Patents by Inventor Hikaru Kayano

Hikaru Kayano 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).

  • Sustained-arc control system on solar battery array
    Patent number: 8508894
    Abstract: A sustained-arc control system is constituted with a capacitance which is placed between a gap on a solar battery array, working to control or inhibit the sustained arc. A solar battery array has a plurality of solar cells to provide a power source onboard an artificial satellite. A plurality of series circuits each of which composed of the solar cells connected in series is connected in parallel. The sustained-arc control system on the solar battery array is constituted with a capacitance lying between a positive line and a negative line to be charged with a voltage oscillation arising from the sustained arc. Electrostatic capacity of the capacitance is in a range of from at least 33 nF to 10 ?F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Kyusyu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Toyoda, Meng Cho, Hikaru Kayano
  • SUSTAINED-ARC CONTROL SYSTEM ON SOLAR BATTERY ARRAY
    Publication number: 20110216462
    Abstract: A sustained-arc control system is constituted with a capacitance which is placed between a gap on a solar battery array, working to control or inhibit the sustained arc. A solar battery array has a plurality of solar cells to provide a power source onboard an artificial satellite. A plurality of series circuits each of which composed of the solar cells connected in series is connected in parallel. The sustained-arc control system on the solar battery array is constituted with a capacitance lying between a positive line and a negative line to be charged with a voltage oscillation arising from the sustained arc. Electrostatic capacity of the capacitance is in a range of from at least 33 nF to 10 ?F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Kyusyu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Toyoda, Meng Cho, Hikaru Kayano