Patents by Inventor Fumio Ota

Fumio Ota 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: 10883632
    Abstract: A threaded joint is constructed of a pin and a box. The pin includes, in order from an end of the pin toward the tubular body: a first male threaded portion, a first sealing surface, a shoulder surface, a second sealing surface, and a second male threaded portion. The box includes a first female threaded portion, a first sealing surface, a shoulder surface, a second sealing surface, and a second female threaded portion. A length from a boundary of the first sealing surfaces to a position of the shoulder surfaces and a length from a boundary of the second sealing surfaces to a position are each at least 15 mm, and the total length which is a sum of the length and the length is at least 50 mm. Thus, the threaded joint is capable of providing excellent sealing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Yousuke Oku, Masaaki Sugino, Fumio Ota
  • Patent number: 10774958
    Abstract: A pin includes, in order from a free end thereof, a shoulder surface, a first sealing surface, a first male threaded portion, a second sealing surface, and a second male threaded portion. A box includes a shoulder surface, a first sealing surface, a first female threaded portion, a second sealing surface, and a second female threaded portion. The flank angles of load flanks of the first male threaded portion and the first female threaded portion are each less than 0 degrees. The first male threaded portion is composed of, in order from near the second sealing surface, an incomplete thread section and a complete thread section. The incomplete thread section has a length of at least three times the thread pitch thereof and has a thread height lower than the thread height of the complete thread section. The incomplete thread section is provided with clearances between crests and roots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Keita Inose, Masaaki Sugino, Fumio Ota
  • Patent number: 10774598
    Abstract: A threaded joint is constructed of a pin and a box. The pin includes, in order from an end thereof, a shoulder surface, a nose portion, a first sealing surface, a first male threaded portion, an annular portion, a second sealing surface, and a second male threaded portion. The box includes a shoulder surface, a recessed portion, a first sealing surface, a first female threaded portion, an annular portion, a second sealing surface, and a second female threaded portion. In the threaded joint, in a fastened state, the shoulder surfaces are in contact with each other, the first sealing surfaces are in contact with each other, the second sealing surfaces are in contact with each other, a clearance is provided between the nose portion and the recessed portion, a clearance is provided between the annular portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Keita Inose, Fumio Ota, Shin Ugai, Suguru Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sugino
  • Patent number: 10473241
    Abstract: The load flanks in the male threaded portion of the pin and the load flanks in the female threaded portion of the box have a flank angle of less than 0 degrees. The female threaded portion is divided into, in order from near the seal surface, an incomplete thread section and a complete thread section. In the female threaded portion, over the entire area including the two thread sections, roots collectively define a single tapered periphery. The incomplete thread section has a length of at least three times the thread pitch and has a thread height lower than a thread height of the complete thread section. The shoulder surfaces are in contact with each other, the seal surfaces are in contact with each other, and in the incomplete thread section, clearances are provided between the roots of the male threaded portion and the crests of the female threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Keita Inose, Fumio Ota, Shin Ugai, Masaaki Sugino
  • Publication number: 20190040978
    Abstract: A threaded joint is constructed of a pin and a box. The pin includes, in order from an end of the pin toward the tubular body: a first male threaded portion, a first sealing surface, a shoulder surface, a second sealing surface, and a second male threaded portion. The box includes a first female threaded portion, a first sealing surface, a shoulder surface, a second sealing surface, and a second female threaded portion. A length from a boundary of the first sealing surfaces to a position of the shoulder surfaces and a length from a boundary of the second sealing surfaces to a position are each at least 15 mm, and the total length which is a sum of the length and the length is at least 50 mm. Thus, the threaded joint is capable of providing excellent sealing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Yousuke Oku, Masaaki Sugino, Fumio Ota
  • Publication number: 20190032820
    Abstract: A pin (10) includes, in order from a free end of the pin (10), a shoulder surface (11), a first sealing surface (12), a first male threaded portion (13), a second sealing surface (14), and a second male threaded portion (15). A box (20) includes a shoulder surface (21), a first sealing surface (22), a first female threaded portion (23), a second sealing surface (24), and a second female threaded portion (25). The flank angles of load flanks (13d and 23d) of the first male threaded portion (13) and the first female threaded portion (23) are each less than 0 degrees. The first male threaded portion (13) is composed of, in order from near the second sealing surface (14), an incomplete thread section (31b) and a complete thread section (31a). The incomplete thread section (31b) has a length of at least three times the thread pitch thereof and has a thread height lower than the thread height of the complete thread section (31a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Keita Inose, Masaaki Sugino, Fumio Ota
