Patents by Inventor Koki Higashide

Koki Higashide 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).

  • Current generating device
    Patent number: 9071050
    Abstract: Even when a large-current, high-voltage load is applied, damage is prevented. A current generating device (1) supplies a current simulating a current flowing when lightning occurs to a test piece (9) subjected to a lightning resistance test using power supplied from a power supply device (2). The current generating device (1) includes electric double-layer capacitors that store and discharge power supplied from the power supply device (2), a semiconductor switch (3) that switches between supplying and not supplying the power stored in the electric double-layer capacitors to the test piece (9), and a protection unit (4) that is connected between the semiconductor switch (3) and the test piece (9) and that cuts the connection between the semiconductor switch (3) and the test piece (9) when a current larger than a predetermined value flows through the semiconductor switch (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., OTOWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kamihara, Yuichiro Kamino, Tooru Hashigami, Hiroki Makimura, Koki Higashide, Masaki Kitaoka, Naotatsu Ishimaru
  • CURRENT GENERATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130057996
    Abstract: Even when a large-current, high-voltage load is applied, damage is prevented. A current generating device (1) supplies a current simulating a current flowing when lightning occurs to a test piece (9) subjected to a lightning resistance test using power supplied from a power supply device (2). The current generating device (1) includes electric double-layer capacitors that store and discharge power supplied from the power supply device (2), a semiconductor switch (3) that switches between supplying and not supplying the power stored in the electric double-layer capacitors to the test piece (9), and a protection unit (4) that is connected between the semiconductor switch (3) and the test piece (9) and that cuts the connection between the semiconductor switch (3) and the test piece (9) when a current larger than a predetermined value flows through the semiconductor switch (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kamihara, Yuichiro Kamino, Tooru Hashigami, Hiroki Makimura, Koki Higashide, Masaki Kitaoka, Naotatsu Ishimaru