Patents by Inventor Makoto Kurauchi

Makoto Kurauchi 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: 5254190
    Abstract: A tendon for prestressed concrete structure comprises a core member such as a steel wire for prestressed concrete structures, a steel strand for prestressed concrete structures or a steel bar for prestressed concrete structures, and an unset bonding material coating the core structure in a predetermined thickness, having a specific setting time determined by selectively determining the respective contents of the ingredient of the bonding material and capable of setting at an ordinary temperature. The tendon is arranged in a desired arrangement for forming a prestressed concrete structure, concrete is placed so as to bury the tendons therein, and then the tendons are tensioned and fixed after the strength of the deposited concrete has increased to a degree to permit tensioning the tendons and before the unset bonding material sets. Thus, the unset bonding material sets after the tendons have been tensioned and fixed to bond the tendons firmly to the prestressed concrete structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Shinko Kosen Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Kurauchi, Kiyoshi Hayasaki, Toshikazu Minami, Mutsuhiko Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 5149385
    Abstract: A tendon for prestressed concrete structure comprises a core member such as a steel wire for prestressed concrete structures, a steel strand for prestressed concrete structures or a steel bar for prestressed concrete structures, and an unset bonding material coating the core structure in a predetermined thickness, having a specific setting time determined by selectively determining the respective contents of the ingredient of the bonding material and capable of setting at an ordinary temperature. The tendon is arranged in a desired arrangement for forming a prestressed concrete structure, concrete is placed so as to bury the tendons therein, and then the tendons are tensioned and fixed after the strength of the deposited concrete has increased to a degree to permit tensioning the tendons and before the unset bonding material sets. Thus, the unset bonding material sets after the tendons have been tensioned and fixed to bond the tendons firmly to the prestressed concrete structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Shinko Kosen Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Kurauchi, Kiyoshi Hayasaki, Toshikazu Minami, Mutsuhiko Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 4929650
    Abstract: A coating material for a tendon for prestressed concrete includes a curing composition, the curing time of which is so controlled that the composition is held in an uncured fluid state for a predetermined time after the concrete hardens. After the predetermined time passes, the composition cures. By coating a tendon for prestressed concrete with the coating material having such properties, an antirust effect of the tendon, an improved adhering force of the tendon to the concrete and a decreased cost of manufacturing prestressed concrete can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignees: Mitsui Sekiyu Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinko Kosen Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Kurauchi, Michio Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Hayasaki, Toshikazu Minami, Mutsuhiko Ohnishi, Yohei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4590724
    Abstract: An anchorage for PC wire strands, anchorage having an enlarged head portion formed by heading a terminal end of a PC wire strand, and an anchoring member held in pressure contact with a portion of the PC wire strand in a position near the terminal end and having a side end held in close contact with the enlarged head portion, the anchoring member being so formed as to have a length corresponding to one third or one half of the length required for anchoring the PC wire strand by the anchoring member alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Assignee: Shinko Kosen Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Kurauchi, Takeshi Kobayashi, Masakazu Izumi, Jiro Aota