Patents by Inventor Fumio URAKAWA

Fumio URAKAWA 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: 11101660
    Abstract: A storage battery system includes: a grid-connected storage battery; and a first current sensor that is provided in an electrical circuit linking the storage battery and the grid and detects a current in the electrical circuit the storage battery system having the electrical circuit connected with one or more power generators. The storage battery system includes: a second current sensor that is provided in the electrical circuit such that the one or more power generators are connected between the first current sensor and the second current sensor; and a controller that calculates generated power of the one or more power generators based on outputs obtained from the first current sensor and the second current sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Urakawa, Tetsuo Akita
  • Publication number: 20200112175
    Abstract: A storage battery system includes: a grid-connected storage battery; and a first current sensor that is provided in an electrical circuit linking the storage battery and the grid and detects a current in the electrical circuit the storage battery system having the electrical circuit connected with one or more power generators. The storage battery system includes: a second current sensor that is provided in the electrical circuit such that the one or more power generators are connected between the first current sensor and the second current sensor; and a controller that calculates generated power of the one or more power generators based on outputs obtained from the first current sensor and the second current sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio URAKAWA, Tetsuo AKITA
  • Patent number: 10481184
    Abstract: This abnormality detection method for a single-phase AC input voltage is executed by a control unit having a function of a phase locked loop, and includes: sequentially generating a simulated voltage waveform with a phase synchronized with the input voltage, by using the phase locked loop; and within a period until a next update of the generated simulated voltage waveform, comparing the instantaneous value of the input voltage with the simulated voltage waveform, and when the instantaneous value of the input voltage changes from a state of being along the simulated voltage waveform to a state of not being along the simulated voltage waveform, determining that the input voltage is abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Urakawa, Tetsuo Akita, Koichi Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10476259
    Abstract: A power conversion device provided between a DC power supply and an AC electric path, including: a breaking device provided to at least one line of an output electric path in the power conversion device; a first voltage sensor provided on a primary side of the breaking device; a second voltage sensor provided on a secondary side of the breaking device; and a determination unit which calculates a primary-side voltage and a secondary-side voltage, and a primary-side phase and a secondary-side phase and determines that the breaking device is opened, by occurrence of an event in which an absolute value of a voltage difference between the primary-side voltage and the secondary-side voltage is greater than a voltage difference threshold value and an absolute value of a phase difference between the primary-side phase and the secondary-side phase is greater than a phase difference threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai, Koichi Takeshita, Fumio Urakawa, Shinjirou Shinada, Tadatsugu Udono
  • Publication number: 20190181635
    Abstract: A power conversion device provided between a DC power supply and an AC electric path, including: a breaking device provided to at least one line of an output electric path in the power conversion device; a first voltage sensor provided on a primary side of the breaking device; a second voltage sensor provided on a secondary side of the breaking device; and a determination unit which calculates a primary-side voltage and a secondary-side voltage, and a primary-side phase and a secondary-side phase and determines that the breaking device is opened, by occurrence of an event in which an absolute value of a voltage difference between the primary-side voltage and the secondary-side voltage is greater than a voltage difference threshold value and an absolute value of a phase difference between the primary-side phase and the secondary-side phase is greater than a phase difference threshold value
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai, Koichi Takeshita, Fumio Urakawa, Shinjirou Shinada, Tadatsugu Udono
  • Publication number: 20180217187
    Abstract: This abnormality detection method for a single-phase AC input voltage is executed by a control unit having a function of a phase locked loop, and includes: sequentially generating a simulated voltage waveform with a phase synchronized with the input voltage, by using the phase locked loop; and within a period until a next update of the generated simulated voltage waveform, comparing the instantaneous value of the input voltage with the simulated voltage waveform, and when the instantaneous value of the input voltage changes from a state of being along the simulated voltage waveform to a state of not being along the simulated voltage waveform, determining that the input voltage is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Fumio URAKAWA, Tetsuo AKITA, Koichi TAKESHITA