Patents by Inventor Masashi SHINTAKU

Masashi SHINTAKU 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: 11892375
    Abstract: An inspection method of the present invention includes supplying water from a tank to an interior of a conduit through a hose provided at one end of the conduit, releasing air from the interior of the conduit to an outside of the conduit through an air vent tube provided at another end of the conduit, determining whether or not water that does not contain air is drained from the air vent tube, when it is determined in the determining that water that does not contain air is drained from the air vent tube, stopping supplying water to the interior of the conduit, closing a valve of an air vent portion, and blocking both ends of the conduit, and performing pressurization by increasing a pressure of the interior of the conduit whose both ends are blocked and whose interior is filled with water, and measuring a pressure value of the interior of the conduit when the pressurization ends and a pressure value of the interior of the conduit when a predetermined period of time elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Shintaku, Yoshihiro Iriyama, Keisuke Kakimoto
  • Publication number: 20220268660
    Abstract: A conduit inspection method includes a first specifying step (S1) of specifying, as a normal section of a conduit, a section from a first end (Pa) of the conduit that is connected to one manhole to a first position (P1) in the conduit at which airtightness can be confirmed, a second specifying step (S1) of specifying, as a normal section of the conduit, a section from a second end (Pb) of the conduit that is connected to another manhole to a second position (P2) in the conduit at which airtightness can be confirmed, and a third specifying step (S3) of specifying a section from the first position (P1) to the second position (P2) as an abnormal section of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi SHINTAKU, Yoshihiro IRIYAMA, Norihiro FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220244130
    Abstract: An inspection method of the present invention includes supplying water from a tank to an interior of a conduit through a hose provided at one end of the conduit, releasing air from the interior of the conduit to an outside of the conduit through an air vent tube provided at another end of the conduit, determining whether or not water that does not contain air is drained from the air vent tube, when it is determined in the determining that water that does not contain air is drained from the air vent tube, stopping supplying water to the interior of the conduit, closing a valve of an air vent portion, and blocking both ends of the conduit, and performing pressurization by increasing a pressure of the interior of the conduit whose both ends are blocked and whose interior is filled with water, and measuring a pressure value of the interior of the conduit when the pressurization ends and a pressure value of the interior of the conduit when a predetermined period of time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi SHINTAKU, Yoshihiro IRIYAMA, Keisuke KAKIMOTO