Patents Assigned to Meidensha Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230124571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotating machine and a hoist. An object of the present invention is to provide a rotating machine and a hoist with improved cooling performance. A motor (10) includes: a stator (11) and a rotor (12); a rib part (12d) that rotates in accordance with rotation of the rotor (12), and a wind guide member (16) that guides wind taken in from a ventilation inlet (15aa) by rotation of the rib part 12d to a ventilation outlet (15ab).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuto AZEGAMI, Takayuki ONISHI, Keisuke MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20230116543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary machine. An object of the present invention is to provide a rotary machine with improved cooling performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku UEMATSU, Hiromasa MASHIKO
  • Patent number: 11615937
    Abstract: An emitter support structure for a field emission device, the emitter support structure includes: a support portion disposed to be moved in a direction of both ends of a vacuum chamber of the field emission device, and configured to support an emitter of the field emission device; a protruding portion formed at one end portion of the support portion which confronts a target of the field emission device, and to which the emitter is inserted and mounted; a slit formed in a circumference wall portion of the protruding portion in a height direction of the circumference wall portion; and a redundant brazing material groove formed in an outside of the protruding portion along the circumference wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Ochi, Rena Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230087529
    Abstract: A control system is provided for a power conversion system having a power converter that controls a virtual synchronous generator simulating a synchronous generator and interconnected to a power grid. The control system has a virtual synchronous impedance compensation block inputting an output current detection value of the power converter and a set voltage amplitude command value, simulating a voltage drop due to a virtual synchronous impedance, and calculating an output voltage command value and an internal induced voltage according to the simulated voltage drop; a virtual synchronous generator model determining an angular frequency simulating the synchronous generator; and a PCS output voltage control unit performing control so that an output voltage of the power conversion system coincides with the output voltage command value calculated by the virtual synchronous impedance compensation block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SUZUKI, Naoto MAEDA, Jun TAKAMI, Ryota SAMEJIMA, Hideki NODA, Jun ISOO, Kazu SHOJI
  • Patent number: 11601039
    Abstract: A minimum number of levels required to output a target modulation ratio is determined. Additionally, determining a total number of voltage orders to be controlled among a voltage fundamental wave and harmonics of power converter, comparing the minimum number of levels and the total number of voltage orders to be controlled, and fixing a larger one as a number of switching times in a quarter cycle for the target modulation ratio are performed. Further, when the total number is fixed, a shape of an output voltage is determined, and based on the target modulation ratio and the number of switching times in the quarter cycle, a determination of switching phases is made, in addition to a derivation of the pulse pattern for one cycle by which each output voltage level is used according to the target modulation ratio and the output voltage shape, and the phase is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ogawa, Masashi Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20230060595
    Abstract: Installation workability of a motor system 1 is improved and occurrence of a communication error between an inverter 50 and an electric portion 83 of an electric oil pump 80 due to entry of noise can be suppressed. A motor portion 2 and the inverter 50 are adjacent to each other in a motor axial direction, at an adjacent portion, a wall of a casing of the inverter 50 on an arrow A direction side and a wall of a casing of the motor portion 2 on an arrow B direction side are shared as a barrier 3b made of the same member, and in a position that a pump portion 81 side of the electric oil pump 80 including a pump portion 81, an internal motor 82, and an electric portion 83 arranged in the motor axial direction faces the arrow A direction side, the electric oil pump 80 is disposed in the casing of the motor portion 2 and the inverter 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shota SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11585729
    Abstract: A duct body (101) of a blowing device provided in a chassis dynamometer includes a bottom wall (31), a top wall (32) and a pair of side walls (33) that form a flow passage having a rectangular cross section. In each of the side wall (33), a vertically elongated window part (42) is formed for enabling the passage of vehicle restraint member such as a chain (5). Each window part (42) is closed through the tiled arrangement of a few cover plates (53, 54), and a chain plate set (100). The chain plate set (100) is formed through the sandwiching of an elastic sheet member (61, 62) having a restraint member through hole (63) and a slit (64) between an inner plate (51) and an outer plate (52) each having an opening part (57, 58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshimichi Takahashi, Naoto Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230038802
