Patents by Inventor Kouichi Okada
Kouichi Okada 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: 20190290935Abstract: A radiation monitor 1 includes a light-emitting unit 10 which generates light having an intensity depending on an amount of an incident radiation, an optical fiber 20 which sends a photon generated by the light-emitting unit 10, a photoelectric converter 30 which transmits one electric pulse to one sent photon, a dose calculation device 40 which counts the electric pulse amplified by the photoelectric converter 30 and converts the counted value of the measured electric pulses into a dose of the radiation, and a display device 50. The dose calculation device 40 counts the electric signals converted from the photon by the photoelectric converter 30 to calculate a counting rate, and stops the counting when the counting rate exceeds a predetermined threshold, and performs counting when the counting rate is less than the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Yuichiro UENO, Takahiro TADOKORO, Yasushi NAGUMO, Shuichi HATAKEYAMA, Katsunori UENO, Kouichi OKADA
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Publication number: 20190209870Abstract: A radiation therapy apparatus capable of improving the accuracy of a dose distribution includes an X-ray generation device that is provided at an arm portion of a rotation gantry, a radiation detector that is insertable into the body of a patient, a dose calculation device, and a feedback control device. An X-ray generated due to collision of an electron beam with a target in the X-ray generation device is applied to an affected part (cancer) of a patient on a bed. The radiation detector which is insertable into the body detects the X-ray applied to the affected part so as to output a photon to obtain a dose rate and a dose based thereon. The feedback control device either controls the X-ray generation device such that the obtained dose becomes a set dose or controls the radiation generation device such that the obtained dose rate becomes a set dose rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Yuichiro UENO, Takahiro TADOKORO, Yasushi NAGUMO, Katsunori UENO, Kouichi OKADA, Shuichi HATAKEYAMA
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Publication number: 20190204457Abstract: Provided is a radiation monitor, including: a radiation detection unit which includes a radiation detection element, the radiation detection element emitting light of a predetermined light emission wavelength; a light emission unit which emits light of a wavelength different from the light emission wavelength; a wavelength selection unit which passes the light of the light emission wavelength, and is set to a first mode to block the light from the light emission unit; an optical transmission line which transmits the light; a light detection unit which converts the light passing through the wavelength selection unit into an electric pulse; and a control unit which measures a count rate of the electric pulse, and determines whether at least the light emission unit is degraded on the basis of the count rate and a light intensity of the light emission unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Takahiro TADOKORO, Katsunori UENO, Yuichiro UENO, Kouichi OKADA, Shuichi HATAKEYAMA, Yasushi NAGUMO, Yoshinobu SAKAKIBARA, Toru SHIBUTANI, Takahiro ITOU
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Publication number: 20190175950Abstract: The radiation detection device includes a plurality of radiation detectors arranged in a row and is inserted into the body of patient subjected to the X-ray therapy. An X-ray detection signal (photon) is output from each of the radiation detectors that detects the X-ray applied to the patient. The dose rate measurement device separately connected to each of the radiation detectors obtains the dos rate at the position of each radiation detector based on the signals. The irradiation direction determination device determines whether the row of radiation detectors matches the irradiation direction of the X-ray using the dos rate obtained by each of the dose rate measurement devices. When the row of radiation detectors matches the irradiation direction, the energy distribution analysis device obtains an energy distribution using the dose rate at the positions of the radiation detectors by applying, for example, an inverse problem analysis called an unfolding method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Yasushi NAGUMO, Takahiro TADOKORO, Yuichiro UENO, Katsunori UENO, Kouichi OKADA, Shuichi HATAKEYAMA
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Patent number: 10224122Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a reactor instrumentation system that can be easily repaired or replaced. The invention includes: an instrumentation tube provided in a reactor core; a gas flow pipe provided in the instrumentation tube; a suction mechanism for supplying gas containing oxygen to the gas flow pipe; and a nuclide analysis device for measuring a nuclide in the gas in the gas flow pipe. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a reactor instrumentation system that can be easily repaired or replaced.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Okada, Takahiro Tadokoro, Katsunori Ueno, Yasushi Nagumo
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Publication number: 20190018148Abstract: The dose measurement device includes: a radiation sensor constituted by a light emitting portion that is made of a polycrystalline scintillator and emits light of intensity dependent on an amount of incident radiation and a cover covering the light emitting portion; an optical fiber that is connected to the radiation sensor and transmits the photons emitted by the polycrystalline scintillator; a photoelectric converter for converting the photons transmitted by the optical fiber into electrical signals; a calculation device for measuring each of the electrical signals through the conversion by the photoelectric converter of each photon, calculating a count rate, and specifying a dose rate; and a display device for displaying measurement results calculated by the calculation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Yuichiro UENO, Takahiro TADOKORO, Yasushi NAGUMO, Shuichi HATAKEYAMA, Kouichi OKADA
