Patents by Inventor Kozo Yokokura

Kozo Yokokura 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: 8025020
    Abstract: To provide the auxiliary float of a floating structure which can prolong the lifetime of the floating structure by reducing external force acting on the brace and can be used even at very deep water by increasing buoyancy, and to provide a remodeling method of the floating structure. The auxiliary float (11) comprises two floats (12) coupled, respectively, to lower portions of two lower hulls (1) constituting a floating structure, two main coupling members (13) for coupling the floats (12) to each other, and four sub-coupling members (14) for coupling the main coupling member (13) and the float (12). The auxiliary float (11) is produced in advance and the floating structure is mounted on the auxiliary float (11), and then the lower hull (1) and the float (12) are connected, thus remodeling the floating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: IHI Marine United Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yasuda, Masanori Nemoto, Hiromitsu Yamamoto, Kozo Yokokura
  • Publication number: 20090183666
    Abstract: Problems To provide the auxiliary float of a floating structure which can prolong the lifetime of the floating structure by reducing external force acting on the brace and can be used even at very deep water by increasing buoyancy, and to provide a remodeling method of the floating structure. Means for Solving Problems The auxiliary float (11) comprises two floats (12) coupled, respectively, to lower portions of two lower hulls (1) constituting a floating structure, two main coupling members (13) for coupling the floats (12) to each other, and four sub-coupling members (14) for coupling the main coupling member (13) and the float (12). The auxiliary float (11) is produced in advance and the floating structure is mounted on the auxiliary float (11), and then the lower hull (1) and the float (12) are connected, thus remodeling the floating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yasuda, Masanori Nemoto, Hiromitsu Yamamoto, Kozo Yokokura