Patents by Inventor Naoto Kawase

Naoto Kawase 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: 11939322
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for manufacturing 9-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-8-[4-(morpholin-4-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-11-oxo-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[b]carbazole-3-carbonitrile, and is industrially preferable, allowing an objective substance to be obtained in high yield more safely and easily than the conventional method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Serizawa, Akira Kawase, Hiroshi Fukuda, Naoto Hama
  • Patent number: 10726963
    Abstract: There is provided an inspection device for inspecting an inner surface of a nozzle provided in a reactor vessel. The inspection device includes: a device frame, an inspection unit provided on the device frame, an inspection unit push-out moving mechanism for pushing out and moving the inspection unit to the inner surface of the nozzle, a rotation moving mechanism for rotating and moving the inspection unit, a calibration test unit arranged on the device frame for calibrating the inspection unit; and a calibration test unit forward/backward moving mechanism for moving the calibration test unit forward or backward in the direction along the central axis with regard to a track where the inspection unit makes push-out movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Namba, Tomonori Shichida, Naoto Kawase
  • Publication number: 20180005714
    Abstract: There is provided an inspection device for inspecting an inner surface of a nozzle provided in a reactor vessel. The inspection device includes: a device frame, an inspection unit provided on the device frame, an inspection unit push-out moving mechanism for pushing out and moving the inspection unit to the inner surface of the nozzle, a rotation moving mechanism for rotating and moving the inspection unit, a calibration test unit arranged on the device frame for calibrating the inspection unit; and a calibration test unit forward/backward moving mechanism for moving the calibration test unit forward or backward in the direction along the central axis with regard to a track where the inspection unit makes push-out movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Namba, Tomonori Shichida, Naoto Kawase
  • Patent number: 9793016
    Abstract: There is provided an inspection device for inspecting an inner surface of a nozzle provided in a reactor vessel. The inspection device includes: a device frame, an inspection unit provided on the device frame, an inspection unit push-out moving mechanism for pushing out and moving the inspection unit to the inner surface of the nozzle, a rotation moving mechanism for rotating and moving the inspection unit, a calibration test unit arranged on the device frame for calibrating the inspection unit; and a calibration test unit forward/backward moving mechanism for moving the calibration test unit forward or backward in the direction along the central axis with regard to a track where the inspection unit makes push-out movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Namba, Tomonori Shichida, Naoto Kawase
  • Patent number: 9207211
    Abstract: An object is to improve the precision of estimating a blockage ratio or a deposited-scale thickness. In a deposit measurement apparatus that estimates a blockage ratio of a gap between a wall surface of a through-hole and an outer surface of a heat-conducting pipe or the thickness of a deposit deposited at the gap, an eddy-current flaw detection probe (61) acquires an eddy-current flaw detection signal by scanning inside the heat-conducting pipe with a sensor; and a processing device (62) estimates the blockage ratio at the gap or the thickness of the deposit deposited at the gap by using the eddy-current flaw detection signal for the gap of the pipe-supporting-plate protrusion in the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kayoko Kawata, Yuko Yamamoto, Masaaki Kurokawa, Masaharu Michihashi, Naoto Kawase
  • Patent number: 9121601
    Abstract: An insertion-hole blockage-rate evaluation system is applied to a heat exchanger that includes a heat transfer tube and a tube support plate having an insertion hole formed therein for inserting the heat transfer tube therethrough. The tube support plate is displayed in a three dimensional manner in an elliptical diagram with a ratio between a long axis and a short axis being in a range from 1.0 to 2.0 inclusive, each of the tube support plates is serially arranged so as not to overlap on each other, and the insertion-hole blockage-rate evaluation system includes an imaging process of color-coding and displaying the diagram displayed in the three-dimensional elliptical shape according to a value of a blockage rate of the insertion hole acquired by checking the blockage rate of the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kohashi, Naoto Kawase, Kayoko Kawata, Takashi Inagaki, Masaharu Michihashi
  • Publication number: 20150131767
    Abstract: A construction method of a pipeline that forms a pipeline by joining tubular members to each other by butt welding, includes: a tubular member preparation step for preparing a tubular member having a smooth length of an outer surface along an axial direction from a joined end, which is set based on conditions of ultrasonic inspection of a welded portion, which are determined by usage conditions of the pipeline; a tubular member welding step for welding together prepared tubular members; and a welded portion inspection step for inspecting a welded portion by ultrasonic inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawase, Isao Seki, Takayuki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9010404
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus for a heat transfer tube is provided in an inspection robot to be fixed to a tube plate surface of a tube plate at which the heat transfer tube is opened and is for inspecting a seal-welded portion at which the heat transfer tube is welded to the tube plate. The inspection apparatus includes: an inserting unit to be inserted into and withdrawn from the heat transfer tube; a detecting unit having detecting unit for detecting the presence or absence of a defect at the seal-welded portion; a rotating mechanism for rotating the detecting unit around a central axis of the inserting unit; and a moving mechanism for moving, with respect to the inspection robot, the inserting unit, the detecting unit, and the rotating mechanism along the central axis for the rotation of the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawase, Hidetoshi Yonemura, Toshihiro Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20140241482
