Patents by Inventor Hideki Masuhara

Hideki Masuhara 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: 7286337
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a switching device for power distribution, wherein the entire load side-area including a circuit breaker can be protected against the grounding, whereby the protection region can be widened, leading to an enhancement in reliability. A circuit breaker, a current transformer and a zero-phase current transformer disposed in series are constructed as a unit, mounted on a carriage and accommodated in a power-receiving/distributing board. The switching unit for power distribution is constructed for connection to and for disconnection from a power source side-conductor and a load side-conductor. The zero-phase current transformer is disposed at a power source side-portion of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Electric Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Masuhara, Youzou Sibata, Yasuhiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7269574
    Abstract: In order to spread a transformer having energy saving and environmental effects widely and quickly, a method for supporting received orders of a transformer is provided. In the method, a first response including a customer's desired inquiry relating to an installation date of a measuring circuit is issued from a sales department to a customer who accessed a web site of the sales department. A second response including the installation date of the measuring circuit is issued from a measurement department in charge of measurement of the transformer. Since cooperative communication is achieved between the sales department and the measurement department in charge of the transformer measurement, the system can quickly cope with the customer who accessed the web site of the sales department and a social demand of early realization of energy saving and CO2 reduction can be realized with highly excellent effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Izuna, Hiromasa Ozaki, Hideki Masuhara
  • Publication number: 20060034025
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a switching device for power distribution, wherein the entire load side-area including a circuit breaker can be protected against the grounding, whereby the protection region can be widened, leading to an enhancement in reliability. A circuit breaker, a current transformer and a zero-phase current transformer disposed in series are constructed as a unit, mounted on a carriage and accommodated in a power-receiving/distributing board. The switching unit for power distribution is constructed for connection to and for disconnection from a power source side-conductor and a load side-conductor. The zero-phase current transformer is disposed at a power source side-portion of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Masuhara, Youzou Sibata, Yasuhiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6769169
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of restraining direct current magnetic deviation in a transformer without providing a gap in a core, an axis of easy magnetization is provided in a second direction intersecting with a first direction along a magnetic circuit of the core to thereby bring a B-H characteristic of a material characteristic of the core into an unsaturated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nishimizu, Hideki Masuhara, Youichi Amako, Masanao Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 6611191
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of restraining direct current magnetic deviation in a transformer without providing a gap in a core, an axis of easy magnetization is provided in a second direction intersecting with a first direction along a magnetic circuit of the core to thereby bring a B-H characteristic of a material characteristic of the core into an unsaturated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nishimizu, Hideki Masuhara, Youichi Amako, Masanao Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20030137386
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of restraining direct current magnetic deviation in a transformer without providing a gap in a core, an axis of easy magnetization is provided in a second direction intersecting with a first direction along a magnetic circuit of the core to thereby bring a B-H characteristic of a material characteristic of the core into an unsaturated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Akira Nishimizu, Hideki Masuhara, Youichi Amako, Masanao Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20030057962
    Abstract: In order to spread a transformer having energy saving and environmental effects widely and quickly, a method for supporting received orders of a transformer is provided. In the method, a first response including a customer's desired inquiry relating to an installation date of a measuring circuit is issued from a sales department to a customer who accessed a web site of the sales department. A second response including the installation date of the measuring circuit is issued from a measurement department in charge of measurement of the transformer. Since cooperative communication is achieved between the sales department and the measurement department in charge of the transformer measurement, the system can quickly cope with the customer who accessed the web site of the sales department and a social demand of early realization of energy saving and CO2 reduction can be realized with highly excellent effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Izuna, Hiromasa Ozaki, Hideki Masuhara
  • Publication number: 20020101321
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of restraining direct current magnetic deviation in a transformer without providing a gap in a core, an axis of easy magnetization is provided in a second direction intersecting with a first direction along a magnetic circuit of the core to thereby bring a B-H characteristic of a material characteristic of the core into an unsaturated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Akira Nishimizu, Hideki Masuhara, Youichi Amako, Masanao Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 4533892
    Abstract: A split structure type transformer has a core upper and lower split-up secondary windings and a primary winding which are wound about the core, a single tap winding having a plurality of tap winding parts and a plurality of tap terminals, and a single tap selector. The secondary windings are respectively connectable to independent loads, with only one end of the tap winding being connected to the primary winding, and the tap terminals are respectively connected to terminals of the tap selector. A pair of tap winding parts, connected to the same terminal of the tap selector, are arranged adjacently along the axial direction of winding. Each of the tap winding part pairs may be replaced by a single tap winding part which is formed by winding a single strand having a cross-sectional area which is twice a cross-sectional area of a strand used for winding each tap winding part pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Masuhara, Kunio Katada, Uichi Kudo