Patents by Inventor Fumiaki Inoue

Fumiaki Inoue 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: 9029796
    Abstract: A drift tube manufacturing method and a drift tube which can reduce cost while securing an adequate level of particle beam focusing performance. The method includes: a magnet housing stage of housing a predetermined number of permanent magnets in a housing, which has a through-hole at a center part and an annular magnet housing space on an outer circumferential side of the through-hole; a welding stage of setting a lid for covering the opening part on the opening part; and welding the lid and the housing by laser beam welding. At least a surface of the housing and a surface of the lid are formed of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Okihira, Kyusaku Higa, Fumiaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8957348
    Abstract: A welding equipment that forms an end part includes a vacuum chamber; a holding member that is installed in the vacuum chamber and that holds the end part in which a welding groove is formed by placing a half cell, an end plate, and a beam pipe next to each other; a window that is installed in a top-end surface portion of the vacuum chamber, which intersects with an axial center of the end part, and that forms a portion thereof; a laser radiating head that is installed outside the vacuum chamber and that radiates a laser beam into an internal space of the end part through the window; and a mirror member that is installed in the internal space of the end part and that adjusts a reflected laser beam, formed by reflecting the laser beam, so as to be oriented perpendicular to the welding groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuya Sennyu, Shuho Tsubota, Fumiaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8872446
    Abstract: A welding method of welding a cylindrical stiffening member to an outer circumference of a superconducting accelerator tube body uses a laser beam in a process of manufacturing a superconducting accelerator tube. The laser beam is configured such that a distribution profile of energy density on an irradiated face to which the laser beam is irradiated is a Gaussian distribution profile having a peak section, and the energy density of the peak section is 5.8×105 W/cm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuho Tsubota, Katsuya Sennyu, Fumiaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140132374
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drift tube manufacturing method and a drift tube which can reduce cost while securing an adequate level of particle beam focusing performance. The method includes: a magnet housing stage of housing a predetermined number of permanent magnets in a housing, which has a through-hole at a center part and an annular magnet housing space on an outer circumferential side of the through-hole, from an opening part of the magnet housing space into the magnet housing space; a welding stage of setting a lid for covering the opening part on the opening part, and welding the lid and the housing by laser beam welding. At least a surface of the housing and a surface of the lid are formed of copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori OKIHIRA, Kyusaku HIGA, Fumiaki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20130026142
    Abstract: A welding equipment that forms an end part includes a vacuum chamber; a holding member that is installed in the vacuum chamber and that holds the end part in which a welding groove is formed by placing a half cell, an end plate, and a beam pipe next to each other; a window that is installed in a top-end surface portion of the vacuum chamber, which intersects with an axial center of the end part, and that forms a portion thereof; a laser radiating head that is installed outside the vacuum chamber and that radiates a laser beam into an internal space of the end part through the window; and a mirror member that is installed in the internal space of the end part and that adjusts a reflected laser beam, formed by reflecting the laser beam, so as to be oriented perpendicular to the welding groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Katsuya Sennyu, Shuho Tsubota, Fumiaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120256563
    Abstract: Provided is a welding method of welding a cylindrical stiffening member to an outer circumference of a superconducting accelerator tube body using a laser beam in a process of manufacturing a superconducting accelerator tube. The laser beam is configured such that a distribution profile of energy density on an irradiated face to which the laser beam is irradiated is a Gaussian distribution profile having a peak section, and the energy density of the peak section is 5.8×105 W/cm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Shuho Tsubota, Katsuya Sennyu, Fumiaki Inoue