Patents by Inventor Hifumi Sakaguchi

Hifumi Sakaguchi 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: 4537530
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a method and a device therefor which can effectively as well as accurately bury a cable under marine beds not only when a cable is newly laid and buried but also when a cable has to be reburied. The method and the device according to the present invention are characterized in that a burying device is guided to approach the cable by using a travelling member provided on said burying device, a travelling control mechanism thereof being controlled by a receiving output from a transmitter which is mounted on the cable in advance by a receiver provided on the burying device, that the cable is caught and held by a cable engaging member of said burying device while the burying device is detecting the buried cable track and travelling therealong, and that at the same time an excavation member of said burying device digs and forms a groove while the burying device guides and buries the cable within the excavated groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuomi Yamamura, Hideo Ishihara, Yoshinao Iwamoto, Hifumi Sakaguchi, Masao Morita, Toshio Izawa
  • Patent number: 4384808
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an underwater cable burying device which can accurately be guided to align with the cables in the process of burying even if the cables have to be re-buried. The device according to the present invention is characterized in that a travelling device is provided on the body of the device which is further provided with a trenching device at the middle portion thereof, that a cable clamp member and a cable engaging member are provided at an arm projecting forward from the said device body and that said respective devices are controlled through a control cable on the mother ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuomi Yamamura, Yoshinao Iwamoto, Hifumi Sakaguchi, Kenichi Asakawa