Patents by Inventor Noriaki Hirohata

Noriaki Hirohata 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).

  • Publication number: 20100032061
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a Ni-based alloy article which elutes little Ni even when used in a high-temperature water environment for a long period comprises heating the Ni-based alloy in a carbon dioxide-containing atmosphere for a set period of time at an elevated temperature to form an oxide film comprising chromium oxide on a surface thereof. Using carbon dioxide as an oxidizing gas produces an oxide film of generally uniform thickness along a length of the article being treated so that resistance to nickel elution is more uniform over the entire article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Anada, Shoji Kinomura, Noriaki Hirohata, Manabu Kanzaki, Kazuyuki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20090123775
    Abstract: To form a chromium oxide film on the inner surface of a Cr containing nickel-base alloy tube inexpensively and uniformly, the Cr containing nickel-base alloy tube is heated in atmospheric gas of carbon dioxide gas and non-oxidation gas to form an oxide film consisting of chromium oxide having a thickness of 0.2 to 1.5 ?m on the inner surface of the Cr containing nickel-base alloy tube. The atmospheric gas may contain oxygen gas of 5 vol % or less and/or water vapor of 7.5 vol % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Manabu Kanzaki, Kazuyuki Kitamura, Noriaki Hirohata
  • Publication number: 20060177679
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a Ni-based alloy article which elutes little Ni even when used in a high-temperature water environment for a long period comprises heating the Ni-based alloy in a carbon dioxide-containing atmosphere for a set period of time at an elevated temperature to form an oxide film comprising chromium oxide on a surface thereof. Using carbon dioxide as an oxidizing gas produces an oxide film of generally uniform thickness along a length of the article being treated so that resistance to nickel elution is more uniform over the entire article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Anada, Shoji Kinomura, Noriaki Hirohata, Manabu Kanzakli, Kazuyuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6250125
    Abstract: A method of producing an iron-based dispersion-strengthened alloy tube (2-1) by utilizing a rolling machine having grooved rolls (5, 5-1) and a mandrel (9)for forming the tube (2-1) from a raw rolling tube (2). In the method, a length of contact between a rolling surface (6, 6-1) of a caliber formed by the grooved rolls and an outer circumference of the rolling tube is set to be 0.9 times or more of a circumferential length of the rolling tube over the entire area of the rolling region. It is preferred that the method be performed by a Pilger type rolling machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute
    Inventors: Shigeharu Ukai, Shunji Mizuta, Tsunemitsu Yoshitake, Shigeki Hagi, Noriaki Hirohata, Katsuhiro Abe, Takanari Okuda