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an automatic driving robot control device and control method that enable a vehicle to be operated smoothly while also being caused to conform to a command vehicle speed with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Kento Yoshida, Hironobu Fukai
  • Patent number: 11575331
    Abstract: For a serial multiplex inverter in which each phase includes cells connected serially, wherein each cell includes switching elements and is configured to output a level of +1 (ON), a level of zero (OFF), and a level of ?1 (ON) as output levels by operation of the switching elements, a control device includes a switching load distribution control section. This control section is configured to: store information about an ON-output duration of each of the cells and information about an OFF-output duration of each of the cells; for a shift pattern from ON to OFF in the cells, put OFF a gate signal for one of the cells whose ON-output duration is the longest of the cells; and for a shift pattern from OFF to ON in the cells, put ON a gate signal for one of the cells whose OFF-output duration is the longest of the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ogawa, Masashi Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 11569756
    Abstract: A flying capacitor (FC)-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunobu Oi, Kenji Kobori
  • Patent number: 11560622
    Abstract: Disclosed is a degradable film (1) in which a barrier layer (3) is disposed on a surface of a water-soluble polymer layer (2). The water-soluble polymer layer (2) is made of a water-soluble polymer such as polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinyl pyrrolidone. The barrier layer (3) is made of silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride. The barrier layer (3) is formed on the water-soluble polymer layer (2) by a CVD process with the supply of a raw material gas containing a precursor of a substance that forms the barrier layer (3), an ozone gas with an oxygen concentration of 20 vol % or higher and an unsaturated hydrocarbon gas to the water-soluble polymer layer (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinori Miura, Mitsuru Kekura, Naoto Kameda
  • Patent number: 11563367
    Abstract: Ina power conversion system having a fixed pulse pattern modulation unit 2 that is configured to refer to tables storing therein pulse patterns that determine respective command voltage levels corresponding to phase information for each modulation ratio and to generate a gate signal g on the basis of a command modulation ratio d and a control phase ? and driving a power converter 3 on the basis of the gate signal g, the fixed pulse pattern modulation unit 2 is further configured to, when performing a pulse pattern transition, search for a proper post-transition table reference position and make a command voltage level follow a command voltage level of a post-transition pulse pattern. With this, the power conversion system that can perform the pulse pattern transition without current impulse and that can also be applied to a multi-level power converter having four levels or more can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ogawa, Masashi Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 11552513
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor 10 capable of avoiding an increase in cost due to use of a high-performance winding machine and an increase in cost due to molding of the entire rotor 10 with an insulator, and a rotating machine including the rotor 10. The rotor 10 includes a rotor core 11 that rotates around a rotary axis A. The rotor core 11 includes a plurality of unit through holes 11a that individually accommodate each of a plurality of winding units 12. Each of the plurality of winding units 12 includes an iron core, a field winding wound around the iron core, and an insulating sealing resin that seals the iron core and the field winding, and is accommodated in the unit through hole 11a in a posture extending in a direction of the rotary axis A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Okitsu
  • Publication number: 20230006584
    Abstract: A pulse voltage generator calculates a corrected pulse voltage application time. The pulse voltage generator also outputs, for the duration of the corrected pulse voltage application time, a voltage vector closest to a rotor phase from among twelve voltage vectors as a voltage vector command. A current detector detects three-phase output currents of a power converter, which are obtained when first to sixth switching elements of the power converter are turned on or off on the basis of the voltage vector command. A three-phase/two-phase converter converts the three-phase output currents to two-phase output currents to output d-axis current. When the d-axis current after the corrected pulse voltage application time has elapsed becomes less than or equal to a demagnetization determination threshold value, a demagnetization determiner determines that demagnetization occurs in a permanent magnet of a rotor of a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromu FUJIMAGARI
