Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Uehara
Hirotaka Uehara 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).
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Patent number: 11916397Abstract: A combined electric power generations' supply system includes an AC power generator that supplies power by off grid independent operation, a DC power supply device, an inverter that converts DC power output by the DC power supply device into AC power. The rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor when driving the virtual power generator according to an active power command based on a rotor model calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and the active power command. The output determination unit determines values relating to an active power and a reactive power to be output to the inverter based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. The modulation control unit performs control of a pulse width modulation of the inverter based on the determined value relating to the active power and reactive power.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Osamu Nakakita, Masayuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hirotaka Uehara, Masato Mitsuhashi, Fujio Eguchi
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Publication number: 20220166224Abstract: A combined electric power generations' supply system includes an AC power generator that supplies power by off grid independent operation, a DC power supply device, an inverter that converts DC power output by the DC power supply device into AC power. The rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor when driving the virtual power generator according to an active power command based on a rotor model calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and the active power command. The output determination unit determines values relating to an active power and a reactive power to be output to the inverter based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. The modulation control unit performs control of a pulse width modulation of the inverter based on the determined value relating to the active power and reactive power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Osamu NAKAKITA, Masayuki TANAKA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Hirotaka UEHARA, Masato MITSUHASHI, Fujio EGUCHI
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Publication number: 20220109306Abstract: A processing unit of a command generation device which is provided separately from a general-purpose inverter, performs following processing. A rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor of a virtual power generator when the virtual power generator is driven according to an active power command based on a rotor model that simulates a driving of the virtual power generator and calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and an active power command. A target determination unit determines a target value of a voltage frequency and a target value of an active power based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. A command generation unit generates a control command for the inverter based on the determined target value of the voltage frequency and the target value of the active power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Osamu NAKAKITA, Masayuki TANAKA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Hirotaka UEHARA, Masato MITSUHASHI, Fujio EGUCHI
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Patent number: 7657082Abstract: A method of measuring a welding-groove position for an over-lapped fillet welding of thin members, comprising a projection step of projecting a slit light so that the slit light is projected on both the thin members crossing a welding-groove face, a two-dimensional image acquisition step of capturing the slit-light image projected on each of the thin members as two-dimensional images; a three-dimensional conversion step of converting the two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images using a predetermined three-dimensional conversion parameter, and a calculation step of calculating the welding-groove position based on the three-dimensional data of the projected slit-light images, and relative positions between the projected slit-light images in the three-dimensional data defined by shapes and arrangement of the thin members.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sadao Kubo, Tadao Shimada, Kazuhiko Onoue, Hirotaka Uehara, Hirotaka Kinoshita, Yukimitsu Suzuki, Ichiro Arita
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Publication number: 20060159331Abstract: A method of measuring a welding-groove position for an over-lapped fillet welding of thin members, comprising a projection step of projecting a slit light so that the slit light is projected on both the thin members crossing a welding-groove face, a two-dimensional image acquisition step of capturing the slit-light image projected on each of the thin members as two-dimensional images; a three-dimensional conversion step of converting the two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images using a predetermined three-dimensional conversion parameter, and a calculation step of calculating the welding-groove position based on the three-dimensional data of the projected slit-light images, and relative positions between the projected slit-light images in the three-dimensional data defined by shapes and arrangement of the thin members.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Sadao Kubo, Tadao Shimada, Kazuhiko Onoue, Hirotaka Uehara, Hirotaka Kinoshita, Yukimitsu Suzuki, Ichiro Arita
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Patent number: 6747241Abstract: A laser beam projector to be employed in an automatic welding machine, such as a robot, includes an optical head that projects a laser beam and a holding and turning mechanism that holds and turns the optical head. The spot of the laser beam can be accurately located on the portion to be welded by turning the optical head by the holding and turning mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigekazu Shikoda, Tetsuya Kubota, Hirotaka Uehara, Osamu Satoh, Tomoyuki Uno, Mamoru Nishio
