Patents by Inventor Toshimi KIMURA

Toshimi KIMURA 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).

  • Piping inspection apparatus
    Patent number: 10444198
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transmission probe is arranged such that an ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ultrasonic transmission probe toward a pipe propagates in a thick part of the pipe, is at least reflected on the outer peripheral face of the pipe, and travels toward an inspection site on the pipe, and an ultrasonic reception probe is arranged to be symmetrical to the ultrasonic transmission probe with reference to the xz plane including the inspection site and perpendicular to the center axis of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Miki, Yuki Oshima, Naoyuki Kono, Toshimi Kimura
  • PIPING INSPECTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170328869
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transmission probe is arranged such that an ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ultrasonic transmission probe toward a pipe propagates in a thick part of the pipe, is at least reflected on the outer peripheral face of the pipe, and travels toward an inspection site on the pipe, and an ultrasonic reception probe is arranged to be symmetrical to the ultrasonic transmission probe with reference to the xz plane including the inspection site and perpendicular to the center axis of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro MIKI, Yuki OSHIMA, Naoyuki KONO, Toshimi KIMURA