Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Hashimoto

Hiroaki Hashimoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20170278654
    Abstract: To provide a gas circuit breaker having a space-saving and highly reliable double motion mechanism with high design freedom. In a double motion mechanism of the gas circuit breaker, a driven side movable pin is communicated with a lever driven side hole cut in the opposite side with respect to a rotation axis of a lever. A round hole through which a driving side movable pin is inserted and an elongate hole through which the driven side movable pin is inserted are cut in the outside of the lever. A position retaining member to suppress rotation of the driving side movable pin about two axes vertical to a pin axis is provided. The driving side movable pin is moved in respective grooved cams with an operation of the driving side rod, to rotate the lever, drive the driven side connecting rod in an opposite direction to the driving side connecting rod, and drive the driven side arcing contact in an opposite direction to the driving side arcing contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masanao TERADA, Hajime URAI, Daisuke EBISAWA, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Riichi NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20170271806
    Abstract: There is provided a plug unit including a plurality of predetermined standard plug connectors, the predetermined standard plug connectors each including a contact that connects with a connection terminal of a predetermined standard receptacle connector, and the plug unit includes one insulator which holds the contact that each of the plurality of predetermined standard plug connectors has and which defines an interval between the plurality of predetermined standard plug connectors and a posture of the predetermined standard plug connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: ACES ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Kato, Hiroaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20170250039
    Abstract: To provide a gas circuit breaker having a space-saving reliable double motion mechanism having a high degree of freedom in design. A double motion mechanism section of the gas circuit breaker is formed of a drive-side connecting rod, a driven-side connecting rod, levers connecting them and a guide regulating operations of the drive-side connecting rod and the driven-side connecting rod. A movable pin is connected to a first grooved cam formed in the drive-side connecting rod, a second grooved cam formed in the guide and third grooved cams formed in the levers respectively, and posture holding members are provided in the movable pin. The movable pin moves in the respective grooved cams by an operation of the drive-side connecting rod, thereby rotating the levers, driving the driven-side connecting rod in an opposite direction of the drive-side connecting rod, and driving the driven-side arcing contact in an opposite direction of the driven-side arcing contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Masanao TERADA, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Riichi NAGAO, Yu HASEGAWA, Takashi IIDA
  • Patent number: 9640349
    Abstract: The gas circuit breaker is made up of a fixed contact, a movable contact, a sealed tank having the fixed contact and the movable contact therein, an operating mechanism for driving the movable contact, and a mechanism unit for housing a link mechanism for connecting the operating mechanism with the movable contact. The operating mechanism is made up of an opening spring and a closing spring, cases for covering respective peripheries of those elastic bodies, a control mechanism for holding and freeing the driving force of the elastic body, and a link mechanism for conveying the driving force of the elastic body to the movable contact. The opening spring is laterally disposed in the axial direction between the link mechanism and the control mechanism. An integral flange is provided on an opening spring case and a closing spring case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kenichi Okubo, Go Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9620315
    Abstract: Provided is a gas circuit breaker that can reduce control energy smaller than that in previous double motion systems and an excessive force applied to a moveable pin to achieve a highly reliable double motion system. A gas circuit breaker has a double motion mechanism unit including a driving-side connecting rod, a driven-side connecting rod, a lever to connect the rods, and a guide to define the motion of the driving-side and driven-side connecting rods. A moveable pin extends through a first grooved cam of the driving-side conencting rod, a second grooved cam of the guide, and a third grooved cam of the lever. The driving-side connecting rod operates to move the moveable pin inside the grooved cams. Thus, the lever is rotated, the driven-side connecting rod is driven opposite to the driving-side connecting rod, and the driven-side arcing contact is driven opposite to the driving-side arcing contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanao Terada, Hajime Urai, Katsuhiko Shiraishi, Yoichi Oshita, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Noriyuki Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 9573472
    Abstract: A battery control system connected to a battery equipped with an explosion-proofing mechanism for cutting off an electric current when the battery enters an overcharge state, including: a cell voltage detection unit that detects voltage at the battery; a storage unit that stores information pertaining to the battery conditions; an overcharge decision-making unit that makes a decision as to whether or not the battery is in an overcharge state; a storage control unit that engages the storage unit to store information pertaining to the overcharge state when the overcharge decision-making unit decides that the battery is in an overcharge state; and an explosion-proofing decision-making unit that decides that the explosion-proofing mechanism in the battery has actuated if the overcharge information is stored in the storage unit and the cell voltage detected by the cell voltage detection unit is lower than a predetermined lower limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Takada, Akihiro Machida, Norihiro Shinotsuka, Hiroshi Morikawa, Toshikazu Maeshima, Shigeyuki Kiyota, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Toyoki Iguchi, Hiroaki Saitou, Hiroaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20160367385