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Publication number: 20170315241Abstract: A radiation monitor for accurately measuring the dose rate of radiation by suppressing the risk of explosion or the like is provided. The radiation monitor includes a radiation emitting element which includes a light emitting part emitting light of an intensity corresponding to a dose rate of incident radiation, an optical fiber which is connected to the radiation emitting element and transmits the light emitted from the light emitting part, an electric pulse converter which is connected to the optical fiber and transmits one electric pulse for one photon of the transmitted light, an electric pulse detector which is connected to the electric pulse converter and counts the electric pulse transmitted from the electric pulse converter, and an analyzer which is connected to the electric pulse detector and converts the electric pulse count rate obtained by the electric pulse detector into a radiation dose rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro TADOKORO, Kazuo TOMINAGA, Katsunori UENO, Kouichi OKADA, Yasushi NAGUMO, Hitoshi KUWABARA, Keisuke SASAKI
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Publication number: 20170142295Abstract: A display device includes a signal detector configured to detect variations in a video input signal input thereto; a video delay measuring part configured to measure a video delay time concerning a video display operation based on the video input signal when the signal detector detects variations in the video input signal; a sound delay measuring part configured to measure a sound delay time concerning processing of a sound signal input thereto when the signal detector detects variations in the video input signal; and a sound delay processor configured to delay the sound signal based on the video delay and the sound delay time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventor: Kouichi OKADA
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Publication number: 20170062084Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a reactor instrumentation system that can be easily repaired or replaced. The invention includes: an instrumentation tube provided in a reactor core; a gas flow pipe provided in the instrumentation tube; a suction mechanism for supplying gas containing oxygen to the gas flow pipe; and a nuclide analysis device for measuring a nuclide in the gas in the gas flow pipe. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a reactor instrumentation system that can be easily repaired or replaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Kouichi OKADA, Takahiro TADOKORO, Katsunori UENO, Yasushi NAGUMO
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Publication number: 20160109241Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling operation of an autonomously navigating utility vehicle adapted to run about a working area defined by a boundary wire which generates magnetic field therearound when supplied with electric current and having a magnetic sensor that produces an output indicating intensity of magnetic field generated by the boundary wire and a position determining unit that determine a position of the vehicle with respect to the working area based on the output of the magnetic sensor, a coded data signal determined to be inherent to the working area is generated and supplied to the electric current, and the position determining unit detects the data signal and determines the position of the vehicle based on a rate of concordance of the detected data signal and a reference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Junichi Eguchi, Toshiaki Kawakami, Jin Nishimura, George Murakami, Kouichi Okada
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Patent number: 7056150Abstract: An electrical connector box constructed to prevent inaccurate insertion of a short circuit forming terminal to the contacts of an internal circuit. A shorting terminal includes a conductor plate having multiple tabs extending from a link portion, the link portion being covered by a cover, and a post that extends in the same direction as the tabs. A relay receptacle includes a post aperture into which post member of cover is inserted, thus allowing the tabs to enter specified terminal slots of the relay receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Saka, Kouichi Okada
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Publication number: 20050221689Abstract: An electrical connector box constructed to prevent inaccurate insertion of a short circuit forming terminal to the contacts of an internal circuit. A shorting terminal includes a conductor plate having multiple tabs extending from a link portion, the link portion being covered by a cover, and a post that extends in the same direction as the tabs. A relay receptacle includes a post aperture into which post member of cover is inserted, thus allowing the tabs to enter specified terminal slots of the relay receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Saka, Kouichi Okada
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Patent number: 6814591Abstract: An electrical connector housing includes a first shell mountable on a second shell. The first shell is provided with connector mounts to be fit with connectors, fuse mounts to be fit with fuses and relay mounts to be fit with relays. The electrical connector housing contains a busbar stack which includes a connector circuitry module containing connector-connecting circuits, a fuse circuitry module containing fuse-connecting circuits, and a relay circuitry module containing relay-connecting circuits. In this manner, only the busbars contained in the fuse-connecting circuits and those contained in the relay-connecting circuits can be formed of a copper alloy which is harder than pure copper. As a result, the busbar terminals of the fuse-and relay-connecting circuits can be connected directly to the fuse and the relays, respectively. The electrical connector housing thus configured has a simple structure, and can be constructed without increasing costs.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Oka, Kouichi Okada
