Patents by Inventor Shuji Egawa
Shuji Egawa 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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Patent number: 10066358Abstract: There are provided an electric motor (12) that is driven by an engine (8) to generate electric power or assists in a drive of the engine (8) by supply of electric power thereto, a heat exchanger (13) to which cooling air is supplied by a cooling fan (8A), a heat exchanger upstream room (28) that is positioned upstream of the heat exchanger (13) in a flow direction of the cooling air supplied to the heat exchanger (13), and an electricity storage device (30) that stores or discharges electric power. In addition, a radiator (42) for electricity storage device, a cooling pump (43) for electricity storage device and a cooling line (44) for electricity storage device configure a cooling system (41) for electricity storage device that independently cools the electricity storage device (30) aside from the inverter device (34), and the cooling system (41) for electricity storage device is arranged in the heat exchanger upstream room (28).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Ota, Mitsugu Ojima, Shuji Egawa, Yuji Azuma
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Patent number: 10000908Abstract: There are provided an electric motor (12) driven by an engine (8) to generate power or assists in driving the engine (8), a heat exchanger (13) to which cooling air is supplied by a cooling fan (8A), a heat exchanger upstream room (28) upstream of the heat exchanger (13), an electricity storage device (30) that stores or discharges power, and an inverter device (34) for controlling an operation of the electric motor (12). A radiator (42) for cooling the electricity storage device and a radiator (46) for cooling the are separately provided to be independent from each other, and are arranged in parallel between the heat exchanger (13) and the electricity storage device (30) in the heat exchanger upstream room (28).Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Ota, Mitsugu Ojima, Shuji Egawa, Yuji Azuma
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Patent number: 9790662Abstract: An assist generator motor is driven by an engine to generate power or assists in a drive of the engine by supply of power from an electricity storage device. A revolving electric motor is driven by power supplied from the electricity storage device or supplies regeneration power generated by a regeneration operation to the electricity storage device. The assist generator motor is controlled by a first inverter. The revolving electric motor is controlled by a second inverter. The first inverter and the second inverter are mounted on a support bracket elastically supported on a revolving frame in a position different from a position where the electricity storage device is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Ota, Mitsugu Ojima, Shuji Egawa, Yuji Azuma
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Publication number: 20170226715Abstract: There are provided an electric motor (12) that is driven by an engine (8) to generate electric power or assists in a drive of the engine (8) by supply of electric power thereto, a heat exchanger (13) to which cooling air is supplied by a cooling fan (8A), a heat exchanger upstream room (28) that is positioned upstream of the heat exchanger (13) in a flow direction of the cooling air supplied to the heat exchanger (13), and an electricity storage device (30) that stores or discharges electric power. In addition, a radiator (42) for electricity storage device, a cooling pump (43) for electricity storage device and a cooling line (44) for electricity storage device configure a cooling system (41) for electricity storage device that independently cools the electricity storage device (30) aside from the inverter device (34), and the cooling system (41) for electricity storage device is arranged in the heat exchanger upstream room (28).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori OTA, Mitsugu OJIMA, Shuji EGAWA, Yuji AZUMA
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Patent number: 9605408Abstract: An electric motor that is fixed to a revolving frame, an electrical equipment that is supported by the revolving frame by using a vibration absorption mount, and a cable for establishing a connection between the electric motor and the electrical equipment are provided. A connector mounting member having an outer shape smaller than that of a box is provided in the box of the electrical equipment, and an equipment-side connector is provided in the connector mounting member. A cable-side connector of the cable is connected to the equipment-side connector, and a cable end portion of the cable is fixed to the box by a clamp member. As a result, the vibration that is transmitted to the cable can be matched with the vibration that is transmitted to the cable-side connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Satake, Takako Satake, Shinji Kato, Shuji Egawa, Takenori Hiroki, Toshihiko Watanabe, Yasunori Ota, Mitsugu Ojima
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Publication number: 20170067227Abstract: There are provided an electric motor (12) that is driven by an engine (8) to generate power or assists in a drive of the engine (8) by supply of power thereto, a heat exchanger (13) to which cooling air is supplied by a cooling fan (8A), a heat exchanger upstream room positioned upstream of the heat exchanger (13) in a flow direction of the cooling air supplied to the heat exchanger (13), an electricity storage device (30) that stores power or discharges the power therein, and an inverter device (34) for controlling an operation of the electric motor (12). Besides, a radiator (42) for electricity storage device that cools the electricity storage device (30) and a radiator (46) for inverter that cools the inverter device (34) are separately provided to be independent from each other, and the radiator (42) for electricity storage device and the radiator (46) for inverter are arranged in parallel between the heat exchanger (13) and the electricity storage device (30) in the heat exchanger upstream room (28).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Yasunori OTA, Mitsugu OJIMA, Shuji EGAWA, Yuji AZUMA
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Publication number: 20170016206Abstract: An assist generator motor is driven by an engine to generate power or assists in a drive of the engine by supply of power from an electricity storage device. A revolving electric motor is driven by power supplied from the electricity storage device or supplies regeneration power generated by a regeneration operation to the electricity storage device. The assist generator motor is controlled by a first inverter. The revolving electric motor is controlled by a second inverter. The first inverter and the second inverter are mounted on a support bracket elastically supported on a revolving frame in a position different from a position where the electricity storage device is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., LtdInventors: Yasunori OTA, Mitsugu OJIMA, Shuji EGAWA, Yuji AZUMA
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Publication number: 20150139768Abstract: A left weight mounting part (16) and a right weight mounting part (17) are provided with rear ends of a left vertical plate (8) and a right vertical plate (9) of a main frame (6), and a placing plate (24) adapted to place a battery (29) thereon is provided between the left weight mounting part (16) and the right weight mounting part (17). An accommodating groove (25G) is provided in a counterweight (25) by notching, in a front-rear direction, a part that faces the placing plate (24) in an up-down direction. A space (26A) formed by the placing plate (24) and the accommodating groove (25G) can be configured as an article accommodating room (26) that accommodates the battery (29).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Shuji Egawa, Hidetoshi Satake, Kouji Ishikawa, Mitsugu Ojima
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Publication number: 20140021781Abstract: An electric motor that is fixed to a revolving frame, an electrical equipment that is supported by the revolving frame by using a vibration absorption mount, and a cable for establishing a connection between the electric motor and the electrical equipment are provided. A connector mounting member having an outer shape smaller than that of a box is provided in the box of the electrical equipment, and an equipment-side connector is provided in the connector mounting member. A cable-side connector of the cable is connected to the equipment-side connector, and a cable end portion of the cable is fixed to the box by a clamp member. As a result, the vibration that is transmitted to the cable can be matched with the vibration that is transmitted to the cable-side connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsugu Ojima, Toshihiko Watanabe, Takenori Hiroki, Shuji Egawa, Shinji Kato, Takako Satake, Yasunori Ota