    Abstract: There is provided an inspection device for inspecting an inner surface of a nozzle provided in a reactor vessel. The inspection device includes: a device frame, an inspection unit provided on the device frame, an inspection unit push-out moving mechanism for pushing out and moving the inspection unit to the inner surface of the nozzle, a rotation moving mechanism for rotating and moving the inspection unit, a calibration test unit arranged on the device frame for calibrating the inspection unit; and a calibration test unit forward/backward moving mechanism for moving the calibration test unit forward or backward in the direction along the central axis with regard to a track where the inspection unit makes push-out movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Namba, Tomonori Shichida, Naoto Kawase
  • Publication number: 20130101153
    Abstract: An insertion-hole blockage-rate evaluation system is applied to a heat exchanger that includes a heat transfer tube and a tube support plate having an insertion hole formed therein for inserting the heat transfer tube therethrough. The tube support plate is displayed in a three dimensional manner in an elliptical diagram with a ratio between a long axis and a short axis being in a range from 1.0 to 2.0 inclusive, each of the tube support plates is serially arranged so as not to overlap on each other, and the insertion-hole blockage-rate evaluation system includes an imaging process of color-coding and displaying the diagram displayed in the three-dimensional elliptical shape according to a value of a blockage rate of the insertion hole acquired by checking the blockage rate of the insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji KOHASHI, Naoto KAWASE, Kayoko KAWATA, Takashi INAGAKI, Masaharu MICHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20120193065
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus for a heat transfer tube is provided in an inspection robot to be fixed to a tube plate surface of a tube plate at which the heat transfer tube is opened and is for inspecting a seal-welded portion at which the heat transfer tube is welded to the tube plate. The inspection apparatus includes: an inserting unit to be inserted into and withdrawn from the heat transfer tube; a detecting unit having detecting unit for detecting the presence or absence of a defect at the seal-welded portion; a rotating mechanism for rotating the detecting unit around a central axis of the inserting unit; and a moving mechanism for moving, with respect to the inspection robot, the inserting unit, the detecting unit, and the rotating mechanism along the central axis for the rotation of the detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawase, Hidetoshi Yonemura, Toshihiro Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20120177165
    Abstract: A construction method of a pipeline that forms a pipeline by joining tubular members to each other by butt welding, includes: a tubular member preparation step for preparing a tubular member having a smooth length of an outer surface along an axial direction from a joined end, which is set based on conditions of ultrasonic inspection of a welded portion, which are determined by usage conditions of the pipeline; a tubular member welding step for welding together prepared tubular members; and a welded portion inspection step for inspecting a welded portion by ultrasonic inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawase, Isao Seki, Takayuki Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20120179402
    Abstract: An object is to improve the precision of estimating a blockage ratio or a deposited-scale thickness. In a deposit measurement apparatus that estimates a blockage ratio of a gap between a wall surface of a through-hole and an outer surface of a heat-conducting pipe or the thickness of a deposit deposited at the gap, an eddy-current flaw detection probe (61) acquires an eddy-current flaw detection signal by scanning inside the heat-conducting pipe with a sensor; and a processing device (62) estimates the blockage ratio at the gap or the thickness of the deposit deposited at the gap by using the eddy-current flaw detection signal for the gap of the pipe-supporting-plate protrusion in the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kayoko Kawata, Yuko Yamamoto, Masaaki Kurokawa, Masaharu Michihashi, Naoto Kawase
  • Patent number: 6993178
    Abstract: A lifetime evaluating system includes a digitalizing unit, an acquiring unit and a determining unit. The digitalizing unit digitizes an original metallographic image of a mechanical element to form a digital image. The acquiring unit acquires a plurality of labels from the digital image. Here, each of the plurality of labels is a set of pixels with a predetermined property. The determining unit classifies the plurality of labels into a class of voids and a class of non-voids based on evaluation data. A lifetime of the mechanical element is determined based on a number of labels in the void class and a size of each of the labels in the void class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Ozaki, Nobuhiko Nishimura, Nobuya Yoshimoto, Shintaro Kumano, Naoto Kawase
  • Publication number: 20020146162
    Abstract: A lifetime evaluating system includes a digitalizing unit, an acquiring unit and a determining unit. The digitalizing unit digitizes an original metallographic image of a mechanical element to form a digital image. The acquiring unit acquires a plurality of labels from the digital image. Here, each of the plurality of labels is a set of pixels with a predetermined property. The determining unit classifies the plurality of labels into a class of voids and a class of non-voids based on evaluation data. A lifetime of the mechanical element is determined based on a number of labels in the void class and a size of each of the labels in the void class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Ozaki, Nobuhiko Nishimura, Nobuya Yoshimoto, Shintaro Kumano, Naoto Kawase