Patents by Inventor Satoru Asai

Satoru Asai 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: 20230330784
    Abstract: A generation laser irradiation device irradiates a weld after welding with a generation laser. A detection laser probe irradiates an ultrasonic detection point that passes through the weld and is capable of detecting an ultrasonic wave reflected on a lower surface of a base material with detection laser. A control device determines existence of an internal defect of the weld based on a measurement result of a laser interferometer. The generation laser irradiation device includes a scanning mechanism that scans an irradiation position of the generation laser in a direction intersecting a welding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru Asai, Kazufumi Nomura, Keiji Kadota, Tetsuo Era
  • Patent number: 10189105
    Abstract: The shielding gas for MAG welding according to an embodiment is a shielding gas for MAG welding to perform narrow gap welding of a high Cr steel containing 8 wt % to 13 wt % of Cr with one layer-one pass by using a solid wire containing 8 wt % to 13 wt % of Cr, and the shielding gas for MAG welding comprises a ternary mixed gas of 5% by volume to 17% by volume of a carbon dioxide gas, 30% by volume to 80% by volume of a helium gas, and a balance of an argon gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhito Kamijo, Satoru Asai, Katsunori Wada, Makoto Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9841279
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an apparatus which quantitatively evaluates a braze bonding length. A radiation emission unit emits radiation to each of a plurality of partial specimens which are obtained by cutting a specimen in a plane perpendicular to a braze bonding length direction. A light generator generates light of an amount corresponding to an intensity of transmissive radiation. An imaging unit photographs this light. A calculator calculates a braze bonding length of each of the partial specimens, from a light amount obtained with respect to each of the partial specimens, based on a correlation between a braze bonding length and a light amount. The calculator further calculates the braze bonding length of the specimen by totaling the braze bonding lengths of the respective partial specimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohirabaru, Makoto Takanezawa, Kazuya Segawa, Hideyuki Nakamura, Shigeru Harada, Fumio Sato, Satoru Asai, Akio Sumita, Tooru Ootaka
  • Publication number: 20160265909
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an apparatus which quantitatively evaluates a braze bonding length. A radiation emission unit emits radiation to each of a plurality of partial specimens which are obtained by cutting a specimen in a plane perpendicular to a braze bonding length direction. A light generator generates light of an amount corresponding to an intensity of transmissive radiation. An imaging unit photographs this light. A calculator calculates a braze bonding length of each of the partial specimens, from a light amount obtained with respect to each of the partial specimens, based on a correlation between a braze bonding length and a light amount. The calculator further calculates the braze bonding length of the specimen by totaling the braze bonding lengths of the respective partial specimens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryosuke OHIRABARU, Makoto Takanezawa, Kazuya Segawa, Hideyuki Nakamura, Shigeru Harada, Fumio Sato, Satoru Asai, Akio Sumita, Tooru Ootaka
  • Patent number: 9309773
    Abstract: A steam turbine 3 includes: a turbine rotor 4; a rotor blade 5 implanted to the turbine rotor 4; a stator blade 6 provided at an upstream side of the rotor blade 5; and a turbine casing 13 supporting the stator blade 6 and including the turbine rotor 4, the rotor blade 5 and the stator blade 6, and have a constitution in which a stage 7 is formed by a pair of the rotor blade 5 and the stator blade 6, and a steam passage 8 is formed by arranging plural stages 7 in an axial direction of the turbine rotor 4. A surface treatment to suppress an increase of a surface roughness caused by oxidation is performed for at least a part of a surface of the stator blade 6 and a surface of the rotor blade 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akio Sayano, Masashi Takahashi, Masahiro Saito, Kazuyoshi Nakajima, Tadashi Tanuma, Satoru Asai, Kenji Kamimura
  • Patent number: 9217731
    Abstract: A welding inspection method has steps of: generating transmission laser light for generating an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the transmission laser light to an object to be inspected during or after welding operation for irradiation; generating reception laser light for detecting an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the reception laser light to the object to be inspected for irradiation; collecting laser light scattered and reflected at surface of the object to be inspected; performing interference measurement of the laser light and obtaining an ultrasonic signal; and analyzing the ultrasonic signal obtained by the interference measurement. At least one of the transmission laser light generated in the transmission laser light irradiation step and the reception laser light generated in the reception laser light irradiation step is irradiated onto a welded metal part or a groove side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Setsu Yamamoto, Takahiro Miura, Takeshi Hoshi, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Yoshihiro Fujita, Shozo Hirano, Kazumi Watanabe, Satoshi Nagai, Masahiro Yoshida, Satoru Asai, Makoto Ochiai, Jun Semboshi
  • Publication number: 20150244225
