Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Hashimoto

Hiroaki Hashimoto 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: 20150136739
    Abstract: The gas circuit breaker is made up of a fixed contact, a movable contact, a sealed tank having the fixed contact and the movable contact therein, an operating mechanism for driving the movable contact, and a mechanism unit for housing a link mechanism for connecting the operating mechanism with the movable contact . The operating mechanism is made up of an opening spring and a closing spring, cases for covering respective peripheries of those elastic bodies, a control mechanism for holding and freeing the driving force of the elastic body, and a link mechanism for conveying the driving force of the elastic body to the movable contact. The opening spring is laterally disposed in the axial direction between the link mechanism and the control mechanism. An integral flange is provided on an opening spring case and a closing spring case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Kenichi OKUBO, Go KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150131207
    Abstract: An object is to provide a switchgear having a simple structure. To solve the problem, a switchgear according to the invention is characterized by having a fixed side electrode 3, a movable side electrode 4 configured to come into contact with or separate from the fixed side electrode 3, and an operating mechanism configured to allow drive force for movement of the movable side electrode 4 to be generated, wherein the operating mechanism for operating the movable side electrode 4 includes one operating mechanism, and the one operating mechanism allows the movable side electrode 4 to stop at three or more positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hajime Urai, Yasuaki Aoyama, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Tatsuro Kato, Ayumu Morita, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Yoichi Oshita
  • Publication number: 20150091677
    Abstract: An object is to provide a gas circuit breaker having improved reliability. To solve the above-described problem, a gas circuit breaker is characterized by having a fixed contact, a movable contact configured to come into contact with or separate from the fixed contact, an insulating enclosure internally having the fixed contact and the movable contact, the inside of the insulating enclosure being filled with an insulating gas, and an operating mechanism configured to allow drive force for movement of the movable contact to be generated, wherein the operating mechanism includes a mover including permanent magnets or magnetic bodies disposed in a direction along which the operating mechanism allows the drive force to be generated, and a magnetic pole disposed to be opposed to the mover, and having a winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Hajime Urai, Yasuaki Aoyama, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Shiraishi, Tatsuro Kato, Ayumu Morita, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Yoichi Oshita
  • Publication number: 20150043121
    Abstract: The invention is intended to provide a circuit breaker or a circuit breaker operating method enabling a current interruption action to be performed efficiently. A circuit breaker is characterized in that includes a fixed contact and a movable contact that comes in and goes out of contact with the fixed contact; a main circuit conductor that is electrically connected to the fixed contact and the movable contact; an operating mechanism including a mover configured by concatenating permanent magnets or magnetic materials alternately having opposite N and S magnetic polarities along the direction of motion axis of the movable contact and magnetic poles disposed to face the N and S magnetic polarities of the mover and wound with windings; a current detector that detects a current flowing through the main circuit conductor; and a control device that varies the amount of a current to be supplied to the windings of the magnetic poles, depending on a current value detected by the current detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hajime Urai, Yasuaki Aoyama, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Shiraishi, Tatsuro Kato, Ayumu Morita, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Yoichi Ohita
  • Publication number: 20140076854
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker that includes a fixed contact, a moving contact to contact or separate from the fixed contact, an enclosed container containing the fixed contact and moving contact and filled with insulating gas, and an operating device to drive the moving contact. The operating device contains an elastic piece for a drive source, and a control mechanism to hold and release the elastic piece, and a link mechanism to transmit the drive force from the elastic piece to the moving contact. The elastic piece contains an opening spring and a closing spring. The opening spring is mounted between the link mechanism and the control mechanism with the operating axis oriented horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi OKUBO, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8534192
    Abstract: Provided is a printing plate cylinder to which a sleeve printing plate is detachably attached. In the printing plate cylinder, weight reduction and radiation performance can be improved, and generation of rust can be suppressed. The printing plate cylinder (1) includes a shaft portion (3) rotatable about a central axis (O), a tubular portion (5) formed cylindrically, arranged coaxially with the shaft portion (3), and arranged at a distance from an outer circumferential surface (3a) of the shaft portion (3), and a rib (7) fixed integrally to the outer circumferential surface (3a) of the shaft portion (3) and an inner circumferential surface (5b) of the tubular portion (5) and connecting the shaft portion (3) and the tubular portion (5). An air supply channel (31) is formed so as to penetrate from the outer surface of the rib (7) exposed to the outside to the outer circumferential surface (5a) of the tubular portion (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Universal Can Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kenji Kumasaki
  • Publication number: 20130206496
