Patents by Inventor Hiriharu Kato

Hiriharu Kato 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: 6479992
    Abstract: The present invention provides a leakage flux flaw detecting method in which a ferromagnetic substance such as a steel sheet or coil is magnetized by a plurality of magnetic fields with different intensity and magnetic flux leaking from the ferromagnetic substance having been magnetized is detected by a magnetic sensor, and output signals of the magnetic sensor after the detection of leakage flux are processed so that a signal caused by a flaw in the ferromagnetic substance is highlighted. Since this leakage flux flaw detecting method makes it possible to detect flaws with high accuracy, a scaled or descaled hot rolled steel sheet or coil in which the accurate flaw information such as location, density, size, and the like is known can be provided by applying this method to the manufacturing of hot rolled steel sheet or coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiriharu Kato, Junichi Yotsuji, Akio Nagamune
  • Publication number: 20020121896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a leakage flux flaw detecting method in which a ferromagnetic substance such as a steel sheet or coil is magnetized by a plurality of magnetic fields with different intensity and magnetic flux leaking from the ferromagnetic substance having been magnetized is detected by a magnetic sensor, and output signals of the magnetic sensor after the detection of leakage flux are processed so that a signal caused by a flaw in the ferromagnetic substance is highlighted. Since this leakage flux flaw detecting method makes it possible to detect flaws with high accuracy, a scaled or descaled hot rolled steel sheet or coil in which the accurate flaw information such as location, density, size, and the like is known can be provided by applying this method to the manufacturing of hot rolled steel sheet or coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiriharu Kato, Junichi Yotsuji, Akio Nagamune