Patents by Inventor Kinya Ichimura

Kinya Ichimura 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: 20050173197
    Abstract: A method for energy storage and recovery for load hoisting equipment driven by a diode controlled DC motor and having an inverter controlling an induction motor which drives a flywheel whereby, utilizing rest power such as reverse power from the DC motor when lowering a load and unused power at small load or idle to accelerate rotation of a flywheel, whereby energy is stored, and the system is reversed when a load is lifted and power is consumed whereby the flywheel causes the induction motor to generate power and deliver it to the DC motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Kinya Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20050036853
    Abstract: A method for nonintrusive scanning of cargo containers quay side while the containers are being transferred between ship and land transportation utilizing a mobile cargo container handling buffer crane having a bridge crane mounted thereon for transferring cargo containers between a ship and land transportation with an intermediate transfer position whereby a suspended container can be noninvasively inspected by a longitudinally reciprocating container traversing radiation emitter apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Kinya Ichimura, Sun Huang, Philip Tam
  • Publication number: 20050036854
    Abstract: A mobile cargo container handling buffer crane having a bridge crane mounted thereon for transferring cargo containers between a ship and land transportation with an intermediate transfer position at which a suspended container can be noninvasively inspected by a longitudinally reciprocating container traversing nonintrusive inspection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Kinya Ichimura, Sun Huang, Philip Tam