Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Takagi

Hitoshi Takagi 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: 9810374
    Abstract: A gas-filling apparatus includes a gas flow passage including an inflow end to which a gas supply source is connectable and an outflow end to which a pressure accumulator is connectable, a compressor, a storage portion, and an operation control portion conducting a first compression filling operation in which a gas supplied from the gas supply source connected to the inflow end is compressed by the compressor to be discharged from the outflow end and a second compression filling operation in which the gas stored in the storage portion is compressed by the compressor to be discharged from the outflow end, the operation control portion conducting the first compression filling operation until a pressure of the gas at the outflow end reaches a predetermined pressure and executing a control for shifting the first compression filling operation to the second compression filling operation when the pressure has reached the predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Hitoshi Takagi, Takuro Uba
  • Patent number: 9777726
    Abstract: In order to prevent the leakage of a gas from an internal space communicating with a compression chamber inside a cylinder in a cylinder head of a compressor, the compressor includes a suction valve pressing portion that presses a suction valve so that the suction valve provided in the internal space of the cylinder head does not slip off through a suction-side head opening, the suction valve pressing portion includes a suction valve pressing and inserting portion that is inserted into the cylinder head through the suction-side head opening, the outer peripheral surface of the suction valve pressing and inserting portion is provided with an annular suction valve pressing groove portion, a suction-side O-ring is attached into the suction valve pressing groove portion, and a suction-side backup ring that suppresses the movement of the suction-side O-ring toward the suction-side head opening is disposed at a position near the suction-side head opening of the suction-side O-ring inside the suction valve pressing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Toshio Hirai, Hitoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20170146001
    Abstract: A gas compression device (10) is provided with a compressor (16) and a recovery section (20). The recovery section (20) is provided with a recovery passage (22), an auxiliary compressor (24) which is provided in the recovery passage (22), and a recovery tank (26) which is provided in the recovery passage (22). When gas leaks from the main compressor (16), the auxiliary compressor (24) is driven and the leaked gas is compressed. The leaked gas, the pressure of which has been increased by the auxiliary compressor (24), flows into the recovery tank (26) and is stored therein. The gas within the recovery tank (26) is fed to a suction passage (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI, Takuro UBA
  • Patent number: 9605671
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reciprocating compressor that compresses a gas, including: a piston; a cylinder that includes a hole portion into which the piston is inserted so as to be movable in the axial direction in a reciprocating manner and includes a compression chamber which is formed in an area of the hole portion near a front end of the piston so that a gas is introduced into the compression chamber; a crank mechanism that drives the piston so that the gas introduced into the compression chamber is compressed by the piston; and a piston ring that is fitted to the outside of the piston and slides on an inner surface forming the hole portion of the cylinder, wherein a tapered portion is formed in an end, which is located near a base end of the piston, in the inner surface forming the hole portion of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Toshio Hirai, Hitoshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9600388
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor and a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to extract a command from a command cache, complete a process by the command utilizing a predetermined method, input information, which indicates a final result of the process, onto a writing stage when the process by the command has been completed, compute, when operation of information input onto an execution stage for execution of the process by the command has been completed, power consumption required to execute the command stored in the execution stage in accordance with a status of a CPU (central processing unit) or a status of pertained parts around the CPU, and add, when operation of information input onto the writing stage has been completed, the computed power consumption to a current value of a power accumulating register that is a software visible register, so as to obtain accumulated power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20170051875
    Abstract: A gas supply device includes a first compressor that compresses hydrogen gas, an accumulator disposed downstream of the first compressor and supplying the hydrogen gas to a dispenser that fills the hydrogen gas in a vehicle, and a gas flow passage that connects the first compressor, the accumulator, and the dispenser, and a control device. The gas flow passage includes a lead-in line for leading the hydrogen gas into the accumulator, a lead-out line for leading out the hydrogen gas from the accumulator, a lead-in side valve, and a lead-out side valve. The control device is capable of simultaneously bringing the lead-in side valve and the lead-out side valve into an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI, Takuro UBA
  • Publication number: 20160348814
    Abstract: A joint unit includes a first joint member, a second joint member, and a gasket. The first joint member has a female screw portion. The second joint member has a second pipe portion and a second fastener. The second pipe portion has a male screw portion. The second fastener has a second fastener body and a second collar having an annular shape. The second fastener body has an external screw portion that is a male screw. The second collar has at an inner circumferential portion thereof an internal screw portion that is a female screw. The external screw portion is engaged with the female screw portion, and the male screw portion is engaged with the internal screw portion. In the joint unit, the second fastener body and the first joint member are fastened so that the second collar presses the second pipe portion toward the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 9464761
    Abstract: A gas-filling device (1) in which the design pressure of a pressure accumulator can be reduced while downsizing a compressor includes a compressor (4) and a pressure accumulator (5). In advance, a relationship between a filling pressure and a target flow rate is determined in accordance with the volume of a tank (3), the filling pressure is detected, and the target flow rate is determined. A flow rate of a gas to be supplied into the tank (3) is controlled according to the target flow rate. In a case where the target flow rate is equal to or less than a maximum discharge flow rate of the compressor (4), the gas is supplied to the tank (3) only from the compressor (4). In a case where the target flow rate is greater than the maximum discharge flow rate, the gas is supplied to the tank (3) from the compressor (4) and the pressure accumulator (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Hitoshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9435488
