Patents by Inventor Tadashi SUGIMURA

Tadashi SUGIMURA 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: 20240288358
    Abstract: There is provided a corrosion management system including: a measurement data acquisition unit that acquires measurement data indicating the corrosion state of a first portion of a structure which is an evaluation target; and a corrosion estimation unit that estimates the corrosion state of a second portion of the evaluation target based on the relational expression between the corrosion state of the first portion and the corrosion state of the second portion, and the measurement data of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shunsaku MATSUMOTO, Tadashi SUGIMURA, Soichiro INOUE, Shin TERADA, Satoshi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240239451
    Abstract: A floating structure includes: a floating body including one or more buoyant bodies disposed around a structure; and a plurality of first support wires disposed between the structure and the floating body and configured to transmit the self-weight of the structure to the floating body. Each of the first support wires having: one end connected to the floating body; and another end connected to the structure below the one end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Motoki Kato, Kai Karikomi, Tadashi Sugimura, Makoto Ohta, Yoichi Kamitani, Kunihiro Morishita, Atsushi Yuge
  • Publication number: 20230229819
    Abstract: Provided is an estimation device that estimates a response at a position of a floating structure where a sensor detecting a structural response is not installed. The estimation device acquires a strain response spectrum at an installation position at which a strain sensor is installed on a floating structure, the strain response spectrum being calculated based on the strain sensor, a wave spectrum, and strain response functions at the installation position and at a non-installation position of the strain sensor, calculates a correction amount based on a predetermined formula expressing a relationship among the strain response spectrum, the wave spectrum, and the strain response functions, and adds the correction amount to a theoretical value of the strain response spectrum calculated from the strain response function and the wave spectrum at the non-installation position of the strain sensor to calculate the strain response spectrum at the non-installation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tadashi SUGIMURA, Shunsaku MATSUMOTO, Soichiro INOUE, Shin TERADA, Satoshi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220381226
    Abstract: A support structure for a wind power generation device comprises: a plurality of floats that can float on the surface of water or in the water; a connecting member having one end connected to one of the floats and the other end connected to another of the floats among the plurality of floats; a support platform that is provided between the plurality of floats and supports the bottom end of a tower part of the wind power generation device; a linear wire member having one end connected to one of the floats and the other end connected to the support platform; and a support member that is provided on the floats or on the connecting member and supports the tower part, which is supported on the support platform, from a lateral direction while the support member being movable along the axial direction of the tower part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kunihiro MORISHITA, Motoki KATO, Tadashi SUGIMURA, Atsushi YUGE, Kai KARIKOMI
  • Patent number: 10882368
    Abstract: This amphibious vehicle is provided with a body (11), a traveling device (12) that causes the body (11) to travel on land, a sailing device (13) that causes the body (11) to sail on water, a front flap (31) of which the distal end is inclined upward and the proximal end is rotatably supported by a horizontal shaft (34) on the front end of the body (11), a hydraulic damper (32) serving as a damping member that damps displacement of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11), and a compression coil spring (33) serving as a restoring member that restores the position of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshito Ando, Satoru Ishikawa, Tadashi Sugimura, Takashi Matsunaga, Shinichi Sato, Tetsuya Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20190375258
    Abstract: This amphibious vehicle is provided with a body (11), a traveling device (12) that causes the body (11) to travel on land, a sailing device (13) that causes the body (11) to sail on water, a front flap (31) of which the distal end is inclined upward and the proximal end is rotatably supported by a horizontal shaft (34) on the front end of the body (11), a hydraulic damper (32) serving as a damping member that damps displacement of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11), and a compression coil spring (33) serving as a restoring member that restores the position of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshito ANDO, Satoru ISHIKAWA, Tadashi SUGIMURA, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Shinichi SATO, Tetsuya MIYAMOTO