  • Publication number: 20170101830
    Abstract: A threaded joint is constructed of a pin and a box. The pin includes, in order from an end thereof, a shoulder surface, a nose portion, a first sealing surface, a first male threaded portion, an annular portion, a second sealing surface, and a second male threaded portion. The box includes a shoulder surface, a recessed portion, a first sealing surface, a first female threaded portion, an annular portion, a second sealing surface, and a second female threaded portion. In the threaded joint, in a fastened state, the shoulder surfaces are in contact with each other, the first sealing surfaces are in contact with each other, the second sealing surfaces are in contact with each other, a clearance is provided between the nose portion and the recessed portion, a clearance is provided between the annular portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Keita INOSE, Fumio OTA, Shin UGAI, Suguru YAMAGUCHI, Masaaki SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20160305585
    Abstract: The load flanks in the male threaded portion of the pin and the load flanks in the female threaded portion of the box have a flank angle of less than 0 degrees. The female threaded portion is divided into, in order from near the seal surface, an incomplete thread section and a complete thread section. In the female threaded portion, over the entire area including the two thread sections, roots collectively define a single tapered periphery. The incomplete thread section has a length of at least three times the thread pitch and has a thread height lower than a thread height of the complete thread section. The shoulder surfaces are in contact with each other, the seal surfaces are in contact with each other, and in the incomplete thread section, clearances are provided between the roots of the male threaded portion and the crests of the female threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Keita INOSE, Fumio OTA, Shin UGAI, Masaaki SUGINO
  • Patent number: 7699938
    Abstract: A cleaning method includes a first operation step of allowing a mist of a first cleaning fluid atomized in the order of microns to permeate into and remain in a food debris stuck on a to-be-cleaned item for a predetermined period of time; and a second operation step of removing the food debris on the to-be-cleaned item by using a second cleaning fluid. The second operation step is to be performed after the first operation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Yasuyuki Nukina, Yuko Omura, Fumio Ota
  • Publication number: 20050224098
    Abstract: A cleaning method includes a first operation step of allowing a mist of a first cleaning fluid atomized in the order of microns to permeate into and remain in a food debris stuck on a to-be-cleaned item for a predetermined period of time; and a second operation step of removing the food debris on the to-be-cleaned item by using a second cleaning fluid. The second operation step is to be performed after the first operation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Yasuyuki Nukina, Yuko Omura, Fumio Ota
  • Patent number: 6247339
    Abstract: A washing basket doubling as a spin-drier is disposed rotatably in a water-tub. A motor drives the basket, which generates centrifugal force. The centrifugal force cause cleansing water to run through the fibers of clothes in the basket, thereby cleansing the clothes. A control device cause variation of the spinning of the basket so that the centrifugal force working on the clothes is varied, which cleanses the clothes more effectively. The clothes in the basket receive only water-moving-force, and they can be cleansed without being damage or entangled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitoyo Kenjo, Fumio Ota, Hiroyuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 6134925
    Abstract: A washing machine having a water supply valve 10 to supply water into a washing spin tank 2. The washing spin tank 2 is rotatably provided inside outer tank 1. The washing machine also has a motor 5, etc., and a controller to control the washing machine as a whole. The controller is provided with a first process of rotating the washing spin tank 2 while supplying water and a second process of sprinkling water into the washing spin tank 2 after raising the washing water in between the outer tank 1 and the washing spin tank 2 by centrifugal force due to the rotation of the washing spin tank 2. The result being reduced damage and tangling of the wash while efficiently utilizing washing time, securing cleansing force, and reducing non-uniformity of washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Fumio Ota, Yuko Omura, Shunji Imai
  • Patent number: 6058743
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a wash-and-dewatering sink 4, a motor 6 rotating the wash-and-dewatering sink 4, a detergent fluid supply device 12 supplying detergent fluid to clothes in the wash-and-dewatering sink 4, and control unit controlling both the motor 6 and the detergent fluid supply device 12 in such a manner, when the wash-and-dewatering sink 4 is rotated by the motor 6, detergent fluid is supplied to the clothes in the wash-and-dewatering sink 4 by the detergent fluid supply device 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Yuko Omura, Fumio Ota