Patents by Inventor Hideki Yamai

Hideki Yamai 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: 7279139
    Abstract: An agitation type powder dissolving apparatus comprises a dissolving tank into which powder of spent nuclear fuel is to be supplied, an agitating member rotatably disposed in the dissolving tank, and rise inhibiting structure, disposed in the dissolving tank above the agitating member, for inhibiting the powder from swirling and rising due to rotation of the agitating member. The rise inhibiting structure is composed of a plurality of fixed blades for causing powder, which would otherwise swirl and rise due to rotation of the agitating member, to move downward. Each fixed blade has a descending slope with respect to a swirling direction during swirling and rising. This dissolving apparatus prevents non-dissolved particles from overflowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute
    Inventors: Hideki Yamai, Masato Ooura, Kazunari Uchida, Tadahiro Washiya, Tomozo Koyama
  • Publication number: 20040156758
    Abstract: An agitation type powder dissolving apparatus for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is provided. The apparatus comprises a dissolving tank (1) to which powder of spent nuclear fuel is supplied, an agitating member (3) rotatably disposed in the dissolving tank; and rise inhibiting means, disposed in the dissolving tank above the agitating member, for inhibiting the powder from swirling and rising due to the rotation of the agitating member. The rise inhibiting means is composed of a plurality of fixed blades (11) for causing the powder which would otherwise swirl and rise due to the rotation of the agitating member to move downward. The fixed blade has a descending slope with respect to a swirling direction in swirling and rising. This dissolving apparatus effectively prevents the non-dissolved particles from overflowing, thereby providing improvement in the speed with which spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed and in the ability to carry out the nuclear fuel cycle process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Hideki Yamai, Masato Ooura, Kazunari Uchida, Tadahiro Washiya, Tomozo Koyama
  • Patent number: 5202898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser oscillator, especially to a laser oscillator suitable for ultrafine manufacturing such as an apparatus for manufacturing of a semiconductor wherein the laser oscillator is provided with constant directivity chronically, although the directivity is not so fine, for avoiding a blurred image spatially and chronically in order to obtain a stable mask in the ultrafine manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sugawara, Toshiharu Shirakura, Takeshi Yamamura, Hideki Yamai