Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Tanno

Tsutomu Tanno 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: 11960308
    Abstract: An entire fluid supply line or an entire fluid controller constituted by a plurality of fluid control devices is precisely monitored. A fluid controller G accumulating and having a plurality of fluid control devices A. The fluid control devices A include an operation information acquisition mechanism acquiring an operation information in the fluid control devices, an identification information storage 71 storing a self-identification information, and a communication processing unit 72 transmitting the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition mechanism to an external terminal with the self-identification information stored in the identification information storage 71 at different timings for each of the fluid control devices A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fujikin, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryutaro Tanno, Tsutomu Shinohara, Yuya Suzuki, Hidenori Kiso
  • Patent number: 11927280
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve includes a valve body that defines a flow path through which fluid flows and an opening that opens to the outside in a middle of flow path; a flexible partition member that covers the opening and separates the flow path from the outside, and changes a cross-sectional area of the flow path; and a flexible support member disposed on a rear surface side opposite to a flow path side of the flexible partition member. A housing is fixed to the valve body via peripheral portions of the flexible partition member and the flexible support member. A humidity sensor that detects a state of an atmosphere or a change thereof in a space defined by the flexible support member and an inner surface of the housing. The diaphragm valve is capable of preventing fluid in a diaphragm valve from leaking to the outside due to breakage of a diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yuya Suzuki, Ryutaro Tanno, Daihi Tsuchiguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11549987
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a storage battery management device includes: a memory configured to store therein storage battery characteristics of a storage battery unit as a storage battery characteristics table; and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: acquire the storage battery characteristics based on storage battery information output from the storage battery unit; update the storage battery characteristics table based on the acquired storage battery characteristics; and estimate SOC of the storage battery unit by referring to the updated storage battery characteristics table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ide, Masahiro Tohara, Mami Mizutani, Tomohiro Toyosaki, Tsutomu Tanno
  • Publication number: 20210349149
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a storage battery management device includes: a memory configured to store therein storage battery characteristics of a storage battery unit as a storage battery characteristics table; and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: acquire the storage battery characteristics based on storage battery information output from the storage battery unit; update the storage battery characteristics table based on the acquired storage battery characteristics; and estimate SOC of the storage battery unit by referring to the updated storage battery characteristics table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto IDE, Masahiro TOHARA, Mami MIZUTANI, Tomohiro TOYOSAKI, Tsutomu TANNO
  • Patent number: 11146064
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power conversion devices, a plurality of breakers, and a controller. The plurality of breakers are respectively connected to the plurality of power conversion devices and configured to perform switching of an electrical connection between the power conversion device and a power system, wherein the breaker switches an ON state and an OFF state. The controller is configured to control the breakers and switch connection states of the plurality of power conversion devices are switched, and the controller being configured to determine whether or not the connected breaker is in an ON state and electrically conducted to the power system and the number of the power conversion devices in a standby state reaches a predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kawachi, Mami Mizutani, Tsutomu Tanno, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Ogura, Ken Yabui
  • Patent number: 10862304
    Abstract: A reactive power control device includes a limit value deriver configured to derive a limit value of reactive power, which is output by one or a plurality of power conversion devices determined for system stabilization and control of a system voltage, on the basis of a voltage of a point other than a voltage control target, and a command value adjuster configured to adjust a reactive power command value for the one or plurality of power conversion devices on the basis of the limit value derived by the limit value deriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kawachi, Mami Mizutani, Tsutomu Tanno, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10714937
    Abstract: A voltage reactive power control device includes a bus voltage fluctuation extracting unit that extracts a bus voltage fluctuation from a voltage of a secondary-side bus, an RE component extracting unit that extracts a fluctuation component due to renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation, a creating unit that creates a reactive power command value for suppressing the fluctuation component based on the bus voltage fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation extracted by the RE component extracting unit, and a control unit that executes the reactive power control on a battery system based on the reactive power command value. The RE component extracting unit extracts the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation by eliminating the fluctuation components other than the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Ebata, Takenori Kobayashi, Yoko Kosaka, Tsutomu Tanno, Mami Mizutani, Masako Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10714936
    Abstract: A system interconnecting facility is connected to a power system, and includes a plurality of power converters connected to the power system, a plurality of transformers provided between the power system and the power converters, a plurality of switches provided between the transformers and the power converters, and a controller that controls the opening and closing of the switch. The controller outputs, to the switches, open and close commands in so that the number of closed switches is out of a closed switch number range where a harmonic voltage of the system interconnecting facility increases, based on a harmonic voltage containing rate characteristic that is a relation between the number of closed switches and a harmonic voltage containing rate of the system interconnecting facility. The system interconnecting facility is capable of suppressing a harmonic voltage even if a circuit structure differs depending on a situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kubota, Tsutomu Tanno, Mami Mizutani, Shinya Naoi, Masako Kiuchi, Midori Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20200106268