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor coil of to an embodiment includes preparing a wire strand bundling a plurality of wires and a reinforcing member configured to reinforce the wire strand; arranging the wire strand and the reinforcing member to bring an end of the wire strand and an end of the reinforcing member into contact with each other, the wire strand being arranged to have a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a boundary between the wire strand and the reinforcing member and to include the plurality of wires with an inclined longitudinal direction thereof on a first outer surface inclining with respect to the longitudinal direction of the wire strand; rotary driving a tool at the boundary on the first outer surface so as to enter the boundary; and moving the rotary driven tool on the boundary along the first outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ohashi, Satoru Asai, Yoshihiro Fujita, Oki Osada, Satsumi Ishikawa, Junji Mori, Takashi Fujita, Terumasa Nagasaki
  • Publication number: 20150176926
    Abstract: A heat exchanger of an embodiment includes: a first and a second base metal, at least one of the base metal being made of stainless steel; and a joining part joining the first and second metals, including 92 mass % or more of Ni, and formed by MIG welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoru ASAI, Hiroyuki TAKEBAYASHI, Yoshihiro FUJITA
  • Patent number: 8553198
    Abstract: In view of realizing a lithographic process which makes it possible to estimate and correct flare with an extremely high accuracy, and causes only an extremely small dimensional variation in width, over the entire portion not only of a single shot region, but also of a single chip region, a mask pattern correction device of the present invention has a numerical aperture calculation unit calculating, for every single shot region, flare energy for a mask pattern corresponding to a transferred pattern, based on an exposure layout of a plurality of shot regions, or more specifically, while considering flare from a plurality of shot regions located around every single shot region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Teruyoshi Yao, Satoru Asai, Morimi Osawa, Hiromi Hoshino, Kouzou Ogino, Kazumasa Morishita
  • Patent number: 8409786
    Abstract: Double exposure is performed by using a pair of photomasks, an attenuated phase shift mask or the like which is not an alternating phase shift mask, and a pattern is transferred onto a photoresist. Here, on the occasion of performing exposure with the photomask for forming a finer pattern, double pole illumination is used as an illumination system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiko Yamamoto, Satoru Asai
  • Publication number: 20120236279
    Abstract: In view of realizing a lithographic process which makes it possible to estimate and correct flare with an extremely high accuracy, and causes only an extremely small dimensional variation in width, over the entire portion not only of a single shot region, but also of a single chip region, a mask pattern correction device of the present invention has a numerical aperture calculation unit calculating, for every single shot region, flare energy for a mask pattern corresponding to a transferred pattern, based on an exposure layout of a plurality of shot regions, or more specifically, while considering flare from a plurality of shot regions located around every single shot region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LTD
    Inventors: Teruyoshi YAO, Satoru Asai, Morimi Osawa, Hiromi Hoshino, Kouzou Ogino, Kazumasa Morishita
  • Patent number: 8227153
    Abstract: In view of realizing a lithographic process which makes it possible to estimate and correct flare with an extremely high accuracy, and causes only an extremely small dimensional variation in width, over the entire portion not only of a single shot region, but also of a single chip region, a mask pattern correction device of the present invention has a numerical aperture calculation unit calculating, for every single shot region, flare energy for a mask pattern corresponding to a transferred pattern, based on an exposure layout of a plurality of shot regions, or more specifically, while considering flare from a plurality of shot regions located around every single shot region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Teruyoshi Yao, Satoru Asai, Morimi Osawa, Hiromi Hoshino, Kouzou Ogino, Kazumasa Morishita
  • Publication number: 20120094144
    Abstract: Capabilities of suppressing erosion caused by liquid droplets and achieving a short operation period and cost reduction are provided. A build-up welding method for a structural material used in an erosive environment includes: removing a portion exposed to the erosive environment from the structural material; and forming a hard layer in a portion of the structural material, from which the portion exposed to the erosive environment is removed, the hard layer being formed by short circuiting transfer gas metal arc welding using a solid wire with a hardness of HV 400 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenji Kamimura, Satoru Asai, Tadashi Kondo, Tsuguhisa Tashima
  • Patent number: 8105023
    Abstract: A steam turbine has: a casing; a rotor rotatably arranged in the casing; a nozzle diaphragm concentrically arranged with respect to the rotor, the nozzle diaphragm being engaged with the casing; moving blades arranged in circumferential direction on outer circumference of the rotor at positions adjacent to the nozzle diaphragm; seal strips circumferentially extending on tips of the moving blades, the seal strips protruding in radial outward direction; and an abradable structure rigidly connected to the nozzle diaphragm. The abradable structure faces the seal strips in radial direction at a facing surface, and has an abradable part made of an abradable material arranged at the facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazutaka Ikeda, Takashi Sasaki, Satoru Asai, Hitoshi Sakakida, Kenji Kamimura, Ryohei Ogino, Yasushi Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20110284508
