Patents by Inventor Akihiko Chiba

Akihiko Chiba 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: 5209645
    Abstract: A gas turbine bucket and a gas turbine nozzle applied with a ceramic coating comprises a base material of the bucket and the nozzle made of a heat resisting alloy; a plurality of coating layers for the front portion consisting of, a mixture layer which comprises a ceramic material and metal and which is formed on the base material, an alloy layer which comprises an alloy material exhibiting excellent resistance to high temperature oxidation and corrosion and which is formed on the mixture layer, and a ceramic layer which comprises ceramic material and formed on the alloy layer. Such ceramic coating has a satisfactory thermal barrier effect on the base material of the gas turbine bucket and nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kojima, Akira Mebata, Noriyuki Ohnaka, Akihiko Chiba, Ryoichiro Ohoshima, Norio Watanabe, Yukiyoshi Hara
  • Patent number: 4966820
    Abstract: A ceramic-coated heat resisting alloy member comprises a base metal mainly composed of at least one of nickel, cobalt and iron; a mixture layer which is deposited on the external surface of the base metal and which comprises a ceramics and a metal; an alloy layer which is formed between the mixture layer and a ceramic coating layer formed as an outermost layer and which comprises an alloy material exhibiting excellent resistance to high temperature oxidation and excellent resistance to high temperature corrosion. It is therefore possible to prevent any high temperature oxidation and high temperature corrosion of the mixture layer and to enable the mixture layer to have a satisfactory function of reducing the thermal stress produced between the ceramic coating layer and the base metal. The ceramic coating thus has a satisfactory thermal barrier effect on the base metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kojima, Akira Mebata, Akihiko Chiba, Ryoichiro Ohoshima, Norio Watanabe, Yukiyoshi Hara
  • Patent number: 4897933
    Abstract: A tableware drying machine, comprising a drying tank accommodated in a drying machine housing and a container frame for receiving a tableware container, the frame being connected with a motor means installed in the drying tank and rotated at high speed, and the container containing tableware such as a spoon which has been washed with hot water, wherein the container frame is rotated at high speed to dry the tableware by means of centrifugal force, and a forced air stream is generated such that the container frame and container rotating at high speed function themselves as a centrifugal fan that takes in air through air intake holes provided in an opening-and-closing lid of the drying tank, directs the air towards the center of the drying tank, and discharges the air through outlet openings provided in the upper periphery of the drying tank to make the air entrain moisture in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Ito, Akihiko Chiba, Masuo Oku, Hitoshi Komada
  • Patent number: 4584741
    Abstract: A clasping device which has a main assembly including a body, and a lever connected by means of links. A first hook is connected with the body, while a second hook is connected with the lever by means of a strap. The strap can be tightened and loosened by rotating the lever between the release and tightening positions. The body has a claw member for temporarily holding the tightened strap. Therefore, by utilizing the claw member, the lever can be repeatedly operated in order to increasingly tighten the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Ryusyo Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kawahara, Akihiko Chiba