Patents by Inventor Naoaki Inoue

Naoaki Inoue 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: 11901709
    Abstract: Provided is a gas-insulated switchgear having a circuit breaker tank with a reduced size. The gas-insulated switchgear includes: a connection conductor connected to two or more power cables, for each phase, inside the circuit breaker tank; a solid-insulated bus placed outside the circuit breaker tank and connected to the connection conductor via a connection bushing; and an instrument current transformer attached to the solid-insulated bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Fukuoka, Naoaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11588306
    Abstract: At a connection portion between a common duct penetrating in an arrangement direction through switchgears arranged in the arrangement direction inside an electrical room, and an exhaust duct via which the common duct and outside of the electrical room communicate with each other, an end of the common duct is bent inward to form a first exhaust duct joining portion, and an end of the exhaust duct is bent outward to form a common duct joining portion. In a state in which an outer surface of the first exhaust duct joining portion and an inner surface of the common duct joining portion are in contact with each other, the first exhaust duct joining portion and the common duct joining portion are fastened and fixed by two or more pairs of bolts and welding nuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saroj Paudel, Katsunori Kawanishi, Naoaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220368116
    Abstract: Provided is a gas-insulated switchgear having a circuit breaker tank with a reduced size. The gas-insulated switchgear includes: a connection conductor connected to two or more power cables, for each phase, inside the circuit breaker tank; a solid-insulated bus placed outside the circuit breaker tank and connected to the connection conductor via a connection bushing; and an instrument current transformer attached to the solid-insulated bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki FUKUOKA, Naoaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11476645
    Abstract: A bus bar connecting device having a first bushing which has a first protruding part projecting to the outside of the first pressure vessel 4 and a first connection part, a second bushing which has a second protruding part projecting to the outside of the second pressure vessel and a second connection part, a connecting conductor part that electrically connects the first connection part and the second connection part, and an intermediate tank having a hand hole and a lid for sealing, wherein the intermediate tank stores the first protruding part and the second protruding part in an own internal space so as to seal the stored parts, thereby the bus bar connecting device that has good switchgear assembly and can improve a line unit workability is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Kawanishi, Saroj Paudel, Naoaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210376577
    Abstract: A bus bar connecting device having a first bushing which has a first protruding part projecting to the outside of the first pressure vessel 4 and a first connection part, a second bushing which has a second protruding part projecting to the outside of the second pressure vessel and a second connection part, a connecting conductor part that electrically connects the first connection part and the second connection part, and an intermediate tank having a hand hole and a lid for sealing, wherein the intermediate tank stores the first protruding part and the second protruding part in an own internal space so as to seal the stored parts, thereby the bus bar connecting device that has good switchgear assembly and can improve a line unit workability is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori KAWANISHI, Saroj PAUDEL, Naoaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11158466
    Abstract: In a switch in which one end portion of a blade is pivotally attached to a fixed contactor and another end portion of the blade is brought into pressure contact with a fixed contactor by rotational operation of the blade, at least one slit is provided in each of a conductive contact surface, with respect to the fixed contactor, of the one end portion of the blade and a conductive contact surface, with respect to the fixed contactor, of the other end portion of the blade, so as to divide each of the conductive contact surfaces, thereby achieving multi-point contact on each of the conductive contact surfaces, and a thickness of a contact-pressure spring fixing portion of the blade at which a contact-pressure spring for bringing the other end portion into pressure contact with the fixed contactor is made smaller than that of the other end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Otani, Naoaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210267080
    Abstract: To obtain a gas insulated switchgear which enables an improvement in maintainability. The gas insulated switchgear is characterized by including a main circuit device disposed inside a container in which an insulating gas is hermetically sealed; an operating mechanism disposed outside the container; a hermetic connecting shaft which transmits the drive force of the operating mechanism to the main circuit device; a first hermetic sealing portion disposed around the hermetic connecting shaft; and a second hermetic sealing portion which, having thereinside a hermetic sealing member, is disposed around the hermetic connecting shaft so as to be superimposed on the first hermetic sealing portion and also is provide in the atmosphere outside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoaki INOUE, Yuta NAKAYAMA, Keisuke TADA
