Patents by Inventor Hajime Wakui
Hajime Wakui 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).
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Patent number: 6722088Abstract: In order to design an infrastructure of an elevated bridge, first a target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td for the infrastructure are set in connection with an assumed earthquake motion. Subsequently, a yield seismic coefficient for the target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td is obtained from a yield seismic coefficient spectrum for the assumed earthquake motion as a design seismic coefficient Kh. On the other hand, a target yield rigidity Kd corresponding to the target natural period Td is obtained. Subsequently, the design seismic coefficient Kh is used to obtain a design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd and a displacement corresponding to the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is obtained as a design yield displacement &dgr;d from the target yield rigidity Kd. Subsequently, the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is distributed into a horizontal force Hf to be borne by the RC rigid frame and a horizontal force Hb to be borne by the damper-brace.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignees: Obayashi Corporation, Railway Technical Research InstituteInventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Michiaki Oyado
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Patent number: 6698053Abstract: A reinforced concrete frame is seismically reinforced by cutting a main reinforcement bar of a reinforced concrete member so as to shift a failure property of the reinforced concrete member from a shear failure preceding type to a bending failure preceding type.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignees: Obayashi Corporation, Railway Technical InstituteInventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Masamichi Sogabe, Hiroyuki Arita
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Patent number: 6543077Abstract: A method for designing a seismic frame. Models of a reinforced concrete rigid frame and a seismic frame structure, respectively, are provided. Based on distances between components and damper load displacement in the seismic frame structure model, a burden (Prc) for the reinforced concrete rigid frame is calculated. A section design of the seismic frame structure is performed according to the elasto-plastic analyses.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignees: Obayashi Corporation, Railway Technical Research InstituteInventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Michiaki Oyado
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Publication number: 20020170128Abstract: In order to design an infrastructure of an elevated bridge, first a target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td for the infrastructure are set in connection with an assumed earthquake motion. Subsequently, a yield seismic coefficient for the target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td is obtained from a yield seismic coefficient spectrum for the assumed earthquake motion as a design seismic coefficient Kh. On the other hand, a target yield rigidity Kd corresponding to the target natural period Td is obtained. Subsequently, the design seismic coefficient Kh is used to obtain a design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd and a displacement corresponding to the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is obtained as a design yield displacement &dgr;d from the target yield rigidity Kd. Subsequently, the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is distributed into a horizontal force Hf to be born by the RC rigid frame and a horizontal force Hb to be born by the damper-brace.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Michiaki Oyado
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Publication number: 20020157196Abstract: In order to design an infrastructure of an elevated bridge, first a target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td for the infrastructure are set in connection with an assumed earthquake motion. Subsequently, a yield seismic coefficient for the target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td is obtained from a yield seismic coefficient spectrum for the assumed earthquake motion as a design seismic coefficient Kh. On the other hand, a target yield rigidity Kd corresponding to the target natural period Td is obtained. Subsequently, the design seismic coefficient Kh is used to obtain a design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd and a displacement corresponding to the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is obtained as a design yield displacement &dgr;d from the target yield rigidity Kd. Subsequently, the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is distributed into a horizontal force Hf to be borne by the RC rigid frame and a horizontal force Hb to be borne by the damper-brace.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Masamichi Sogabe, Hiroyuki Arita
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Publication number: 20020148175Abstract: In order to design an infrastructure of an elevated bridge, first a target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td for the infrastructure are set in connection with an assumed earthquake motion. Subsequently, a yield seismic coefficient for the target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td is obtained from a yield seismic coefficient spectrum for the assumed earthquake motion as a design seismic coefficient Kh. On the other hand, a target yield rigidity Kd corresponding to the target natural period Td is obtained. Subsequently, the design seismic coefficient Kh is used to obtain a design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd and a displacement corresponding to the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is obtained as a design yield displacement &dgr;d from the target yield rigidity Kd. Subsequently, the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is distributed into a horizontal force Hf to be borne by the RC rigid frame and a horizontal force Hb to be borne by the damper-brace.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Michiaki Oyado
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Patent number: 6425157Abstract: In order to design an infrastructure of an elevated bridge, first a target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td for the infrastructure are set in connection with an assumed earthquake motion. Subsequently, a yield seismic coefficient for the target ductility factor &mgr;d and target natural period Td is obtained from a yield seismic coefficient spectrum for the assumed earthquake motion as a design seismic coefficient Kh. On the other hand, a target yield rigidity Kd corresponding to the target natural period Td is obtained. Subsequently, the design seismic coefficient Kh is used to obtain a design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd and a displacement corresponding to the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is obtained as a design yield displacement &dgr;d from the target yield rigidity Kd. Subsequently, the design horizontal load bearing capacity Hd is distributed into a horizontal force Hf to be borne by the RC rigid frame and a horizontal force Hb to be borne by the damper-brace.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignees: Obayashi Corporation, Railway Technical Research InstituteInventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Masamichi Sogabe, Hiroyuki Arita, Michiaki Oyado
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Patent number: 5887788Abstract: To provide inexpensively a connector constructed of a steel pipe and bearing a tie function of a ladder-type sleeper for railway tracks, in a connector constructed of a steel pipe 1 used in the ladder-type sleeper for railway tracks integrated with longitudinal beams made of concrete and the connectors constructed of steel pipes 1 by feeding concrete, both end portions of the connector constructed of the steel pipe 1 are flattened in the horizontal direction and a corrosion resistant coating 4 is coated at portions of the connector constructed of the steel pipe 1 exposed to the atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1997Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Assignees: Railway Technical Research Institute, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Wakui, Hiromi Inoue, Yoshitaka Soga, Saburo Inoue
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Patent number: 5582346Abstract: The present invention comprises longitudinal beams provided on the underside of each of a pair of rails in the longitudinal direction of the rails and multiple connectors which mutually connect these longitudinal beams at designated spacings along the longitudinal direction. Because the ladder-type sleepers of the present invention have a structure wherein longitudinal beams are continuously positioned along the longitudinal direction of the rails, the bending stiffness of the track frame in the longitudinal direction increases, and the ballast pressure is reduced by improving the distribution of the train load. As a result, it is possible to reduce track irregularities resulting from the repeated burden of the train load.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1996Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Railway Technical Research InstituteInventors: Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Hiromi Inoue
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Patent number: 5218800Abstract: A side-wall beam is installed on a base for a guideway for a magnetic levitation vehicle. An elastic body is interposed between the side-wall beam and the base. Then, the side-wall beam is fastened to the base with a tendon on an imaginary line which extends through an intermediate portion of the elastic body in the transverse direction of the side-wall beam and which extends along the longitudinal direction of the side-wall beam. The elastic body is thereby held under compression between the side-wall beam and the base. The side-wall beam is supported on the base through the elastic body, and also fastened to the base, holding the elastic body under compression between the side-wall beam and the base. Reactive forces produced by the compression of the elastic body act to resist forces tending to cause the side-wall beam to fall over. Any displacement of the side-wall beam which may be caused by forces generated when the magnetic levitation vehicle passes can thereby be kept within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1991Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignees: Railway Technical Research Institute, Oiles CorporationInventors: Hajime Wakui, Seiichi Tottori, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Tadatomo Watanabe, Ikuo Shimoda, Shuichi Nagata