Patents by Inventor Masafumi TAKADA

Masafumi TAKADA 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).

  • Publication number: 20170067857
    Abstract: To minimize contact between water and a work piece that should avoid water and obtain good images in ultrasonic inspection, an ultrasonic probe that irradiates a work piece with an ultrasonic wave and receives reflected wave thereof, an X and Y-axis driving devices that allow the ultrasonic probe 21 to scan the work piece in a horizontal direction, a Z-axis driving device that moves up and down the ultrasonic probe with respect to the work piece, a water supply part provided in the ultrasonic probe and supplying water in a predetermined amount between the probe tip end portion and the work piece, and a water suction part provided in the ultrasonic probe and suctioning the water after water supply by the water is supplied are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko OONUKI, Kaoru KITAMI, Masafumi TAKADA, Seiya MINAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9395336
    Abstract: A scanning acoustic tomograph has a water tank which accommodates water, a sample stand which is disposed in the water tank and on which a subject is placed, a first ultrasonic transducer which irradiates ultrasonic waves toward the subject, and a second ultrasonic transducer which receives the ultrasonic waves transmitted through the subject, the first and second ultrasonic transducers are disposed opposed to each other in a vertical direction, and a hydrophilic film is formed on a lower surface side of the sample stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tomita, Hirokazu Nagaoka, Kaoru Kitami, Masafumi Takada
  • Patent number: 9326752
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging device includes an ultrasonic probe including a piezoelectric device transmitting ultrasonic waves to a sample and receiving echo waves, an X axis scanner and a Y axis scanner scanning the sample and positions the probe at a scanning position, a frequency controller controlling a frequency of a received signal in accordance with the position of the scanning position, a signal processing unit processing the received signal, and an image generator generating an ultrasonic wave image at the frequency based on an output of the signal processing unit. The frequency controller generates and supplies a burst signal having a predetermined frequency by a burst wave oscillator to the piezoelectric device of the ultrasonic probe to generate the ultrasonic waves having a predetermined frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Umeda, Kaoru Kitami, Natsuki Sugaya, Masafumi Takada
  • Publication number: 20140318252
    Abstract: A scanning acoustic tomograph has a water tank which accommodates water, a sample stand which is disposed in the water tank and on which a subject is placed, a first ultrasonic transducer which irradiates ultrasonic waves toward the subject, and a second ultrasonic transducer which receives the ultrasonic waves transmitted through the subject, the first and second ultrasonic transducers are disposed opposed to each other in a vertical direction, and a hydrophilic film is formed on a lower surface side of the sample stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi TOMITA, Hirokazu NAGAOKA, Kaoru KITAMI, Masafumi TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20140024941
    Abstract: The ultrasonic imaging device includes the ultrasonic probe including the piezoelectric device transmitting ultrasonic waves to the sample and receives echo waves, the X axis scanner and the Y axis scanner scanning the sample and positions the probe at a scanning position, the frequency controller controlling the frequency of the received signal in accordance with the position of the scanning position, the signal processing unit processing the received signal, the image generator generating ultrasonic wave image at the frequency on the basis of the output of the signal processing unit. The frequency controller generates and supplies a burst signal having the predetermined frequency by the burst wave oscillator to the piezoelectric device of the ultrasonic probe to generate the ultrasonic waves having a predetermined frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi UMEDA, Kaoru KITAMI, Natsuki SUGAYA, Masafumi TAKADA