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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 11442381
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an image; a developing device that develops a latent image formed on the image carrier into a visible image formed of powder; an intermediate transfer body to which the visible image is transferred from the image carrier and that temporarily transports the visible image; a transfer device that transfers the visible image on the image carrier to the intermediate transfer body; a first cleaning device that cleans the image carrier by collecting powder that remains on the image carrier; a first collection container that receives the powder collected by the first cleaning device; a second cleaning device that cleans the intermediate transfer body by collecting powder that remains on the intermediate transfer body; a second collection container that receives the powder collected by the second cleaning device; a feeding device that supplies a transfer-process bias to the transfer device; and a changing unit that changes the transfer-process bias sup
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazunari Yamagishi, Akira Shimodaira
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 10421281
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a casing, a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in the casing, an absorber capable of absorbing a portion of the liquid that has leaked into the casing, and a detector capable of detecting the portion of the liquid absorbed by the absorber. The absorber includes a detection portion to be detected by the detector and a plurality of extension portions extending from the detection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamagishi, Akihiro Toya
  • Patent number: 10403427
    Abstract: A transformer of the invention includes a core which includes a main leg, a side leg, and a yoke, and a winding wire (5) which is wound around the main leg of the core, inside a tank (40) which is filled with an insulating medium, the main leg of the core includes a main wound core (1) having a square cross-section which is formed by winding the amorphous magnetic ribbon and a sub wound core (2) constituted by silicon steel plates which are stacked with curvatures provided at four sides thereof, and a cross-section of a part, where the winding wire (5) is disposed, in the main leg is approximately a circular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Oono, Naoya Miyamoto, Akira Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20190101521
    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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Li LU, Yoshio HAMADATE, Toshiaki ROKUNOHE, Akira YAMAGISHI, Hideyuki MIYAHARA
  • Patent number: 10234355
    Abstract: A leakage oil detection system includes a measurement device including a light source that causes a measured object which includes a leakage oil attachment part to be irradiated with ultraviolet rays, and an imaging device that detects fluorescence emitted from the leakage oil attachment part which is irradiated with the ultraviolet rays, and performs imaging on the measured object; and an analysis device that includes a driving control unit that controls operations of the light source and the imaging device, a recording unit that records an imaged image of the measured object which is imaged by the imaging device, and an image processing unit that calls the imaged image which is recorded in the recording unit and performs an image process to detect leakage oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Lu, Satoshi Ichimura, Tomohiro Moriyama, Jun Nukaga, Akira Yamagishi, Yasutomo Saito
  • Publication number: 20180358160
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a stationary induction apparatus that includes an appropriately held and cooled magnetic material ring disposed in an end portion of each winding and that can reduce an electromagnetic-mechanical force and improve reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeru KAKUGAWA, Yasunori ONO, Mao KAWAMOTO, Akira YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 10113933
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting leakage oil with a high degree of accuracy while avoiding the complexity of the system and the influence of noise light comprise: ultraviolet light sources arranged to irradiate an oil-filled device from a plurality of different incidence angles, and are switched on and off at the respective incidence angles in sequence, and include a wavelength exciting oil; an imaging device to photograph the oil-filled device irradiated with ultraviolet light emitted from the ultraviolet light sources when the ultraviolet light sources are switched on; a recorder to record respective images photographed by the imaging device; and a display to display the respective images. The respective images are compared, a site where a light emitting position does not change always is judged as a leakage oil site, and a site emitting light or not emitting light occasionally is judged as a noise light site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Lu, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Tomohiro Moriyama, Jun Nukaga, Akira Yamagishi, Yasutomo Saito
  • Publication number: 20180229506
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a casing, a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in the casing, an absorber capable of absorbing a portion of the liquid that has leaked into the casing, and a detector capable of detecting the portion of the liquid absorbed by the absorber. The absorber includes a detection portion to be detected by the detector and a plurality of extension portions extending from the detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Akira YAMAGISHI, Akihiro TOYA
  • Publication number: 20180233267
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Chie KOBAYASHI, Akira NISHIMIZU, Naoyuki KURITA, Akira YAMAGISHI