Patents by Inventor Keita ODA
Keita ODA 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).
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Publication number: 20240019055Abstract: A ring body to be provided in a pipe joint which can prevent a spigot from separating from a socket by a spigot protrusion engaging with a lock ring from the back side of the socket in the separation direction A of the spigot. The ring body includes a main body part which is inserted into between the inner peripheral surface of the socket and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot to be provided in the pipe joint, and a deviation prevention member that prevents the main body part from deviating to the opening end side of the socket, wherein the main body part moves the spigot in the pipe radial direction with respect to the socket, thereby reducing deviation in the pipe radial direction between the pipe axis of a first pipe and the pipe axis of a second pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Keita ODA, Ryunosuke TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230400128Abstract: A pipe joint is provided in which a seal member insertion space 14 is formed between a first tapered surface 8 of a socket 5 and an outer circumference of a spigot 3, a seal member 15 is inserted into the seal member insertion space 14, and a gland 17 that presses the seal member 15 into the seal member insertion space 14 is externally fitted to the spigot 3. The seal member 15 has a bulb part 26 at one end part thereof. A guide part 29 that guides the bulb part 26 from an opening end face 16 of the socket 5 into the seal member insertion space 14 is formed on the inner circumference of the socket S. The guide part 29 has a second tapered surface 30. An angle of inclination of the second tapered surface 30 is greater than an angle of inclination of the first tapered surface 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryunosuke TANAKA, Keita ODA, Shozo KISHI
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Patent number: 11746937Abstract: A pipe joint in which a seal body and a spacer are mounted from the insides of pipes, wherein: a spigot of one pipe is inserted into a socket of the other pipe; and an annular accommodation space is formed between the inner circumference of the socket and the outer circumference of the spigot. Inside the accommodation space are accommodated: a seal body for sealing the gap between the socket and the spigot; a push ring that presses the seal body to keep the seal body in a compressed state; and a spacer that maintains the interval between the push ring and the deep end of the socket in the pipe axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo Kishi, Kazuya Ito, Kazuma Harada, Keita Oda, Ryunosuke Tanaka, Kohei Ikeda, Yuito Komaru
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Publication number: 20230095369Abstract: An inferring device includes one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to acquire a latent variable; generate a structural formula by inputting the latent variable in a first model; and calculate a score with respect to the structural formula. The one or more processors execute processing of the acquisition of the latent variable, the generation of the structural formula, and the calculation of the score, at least two times or more, to generate the structural formula indicating the score higher than that of the structural formula generated at the execution of the first time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Preferred Networks, Inc.Inventors: Motoki ABE, Mizuki TAKEMOTO, Ryuichiro ISHITANI, Keita ODA
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Publication number: 20230091354Abstract: In a pipe joint, a spigot is inserted into a socket; a lock ring is accommodated in a lock ring-accommodating groove formed in the inner circumference of the socket; and an engaging part formed in the outer circumference of the spigot, wherein the engaging part engages with the lock ring from a back side of the socket in a separation direction A of the spigot, thereby preventing the spigot from separating from the socket. The engaging part is formed at a position receding from a distal end of the spigot in the separation direction A of the spigot. A bending suppressing member for restricting the socket and the spigot in a bending direction C is provided between the inner circumference of the socket and the outer circumference of the spigot in the range between the distal end of the spigot and the engaging part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Keita ODA, Ryunosuke TANAKA
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Patent number: 11333278Abstract: A pipe-joining centering device aligns, with an axial center of one pipe, an axial center of another pipe when a spigot of the other pipe is to be inserted into a socket of the one pipe. The pipe-joining centering device includes a support member configured to support an end part of the spigot. The support member is tiltable in a pipe radial direction between an inner peripheral surface of the socket and an outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The pipe-joining centering device also includes a position adjustment member configured to tilt the support member in the pipe radial direction. The support member and the position adjustment member are supported on the inner peripheral surface of the socket.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo Kishi, Keita Oda, Ryunosuke Tanaka, Hideki Nakaya
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Publication number: 20210095798Abstract: A pipe joint in which a seal body and a spacer are mounted from the insides of pipes, wherein: a spigot of one pipe is inserted into a socket of the other pipe; and an annular accommodation space is formed between the inner circumference of the socket and the outer circumference of the spigot. Inside the accommodation space are accommodated: a seal body for sealing the gap between the socket and the spigot; a push ring that presses the seal body to keep the seal body in a compressed state; and a spacer that maintains the interval between the push ring and the deep end of the socket in the pipe axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Kazuya ITO, Kazuma HARADA, Keita ODA, Ryunosuke TANAKA, Kohei IKEDA, Yuito KOMARU
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Patent number: 10738919Abstract: A first projection is formed on the outer periphery of a bulb part, a second projection is formed on the socket rear end of the bulb part, a tapered part is formed with a decreasing diameter from the inner periphery of a heel part to the inner periphery of the second projection, and a third projection is formed on the tapered part. A first dimension B from the first projection to the third projection in an inclination direction opposite to an inclination direction G of the tapered part is smaller than a second dimension C from the first projection to the second projection in a radial direction A.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo Kishi, Takaaki Kagawa, Keita Oda
