Patents by Inventor Shigeki Unjoh

Shigeki Unjoh 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: 5349712
    Abstract: This variable damper system for a bridge is installed between a superstructure and a substructure of a bridge and can freely change the damping characteristics so that the inertial force of the superstructure generated in an earthquake will be distributed to the substructure and the vibration will be reduced, and all the functions of a viscous damper/stopper, an energy absorber, and a stopper for preventing excessive response with a shock absorber have been integrated in one unit of this system, so that one unit of this system can perform the same functions as those carried out by a plurality of conventions devices each having an independent function and also a narrow space on the top surface of the substructure of a bridge can be used as it is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kawashima, Shigeki Unjoh, Hideyuki Shimizu