Patents by Inventor Hironori Tohmyoh

Hironori Tohmyoh 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: 8887584
    Abstract: A high-accuracy load measuring apparatus capable of enlarging a measurement range includes a loading section provided at one end of a long and narrow beam. A support supports the beam at a side closer to the other end of the beam than the loading section. A displacement sensor includes a capacitive sensor and is provided to measure a displacement of the loading section. The beam includes a pair of long and narrow plate-like legs arranged in parallel while being spaced apart in a thickness direction and a connecting portion connecting ends of the plate-like legs at a side of the loading section. The beam is supported on the support to have a changeable length between a supported position by the support and the loading section. Each plate-like leg includes a slot, which is a long and narrow hole formed along a length direction in a widthwise central part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Hironori Tohmyoh, Md. Abdus Salam Akanda
  • Publication number: 20110296929
    Abstract: A high-accuracy load measuring apparatus capable of enlarging a measurement range includes a loading section provided at one end of a long and narrow beam. A support supports the beam at a side closer to the other end of the beam than the loading section. A displacement sensor includes a capacitive sensor and is provided to measure a displacement of the loading section. The beam includes a pair of long and narrow plate-like legs arranged in parallel while being spaced apart in a thickness direction and a connecting portion connecting ends of the plate-like legs at a side of the loading section. The beam is supported on the support to have a changeable length between a supported position by the support and the loading section. Each plate-like leg includes a slot, which is a long and narrow hole formed along a length direction in a widthwise central part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hironori Tohmyoh, Md. Abdus Salam Akanda
  • Publication number: 20050212514
    Abstract: The non-destructive inspection method, wherein the non-destructive inspection method supplies currents to a conductive inspection subject and evaluates the rear surface flaw and the embedded flaw of these the inspection subject, or the material characteristic using a DC electric potential method, and an inspection sensitivity to the rear surface flaw, the embedded flaw, or the material characteristic is increased by changing the electric resistivity distribution inside the inspection subject by locally heating a front surface of the inspection subject, thereby increasing an electric resistivity of the front surface of the inspection subject compared with an electric resistivity of the rear surface thereof, resulting in increasing currents supplied on a rear surface side compared with a case without the front surface being heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Masumi Saka, Hironori Tohmyoh, Yasuko Saito