Patents by Inventor Shingo Inamura

Shingo Inamura 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: 9926915
    Abstract: A wind power generation system includes: blades configured to be rotated by wind; a generator configured to be driven by the rotation of the blades to generate power; a nacelle supporting the blades; and a tower supporting the nacelle rotatably. The wind power generation system is configured to receive the wind at a side opposite to a side of the nacelle on which the blades are provided. The system includes a radiator configured to dissipate heat in the nacelle through a cooling medium. The radiator is provided outside the nacelle on an upwind side of the nacelle. The radiator is provided with an intake surface thereof facing an upwind direction. A path is formed downstream of the radiator to guide the wind that has passed the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Funabashi, Yasushi Shigenaga, Shingo Inamura, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20150091307
    Abstract: A wind power generation system includes: blades configured to be rotated by wind; a generator configured to be driven by the rotation of the blades to generate power; a nacelle supporting the blades; and a tower supporting the nacelle rotatably. The wind power generation system is configured to receive the wind at a side opposite to a side of the nacelle on which the blades are provided. The system includes a radiator configured to dissipate heat in the nacelle through a cooling medium. The radiator is provided outside the nacelle on an upwind side of the nacelle. The radiator is provided with an intake surface thereof facing an upwind direction. A path is formed downstream of the radiator to guide the wind that has passed the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Shigehisa FUNABASHI, Yasushi SHIGENAGA, Shingo INAMURA, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20140310958
    Abstract: Provided is an assembly method of a wind power generation system that can enhance the safety of an assembly work, and which can reduce a working time. In order to solve the above problem, the assembly method of a wind power generation system of the present invention includes assembly of the wind power generation system which includes a rotor with a hub and blades, a nacelle for accommodating therein at least a generator connected to the rotor via a main shaft connected to the hub, and a tower supporting the nacelle on a top portion thereof, and having an opposite side thereof to the top portion fixed to a foundation, the tower including separated tower parts. When assembling the wind power generation system, the nacelle and the tower are laterally assembled together by using a carriage, and the rotor is fixed to the laterally-facing nacelle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Juhyun YU, Mitsuru SAEKI, Takahiko SANO, Kouhei TANAKA, Shingo INAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140308129
    Abstract: Provided is a wind power generation system that is less likely to change its cooling performance depending on the wind direction. In order to solve the above problem, the wind power generation system of the invention includes blades adapted to rotate upon receiving wind, a generator for performing a power generating operation by rotating a rotor together with rotation of the blades, a nacelle for supporting the blades via a main shaft, a tower for rotatably supporting the nacelle, a power conditioning system or transformer accommodated in the tower, and a plurality of radiators disposed on an outer peripheral side of the tower for cooling the power conditioning system or the transformer. The radiators positioned substantially at the same height are arranged at substantially equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa FUNABASHI, Shingo INAMURA, Yasushi SHIGENAGA, Mitsuru SAEKI
  • Patent number: 7772870
    Abstract: There is provided a detector for detecting a layer short of a field winding in operation by measuring, with a field detector, a magnetic field generated from a field winding of an electric rotating machine. In the present invention, a field detector is installed outside an electric rotating machine to measure a leakage flux at the installation point to detect layer short by detecting the increase in a leakage flux or asymmetry of waveform of the leakage flux at an occurrence of a layer short of a field winding thereof, simplifying installation and enabling installation without halting operations of an electric rotating machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Inamura, Masami Sukeda, Ryoichi Shiobara
  • Publication number: 20080074111
    Abstract: There is provided a detector for detecting a layer short of a field winding in operation by measuring, with a field detector, a magnetic field generated from a field winding of an electric rotating machine. In the present invention, a field detector is installed outside an electric rotating machine to measure a leakage flux at the installation point to detect layer short by detecting the increase in a leakage flux or asymmetry of waveform of the leakage flux at an occurrence of a layer short of a field winding thereof, simplifying installation and enabling installation without halting operations of an electric rotating machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Shingo INAMURA, Masami Sukeda, Ryoichi Shiobara