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power conversion devices, a plurality of breakers, and a controller. The plurality of breakers are respectively connected to the plurality of power conversion devices and configured to perform switching of an electrical connection between the power conversion device and a power system, wherein the breaker switches an ON state and an OFF state. The controller is configured to control the breakers and switch connection states of the plurality of power conversion devices are switched, and the controller being configured to determine whether or not the connected breaker is in an ON state and electrically conducted to the power system and the number of the power conversion devices in a standby state reaches a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke KAWACHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Tsutomu TANNO, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Yasuhiro OGURA, Ken YASUI
  • Publication number: 20200044451
    Abstract: A voltage reactive power control device includes a bus voltage fluctuation extracting unit that extracts a bus voltage fluctuation from a voltage of a secondary-side bus, an RE component extracting unit that extracts a fluctuation component due to renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation, a creating unit that creates a reactive power command value for suppressing the fluctuation component based on the bus voltage fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation extracted by the RE component extracting unit, and a control unit that executes the reactive power control on a battery system based on the reactive power command value. The RE component extracting unit extracts the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation by eliminating the fluctuation components other than the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio EBATA, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Yoko KOSAKA, Tsutomu TANNO, Mami MIZUTANI, Masako KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190296551
    Abstract: A reactive power control device includes a limit value deriver configured to derive a limit value of reactive power, which is output by one or a plurality of power conversion devices determined for system stabilization and control of a system voltage, on the basis of a voltage of a point other than a voltage control target, and a command value adjuster configured to adjust a reactive power command value for the one or plurality of power conversion devices on the basis of the limit value derived by the limit value deriver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke KAWACHI, Mami Mizutani, Tsutomu Tanno, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10338152
    Abstract: A method of estimating, as the charging rate of an electricity storage system, the internal condition of the electricity storage system including plural batteries, and an internal condition estimating system utilizing that method are provided. A voltage measuring unit 3 measures voltages of all batteries 1 configuring an electricity storage system block 2. A system cell voltage determining unit 5 determines a system cell voltage that will be a reference for an estimation of the SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2 based on the voltage value of the plural batteries 1 measured by the voltage measuring unit 3. The system cell voltage determining unit 5 obtains the system cell voltage by giving a weighting to the voltage value in accordance with the pre-calculated SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2. The system SOC estimating unit 6 estimates the SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2 based on the current flowing through the battery 1 and the system cell voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Makoto Ide, Masahiro Tohara, Mami Mizutani, Takenori Kobayashi, Tsutomu Tanno
  • Publication number: 20190052079
    Abstract: A system interconnecting facility is connected to a power system, and includes a plurality of power converters connected to the power system, a plurality of transformers provided between the power system and the power converters, a plurality of switches provided between the transformers and the power converters, and a controller that controls the opening and closing of the switch. The controller outputs, to the switches, open and close commands in so that the number of closed switches is out of a closed switch number range where a harmonic voltage of the system interconnecting facility increases, based on a harmonic voltage containing rate characteristic that is a relation between the number of closed switches and a harmonic voltage containing rate of the system interconnecting facility. The system interconnecting facility is capable of suppressing a harmonic voltage even if a circuit structure differs depending on a situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki KUBOTA, Tsutomu TANNO, Mami MIZUTANI, Shinya NAOI, Masako KIUCHI, Midori OTSUKI, Kazuyoshi SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20180067167
    Abstract: A storage system includes a storage battery, a first deriver, a second deriver, and a corrector. The storage battery performs charging and discharging of electricity. The first deriver derives a first state of charge (SOC) based on a voltage of the storage battery when a current is not flowing to the storage battery. The second deriver derives a second SOC based on a battery capacity of the storage battery and an integrated value of a current flowing to the storage battery. The corrector corrects the battery capacity of the storage battery which is used by the second deriver based on a difference between the second SOC derived by the second deriver and the first SOC derived by the first deriver after the derivation of the second SOC. Furthermore, the corrector changes a correction quantity of the correction in accordance with a state of the storage battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Makoto IDE, Mami MIZUTANI, Yukitaka MONDEN, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu TANNO
  • Publication number: 20160025814
    Abstract: A method of estimating, as the charging rate of an electricity storage system, the internal condition of the electricity storage system including plural batteries, and an internal condition estimating system utilizing that method are provided. A voltage measuring unit 3 measures voltages of all batteries 1 configuring an electricity storage system block 2. A system cell voltage determining unit 5 determines a system cell voltage that will be a reference for an estimation of the SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2 based on the voltage value of the plural batteries 1 measured by the voltage measuring unit 3. The system cell voltage determining unit 5 obtains the system cell voltage by giving a weighting to the voltage value in accordance with the pre-calculated SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2. The system SOC estimating unit 6 estimates the SOC value of the electricity storage system block 2 based on the current flowing through the battery 1 and the system cell voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto Ide, Masahiro Tohara, Mami Mizutani, Takenori Kobayashi, Tsutomu Tanno