Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Muto

Hirotaka Muto 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: 11825601
    Abstract: A substrate with a conductive layer including a substrate, which is a woven or nonwoven fabric containing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) nanofibers; and a conductive layer formed on the substrate, the conductive layer being formed from a conductive composition with a viscosity in a range of 1 to 500 Pa·s measured at 25° C. with a rotational viscometer at a rotational speed of 50 rpm, wherein the following requirement (1) is satisfied: requirement (1); the substrate with a conductive layer has a Gurley permeability of 10 s/100 ml or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: VALQUA, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Komeda, Hirotaka Muto
  • Publication number: 20230119794
    Abstract: A hydrophilic fluororesin tube includes a tube wall that contains a fluororesin fiber deposited to form a nonwoven fabric, and satisfies the following requirement (1): requirement (1); the tube wall of the hydrophilic fluororesin tube demonstrating an average transmittance, when immersed in water at 25° C. for 1 minute, of 40% or larger at 400 to 700 nm wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Setoguchi, Naoki Watanabe, Hirotaka Muto
  • Publication number: 20230074201
    Abstract: A substrate with a conductive layer including a substrate, which is a woven or nonwoven fabric containing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) nanofibers; and a conductive layer formed on the substrate, the conductive layer being formed from a conductive composition with a viscosity in a range of 1 to 500 Pa·s measured at 25° C. with a rotational viscometer at a rotational speed of 50 rpm, wherein the following requirement (1) is satisfied: requirement (1); the substrate with a conductive layer has a Gurley permeability of 10 s/100 ml or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuya Komeda, Hirotaka Muto
  • Patent number: 9957170
    Abstract: A water treatment device generates a bubble in water to be treated inside a treatment tank, and treats the water to be treated through use of radicals that are generated by bubble electric discharge caused via the bubble. The water treatment device includes main electrodes for forming a main discharge area between a first main electrode and a second main electrode, auxiliary electrodes for forming a preliminary discharge area between a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode, and a bubble generator generating a bubble in water to be treated through use of an externally supplied gas. When a bubble generated by the bubble generator passes through the preliminary discharge area, discharge is caused via the bubble, and, when the bubble in an excited state subsequently passes through the main discharge area, the bubble causes discharge again to generate radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yasutaka Inanaga, Akira Morikawa, Tokiko Yamauchi, Takao Tsurimoto, Hirotaka Muto, Gaku Oinuma, Masakazu Taki
  • Patent number: 9797955
    Abstract: An insulation inspection device for motors includes an inverter for driving a motor, a partial discharge detecting unit for determining soundness of the motor, and a control circuit for controlling the inverter. The control circuit adjusts a switching interval of a voltage pulse of the inverter so as to be equal to a pulse round-trip propagation time between the inverter and the motor, thereby generating surge voltage higher than driving voltage for the motor, between the motor and ground, and adjusts a switching time for each phase of the inverter, thereby generating surge voltage higher than driving voltage for the motor, between phases, thus performing insulation inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Okada, Hiroki Shiota, Hirotaka Muto
  • Patent number: 9335380
    Abstract: The invention is related to a device for detecting insulation degradation in an inverter-driven load device, in particular a motor, the device including: zero-phase current measuring means for measuring a zero-phase current in power-feed lines, provided in the power-feed lines between an inverter device and the motor; and command control means for putting rotation of the motor on standby; wherein the zero-phase current measuring means measures the total of phase currents fed into respective phases so as not to rotate a shaft even when an external force is applied to the shaft during the rotation being on standby, whereby allowing regular detection of insulation degradation without switching over the power-feed lines connected with the load device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Watanabe, Ryuichi Nishiura, Yoshiharu Kaneda, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Toru Oka, Hirotaka Muto, Toshiki Tanaka, Yoji Tsutsumishita
  • Publication number: 20150251933
    Abstract: A water treatment device generates a bubble in water to be treated inside a treatment tank, and treats the water to be treated through use of radicals that are generated by bubble electric discharge caused via the bubble. The water treatment device includes main electrodes for forming a main discharge area between a first main electrode and a second main electrode, auxiliary electrodes for forming a preliminary discharge area between a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode, and a bubble generator generating a bubble in water to be treated through use of an externally supplied gas. When a bubble generated by the bubble generator passes through the preliminary discharge area, discharge is caused via the bubble, and, when the bubble in an excited state subsequently passes through the main discharge area, the bubble causes discharge again to generate radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yasutaka Inanaga, Akira Morikawa, Tokiko Yamauchi, Takao Tsurimoto, Hirotaka Muto, Gaku Oinuma, Masakazu Taki
  • Publication number: 20150247901
