Patents by Inventor Takafumi Ogino

Takafumi Ogino 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: 10907668
    Abstract: A flow damper including a cylindrical vortex chamber, a small flow-rate pipe connected to a peripheral plate of the vortex chamber along a tangential direction, a large flow-rate pipe connected to the peripheral plate with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet formed in a central part of the vortex chamber, and a pressure equalization pipe with respective ends being connected to the peripheral plate on opposite sides of the outlet and at positions closer to a connection portion between the small flow-rate pipe and the large flow-rate pipe than positions facing each other, putting the outlet therebetween. The pressure equalization pipe is arranged with at least a part thereof is located at a higher position than a top plate of the vortex chamber, and an outgassing hole is provided at an uppermost part of the pressure equalization pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Iino, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Hideyuki Sakata, Yutaka Tanaka, Setsuo Tokunaga, Takashi Nakahara, Takanori Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10900508
    Abstract: To include a cylindrical vortex chamber 35, a small flow-rate pipe 37 connected to a peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35 along a tangential direction thereof, a large flow-rate pipe 36 connected to the peripheral plate 35C with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe 37, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet 39 formed in a central part of the vortex chamber 35, and a straightening plate 50 that is arranged in a part between the outlet 39 and the peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35, and when jets flow into the vortex chamber 35 from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and the large flow-rate pipe 36, straightens impinging jets from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and from the large flow-rate pipe 36 having flowed into the vortex chamber 35 toward the outlet 39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakata, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Masamichi Iino, Toshihiro Sato, Yutaka Tanaka, Takanori Okazaki, Takashi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10495495
    Abstract: A liquid level detection device for a liquid supplying facility includes: a lower pipe which is in communication with a liquid-phase section of an interior space of a tank, the liquid-phase section being occupied by a liquid; an upper pipe which is in communication with a gas-phase section of the interior space of the tank, the gas-phase section being disposed above the liquid-phase section and occupied by a high-pressure gas; a differential pressure gauge for detecting a differential pressure between the lower pipe and the upper pipe; and a liquid level calculation part for calculating a liquid level of the tank on the basis of a differential pressure detection result of the differential pressure gauge. An inside of the upper pipe is filled with a filling liquid at least in a partial range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Asahara, Hideyuki Sakata, Takafumi Ogino
  • Publication number: 20190025099
    Abstract: A liquid level detection device for a liquid supplying facility includes: a lower pipe which is in communication with a liquid-phase section of an interior space of a tank, the liquid-phase section being occupied by a liquid; an upper pipe which is in communication with a gas-phase section of the interior space of the tank, the gas-phase section being disposed above the liquid-phase section and occupied by a high-pressure gas; a differential pressure gauge for detecting a differential pressure between the lower pipe and the upper pipe; and a liquid level calculation part for calculating a liquid level of the tank on the basis of a differential pressure detection result of the differential pressure gauge. An inside of the upper pipe is filled with a filling liquid at least in a partial range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Asahara, Hideyuki Sakata, Takafumi Ogino
  • Publication number: 20180358137
    Abstract: A flow damper including a cylindrical vortex chamber, a small flow-rate pipe connected to a peripheral plate of the vortex chamber along a tangential direction, a large flow-rate pipe connected to the peripheral plate with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet formed in a central part of the vortex chamber, and a pressure equalization pipe with respective ends being connected to the peripheral plate on opposite sides of the outlet and at positions closer to a connection portion between the small flow-rate pipe and the large flow-rate pipe than positions facing each other, putting the outlet therebetween. The pressure equalization pipe is arranged with at least a part thereof is located at a higher position than a top plate of the vortex chamber, and an outgassing hole is provided at an uppermost part of the pressure equalization pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Iino, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Hideyuki Sakata, Yutaka Tanaka, Setsuo Tokunaga, Takashi Nakahara, Takanori Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20180218795
    Abstract: To include a cylindrical vortex chamber 35, a small flow-rate pipe 37 connected to a peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35 along a tangential direction thereof, a large flow-rate pipe 36 connected to the peripheral plate 35C with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe 37, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet 39 formed in a central part of the vortex chamber 35, and a straightening plate 50 that is arranged in a part between the outlet 39 and the peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35, and when jets flow into the vortex chamber 35 from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and the large flow-rate pipe 36, straightens impinging jets from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and from the large flow-rate pipe 36 having flowed into the vortex chamber 35 toward the outlet 39.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakata, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Masamichi Iino, Toshihiro Sato, Yutaka Tanaka, Takanori Okazaki, Takashi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 8311178
    Abstract: A pH adjusting apparatus arranged above a water pit for refueling disposed in a reactor container that stores a nuclear reactor includes a pH adjuster, a basket 50 that contains the pH adjuster, and a basket housing container 51 that houses the basket 50 therein and has formed therein an inlet through which a solvent for dissolving or diluting the pH adjuster flows in and an overflow pipe 52 through which a pH-adjusted solution generated by dissolving or mixing the pH adjuster in the solvent flows out to the water pit for refueling. Consequently, even if it is difficult to dispose the basket 50 on a floor of the water pit for refueling, it is possible to suitably perform pH adjustment in the reactor container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Takafumi Ogino, Yoshiyuki Tanigawa, Shiro Kato
  • Patent number: 8040997
    Abstract: A pH adjusting system includes a water pit for refueling 35 that is disposed in a reactor container 10, which stores a reactor, and is capable of storing cooling water and a pH adjusting apparatus 37 that is disposed above the water pit for refueling 35 and houses a pH adjuster. The pH adjusting apparatus 37 causes a pH-adjusted solution generated by dissolving or mixing the pH adjuster to flow out to the water pit for refueling 35 below the pH adjusting apparatus 37. Consequently, even when it is difficult to dispose the pH adjusting apparatus on a floor of the water pit for refueling, it is possible to suitably perform pH adjustment in the reactor container 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Takafumi Ogino, Yoshiyuki Tanigawa, Shiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20100232560
    Abstract: A pH adjusting system includes a water pit for refueling 35 that is disposed in a reactor container 10, which stores a reactor, and is capable of storing cooling water and a pH adjusting apparatus 37 that is disposed above the water pit for refueling 35 and houses a pH adjuster. The pH adjusting apparatus 37 causes a pH-adjusted solution generated by dissolving or mixing the pH adjuster to flow out to the water pit for refueling 35 below the pH adjusting apparatus 37. Consequently, even when it is difficult to dispose the pH adjusting apparatus on a floor of the water pit for refueling, it is possible to suitably perform pH adjustment in the reactor container 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Takafumi Ogino, Yoshiyuki Tanigawa, Shiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20100226830
    Abstract: A pH adjusting apparatus arranged above a water pit for refueling disposed in a reactor container that stores a nuclear reactor includes a pH adjuster, a basket 50 that contains the pH adjuster, and a basket housing container 51 that houses the basket 50 therein and has formed therein an inlet through which a solvent for dissolving or diluting the pH adjuster flows in and an overflow pipe 52 through which a pH-adjusted solution generated by dissolving or mixing the pH adjuster in the solvent flows out to the water pit for refueling. Consequently, even if it is difficult to dispose the basket 50 on a floor of the water pit for refueling, it is possible to suitably perform pH adjustment in the reactor container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Takafumi Ogino, Yoshiyuki Tanigawa, Shiro Kato