Patents Assigned to ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11975821
    Abstract: Provided is a flight device that can surely perform transformation operations of legs supporting a fuselage base in landing. A flight device 10 includes: a fuselage base 14; a first leg 26 provided on the fuselage base 14 and transformable between a flight state and a landing state; a second leg 27 provided on the fuselage base 14 as a separate body from the first leg 26 and transformable between the flight state and the landing state; a first drive unit 281 and a second drive unit 282 configured to drive transformation operations of the first leg 26 and the second leg 27; and an operation interconnecting mechanism 16 configured to interconnect the first leg 26 and the second leg 27 in terms of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ishikawa Energy Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ishikawa, Taro Fukuda, Takuma Takezawa, Nobuyuki Tada
  • Publication number: 20230221166
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flying apparatus that can accurately measure a weight of a transported objected in a simple configuration. The flying apparatus 10 includes rotors 11, motors 12, a flight sensor 13, an electric power conversion unit 14, and a computation control unit 15. The flight sensor 13 measures physical quantities acting on a fuselage base portion 16. The computation control unit 15 generates instruction signals based on the physical quantities to cause the fuselage base portion 16 to be at a predetermined position in a predetermined attitude. The electric power conversion unit 14 adjusts amounts of electric power supplied to the motors 121 and the like based on the received instruction signals. Moreover, the computation control unit 15 calculates an estimated weight that is an estimation value of a weight of the transported object, based on magnitudes of the instruction signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Ono, Mitsuru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230042223
    Abstract: An autonomous flying device achieving a large payload and a long continuous flight time and also accurately adjust position and orientation while flying. The device includes: a main rotor and the like that provide main thrust; a sub rotor and the like that controls the orientation; an engine that generates energy for rotating the main rotor and the like and the sub rotor and the like; and an arithmetic control device that controls rotation of the sub rotor and the like. Also, the main rotor and the like are rotated by being drivingly connected to the engine, whereas the sub rotor and the like are rotated by motors driven by electric power generated from generator and the like operated by the engine. Further, when orientation control to tilt the fuselage is performed, the arithmetic control device increases the output distribution ratio of the sub rotor to above the output distribution ratio of the sub rotor when hovering is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ishikawa, Hidetaka Kayanuma
  • Publication number: 20220388635
    Abstract: Provided is a flight device that can surely perform transformation operations of legs supporting a fuselage base in landing. A flight device 10 includes: a fuselage base 14; a first leg 26 provided on the fuselage base 14 and transformable between a flight state and a landing state; a second leg 27 provided on the fuselage base 14 as a separate body from the first leg 26 and transformable between the flight state and the landing state; a first drive unit 281 and a second drive unit 282 configured to drive transformation operations of the first leg 26 and the second leg 27; and an operation interconnecting mechanism 16 configured to interconnect the first leg 26 and the second leg 27 in terms of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Ishikawa Energy Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru ISHIKAWA, Taro FUKUDA, Takuma TAKEZAWA, Nobuyuki TADA
  • Publication number: 20210016880
    Abstract: An autonomous flying device achieving a large payload and a long continuous flight tune and also accurately adjust position and orientation while flying. The device includes: a main rotor and the like that provide main thrust; a sub rotor and the like that controls the orientation; an engine that generates energy for rotating the main rotor and the like and the sub rotor and the like; and an arithmetic control device that controls rotation of the sub rotor and the like. Also, the main rotor and the like are rotated by being drivingly connected to the engine, whereas the sub rotor and the like are rotated by motors driven by electric power generated from generator and the like operated by the engine. Further, when orientation control to tilt the fuselage is performed, the arithmetic control device increases the output distribution ratio of the sub rotor to above the output distribution ratio of the sub rotor when hovering is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ishikawa, Hidetaka Kayanuma
  • Patent number: 10837322
    Abstract: Provided is an opposed-piston engine which attains high output, ensures combustion toughness, and includes a simplified configuration of a crankshaft counter-rotation synchronization mechanism which rotates crankshafts in engine units in opposite directions. An opposed-piston engine 10 of the present invention includes a first engine unit 11 and a second engine unit 21. The first engine unit 11 and the second engine unit 21 respectively include a first cylinder 12 and a second cylinder 22 independent of each other. In addition, a first valve driving mechanism 19 and a second valve driving mechanism 20 which control valves also function as a crankshaft counter-rotation synchronization mechanism 29 which rotates a first crankshaft 14 of the first engine unit 11 and a second crankshaft 24 of the second engine unit 21 in the opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Kano
  • Publication number: 20190338679
    Abstract: Provided is an opposed-piston engine which attains high output, ensures combustion toughness, and includes a simplified configuration of a crankshaft counter-rotation synchronization mechanism which rotates crankshafts in engine units in opposite directions. An opposed-piston engine 10 of the present invention includes a first engine unit 11 and a second engine unit 21. The first engine unit 11 and the second engine unit 21 respectively include a first cylinder 12 and a second cylinder 22 independent of each other. In addition, a first valve driving mechanism 19 and a second valve driving mechanism 20 which control valves also function as a crankshaft counter-rotation synchronization mechanism 29 which rotates a first crankshaft 14 of the first engine unit 11 and a second crankshaft 24 of the second engine unit 21 in the opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Kano