Patents Assigned to Hioki E.E. Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240027496
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes an operational amplifier to amplify an input signal input to a non-inverting input terminal, first and second feedback units to feed back an output signal output from the operational amplifier to an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and a coupling unit to AC couple the second feedback unit and the inverting input terminal. The first feedback unit is to, together with the coupling unit, as a frequency of the output signal of the operational amplifier is increased, reduce an electric potential to be applied to the inverting input terminal with respect to the output signal. At the same time, the second feedback unit is to generate a predetermined electric potential lower than an electric potential of the output signal, the second feedback unit being configured to apply a predetermined electric potential to the inverting input terminal via the coupling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki HANEDA
  • Patent number: 11852575
    Abstract: A state determination apparatus includes: electrodes configured to apply AC signal to a mixture; a measurement unit configured to measure an impedance of the mixture for every frequency of the AC signal based on a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied; a setting unit configured to set an equivalent circuit including one or a plurality of parallel circuit(s) based on element(s) corresponding to electrical component(s) of a solid matter; a calculating unit configured to calculate a parameter of the parallel circuit by executing an equivalent circuit analysis for approximating impedance of the equivalent circuit to the impedance of the mixture; and a derivation unit configured to derive an index for specifying a state of the mixture based on the parameter of the parallel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kawamuro, Akihiro Shioiri, Naoto Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11796604
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes: N pairs of probes that are respectively connected to a positive electrode and an external member of N rechargeable batteries that have a capacitance connected in parallel between the positive electrode and the external member; a scanner that selectively switches to one pair of probes out of the N pairs; a measuring apparatus that measures the voltage between the selected probes; and a controller. A plurality of resistance configurations to be connected between each pair of probes are provided. After a standby time has elapsed in a state where the N pairs of probes are connected to the positive electrodes and external members of the N rechargeable batteries, the controller outputs control signals to the scanner to successively switch to each pair of probes and causes the measuring apparatus to measure the voltage between the selected probes every time switching is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junji Iijima
  • Patent number: 11796439
    Abstract: A uniformity output device for outputting a uniformity of particles in a slurry, in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply AC voltage to the slurry; a measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the slurry on the basis of the response current flowing through the slurry when AC voltage with changing frequency is applied to the slurry; and a processing unit configured to determine the uniformity by executing a particle equivalent circuit analysis with a parallel circuit formed of a resistor and a capacitor as an element on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit in accordance with the frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akihiro Shioiri, Naoto Nakayama, Yuki Kawamuro, Masahiro Horibe
  • Patent number: 11754597
    Abstract: A clamp sensor includes: a pair of clamp arms that construct a ring-shaped sensor in a closed state and rotate about a rotational shaft provided near base ends of the clamp arms so that other ends of the clamp arms come in to contact and move apart; and a pair of operating arms that extend from the base ends of the clamp arms and are capable, by rotating about the rotational shaft so as to approach each other, of shifting the clamp arms into an open state. The operating arms are formed in arc shapes where, when looking along an axial direction of the rotational shaft, an outer edge of one operating arm and an outer edge of the other operating arm are curved in a same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11719663
    Abstract: To provide a measuring apparatus that can detect a wide range of capacitance values with high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsutoshi Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20230198035
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus detects a voltage change in a power storage device. The measurement apparatus supplies constant current to the power storage device; measures voltage related to the power storage device supplied with the constant current; and detects the voltage change in the power storage device subjected to the measurement. The measurement apparatus also acquires the voltage change in the power storage device based on an electrical property serving as a reference of the power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: HIOKI E. E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11639950
    Abstract: A current sensor for detecting a magnitude of a current flowing through a measuring object has a magnetic core having a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core that is arranged magnetically in parallel to the first magnetic core, wherein the first magnetic core has a magnetic permeability that is higher than that of the second magnetic core in a first frequency band, and the first magnetic core has a magnetic permeability that is lower than that of the second magnetic core in a second frequency band, the second frequency band being higher than the first frequency band, and the current sensor detects the magnitude of the current in a frequency band that is constituted by combining the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki Nakazawa, Yuki Karasawa, Kenta Ikeda, Kimihiko Yamagishi, Takafumi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20220399159
    Abstract: A current sensor includes an excitation detection winding configured such that an excitation signal for exciting a second magnetic core is input, the excitation detection winding detects magnetic flux flowing through the second magnetic core and outputs a detection signal indicating a measurement-target current. The current sensor includes an auxiliary winding that detects the magnetic flux and outputs an auxiliary signal indicating the measurement-target current. The current sensor includes a feedback winding wound around first and second magnetic cores, the feedback winding being configured such that a signal generated from the detection signal is input, and the feedback winding being wound to cancel out magnetic flux of the first and second magnetic cores. The current sensor includes a circuit to output an output signal indicating a level of the measurement-target current by modifying a signal output from the feedback winding based on a correction signal generated from the auxiliary signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KARASAWA, Koki NAKAZAWA, Kenta IKEDA, KIMIHIKO YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 11525794
    Abstract: A uniformity property acquisition apparatus is the uniformity property acquisition apparatus configured to acquires a uniformity property of a mixture in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, and the uniformity property acquisition apparatus includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply the AC signal to the mixture; measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the mixture on the basis of a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied to the mixture; and processing unit configured to acquire the uniformity property of the mixture on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Nakayama, Akihiro Shioiri, Yuki Kawamuro
  • Patent number: 11522530
