Patents by Inventor Shinji Ookame

Shinji Ookame 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: 20090185652
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to suppress, while securing heat transfer performance and a subcritical function, a fall in manufacturing efficiency when a material hard to be extruded such as a B-Al material is used. To attain the object, a recycled fuel assembly storage basket 1 according to the present invention is configured by combining first square pipes 10 and hollow tabular members 20. Storage cell rows are formed by linearly arraying a plurality of rows of the first square pipes 10 with projections 10t1 thereof set in contact with each other and projections 10t2 thereof set in contact with each other. The tabular members 20 are stacked in a plurality of stages between storage cells, in which the first square pipes 10 are linearly arrayed, with long side ends TL of the tabular members 20 set in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tamaki, Junichi Kishimoto, Yoshiyuki Kawahara, Yuichi Saito, Shinji Ookame
  • Patent number: 7372933
    Abstract: A radioactive-material container includes a container body that shields nuclear radiation, which includes a cavity that stores a basket containing a recycle fuel assembly, a lid that covers the cavity, and a metal gasket that includes a sealing area that makes a physical contact with the container body and the lid. The sealing area has a specific shape that disperses tightening stress acting on the metal gasket for a sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Takeshi Yokoyama, Kazuo Asada, Tadashi Kimura, Yasuhiro Sakaguchi, Shinji Ookame, Masaharu Minami
  • Publication number: 20080075223
    Abstract: A radioactive-material container includes a container body that shields nuclear radiation, which includes a cavity that stores a basket containing a recycle fuel assembly, a lid that covers the cavity, and a metal gasket that includes a sealing area that makes a physical contact with the container body and the lid. The sealing area has a specific shape that disperses tightening stress acting on the metal gasket for a sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Takeshi Yokoyama, Kazuo Asada, Tadashi Kimura, Yasuhiro Sakaguchi, Shinji Ookame, Masaharu Minami
  • Patent number: 7215728
    Abstract: Corner of each square pipe is molded into a terrace shape having steps. When a basket is constructed by these square pipes, steps of adjoining square pipes are assembled together face to face. Fuel rod aggregates are housed inside the square pipes and in a cells formed between the square pipes. Since the adjoining square pipes are assembled in a staggered arrangement, boundaries of the cells are defined by the walls of the square pipes itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Shinji Ookame
  • Patent number: 7194060
    Abstract: Heat conductive fins (107) are welded along both sides of a belt-like member (105a) with a margin left along edges of the both sides, thereby to form a unit (105c). The unit (105c) is welded to a body (101) with the heat conductive fins (107) from the outside of each fin. Next, another belt-like member (105b) is covered over a gap between adjacent belt-like members (105a, 105a), and these members are welded from the outside. With this arrangement, there is no need to weld in a narrow and long space and the entire welding step is carried out from the outside, which makes it easier to assemble a cask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Suguru Hode, Shinji Ookame
  • Publication number: 20060109945
    Abstract: Corner of each square pipe is molded into a terrace shape having steps. When a basket is constructed by these square pipes, steps of adjoining square pipes are assembled together face to face. Fuel rod aggregates are housed inside the square pipes and in a cells formed between the square pipes. Since the adjoining square pipes are assembled in a staggered arrangement, boundaries of the cells are defined by the walls of the square pipes itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Shinji Ookame
  • Publication number: 20050135541
    Abstract: Corner of each square pipe is molded into a terrace shape having steps. When a basket is constructed by these square pipes, steps of adjoining square pipes are assembled together face to face. Fuel rod aggregates are housed inside the square pipes and in a cells formed between the square pipes. Since the adjoining square pipes are assembled in a staggered arrangement, boundaries of the cells are defined by the walls of the square pipes itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Shinji Ookame
  • Publication number: 20050117688
    Abstract: Heat conductive fins (107) are welded along both sides of a belt-like member (105a) with a margin left along edges of the both sides, thereby to form a unit (105c). The unit (105c) is welded to a body (101) with the heat conductive fins (107) from the outside of each fin. Next, another belt-like member (105b) is covered over a gap between adjacent belt-like members (105a, 105a), and these members are welded from the outside. With this arrangement, there is no need to weld in a narrow and long space and the entire welding step is carried out from the outside, which makes it easier to assemble a cask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Suguru Hode, Shinji Ookame
  • Patent number: 6898258
    Abstract: In the cask, a shape within a cavity of a barrel main body is formed in a shape corresponding to an outer shape of a basket. The basket has a structure obtained by alternately piling up plate-like members vertically. A heat conducting plate is provided on an outer periphery of the plate-like member. Accordingly, since the basket and the cavity are in a state of being in contact state in a wide area, an efficiency of heat conduction is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Shinji Ookame
  • Patent number: 6839395
    Abstract: Heat conductive fins are welded along both sides of a belt-like member with a margin left along edges of the both sides, thereby to form a unit. The unit is welded to a body with the heat conductive fins from the outside of each fin. Next, another belt-like member is covered over a gap between adjacent belt-like members, and these members are welded from the outside. With this arrangement, there is no need to weld in a narrow and long space and the entire welding step is carried out from the outside, which makes it easier to assemble a cask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Suguru Hode, Shinji Ookame
  • Patent number: 6778625
    Abstract: Corner of each square pipe is molded into a terrace shape having steps. When a basket is constructed by these square pipes, steps of adjoining square pipes are assembled together face to face. Fuel rod aggregates are housed inside the square pipes and in a cells formed between the square pipes. Since the adjoining square pipes are assembled in a staggered arrangement, boundaries of the cells are defined by the walls of the square pipes itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Shinji Ookame
  • Publication number: 20040062338
    Abstract: Heat conductive fins are welded along both sides of a belt-like member with a margin left along edges of the both sides, thereby to form a unit. The unit is welded to a body with the heat conductive fins from the outside of each fin. Next, another belt-like member is covered over a gap between adjacent belt-like members, and these members are welded from the outside. With this arrangement, there is no need to weld in a narrow and long space and the entire welding step is carried out from the outside, which makes it easier to assemble a cask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Suguru Hode, Shinji Ookame
  • Publication number: 20020191730
    Abstract: Corner of each square pipe is molded into a terrace shape having steps. When a basket is constructed by these square pipes, steps of adjoining square pipes are assembled together face to face. Fuel rod aggregates are housed inside the square pipes and in a cells formed between the square pipes. Since the adjoining square pipes are assembled in a staggered arrangement, boundaries of the cells are defined by the walls of the square pipes itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Shinji Ookame
  • Publication number: 20020118786
    Abstract: In the cask, a shape within a cavity of a barrel main body is formed in a shape corresponding to an outer shape of a basket. The basket has a structure obtained by alternately piling up plate-like members vertically. A heat conducting plate is provided on an outer periphery of the plate-like member. Accordingly, since the basket and the cavity are in a state of being in contact state in a wide area, an efficiency of heat conduction is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunari Ohsono, Toshihiro Matsuoka, Shinji Ookame