    Abstract: An insulation inspection device for motors includes an inverter for driving a motor, a partial discharge detecting unit for determining soundness of the motor, and a control circuit for controlling the inverter. The control circuit adjusts a switching interval of a voltage pulse of the inverter so as to be equal to a pulse round-trip propagation time between the inverter and the motor, thereby generating surge voltage higher than driving voltage for the motor, between the motor and ground, and adjusts a switching time for each phase of the inverter, thereby generating surge voltage higher than driving voltage for the motor, between phases, thus performing insulation inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Okada, Hiroki Shiota, Hirotaka Muto
  • Patent number: 8854068
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device that considers a temperature distribution in the oil-filled electrical device and enables accurate diagnosis to be conducted even when the method is applied to diagnosis of an actually operating device, and further provide a method with which such diagnosis of an oil-filled electrical device can be conducted from a component analysis value of an insulating oil in the oil-filled electrical device. The invention is a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device including in an insulating oil a metal part wrapped with insulating paper, and determines that a time when a surface resistivity of a maximum precipitation site where metal sulfide is most precipitated on the insulating paper reaches a preset surface resistivity management value is a time of occurrence of an abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Nagao, Kentaro Taninouchi, Noboru Hosokawa, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Kozo Tachibana, Hirotaka Muto, Junji Tanimura, Satoru Toyama
  • Publication number: 20140290978
    Abstract: A lead wire for a stationary induction apparatus includes a conductor, a covering insulating layer provided on an outer periphery of the conductor, and an insulating sheet provided on the covering insulating layer. The insulating sheet includes base paper having a prescribed width, and insulating spacers disposed to protrude from the base paper at prescribed spacings in a longitudinal direction of the base paper. The insulating sheet is spirally wound continuously from a straight portion to a curved portion such that the insulating spacers come into contact with the covering insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Kihara, Takayuki Fujimoto, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Soichiro Kainaga, Hirotaka Muto, Takao Tsurimoto
  • Patent number: 8547193
    Abstract: In a stationary induction apparatus, an inter-partial-coil insulating plate and a plurality of inter-partial-coil spacer insulators form a refrigerant flow path in conjunction with each other. A space having an inter-partial-coil insulation dimension for withstanding an abnormal voltage is formed between a pair of partial coils. The inter-partial-coil insulating plate and the inter-partial-coil spacer insulators support both the pair of partial coils at an insulated state so as to maintain the inter-partial-coil insulation dimension. The insulators are arranged so as to be overlapped with each other in the direction in which mutually adjacent partial coils are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Kainaga, Takao Tsurimoto, Takahiko Ishikura, Hirotaka Muto, Hiroki Otera, Tetsuya Matsuda, Koji Kise, Noboru Hosokawa, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Koji Shinya, Ryuichi Nishiura
  • Patent number: 8456264
    Abstract: In a stationary induction apparatus, an inter-partial-coil insulating plate and a plurality of inter-partial-coil spacer insulators form a refrigerant flow path in conjunction with each other. A space having an inter-partial-coil insulation dimension for withstanding an abnormal voltage is formed between a pair of partial coils. The inter-partial-coil insulating plate and the inter-partial-coil spacer insulators support both the pair of partial coils at an insulated state so as to maintain the inter-partial-coil insulation dimension. The insulators are arranged so as to be overlapped with each other in the direction in which mutually adjacent partial coils are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Kainaga, Takao Tsurimoto, Takahiko Ishikura, Hirotaka Muto, Hiroki Otera, Tetsuya Matsuda, Koji Kise, Noboru Hosokawa, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Koji Shinya, Ryuichi Nishiura
  • Publication number: 20120161912
    Abstract: In a stationary induction apparatus, an inter-partial-coil insulating plate and a plurality of inter-partial-coil spacer insulators form a refrigerant flow path in conjunction with each other. A space having an inter-partial-coil insulation dimension for withstanding an abnormal voltage is formed between a pair of partial coils. The inter-partial-coil insulating plate and the inter-partial-coil spacer insulators support both the pair of partial coils at an insulated state so as to maintain the inter-partial-coil insulation dimension. The insulators are arranged so as to be overlapped with each other in the direction in which mutually adjacent partial coils are opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Kainaga, Takao Tsurimoto, Takahiko Ishikura, Hirotaka Muto, Hiroki Otera, Tetsuya Matsuda, Koji Kise, Noboru Hosokawa, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Koji Shinya, Ryuichi Nishiura
  • Publication number: 20110320146
    Abstract: The invention is related to a device for detecting insulation degradation in an inverter-driven load device, in particular a motor, the device including: zero-phase current measuring means for measuring a zero-phase current in power-feed lines, provided in the power-feed lines between an inverter device and the motor; and command control means for putting rotation of the motor on standby; wherein the zero-phase current measuring means measures the total of phase currents fed into respective phases so as not to rotate a shaft even when an external force is applied to the shaft during the rotation being on standby, whereby allowing regular detection of insulation degradation without switching over the power-feed lines connected with the load device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Watanabe, Ryuichi Nishiura, Yoshiharu Kaneda, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Toru Oka, Hirotaka Muto, Toshiki Tanaka, Yoji Tsutsumishita
