Patents by Inventor Akira Murota

Akira Murota 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).

  • Publication number: 20240418798
    Abstract: An abnormality locating system includes a display device, a controller, and a storage storing map data of a power feeder. The controller includes a distance information obtainer that obtains distance information indicating a distance from a power supply to a location of the abnormality, and an abnormality site display processor. The abnormality site display processor performs an abnormality site estimation process of estimating a location of an abnormality site based on the distance information, the abnormality site is a site of the abnormality of the thermal line, and a display process of causing the display device to display a map indicating a position of the thermal line based on the map data and to display, on the map, an estimated position of the abnormality site estimated through the abnormality site estimation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Ken Tokunaga, Masaki Hirano, Akira Murota
  • Publication number: 20230283109
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a power supply unit that outputs alternating current, an output unit connectable to a power supply line, and an adjusting unit that adjusts the capacitance of a power supply circuit between the power supply unit and the output unit. The adjusting unit includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a circuit switching mechanism. The circuit switching mechanism can switch between a series connection state in which the first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected in series between the power supply unit and the output unit, and a parallel connection state in which the first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected in parallel between the power supply unit and the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi Hisano, Akira Murota, Masaaki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kamiyoshi
  • Patent number: 9184597
    Abstract: Three power supply devices 31 are connected in series via a transmission and receiving coupler 32 to the feeder 12, a short-circuit switch 38 that short-circuits both ends of each transmission coupler 32B is provided, a circuit including three receiving couplers 32A and the feeder 12 is set to a series resonant circuit at a predetermined frequency f, impedance of a circuit including each transmission coupler 32B, and a line connecting the power supply device 31 and the transmission coupler 32B is set to capacitive reactance at the predetermined frequency f, and an voltage to be output to the circuit including the line is controlled while a current flowing through the feeder 12 is being fed back to output a constant current of the predetermined frequency f to the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nunoya, Akira Murota
  • Publication number: 20130009475
    Abstract: Three power supply devices 31 are connected in series via a transmission and receiving coupler 32 to the feeder 12, a short-circuit switch 38 that short-circuits both ends of each transmission coupler 32B is provided, a circuit including three receiving couplers 32A and the feeder 12 is set to a series resonant circuit at a predetermined frequency f, impedance of a circuit including each transmission coupler 32B, and a line connecting the power supply device 31 and the transmission coupler 32B is set to capacitive reactance at the predetermined frequency f, and an voltage to be output to the circuit including the line is controlled while a current flowing through the feeder 12 is being fed back to output a constant current of the predetermined frequency f to the feeder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Makoto Nunoya, Akira Murota