Patents by Inventor Mamoru Hamada

Mamoru Hamada 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: 11976839
    Abstract: A first air-supply port and a first air-exhaust port each disposed in a first zone and used to ventilate the first zone are provided. Further, a second air-supply port and a second air-exhaust port each disposed in a second zone and used to ventilate the second zone are provided, and the second zone is adjacent to the first zone. The first air-supply port, the first air-exhaust port, the second air-supply port, and the second air-exhaust port are disposed on one plane. The first air-supply port, the first air-exhaust port, the second air-supply port, and the second air-exhaust port are disposed in order of the first air-exhaust port, the first air-supply port, the second air-supply port, and the second air-exhaust port in one direction, or in order of the first air-supply port, the first air-exhaust port, the second air-exhaust port, and the second air-supply port in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Hamada, Shogo Tamaki, So Nomoto, Masato Yosomiya
  • Patent number: 11980106
    Abstract: A persistent current switch includes a superconducting wire including a substrate and a superconducting layer disposed on the substrate, and a heater. The superconducting wire includes a surface including a first portion and a second portion that are disposed apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire. The first portion and the second portion face each other. The heater is sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., RIKEN, Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Kotaro Ohki, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Mamoru Hamada
  • Publication number: 20240117978
    Abstract: A ventilator according to the present disclosure includes a first air flow path that draws in indoor air and blows out air into an indoor space, a second air flow path that draws in indoor air and blows out air to an outdoor space, first blower means placed in the first air flow path, second blower means placed in the second air flow path, a desiccant rotor which is placed across the first air flow path and the second air flow path and in which a portion located in the first air flow path and a portion located in the second air flow path are switched over time by rotation, and a first heat exchanger located upstream of the desiccant rotor in the first air flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Hayato HORIE
  • Publication number: 20240038427
    Abstract: A superconducting coil device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: A superconducting coil device including: a bobbin having a tubular body; superconducting wires, a part of which constitutes a wound portion where the superconducting wires are wound on the bobbin; a bobbin-side guide portion holding the superconducting wires extending from the bobbin, the bobbin-side guide portion being provided to extend in a bobbin axial direction, which is an axial direction of the body of the bobbin; a first guide portion holding the superconducting wires extending from the bobbin-side guide portion, the first guide portion being arranged on an outer side of the bobbin-side guide portion in a direction intersecting the bobbin axial direction and provided to extend in the direction intersecting the bobbin axial direction; and a second guide portion capable of holding the superconducting wires extending from the first guide portion, the second guide portion being provided to extend in a direction in
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA, Yasuyuki MIYOSHI, Mamoru HAMADA, Kazuyoshi SAITO, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Renzhong PIAO, Kotaro OHKI, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI
  • Publication number: 20230408131
    Abstract: An outdoor air processing apparatus includes a heat exchanger that functions as a heater and as a cooler and that exchanges heat with outdoor air, a desiccant through which the outdoor air passes after the heat has been exchanged by the heat exchanger, and a damper device that selectively sends the outdoor air that has passed the desiccant into one of a first flow path and a second flow path, based on whether the heat exchanger is functioning as the heater or as the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hayato HORIE, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230258357
    Abstract: A control device controls a plurality of air conditioners that are placed in a space so as to adjoin. A designation unit designates an air conditioner being placed in an area in the space where presence of any person is detected, as a first air conditioner, and designates an air conditioner being placed adjacent to the first air conditioner, as a second air conditioner, among the plurality of air conditioners. A control unit causes the first air conditioner to carry out either of cooling operation and heating operation as air conditioning operation, and causes the second air conditioner to carry out air blowing operation with an air volume and a wind direction that are equivalent to an air volume and a wind direction of the air conditioning operation by the first air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Shogo TAMAKI, Makoto WADA
  • Publication number: 20230167994
    Abstract: A first power consumption estimation unit estimates as a first power consumption, a power consumption generated in a first operation mode in which operation of an air conditioner is suspended at a timing when a room equipped with the air conditioner turns not to be used and the operation of the air conditioner is resumed so that a temperature of the room reaches a preset temperature at a timing when the room turns to be used. A second power consumption estimation unit estimates as a second power consumption, a power consumption generated in a second operation mode in which the operation of the air conditioner is continued even while the room is not being used. A determination unit compares the first power consumption with the second to determine whether to suspend or continue the operation of the air conditioner at the timing when the room turns not to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro HASHIKAWA, Mamoru HAMADA, Hayato HORIE
