Patents by Inventor Chikara MOROOKA

Chikara MOROOKA 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: 10234374
    Abstract: A method is used for selecting a boundary sample. The method includes acquiring a deterioration trend of a new device by performing a deterioration acceleration treatment to the new device, acquiring deterioration trends of a plurality of repaired devices which have been repaired after long-term use by performing a deterioration acceleration treatment to the plurality of repaired devices, calculating an upper limit of deterioration of the repaired device based on the deterioration trend of the new device, and selecting a boundary sample indicating a limit state in which the device can be reused as a standard of reuse of the device by specifying a repaired device having the largest deterioration among the repaired devices having a deterioration not larger than the upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Noboru Kobayashi, Tamotsu Ogawa, Chikara Morooka, Yuki Matsuoka, Hideharu Oniki
  • Patent number: 10215549
    Abstract: A method for measuring a deflection amount of a columnar structure includes the following steps. The method includes placing a longitudinal direction of a columnar structure in a direction parallel to a ground to place the columnar structure on a support member that supports the columnar structure such that the columnar structure is rotatable around an axis in the longitudinal direction; determining that the columnar structure placed has stopped rotating under its own weight around the axis; and measuring, after the stop of the rotation is determined, measuring a distance in a vertical direction between a straight line connecting both ends in the longitudinal direction of the columnar structure and a curved line along a shape in the longitudinal direction of the columnar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuuji Tagawa, Kazunari Kashima, Chikara Morooka, Hideharu Oniki, Yuya Niidome, Makoto Koide, Teppei Kishida, Takeya Nakajima, Hiroyuki Abe, Hideharu Osoguchi
  • Publication number: 20170185971
    Abstract: A facility maintenance method updates, in a case where an event having occurred in a facility is determined to fall outside a fault tree, the fault tree such that a cause of occurrence of the event identified through investigation is reflected, and in response to the identified cause of occurrence of the event, identifies a location where a structural element of equipment/material identified to relate to the cause of occurrence of the event is used, based on installation information indicating a location where the equipment/material is installed, to formulate an inspection plan for the identified location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Shinichi MASUKO, Tadayuki SAITOU, Motohiro ISHIKAWA, Yasuteru FUKUSHIMA, Kazunari KASHIMA, Chikara MOROOKA, Kazuhiro FUTAKAWA, Norihiro KUSAKA, Hideki ENDOU, Takashi KANAI
  • Publication number: 20170185427
    Abstract: A reuse support system is provided. The system includes an acquisitor which acquires skill data of workers, a grantor which grants a work license to the workers based on the acquired skill data of the workers and stores the granted work license for each of the workers in a storage, and a provider which reads the work license from the storage in response to authentication operation of the workers and provides an image according to the read work license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Takao HIRAI, Tamotsu OGAWA, Chikara MOROOKA, Sumio ENOMOTO, Yuki MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20170186145
    Abstract: A method is used for determining reusability. The method includes receiving image data of a boundary sample and repairing method data corresponding to the image data from a database using a terminal; outputting the image data of the boundary sample for each reuse form of the device and the repairing method data using an output device; and determining whether to repair and reuse a used device by comparing a state of the recovered device with the output image of the boundary sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuuji TAGAWA, Kazunari KASHIMA, Chikara MOROOKA, Akira KIDA, Tsutomu OOSHIMA, Fumiyasu AONO, Takahito TOMIHARI, Hideharu ONIKI, Akihiko KATAOKA, Takehisa ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170184487
    Abstract: A method is used for selecting a boundary sample. The method includes acquiring a deterioration trend of a new device by performing a deterioration acceleration treatment to the new device, acquiring deterioration trends of a plurality of repaired devices which have been repaired after long-term use by performing a deterioration acceleration treatment to the plurality of repaired devices, calculating an upper limit of deterioration of the repaired device based on the deterioration trend of the new device, and selecting a boundary sample indicating a limit state in which the device can be reused as a standard of reuse of the device by specifying a repaired device having the largest deterioration among the repaired devices having a deterioration not larger than the upper limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporate d
    Inventors: Noboru KOBAYASHI, Tamotsu OGAWA, Chikara MOROOKA, Yuki MATSUOKA, Hideharu ONIKI
  • Publication number: 20170182519
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a regenerated product includes a selection step for selecting a recovered regeneration object based on a first evaluation standard indicating a state of a surface of the regeneration object, a rust-removing step for performing a rust-removing treatment to the regeneration object selected by the selection step, and a judgement step for judging whether to terminate the rust-removing treatment in the rust-removing step based on a second evaluation standard indicating the state of the surface of the regeneration object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Noboru KOBAYASHI, Tamotsu OGAWA, Chikara MOROOKA, Yuki NOMOTO, Kazuhiro ENDO, Kenji FUKASHIRO, Motoyoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170185426
    Abstract: A reuse support system of an embodiment includes a display controller which displays, on a display, an image including an image of a boundary sample which serves as a reference for reuse of a facility in response to operation of a worker, an acceptor which accepts selection of a reuse mode of the facility, and a manager which manages a delivery destination of the facility based at least in part on the reuse mode of the facility selected by the acceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Noboru KOBAYASHI, Tamotsu OGAWA, Chikara MOROOKA, Yuki MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20170184386
    Abstract: A method for measuring a deflection amount of a columnar structure includes the following steps. The method includes placing a longitudinal direction of a columnar structure in a direction parallel to a ground to place the columnar structure on a support member that supports the columnar structure such that the columnar structure is rotatable around an axis in the longitudinal direction; determining that the columnar structure placed has stopped rotating under its own weight around the axis; and measuring, after the stop of the rotation is determined, measuring a distance in a vertical direction between a straight line connecting both ends in the longitudinal direction of the columnar structure and a curved line along a shape in the longitudinal direction of the columnar structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuuji TAGAWA, Kazunari KASHIMA, Chikara MOROOKA, Hideharu ONIKI, Yuya NIIDOME, Makoto KOIDE, Teppei KISHIDA, Takeya NAKAJIMA, Hiroyuki ABE, Hideharu OSOGUCHI