Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Imura

Hidetoshi Imura 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: 5006687
    Abstract: A method of cutting a steel pipe or/and junction joints in form of a steel pipe pile or interlocked steel pipe pile used, for example, in formation of an underwater foundation support, after it is completed. The method is executed in accordance with a non-contact technique or the combination of a contact technique and a non-contact technique. The method is carried out by a plasma arc cutting device or the combination of a contact type cutting grinder and non-contact type cutting device, which can effectively cut the steel pipe, with no possibility of biting of the cutting edge in the cut gap of the steel pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujita, Hidetoshi Imura, Kohzo Akahide