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Patent number: 6657156Abstract: A weld portion detector (20) and a laser beam projector (10) disposed a predetermined distance behind the weld portion detector (20) are moved together. The weld portion detector (20) detects a weld line and the laser beam projector (10) projects on the weld line detected by the weld portion detector (20) for laser welding. Pieces of data on weld positions sequentially detected by the weld portion detector (20) are stored sequentially in combination with times when the pieces of data on the weld positions are obtained and moving speeds of the weld portion detector (20) in a memory. A time when the weld portion detector (20) passed a point at which the laser beam projector (10) has just arrived is calculated on the basis of the times and the moving speeds stored in the memory. The laser beam projector (10) projects a laser beam on a weld position detected at the thus calculated time.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Kubota, Yoshimitsu Kurosaki, Eiichi Yagi, Tomoyuki Uno, Hirotaka Uehara, Osamu Satoh, Shigekazu Shikoda, Takayuki Murata, Mamoru Nishio
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Patent number: 6633018Abstract: A laser-welding head is capable of applying a fixed pressure to parts to be welded of workpieces regardless of the undulation of the surfaces of the parts to be welded. The laser-welding head includes a pressing device (12) having a roller (16) which rolls along parts of workpieces near a weld line (40) to press together the same parts of the workpieces, a pressing unit (6) for applying a predetermined pressure to the pressing device (12) to press the pressing device (12) toward the parts of the workpieces near the weld line (40), and a laser beam projecting unit (17) mounted on the pressing unit (6) for movement together with the pressing device (12). The pressing unit (6) is provided with a pneumatic cylinder actuator for applying the predetermined pressure to the pressing device (12).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Kawasaki Jukugyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigekazu Shikoda, Tetsuya Kubota, Hirotaka Uehara, Osamu Satoh, Tomoyuki Uno, Takayuki Murata, Mamoru Nishio
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Publication number: 20020084260Abstract: A weld portion detector (20) and a laser beam projector (10) disposed a predetermined distance behind the weld portion detector (20) are moved together. The weld portion detector (20) detects a weld line and the laser beam projector (10) projects on the weld line detected by the weld portion detector (20) for laser welding. Pieces of data on weld positions sequentially detected by the weld portion detector (20) are stored sequentially in combination with times when the pieces of data on the weld positions are obtained and moving speeds of the weld portion detector (20) in a memory. A time when the weld portion detector (20) passed a point at which the laser beam projector (10) has just arrived is calculated on the basis of the times and the moving speeds stored in the memory. The laser beam projector (10) projects a laser beam on a weld position detected at the thus calculated time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Kubota, Yoshimitsu Kurosaki, Eiichi Yagi, Tomoyuki Uno, Hirotaka Uehara, Osamu Satoh, Shigekazu Shikoda, Takayuki Murata, Mamoru Nishio
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Publication number: 20020079299Abstract: A laser beam projector to be employed in an automatic welding machine, such as a robot, includes an optical head of projecting a laser beam and a holding and turning mechanism of holding and turning the optical head. The spot of the laser beam can be accurately located on the portion to be welded by turning the optical head by the holding and turning mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigekazu Shikoda, Tetsuya Kubota, Hirotaka Uehara, Osamu Satoh, Tomoyuki Uno, Mamoru Nishio
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Publication number: 20020079295Abstract: A laser-welding head is capable of applying a fixed pressure to parts to be welded of workpieces regardless of the undulation of the surfaces of the parts to be welded. The laser-welding head includes a pressing device (12) having a roller (16) which rolls along parts of workpieces near a weld line (40) to press together the same parts of the workpieces, a pressing unit (6) for applying a predetermined pressure to the pressing device (12) to press the pressing device (12) toward the parts of the workpieces near the weld line (40), and a laser beam projecting unit (17) mounted on the pressing unit (6) for movement together with the pressing device (12). The pressing unit (6) is provided with a pneumatic cylinder actuator for applying the predetermined pressure to the pressing device (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigekazu Shikoda, Tetsuya Kubota, Hirotaka Uehara, Osamu Satoh, Tomoyuki Uno, Takayuki Murata, Mamoru Nishio
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Patent number: 5594548Abstract: A machine for inspecting the surface conditions of structural members within a furnace, particularly within a furnace operating at a high temperature or with a highly radioactive environment, such as a melting furnace for processing radioactive wastes.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: January 14, 1997Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu JigyodanInventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Igarashi, Junichi Adachi, Shinichi Usui, Shunji Yoshizawa, Hirotaka Uehara