Patents by Inventor Masanobu Sakai
Masanobu Sakai 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).
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Publication number: 20160356858Abstract: An impedance measuring device outputs an alternating current of a prescribed frequency to a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal of the laminated type battery. The impedance measuring device detects an alternating-current potential difference between the positive electrode terminal and an intermediate-point terminal, and an alternating-current potential difference between the negative electrode terminal and the intermediate-point terminal. The impedance measuring device adjusts an amplitude of the alternating current such that the alternating-current potential difference between the positive electrode terminal and the intermediate-point terminal, and the alternating-current potential difference between the negative electrode terminal and the intermediate-point terminal coincide. The impedance measuring device computes an impedance of the laminated type battery on the basis of the alternating current adjusted and the alternating-current potential difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanobu SAKAI, Tetsuya AOKI, Hidetaka NISHIMURA, Masashi SATO, Michihiko MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9450259Abstract: An impedance measuring device outputs an AC signal having a predetermined frequency to each of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal of the fuel cell. The impedance measuring device includes a detection unit that detects an AC potential difference between the positive electrode terminal and a midpoint of the fuel cell, and an adjustment unit that adjusts an amplitude of the AC signal to adjust a detection signal to a predetermined value. The impedance measuring device includes an in-phase component extraction unit that multiplies the detection signal by an in-phase signal and extracts a resistance component of the detection signal, and a calculation unit that calculates a positive real axis impedance on the basis of the resistance component and the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masanobu Sakai
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Publication number: 20160202326Abstract: An apparatus for measuring an impedance of a laminated battery includes a laminated battery in which a plurality of power generating elements is laminated; a load connected to both ends of the laminated battery; a resistance component provided between the superimposing unit and the load; and a potential difference suppressing circuit that suppresses a pulsating potential difference between both ends of the resistance component. A superimposing unit superimposes a pulsating current or a pulsating voltage on an output of the laminated battery. An impedance measuring unit measures an internal impedance of the laminated battery on the basis of when the pulsating current is superimposed, the pulsating current and a pulsating voltage generated by superimposing the pulsating current, or on the basis of, when the pulsating voltage is superimposed, the pulsating voltage and a pulsating current generated by superimposing the pulsating voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masanobu SAKAI
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Patent number: 9366731Abstract: An internal resistance measurement device for stacked battery includes an AC power supply part for outputting an AC current to an measurement-object, which includes at least a stacked battery made of a plurality of stacked power generating elements, by being connected to the measurement-object, an AC adjusting part for adjusting an AC current so that a positive-electrode AC potential difference, which is a potential difference obtained by subtracting potential in a middle portion from potential in a portion connected to a load device on the positive side of the measurement-object, matches a negative-electrode AC potential difference, which is a potential difference obtained by subtracting potential in the middle portion from potential in a portion connected to the load device on the negative side of the measurement-object, and a resistance calculating part for calculating resistance of the battery based on the adjusted AC current and the AC potential difference.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanobu Sakai, Tetsuya Kamihara
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Patent number: 9341401Abstract: Provided is a heat source system that includes two heat source devices connected in series to a heat medium and can be efficiently operated. A heat source system (1) reduces the temperature of chilled water that is guided from a cooling load and has a predetermined return temperature Tr, to a predetermined supply temperature Ts, and supplies the chilled water to the cooling load. The heat source system (1) includes: a second centrifugal chiller (TR2) that reduces the temperature of the chilled water from the return temperature Tr to an intermediate temperature T2; a first centrifugal chiller (TR1) that reduces the temperature of the chilled water that has been reduced to the intermediate temperature T2 by the second centrifugal chiller (TR2), to the supply temperature Ts; and a control unit (9) that variably sets the intermediate temperature T2.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Nikaido, Kazuki Wajima, Akimasa Yokoyama, Masanobu Sakai
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Publication number: 20160028095Abstract: An impedance measuring device outputs an AC signal having a predetermined frequency to each of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal of the fuel cell. The impedance measuring device includes a detection unit that detects an AC potential difference between the positive electrode terminal and a midpoint of the fuel cell, and an adjustment unit that adjusts an amplitude of the AC signal to adjust a detection signal to a predetermined value. The impedance measuring device includes an in-phase component extraction unit that multiplies the detection signal by an in-phase signal and extracts a resistance component of the detection signal, and a calculation unit that calculates a positive real axis impedance on the basis of the resistance component and the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masanobu SAKAI
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Publication number: 20150276888Abstract: An impedance measuring device for outputs an alternating current to an impedance measurement object, the impedance measurement object including at least a laminated battery and computes an impedance of the laminated battery on the basis of an alternating current applied to the impedance measurement object and at least one of a positive-electrode side AC potential difference and a negative-electrode side AC potential difference. This device includes a filter configured to remove a signal with a frequency of an AC signal to the AC signal, the AC signal indicating the AC potential difference on one electrode side opposite to that of the AC potential difference used by impedance computation, and an adding unit configured to add a filtered signal to the AC signal, the filtered signal being a signal after passing through the filter, the AC signal indicating the AC potential difference used by impedance computation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masanobu Sakai