    Abstract: A waveform shaping circuit includes a capacitor, an impedance element, a switch circuit, and a switch control circuit. Opposite ends of the capacitor are connected to the input and output, respectively. One end of the impedance element supplies a target constant voltage to the output end of the capacitor. The switch circuit has a switch without a diode. When on, the switch applies the target constant voltage to the output. When off, it does not. The switch control circuit switches the switch on during a high voltage period in an AC component of an input pulse signal and switches the switch off during a low voltage period of the AC component. The circuit shapes the input pulse signal into an output pulse signal whose peak-to-peak voltage is equivalent to a peak-to-peak voltage of the AC component and whose voltage during the high voltage period is at the target constant voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyoshi Ikeda, Shin Kasai, Tomoharu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220373580
    Abstract: A measurement device configured to measure a state of a target device that is capable of switching at least one transmission direction of a channel among transmission directions of electric power transmitted through a plurality of channels. The measurement device retains information indicating whether a reference transmission direction of the electric power transmitted to each of the channels is an input direction in which the electric power is input to the target device or an output direction in which the electric power is output from the target device, acquires a signal indicating a direction and intensity of the electric power, and computes at least one of an input electric power and an output electric power of the target device on the basis of the sign indicating the direction of the above-described signal with respect to the reference transmission direction of the electric power of each of the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Shinya Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20220341970
    Abstract: A clamp sensor includes: a pair of clamp arms that construct a ring-shaped sensor in a closed state and rotate about a rotational shaft provided near base ends of the clamp arms so that other ends of the clamp arms come in to contact and move apart; and a pair of operating arms that extend from the base ends of the clamp arms and are capable, by rotating about the rotational shaft so as to approach each other, of shifting the clamp arms into an open state. The operating arms are formed in arc shapes where, when looking along an axial direction of the rotational shaft, an outer edge of one operating arm and an outer edge of the other operating arm are curved in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya KOMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220291290
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus of a power storage device supplies constant current to the power storage device, measures voltage of the power storage device, and computes an internal state of the power storage device on the basis of voltage change in the power storage device subjected to the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: TETSUYA TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220206042
    Abstract: The probe apparatus has a probe (first metal plate) as a signal terminal and a probe (second metal plate) as a ground terminal. A probe holder has a holder main body formed of a conductor, clamps that are formed of a dielectric and capable of clamping the probes and a fixing member and a male screw capable of fixing both clamps, which have clamped the probes, to the holder main body. The probes are clamped by the two clamps in a state where the probes have been aligned along the plate surface direction, parts at front-end portion sides of the probes protrude from the two clamps, and the parts at front-end portion sides are capable of elastic deformation along the plate thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11346864
    Abstract: A flexible sensor configured to detect a physical amount of a measurement target in a state surrounding the measurement target includes a sensor cable configured to detect the physical amount of the measurement target and a holding portion on which a base end portion of the sensor cable is mounted, the holding portion having a groove portion in which a distal end portion of the sensor cable is fitted from a side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nomura, Yutaka Ashida, Shunsuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11349464
    Abstract: A waveform shaping circuit is configured without including a diode that is affected by temperature. The waveform shaping circuit includes: a capacitor with one end into which a differential signal Vd0 is inputted and another end connected to an output; an impedance element that has one end connected to the other end of the capacitor and another end into which a target constant voltage is applied; a switch circuit that is constructed of a series circuit with an impedance element and a switch without including a diode, has one end connected to the output, and has another end into which the target constant voltage is applied; and a switch control circuit that shifts the switch into an on state during a low voltage period in an AC component of the differential signal and shifts the switch to an off state during a high voltage period of the AC component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyoshi Ikeda, Shin Kasai, Tomoharu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220166836
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement system in which a measurement instrument and a terminal are configured so as to be communicatable. The measurement instrument is provided with: a measurement unit configured to execute measurement processing for measuring a physical quantity of a measurement target; a detection unit configured to detect execution of the measurement processing; and a transmission permission unit configured to permit transmission of a measurement result to the terminal, the permission being triggered by detection of the execution of the measurement processing by the detection unit. The terminal is provided with: a result reception unit configured to receive the measurement result from the measurement instrument; and an execution unit configured to execute a predetermined processing based on the measurement result received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220094343
    Abstract: A waveform shaping circuit includes a capacitor, an impedance element, a switch circuit, and a switch control circuit. Opposite ends of the capacitor are connected to the input and output, respectively. One end of the impedance element supplies a target constant voltage to the output end of the capacitor. The switch circuit has a switch without a diode. When on, the switch applies the target constant voltage to the output. When off, it does not. The switch control circuit switches the switch on during a high voltage period in an AC component of an input pulse signal and switches the switch off during a low voltage period of the AC component. The circuit shapes the input pulse signal into an output pulse signal whose peak-to-peak voltage is equivalent to a peak-to-peak voltage of the AC component and whose voltage during the high voltage period is at the target constant voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi YANAGISAWA, Hiroyoshi IKEDA, Shin KASAI, Tomoharu SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220018909
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes: N pairs of probes that are respectively connected to a positive electrode and an external member of N rechargeable batteries that have a capacitance connected in parallel between the positive electrode and the external member; a scanner that selectively switches to one pair of probes out of the N pairs; a measuring apparatus that measures the voltage between the selected probes; and a controller. A plurality of resistance configurations to be connected between each pair of probes are provided. After a standby time has elapsed in a state where the N pairs of probes are connected to the positive electrodes and external members of the N rechargeable batteries, the controller outputs control signals to the scanner to successively switch to each pair of probes and causes the measuring apparatus to measure the voltage between the selected probes every time switching is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junji IIJIMA