Patents by Inventor Yukio Kumata

Yukio Kumata 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: 10798812
    Abstract: A particle accelerator includes: a pair of magnetic poles disposed to face each other; a coil which surrounds each of the magnetic poles and generates a first magnetic flux density directing from the magnetic pole on one side to the magnetic pole on the other side; a foil stripper provided on a circling orbit of charged particles to strip off electrons from the charged particles; and a magnetic flux density adjustment unit which generates a second magnetic flux density directing in an opposite direction to a direction of the first magnetic flux density, in which the magnetic flux density adjustment unit makes an absolute value of magnetic flux density at a position of the foil stripper when viewed in a plan view smaller than an absolute value of the first magnetic flux density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kumata, Hiroshi Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 10485994
    Abstract: There is provided a charged particle beam treatment apparatus including an accelerator configured to emit a charged particle beam by accelerating a charged particle, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an irradiation target with the charged particle beam, a beam transport line configured to transport the charged particle beam emitted from the accelerator, to the irradiation unit, a first dose measurement unit that is disposed inside the irradiation unit so as to measure a first dose of the charged particle beam, and a second dose measurement unit that is disposed in the beam trans port line so as to measure a second dose of the charged particle beam. A response frequency of the second dose measurement unit is higher than a response frequency of the first dose measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kumata, Junichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190239335
    Abstract: A particle accelerator includes: a pair of magnetic poles disposed to face each other; a coil which surrounds each of the magnetic poles and generates a first magnetic flux density directing from the magnetic pole on one side to the magnetic pole on the other side; a foil stripper provided on a circling orbit of charged particles to strip off electrons from the charged particles; and a magnetic flux density adjustment unit which generates a second magnetic flux density directing in an opposite direction to a direction of the first magnetic flux density, in which the magnetic flux density adjustment unit makes an absolute value of magnetic flux density at a position of the foil stripper when viewed in a plan view smaller than an absolute value of the first magnetic flux density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yukio Kumata, Hiroshi Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20180015307
    Abstract: There is provided a charged particle beam treatment apparatus including an accelerator configured to emit a charged particle beam by accelerating a charged particle, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an irradiation target with the charged particle beam, a beam transport line configured to transport the charged particle beam emitted from the accelerator, to the irradiation unit, a first dose measurement unit that is disposed inside the irradiation unit so as to measure a first dose of the charged particle beam, and a second dose measurement unit that is disposed in the beam trans port line so as to measure a second dose of the charged particle beam. A response frequency of the second dose measurement unit is higher than a response frequency of the first dose measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yukio Kumata, Junichi Inoue