Patents Assigned to Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10886803
    Abstract: This axial gap-type rotary electrical machine has: a stator in which a plurality of core units each configured from a core, a coil, and a bobbin are disposed, centered around a rotating shaft, in an annular shape along the inner circumferential surface of a housing; and a rotor that is face-to-face with a cross-sectional surface of the core through a predetermined gap in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. The bobbin is formed in a cylindrical shape, has flange parts extending a predetermined amount in the outer circumferential direction at the top and bottom of the cylindrical shape, is provided with notch sections on the tip part in the inner circumferential direction of the flange part of the bobbin, and forms an acute angle. In addition, approximately circular notch sections are formed on adjacent side surface portions of the bobbin in the outer circumferential direction of the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Daisaku Takahashi, Daisuke Kurai, Jun Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10874012
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a clean air device that can reduce the risk of contamination due to static electricity. Provided is a biosafety cabinet or a clean air device that connects a biosafety cabinet and a clean booth, wherein a static eliminator (ionizer) that generates a corona discharge by way of concentrating an electric field on a needle-shaped discharge electrode and eliminates static with ionized air is disposed directly above an air flow branching point where air supplied to a work space branches to the front face and to rear face inside the biosafety cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Hirotoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 10857787
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet recording device, including a print head that includes a head base including: a nozzle from which ink is ejected; charging electrodes that charge the ink ejected from the nozzle; deflection electrodes that deflect the ink charged by the charging electrodes; and a gutter that collects ink not used in printing, and a head cover included in the head base, wherein the head base has a first horizontal uneven side portion, an oblique uneven side portion, and a second horizontal uneven side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Arima, Akira Maeda, Mamoru Okano
  • Patent number: 10843183
    Abstract: An isolation device for supplying a workspace with clean air resulting from dust filtration by an air cleaning means accurately manages the number of fine particles in a workspace and prevents fine particles from mixing with an experimental material. The isolation device includes a measurement probe; a particle counter for measuring the fine-particle counts for a plurality of particle sizes in the workspace air and outputting the measurements; a storage unit for storing, for each of the plurality of particle sizes and for work times and non-work times, management fine-particle counts at which the number of fine particles per unit volume is determined to be large; a cleanliness determination unit that compares the fine particle counts and the management fine-particle counts; and an output unit for outputting an alarm when the work-time/non-work time fine particle count for a particle size in the workspace exceeds the corresponding management fine-particle count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Ono, Tomoyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10843477
    Abstract: A makeup fluid is added to an ink liquid of an inkjet printer to reduce the viscosity of the ink liquid, the makeup fluid including a fluorescent color material in a solvent. An inkjet printer apparatus employing a makeup fluid is provided with a makeup fluid tank to which a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element are attached, and detects the presence or absence of the makeup fluid by irradiating ultraviolet light from the light-emitting element, causing visible light to be emitted from the fluorescent color material in the makeup fluid, and detecting the visible light with the light-receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Otowa, Masahiko Ogino, Hiroshi Sasaki, Takahiro Arima, Keisuke Nagai, Hiromichi Takeyama, Shengnan Hua
  • Patent number: 10848029
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to control the lamination thickness of the laminated core of an axial gap rotating electric machine. The axial gap rotating electric machine is provided with: a stator comprising a plurality of core members arranged circularly about the rotational axis center, said core members each comprising a columnar-laminated core having a flux surface in a rotation axis direction, a coil disposed on the outer perimeter of the core in the radial direction, and a substantially cylindrical bobbin disposed between the core and the coil; and at least one rotor facing the flux surface with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween in the rotation axis direction. The bobbin has an inner cylinder facing the outer perimeter of the core in the radial direction, and at least part of the inner diameter of the inner cylinder becomes gradually smaller along the rotation axis direction and makes contact with the outer perimeter surface of the laminated core in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Sakurai, Daisaku Takahashi, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Shuuichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10838666
    Abstract: In an existing service points granting method, service points are changed according to whether the ink ejection amount is corrected. However, changing the service points according to a user's purchases or purchase frequency for components or services has not been considered. A display unit displays products or services relevant to an ink jet recording apparatus, points corresponding to the products or services, and cumulative points possessed by each customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawano, Nobuhiro Harada, Takahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10830462
