Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Hatanaka

Hiroaki Hatanaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20220381741
    Abstract: A damage evaluation device includes: a phased array probe that irradiates an ultrasonic signal from a surface of an inspection metal toward an inside of the inspection metal and detects a reflection signal reflected in a predetermined region inside the inspection metal; and an arithmetic processor. The arithmetic processor sets planes parallel to each other in an inspection region, calculates pixel data by quantifying the reflection signal from segments set in each of the planes; calculates a scattering degree of the pixel data, and evaluates damage of the inspection metal based on the scattering degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki NAGAI, Masahiro HATO, Hiroaki HATANAKA
  • Patent number: 10877002
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic flaw detection device including: a transmission window; a transmission probe, which is configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam from the transmission window toward a range required to be inspected, which is set in advance, of an inspection surface of an object to be inspected; a reception window, which is arranged in a relationship with respect to the transmission window in which an ultrasonic wave that has been reflected outside the range required to be inspected is inhibited from reaching the reception window; and a reception probe, which is configured to receive an ultrasonic wave that has passed through the reception window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto Asaumi, Hiroaki Hatanaka, Shigeki Sakakura
  • Patent number: 10656121
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for detecting arrangement disorder of fibers in a conductive composite material. A coil (7) is disposed at a position at which the coil (7) faces the conductive composite material, and thereby a current can be applied to the conductive composite material. Thus, work or the like for attaching electrodes to the conductive composite material is not required. As a result, the arrangement disorder of the fibers in the conductive composite material can easily be detected. A method for detecting meandering of fibers in a conductive composite material includes a step of disposing a magnetic field sensor (8) at a position at which the magnetic field sensor (8) faces a surface (Sa) of the conductive composite material such that a direction (D) of a magnetosensitive axis is horizontal with the surface (Sa) and is parallel to coil faces (7e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Tsuda, Hiroki Kawai, Hiroaki Hatanaka, Yuichi Yamaguchi, Koichi Inagaki
  • Patent number: 10605777
    Abstract: Provided is a method for inspecting an electroconductive composite material including disposing a detection magnetic field measurement unit, disposing a correction magnetic field measurement unit, applying a current, acquiring a detection magnetic field strength, acquiring a correction magnetic field strength, and detecting a portion in which arrangement of carbon fibers is disordered. The operation includes calculating a correction coefficient using the correction magnetic field strength and correcting the detection magnetic field strength using the correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Kawai, Akinori Tsuda, Hiroaki Hatanaka, Yuichi Yamaguchi, Koichi Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20190079054
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for detecting arrangement disorder of fibers in a conductive composite material. A coil (7) is disposed at a position at which the coil (7) faces the conductive composite material, and thereby a current can be applied to the conductive composite material. Thus, work or the like for attaching electrodes to the conductive composite material is not required. As a result, the arrangement disorder of the fibers in the conductive composite material can easily be detected. A method for detecting meandering of fibers in a conductive composite material includes a step of disposing a magnetic field sensor (8) at a position at which the magnetic field sensor (8) faces a surface (Sa) of the conductive composite material such that a direction (D) of a magnetosensitive axis is horizontal with the surface (Sa) and is parallel to coil faces (7e).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori TSUDA, Hiroki KAWAI, Hiroaki HATANAKA, Yuichi YAMAGUCHI, Koichi INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20190072521
    Abstract: Provided is a method for inspecting an electroconductive composite material including disposing a detection magnetic field measurement unit, disposing a correction magnetic field measurement unit, applying a current, acquiring a detection magnetic field strength, acquiring a correction magnetic field strength, and detecting a portion in which arrangement of carbon fibers is disordered. The operation includes calculating a correction coefficient using the correction magnetic field strength and correcting the detection magnetic field strength using the correction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAI, Akinori TSUDA, Hiroaki HATANAKA, Yuichi YAMAGUCHI, Koichi INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 10132778
