Patents by Inventor Katsumi Shimohira

Katsumi Shimohira 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: 20130255547
    Abstract: A pulverized coal-fired boiler efficiently supplies air to a central part of a furnace and the neighborhood of a furnace wall, thereby promoting mixture with combustion gas, and reducing both NOx and CO. The main after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a large momentum for enabling arrival at the central part of the furnace, and the sub-after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a small momentum to the neighborhood of the wall face of the furnace, and a sectional center of each of the sub-after air ports is within a range from 1 to 5 times of a caliber of the main after air ports from a sectional center of each of the main after air ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K
    Inventors: Yuki KAMIKAWA, Masayuki TANIGUCHI, Hisayuki ORITA, Hironobu KOBAYASHI, Akira BABA, Toshihiko MINE, Shinichirou NOMURA, Noriyuki OOYATSU, Satoshi TADAKUMA, Hidehisa YOSHIZAKO, Hiroaki KANEMOTO, Kouji KURAMASHI, Akihito ORII, Shinji TSUDA, Hirofumi OKAZAKI, Takanori YANO, Katsumi SHIMOHIRA
  • Patent number: 8505472
    Abstract: A pulverized coal-fired boiler efficiently supplies air to a central part of a furnace and the neighborhood of a furnace wall, thereby promoting mixture with combustion gas, and reducing both NOx and CO. The main after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a large momentum for enabling arrival at the central part of the furnace, and the sub-after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a small momentum to the neighborhood of the wall face of the furnace, and a sectional center of each of the sub-after air ports is within a range from 1 to 5 times of a caliber of the main after air ports from a sectional center of each of the main after air ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi K.K.
    Inventors: Yuki Kamikawa, Masayuki Taniguchi, Hisayuki Orita, Hironobu Kobayashi, Akira Baba, Toshihiko Mine, Shinichirou Nomura, Noriyuki Ooyatsu, Satoshi Tadakuma, Hidehisa Yoshizako, Hiroaki Kanemoto, Kouji Kuramashi, Akihito Orii, Shinji Tsuda, Hirofumi Okazaki, Takanori Yano, Katsumi Shimohira
  • Patent number: 8313397
    Abstract: A bat includes a handle having a handle joint, a barrel having a barrel joint and a barrel joint opening at an end of the barrel joint, and a connector connecting the handle joint and barrel joint together. The barrel joint has a first support hole formed proximal to the barrel joint opening, a second support hole formed distal to the barrel joint opening and having a larger diameter than the first support hole, and a receiver formed between the first and second support holes orthogonal to an axis of the holes. The connector has a handle connection connected to the handle joint, a first barrel connection formed on an outer periphery of the connector and engaging with the first support hole, a second barrel connection formed on an outer periphery of the connector and engaging with the second support hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Watari, Katsumi Shimohira
  • Publication number: 20110197831
    Abstract: A pulverized coal burning boiler is provided, which reduces an air-excess ratio thereby to reduce the emission of unburned contents such as CO. The pulverized coal burning boiler includes a pulverized coal feed measuring device for measuring the feeding rates of the pulverized coal to be conveyed through coal feeding pipes, individually, and a control device for calculating the burning air feeding rates to match the pulverized coal feeding rates thereby to send a control command signal to burning air feed adjusting device, so that a burner air ratio set by a burner air ratio setting device may be kept on the basis of both the pulverized coal feeding rate, which is measured by the pulverized coal feed measuring device, and the burning air feeding rate, which is measured by the burning air feeding rate measuring device and fed to a pulverized coal burner connected to the coal feeding pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ohyatsu, Hidehisa Yoshizako, Katsumi Shimohira, Hitoshi Okimura, Seishi Miyake
  • Patent number: 7993223
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and large than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is held of an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Shaft Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Makoto Watari, Katsumi Shimohira, Shuichi Nagashima
  • Patent number: 7985149
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube formed from FRP or synthetic resin having a part to be hit and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube having two ends which are open and including at least two or more layers, a first fixing component including a body part, an interior periphery surface of the body part is fixed to the first tube, a second fixing component including an insertion part, and a gap located between the first tube and the second tube and being formed by the second tube being attached to an exterior periphery of the first tube, one end of the second tube being fixed to an exterior periphery surface of the body part, and the other end of the second tube being fixed to the insertion part which is inserted between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Shaft Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Watari, Katsumi Shimohira, Yuta Okutsu
  • Patent number: 7980970
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and larger than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is arranged on an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Shaft Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Makoto Watari, Katsumi Shimohira, Shuichi Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20110172038
    Abstract: A bat includes a handle having a handle joint, a barrel having a barrel joint and a barrel joint opening at an end of the barrel joint, and a connector connecting the handle joint and barrel joint together. The barrel joint has a first support hole formed proximal to the barrel joint opening, a second support hole formed distal to the barrel joint opening and having a larger diameter than the first support hole, and a receiver formed between the first and second support holes orthogonal to an axis of the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto WATARI, Katsumi Shimohira
  • Publication number: 20110105255
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and large than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is held of an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: NHK SHAFT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto WATARI, Katsumi SHIMOHIRA, Shuichi NAGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 7883433
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and large than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is held of an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Shaft Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Makoto Watari, Katsumi Shimohira, Shuichi Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20100224108
    Abstract: A pulverized coal-fired boiler efficiently supplies air to a central part of a furnace and the neighborhood of a furnace wall, thereby promoting mixture with combustion gas, and reducing both NOx and CO. The main after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a large momentum for enabling arrival at the central part of the furnace, and the sub-after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a small momentum to the neighborhood of the wall face of the furnace, and a sectional center of each of the sub-after air ports is within a range from 1 to 5 times of a caliber of the main after air ports from a sectional center of each of the main after air ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Yuki Kamikawa, Masayuki Taniguchi, Hisayuki Orita, Hironobu Kobayashi, Akira Baba, Toshihiko Mine, Shinichirou Nomura, Noriyuki Ooyatsu, Satoshi Tadakuma, Hidehisa Yoshizako, Hiroaki Kanemoto, Kouji Kuramashi, Akihito Orii, Shinji Tsuda, Hirofumi Okazaki, Takanori Yano, Katsumi Shimohira
  • Publication number: 20100125014
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube formed from FRP or synthetic resin having a part to be hit and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube having two ends which are open and including at least two or more layers, a first fixing component including a body part, an interior periphery surface of the body part is fixed to the first tube, a second fixing component including an insertion part, and a gap located between the first tube and the second tube and being formed by the second tube being attached to an exterior periphery of the first tube, one end of the second tube being fixed to an exterior periphery surface of the body part, and the other end of the second tube being fixed to the insertion part which is inserted between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON SHAFT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto WATARI, Katsumi SHIMOHIRA, Yuta OKUTSU
  • Publication number: 20090280935
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and larger than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is arranged on an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto WATARI, Katsumi SHIMOHIRA, Shuichi NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20090280934
    Abstract: A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and large than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is held of an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON SHAFT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto WATARI, Katsumi SHIMOHIRA, Shuichi NAGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 6213888
    Abstract: A golf club shaft includes a first strain gauge attached to a first side of the shaft facing the striking direction, a second strain gauge attached to a second side of the shaft facing the address direction at right-angles to the striking direction, and a third strain gauge which is capable of measuring the twist of the shaft. Detection signals from the strain gauges are used to classify a shaft into four types according to the swing type of a golfer in accordance with at least torque or kick point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Shaft Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatake Kawaguchi, Makoto Watari, Katsumi Shimohira, Atsushi Yagita