Patents by Inventor Akira Yamagishi

Akira Yamagishi 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: 20250010608
    Abstract: A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inlet through which a humidifying fluid for humidifying the space flows in and an outlet through which the humidifying fluid flows out, and a first moisture permeable membrane, which is an example of a partition wall, having gas permeability, that partitions the recess and the humidifying chamber. The recess has a discharge hole, which is an example of a hole for discharging the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, which is the example of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Hiromichi TAKANASHI, Akira YAMAGISHI, Akihiro TOYA
  • Patent number: 12128679
    Abstract: A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inlet through which a humidifying fluid for humidifying the space flows in and an outlet through which the humidifying fluid flows out, and a first moisture permeable membrane, which is an example of a partition wall, having gas permeability, that partitions the recess and the humidifying chamber. The recess has a discharge hole, which is an example of a hole for discharging the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, which is the example of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Takanashi, Akira Yamagishi, Akihiro Toya
  • Publication number: 20240288512
    Abstract: A transformer diagnostic system having an insulating oil and a winding comprising a detection part detects a temperature at the top and bottom of the insulating oil and hydrogen, an arithmetic unit determines abnormality based on the detected values from the detection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya IWASAKI, Haruki MINAGAWA, Akira YAMAGISHI, Ryosuke SUGITA
  • Patent number: 12069456
    Abstract: Provided is a tactile sense presentation apparatus that includes a mounting portion, a pump unit, and a control unit. The mounting portion is mounted on a target object and includes a surface material which is deformable in at least a part of a contact portion with the target object. The pump unit includes a flow path, which is connected to the mounting portion, and feeds a fluid for deforming the surface material to the mounting portion. The control unit controls driving of the pump unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Koji Fukumoto, Akira Ono, Tomoaki Takuma, Satoshi Suzuki, Asami Yamagishi, Tomomasa Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20240208223
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge portion configured to discharge liquid, a maintenance portion that performs maintenance of the liquid discharge portion, a reception portion arranged on a lower side than the maintenance portion in a vertical direction and configured to receive waste liquid dripping from the maintenance portion, and a waste liquid flow path through which the waste liquid flows. The liquid discharge portion includes a nozzle configured to discharge the liquid in a discharge direction intersecting with the vertical direction. The reception portion includes a communication path that guides the received waste liquid to the waste liquid flow path. The communication path is provided at a lower portion of the reception portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Akira YAMAGISHI, Akihiro TOYA
  • Patent number: 11994448
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a leakage oil detection device for detecting leakage oil in an oil filled apparatus including: a light source configured to irradiate the apparatus; an imaging device configured to capture an image of the apparatus; a control device configured to control operations of the light source and the imaging device; a storage device configured to store a captured image; an image processing device configured to process the stored image; and a display device configured to display a processing result. The light source and the imaging device are arranged to capture specular reflection light from a surface of the apparatus as a target object. The image processing device recognizes a brightest portion and an adjacent dark portion on the image as leakage oil adhesion portions when a three-layer structure of luminance having bright portions having different luminances and a dark portion is observed in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Li Lu, Satoshi Ichimura, Akira Nishimizu, Akira Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20240083169
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection portion including a nozzle surface at which one or more nozzles open, and configured to eject, from the nozzle, liquid in a direction different from a vertical direction, a cap configured to form a space in communication with the nozzle by making contact with the ejection portion, an mounting portion to which the cap is detachably mounted, and a holding portion configured to hold the cap detached from the mounting portion. The cap includes a grabbing portion configured to be grabbed by an operator, and a contact portion configured to be hooked onto the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Akira YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20230373216
    Abstract: A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inlet through which a humidifying fluid for humidifying the space flows in and an outlet through which the humidifying fluid flows out, and a first moisture permeable membrane, which is an example of a partition wall, having gas permeability, that partitions the recess and the humidifying chamber. The recess has a discharge hole, which is an example of a hole for discharging the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, which is the example of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hiromichi TAKANASHI, Akira YAMAGISHI, Akihiro TOYA