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Publication number: 20130249562Abstract: An internal resistance measurement device for stacked battery includes an AC power supply part for outputting an AC current to an measurement-object, which includes at least a stacked battery made of a plurality of stacked power generating elements, by being connected to the measurement-object, an AC adjusting part for adjusting an AC current so that a positive-electrode AC potential difference, which is a potential difference obtained by subtracting potential in a middle portion from potential in a portion connected to a load device on the positive side of the measurement-object, matches a negative-electrode AC potential difference, which is a potential difference obtained by subtracting potential in the middle portion from potential in a portion connected to the load device on the negative side of the measurement-object, and a resistance calculating part for calculating resistance of the battery based on the adjusted AC current and the AC potential difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Masanobu Sakai, Testsuya Kamihara
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Publication number: 20130125573Abstract: Provided is a heat source system that includes two heat source devices connected in series to a heat medium and can be efficiently operated. A heat source system (1) reduces the temperature of chilled water that is guided from a cooling load and has a predetermined return temperature Tr, to a predetermined supply temperature Ts, and supplies the chilled water to the cooling load. The heat source system (1) includes: a second centrifugal chiller (TR2) that reduces the temperature of the chilled water from the return temperature Tr to an intermediate temperature T2; a first centrifugal chiller (TR1) that reduces the temperature of the chilled water that has been reduced to the intermediate temperature T2 by the second centrifugal chiller (TR2), to the supply temperature Ts; and a control unit (9) that variably sets the intermediate temperature T2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Nikaido, Kazuki Wajima, Akimasa Yokoyama, Masanobu Sakai
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Patent number: 8352063Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a break in a warp yarn in a loom includes a heald, a heald frame, a carrier rod, a sensor, a controller and a signal line. The heald is made of a resin material for guiding a warp yarn. The heald frame performs a shedding operation of warp yarns and has the carrier rod for supporting a plurality of the healds. The sensor is provided in the heald for sensing a deformation of the heald caused by a tension of the warp yarn and outputting a signal. The controller is provided for determining a condition of the break in the warp yarn based on the signal of the sensor. The signal line electrically connects to the sensor and the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Hiromasa Sugiyama, Masanobu Sakai
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Patent number: 7984732Abstract: A heald frame has a frame stave, a carrier rod provided along the frame stave and a heald made of a resin material. A plurality of healds are supported by the carrier rod and arranged in a row. A magnet having N and S poles is provided in each heald and the healds are arranged so that the adjacent ends of any two adjacent magnets are of the same polarity.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Hiromasa Sugiyama, Masanobu Sakai
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Publication number: 20100139804Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a break in a warp yarn in a loom includes a heald, a heald frame, a carrier rod, a sensor, a controller and a signal line. The heald is made of a resin material for guiding a warp yarn. The heald frame performs a shedding operation of warp yarns and has the carrier rod for supporting a plurality of the healds. The sensor is provided in the heald for sensing a deformation of the heald caused by a tension of the warp yarn and outputting a signal. The controller is provided for determining a condition of the break in the warp yarn based on the signal of the sensor. The signal line electrically connects to the sensor and the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hiromasa SUGIYAMA, Masanobu SAKAI
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Publication number: 20100139803Abstract: A heald frame has a frame stave, a carrier rod provided along the frame stave and a heald made of a resin material. A plurality of healds are supported by the carrier rod and arranged in a row. A magnet having N and S poles is provided in each heald and the healds are arranged so that the adjacent ends of any two adjacent magnets are of the same polarity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hiromasa SUGIYAMA, Masanobu SAKAI
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Patent number: 7036084Abstract: A industrial equipment can easily change display contents and setting contents. In the industrial equipment, a display setting unit which makes a screen display does not hold data for the screen display. According to an operation instruction from an operator, the display setting unit reads a corresponding display data file, generates screen data based on the display data file, and displays the data. The display contents and the setting contents can be changed by changing a corresponding display data file only.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Toshiharu Miwa, Akio Arakawa, Masanobu Sakai, Makoto Yoshino, Toru Ito
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Publication number: 20030018654Abstract: A industrial equipment can easily change display contents and setting contents. In the industrial equipment, a display setting unit which makes a screen display does not hold data for the screen display. According to an operation instruction from an operator, the display setting unit reads a corresponding display data file, generates screen data based on the display data file, and displays the data. The display contents and the setting contents can be changed by changing a corresponding display data file only.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2002Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Toshiharu Miwa, Akio Arakawa, Masanobu Sakai, Makoto Yoshino, Toru Ito
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Patent number: 4918613Abstract: A loom supervising system including a supervising computer adapted to fetch the weaving information including the information concerning warp or weft breakage or weft insertion errors for each of a plurality of looms and a multiplexor type relaying unit provided on a signal line interconnecting the supervising computer and the looms. To this relaying unit is connected a transport car control board of an unmanned transport car adapted for transporting exchange components such as the warp beam or the cloth roll. Prescribed command signals from the control board of the transport car are transmitted to a deceleration stop command device provided at each loom by way of the relaying unit and the monitoring signal line.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1988Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki SeisakushoInventors: Yoshimi Iwano, Masanobu Sakai, Hajime Suzuki