Patents by Inventor Kouji Tasaka

Kouji Tasaka 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: 9574313
    Abstract: A tsunami breakwater wall of retaining wall structure supported by a steel pipe pile (1), includes a steel pipe pile (2) that has a bottom end thereof reach a support layer (18) of a ground (16) and is installed to a ground such that an upper end thereof is positioned to a part below a surface of a ground (16), a retaining wall (3) that is placed on a ground (16) and supported by the steel pipe pile (2), and a ground anchor (6) that connects the retaining wall (3) and a support layer (18) of a ground (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kawahara, Yuichi Shimizu, Kouji Tasaka
  • Patent number: 8931976
    Abstract: A tsunami breakwater wall of a multilayered steel pipe pile structure 1, includes a multilayered steel pipe pile 2 where a bottom end thereof reaches a predetermined depth of a support layer 28 and is installed to a ground 26 such that an upper end thereof protrudes upward from a ground surface 26a, and a wall body 15 constructed integral with a part of the multilayered steel pipe pile 2 that protrudes upward from the ground surface 26a. The multilayered steel pipe pile 2 is made from a plurality of large diameter steel pipe piles 3-5 of different diameters, an upper end of an inner most side steel pipe pile 3 protrudes upward from the ground surface 26a, and the wall body 15 is constructed to a part of the steel pipe pile 3 protruding upward from the ground surface 26a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kawahara, Yuichi Shimizu, Kouji Tasaka
  • Publication number: 20140133911
    Abstract: A tsunami breakwater wall of retaining wall structure supported by a steel pipe pile 1, includes a steel pipe pile 2 that has a bottom end thereof reach a support layer 18 of a ground 16 and is installed to a ground such that an upper end thereof is positioned to a part below a surface of a ground 16, a retaining wall 3 that is placed on a ground 16 and supported by the steel pipe pile 2, and a ground anchor 6 that connects the retaining wall 3 and a support layer 18 of a ground 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kawahara, Yuichi Shimizu, Kouji Tasaka