Patents by Inventor Tomotaka Yano

Tomotaka Yano 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).

  • Publication number: 20130155640
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear includes a transformer mounting body; a bushing mounted on the transformer mounting body; and a main circuit conductor. The main circuit conductor includes a first main circuit conductor which is connected to a circuit breaker and is located in the bushing and a second main circuit conductor which is connected to the first main circuit conductor. An insulator extends below the lower end of the transformer mounting body and toward the vicinity of the connection between the first main circuit conductor and the second main circuit conductor, in a region where the first main circuit conductor is located in the transformer mounting body. A ground shield is arranged in the insulator, and extends below the lower end of the transformer mounting body and above a coupling portion between the transformer mounting body and the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Sano, Masahiro Arioka, Tomotaka Yano, Kyoichi Ohtsuka
  • Publication number: 20130146565
    Abstract: A vacuum valve includes a fixed side electrode on a fixed side current-carrying shaft and a movable side electrode on a movable side current-carrying shaft. An opening and closing unit is coaxially disposed with the movable side current-carrying shaft, and drives the movable side current-carrying shaft. A chattering suppression structure is coaxially disposed with the fixed side current-carrying shaft on the fixed side of the vacuum valve, and suppresses chattering. The opening and closing unit includes an electromagnetic operating mechanism which drives the movable side current-carrying shaft when energized. A contact pressure spring is coaxially disposed with the electromagnetic operating mechanism, and applies contact pressure between the movable side electrode and the fixed side electrode during contact closing of the vacuum valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Yuta Nakayama, Tomotaka Yano, Taehyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120228267
    Abstract: A power switchgear according to the present invention includes a pass-through hole which is formed in a fixed side contact case that is supported by a fixed side insulation supporter to fix and retain the fixed side of a vacuum valve and has a larger inner diameter than an outer diameter of the vacuum valve so that the vacuum valve is capable of horizontally passing through and the fixed side end portion of the vacuum valve is placed by passing through; and a fixed side connection conductor attached to the fixed side contact case and connected to the fixed side end portion of the vacuum valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Yoshida, Tomotaka Yano, Masahiro Arioka, Koji Sano
  • Publication number: 20120212307
    Abstract: An electromagnetically operated switching device according to the present invention includes a pair of electromagnetically operated mechanisms for driving a main circuit contact of a switch via a link mechanism symmetrically arranged with respect to an operational center axis, and a length of a spring retaining plate can be regulated in accordance with a change of a link ratio, which is caused by a design change of the main circuit contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kimura, Tomotaka Yano
  • Patent number: 8237075
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum circuit breaker whose insulation cylinder contained in a gas-insulated-switchgear housing contains a vacuum valve and which can be downsized while the cylinder's required mechanical strength is retained, and a gas-insulated switchgear using the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isoya, Masahiro Arioka, Tomotaka Yano
  • Publication number: 20120169441
    Abstract: In a switch device in which the main circuit contact sections of the switch device, an insulating rod, a driving rod, a contact pressure spring, an open spring, and an electromagnet are all coaxially arranged, a problem exists in that the axial dimension of the switch device becomes large. The present invention has been made to solve the aforementioned problem. An object is to obtain an electromagnet device and a switch device using the electromagnet device, in which shortening the axial dimension of the switch device is achieved by arranging the main circuit contact sections of the switch device, the insulating rod, the driving rod, the contact pressure spring, the open spring, and a part of the electromagnet in the same axial range. Particularly, the open spring and the electromagnet are arranged in the same axial region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Taehyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Masahiro Arioka
  • Publication number: 20120103941
    Abstract: A power switching apparatus includes: a pressure tank having tube-like openings in a shank portion and having an insulating gas sealed therein; a vacuum valve housed in the pressure tank and connected to the pressure tank at one end; bushing conductors penetrating through the openings of the pressure tank and electrically connected to the vacuum valve; and current transformers provided on an outside of the pressure tank and measuring a current flowing through the bushing conductors. Tube-like current transformer installation portions on which to install the current transformers are provided above the openings of the pressure tank and an outside diameter of the openings of the pressure tank is made larger than an outside diameter of the current transformer installation portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Nakayama, Masahiro Arioka, Tomotaka Yano, Kyoichi Otsuka, Satoru Yoshida, Koji Sano
  • Patent number: 8149077
    Abstract: An electromagnetic operating device for a switch comprises a fixed yoke (1) formed by laminating square yokes and an E-shaped yoke integrally while holding the E-shaped yoke in-between, a permanent magnet (5), a moving member (2) capable of linear movement in the fixed yoke by a predetermined distance, a rod (3) coupled with the moving member and penetrating the fixed yoke to project outward from opposite sides, and a drive coil (4) disposed in the fixed yoke, the moving member moving on the inside of the fixed yoke when a current is supplied through the drive coils, wherein the fixed yoke (1) is provided with a plurality of holes (1c) penetrating in the laminating direction of magnetic steel sheets, pins (6) each having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the plurality of holes and provided with a threaded portion (6a) at the end are inserted to penetrate two or more of the plurality of holes, and the laminated fixed yoke is fastened using the threaded portions of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotaka Yano, Masahiro Arioka