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the risk of contamination in a clean air device in which a safety cabinet and clean booths are coupled. To achieve this, a clean air device in which a cabinet and clean booths are coupled, is configured such that the cabinet is equipped with: a work space which is formed on the inner side of a front shutter; and a circulation path which is formed from the lower surface, side surfaces, rear surface of the work space, and an outside portion of the cabinet so as to exhaust the air flowing into the work space. Pass boxes connected to the clean booths are provided to a portion of the side surfaces of the work space. Each of the pass boxes is formed by a pass box coupling inner surface, the outside of which has a space formed by a pass box coupling outer surface. The space communicates with the circulation path. The bottom of the pass box coupling outer surface is provided with a pass box coupling outer surface slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Hirotoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 10763716
    Abstract: An axial-air-gap rotating electric machine with a stator bobbin is provided. The bobbin renders the respective turn counts of windings in the machine the same and minimizes the lengths of connecting wires between continuous windings regardless of the continuous turn count, the direction in which each winding is wound, and whether the number of stages is odd or even. The bobbin, which has a tubular shape that substantially matches the exterior shape of a core, is provided with flanges that extend outwards from near the respective openings in the bobbin. One of the flanges has two first notches, and the other flange has a second notch. The axial positions of the starting and finishing ends of coils on adjacent stator cores are the same, and the flanges containing the notches through which the ends of the coils are run are on the same side with respect to the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Daisuke Kitajima, Tomonori Kawagoe, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Shuuichi Takahashi, Toshifumi Suzuki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Ryousou Masaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10711784
    Abstract: Provided is an air compressor which exhibits improved reliability by resolving problems relating to drainage discharge defects, and exhibits improved energy efficiency. The air compressor comprises: a compressor body which compresses air; a compressed air flow path through which the compressed air from the compressor body flows; a heat exchanger which is provided to the compressor flow path so as to cool the compressed air from the compressor body; and a drainage pipe (62) which branches from the compressed air flow path so as to connect to the exterior, and through which drainage condensed from the compressed air cooled in the heat exchanger flows. A strainer (65) which removes foreign matter contaminating the drainage is provided to the drainage pipe (62). An on-off valve (66) at the downstream side of the strainer (65), and a pressure sensor (41) at the upstream side thereof, said sensor detecting pressure inside the drainage pipe (62), are each provided so as to resolve drainage discharge defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohta, Hideki Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10703095
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inkjet recording device that is capable of minimizing contamination, by floating ink, of the inside and outside of a print head without increasing the volatilization volume of a solvent. In order to attain the purpose, provided is an inkjet recording device having: a nozzle which applies print onto a printing medium by discharging ink; and a print head which houses therein a deflection electrode for deflecting the discharged ink by means of an electrostatic force, the inkjet recording device being provided with an ink suction unit which sucks in floating ink by means of the electrostatic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Matsushita, Mamoru Okano, Mitsuo Igari, Takahiro Arima
  • Patent number: 10704549
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes: a male rotor 2 and a female rotor 3 including a rotor tooth section 21, 31 that has multiple helical teeth, the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 rotating in engagement with each other; a casing 4 including a main casing 41 with a bore 45 formed to accommodate the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3, and a discharge-side casing 43 closing a discharge side of the bore 45; and a discharge passage 60 including a discharge port 61 that opens in a rotational axis direction of the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 on a bore side surface of the discharge-side casing 43, compressed gas flowing from the discharge port 61 circulating in the discharge passage 60. The male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 are configured such that a discharge-side end surface 21a, 31a of the rotor tooth section 21, 31 serves as a discharge-side distal end of the male rotor 2 or the female rotor 3 in the rotational axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yuki, Masahiko Takano, Hitoshi Nishimura, Kosuke Sadakata, Toshikazu Harashima
  • Patent number: 10703108
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus, which can enhance the reliability of the phase search result to detect the optimal timing when the ink particles are electrically charged by the electrification electrode and secure the stable printing quality, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Arima, Tsuneaki Takagishi, Manabu Kato, Shoki Yamaguchi, Satoshi Hasegawa, Mamoru Okano
  • Patent number: 10677660
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a temperature traceable indicator capable not only of displaying temperature history, but also adding other additional information. To that end, a temperature traceable indicator according to the present invention is provided with a base material and a temperature indicating laminate disposed on the base material, and is characterized in that the temperature indicating laminate is provided with a coloring layer including a color former, a color developing layer including a color developer for inducing the coloration of the color former, and a barrier layer disposed between the coloring layer and color developing layer, and the barrier layer includes a barrier agent that is immiscible with the color developer, is frozen at a first temperature, and melts beyond a second temperature so as to allow the color developer to become diffused in the coloring layer so that color is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yuasa, Hiroyuki Kagawa, Hiroshi Sasaki, Kenichi Souma
