Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Nojiri

Kazuhiro Nojiri 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: 7854168
    Abstract: The invention is objected to enable the provision of an vessel steel plate measuring device capable of measuring the thickness of vessel steel plate, even in the case of a vessel having a vessel mirror part formed by a spherical or conical curved surface such as a reactor (reaction vessel) and various kinds of obstructions at a vessel barrel. The structure of the device is characterized in that a supporting point member 20 is detachably provided from a supporting point set at the central axis of the vessel mirror part 1a of a reactor 1, and a traveling carrier 6 traveling on a steel plate of the vessel mirror part 1a and having plural ultrasonic probes 7 mounted thereon is connected to one end of a turning radius regulating member 19 rotatively provided around the supporting point member 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sato, Kazuhiro Nojiri, Hiroyuki Haga, Jiro Nakayama, Yuji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20090114025
    Abstract: The invention is objected to enable the provision of an vessel steel plate measuring device capable of measuring the thickness of vessel steel plate, even in the case of a vessel having a vessel mirror part formed by a spherical or conical curved surface such as a reactor (reaction vessel) and various kinds of obstructions at a vessel barrel. The structure of the device is characterized in that a supporting point member 20 is detachably provided from a supporting point set at the central axis of the vessel mirror part 1a of a reactor 1, and a traveling carrier 6 traveling on a steel plate of the vessel mirror part 1a and having plural ultrasonic probes 7 mounted thereon is connected to one end of a turning radius regulating member 19 rotatively provided around the supporting point member 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sato, Kazuhiro Nojiri, Hiroyuki Haga, Jiro Nakayama, Yuji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7513161
    Abstract: The invention is objected to enable the provision of an vessel steel plate measuring device capable of measuring the thickness of vessel steel plate, even in the case of a vessel having a vessel mirror part formed by a spherical or conical curved surface such as a reactor (reaction vessel) and various kinds of obstructions at a vessel barrel. The structure of the device is characterized in that a supporting point member 20 is detachably provided from a supporting point set at the central axis of the vessel mirror part 1a of a reactor 1, and a traveling carrier 6 traveling on a steel plate of the vessel mirror part 1a and having plural ultrasonic probes 7 mounted thereon is connected to one end of a turning radius regulating member 19 rotatively provided around the supporting point member 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sato, Kazuhiro Nojiri, Hiroyuki Haga, Jiro Nakayama, Yuji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20060169022
    Abstract: The invention is objected to enable the provision of an vessel steel plate measuring device capable of measuring the thickness of vessel steel plate, even in the case of a vessel having a vessel mirror part formed by a spherical or conical curved surface such as a reactor (reaction vessel) and various kinds of obstructions at a vessel barrel. The structure of the device is characterized in that a supporting point member 20 is detachably provided from a supporting point set at the central axis of the vessel mirror part 1a of a reactor 1, and a traveling carrier 6 traveling on a steel plate of the vessel mirror part 1a and having plural ultrasonic probes 7 mounted thereon is connected to one end of a turning radius regulating member 19 rotatively provided around the supporting point member 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sato, Kazuhiro Nojiri, Hiroyuki Haga, Jiro Nakayama, Yuji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 6691576
    Abstract: Plural auxiliary carts 18 and 19 are connected to a measuring cart 11 in the width direction thereof which travels on a tank bottom plate 31 through universal joint mechanisms 26 and 27. Reflection type ultrasonic probes 22, 23 and coating film thickness gauges 24, 25 are provided with the respective auxiliary carts 18 and 19, and also a rotary encoder 32 which measures a traveling distance of the measuring cart 11 is attached to the measuring cart 11. Based on the outputs of the ultrasonic probes 22, 23, the outputs of the coating film thickness gauges 24, 25 and the outputs of the rotary encoder 32, the actual thickness of the tank bottom plate 31, that is obtained by subtracting the thickness of the coating film at a specific position of the tank bottom plate 31 measured by the rotary encoder, is measured and stored, and the thickness of every portion of the tank bottom plate 31 is displayed on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignees: Asahi Engineering Co., Ltd., Shin Nippon Nondestructive Inspection Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sato, Kazuhiro Nojiri, Tatsuya Fukunaga, Fuminori Kiyota, Ryota Kajiki, Yuji Nishimura