Patents by Inventor Toru Kagoura

Toru Kagoura 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: 9722406
    Abstract: Ocean floating installations (1) are disposed on the ocean. The ocean floating installations (1) float on the ocean with the lower part of the ocean floating installations (1) being fixed to the seabed by mooring ropes (11). Each of the ocean floating installations (1) is connected at a connection part (5a) to a cable (3), which is a first cable. Each of the cables (3) is connected at a connection part (5b) to a cable (7), which is a second cable. In other words, the ocean floating installations (1) are connected to each other by the cables (3) and the cable (7). A connection is established with the cables (7) at the connection parts (5b) located on the seabed. In other words, the cables (7) are installed on the seabed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Manabe, Toru Kagoura, Takahiro Sasaki, Yoshihiro Shimada, Takeharu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160301198
    Abstract: Ocean floating installations (1) are disposed on the ocean. The ocean floating installations (1) float on the ocean with the lower part of the ocean floating installations (1) being fixed to the seabed by mooring ropes (11). Each of the ocean floating installations (1) is connected at a connection part (5a) to a cable (3), which is a first cable. Each of the cables (3) is connected at a connection part (5b) to a cable (7), which is a second cable. In other words, the ocean floating installations (1) are connected to each other by the cables (3) and the cable (7). A connection is established with the cables (7) at the connection parts (5b) located on the seabed. In other words, the cables (7) are installed on the seabed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki MANABE, Toru KAGOURA, Takahiro SASAKI, Yoshihiro SHIMADA, Takeharu YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9006574
    Abstract: A power line core in an undersea cable includes a conducting member, an insulating member, a shield layer, a water shielding layer, an anticorrosion layer and the like. The insulating member is provided on an outer periphery portion of the conducting member. The insulating member is made of, for example, crosslinked polyethylene. The shield layer is provided on an outer periphery of the insulating member. The water shielding layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the shield layer. The water shielding layer includes a multilayer tape in which a metal layer is sandwiched by resin layers. The anticorrosion layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the water shielding layer. In the cross section of the multilayer tape, the metal layer has a corrugated shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kagoura, Kenichi Ishii, Kei Kaizuka, Takuzo Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8789562
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible tube which is used to load fluid from a floating facility on the sea onto a tanker, which is suitable for transport of cryogenic fluid such as LNG, and which is capable of quickly and reliably detecting leakage of the fluid in the tube. Also provided is a structure for detecting leakage of fluid in a tube. A water impermeable and heat insulating layer is provided on the outer periphery of a heat insulating layer. The water impermeable and heat insulating layer, together with the heat insulating layer, thermally insulates LNG flowing through a corrugated tube from the outside of a flexible tube. Unlike the heat insulating layer, the water impermeable and heat insulating layer is poor in liquid permeability, and fluid such as LNG hardly permeates the water impermeable and heat insulating layer. That is, the water impermeable and heat insulating layer serves as a water impermeable layer between the inside and outside of the water impermeable and heat insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Kagoura
  • Publication number: 20140166335
    Abstract: A power line core in an undersea cable includes a conducting member, an insulating member, a shield layer, a water shielding layer, an anticorrosion layer and the like. The insulating member is provided on an outer periphery portion of the conducting member. The insulating member is made of, for example, crosslinked polyethylene. The shield layer is provided on an outer periphery of the insulating member. The water shielding layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the shield layer. The water shielding layer includes a multilayer tape in which a metal layer is sandwiched by resin layers. The anticorrosion layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the water shielding layer. In the cross section of the multilayer tape, the metal layer has a corrugated shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru KAGOURA, Kenichi ISHII, Kei KAIZUKA, Takuzo HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 8479565
    Abstract: Provided are a fluid conveying tube and a fluid leakage detecting system which can convey a cryogenic fluid such as LNG and which can quickly and reliably detect leakage of the fluid within the tube and the position of the leakage. An optical fiber is continuously wound over the entire length of a flexible tube. Leakage information detected by an optical fiber temperature sensor is transmitted via a terminal to an externally provided temperature measurement device. Meanwhile, when similar leakage occurs in the vicinity of a coupling section, the gas pressure inside the heat insulating layer or the like increases due to the pressure of LNG within a corrugated tube or a pressure generated as a result of evaporation of LNG. When the pressure inside the heat insulating layer increases, information representing a change in the gas pressure is transmitted to a terminal via a hollow pipe. A tube or the like is externally connected to the terminal, and is connected to a pressure meter or like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Izumo, Yasuhiro Naka, Kenichi Ishii, Toru Kagoura
  • Publication number: 20110017337
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible tube which is used to load fluid from a floating facility on the sea onto a tanker, which is suitable for transport of cryogenic fluid such as LNG, and which is capable of quickly and reliably detecting leakage of the fluid in the tube. Also provided is a structure for detecting leakage of fluid in a tube. A water impermeable and heat insulating layer is provided on the outer periphery of a heat insulating layer. The water impermeable and heat insulating layer, together with the heat insulating layer, thermally insulates LNG flowing through a corrugated tube from the outside of a flexible tube. Unlike the heat insulating layer, the water impermeable and heat insulating layer is poor in liquid permeability, and fluid such as LNG hardly permeates the water impermeable and heat insulating layer. That is, the water impermeable and heat insulating layer serves as a water impermeable layer between the inside and outside of the water impermeable and heat insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Kagoura
  • Publication number: 20110005303
    Abstract: Provided are a fluid conveying tube and a fluid leakage detecting system which can convey a cryogenic fluid such as LNG and which can quickly and reliably detect leakage of the fluid within the tube and the position of the leakage. An optical fiber 17 is continuously wound over the entire length of a flexible tube 1a. Leakage information detected by an optical fiber temperature sensor 21 is transmitted via a terminal 25a to an externally provided temperature measurement device. Meanwhile, when similar leakage occurs in the vicinity of a coupling section 3, the gas pressure inside the heat insulating layer 13a or the like increases due to the pressure of LNG within a corrugated tube 11 or a pressure generated as a result of evaporation of LNG. When the pressure inside the heat insulating layer 13a increases, information representing a change in the gas pressure is transmitted to a terminal 25b via a hollow pipe 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicants: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Izumo, Yasuhiro Naka, Kenichi Ishii, Toru Kagoura