizo, Yoshinori Itani, Takaaki Kagawa, Kohei Ikeda, Shogo Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8573654
    Abstract: An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Yoshinori Itani, Kohei Ikeda, Takashi Yokomizo, Takaaki Kagawa
  • Publication number: 20110278835
    Abstract: An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Shozo Kishi, Yoshinori Itani, Kohei Ikeda, Takashi Yokomizo, Takaaki Kagawa, Shogo Kaneko, Hiroyasu Oohama, Hiroaki Shimizu, Goro Funahashi