    Abstract: A prosthetic knee joint includes a knee portion coupled to the socket, a cylinder that is coupled to the knee portion and limits or aids operation of the knee portion, a knee angle sensor that directly or indirectly detects a knee angle value, and a control unit that controls driving of the cylinder. The control unit may calculate a knee angular velocity value based on the knee angle value detected by the knee angle sensor. The control unit determines whether the knee portion is in a knee still state based on the knee angular velocity value and automatically restricts contraction of the cylinder based on a time duration in which the knee portion is in the knee still state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Yoshiaki NAKAYA, Masakazu SAITO, Yoshihiro TADA, Taishiro MISAO, Masahiko OKUDA
  • Patent number: 9520699
    Abstract: An object is to provide a switchgear having a simple structure. To solve the problem, a switchgear according to the invention is characterized by having a fixed side electrode 3, a movable side electrode 4 configured to come into contact with or separate from the fixed side electrode 3, and an operating mechanism configured to allow drive force for movement of the movable side electrode 4 to be generated, wherein the operating mechanism for operating the movable side electrode 4 includes one operating mechanism, and the one operating mechanism allows the movable side electrode 4 to stop at three or more positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Urai, Yasuaki Aoyama, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Tatsuro Kato, Ayumu Morita, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Yoichi Oshita
  • Patent number: 9425589
    Abstract: A circuit breaker (33) formed with a sealed tank (4) having a breaker section and an operating mechanism (2) is laterally arranged in a lengthwise direction and is fixed to a frame (1), and above the circuit breaker, main bus containers (11, 12) are provided, substantially orthogonally to an axial direction of the circuit breaker (33). Operating mechanism-side working space (B) and breaker section-side working space (C) are provided respectively above the operating mechanism (2) and the sealed tank (4), and a hand hole (5) is provided on an upper surface of the sealed tank (4). A connecting pin (24) is provided in a link mechanism connecting the operating mechanism (2) and the movable contact (7), and an operating mechanism-side working hole for accessibility to the connecting pin (24) from the operating mechanism-side working space (B) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kenichi Okubo, Daisuke Ebisawa, Makoto Hirose
  • Publication number: 20160203927
    Abstract: Provided is a gas circuit breaker that can reduce control energy smaller than that in previous double motion systems and an excessive force applied to a moveable pin to achieve a highly reliable double motion system. A gas circuit breaker has a double motion mechanism unit including a driving-side connecting rod, a driven-side connecting rod, a lever to connect the rods, and a guide to define the motion of the driving-side and driven-side connecting rods. A moveable pin extends through a first grooved cam of the driving-side conencting rod, a second grooved cam of the guide, and a third grooved cam of the lever. The driving-side connecting rod operates to move the moveable pin inside the grooved cams. Thus, the lever is rotated, the driven-side connecting rod is driven opposite to the driving-side connecting rod, and the driven-side arcing contact is driven opposite to the driving-side arcing contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanao TERADA, Hajime URAI, Katsuhiko SHIRAISHI, Yoichi OSHITA, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Noriyuki YAGINUMA
  • Publication number: 20160204478
    Abstract: A battery pack cooling system includes a plurality of cells disposed in an internal space of a battery pack case so as to form a cooling passage configured to cool the cell modules by cooling air flowing in the cooling passage. A first temperature sensor is a minimum temperature sensor disposed in the upstream position which becomes a lowest temperature. A second temperature sensor is a maximum temperature sensor disposed in the downstream position which becomes a highest temperature. A third temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature of either the highest temperature or the lowest temperature disposed in a second cell module. A cooling passage includes a cooling air inlet passage, a cooling air exhaust passage, and a plurality of cooling branch passages disposed to connect the cooling air inlet passage and the cooling air exhaust passage in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Masayoshi SAEKI, Hiroaki SAITOU, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Hiroshi IWATA, Hiroshi HOSHI, Akira KOTAKI, Nayuta YAMACHI, Toshiyuki YOSHIDA, Chikara KIKKAWA, Takeshi HAGA
  • Publication number: 20160193925
    Abstract: A battery control system connected to a battery equipped with an explosion-proofing mechanism for cutting off an electric current when the battery enters an overcharge state, including: a cell voltage detection unit that detects voltage at the battery; a storage unit that stores information pertaining to the battery conditions; an overcharge decision-making unit that makes a decision as to whether or not the battery is in an overcharge state; a storage control unit that engages the storage unit to store information pertaining to the overcharge state when the overcharge decision-making unit decides that the battery is in an overcharge state; and an explosion-proofing decision-making unit that decides that the explosion-proofing mechanism in the battery has actuated if the overcharge information is stored in the storage unit and the cell voltage detected by the cell voltage detection unit is lower than a predetermined lower limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicants: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki TAKADA, Akihiro MACHIDA, Norihiro SHINOTSUKA, Hiroshi MORIKAWA, Toshikazu MAESHIMA, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki SAITOU, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160185238
    Abstract: A battery control system connected to a battery, which controls charge/discharge at the battery, includes: a current detection unit that measures a current value by detecting a charge/discharge current flowing through the battery; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage at the battery; a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature at the battery; an effective current value calculation unit that calculates, based upon the current value measured by the current detection unit, an effective current value in a predetermined time window; a time ratio calculation unit that determines a time ratio indicating a ratio of a length of time over which the effective current value has been in excess of a predetermined allowable value during a predetermined specified time period; and a charge/discharge restriction unit that restricts the charge/discharge current based upon the time ratio determined by the time ratio calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MORIKAWA, Yoshinori AOSHIMA, Masayuki TAKADA, Kenichiro TSURU, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Yasuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160185248