    Abstract: A chassis frame includes: a pair of suspension frames on a front side and a rear side, which are formed by a metal material; and a center frame formed by a fiber reinforced plastic material, with the suspension frames on the front and on the rear side respectively connected to a front-side and a rear-side end thereof, wherein: the suspension frames include side members extending in a front/rear direction, a cross-member connecting the side members and a suspension mounting portion; the center frame includes side members with a hollow section, and a cross-member connecting the side members; and a front-side and a rear-side end of the side members at the center frame are used as connecting portions where side members of the suspension frames are inserted through the two ends, and the side member of the center frame is fastened to the side members of suspension frames with fastening members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20130074719
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a sleeve printing plate which is attached to a cylinder of a printing apparatus, including a notch forming step in which, a laser beam is irradiated to the sleeve element assembly while rotating a sleeve element assembly attached to a rotating drum together with the rotating drum, thereby forming a positioning notch which is engaged with a guide pin erected on the cylinder and an image pattern forming step in which the laser beam is irradiated to the sleeve element assembly while rotating the sleeve element assembly attached to the same rotating drum as that of the notch forming step together with the rotating drum, thereby forming an image pattern to be printed on a work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Universal Can Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Naoto Honda
  • Patent number: 7880105
    Abstract: A circuit breaker of different interruption speeds, and a spring operation mechanism is standardized for designing and manufacturing the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker has a power transmission mechanism for driving a movable contact 63 and a fixed contact 64 and an interruption spring 26 that imparts a driving force to separate the contacts through the power transmission mechanism. A latch mechanism restricts movement of the power transmission mechanism, and a pull-out operation section releases the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism. The pull-out operation section is arranged to oppose a first arm of a lever to rotate the first arm. The lever is arranged so that a tip of a second arm is able to engage with and rest on the latch mechanism, and release the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Japan AE Power Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Hideo Kawamoto, Kenichi Okubo
  • Publication number: 20100319555
    Abstract: Provided is a printing plate cylinder to which a sleeve printing plate is detachably attached. In the printing plate cylinder, weight reduction and radiation performance can be improved, and generation of rust can be suppressed. The printing plate cylinder (1) includes a shaft portion (3) rotatable about a central axis (O), a tubular portion (5) formed cylindrically, arranged coaxially with the shaft portion (3), and arranged at a distance from an outer circumferential surface (3a) of the shaft portion (3), and a rib (7) fixed integrally to the outer circumferential surface (3a) of the shaft portion (3) and an inner circumferential surface (5b) of the tubular portion (5) and connecting the shaft portion (3) and the tubular portion (5). An air supply channel (31) is formed so as to penetrate from the outer surface of the rib (7) exposed to the outside to the outer circumferential surface (5a) of the tubular portion (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Universal Can Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kenji Kumasaki
  • Publication number: 20090201109
    Abstract: A circuit breaker of different interruption speeds, and a spring operation mechanism is standardized for designing and manufacturing the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker has a power transmission mechanism for driving a movable contact 63 and a fixed contact 64 and an interruption spring 26 that imparts a driving force to separate the contacts through the power transmission mechanism. A latch mechanism restricts movement of the power transmission mechanism, and a pull-out operation section releases the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism. The pull-out operation section is arranged to oppose a first arm of a lever to rotate the first arm. The lever is arranged so that a tip of a second arm is able to engage with and rest on the latch mechanism, and release the restriction of the power transmission mechanism by the latch mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN AE POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Hideo Kawamoto, Kenichi Okubo
  • Patent number: 7528336
    Abstract: In an interrupter of a gas circuit breaker that uses springs as a driving source, a contact having a fixed contact and movable contact is opened and closed so as to turn on and off electric power. An operation unit generates driving force for driving the movable contact. A link mechanism interconnects the operation unit and interrupter. The link mechanism has a first lever linked to the operation unit, a second lever linked to the movable contact, and a rotational shaft to which the two levers fit. The operation angle of the first lever with respect to a direction parallel to the motion direction of the movable contact differs depending on whether the contact is open or closed. The gas circuit breaker operates at high speed without the energy of the driving source being increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Japan AE Power Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Hideo Kawamoto, Kenichi Okubo
  • Patent number: 7339132
    Abstract: A puffer type gas circuit breaker has a piston, which is connected with a center shaft via a link mechanism. At an initial stage of an interruption operation, the link mechanism drives a puffer cylinder and the piston both in an interruption direction while maintaining an almost constant distance therebetween. Even when a pressure rise occurs in a compression chamber by the heat of an arc generated in accordance with opening between a fixed arc contact and a movable arc contact, the pressure rise does not become an operation counterforce to an operator. At a final stage of the interruption operation where the fixed arc contact is removed from a throat of an insulating nozzle, the link mechanism drives the piston in an almost stopped status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Japan AE Power Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Urai, Youichi Ohshita, Makoto Koizumi, Naoki Osawa, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Junzo Kida
