Patents by Inventor Meguru TSUNOMOTO

Meguru TSUNOMOTO 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: 11753823
    Abstract: A concrete structure includes a continuous fiber-reinforced polymer material arranged as a main reinforcing material or a tendon. A short fiber reinforcing material consisting of an organic fiber is mixed in 0.5% or more with respect to an entire volume. The continuous fiber-reinforced polymer material is shaped like a rod or a stranded wire. A ratio Lf/Gm between a fiber length Lf of the organic fiber of the short fiber reinforcing material and a maximum aggregate diameter Gm of a concrete composition is 1.2 to 3.7, and an aspect ratio Lf/De, in which De is an equivalent diameter that is a cross-sectional area of the organic fiber converted into a circle diameter, is 30 to 69.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: TOKYO ROPE MFG. CO., LTD., ORIENTAL SHIRAISHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanaka, Eiji Koda, Toru Tanaka, Meguru Tsunomoto, Hiroshi Watase, Tomohiro Ishii
  • Publication number: 20220145626
    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a concrete structure and a concrete slab, which, by using a continuous fiber-reinforced polymer material as a main reinforcing material or a tendon, and by mixing a short fiber reinforcing material in concrete, compensate for the mechanical shortcomings of the continuous fiber-reinforced polymer material, not rusting, and taking advantage of superior characteristics of the continuous fiber-reinforced polymer material, with low manufacturing cost and ultra-high durability. MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM: In a concrete structure, in which a continuous fiber-reinforced polymer material is arranged as a main reinforcing material or a tendon, a short fiber reinforcing material consisting of an organic fiber is mixed in 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: TOKYO ROPE MGF. CO., LTD., ORIENTAL SHIRAISHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TANAKA, Eiji KODA, Toru TANAKA, Meguru TSUNOMOTO, Hiroshi WATASE, Tomohiro ISHII
  • Patent number: 11268280
    Abstract: In an anchorage (1) of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strands that anchors continuous fiber-reinforced polymer strands (2) to concrete structures, there is provided an untwisted diameter-expanded portion (3) expanded to a diameter D2 by being radially expanded with respect to a diameter D1 of a general portion (4) of the CFRP strands (2) by untwisting any section of the CFRP strands (2) formed by stranding a plurality of element wires (20, 21) that are bundles of multiple continuous fibers, and filling and curing a time curable material (5) in a clearance among the element wires the untwisted section that is untwisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: TOKYO ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., ORIENTAL SHIRAISHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masuya, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toru Tanaka, Eiji Koda, Hiroshi Watase, Meguru Tsunomoto
  • Publication number: 20210087815
    Abstract: In an anchorage 1 of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strands that anchors continuous fiber-reinforced polymer strands 2 to concrete structures, there is provided an untwisted diameter-expanded portion 3 expanded to a diameter D2 by being radially expanded with respect to a diameter D1 of a general portion 4 of the CFRP strands 2 by untwisting any section of the CFRP strands 2 formed by stranding a plurality of element wires (20, 21) that are bundles of multiple continuous fibers, and filling and curing a time curable material 5 in a clearance among the element wires the untwisted section that is untwisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: TOKYO ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., ORIENTAL SHIRAISHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi MASUYA, Yoshihiro TANAKA, Toru TANAKA, Eiji KODA, Hiroshi WATASE, Meguru TSUNOMOTO