Patents by Inventor Kenji Tsuchiya

Kenji Tsuchiya 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: 8168909
    Abstract: A vacuum switchgear comprising a vacuum container, two fixed contacts and two movable contacts for being in contact with and out of contact with the fixed contacts which are disposed in the vacuum container, and two operation rods linked to the each movable contact, respectively, characterized that a connection conductor having a current collector for making electrical sliding contact with the external surface of the each operation rod, which is fixed to outlet parts of the vacuum containers, from which extend the operation rod outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kobayashi, Kenji Tsuchiya, Daisuke Sugai
  • Patent number: 8128715
    Abstract: A method for producing a wound electrode assembly includes steps of: overlaying electrode strips (11, 13) and separator strips (12, 14) on each other, and winding the electrode strips (11, 13) and the separator strips (12, 14) on a take-up shaft (20) while pressing a pressing member (30) against the electrode strips and the separator strips. In the winding step, the pressing force of the pressing member (30) is increased with decrease in a tension T applied to at least one of the electrode strips (11, 13) and the separator strips (12, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Tsuchiya, Masataka Takeda
  • Publication number: 20120044616
    Abstract: A switchgear includes a chassis which is partitioned by metal earthed plates and includes a bus bar section located at a central portion, a switch section located below the bus bar section, a cable section located at a rear surface side, and a control section located at a front surface side; an air-insulated earthed disconnecting switch provided in the switch section; and a manipulating device. The switch section is separable from the chassis, and is configured as a case having a semi-closed structure which allows air to pass therethrough but prevents particles of oil and water from passing therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Keiichi TAKAHASHI, Kenji Tsuchiya, Ayumu Morita, Masato Kobayashi, Daisuke Sugai
  • Patent number: 8110771
    Abstract: A vacuum insulating switch gear formed by integrally molding with epoxy resin of a vacuum double-break three-position type switch including a movable contact, a fixed contact, and a vacuum container composed of an insulating cylinder for covering the movable contact and the fixed contact, a lower lid for closing a lower part of the insulating cylinder, and an upper lid for closing an upper part of the insulating cylinder and an operation rod side of the movable contact, and an earthing switch with a vacuum closed container, comprising a first silicone rubber layer coated on an upper edge corner portion of each insulating cylinder composing the vacuum containers of the switch and the earthing switch, a self fusing insulating tape layer wound around an outer surface of the first silicone rubber layer, a second silicone rubber layer coated on the self fusing insulating tape layer and an outer periphery of the each insulating cylinder, a ring easing shield installed at a position corresponding to a lower end c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Takahashi, Kenji Tsuchiya, Akio Nakazawa, Hisao Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8069296
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first nonvolatile memory which has a first external interface and is capable of recording 1-bit data in one memory cell, a second nonvolatile memory which has a test terminal interface and is capable of recording a plurality of data in one memory cell, and a control unit which has a second external interface and is configured to control a physical state of an inside of the second nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Noboru Ohtsuka, Kazuki Oda, Kenji Tsuchiya, Tatsuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8049130
    Abstract: The vacuum insulated switch includes a vacuum container; two stationary contacts contained in the vacuum container; two movable contacts contained in the vacuum container, each capable of contacting and separating from a corresponding one of the stationary contacts; a vacuum insulated actuating rod connected to the two movable contacts; an operating rod connected to the vacuum insulated actuating rod via a metal bellows; and a guide for guiding the operating rod. The vacuum insulated switch has an off-axis displacement allowing structure which is provided between the guide and the operating rod for allowing the off-axis displacement of the operating rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kobayashi, Kenji Tsuchiya, Miki Yamazaki, Ayumu Morita
  • Patent number: 8045322
    Abstract: A solid insulated bus switchgear including a cabinet having unit and bus rooms, first and second switching units, each having a circuit breaker, current transformer, zero-phase sequence current transformer, and instrument voltage transformer, main buses, a communication bus linked to the main buses, and connected to the first and the second switching units, and first and second leader buses, the first connected to the first switching unit, the second connected to the second switching unit. Each switching unit has a movable cart, the circuit breaker mounted on the cart, and a frame assembly. Two terminals are disposed on the back of the circuit breaker, one connected to a fixed electrode and the other connected to a movable electrode of the circuit breaker. The two terminals are connected to the communication bus and to the first or second leader bus through air bushings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Kurogi, Kenji Tsuchiya, Takumi Ishikawa, Naoki Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20110257914
