Patents by Inventor Yohei Nishiguchi

Yohei Nishiguchi 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: 11938970
    Abstract: A control device that is mounted in a second vehicle which a first vehicle having a following travel function is detachably connected to or loaded on is provided. The control device includes a control unit configured to perform: detecting another vehicle that is within a predetermined range from the second vehicle in a state in which the second vehicle has the first vehicle connected thereto or loaded thereon and of which some or all of a scheduled travel route is the same as some or all of a scheduled travel route of the first vehicle after the first vehicle has been disconnected from the second vehicle; and transmitting following instruction information to the first vehicle and disconnecting the first vehicle from the second vehicle such that the first vehicle travels with the detected other vehicle as a preceding vehicle by the following travel function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Harada, Teppei Nishiguchi, Kazuki Komoriya, Tomoaki Ihara, Miyu Higashimura, Toshihiro Nakaichi, Kazunobu Okasaka, Ryo Hattori, Yohei Tanigawa, Ryohei Kimbara, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8331523
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary coolant into water therein to generate a steam. A passage structure defines a coolant passage for the primary coolant to an outside of the core. The heat-transferred primary coolant in the annular steam generator flows downwardly in the coolant passage so as to flow into the core, thereby moving upwardly. A reactor vessel is arranged to surround the coolant passage so as to contain the core, the annular steam generator and the passage means therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yohei Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20110116591
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary coolant into water therein to generate a steam. A passage structure defines a coolant passage for the primary coolant to an outside of the core. The heat-transferred primary coolant in the annular steam generator flows downwardly in the coolant passage so as to flow into the core, thereby moving upwardly. A reactor vessel is arranged to surround the coolant passage so as to contain the core, the annular steam generator and the passage means therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Yohei NISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100322369
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary coolant into water therein to generate a steam. A passage structure defines a coolant passage for the primary coolant to an outside of the core. The heat-transferred primary coolant in the annular steam generator flows downwardly in the coolant passage so as to flow into the core, thereby moving upwardly. A reactor vessel is arranged to surround the coolant passage so as to contain the core, the annular steam generator and the passage means therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Yohei NISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090010374
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary coolant into water therein to generate a steam. A passage structure defines a coolant passage for the primary coolant to an outside of the core. The heat-transferred primary coolant in the annular steam generator flows downwardly in the coolant passage so as to flow into the core, thereby moving upwardly. A reactor vessel is arranged to surround the coolant passage so as to contain the core, the annular steam generator and the passage means therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yohei NISHIGUCHI, Tsugio Yokoyama, Hisato Matsumiya, Yasushi Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 7139352
    Abstract: A reactivity control rod adapted to be used in a reactor core of a fast reactor and disposed at a substantially central portion of the reactor core for controlling a reactivity therein. The reactivity control rod includes a wrapper tube surrounded by a plurality of fuel rods in a reactor core, and a plurality of neutron absorber rods arranged in the wrapper tube. At least one of the plurality of neutron absorber rods includes a cladding tube and a mixture filled in the cladding tube. The mixture is composed of a neutron absorber that absorbs a neutron and a neutron moderator that moderates the neutron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yohei Nishiguchi, Tsugio Yokoyama, Hisato Matsumiya, Yasushi Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20060210010
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary coolant into water therein to generate a steam. A passage structure defines a coolant passage for the primary coolant to an outside of the core. The heat-transferred primary coolant in the annular steam generator flows downwardly in the coolant passage so as to flow into the core, thereby moving upwardly. A reactor vessel is arranged to surround the coolant passage so as to contain the core, the annular steam generator and the passage means therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yohei Nishiguchi, Tsugio Yokoyama, Hisato Mitsumiya, Yasushi Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20060126775
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary coolant into water therein to generate a steam. A passage structure defines a coolant passage for the primary coolant to an outside of the core. The heat-transferred primary coolant in the annular steam generator flows downwardly in the coolant passage so as to flow into the core, thereby moving upwardly. A reactor vessel is arranged to surround the coolant passage so as to contain the core, the annular steam generator and the passage means therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Yohei Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20020075983
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor in which a primary coolant is contained, the primary coolant moves upwardly from the core by an operation thereof. An annular steam generator is arranged in an upper side of the core into which the upwardly moving primary coolant flows and transfers heat in the primary coolant into water therein to generate a steam. A passage structure defines a coolant passage for the primary coolant to an outside of the core. The heat-transferred primary coolant in the annular steam generator flows downwardly in the coolant passage so as to flow into the core, thereby moving upwardly. A reactor vessel is arranged to surround the coolant passage so as to contain the core, the annular steam generator and the passage means therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yohei Nishiguchi, Tsugio Yokoyama, Hisato Matsumiya, Yasushi Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 5094803
    Abstract: A steam generator utilized for a liquid-metal coolant reactor comprises an outer shell body in which an electromagnetic pump is arranged. The electromagnetic pump comprises a hollow cylindrical iron core provided with comb-shaped portion at an outer peripheral surface thereof and an annular stator coil means assembled in the comb-shaped portion of the cylindrical iron core. A main passage of liquid metal is formed on a side on which the stator coil of the iron core is assembled and a cooling bypass passage is formed at substantially the central portion of the cylindrical iron core in a vertically penetrating fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yohei Nishiguchi