Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Sakanaka

Yoshinori Sakanaka 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: 8575888
    Abstract: An instantaneous response component representing the actual amount of power generation by a wind-driven electricity generator (1) is detected, and a charge/discharge control section (14) controls charge and discharge of a storage battery (4) according to variation in the instantaneous response component. Further, based on the amount of variation in the instantaneous response component, a pattern information selection section (16) selects, out of patterns, a control region to be allocated for charge/discharge control performed according to variation in the instantaneous response component and applies the selected pattern to charge/discharge control performed by the charge/discharge control section (14). By this, an appropriate control region having less excess or deficiency can be dynamically allocated to the storage battery (4) according to the actual amount, which varies depending on wind conditions, of electric power generation by the wind-driven electricity generator (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi, Yoshinori Sakanaka
  • Patent number: 8401707
    Abstract: An output-power control apparatus is provided in an electric power system connecting a secondary battery system and a power generator in parallel, and controls output power of the electric power system. The output-power control apparatus detects output power of the power generator, and controls output voltage of the secondary battery system, based on a value obtained by subtracting the detected output power of the power generator from an output power instruction for controlling the output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Wind Development Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sakanaka, Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20110282503
    Abstract: An output-power control apparatus is provided in an electric power system connecting a secondary battery system and a power generator in parallel, and controls output power of the electric power system. The output-power control apparatus detects output power of the power generator, and controls output voltage of the secondary battery system, based on a value obtained by subtracting the detected output power of the power generator from an output power instruction for controlling the output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sakanaka, Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20110260677
    Abstract: An instantaneous response component representing the actual amount of power generation by a wind-driven electricity generator (1) is detected, and a charge/discharge control section (14) controls charge and discharge of a storage battery (4) according to variation in the instantaneous response component. Further, based on the amount of variation in the instantaneous response component, a pattern information selection section (16) selects, out of patterns, a control region to be allocated for charge/discharge control performed according to variation in the instantaneous response component and applies the selected pattern to charge/discharge control performed by the charge/discharge control section (14). By this, an appropriate control region having less excess or deficiency can be dynamically allocated to the storage battery (4) according to the actual amount, which varies depending on wind conditions, of electric power generation by the wind-driven electricity generator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi, Yoshinori Sakanaka