  • Publication number: 20110084716
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device that considers a temperature distribution in the oil-filled electrical device and enables accurate diagnosis to be conducted even when the method is applied to diagnosis of an actually operating device, and further provide a method with which such diagnosis of an oil-filled electrical device can be conducted from a component analysis value of an insulating oil in the oil-filled electrical device. The invention is a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device including in an insulating oil a metal part wrapped with insulating paper, and determines that a time when a surface resistivity of a maximum precipitation site where metal sulfide is most precipitated on the insulating paper reaches a preset surface resistivity management value is a time of occurrence of an abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Nagao, Kentaro Taninouchi, Noboru Hosokawa, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Kozo Tachibana, Hirotaka Muto, Junji Tanimura, Satoru Toyama
  • Patent number: 7868436
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulator substrate mounted on a base plate, the insulator substrate having an upper electrode, semiconductor chips mounted on the insulator substrate, external terminals for establishing external electrical connections of the semiconductor device, wires for establishing electrical connections among the external terminals, the upper electrode and the semiconductor chips, a case accommodating the insulator substrate, the semiconductor chips, the external terminals and the wires which are sealed by a sealing material filled in the case, a lid for protecting an upper part of the sealing material, and an insulative low electrification covering fitted on each wire, the low electrification covering having a lesser tendency to produce an electric charge buildup than the sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiota, Hirotaka Muto, Tetsuo Mizoshiri
  • Patent number: 7554780
    Abstract: In an inverter system including of an electric-power converter and an ac rotating machine, over-voltage generated in the ac rotating machine is controlled by a low-cost system configuration. The system includes: an electric-power converter; a three-phase ac rotating machine; and a four-core non-coaxial cable, having a ground line and three-phase electric-power supplying lines, connecting the electric-power converter to the three-phase ac rotating machine. One or two capacitors are connected between the ground line and one or two of the electric-power supplying lines, at electric-power supplying terminals on the rotating machine, so that respective capacitances between the three-phase electric-power supplying lines and the ground line are approximately equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kotaro Wada, Hirotaka Muto, Kosei Tsuji, Osamu Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20070284719
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulator substrate mounted on a base plate, the insulator substrate having an upper electrode, semiconductor chips mounted on the insulator substrate, external terminals for establishing external electrical connections of the semiconductor device, wires for establishing electrical connections among the external terminals, the upper electrode and the semiconductor chips, a case accommodating the insulator substrate, the semiconductor chips, the external terminals and the wires which are sealed by a sealing material filled in the case, a lid for protecting an upper part of the sealing material, and an insulative low electrification covering fitted on each wire, the low electrification covering having a lesser tendency to produce an electric charge buildup than the sealing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiota, Hirotaka Muto, Tetsuo Mizoshiri
  • Patent number: 7058305
    Abstract: An optical submarine communication system has a land cable connected to a terminal apparatus which is installed on land near the seashore for transmitting an optical signal and electric power. The land cable is connected to an optical submarine cable through a beach manhole, and a repeater is connected to the optical submarine cable. The optical submarine communication system has a surge suppressor provided on the land cable, whereby a surge generated from the terminal apparatus side because of a lightning stroke or an insulation failure is suppressed and prevented from reaching and damaging the repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Horinouchi, Hirotaka Muto, Satoshi Kumayasu, Masaki Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20060113951
    Abstract: In an inverter system including of an electric-power converter and an ac rotating machine, over-voltage generated in the ac rotating machine is controlled by a low-cost system configuration. The system includes: an electric-power converter; a three-phase ac rotating machine; and a four-core non-coaxial cable, having a ground line and three-phase electric-power supplying lines, connecting the electric-power converter to the three-phase ac rotating machine. One or two capacitors are connected between the ground line and one or two of the electric-power supplying lines, at electric-power supplying terminals on the rotating machine, so that respective capacitances between the three-phase electric-power supplying lines and the ground line are approximately equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kotaro Wada, Hirotaka Muto, Kosei Tsuji, Osamu Yashiro