    Abstract: A welding system has: a welding mechanism, a reception laser light source, a reception optical mechanism, an interferometer, a data recording/analysis mechanism and a data recording/analysis mechanism. The reception laser light source generates reception laser light so as to irradiate the object to be welded with the reception laser light for the purpose of detecting a reflected ultrasonic wave obtained as a result of reflection of a transmission ultrasonic wave. The reception optical mechanism transmits, during or after welding operation, the reception laser light generated from the reception laser light source to the surface of the object to be welded for irradiation while moving, together with the welding mechanism, relative to the object to be welded and collects laser light scattered/reflected at the surface of the object to be welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Takahiro Miura, Setsu Yamamoto, Takeshi Hoshi, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Yoshihiro Fujita, Shozo Hirano, Kazumi Watanabe, Satoshi Nagai, Masahiro Yoshida, Jun Semboshi, Satoru Asai, Makoto Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20110286005
    Abstract: A welding inspection method has steps of: generating transmission laser light for generating an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the transmission laser light to an object to be inspected during or after welding operation for irradiation; generating reception laser light for detecting an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the reception laser light to the object to be inspected for irradiation; collecting laser light scattered and reflected at surface of the object to be inspected; performing interference measurement of the laser light and obtaining an ultrasonic signal; and analyzing the ultrasonic signal obtained by the interference measurement. At least one of the transmission laser light generated in the transmission laser light irradiation step and the reception laser light generated in the reception laser light irradiation step is irradiated onto a welded metal part or a groove side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Setsu YAMAMOTO, Takahiro Miura, Takeshi Hoshi, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Yoshihiro Fujita, Shozo Hirano, Kazumi Watanabe, Satoshi Nagai, Masahiro Yoshida, Satoru Asai, Makoto Ochiai, Jun Semboshi
  • Publication number: 20110250472
    Abstract: The shielding gas for MAG welding according to an embodiment is a shielding gas for MAG welding to perform narrow gap welding of a high Cr steel containing 8 wt % to 13 wt % of Cr with one layer-one pass by using a solid wire containing 8 wt % to 13 wt % of Cr, and the shielding gas for MAG welding comprises a ternary mixed gas of 5% by volume to 17% by volume of a carbon dioxide gas, 30% by volume to 80% by volume of a helium gas, and a balance of an argon gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhito KAMIJO, Satoru ASAI, Katsunori WADA, Makoto TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 7971160
    Abstract: A method for creating a pattern on a photomask includes steps of recognizing a space between main patterns by using pattern data which indicate the main patterns to be adjacently transferred onto a wafer, determining a 1st rule about arrangement of an assist pattern on the photomask, the assist pattern being adjacent to the main patterns and not being transferred onto the wafer, estimating a depth of focus in the presence of the assist pattern among the main patterns, determining a 2nd rule about arrangement of the assist pattern on the photomask to improve the depth of focus in the presence of the 1st assist pattern among the main patterns in a group having one or more number of appearance times of the space between main patterns, and correcting the assist pattern on the photomask using the assist pattern data on the basis of the 2nd rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Morimi Osawa, Takayoshi Minami, Satoru Asai
  • Publication number: 20110150641
    Abstract: A steam turbine 3 includes: a turbine rotor 4; a rotor blade 5 implanted to the turbine rotor 4; a stator blade 6 provided at an upstream side of the rotor blade 5; and a turbine casing 13 supporting the stator blade 6 and including the turbine rotor 4, the rotor blade 5 and the stator blade 6, and have a constitution in which a stage 7 is formed by a pair of the rotor blade 5 and the stator blade 6, and a steam passage 8 is formed by arranging plural stages 7 in an axial direction of the turbine rotor 4. A surface treatment to suppress an increase of a surface roughness caused by oxidation is performed for at least a part of a surface of the stator blade 6 and a surface of the rotor blade 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akio SAYANO, Masashi Takahashi, Masahiro Saito, Kazuyoshi Nakajima, Tadashi Tanuma, Satoru Asai, Kenji Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20100209834
    Abstract: In view of realizing a lithographic process which makes it possible to estimate and correct flare with an extremely high accuracy, and causes only an extremely small dimensional variation in width, over the entire portion not only of a single shot region, but also of a single chip region, a mask pattern correction device of the present invention has a numerical aperture calculation unit calculating, for every single shot region, flare energy for a mask pattern corresponding to a transferred pattern, based on an exposure layout of a plurality of shot regions, or more specifically, while considering flare from a plurality of shot regions located around every single shot region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
    Inventors: Teruyoshi YAO, Satoru ASAI, Morimi OSAWA, Hiromi HOSHINO, Kouzou OGINO, Kazumasa MORISHITA