Patents by Inventor Koichi Mitsuhata

Koichi Mitsuhata 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: 7232974
    Abstract: A welding head which can easily move the torch portion of the welding head in the circumferential direction and the vertical moving direction of the outer circumference of the to-be-welded tubes even in a narrow gap, includes a torch rotating ring that rotates on the outer circumferences of the tubes by matching with the central axis of the to-be-welded tubes and a torch vertical moving ring disposed concentrically with the ring inside the ring, provided with a torch base for supporting a torch on the front ends, a first gear group for driving and rotating the ring around the tubes, a second gear group that is disposed in parallel to the first gear group and drives and rotates the ring around the tubes, a drive shaft for driving the two gear groups, and a torch rotating motor for driving the drive shaft, and a third gear group that can drive the ring while rotating it in the same direction as or in reverse to that of the ring at a speed equal to or higher or lower than that of the first gear group for rotatin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Toshiharu Myoga, Masahiro Kanatani, Koichi Mitsuhata, Keiji Ueda, Seiji Kikuhara, Toshiharu Nagashima, Shigeru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 7205500
    Abstract: An ultra-flat non-consumable electrode welding torch which allows performing a welding operation through a narrow gap between adjacent piping such as welding piping of a boiler panel, to be mounted on a compact automatic welding head, and a welding head provided with such a welding torch are to be provided. As a gas supply mechanism that supplies a shield gas to a welding section formed at the tip of the non-consumable electrode through inside of the torch body for the non-consumable electrode welding, a gas supply path is provided for supplying the shield gas from an outer gas space in a double ring shaped gas space provided around a non-consumable electrode and divided by a partition wall, to an inner gas space through a plurality of orifices provided at regular intervals in the partition wall, and the gas is blown from the inner gas space to the region around the non-consumable electrode through a metal mesh plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Takashi Sato, Toshiharu Myoga, Koichi Mitsuhata, Masahiro Kanatani, Keiji Ueda, Seiji Kikuhara, Toshiharu Nagashima, Shigeru Fujimoto, Ryuichi Etoh
  • Publication number: 20060076320
    Abstract: An ultra-flat non-consumable electrode welding torch which allows performing a welding operation through a narrow gap between adjacent piping such as welding piping of a boiler panel, to be mounted on a compact automatic welding head, and a welding head provided with such a welding torch are to be provided. As a gas supply mechanism that supplies a shield gas to a welding section formed at the tip of the non-consumable electrode through inside of the torch body for the non-consumable electrode welding, a gas supply path is provided for supplying the shield gas from an outer gas space in a double ring shaped gas space provided around a non-consumable electrode and divided by a partition wall, to an inner gas space through a plurality of orifices provided at regular intervals in the partition wall, and the gas is blown from the inner gas space to the region around the non-consumable electrode through a metal mesh plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Takashi Sato, Toshiharu Myoga, Koichi Mitsuhata, Masahiro Kanatani, Keiji Ueda, Seiji Kikuhara, Toshiharu Nagashima, Shigeru Fujimoto, Ryuichi Etoh
  • Publication number: 20060076318
    Abstract: A welding head which can easily move the torch portion of the welding head in the circumferential direction and the vertical moving direction of the outer circumference of the to-be-welded tubes even in a narrow gap, includes a torch rotating ring that rotates on the outer circumferences of the tubes by matching with the central axis of the to-be-welded tubes and a torch vertical moving ring disposed concentrically with the ring inside the ring, provided with a torch base for supporting a torch on the front ends, a first gear group for driving and rotating the ring around the tubes, a second gear group that is disposed in parallel to the first gear group and drives and rotates the ring around the tubes, a drive shaft for driving the two gear groups, and a torch rotating motor for driving the drive shaft, and a third gear group that can drive the ring while rotating it in the same direction as or in reverse to that of the ring at a speed equal to or higher or lower than that of the first gear group for rotatin
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Toshiharu Myoga, Masahiro Kanatani, Koichi Mitsuhata, Keiji Ueda, Seiji Kikuhara, Toshiharu Nagashima, Shigeru Fujimoto