Patents by Inventor Mikihito Kobayashi

Mikihito Kobayashi 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).

  • Ballast retaining structure, tool jig, and bedded track
    Patent number: 8720792
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure according to the present invention is a ballast retaining structure in which ballast laid on the roadbed is tamped to thereby retain a track bed extended in an extending direction of the roadbed from a transverse direction thereof, and includes a layered body formed by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, which are stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed such that each of the bag-like objects is tilted to decline from an outer end portion to an inner end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Central Japan Railway Company
    Inventors: Mikihito Kobayashi, Masaki Seki, Yasuhito Watanabe, Hironari Muramatsu, Junichi Koseki
  • Ballast retaining structure, bedded track
    Patent number: 8240580
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure includes a first layered body constituted by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed and disposed in the extending direction of the roadbed. The bag-like object has communication holes for communicating an inside and an outside of the bag-like object formed in at least upper and lower surfaces of the bag-like object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Central Japan Railroad Company
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Mikihito Kobayashi, Junichi Koseki
  • BALLAST RETAINING STRUCTURE, TOOL JIG, AND BEDDED TRACK
    Publication number: 20110155818
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure according to the present invention is a ballast retaining structure in which ballast laid on the roadbed is tamped to thereby retain a track bed extended in an extending direction of the roadbed from a transverse direction thereof, and includes a layered body formed by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, which are stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed such that each of the bag-like objects is tilted to decline from an outer end portion to an inner end portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Mikihito Kobayashi, Masaki Seki, Yasuhito Watanabe, Hironari Muramatsu, Junichi Koseki
  • BALLAST RETAINING STRUCTURE, BEDDED TRACK
    Publication number: 20100193596
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure includes a first layered body constituted by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed and disposed in the extending direction of the roadbed. The bag-like object has communication holes for communicating an inside and an outside of the bag-like object formed in at least upper and lower surfaces of the bag-like object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Mikihito Kobayashi, Junichi Koseki