  • Publication number: 20230137885
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus provided with: a compressor; a first heat exchanger; a second heat exchanger; a third heat exchanger; a first heat medium passage connecting a heat medium outlet of the third heat exchanger to a heat medium inlet of the second heat exchanger; a first bypass valve; a second heat medium passage to allow the heat medium flowing out of the second heat exchanger to flow into a second load device; a second bypass valve; a return passage; a flow path switching valve to switch between a first mode in which the heat medium flows into the first heat medium passage from the return passage without passing through the third heat exchanger and a second mode in which the heat medium flows into the third heat exchanger from the return passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hayato HORIE, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11624544
    Abstract: A first heat exchanger, a desiccant block, and a second heat exchanger are arranged in series. In a dehumidifying operation, a first operation mode and a second operation mode are alternately repeated. In the first operation mode, the first heat exchanger is operated as a condensor or a radiator and the second heat exchanger is operated as an evaporator. In the second operation mode, the first heat exchanger is operated as the evaporator and the second heat exchanger is operated as the condensor or radiator. A pressure reducing amount in the first operation mode is controlled to be smaller than in the second operation mode so that a degree of superheat in the evaporator (second heat exchanger in the first operation mode, first heat exchanger in the second operation mode) in each of the first operation mode and the second operation mode is appropriately controlled to increase a dehumidifying amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ito, Fumitake Unezaki, Mamoru Hamada
  • Publication number: 20230101146
    Abstract: A heating control device includes an estimating unit to estimate a latent heat load of air present in a ventilation target space as a ventilation target and a heating control unit to control, in accordance with the latent heat load estimated by the estimating unit, a temperature of heating outside air by a heat exchanger to heat outside air supplied to the ventilation target space, via control of a condensation temperature of a refrigerant in the heat exchanger. The estimating unit estimates the latent heat load from ?X, which is a value obtained by subtracting, from a target absolute humidity (X0) set by a temperature/humidity setting device to set a target humidity of an interior as the ventilation target space, an absolute humidity (Xi) of the interior detected by an indoor humidity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Masami YASUDA, Shohei YOSHIDA, Hayato HORIE
  • Publication number: 20230065130
    Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: a heat source unit; an indoor unit; a water circuit configured by connecting a supply pipe and a return pipe; a flow rate adjusting valve provided in the water circuit; a supply air temperature control unit configured to adjust a flow rate of the flow rate adjusting valve; a pump provided in the water circuit; a pump controller configured to control a rotation speed of the pump; a return water temperature sensor; a supply water temperature sensor; a supply water temperature control unit; and a target supply water temperature updating unit configured to change a target supply water temperature to which a supply water temperature detected by the supply water temperature sensor is to reach based on a temperature difference between a return water temperature detected by the return water temperature sensor and the supply water temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Hayato HORIE, Hidekazu TANI, Guido DACCO
  • Patent number: 11551842
    Abstract: To provide a superconducting magnet apparatus with a structure which can prevent an increase in apparatus size even when a number of connection portions serving to connect superconducting wires is great. The superconducting magnet apparatus includes a first wiring-holding portion (tubular body (12)) extending from a bobbin (6) in an axial direction of a superconducting coil (1) and a second wiring-holding portion (joint plate (13)) which is provided on a same side in the axial direction as the tubular body (12), extends in a direction intersecting with the axial direction, and has a greater diameter than that of the bobbin (6) and the tubular body (12). Superconducting wires (7a to 11a) which extend from the superconducting coil (1) and connect to one another are spirally wound on the tubular body (12) and fastened to a groove (13a) formed on the joint plate (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Mamoru Hamada, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Yu Suetomi
  • Publication number: 20220351880
    Abstract: A superconducting wire holding structure includes a holding member made of a first material, a superconducting wire disposed inside the holding member, and a filler made of a second material different from the first material. The superconducting wire includes a substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the substrate, a superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer, and a first protective layer and a second protective layer that are formed on the superconducting layer. The superconducting layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion along a longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire. The first protective layer is formed on the first portion, and the second protective layer is formed on the second portion. The filler is filled between the third portion and the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., RIKEN, Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Kotaro OHKI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220349603