  • Patent number: 11807007
    Abstract: A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inlet through which a humidifying fluid for humidifying the space flows in and an outlet through which the humidifying fluid flows out, and a first moisture permeable membrane, which is an example of a partition wall, having gas permeability, that partitions the recess and the humidifying chamber. The recess has a discharge hole, which is an example of a hole for discharging the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, which is the example of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Takanashi, Akira Yamagishi, Akihiro Toya
  • Patent number: 11494888
    Abstract: Provided is an oil leakage detection apparatus by which oil leakage detection is performed even for colorless oil with high detection accuracy and without complicating the apparatus. The oil leakage detection apparatus of the invention includes a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance to the oil-input machine, an ultraviolet light source configured to irradiate the oil-input machine with ultraviolet light, a color imaging unit configured to capture an image of the oil-input machine irradiated with ultraviolet light, an image processing unit configured to diagnose oil leakage of the oil-input machine based on the distance measured by the distance measurement unit and the captured image of the color imaging unit, and a display unit configured to display a processed image processed by the image processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Lu, Akira Nishimizu, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Akira Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20220057291
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a leakage oil detection device for detecting leakage oil in an oil filled apparatus including: a light source configured to irradiate the apparatus; an imaging device configured to capture an image of the apparatus; a control device configured to control operations of the light source and the imaging device; a storage device configured to store a captured image; an image processing device configured to process the stored image; and a display device configured to display a processing result. The light source and the imaging device are arranged to capture specular reflection light from a surface of the apparatus as a target object. The image processing device recognizes a brightest portion and an adjacent dark portion on the image as leakage oil adhesion portions when a three-layer structure of luminance having bright portions having different luminances and a dark portion is observed in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Lu, Satoshi Ichimura, Akira Nishimizu, Akira Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20220040979
    Abstract: A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inlet through which a humidifying fluid for humidifying the space flows in and an outlet through which the humidifying fluid flows out, and a first moisture permeable membrane, which is an example of a partition wall, having gas permeability, that partitions the recess and the humidifying chamber. The recess has a discharge hole, which is an example of a hole for discharging the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, which is the example of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromichi TAKANASHI, Akira YAMAGISHI, Akihiro TOYA
  • Publication number: 20210192710
    Abstract: Provided is an oil leakage detection apparatus by which oil leakage detection is performed even for colorless oil with high detection accuracy and without complicating the apparatus. The oil leakage detection apparatus of the invention includes a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance to the oil-input machine, an ultraviolet light source configured to irradiate the oil-input machine with ultraviolet light, a color imaging unit configured to capture an image of the oil-input machine irradiated with ultraviolet light, an image processing unit configured to diagnose oil leakage of the oil-input machine based on the distance measured by the distance measurement unit and the captured image of the color imaging unit, and a display unit configured to display a processed image processed by the image processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Li LU, Akira NISHIMIZU, Toshiaki ROKUNOHE, Akira YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 10978237
    Abstract: The invention provides a core for a stationary induction apparatus including an amorphous core formed of an amorphous thin magnetic strip arranged inside the core, a silicon steel sheet core formed of a silicon steel sheet arranged on a side surface of the amorphous core, a wear plate arranged on the outermost peripheral surface of the silicon steel sheet core, an amorphous core frame arranged around the amorphous core including a space between the amorphous core and the silicon steel sheet core, and a support frame which supports and fixes the amorphous core and the silicon steel sheet core via the wear plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chie Kobayashi, Akira Nishimizu, Naoyuki Kurita, Akira Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10755442