  • Patent number: 7309127
    Abstract: A first movement unit for moving a condensing position so that a light flux from a light source is condensed on a place close to a retina of a subject eye, and a second movement unit for optically moving a conversion member for condensing a light flux reflected by the retina and a light receiving part for receiving light fluxes can be independently driven and can be further driven by an operation of an operator. First, an arithmetic part adjusts a projection side and a light receiving side based on first signals from the light receiving part. In a case where an independent mode is selected, the projection side and the light receiving side are adjusted automatically or manually. Further, the arithmetic part measures a characteristic of the eye in accordance with adjusted measurement conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Yoko Hirohara
  • Patent number: 7222962
    Abstract: An optical characteristic of an eye is obtained which can not be measured through a uniform adjustment because of a large difference in the distribution of a refractive index, or the like. An arithmetic part first selects an interlock mode, and performs an alignment adjustment. Next, the arithmetic part measures refraction, and interlocks and moves a first illumination optical system and a first light receiving optical system on the basis of the refraction. The arithmetic part obtains a density distribution of point images obtained from a first light receiving part, and judges whether a measurement can be made for each area on the basis of the density. The arithmetic part makes an adjustment so that an unmeasurable area becomes measurable, and creates a composite point image from plural signals obtained in a process of the adjustment. Further, the arithmetic part uses the composite point image to perform a Zernike analysis, obtains the optical characteristic and outputs it on a display part or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Yoko Hirohara, Hiroaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20070068903
    Abstract: In an interrupter of a gas circuit breaker that uses springs as a driving source, a contact having a fixed contact and movable contact is opened and closed so as to turn on and off electric power. An operation unit generates driving force for driving the movable contact. A link mechanism interconnects the operation unit and interrupter. The link mechanism has a first lever linked to the operation unit, a second lever linked to the movable contact, and a rotational shaft to which the two levers fit. The operation angle of the first lever with respect to a direction parallel to the motion direction of the movable contact differs depending on whether the contact is open or closed. The gas circuit breaker operates at high speed without the energy of the driving source being increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Hideo Kawamoto, Kenichi Okubo
  • Publication number: 20060151438
    Abstract: A puffer type gas circuit breaker has a piston, which is connected with a center shaft via a link mechanism. At an initial stage of an interruption operation, the link mechanism drives a puffer cylinder and the piston both in an interruption direction while maintaining an almost constant distance therebetween. Even when a pressure rise occurs in a compression chamber by the heat of an arc generated in accordance with opening between a fixed arc contact and a movable arc contact, the pressure rise does not become an operation counterforce to an operator. At a final stage of the interruption operation where the fixed arc contact is removed from a throat of an insulating nozzle, the link mechanism drives the piston in an almost stopped status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Hajime Urai, Youichi Ohshita, Makoto Koizumi, Naoki Osawa, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Junzo Kida
  • Patent number: 7050438
    Abstract: A multiplexing equipment included in an ATM network to transmit control line signals for interfacing data communication terminals. The transmission of the control line signals is realized by reserving a field in a payload in a cell format for the control line signal transmission between the data communication terminals, mapping RS/CD, CS, ER/DR, CI of the control line signals at intervals based on a terminal speed, multiplexing the mapped control line signals at the transmission side, and separating the multiplexed control line signals at reception side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Telecom Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Atsuumi, Kimitoshi Takeuchi, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Tatsuya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7009130
    Abstract: A switching device changes over breaking and closing of an electric current by opening/closing a contact portion. An electrically-operated motor generates energy for closing a contact and energy generated by the rotation of the electrically-operated motor is accumulated in a breaking spring. The energy generated by the electrically-operated motor is transmitted to the contact by way of a cam, a breaking spring link, a transfer lever and the like. The breaking spring is arranged in the midst of the converting lever. When the contact is opened, the electrically-operated motor is stopped and the energy accumulated in the breaking spring is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Okumura, Shinji Seto
  • Publication number: 20040179318
    Abstract: A switching device changes over breaking and closing of an electric current by opening/closing a contact portion. An electrically-operated motor generates energy for closing a contact and energy generated by the rotation of the electrically-operated motor is accumulated in a breaking spring. The energy generated by the electrically-operated motor is transmitted to the contact by way of a cam, a breaking spring link, a transfer lever and the like. The breaking spring is arranged in the midst of the converting lever. When the contact is opened, the electrically-operated motor is stopped and the energy accumulated in the breaking spring is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Okumura, Shinji Seto