Patents by Inventor Haruhiko HIRANO

Haruhiko HIRANO 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: 9677543
    Abstract: A structure for a nacelle cover connection portion of a wind turbine generator includes a lengthy first angled member fixed to an inside surface of a nacelle cover and forming an upper end portion of a side wall panel; and a lengthy second angled member fixed to the inside surface and forming a lower end portion of a roof panel. An upper surface of the first angled member and a lower surface of the second angled member are aligned with and fixed to each other. A covering portion covering the upper end portion from the outside of a nacelle is provided at a predetermined interval from the same and integral with the lower end portion so as to protrude to the outside of the nacelle cover farther than the lower end portion. A packing is interposed between the upper and lower surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kamibayashi, Haruhiko Hirano, Tomohiro Numajiri, Kenji Ito, Ikuo Honda, Yoshihiro Fujioka
  • Patent number: 9022745
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite material panel structure and a manufacturing method thereof with which an anti-lightning function can be realized without adding a separate anti-lightning structure to the composite material panel structure. In a composite material panel structure formed from a composite material panel containing reinforcing fibers, the composite material panel includes: a fiber-reinforced base material impregnated with a matrix resin; a conductive mesh sheet disposed on one surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material; and a bag film disposed on the one surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material so as to sandwich the conductive mesh sheet. The conductive mesh sheets of a plurality of the composite material panels are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kodai Shimono, Masakazu Kamibayashi, Haruhiko Hirano, Tomohiro Numajiri, Kenji Ito, Ikuo Honda, Yoshihiro Fujioka
  • Patent number: 8814530
    Abstract: To provide a nacelle roof structure of a wind turbine generator, where the nacelle roof structure is capable of reducing stress concentration on joints of a roofing member divided into multiple parts to accommodate growing size of a nacelle as well as improving transport efficiency of the roofing member. A nacelle roof structure of a wind turbine generator, with a top face of a nacelle being covered with a plate-type roofing member (30), in which the roofing member (30) has a joining structural portion (32) in which roof shingles (31) that divide the roofing member into a plurality of parts in a main-shaft direction are combined and plate couplings provided at opposite ends in the main-shaft direction are fastened together by being laid one on top of another; and two or more of the roof shingles (31) are equal in cut length in the main-shaft direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kamibayashi, Haruhiko Hirano, Tomohiro Numajiri, Kenji Ito, Ikuo Honda, Yoshihiro Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20130259677
    Abstract: A structure for a nacelle cover connection portion of a wind turbine generator includes a lengthy first angled member fixed to an inside surface of a nacelle cover and forming an upper end portion of a side wall panel; and a lengthy second angled member fixed to the inside surface and forming a lower end portion of a roof panel. An upper surface of the first angled member and a lower surface of the second angled member are aligned with and fixed to each other. A covering portion covering the upper end portion from the outside of a nacelle is provided at a predetermined interval from the same and integral with the lower end portion so as to protrude to the outside of the nacelle cover farther than the lower end portion. A packing is interposed between the upper and lower surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Masakazu Kamibayashi, Haruhiko Hirano, Tomohiro Numajiri, Kenji Ito, Ikuo Honda, Yoshihiro Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20120163990
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite material panel structure and a manufacturing method thereof with which an anti-lightning function can be realized without adding a separate anti-lightning structure to the composite material panel structure. In a composite material panel structure formed from a composite material panel containing reinforcing fibers, the composite material panel includes: a fiber-reinforced base material impregnated with a matrix resin; a conductive mesh sheet disposed on one surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material; and a bag film disposed on the one surface side of the fiber-reinforced base material so as to sandwich the conductive mesh sheet. The conductive mesh sheets of a plurality of the composite material panels are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kodai SHIMONO, Masakazu KAMIBAYASHI, Haruhiko HIRANO, Tomohiro NUMAJIRI, Kenji ITO, Ikuo HONDA, Yoshihiro FUJIOKA