  • Patent number: 10923303
    Abstract: A vacuum circuit breaker capable of efficiently dissipating heat generated in a vacuum valve includes a movable side contact and a fixed side contact which are arranged in the inside of the vacuum valve; a fixed side energization shaft to which the fixed side contact is fixed; a movable side energization shaft to which the movable side contact is fixed; an energization connection portion provided at a position where the movable side energization shaft protrudes from the vacuum valve; and a coupling body provided at the outside tip portion of the movable side energization shaft. The coupling body at the outside tip portion of the movable side energization shaft is coupled to an insulation operating rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Inoue, Yusuke Nishimura, Masashi Kawada
  • Publication number: 20200412108
    Abstract: At a connection portion between a common duct penetrating in an arrangement direction through switchgears arranged in the arrangement direction inside an electrical room, and an exhaust duct via which the common duct and outside of the electrical room communicate with each other, an end of the common duct is bent inward to form a first exhaust duct joining portion, and an end of the exhaust duct is bent outward to form a common duct joining portion. In a state in which an outer surface of the first exhaust duct joining portion and an inner surface of the common duct joining portion are in contact with each other, the first exhaust duct joining portion and the common duct joining portion are fastened and fixed by two or more pairs of bolts and welding nuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Saroj PAUDEL, Katsunori KAWANISHI, Naoaki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200395177
    Abstract: In a switch in which one end portion of a blade is pivotally attached to a fixed contactor and another end portion of the blade is brought into pressure contact with a fixed contactor by rotational operation of the blade, at least one slit is provided in each of a conductive contact surface, with respect to the fixed contactor, of the one end portion of the blade and a conductive contact surface, with respect to the fixed contactor, of the other end portion of the blade, so as to divide each of the conductive contact surfaces, thereby achieving multi-point contact on each of the conductive contact surfaces, and a thickness of a contact-pressure spring fixing portion of the blade at which a contact-pressure spring for bringing the other end portion into pressure contact with the fixed contactor is made smaller than that of the other end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei OTANI, Naoaki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200328580
    Abstract: Provided is a gas-insulated switchgear that facilitates additional installation work and achieves reduction in working time in the case of increasing arranged boards in additional installation of open/close devices. A bus tank storing a bus is provided above a circuit breaker tank storing a circuit breaker, the bus is connected to a bus connection bushing provided at a width-direction end of the bus tank, a tank width dimension of the bus tank is smaller than an enclosure width dimension of the gas-insulated switchgear, and a space formed by a difference between the enclosure width dimension and the tank width dimension serves as a connection space for the bus when the gas-insulated switchgear is arranged in a row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Naoaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 10673212
    Abstract: A switchgear according to the present invention includes a disconnecting unit that includes multiple switches to switch electrical paths by rotation of blades, and a switch housing having a view port, and including the switches arranged therein, wherein planes of rotation of the blades and an arrangement direction of the switches intersect, and the switches are arranged rearward from the view port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Inoue, Koji Sano, Masahiro Arioka
  • Patent number: 10453623
    Abstract: A switch includes: switch blades for multiple phases which perform three-position switching among ON, OFF, and ground, using a rotation shaft; and phase-to-phase connection mechanisms which support the switch blades for the phases so as to be insulated among the phases and against the ground, and which connect the switch blades for the phases and cause them to cooperate with each other. The phase-to-phase connection mechanisms include fitting couplings made of an insulating material and each composed of a large-diameter endless frame body and a small-diameter endless frame body which are fitted to each other. The fitting couplings are arranged on the same axial line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Sano, Naoaki Inoue, Masahiro Arioka
  • Publication number: 20190108956
