Patents by Inventor Zenshin Tani

Zenshin Tani 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: 5778034
    Abstract: This control rod drive limiter removes the need for piping for extraction drive, increases the reliability of linkage with respect to the control rod, and removes the need of a speed limiter for the control rod, since there is no need to assume that the linkage might be released, thus reducing the building costs.A stop piston 112 is disposed so as to cover a buffer piston 110 and a buffer spring 111 from above, rollers 113 are disposed above this stop piston 112, and the lower end of a piston tube 107 is fixed to a flange 103a in such a manner that the piston tube 107 does not move in the axial and peripheral directions. A collet piston 115, collet fingers 116, and a return spring 117 are disposed between an outer tube 104 and a cylinder tube 105. A guide cap 120 is disposed at the upper end of the outer tube 104. Guide grooves 106c that engage with the rollers 113 are provided in the index tube 106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Zenshin Tani