Patents by Inventor Souichi UENO
Souichi UENO 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).
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Patent number: 11855579Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element includes a first conductive region including a first surface, a plurality of second conductive regions, and a plurality of insulating structure regions. The second conductive regions are arranged along the first surface. A gap is provided between the second conductive regions and the first surface. One of the structure regions is provided between one of the second conductive regions and the first surface. An other one of the structure regions is provided between an other one of the second conductive regions and the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeya Kimura, Hisashi Yoshida, Hisao Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tomita, Souichi Ueno, Takeshi Hoshi, Tatsuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 11805698Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element, includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a crystal member. A direction from the second conductive layer toward the first conductive layer is along a first direction. The crystal member is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive member. The crystal member includes a crystal pair. The crystal pair includes a first crystal part and a second crystal part. A second direction from the first crystal part toward the second crystal part crosses the first direction. A gap is provided between the first crystal part and the second crystal part. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the first crystal part. The second conductive layer is electrically connected to the second crystal part.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Hisashi Yoshida, Hisao Miyazaki, Shigeya Kimura, Hiroshi Tomita, Souichi Ueno, Takeshi Hoshi
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Patent number: 11664182Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electron emitting element includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region includes a semiconductor including a first element of an n-type impurity. The second region includes diamond. The diamond includes a second element including at least one selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth. The third region is provided between the first region and the second region. The third region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N (0<x1?1) including a third element including at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Te and Sn. A +c-axis direction of the third region includes a component in a direction from the first region toward the second region.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Shigeya Kimura, Hisashi Yoshida, Hisao Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tomita, Souichi Ueno, Takeshi Hoshi
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Publication number: 20230066425Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thermionic power generation element includes a cathode, an anode, and an insulating member. The cathode includes an electrically-conductive material. The anode includes an electrically-conductive material. The insulating member is located between the cathode and the anode. The cathode and the anode have a gap between the cathode and the anode. A first through-hole is provided in the anode. The first through-hole extends through the anode in a first direction and communicates with the gap. The first direction is from the cathode toward the anode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeya KIMURA, Masaya YAMAMITSU, Hisao MIYAZAKI, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Hiroshi TOMITA, Souichi UENO, Takeshi HOSHI, Tomoya TAKEDA
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Patent number: 11440137Abstract: A laser peening device includes: a laser oscillator; an irradiation nozzle for irradiating a laser beam onto an irradiation target; an optical transmission unit; a shutter attached to the optical transmission unit; a liquid feeder for supplying the irradiation nozzle with liquid to cause the liquid to flow along an optical path of the laser beam running from the irradiation nozzle to the irradiation target; an ongoing irradiation sensor for obtaining information on ongoing laser beam irradiation indicating whether the laser beam is being appropriately irradiated for execution of ongoing laser peening operation on the irradiation target; and a control unit controlling the shutter according to the information on the ongoing laser beam irradiation obtained by the ongoing irradiation sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Souichi Ueno, Akihiro Tsuji, Hiroya Ichikawa, Kazuki Kora
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Publication number: 20220166369Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element includes a first conductive region including a first surface, a plurality of second conductive regions, and a plurality of insulating structure regions. The second conductive regions are arranged along the first surface. A gap is provided between the second conductive regions and the first surface. One of the structure regions is provided between one of the second conductive regions and the first surface. An other one of the structure regions is provided between an other one of the second conductive regions and the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeya KIMURA, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Hisao MIYAZAKI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Souichi UENO, Takeshi HOSHI, Tatsuo SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220149257Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element, includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a crystal member. A direction from the second conductive layer toward the first conductive layer is along a first direction. The crystal member is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive member. The crystal member includes a crystal pair. The crystal pair includes a first crystal part and a second crystal part. A second direction from the first crystal part toward the second crystal part crosses the first direction. A gap is provided between the first crystal part and the second crystal part. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the first crystal part. The second conductive layer is electrically connected to the second crystal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi YOSHIDA, Hisao MIYAZAKI, Shigeya KIMURA, Hiroshi TOMITA, Souichi UENO, Takeshi HOSHI
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Publication number: 20220139660Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electron emitting element includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region includes a semiconductor including a first element of an n-type impurity. The second region includes diamond. The diamond includes a second element including at least one selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth. The third region is provided between the first region and the second region. The third region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N (0<x1?1) including a third element including at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Te and Sn. A +c-axis direction of the third region includes a component in a direction from the first region toward the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeya KIMURA, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Hisao MIYAZAKI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Souichi UENO, Takeshi HOSHI