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory storing equipment information, an equipment characteristics table, and an energy saving control menu, a receiver configured to receive energy saving control and a condition and acquire operation data and measurement data from a controller of equipment, a processor, and a display outputting a result. The processor obtains an actual load factor based on the operation data and the measurement data, obtains a control characteristics correction parameter regarding control characteristics of the equipment, estimates a load factor distribution for an estimation target period according to the actual load factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mio MOTODANI, Masae SAWADA, Anna SUNG, Takahiro HASHIKAWA, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220344564
    Abstract: A persistent current switch includes a superconducting wire including a substrate and a superconducting layer disposed on the substrate, and a heater. The superconducting wire includes a surface including a first portion and a second portion that are disposed apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire. The first portion and the second portion face each other. The heater is sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., RIKEN, Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Kotaro OHKI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220282880
    Abstract: A control apparatus (40) controls an air conditioning system including: an internal conditioning machine which takes in air from inside of a target space, adjusts temperature of the air, and then outputs the air to the target space; and an external conditioning machine which takes in air from outside of the target space, adjusts temperature of the air, and then outputs the air to the target space. A setting unit (411) receives input of information regarding comfortability in the target space, and sets a target value for the comfortability. A controlling unit (413) controls both the internal conditioning machine and the external conditioning machine based on the target value set by the setting unit (411).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro HASHIKAWA, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220186968
    Abstract: A cooling control device acquires temperatures detected by a plurality of temperature sensors installed at different positions in a target space. The cooling control device identifies a target position where a temperature sensor that has detected a temperature higher than a reference temperature is installed, among the plurality of temperature sensors, and controls an air volume of a blower so that an upper limit of reach of air cooled by a heat exchanger is within a target range defined about the target position as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto WADA, Mamoru HAMADA, Hideki ONO
  • Publication number: 20220113042
    Abstract: An air treatment apparatus includes: a total heat exchanger; a heat supply device having a heater and a cooler; an upper damper; and a complex dehumidification device having a first stationary desiccant and a second stationary desiccant. The upper damper allows return air (RA) to flow into one of the first stationary desiccant and the second stationary desiccant, and allows outdoor air (OA) to flow into the other one of the first stationary desiccant and the second stationary desiccant. The upper damper switches between a return air path and an outdoor air path so that the return air (RA) and the outdoor air (OA) pass through different ones of the first stationary desiccant and the second stationary desiccant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hayato HORIE, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11300302
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes a heat source unit, an air conditioner connected via piping to the heat source unit and configured to perform heat exchange between water supplied by the heat source unit and indoor air, a water circulation device for circulating the water between the heat source unit and the air conditioner, and an air-conditioning control device. The air-conditioning control device controls the heat source unit to lower temperature of the water flowing into the air conditioner, in accordance with an increase in an indoor humidity, and controls the water circulation device to lower temperature of the water flowing from the air conditioner back to the heat source unit, in accordance with an increase in an indoor temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Hamada, Masaki Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 11293655
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an air-to-air heat exchanger that transfers at least sensible heat between outdoor air and indoor air, an air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger provided in an air supply passage to transfer heat between the outdoor air and refrigerant, and a humidifier provided in part of the air supply passage that is located downstream of the air-to-refrigerant heat exchange. The humidifier humidifies the outdoor air. A communication passage causes part of the air exhaust passage that is located upstream of the air-to-air heat exchanger and part of the air supply passage that is located downstream of the air-to-air heat exchanger to communicate with each other. An opening/closing damper opens and closes the communication passage. A controller controls a refrigerant temperature in the air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger based on an indoor temperature, and controls operation of the opening/closing damper based on an indoor humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Horie, Mamoru Hamada