Patents by Inventor Katsunori Shinoda

Katsunori Shinoda 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).

  • Road-ice detecting sensor, method for installing same, and road-ice detecting method
    Patent number: 7358858
    Abstract: A road-ice detecting sensor includes: a temperature sensing member of T shape made of a highly heat conductive metal, having a temperature sensor to be grounded onto a road and a fin part erected from this temperature sensor; an optical fiber having an FBG bonded onto the fin part of the temperature sensing member; and a case having a heat insulating member surrounding the fin part of the temperature sensing member and the optical fiber. A plurality of number of the read-ice detecting sensors are installed on a road, connected to one another via an optical cable. Pulsed light is launched into one of the ends of the optical cable, and beams of reflected light from the respective road-ice detecting sensors are received to measure the road temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignees: Narita International Airport Corporation, Sanki Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ozawa, Katsunori Shinoda, Mitsuo Suzuki, Hisaaki Kawaguchi, Hajime Kato
  • Road-ice detecting sensor, method for installing same, and road-ice detecting method
    Publication number: 20050206526
    Abstract: A road-ice detecting sensor includes: a temperature sensing member of T shape made of a highly heat conductive metal, having a temperature sensor to be grounded onto a road and a fin part erected from this temperature sensor; an optical fiber having an FBG bonded onto the fin part of the temperature sensing member; and a case having a heat insulating member surrounding the fin part of the temperature sensing member and the optical fiber. A plurality of number of the read-ice detecting sensors are installed on a road, connected to one another via an optical cable. Pulsed light is launched into one of the ends of the optical cable, and beams of reflected light from the respective road-ice detecting sensors are received to measure the road temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ozawa, Katsunori Shinoda, Mitsuo Suzuki, Hisaaki Kawaguchi, Hajime Kato