  • Patent number: 10648622
    Abstract: Provided is a pipeline network diagnosing device in which: a pressure measurement value is stored upon being acquired by a pressure gauge; a pipeline network is divided into sub-networks at the installation positions of an air compressor, a terminal device, and a pressure gauge installed partway along a pipeline channel, after which a sub-network model is generated; the flow of air within a sharing sub-network configured from two sub-networks that share the pressure gauge is calculated and stored, the pressure measurement value at an end part of the sharing sub-network serving as a calculation criterion; the pressure measurement value and a pressure calculation value at a shared pressure measurement point are compared to each other, the shared pressure measurement point being a pressure measurement point shared by the two sub-networks within the sharing sub-network; an assessment is made for each of the sub-networks with regard to whether air has leaked or a device has clogged; and any sub-networks in which a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsurou Yashiki, Yaping Liu, Yukinori Katagiri, Hisanori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10644638
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electric motor system such that loss of synchronism of an inverter-driven synchronous motor with no magnetic pole position sensor can be easily detected. In order to achieve the purpose, the present invention pertains to an electric motor equipped with a synchronous motor, an inverter having a power conversion device for driving the synchronous motor, and a load connected to the synchronous motor, and is configured such that loss of synchronism of the synchronous motor is determined on the basis of a direct-current voltage in the power conversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Okubo, Toshio Tomita
  • Patent number: 10630120
    Abstract: An axial-air-gap motor integrally configured by resin molding, a plurality of stator cores being arranged in an annular configuration, wherein the resin is spread in an efficient manner. An axial-air-gap motor, provided with: a plurality of stator cores, a stator, and one or more rotors. The stator cores are provided with a teeth iron core having the shape of an approximate trapezoidal cylinder, a bobbin covering at least the vicinity of both end parts of the outer periphery of the teeth iron core, flange parts provided in the vicinity of the portions of the bobbin that cover the both end parts of the outer periphery of the teeth iron core so as to extend for a predetermined length in a direction perpendicular to the outer periphery of the teeth iron core, and at least one protrusion further extending from the tip of the flange part in the direction of extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10605083
    Abstract: A scroll-type fluid machine and maintenance method for same are provided in order to improve reliability and workability by supplying sufficient grease to necessary parts of an orbiting bearing or auxiliary crank bearing without entailing a complicated operation during maintenance. The scroll-type fluid machine includes a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll, a casing provided on the outer side of the orbiting scroll in the radial direction, a drive shaft, an orbiting bearing supporting the drive shaft with respect to the orbiting scroll, and a piping supplying a lubricant to the orbiting bearing. The orbiting scroll is provided with a boss plate that is attached to the drive shaft, the piping is provided in the boss plate, and the tip of the piping faces toward an opening provided between the casing and the fixed scroll or toward an opening provided in the fixed scroll or the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho Watanabe, Kiminori Iwano, Yoshio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10589760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a branching unit, the height of which can be reduced, and a vehicular system. The branching unit includes a switch equipped with a fixed electrode and a movable electrode; a first bushing conductor which is connected either to the fixed electrode or to the movable electrode; and a second bushing conductor which is connected to the other of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. A first T-shaped cable head is connected at one end to the first bushing conductor, a second T-shaped cable head is connected to a different end part of the first T-shaped cable head from the one end, a third T-shaped cable head is connected at one end to the second bushing conductor, the first T-shaped cable head and the second T-shaped cable head are respectively connected to different circuits, and surfaces of the respective T-shaped cable heads and the switch are at a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sato, Kenji Tsuchiya, Masato Yabu, Makoto Watanabe, Yoshinori Shimada
  • Patent number: 10578339
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is: to enable hot water at a required temperature to be supplied, even in cases when compressor load factor is low; to suppress heat dissipation from a waste-heat recovery device; and to improve waste-heat recovery rate. A waste-heat recovery system in an oil-cooled gas compressor is provided with: a compressor main body (3); an oil separator (6); gas piping (8) which supplies, to a demanded destination, compressed gas separated from oil by the oil separator; oil piping (7) which returns, to the compressor main body, the oil separated by the oil separator; and a waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger (10) which recovers heat from the compressed gas and/or the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Masahiko Takano