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Publication number: 20190344383Abstract: A laser peening device of an embodiment comprises: a laser oscillator; an irradiation nozzle for irradiating a laser beam onto an irradiation target; an optical transmission unit; a shutter attached to the optical transmission unit; a liquid feeder for supplying the irradiation nozzle with liquid so as to cause the liquid to flow along an optical path of the laser beam running from the irradiation nozzle to the irradiation target; an ongoing irradiation sensor for obtaining information on ongoing laser beam irradiation indicating whether the laser beam is being appropriately irradiated for execution of ongoing laser peening operation on the irradiation target; and a control unit for controlling the shutter according to the information on the ongoing laser beam irradiation obtained by the ongoing irradiation sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Souichi UENO, Akihiro TSUJI, Hiroya ICHIKAWA, Kazuki KORA
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Patent number: 10317367Abstract: An eddy-current flaw detector includes a trace data calculator configured to calculate each coordinate with respect to flaw detection points on which an inspection probe is used upon performing an eddy-current testing based on an inputted condition of eddy-current flaw detection and surface shape data of an inspection-object surface measured by a profilometer, and to calculate a normal vector of each flaw detection point; a gap evaluation calculator configured to acquire an evaluation result on a gap between the inspection-object surface and the inspection probe for each flaw detection point; a flaw detection data collector configured to acquire flaw detection data of an inspection object for each flaw detection point; a flaw detection data analyzer configured to evaluate presence/absence of a flaw in the inspection-object surface based on the flaw detection data of the inspection object and the evaluation result on the gap for each flaw detection point.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Noriyasu Kobayashi, Souichi Ueno, Naotaka Suganuma, Tatsuya Oodake, Takeshi Maehara, Takashi Kasuya, Hiroya Ichikawa
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Patent number: 10056796Abstract: A joined component comprises a first heated body, a second heated body, a brazing material, a first heated portion and a second heated portion. The first body comprises an insertion opening and an inserted portion coupled with the insertion opening. The second body comprises an insertion portion inserted into the inserted portion through the insertion opening. The first heated portion is provided at a first position including at least a part of the inserted portion and at least a part of the insertion portion. The second heated portion is provided at a second position separate from the insertion portion where a ratio “L/D” satisfies being 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less, where “L” is a length from the insertion opening to the second portion and “D” is an outer diameter of the second heated body.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Noriyasu Kobayashi, Souichi Ueno, Tomoaki Takahashi, Daisuke Iwashita
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Patent number: 10050497Abstract: A method comprises: a step of disposing a coil end connection portion of a first stator coil end and a solid connection at mutually adjacent positions after the solid connection and the cooling water pipe are brazed together; a step of disposing a heating coil around the solid connection and the first stator coil end in such a way as to bypass the cooling water pipe connection portion; and a step of supplying the heating coil with alternating current, so that the solid connection and the first stator coil end are induce-heated and then connected.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Souichi Ueno, Noriyasu Kobayashi, Daisuke Iwashita, Masahiro Yamada, Tomoaki Takahashi, Naosuke Ote
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Patent number: 10001458Abstract: There is provided an eddy current flaw detection technique capable of, even when inspecting an object having a narrow portion with a small curvature radius, recognizing detection sensitivity change due to change of attitude of a probe.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Noriyasu Kobayashi, Souichi Ueno, Hiroya Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20170336361Abstract: An eddy-current flaw detector includes a trace data calculator configured to calculate each coordinate with respect to flaw detection points on which an inspection probe is used upon performing an eddy-current testing based on an inputted condition of eddy-current flaw detection and surface shape data of an inspection-object surface measured by a profilometer, and to calculate a normal vector of each flaw detection point; a gap evaluation calculator configured to acquire an evaluation result on a gap between the inspection-object surface and the inspection probe for each flaw detection point; a flaw detection data collector configured to acquire flaw detection data of an inspection object for each flaw detection point; a flaw detection data analyzer configured to evaluate presence/absence of a flaw in the inspection-object surface based on the flaw detection data of the inspection object and the evaluation result on the gap for each flaw detection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Noriyasu KOBAYASHI, Souichi UENO, Naotaka SUGANUMA, Tatsuya OODAKE, Takeshi MAEHARA, Takashi KASUYA, Hiroya ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170264154Abstract: A joined component comprises a first heated body, a second heated body, a brazing material, a first heated portion and a second heated portion. The first body comprises an insertion opening and an inserted portion coupled with the insertion opening. The second body comprises an insertion portion inserted into the inserted portion through the insertion opening. The first heated portion is provided at a first position including at least a part of the inserted portion and at least a part of the insertion portion. The second heated portion is provided at a second position separate from the insertion portion where a ratio “L/D” satisfies being 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less, where “L” is a length from the insertion opening to the second portion and “D” is an outer diameter of the second heated body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Noriyasu KOBAYASHI, Souichi UENO, Tomoaki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke IWASHITA
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Publication number: 20170054349Abstract: A method comprises: a step of disposing a coil end connection portion of a first stator coil end and a solid connection at mutually adjacent positions after the solid connection and the cooling water pipe are brazed together; a step of disposing a heating coil around the solid connection and the first stator coil end in such a way as to bypass the cooling water pipe connection portion; and a step of supplying the heating coil with alternating current, so that the solid connection and the first stator coil end are induce-heated and then connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Souichi UENO, Noriyasu KOBAYASHI, Daisuke IWASHITA, Masahiro YAMADA, Tomoaki TAKAHASHI, Naosuke OTE
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Publication number: 20160123928Abstract: There is provided an eddy current flaw detection technique capable of, even when inspecting an object having a narrow portion with a small curvature radius, recognizing detection sensitivity change due to change of attitude of a probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Noriyasu KOBAYASHI, Souichi UENO, Hiroya ICHIKAWA