    Abstract: A pair of electrodes is connected to a test specimen in order to apply an electric current to the test specimen in the direction of a conductive fiber of each conductive fiber woven fabric of a plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness, among a plurality of prepregs constituting the test specimen composed of a conductive composite material, and then a magnetic field sensor is relatively scanned over the test specimen, while applying an electric current between the pair of electrodes, to determine a portion of the test specimen where a magnetic field variation is detected by the scanning of the magnetic field sensor as a portion where waviness of the conductive fibers of the conductive fiber woven fabric of the plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness is present. Thus, it is possible to grasp, for example, the condition of fibers of the conductive composite material in the test specimen as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Tsuda, Hiroaki Hatanaka, Shinji Muto, Koichi Inagaki, Hiroyuki Hishida, Akiyoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20180321196
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic flaw detection device including: a transmission window; a transmission probe, which is configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam from the transmission window toward a range required to be inspected, which is set in advance, of an inspection surface of an object to be inspected; a reception window, which is arranged in a relationship with respect to the transmission window in which an ultrasonic wave that has been reflected outside the range required to be inspected is inhibited from reaching the reception window; and a reception probe, which is configured to receive an ultrasonic wave that has passed through the reception window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto ASAUMI, Hiroaki HATANAKA, Shigeki SAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 9612226
    Abstract: A method for measuring the degree of fusion involves: a step for creating a dividing pulse amplitude curve by using a probe that emits ultrasound beams; a step for scanning the probe that emits ultrasound beams at a predetermined angle on a surface that has weld beads of multiple welding specimens having different degrees of fusion and for obtaining beam path length information from the dividing pulse amplitude curve and the height of an F echo that returned to the probe after hitting the fused section of a welding site; and a step for obtaining a regression formula expressing the relationship between the beam path length information and the degree of fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd., IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Takeda, Takahiro Yamagami, Kunio Yonekura, Hiroaki Hatanaka, Hiroki Kawai, Arisa Yanagihara
  • Publication number: 20160209365
    Abstract: A pair of electrodes is connected to a test specimen in order to apply an electric current to the test specimen in the direction of a conductive fiber of each conductive fiber woven fabric of a plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness, among a plurality of prepregs constituting the test specimen composed of a conductive composite material, and then a magnetic field sensor is relatively scanned over the test specimen, while applying an electric current between the pair of electrodes, to determine a portion of the test specimen where a magnetic field variation is detected by the scanning of the magnetic field sensor as a portion where waviness of the conductive fibers of the conductive fiber woven fabric of the plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness is present. Thus, it is possible to grasp, for example, the condition of fibers of the conductive composite material in the test specimen as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori TSUDA, Hiroaki HATANAKA, Shinji MUTO, Koichi INAGAKI, Hiroyuki HISHIDA, Akiyoshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20150300992
    Abstract: A method for measuring the degree of fusion involves: a step for creating a dividing pulse amplitude curve by using a probe that emits ultrasound beams; a step for scanning the probe that emits ultrasound beams at a predetermined angle on a surface that has weld beads of multiple welding specimens having different degrees of fusion and for obtaining beam path length information from the dividing pulse amplitude curve and the height of an F echo that returned to the probe after hitting the fused section of a welding site; and a step for obtaining a regression formula expressing the relationship between the beam path length information and the degree of fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Takeda, Takahiro Yamagami, Kunio Yonekura, Hiroaki Hatanaka, Hiroki Kawai, Arisa Yanagihara
  • Publication number: 20150153313
    Abstract: An interface inspection method according to the present invention includes a step S1 of transmitting ultrasound to a composite structure to be inspected, via an ultrasound generating unit adapted to generate ultrasound of a frequency suitable for a member making up the composite structure and acquiring a signal waveform by receiving a reflected wave from the composite structure using a receiving unit; a step S2 of performing signal processing on the acquired signal waveform and acquiring signal amplitude versus frequency characteristics; and a step S3 of determining an interface condition of the composite structure based on an amplitude in a frequency band unique to the composite structure as observed on the signal waveform subjected to signal processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicants: IHI INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arisa KURASHIGE, Hiroaki HATANAKA, Hiroki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20140354274
