Patents by Inventor Akira Bando

Akira Bando 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: 4743827
    Abstract: Disclosed in a variable speed pumping-up electrical power system comprising a variable speed generator/motor, a frequency converter connected between the generator/motor and an a.c. power system, a controller controlling an effective power input to the generator/motor by controlling the frequency converter on the basis of the difference between an actual effective power input from the a.c. power system and an externally-applied effective power command, and a correction circuit correcting the effective power command on the basis of the difference between the frequency of the a.c. power system and a frequency setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shiozaki, Takao Kuwabara, Akira Bando, Kenichi Ono, Akihiro Sakayori, Ichiro Hitomi, Masahiro Minato, Shigeaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4743826
    Abstract: In a pumping-up generator/motor system comprising an induction generator/motor, at least one cyclo-converter connected to the secondary winding of the induction generator motor for controlling the rotational speed of the generator/motor in the motor mode and for maintaining the output frequency thereof in the generator mode at a constant level, the center of the speed range of the generator/motor in the generator mode is set near the synchronous speed thereof and a plurality of converter units constituting each cyclo-converter are connected in parallel in the generator mode, and in series in the motor mode thereby allowing the capacity of the cyclo-converter to be made smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Kansai Elect. Power Co.
    Inventors: Akira Bando, Kenichi Ono, Hiroshi Kashiwazaki, Hiroshi Sugisaka, Eiji Haraguchi, Hiroto Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 4694189
    Abstract: A control system for variable speed hydraulic turbine generator apparatus comprises an induction generator connected at its primary side to an AC power line system, a secondary excitation controller connected to the secondary side of the induction generator and being responsive to a generator output command signal supplied externally to supply to the induction generator an excitation current which causes the induction generator to generate AC power at the same frequency as that on the AC power line system, a hydraulic turbine for rotating the induction generator, a guide valve for regulating the amount of water supplied to the hydraulic turbine, a rotation speed detector for detecting a rotation speed of the induction generator, a rotation speed command calculator for receiving a hydraulic turbine running condition signal inclusive of the external generator output command signal and calculating an optimum rotation speed command, a rotation speed controller for comparing the optimum rotation speed command with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Haraguchi, Hiroto Nakagawa, Akira Bando, Takao Kuwahara, Haruo Nohara, Kenichi Ono