Patents by Inventor Giichi Nishino

Giichi Nishino 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: 9632028
    Abstract: A dryness measurement device includes a pipe arranged in a horizontal direction, a light incident portion, and a detecting portion. The light transmitting portion has a solid shape and the light transmitting portion is arranged in a bottom portion of the pipe so that a first portion where a vertical surface crosses a horizontal plane portion of the light transmitting portion is at the same height as a second portion where the vertical surface crosses the lowest part, or so that the first portion is higher than the second portion as well as so that a portion crossing the horizontal plane portion is in the lowest position on a cross line where a cross section of the pipe including a point where light is incident on the horizontal plane portion crosses an inner surface of the pipe and the light transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Goshoo, Giichi Nishino, Shiko Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9625384
    Abstract: A dryness fraction measuring device, including a variability quantity measuring portion that measures the amount of variability in intensity of light that has been transmitted, or amount of light that has been absorbed, by moist steam that is the subject of measurement; and a dryness fraction measuring portion that measures the dryness fraction of the moist steam based on a correlation relationship between the dryness fraction and the amount of variability in the optical intensity or in the amount of light absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Goshoo, Giichi Nishino, Shiko Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20160327482
    Abstract: A dryness measurement device includes a pipe arranged in a horizontal direction, a light incident portion and a detecting portion The light transmitting portion has a solid shape and the light transmitting portion is arranged in a bottom portion of the pipe so that a first portion where a vertical surface crosses a horizontal plane portion of the light transmitting portion is at the same height as a second portion where the vertical surface crosses the lowest part, or so that the first portion is higher than the second portion as well as so that a portion crossing the horizontal plane portion is in the lowest position on a cross line where a cross section of the pipe including a point where light is incident on the horizontal plane portion crosses an inner surface of the pipe and the light transmitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro GOSHOO, Giichi NISHINO, Shiko TANABE
  • Patent number: 9372153
    Abstract: A dryness fraction distribution measuring device, includes: a light-emitting body that illuminates a gas/liquid two-phase flow with light; an environment sensor that measures at least one of temperature or pressure in a gas/liquid two-phase flow; a plurality of photodetecting elements that receive respective lights that have traversed moist steam; a relationship storing portion that stores, for each temperature or pressure, a relationship between an intensity of light that has traversed the gas/liquid two-phase flow and a dryness fraction of the gas/liquid two-phase flow; and a dryness fraction identifying portion that identifies a dryness fraction of the gas/liquid two-phase flow for each position corresponding to the plurality of photodetecting elements, based on the relationships between the measured values for the detected light intensities of the lights detected by the respective photodetecting elements and the values for the temperatures and pressures measured by the environment sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giichi Nishino, Yasuhiro Goshoo, Shiko Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9367068
    Abstract: A flow state controlling device controls, to a specified flow state, fluid of a gas/liquid two-phase flow that flows through a flow path. The flow state controlling device includes a pressure acquiring portion that acquires pressure information relating to pressure of the fluid, a mass velocity acquiring portion that acquires mass velocity information relating to a mass velocity of the fluid, a dryness fraction acquiring portion that acquires dryness fraction information relating to the dryness fraction of the fluid, and a controlling portion that controls, based on the pressure information, the mass velocity information and the dryness fraction information, a pressure controlling device that is able to change a pressure of the fluid, a mass velocity controlling device that is able to change a mass velocity of the fluid, and a heat controlling device that is able to change the latent heat of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Giichi Nishino
  • Publication number: 20150369736
    Abstract: A dryness fraction measuring device, including a variability quantity measuring portion that measures the amount of variability in intensity of light that has been transmitted, or amount of light that has been absorbed, by moist steam that is the subject of measurement; and a dryness fraction measuring portion that measures the dryness fraction of the moist steam based on a correlation relationship between the dryness fraction and the amount of variability in the optical intensity or in the amount of light absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro GOSHOO, Giichi NISHINO, Shiko TANABE
  • Publication number: 20150362426
    Abstract: A dryness fraction distribution measuring device, includes: a light-emitting body that illuminates a gas/liquid two-phase flow with light; an environment sensor that measures at least one of temperature or pressure in a gas/liquid two-phase flow; a plurality of photodetecting elements that receive respective lights that have traversed moist steam; a relationship storing portion that stores, for each temperature or pressure, a relationship between an intensity of light that has traversed the gas/liquid two-phase flow and a dryness fraction of the gas/liquid two-phase flow; and a dryness fraction identifying portion that identifies a dryness fraction of the gas/liquid two-phase flow for each position corresponding to the plurality of photodetecting elements, based on the relationships between the measured values for the detected light intensities of the lights detected by the respective photodetecting elements and the values for the temperatures and pressures measured by the environment sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giichi NISHINO, Yasuhiro GOSHOO, Shiko TANABE
  • Publication number: 20140224344
    Abstract: A flow state controlling device controls, to a specified flow state, fluid of a gas/liquid two-phase flow that flows through a flow path. The flow state controlling device includes a pressure acquiring portion that acquires pressure information relating to pressure of the fluid, a mass velocity acquiring portion that acquires mass velocity information relating to a mass velocity of the fluid, a dryness fraction acquiring portion that acquires dryness fraction information relating to the dryness fraction of the fluid, and a controlling portion that controls, based on the pressure information, the mass velocity information and the dryness fraction information, a pressure controlling device that is able to change a pressure of the fluid, a mass velocity controlling device that is able to change a mass velocity of the fluid, and a heat controlling device that is able to change the latent heat of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Giichi Nishino
  • Patent number: 8610894
    Abstract: The provision of a dryness fraction measuring device includes a light-emitting body for irradiating moist steam with light of a plurality of wavelengths; a light-receiving element for receiving light of the plurality of wavelengths that has traversed the moist steam; and a dryness fraction calculating device for calculating the dryness fraction of the moist steam based on the received light intensity at each of the plurality of wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventor: Giichi Nishino
  • Publication number: 20120147375
    Abstract: The provision of a dryness fraction measuring device includes a light-emitting body for irradiating moist steam with light of a plurality of wavelengths; a light-receiving element for receiving light of the plurality of wavelengths that has traversed the moist steam; and a dryness fraction calculating device for calculating the dryness fraction of the moist steam based on the received light intensity at each of the plurality of wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: YAMATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Giichi Nishino