    Abstract: An eddy-current flaw detection method includes a synchronization step (S3, S4) of synchronizing the phase of an exciting voltage applied by coil driving means to an exciting coil for generating an eddy current in a test object with the phase of a driving voltage, higher in frequency than the exciting voltage, applied by device driving means to a magnetoimpedance effect device for detecting the variation of a magnetic field arising in the exciting coil; and a magnetic field detection step (S5) of detecting the variation of the magnetic field arising in the exciting coil due to the eddy current generated in the test object using the magnetoimpedance effect device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori TSUDA, Hiroaki HATANAKA, Hiroki KAWAI
  • Patent number: 8175820
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to quantitatively evaluate a distribution of defects which are generated within an inspection material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Nobukazu Ido, Minoru Tagami
  • Patent number: 7944203
    Abstract: A corrosion evaluation device for performing a quantitative evaluation of corrosion by measuring a quantity of decrease in the thickness of a magnetic material which is covered by a non magnetic material or a magnetic material which is not covered by a non magnetic material which includes: a magnetic field generating device for generating such a magnetic field that includes the magnetic material in a magnetic path, a Giant Magnet-Resistive effect (GMR) sensor provided with a GMR sensor for detecting a magnetic flux leakage with regard to the magnetic material and converts a change in the magnetic flux into an electrical signal, a thickness reduction calculation portion for calculating a quantity of decrease in the thickness of the magnetic material based on the electrical signal. The corrosion evaluation device precisely performs a quantitative evaluation of corrosion even when the magnetic material, which is to be evaluated, is covered by a non magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Katsuya Toda, Minoru Tagami
  • Publication number: 20090134867
    Abstract: A corrosion evaluation device for performing a quantitative evaluation of corrosion by measuring a quantity of decrease in the thickness of a magnetic material which is covered by a non magnetic material or a magnetic material which is not covered by a non magnetic material which includes: a magnetic field generating device for generating such a magnetic field that includes the magnetic material in a magnetic path, a Giant Magnet-Resistive effect (GMR) sensor provided with a GMR sensor for detecting a magnetic flux leakage with regard to the magnetic material and converts a change in the magnetic flux into an electrical signal, a thickness reduction calculation portion for calculating a quantity of decrease in the thickness of the magnetic material based on the electrical signal. The corrosion evaluation device precisely performs a quantitative evaluation of corrosion even when the magnetic material, which is to be evaluated, is covered by a non magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Katsuya Toda, Minoru Tagami
  • Publication number: 20090105967
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to quantitatively evaluate a distribution of defects which are generated within an inspection material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Nobukazu Ido, Minoru Tagami
  • Patent number: 6640632
    Abstract: In the ultrasonic flaw detection method and apparatus, wideband longitudinal ultrasonic waves are irradiated from an ultrasonic wave generator probe onto a weld portion of a coarse grained material; from the waveforms of flaw detection echoes that are subsequently obtained, the highest frequency component that can be extracted using time frequency analysis is then extracted; subsequent ½ magnification frequency components are then extracted sequentially; waveforms of a necessary plurality of frequency bands from among each of the frequency bands that were extracted and have undergone waveform separation are then multiplied, and waveform peaks that are formed by the multiplication are detected as being defect portion echoes generated by defect portions in the coarse grained material weld portion; and, as a result, information on the defect portion is obtained from the detected defect portion echo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Saburo Shibata, Takahiro Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20030200809
    Abstract: In the ultrasonic flaw detection method and apparatus, wideband longitudinal ultrasonic waves are irradiated from an ultrasonic wave generator probe onto a weld portion of a coarse grained material; from the waveforms of flaw detection echoes that are subsequently obtained, the highest frequency component that can be extracted using time frequency analysis is then extracted; subsequent ½ magnification frequency components are then extracted sequentially; waveforms of a necessary plurality of frequency bands from among each of the frequency bands that were extracted and have undergone waveform separation are then multiplied, and waveform peaks that are formed by the multiplication are detected as being defect portion echoes generated by defect portions in the coarse grained material weld portion; and, as a result, information on the defect portion is obtained from the detected defect portion echo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hatanaka, Saburo Shibata, Takahiro Arakawa