Patents by Inventor Hikotaro Itani

Hikotaro Itani 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).

  • Cooling drum for continuous-casting machines for manufacturing thin metallic strip
    Patent number: 4887662
    Abstract: A cooling drum for continuous-casting machines, for manufacturing thin metallic strips, and having a surface composing part of a casting mold wall in contact with molten metal, wherein the surface has numerous dimples disposed uniformly thereon and not in contact with each other, and each of the dimples has an opening portion in the form of a circle or an oval with a diameter of from 0.1 to 1.2 mm and a depth of from 5 to 100 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Inventors: Shigenori Tanaka, Yasuo Itoh, Michiya Hayashida, Kenichi Hara, Keiichi Yamamoto, Hikotaro Itani, Atsumu Yamane, Akio Kasama, Isao Suichi, Hiroyuki Kajioka, Kunimasa Sasaki