Patents by Inventor Noriaki Nakai

Noriaki Nakai 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: 20240085053
    Abstract: A contaminant detector includes a detection object that is inclined relative to a horizontal direction in a drainage unit for accumulation of discharged water and on which a contaminant is to be deposited and a detection unit configured to emit energy toward the detection object to detect a contamination state of the detection object. The detection unit includes a transmission and reception module configured to emit and receive energy, a calculation module configured to calculate an amount of energy received from the detection object by the transmission and reception module, and a determination module configured to determine, based on the amount of energy calculated by the calculation module, the contamination state of the detection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi NAKAI, Akira MORIKAWA, Noriaki KATSUMATA, Masaru TAKADA
  • Patent number: 5798126
    Abstract: A sealing device for preventing leakage of pressure in pressure-processing a workpiece to be processed under isostatic pressure in a high pressure vessel, includes a ring member fitted to the opening/closing end of the vessel. When a cover is closed, an axial seal ring and a plane seal ring are mounted, with the plane seal ring adhered to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Takao Fujikawa, Noriaki Nakai