Patents by Inventor Norihito Saitou

Norihito Saitou 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: 6452993
    Abstract: When a radioactivated reactor pressure vessel is carried out from a nuclear reactor building of a nuclear power plant, a first opening portion for carrying out the reactor pressure vessel is provided in a roof of the nuclear reactor building, a radiation shield for covering the reactor pressure vessel and shielding radiations is carried into the reactor building through the first opening portion, and installed on a reactor shield wall, lowering a hanger through the first opening portion and a slit provided on an upper lid of the radiation shield, a part of a lid of the reactor pressure vessel and a part of the upper lid of the radiation shield are abutted by hanging up the reactor pressure vessel by the hanger, and the reactor pressure vessel and the radiation shield integrated therewith are raised and carried out of the reactor building, whereby the shield can be easily mounted on the large-sized apparatus in a short time and a dose of radiations exposed to a worker when the shield is mounted can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., HESCO Technology Co., Ltd., ICC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Aoki, Norihito Saitou, Takahiro Adachi