Patents by Inventor Ami Ueda

Ami Ueda 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: 9377360
    Abstract: A device is provided with a measurement window, which is provided in a heat treat furnace and which permits direct visual observation of a surface to be measured of a heat-treated workpiece, and a temperature sensor, which is provided outside the measurement window and which is capable of carrying out noncontact measurement of the surface temperature of the surface to be measured through the measurement window. The temperature sensor has a measurement wavelength range in which the absorptivity by water is low (e.g., 1.95 ?m to 2.5 ?m). Further, the measurement window is composed of a window material having a high transmittance in the measurement wavelength range (e.g., germanium).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo, Ami Ueda
  • Patent number: 9359654
    Abstract: The mist cooling apparatus (3) includes: a cooling system (30) which includes a nozzle (35, 35A) that sprays cooling liquid in a form of a mist onto a treatment object which has been heated and provided in a cooling furnace (10), and a pump (33) that is driven by a drive source and thereby makes the cooling liquid flow toward the nozzle (35, 35A); and a second cooling system (40) which operates in response to a stoppage of the drive source, and thereby cools the treatment object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, IHI MACHINERY AND FURNACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katsumata, Ami Ueda, Shinya Kudo, Takahisa Shimada
  • Patent number: 9187795
    Abstract: The invention adopts a mist cooling apparatus (3) that cools a heated treated subject M by spraying a cooling mist thereto, the mist cooling apparatus including: a first nozzle (35) that sprays a cooling mist; and a second nozzle (45) that sprays a cooling mist having a particle diameter smaller than the particle diameter of the cooling mist sprayed from the first nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, IHI MACHINERY AND FURNACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katsumata, Ami Ueda, Shinya Kudo, Takahisa Shimada
  • Publication number: 20140044148
    Abstract: A device is provided with a measurement window, which is provided in a heat treat furnace and which permits direct visual observation of a surface to be measured of a heat-treated workpiece, and a temperature sensor, which is provided outside the measurement window and which is capable of carrying out noncontact measurement of the surface temperature of the surface to be measured through the measurement window. The temperature sensor has a measurement wavelength range in which the absorptivity by water is low (e.g., 1.95 ?m to 2.5 ?m). Further, the measurement window is composed of a window material having a high transmittance in the measurement wavelength range (e.g., germanium).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd., IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko KATSUMATA, Junji INOUE, Takahisa SHIMADA, Shinya KUDO, Ami UEDA
  • Publication number: 20130032977
    Abstract: The mist cooling apparatus (3) includes: a cooling system (30) which includes a nozzle (35, 35A) that sprays cooling liquid in a form of a mist onto a treatment object which has been heated and provided in a cooling furnace (10), and a pump (33) that is driven by a drive source and thereby makes the cooling liquid flow toward the nozzle (35, 35A); and a second cooling system (40) which operates in response to a stoppage of the drive source, and thereby cools the treatment object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katsumata, Ami Ueda, Shinya Kudo, Takahisa Shimada
  • Publication number: 20120242014
    Abstract: The invention adopts a mist cooling apparatus (3) that cools a heated treated subject M by spraying a cooling mist thereto, the mist cooling apparatus including: a first nozzle (35) that sprays a cooling mist; and a second nozzle (45) that sprays a cooling mist having a particle diameter smaller than the particle diameter of the cooling mist sprayed from the first nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katsumata, Ami Ueda, Shinya Kudo, Takahisa Shimada
  • Patent number: D658279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ami Ueda, Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo
  • Patent number: D659230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ami Ueda, Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo
  • Patent number: D659231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ami Ueda, Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo