Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yuge

Atsushi Yuge 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).

  • Publication number: 20240146161
    Abstract: A magnetic geared electrical machine includes: a stator; a magnetic pole piece rotor including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed radially inward of the stator; an inner rotor including a plurality of rotor magnets, disposed radially inward of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and configured to rotate at a higher speed than the magnetic pole piece rotor; and a fan for cooling at least one of the stator, the magnetic pole piece rotor, or the inner rotor. The magnetic pole piece rotor further includes a power transmission shaft disposed on one side in an axial direction relative to the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and configured to transmit rotational power to and from an external device. The fan is disposed in the inner rotor on an opposite side to the power transmission shaft with the rotor magnet therebetween in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SAKAI, Yasutaka AOKI, Akihiko UMEDA, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20240097546
    Abstract: A magnetic geared electrical machine includes: a stator including a stator coil; a first rotor including a plurality of pole pieces; a second rotor including a plurality of rotor magnets, and arranged opposite to the stator across the first rotor in a radial direction; a housing having a first inlet opening and a second inlet opening, and supporting the stator; a first inlet cavity defined by at least the housing so as to communicate with the first inlet opening provided in the housing and with a first radial gap between the stator and the first rotor; and a second inlet cavity defined by at least the housing so as to communicate with the second inlet opening provided in the housing and with a second radial gap between the first rotor and the second rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakai, Yasutaka Aoki, Atsushi Yuge, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11891976
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naota Watanabe, Masaaki Shibata, Toshikazu Shigetomi, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Atsushi Yuge
  • Publication number: 20230208271
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotating electrical machine is provided with a stator, a low-speed rotor which includes a plurality of pole pieces arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator and is installed inside the stator, a high-speed rotor which includes a plurality of second magnets as magnets facing the plurality of pole pieces and is installed inside the low-speed rotor, a first piezoelectric element which is provided in each of the plurality of pole pieces and which converts a vibration into an electric signal, and a control unit which is connected to the first piezoelectric element and performs vibration damping of the pole piece on the basis of an output voltage of the first piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kentaro HAYASHI, Takeo OHIRA, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20230184226
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes: a blade body; and a leading edge protector covering a leading edge portion of the blade body. The leading edge protector includes: a body layer; and a coating layer having higher hardness than the body layer and at least partially covering a surface of the body layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKEUCHI, Toshiyuki HIRANO, Takayuki SHIMIZU, Shuhei YOSHIZU, Takeshi FUJITA, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20230018880
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device according to an embodiment is a magnetic pole piece device disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear that includes an annular member which includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of holding members respectively disposed between the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and a cover member which is made of a composite material obtained by impregnating continuous fiber extending along the circumferential direction with a matrix resin. The cover member is disposed on at least one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the annular member. A relation of ?·tc?t?½·tc is satisfied, where tc is a gap between the annular member and the magnet field and t is a thickness of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIMIZU, Mikito SASAKI, Shinichi ISOBE, Akihiko UMEDA, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20230003187
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Naota WATANABE, Masaaki SHIBATA, Toshikazu SHIGETOMI, Hiroaki TAKEUCHI, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20220381226
    Abstract: A support structure for a wind power generation device comprises: a plurality of floats that can float on the surface of water or in the water; a connecting member having one end connected to one of the floats and the other end connected to another of the floats among the plurality of floats; a support platform that is provided between the plurality of floats and supports the bottom end of a tower part of the wind power generation device; a linear wire member having one end connected to one of the floats and the other end connected to the support platform; and a support member that is provided on the floats or on the connecting member and supports the tower part, which is supported on the support platform, from a lateral direction while the support member being movable along the axial direction of the tower part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kunihiro MORISHITA, Motoki KATO, Tadashi SUGIMURA, Atsushi YUGE, Kai KARIKOMI
  • Patent number: 11493021
    Abstract: A windmill blade includes a leading edge protector at a leading edge portion of a blade main body including a skin surrounding a hollow space. The leading edge protector is fixed to the skin from the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujita, Kentaro Shindo, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Hirano, Atsushi Yuge
  • Patent number: 11493020
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naota Watanabe, Masaaki Shibata, Toshikazu Shigetomi, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Atsushi Yuge
  • Patent number: 11300097
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade apparatus at least includes a wind turbine blade body, wherein a serration portion is disposed on at least on a part of a trailing edge of the wind turbine blade body, the serration portion having a saw-teeth shape where a mountain portion and a valley portion are arranged alternately in a blade longitudinal direction, and wherein a chord-directional cross section of the wind turbine blade body along a chord direction is formed to have an airfoil shape at any position in a region from the mountain portion to the valley portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoeji Nakaye, Kentaro Hayashi, Atsushi Yuge, Kai Karikomi, Shinsuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210363963
    Abstract: A windmill blade includes a blade main body and a leading edge protector. The leading edge protector includes a conductive plate covering a leading edge, and a conductive mesh member connected to the conductive plate along a blade chord direction of the windmill blade. The conductive mesh member is provided with a plurality of holes. A skin or an adhesive at least partially enters the plurality of holes, so that the leading edge protector is fixed to the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi FUJITA, Keisuke Ota, Kentaro SHINDO, Hiroaki TAKEUCHI, Toshiyuki HIRANO, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20210363962
    Abstract: A windmill blade includes a leading edge protector provided at a leading edge portion of a blade main body including a skin surrounding a hollow space. The leading edge protector is fixed to the skin from the inner side of the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi FUJITA, Kentaro SHINDO, Hiroaki TAKEUCHI, Toshiyuki HIRANO, Atsushi YUGE
  • Patent number: 11181130
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis method is targeted at a hydraulic device which includes a hydraulic pump and a driven device driven by the hydraulic pump. The method includes calculating a frequency distribution with regard to a deviation between a normal value of an output parameter corresponding to an operation condition and an actual measurement value of the output parameter using a prediction model, and determining the presence of an abnormality if an average of the deviation exceeds a threshold. If the presence of the abnormality is determined, a factor of the abnormality is estimated based on the range of the deviation where a waveform peak of the frequency distribution exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyoshi Kubo, Atsushi Yuge, Kentaro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10944307
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an armature unit including an annular rotor configured to be rotatable around an axis and a stator disposed on a radially outer side of the annular rotor; an input or output shaft coupled at a first end thereof to an external device and extending along an axial direction of the annular rotor in a central space defined in a central portion of the annular rotor; and a coupling device disposed closer to a second end of the input or output shaft than an end of the annular rotor adjacent to the external device in the axial direction of the annular rotor and connecting the input or output shaft and the annular rotor so as to be able to transmit a torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Umeda, Mikito Sasaki, Shin Asano, Hiroshi Sato, Hisanobu Shinoda, Shinichi Isobe, Atsushi Yuge
  • Publication number: 20210062781
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade apparatus at least includes a wind turbine blade body, wherein a serration portion is disposed on at least on a part of a trailing edge of the wind turbine blade body, the serration portion having a saw-teeth shape where a mountain portion and a valley portion are arranged alternately in a blade longitudinal direction, and wherein a chord-directional cross section of the wind turbine blade body along a chord direction is formed to have an airfoil shape at any position in a region from the mountain portion to the valley portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shoeji NAKAYE, Kentaro HAYASHI, Atsushi YUGE, Kai KARIKOMI, Shinsuke NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10935458
    Abstract: A facility condition monitoring device includes an abnormality-degree-calculation-model construction part which constructs an abnormality-degree-calculation model for calculating an abnormality degree of a monitoring feature group of a monitoring target facility, based on a normal feature group extracted from a state-quantity fluctuation data of the monitoring target facility, an abnormality degree calculation part which calculates the abnormality degree of the monitoring feature group with the abnormality-degree-calculation model, an abnormality determination part which determines whether the monitoring target facility is abnormal, based on the abnormality degree, an abnormality-contribution-rate calculation part which obtains a contribution rate of each feature constituting the monitoring feature group used for calculating the abnormality degree determined as abnormal by the abnormality determination part, and an abnormality cause identification part which identifies an abnormality cause of the monitoring t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Hayashi, Takahiro Nakano, Atsushi Yuge, Masaaki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20200325876
    Abstract: A wind turbine group power generation amount evaluation device includes a criterial correlation acquisition unit which acquires a criterial correlation between a target power generation amount by a target wind turbine group and a reference power generation amount by a reference wind turbine group, a set value changing unit configured to change a set value of an output control parameter of at least one of the wind turbines in the target wind turbine group, a power generation amount acquisition unit configured to acquire the target power generation amount and the reference power generation amount measured after a change in the set value, a target power generation amount estimation unit configured to calculate, an estimated value before the change of the target power generation amount, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a target power generation amount based on a comparison between the target power generation amount and the estimated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu IKAWA, Masayuki HASHIMOTO, Kazunari IDE, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20200266681
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an armature unit including an annular rotor configured to be rotatable around an axis and a stator disposed on a radially outer side of the rotor; an input/output shaft coupled at a first end to an external device and extending along an axial direction of the rotor in a central space formed in a central portion of the rotor; and a coupling device disposed closer to a second end of the input/output shaft than an end of the rotor adjacent to the external device is in the axial direction and connecting the input/output shaft and the rotor so as to be able to transmit a torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiko UMEDA, Mikito SASAKI, Shin ASANO, Hiroshi SATO, Hisanobu SHINODA, Shinichi ISOBE, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20200263669
    Abstract: An operating condition of a wind turbine facility or at least one wind turbine is acquired, and an estimated value of a measurable physical quantity corresponding to the operating condition is calculated. It is determined whether an abnormality is present in the wind turbine by comparing the estimated value and the actual value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Eriko SHINKAWA, Kentaro HAYASHI, Atsushi YUGE, Masayuki HASHIMOTO, Yoshikatsu IKAWA, Takahiro NAKANO