    Abstract: When a battery current is not larger than a limit current set depending on the battery temperature and is flowing continuously for a predetermined time set depending on the battery temperature or longer, a decision is made that a secondary battery is in stable state. When the secondary battery is in stabilized state, the battery voltage is considered to be equal to the open circuit voltage and SOC estimation is performed based on the open circuit voltage-SOC characteristics. When the product of the internal resistance of the secondary battery and the limit current is made substantially constant (constant voltage) by setting the limit current in association with temperature dependence of the internal resistance, estimation error can be kept within a predetermined range in the stabilized state even if SOC estimation is performed while the battery voltage is assumed as the open circuit voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8035054
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated switchgear having a vacuum container, a fixed contact disposed in the vacuum container, a movable contact disposed in the vacuum container capable of being in contact with or out of contact with the fixed contact, a driving mechanism for driving the movable contact in directions to contact with and out of contact with the fixed contact, a resin portion molded around the vacuum container, an insulative bushing for covering a pulled-out portion of a conductor connected to the fixed contact and for extending from the molded resin portion, and a cable head insulating member for covering a conductor of a cable head connected to the conductor at the pulled-out portion and an outer surface of the cable head insulating member being earthed, characterized in that: an earthed conductive member is embedded at least at a position opposite to an end of the cable head insulating member in the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ozawa, Kenji Tsuchiya, Masato Kobayashi, Ayumu Morita
  • Patent number: 8008594
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated switchgear has a busbar compartment, in which phase-segregated double-break, three-position vacuum circuit breakers are disposed; and feeder compartments disposed at both sides of the busbar compartment respectively, in each of which phase-segregated double-break, three-position vacuum circuit breakers are disposed. The busbar compartment and the feeder compartments are aligned in a row, and a second-phase insulated busbar is provided to connect one of the fixed contacts of a second-phase breaker in the busbar compartment to a fixed contact of a second-phase breaker in one of the feeder compartments. A first-phase insulated busbar is provided to connect one of the fixed contacts of a first-phase breaker in the busbar compartment to a fixed contact of a first-phase breaker in one of the feeder compartments adjacent to the busbar compartment, and the second-phase insulated busbar and the first-phase insulated busbar are disposed in different positions in height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Kurogi, Kenji Tsuchiya, Daisuke Sugai
  • Patent number: 7983023
    Abstract: Earthing equipment for a switchgear is comprised of a movable carrying cart, a switch portion, a manipulating portion, and a voltage detecting device. The earthing equipment is provided with: an upper conductor connected to any one of the movable electrode and the stationary electrode; a lower conductor connected to the other of the movable electrode and the stationary electrode, an earthing wire connecting the lower conductor to a terminal used for earthing of the switchgear; and an adaptor conductor being selectively connected to either a disconnection portion at a bus bar side or a disconnection portion at a cable side of the switchgear and is permitted to be selectively replaced on either upper or lower face of the upper conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shoda, Takuya Kurogi, Kenji Tsuchiya, Takumi Ishikawa, Naoki Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20110073567
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a vacuum switch which can achieve a reduction of an electric loss and an improvement of a heat transmission performance by preventing an air gap portion from being generated between an electrode and a conductor rod and preventing the electrode and the conductor rod from generating any positional displacement. An electrode for a switch in accordance with the invention is provided with the conductor rod, a contact point electrode inserted to the conductor rod, and a coupling plate fixing both the elements to an outer side in a diametrical direction of the conductor rod and the contact point electrode, thereby fixing both the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Miki YAMAZAKI, Kenji Tsuchiya, Ayumu Morita, Masato Kobayashi, Shuichi Kikukawa, Shigeru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110062117
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated switchgear comprising a vacuum container accommodating at least a pair of movable contacts and a pair of fixed contacts, wherein the movable contacts are capable of taking three positions, the switchgear being a double-break three-position type switch having breaking and disconnecting functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji TSUCHIYA, Masato KOBAYASHI, Ayumu MORITA
