Patents by Inventor Haruki Hirose

Haruki Hirose 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: 4909186
    Abstract: A fish cage for cultivating fish comprises a hull shaped vessel composed of outer side platings, inner bottom platings, screen bulkheads and a deck. A device for floating a hull shaped vessel on the water is provided, and openings are formed in the outer side platings and inner bottom platings and covered with nets so as to let sea water flow in and out of the hull shaped vessel. The device for floating the vessel on the water is formed by tanks arranged on the upper side of the outer side platings to hold air. Openings are provided in the bulkheads and covered with nets affixed to the screen bulkheads for letting sea water flow in and out. Openings are also provided in the outer side platings on the bow and on the stern of the vessel for letting sea water flow in and out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamune, Haruki Hirose
  • Patent number: 4639167
    Abstract: The mobile marine drilling structure is of the submersible type for operation in ice-covered waters. The structure comprises a base for placing the structure on the sea bed, a hull extends from the base, and a deck is supported by the hull. The deck is located above the water line for conducting drilling operations. The hull has an internal frame assembly including ballast tanks, and external wall sections at different inclinations to the horizontal to engage and break up the moving ice masses encroaching on the hull. These external wall sections include a plurality of matching polygonal, frusto-pyramidal, apex-up and apex-down walls extending above the base, and two transitional wall sections to provide two inflection points to the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignees: Odeco, Inc., Nippon Kokan, K.K.
    Inventors: Terry D. Petty, Carmon R. Costello, Kun K. Song, Luc G. Chabot, Tadahiro Fujita, Haruki Hirose, Nobutoshi Yoshimura