Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Nakano, deceased

Tetsuo Nakano, deceased 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: 5349860
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the thickness of a clad material having an outer mother metal and an inner clad metal. The apparatus includes a transmitter crystal and a receiver crystal of a double crystal angle-type probe which contact the outer surface of the mother metal, for receiving a first echo from the boundary surface of the mother metal and clad metal, and for receiving a second echo from the inner, bottom surface of the clad metal. The apparatus further includes an amplifier for amplifying the echo signals, a detector for detecting the zero-crossing points of the echoes, a zero point determining circuit, a calculator for calculating the periods from a zero point in time to the zero-crossing points, and a calculator for calculating the thickness of the clad material and clad metal based on the calculated periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nakano, deceased, Takeshige Katsumata, Megumu Tanaka, Isao Narushima, Yoshiharu Hirano, Kazuko Nakano