  • Publication number: 20110058311
    Abstract: The vacuum insulated switchgear includes a housing enclosing a control compartment, a switch compartment, and a busbar compartment, each of the three compartments being partitioned by a metallic earthing plate; a first busbar and second busbar extended from an adjacent panel, in the busbar compartment; and a first busbar-connecting bushing and second busbar-connecting bushing making the first and second busbars connectible/disconnectible; a double-breaking three position vacuum switch, two sets of earthing switches, the first busbar-connecting bushing, and the second busbar-connecting bushing being integrally molded to form a switch provided on an electrical phase-by phase basis independently, wherein the switches for three phases are arranged in order side by side in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi KIKUKAWA, Kenji TSUCHIYA, Yuuko KAJIYAMA, Daisuke SUGAI
  • Patent number: 7902480
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated switchgear comprising a vacuum container accommodating at least a pair of movable contacts and a pair of fixed contacts, wherein the movable contacts are capable of taking three positions, the switchgear being a double-break three-position type switch having breaking and disconnecting functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tsuchiya, Masato Kobayashi, Ayumu Morita
  • Patent number: 7902479
    Abstract: A reliable, compact vacuum switchgear is provided at an inexpensive cost. The vacuum switchgear comprises a switch 1 having a fixed electrode 12 and a movable electrode 13 connectable to and disconnectable from the fixed electrode 12, another switch 2 having a fixed electrode 22 and a movable electrode 23 connectable to and disconnectable from the fixed electrode 22, conductors 3 connected to the fixed electrodes 12, 22 of the switches 1, 2, earth switches 4 connected to the conductors 3, a mold section 7 formed by molding the conductors 3 and the earth switches 4 with resin, and a vacuum container 8 accommodating the switches 1, 2 and disposed on the mold section 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tsuchiya, Makoto Yano, Ayumu Morita, Takashi Sato, Masato Kobayashi, Tomoaki Utsumi
  • Patent number: 7897890
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated switchgear is provided with: an enclosure having a switch block defined by a grounded metal plate, a bus block positioned above the switch block, and a cable block positioned on the rear side of the bus block; a bus provided in the bus block and connected with a fixed contact of a vacuum double-break three-position switch; the vacuum double-break three-position switch provided in the switch block so that its movable contacts are positioned below its fixed contacts; an operating device provided in the switch block so as to be positioned below the vacuum double-break three-position switch; and a lever mechanism that couples together the movable contacts of the vacuum double-break three-position switch and the operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kikukawa, Kenji Tsuchiya, Yuko Kajiyama
  • Publication number: 20110036811
    Abstract: A switchgear includes an earthing and disconnecting switch which linearly moves and is switchable to a disconnecting and an earthing positions, a vacuum valve which performs closing and breaking of a current in a vacuum container producing vacuum inside, and a solid insulator with which the earthing and disconnecting switch and the vacuum valve are covered, therein the earthing and disconnecting switch and the vacuum valve are electrically connected, and closing and breaking of a current is performed in the vacuum valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Utsumi, Takashi Shirone, Takashi Sato, Kenji Tsuchiya, Ayumu Morita
  • Publication number: 20110010928
    Abstract: A method for producing a wound electrode assembly includes steps of overlaying electrode strips (11, 13) and separator strips (12, 14) on each other, and winding the electrode strips (11, 13) and the separator strips (12, 14) on a take-up shaft (20) while pressing a pressing member (30) against the electrode strips and the separator strips. In the winding step, the pressing force of the pressing member (30) is increased with decrease in a tension T applied to at least one of the electrode strips (11, 13) and the separator strips (12, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Kenji Tsuchiya, Masataka Takeda
  • Publication number: 20100322008
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including regular memory cells and permanent memory cells and a control circuit. The regular memory cells are capable of switching between a first data storage state and a second data storage state. The permanent memory cells are fixed in a third data storage state that is read as the same logic level data as the first storage state. Data is stored in at least one of the regular memory cells and at least one of the permanent memory cells. The control circuit rewrites at least one of the regular memory cells from the second data storage state to the first data storage state at the time of data holding. The control circuit performs a reading operation after rewriting the regular memory cells from the first data storage state to the second data storage state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhide YONEYA, Kenji TSUCHIYA