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Publication number: 20200208765Abstract: A pipe-joining centering device aligns, with an axial center of one pipe, an axial center of another pipe when a spigot of the other pipe is to be inserted into a socket of the one pipe. The pipe-joining centering device includes a support member configured to support an end part of the spigot. The support member is tiltable in a pipe radial direction between an inner peripheral surface of the socket and an outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The pipe-joining centering device also includes a position adjustment member configured to tilt the support member in the pipe radial direction. The support member and the position adjustment member are supported on the inner peripheral surface of the socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Keita ODA, Ryunosuke TANAKA, Hideki NAKAYA
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Patent number: 10443772Abstract: A pipe joint structure provided with: a heel section configured so that a spigot formed on the end section of a pipe is inserted via a seal member into a socket formed in the end section of another pipe and seal member is fitted to a recessed section formed on the inner circumferential section of the socket; and a valve section compressed between the inner circumferential surface of the socket and the outer circumferential surface of the spigot. Additionally, a marker member is provided to the heel section that is accommodated in the recessed section. The socket circumference section of the pipe joint structure is subjected to non-contact inspection by a marker detection device from the spigot-side pipe along the axial direction of the pipe and the quality of the joining state of the pipe joint structure is determined on the basis of whether the marker member is detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo Kishi, Takaaki Kagawa, Keita Oda, Yuito Komaru
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Publication number: 20180292033Abstract: A first projection is formed on the outer periphery of a bulb part, a second projection is formed on the socket rear end of the bulb part, a tapered part is formed with a decreasing diameter from the inner periphery of a heel part to the inner periphery of the second projection, and a third projection is formed on the tapered part. A first dimension B from the first projection to the third projection in an inclination direction opposite to an inclination direction G of the tapered part is smaller than a second dimension C from the first projection to the second projection in a radial direction A.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Takaaki KAGAWA, Keita ODA
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Publication number: 20180209869Abstract: A behavior estimation method includes a first step of calculating number of earthquake resistant joints required for absorbing a fault displacement amount in a pipe orthogonal direction, based on an allowable deflection angle and a pipe effective length, and calculating a deflection range in a pipe axis direction, a second step of calculating a load, received by the pipe due to relative displacement between the pipe and ground corresponding to a ground spring model in the pipe orthogonal direction defined with spring constants respectively for relative displacements smaller and larger than a predetermined relative displacement, a third step of calculating a bending moment distribution of joint positions from a bending moment of a trapezoidal distribution load, and obtaining a pipe deflection angle at each of the joint positions based on a predetermined joint deflection spring model, and a deflection performance evaluation step.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Keita ODA
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Patent number: 9659112Abstract: There are provided a pipeline structure and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that supports the design of the pipeline structure. The pipeline structure includes two collars and a plurality of short pipes. The plurality of short pipes are connected by joint structures. Two collars are arranged to sandwich a zone where a fault displacement is expected to occur, and thereby, a ground displacement in the pipe axis direction is dealt with (absorbed). The plurality of short pipes are connected by the larger number of joints than the number of joints in the case of arranging a long pipe. By increasing the number of joints, it becomes easier to deal with (absorb) a ground displacement in the direction perpendicular to a pipe axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo Kishi, Shogo Kaneko, Keita Oda
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Publication number: 20160290540Abstract: A pipe joint structure provided with: a heel section configured so that a spigot formed on the end section of a pipe is inserted via a seal member into a socket formed in the end section of another pipe and seal member is fitted to a recessed section formed on the inner circumferential section of the socket; and a valve section compressed between the inner circumferential surface of the socket and the outer circumferential surface of the spigot. Additionally, a marker member is provided to the heel section that is accommodated in the recessed section. The socket circumference section of the pipe joint structure is subjected to non-contact inspection by a marker detection device from the spigot-side pipe along the axial direction of the pipe and the quality of the joining state of the pipe joint structure is determined on the basis of whether the marker member is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Takaaki KAGAWA, Keita ODA, Yuito KOMARU
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Publication number: 20150362103Abstract: There are provided a pipeline structure and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that supports the design of the pipeline structure. The pipeline structure includes two collars and a plurality of short pipes. The plurality of short pipes are connected by joint structures. Two collars are arranged to sandwich a zone where a fault displacement is expected to occur, and thereby, a ground displacement in the pipe axis direction is dealt with (absorbed). The plurality of short pipes are connected by the larger number of joints than the number of joints in the case of arranging a long pipe. By increasing the number of joints, it becomes easier to deal with (absorb) a ground displacement in the direction perpendicular to a pipe axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Shozo KISHI, Shogo KANEKO, Keita ODA
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Publication number: 20150292656Abstract: A first projection is formed on the outer periphery of a bulb part, a second projection is formed on the socket rear end of the bulb part, a tapered part is formed with a decreasing diameter from the inner periphery of a heel part to the inner periphery of the second projection, and a third projection is formed on the tapered part. A first dimension B from the first projection to the third projection in an inclination direction opposite to an inclination direction G of the tapered part is smaller than a second dimension C from the first projection to the second projection in a radial direction A.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Takaaki KAGAWA, Keita ODA, Kazuya ITO
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Patent number: D985741Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryunosuke Tanaka, Keita Oda