    Abstract: An oil leakage detector of the present invention includes an image processing unit wherein the image processing unit calculates the values of saturation and intensity of each pixel in the color image of the object after an ultra-violet light is irradiated thereon, draws an intensity-saturation characteristic line of the saturation expressed in an X-axis and the intensity expressed in a Y-axis, sets an upper limit and a lower limit of intensity of each saturation as a threshold value based on an area without oil adhesion on the surface of the object, and determines, in the intensity-saturation characteristic line, an area corresponding to a pixel group where the intensity exceeds the threshold value of the upper limit and a pixel group where the intensity falls below the threshold value of the lower limit, to be an oil leakage adhered area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Lu, Satoshi Ichimura, Tomohiro Moriyama, Jun Nukaga, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Akira Yamagishi, Yasutomo Saito
  • Patent number: 10665381
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve a mechanical strength and to ensure a low magnetic loss without using a supporting member even when amorphous ribbons are used for an inner core. To attain the object, a stationary induction apparatus core of the present invention includes an inner core formed from the amorphous ribbons and outer cores formed from silicon steel sheets, the outer cores being disposed on two sides of the inner core in a depth direction as opposed to a standing direction of the inner core in such a manner as to sandwich the inner core therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chie Kobayashi, Naoyuki Kurita, Akira Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10665382
    Abstract: A stationary induction apparatus includes a main body tank and a stationary induction apparatus main body. The main body is accommodated in the tank. An electrostatic shield ring is placed on the upper and lower end parts of a winding. An electrostatic shield ring has a magnetic ring and two insulating rings vertically fixing the magnetic ring for a spool. A conductive tape is laid on an insulating tape. These tapes are wound around the spool. An insulating tape is wound around the wound tapes. The width of the insulating tape is equal to or greater than the width of the conductive tape. One end of the conductive tape is connected to one end part of the winding and to the magnetic ring. A gap is provided at at least one place on the magnetic ring. The winding direction of the conductive tape is inverted at at least one place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Miyamoto, Yoshio Hamadate, Akira Yamagishi, Mao Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 10658106
    Abstract: To provide a safe stationary induction electrical apparatus that prevents a fragment coming off a magnetic shield, wound around an iron core leg portion of the stationary induction electrical apparatus, due to vibrations from being released in a tank accommodating the stationary induction electrical apparatus and thus prevents a trouble such as dielectric breakdown. Moreover, to provide a stationary induction electrical apparatus that does not need to be changed in the dimensions of an iron core for securing an insulation distance due to the placement of a magnetic shield and can reduce a compressive force generated in a winding. A magnetic material is provided in the interiors of insulating members whose interiors are hollow and which are provided in the vicinities of upper and lower ends of the winding wound around the iron core leg portion of the stationary induction electrical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichirou Yamada, Akira Nishimizu, Yoshio Hamadate, Akira Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10629355
    Abstract: A stationary induction apparatus includes a cooled magnetic material ring disposed in an end portion of each winding and that can reduce an electromagnetic-mechanical force and improve reliability. The apparatus includes an iron core; a winding outside of the iron core; a plurality of iron core clamps that sandwich the winding from a longitudinal direction of the iron core; a magnetic material ring with a silicon steel plate wound outside of the iron core; a laminated magnetic material composite ring including an insulator on an outer circumference of the magnetic material ring; and a holding-and-cooling structure between the winding and the laminated magnetic material composite ring, in which a portion of the holding-and-cooling structure protruding from between the winding and the laminated magnetic material composite ring extends in the longitudinal direction, and the holding-and-cooling structure is a recess with respect to the winding and the laminated magnetic material composite ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kakugawa, Yasunori Ono, Mao Kawamoto, Akira Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10509021
    Abstract: There is provided a diagnosing device for an on-load tap changing apparatus of a transformer, which can diagnose the degradation degree of insulating oil at high accuracy by a relatively simple device configuration. A diagnosing device for an on-load tap changing apparatus has an insulating oil tank in which insulating oil is sealed, a changeover switching device that is disposed within the insulating oil tank and performs the tap changing operation of a tap winding, a tap selector that selects the tap position of the tap winding, and a polarity (transposition) changer that inverts the polarity of the tap winding or a winding connected to the tap winding. The diagnosing device includes an arc discharge light detector that detects arc discharge light that is emitted at changing the tap position of the tap selector. The degradation degree of the insulating oil is diagnosed based on the arc discharge light detected by the arc discharge light detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Lu, Yoshio Hamadate, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Akira Yamagishi, Hideyuki Miyahara