Patents by Inventor Hirotaka SUGAWARA

Hirotaka SUGAWARA 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: 20250047093
    Abstract: A power generation device includes: a power generator, a power conversion circuit, a first interruption circuit, a second interruption circuit, a first monitoring circuit which monitors an output current from the power generator to the power conversion circuit and outputs a first interruption signal when an absolute value of the output current exceeds a first predetermined value, and a second monitoring circuit which monitors a total value of output voltages of respective phases of the power generator and outputs a second interruption signal when an absolute value of the total value exceeds a second predetermined value. The first interruption circuit interrupts a connection between the power generator and the power conversion circuit in accordance with the output of the first or second interruption signal. The second interruption circuit interrupts a connection between three-phase coils and the neutral point in accordance with the output of the first or second interruption signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOBAYASHI, Hirotaka SUGAWARA, Yoshitaka KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20250012274
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a gear pump, and a minimum pressurizing check valve including a cylinder and a piston that partitions the internal space of the cylinder into a first chamber that communicates with the metering section and a second chamber that communicates with a system inlet, the piston is spring-biased in a direction toward the first chamber, a side wall of the cylinder is provided with an outflow port having an opening degree adjusted as the piston moves back and forth, the minimum pressurizing check valve keeps a differential pressure between the system inlet and the outlet of the metering section constant when the rotation speed of the gear pump is equal to or more than a lower threshold and is equal to or less than an intermediate threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka SUGAWARA, Naoki SEKI
  • Patent number: 11867124
    Abstract: A fuel supply control device (10) is configured to generate an operation amount used for feedback-controlling rotation of a gear pump (3) based on a deviation of a detected fuel flow rate with respect to a target flow rate, wherein the fuel supply control device generates the operation amount such that a rotation speed of the gear pump is equal to or greater than a predetermined lower limit rotation speed Nmin so as to protect a bearing of the gear pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Shimamura, Naoki Seki, Hirotaka Sugawara, Yasuhiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220128006
    Abstract: A fuel supply control device (10) is configured to generate an operation amount used for feedback-controlling rotation of a gear pump (3) based on a deviation of a detected fuel flow rate with respect to a target flow rate, wherein the fuel supply control device generates the operation amount such that a rotation speed of the gear pump is equal to or greater than a predetermined lower limit rotation speed Nmin so as to protect a bearing of the gear pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro SHIMAMURA, Naoki SEKI, Hirotaka SUGAWARA, Yasuhiko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210229817
    Abstract: An energy recovery device for an aircraft includes: a turbine that is provided between a cabin of the aircraft and an opening for discharging cabin discharge air from the cabin to the outside of the aircraft and is operated by only the cabin discharge air; and a power generator that is driven by the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki SEKI, Hirotaka SUGAWARA, Yasunori NIHEI, Hitoshi OYORI