  • Publication number: 20120024506
    Abstract: In order to obtain a switchgear which can improve heat dissipation efficiency, in the switchgear which dissipates heat outside an apparatus vessel, the heat being generated from an electrical apparatus placed in the apparatus vessel, the switchgear includes a first heat conductor in which one side is connected to a heat generation portion of the apparatus vessel and the other side is extended toward the apparatus vessel side, a second heat conductor in which one side is disposed near the other side of the first heat conductor and the other side is extended outside the apparatus vessel, and an insulating member between conductors disposed between the other side of the first heat conductor and one side of the second heat conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotaka Yano, Satoru Yoshida, Masahiro Arioka
  • Publication number: 20110284264
    Abstract: In a conductor of a high voltage electrical apparatus, the conductor being placed in a vessel filled with insulating gas together with an electrical apparatus, the conductor is configured by a polygonal tubular conductor, and an opening portion which makes the insulating gas flowing in from an end portion of the polygonal tubular conductor flow out is formed in at least one surface of the polygonal tubular conductor. This aims to obtain the conductor of the high voltage electrical apparatus, the conductor being capable of achieving reduction in cost and high reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Taehyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano
  • Patent number: 8040210
    Abstract: A switching contact, an electromagnetically operated electromagnet for driving the switching contact, and a drive power source device for driving the electromagnetically operated electromagnet. The electromagnetically operated electromagnet includes a movable core coupled to a movable contact of the switching contact, a fixed core located in a peripheral portion of the movable core, and coils wound around the movable core and the fixed core. Currents are supplied to the coils to drive the movable core. Capacitors store charges for supplying the current to the coils. Resistors are arranged in series with a path through which the capacitors are connected with the coils of the electromagnetically operated electromagnet and through which a current for closing operation flows. Capacitances of the capacitors and values of the resistors are controlled to adjust a supplied current characteristic to the electromagnetically operated electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyun Kim, Akihiko Maruyama, Tomotaka Yano
  • Patent number: 7910847
    Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Takahara, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
  • Publication number: 20110000886
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum circuit breaker whose insulation cylinder contained in a gas-insulated-switchgear housing contains a vacuum valve and which can be downsized while the cylinder's required mechanical strength is retained, and a gas-insulated switchgear using the same is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isoya, Masahiro Arioka, Tomotaka Yano
  • Publication number: 20100320063
    Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu TAKAHARA, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
  • Patent number: 7812273
    Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Takahara, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
  • Publication number: 20090284334
    Abstract: A switching contact, an electromagnetically operated electromagnet for driving the switching contact, and a drive power source device for driving the electromagnetically operated electromagnet. The electromagnetically operated electromagnet includes a movable core coupled to a movable contact of the switching contact, a fixed core located in a peripheral portion of the movable core, and coils wound around the movable core and the fixed core. Currents are supplied to the coils to drive the movable core. Capacitors store charges for supplying the current to the coils. Resistors are arranged in series with a path through which the capacitors are connected with the coils of the electromagnetically operated electromagnet and through which a current for closing operation flows. Capacitances of the capacitors and values of the resistors are controlled to adjust a supplied current characteristic to the electromagnetically operated electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hyun Kim, Akihiko Maruyama, Tomotaka Yano
  • Publication number: 20090160588
    Abstract: An electromagnetic operating device for a switch comprises a fixed yoke (1) formed by laminating square yokes and an E-shaped yoke integrally while holding the E-shaped yoke in-between, a permanent magnet (5), a moving member (2) capable of linear movement in the fixed yoke by a predetermined distance, a rod (3) coupled with the moving member and penetrating the fixed yoke to project outward from opposite sides, and a drive coil (4) disposed in the fixed yoke, the moving member moving on the inside of the fixed yoke when a current is supplied through the drive coils, wherein the fixed yoke (1) is provided with a plurality of holes (1c) penetrating in the laminating direction of magnetic steel sheets, pins (6) each having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the plurality of holes and provided with a threaded portion (6a) at the end are inserted to penetrate two or more of the plurality of holes, and the laminated fixed yoke is fastened using the threaded portions of the pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotaka Yano, Masahiro Arioka
  • Publication number: 20080047819
    Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu TAKAHARA, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
  • Patent number: D694711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Arioka, Tomotaka Yano, Kyoichi Otsuka, Satoru Yoshida, Taehyun Kim, Koji Sano, Yuta Nakayama
  • Patent number: D695232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Arioka, Tomotaka Yano, Kyoichi Otsuka, Satoru Yoshida, Taehyun Kim, Koji Sano, Yuta Nakayama