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Patent number: 6514212Abstract: A hemadynamometer has an air bag designed for attaining oppression or ischemia of radial artery only without oppressing ulnar artery, with a length of the bag made, when the bag is wound on a user's wrist on its radial side starting from such hard organization area as tendons on palm side of the wrist through the radial artery, to reach at least styloid process of radius but not to reach the ulnar artery, and with a width set for locally oppressing the radial artery at least substantially right above the styloid process of radius in longitudinal direction of the wrist.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2000Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Ide, Daisuke Morikawa, Fumio Kitagawa, Satoshi Nakayama, Takahiro Kurihara, Manabu Hamamoto, Shinichi Fumuro, Kouichi Okada, Tomohiro Kami
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Publication number: 20020025699Abstract: An electrical connector housing includes a first shell mountable on a second shell. The first shell is provided with connector mounts to be fit with connectors, fuse mounts to be fit with fuses and relay mounts to be fit with relays. The electrical connector housing contains a busbar stack which includes a connector circuitry module containing connector-connecting circuits, a fuse circuitry module containing fuse-connecting circuits, and a relay circuitry module containing relay-connecting circuits. In this manner, only the busbars contained in the fuse-connecting circuits and those contained in the relay-connecting circuits can be formed of a copper alloy which is harder than pure copper. As a result, the busbar terminals of the fuse-and relay-connecting circuits can be connected directly to the fuse and the relays, respectively. The electrical connector housing thus configured has a simple structure, and can be constructed without increasing costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Oka, Kouichi Okada
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Patent number: 6141871Abstract: Busbars to be connected with a pair of terminals of a fuse are formed from one conductive plate and thus can be arranged in the same layer in an electrical connection box. First and second busbars 13, 14 to be connected with a pair of terminals 11, 12 of a fuse 10 have coplanar base plates 13a, 14a. Bent portions 13b, 14b are provided at the leading ends of the respective base plates 13a, 14a and also are coplanar. Distant side edges of the bent portions 13b, 14b are provided with folded portions 13c, 14c which are parallel with each other and with the side surfaces of the base plates 13a, 14a. Slits 13d, 14d are formed by making cuts from the upper ends of the opposite folded portions 13c, 14c, so that the pair of terminals 11, 12 of the fuse 10 can be pressed into the slits 13d 14d to connect the fuse electrically with the busbars. The first and second busbars 13, 14 are formed by punching one conductive plate and are arranged in the same layer inside a casing.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1998Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Kouichi Okada
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Patent number: 5967819Abstract: To reduce the number of components contained in an electric junction box, an electric junction box containing a bus bar therein includes a connecting area formed integrally on a portion of the bus bar while a complimentary connecting area provided on the lower case cooperates with the connecting area of the bus bar. The bus bar is arranged on the upper surface of the lower case with the connecting areas firmly fastened to each other, with the bus bar being directly fastened to the lower case. The upper cover is placed on and fastened to the lower case while the bus bar is connected to the lower case, thereby making the use of an upper case unnecessary.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1997Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Kouichi Okada
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Patent number: 5523018Abstract: A phosphor composition contains phosphor particles and a water-soluble rare earth compound uniformly covering the surfaces of the phosphor particles. The rare earth compound is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 5% by weight in terms of the corresponding rare earth oxide, based on the weight of the phosphor particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1995Date of Patent: June 4, 1996Assignee: Nichia Kagaku Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Kouichi Okada, Toshiaki Tateiwa, Tetsuya Sadamoto, Yoshihito Hario, Yuji Itsuki, Masato Fujiwara, Osamu Sakai, Kenji Fujino
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Patent number: 5433888Abstract: A phosphor composition contains phosphor particles and a water-soluble rare earth compound uniformly covering the surfaces of the phosphor particles. The rare earth compound is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 5% by weight in terms of the corresponding rare earth oxide, based on the weight of the phosphor particles.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1993Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: Nichia Kagaku Kogyo, K.K.Inventors: Kouichi Okada, Toshiaki Tateiwa, Tetsuya Sadamoto, Yoshihito Hario, Yuji Itsuki, Masato Fujiwara, Osamu Sakai, Kenji Fujino
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Patent number: 5417886Abstract: A phosphor-coating composition contains phosphor particles, particles of a rare earth compound, a binder, and a dispersing medium. The rare earth compound is present in an amount of 0.001 to 5% by weight in terms of the corresponding oxide.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1993Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: Nichia Kagaku Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Toshiaki Tateiwa, Kouichi Okada, Tetsuya Sadamoto, Yoshihito Hario