  • Publication number: 20220411932
    Abstract: An oxide film forming device includes: a chamber in which a target workpiece is removably placed; a gas supply unit arranged at a position opposed to a film formation surface of the target workpiece placed in the chamber; and a gas discharge unit arranged to discharge a gas inside the chamber by suction to the outside of the chamber. The gas supply unit has a raw material gas supply nozzle, an ozone gas supply nozzle and an unsaturated hydrocarbon gas supply nozzle with supply ports thereof opposed to the film formation surface of the target workpiece at a predetermined distance away from the film formation surface. A raw material gas, an ozone gas and an unsaturated hydrocarbon gas supplied from the respective supply nozzles are mixed in a space between the supply ports and the film formation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshinori MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220399801
    Abstract: A voltage drop Vzs is calculated based on an output current detection value Iac and a virtual synchronous impedance Zs or a corrected virtual synchronous impedance Zs?, and a value obtained by subtracting the voltage drop Vzs from an internal induced voltage Ef is output as a grid voltage command value Vac*. Zs calculation unit 7 limits an output current phase ? so that the output current phase ? is within an effective range by a phase limiter 12a, and calculates the corrected virtual synchronous impedance Zs? based on a limited output current phase ?, the internal induced voltage Ef, a grid voltage detection value Vac and a current limit value Ilim. Accordingly, in grid interconnection power conversion device that controls a virtual synchronous generator, it is possible to continue operation while suppressing an overcurrent and possess a synchronizing power generated by action or working of a virtual synchronous impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SUZUKI, Jun TAKAMI, Ryota SAMEJIMA, Hideki NODA, Naoto MAEDA, Toshiya INOUE, Kazu SHOJI
  • Patent number: 11527378
    Abstract: It is a CNT device (1) (carbon-metal structure) equipped with a carbon nanotube layer (2) (CNT layer 2; same hereafter) on a metal pedestal (4). The metal pedestal (4) is brazed to the CNT layer (2) with a brazing material layer (3) interposed therebetween. When manufacturing the CNT device (1), firstly, the CNT layer (2) is formed on a heat-resistant textured substrate (6). Next, the metal pedestal (4) is brazed to the CNT layer (2) that is on the heat-resistant textured substrate (6) with the brazing material layer (3) interposed therebetween. Then, the metal pedestal (4) (and the CNT layer 2) is peeled off the heat-resistant textured substrate (6) to transfer the CNT layer (2) from the heat-resistant textured substrate (6) to the metal pedestal (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Noda, Sae Kitagawa, Kotaro Yasui, Hisashi Sugime, Daizo Takahashi, Yuichi Nishikiori, Hayato Ochi, Rena Takahashi, Toshimasa Fukai
  • Patent number: 11512177
    Abstract: A reforming device (1) is provided with, on one end side of a chamber (2), a gas supply part (3) and, on the other end side of the chamber (2), a gas discharge part (4). A support part (5) for supporting a porous material (10) is provided between the gas supply part (3) and the gas discharge part (4) inside the chamber (4). Then, the unsaturated hydrocarbon gas of an unsaturated hydrocarbon supply device (31) and the ozone gas of an ozone generation device (32) are supplied into the chamber (2) via the gas supply part (3) so as to reform the outer-peripheral-side surface and the inner side surface of the porous material (10) accommodated inside the chamber (2). The gas inside the chamber (2) is sucked by the gas discharge part (4) and discharged to the outside of the chamber (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinori Miura, Mitsuru Kekura, Naoto Kameda
  • Publication number: 20220364235
    Abstract: An atomic layer deposition apparatus (1) is equipped with a processing substrate (2) provided in a vacuum container (3), and a shower head (4). The processing substrate (2) is provided in the vacuum container (3), and the shower head (4) is provided to be opposed to a processing surface of the processing substrate (2). A high-concentration ozone gas, an unsaturated hydrocarbon gas, and an ALD source gas are supplied from the shower head (4) to the processing substrate (2). The apparatus (1) repeats four steps of an oxidizing agent supplying step of supplying the high-concentration ozone gas and the unsaturated hydrocarbon gas into the vacuum container (3), an oxidizing agent purging step of discharging the gas supplied in the oxidizing agent supplying step, a source gas supplying step of supplying a source gas to the vacuum container (3), and a source gas purging step of discharging the source gas supplied to the vacuum container (3), to form an oxide film on the surface of the processing substrate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto KAMEDA, Toshinori MIURA, Mitsuru KEKURA
  • Patent number: D975153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Okazaki, Akihiko Kodama