Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Yamane

Mitsuhiro Yamane 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).

  • Device and method for preventing rusting of cable for supporting bridge
    Patent number: 8042213
    Abstract: A suspension bridge is supported by a cable having one or more cable bands. An anti-rusting device is comprised of one or more covers, each of the covers including an inner peripheral surface and covering the cable so as to leave a gap between the inner peripheral surface and an outer periphery of the cable, the gap being capable of conveying a gas along the outer periphery of the cable; and a ventilator configured to dry and feed the gas into the gap, the ventilator air-tightly communicating with the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamane, Manabu Inoue, Nayomon Uno
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING RUSTING OF CABLE FOR SUPPORTING BRIDGE
    Publication number: 20100293728
    Abstract: A suspension bridge is supported by a cable with one or more cable bands. The rust-preventing device comprises one or more covers for so covering the cable that the gaps allowing a gas to longitudinally flow along the outer surface of the cable are formed between the inner peripheral surfaces of the covers and the outer surface of the cable, and an air blower which is in airtight communication with the gaps and supplies air into the gaps after drying it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: IHI INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamane, Manabu Inoue, Nayomon Uno