    Abstract: A battery control system connected to a battery, which controls charge/discharge at the battery, includes: a current detection unit that measures a current value by detecting a charge/discharge current flowing through the battery; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage at the battery; a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature at the battery; an effective current value calculation unit that calculates, based upon the current value measured by the current detection unit, an effective current value in a predetermined time window; and a charge/discharge restriction unit that imposes a first charge/discharge restriction so as to restrict the charge/discharge current based upon the effective current value calculated by the effective current value calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOSHIMA, Hiroshi MORIKAWA, Masayuki TAKADA, Kenichiro TSURU, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Yasuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160176308
    Abstract: A battery control system connected to a battery, which controls charge/discharge at the battery, includes: a current detection unit that measures a current value by detecting a charge/discharge current flowing through the battery; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage at the battery; a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature at the battery; a temperature history recording unit that records temperature history pertaining to the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit; and a charge/discharge restriction unit that restricts the charge/discharge current in a low-temperature state based upon the temperature history recorded by the temperature history recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicants: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MORIKAWA, Yoshinori AOSHIMA, Masayuki TAKADA, Kenichiro TSURU, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Yasuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9324510
    Abstract: The gas circuit breaker includes a main shaft which is a rotating shaft of a main lever connected to an opening spring, a cam shaft which is a rotating shaft of a cam connected to a closing spring, a main shaft holding member which holds the main shaft, a cam shaft holding member which holds the cam shaft, and a bracket which holds the main shaft holding member and the cam shaft holding member. A through hole is provided in a portion of the bracket between the main shaft holding member and the cam shaft holding member, and a heat generating member is provided at least on a portion of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kenichi Okubo
  • Publication number: 20150380179
    Abstract: The gas circuit breaker includes a main shaft which is a rotating shaft of a main lever connected to an opening spring, a cam shaft which is a rotating shaft of a cam connected to a closing spring, a main shaft holding member which holds the main shaft, a cam shaft holding member which holds the cam shaft, and a bracket which holds the main shaft holding member and the cam shaft holding member. A through hole is provided in a portion of the bracket between the main shaft holding member and the cam shaft holding member, and a heat generating member is provided at least on a portion of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Kenichi OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20150297366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a detection device for detecting a load and moment and capable of increasing the output by a strain gage. The detection device is provided with a characteristic sensor block. The sensor block includes a base having an axis extending in the direction of a load to be detected, a front side wall raised from the base at a position offset from the axis of the base, a rear side wall raised from the base at a position offset from the axis of the base in the direction opposite the front side wall, and an upper wall for connecting the upper end of the front side wall and the upper end of the rear side wall. The sensor block supports each strain gauge on the upper surface of the upper wall. The upper wall includes a center portion located at the center between the front side wall and the rear side wall, a first portion located between the center portion and the front side wall, and a second portion located between the center portion and the rear side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Takuya Shirata
  • Publication number: 20150250622
    Abstract: This invention relates to a technique for hermetically sealing an artificial leg including a cylinder device. A shell structure surrounds the outside of the cylinder device. The cylinder device is not entirely received within the shell structure, but a rod member extends to the outside of the shell structure from the cylinder body within the shell structure and a part of the rod member is located outside the shell structure. In this invention, the rod member, which extends from the inside to the outside of the shell structure, is hermetically sealed at the periphery thereof by a bellows packing member. The bellows packing member comprises an inner bead, an outer bead which concentrically surrounds the outside of the inner bead, and a bellows packing body part which connects the inner and outer beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakaya, Taishiro Misao, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Yoshihiro Tada
  • Publication number: 20150236485
    Abstract: A circuit breaker (33) formed with a sealed tank (4) having a breaker section and an operating mechanism (2) is laterally arranged in a lengthwise direction and is fixed to a frame (1), and above the circuit breaker, main bus containers (11, 12) are provided, substantially orthogonally to an axial direction of the circuit breaker (33). Operating mechanism-side working space (B) and breaker section-side working space (C) are provided respectively above the operating mechanism (2) and the sealed tank (4), and a hand hole (5) is provided on an upper surface of the sealed tank (4). A connecting pin (24) is provided in a link mechanism connecting the operating mechanism (2) and the movable contact (7), and an operating mechanism-side working hole for accessibility to the connecting pin (24) from the operating mechanism-side working space (B) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kenichi Okubo, Daisuke Ebisawa, Makoto Hirose