    Abstract: A vacuum circuit breaker capable of efficiently dissipating heat generated in a vacuum valve includes a movable side contact and a fixed side contact which are arranged in the inside of the vacuum valve; a fixed side energization shaft to which the fixed side contact is fixed; a movable side energization shaft to which the movable side contact is fixed; an energization connection portion provided at a position where the movable side energization shaft protrudes from the vacuum valve; and a coupling body provided at the outside tip portion of the movable side energization shaft. The coupling body at the outside tip portion of the movable side energization shaft is coupled to an insulation operating rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Inoue, Yusuke Nishimura, Masashi Kawada
  • Patent number: 10153110
    Abstract: An object is to eliminate, through an inexpensive structure, degradation in withstand voltage performance and degradation in energization performance caused by heating in a vacuum circuit breaker. The vacuum circuit breaker includes a main circuit structure body having an insulation rod, a vacuum valve, a movable side terminal, and the like and an insulating holder for supporting the main circuit structure body. The insulating holder is a frame structure body having opening portions in the top and bottom surfaces and both side surfaces of the section in which the vacuum valve is disposed and the section in which the insulation rod is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Inoue, Taichi Maeda, Katsunori Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20180122590
    Abstract: A switch includes: switch blades for multiple phases which perform three-position switching among ON, OFF, and ground, using a rotation shaft; and phase-to-phase connection mechanisms which support the switch blades for the phases so as to be insulated among the phases and against the ground, and which connect the switch blades for the phases and cause them to cooperate with each other. The phase-to-phase connection mechanisms include fitting couplings made of an insulating material and each composed of a large-diameter endless frame body and a small-diameter endless frame body which are fitted to each other. The fitting couplings are arranged on the same axial line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji SANO, Naoaki INOUE, Masahiro ARIOKA
  • Patent number: 9906008
    Abstract: A bus bar connection device for a switchgear has a first bushing with an internal stem conductor whose end is a first connection surface at a nose of the bushing. The bus bar connection device has a second bushing with an internal stem conductor whose end is a second connection surface at a nose of the bushing. The first connection surface of the first bushing is placed opposite the second connection surface of the second bushing, the axis of the first bushing being identical to the axis of the second bushing. A connection element electrically connects the first connection surface with the second connection surface. A cylindrical insulation adapter surrounds the nose of the first bushing, the nose of the second bushing, and the connection element as one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Naoaki Inoue, Takatoshi Otsubo
  • Publication number: 20180047532
    Abstract: An object is to eliminate, through an inexpensive structure, degradation in withstand voltage performance and degradation in energization performance caused by heating in a vacuum circuit breaker. The vacuum circuit breaker includes a main circuit structure body having an insulation rod, a vacuum valve, a movable side terminal, and the like and an insulating holder for supporting the main circuit structure body. The insulating holder is a frame structure body having opening portions in the top and bottom surfaces and both side surfaces of the section in which the vacuum valve is disposed and the section in which the insulation rod is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoaki INOUE, Taichi MAEDA, Katsunori KAWANISHI
  • Publication number: 20170346263
    Abstract: A switchgear according to the present invention includes a disconnecting unit that includes multiple switches to switch electrical paths by rotation of blades, and a switch housing having a view port, and including the switches arranged therein, wherein planes of rotation of the blades and an arrangement direction of the switches intersect, and the switches are arranged rearward from the view port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoaki INOUE, Koji SANO, Masahiro ARIOKA
  • Patent number: 9646785
    Abstract: A vacuum monitoring device of a vacuum circuit breaker with a line of a vacuum valve led out to the external of a metal tank through a bushing having a shield working as a low-pass filter, includes: a first antenna; a second antenna; a first and a second detection portion measuring intensity of an electromagnetic wave detected by the antennas; and a determination portion determining a vacuum deterioration of the circuit breaker by comparing the intensity of the electromagnetic wave detected by the first and the second detection portions, wherein the first and second detection portion include frequency filters passing a frequency band, of electromagnetic waves resulting from discharges occurring when the vacuum valve deteriorates in vacuum, which is attenuated by the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoaki Inoue, Junichi Abe, Tomoko Tanabe, Tomotaka Yano, Satoru Yoshida