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen station that supplies hydrogen to an external hydrogen tank, the hydrogen station including: a reciprocating compressor that is driven by a driver of which revolution is controllable; a cooling device that is capable of cooling hydrogen supplied from the reciprocating compressor to the hydrogen tank; a temperature sensor that detects an internal temperature of the hydrogen tank or a temperature of the hydrogen supplied to the hydrogen tank; and a control unit that controls the revolution of the driver based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Hitoshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9328970
    Abstract: Provided is a compressing device including a compressor with a compressing unit compressing a gas and a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including: a cooling unit that cools a gas compressed by the compressing unit; a connection path that connects the compressing unit to the cooling unit; and a connection path branch portion that is branched from a part of the connection path. The connection path branch portion includes an attachment portion that is provided in a surface different from a surface facing the compressor in the heat exchanger. An instrumentation device is directly and strongly attached to the attachment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Hitoshi Takagi, Takuro Uba, Toshio Hirai
  • Publication number: 20160116975
    Abstract: This invention provides a server system in which a plurality of servers are divided into a plurality of groups in accordance with a physical arrangement. The server system includes at least one system power provider that distributes and provides system power to each of the plurality of groups, a battery that corresponds to each of the plurality of groups and provides stored power to at least two servers included in the group, and a controller that controls each of the servers included in one group based on power providable by the system power provider and the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAGI, Jun YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160116932
    Abstract: To ensure the electricity storage amount of a power storage device in preparation for the peak period of power consumption when supplying power to a plurality of devices, a power management apparatus includes a controller that controls the plurality of devices that receive a distribution of total power supplied from the power storage device and another power supply, an acquirer that acquires the remaining electric energy of the power storage device, and a determiner that determines whether the remaining electric energy of the power storage device is not more than a first predetermined value. If the remaining electric energy of the power storage device is not more than the first predetermined value, the controller controls the plurality of devices such that the power from the other power supply is distributed to the power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun YOKOYAMA, Hitoshi TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20150354553
    Abstract: This compression device is provided with a reciprocating compressor which compresses a gas, and a heat exchanger which cools gas compressed by the compressor. The heat exchanger is provided with a cooling unit for cooling the gas and with a connection unit which abuts against the outside surface of the compressor and has a gas inlet passage to allow gas discharged from the compression chamber of the compressor to flow into the cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Kavushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI, Takuro UBA, Toshio HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20150167895
    Abstract: A gas-filling apparatus includes a gas flow passage including an inflow end to which a gas supply source is connectable and an outflow end to which a pressure accumulator is connectable, a compressor, a storage portion, and an operation control portion conducting a first compression filling operation in which a gas supplied from the gas supply source connected to the inflow end is compressed by the compressor to be discharged from the outflow end and a second compression filling operation in which the gas stored in the storage portion is compressed by the compressor to be discharged from the outflow end, the operation control portion conducting the first compression filling operation until a pressure of the gas at the outflow end reaches a predetermined pressure and executing a control for shifting the first compression filling operation to the second compression filling operation when the pressure has reached the predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI, Takuro UBA
  • Publication number: 20150059569
    Abstract: A compression apparatus in the present invention includes a compressor including a cylinder for compressing a gas, a gas cooler for cooling the gas compressed in the cylinder, and a circulation passage for guiding the gas compressed in the cylinder into the gas cooler. The gas cooler is diffusion bonded to the cylinder. In order to reduce the size of the compression apparatus, the circulation passage extends through an area in which the gas cooler and the cylinder face each other. At least areas surrounding the area are diffusion bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI, Toshio HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20140344593
    Abstract: A command is extracted from a command cache and a process by the command is completed utilizing a predetermined method. According to the completion, information, which indicates a final result of the process, is input onto a writing stage. When operation of information input onto an execution stage has been completed, power consumption required to execute the command stored in the execution stage is computed in accordance with a status of a CPU or a status of pertained parts around the CPU. When operation of information input onto the writing stage has been completed, the computed power consumption is added to a current value of a power accumulating register that is a software visible register, so as to obtain accumulated power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Hitoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20140332114
    Abstract: A gas-filling device (1) in which the design pressure of a pressure accumulator can be reduced while downsizing a compressor includes a compressor (4) and a pressure accumulator (5). In advance, a relationship between a filling pressure and a target flow rate is determined in accordance with the volume of a tank (3), the filling pressure is detected, and the target flow rate is determined. A flow rate of a gas to be supplied into the tank (3) is controlled according to the target flow rate. In a case where the target flow rate is equal to or less than a maximum discharge flow rate of the compressor (4), the gas is supplied to the tank (3) only from the compressor (4). In a case where the target flow rate is greater than the maximum discharge flow rate, the gas is supplied to the tank (3) from the compressor (4) and the pressure accumulator (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Hitoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20140322043
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reciprocating compressor that compresses a gas, including: a piston; a cylinder that includes a hole portion into which the piston is inserted so as to be movable in the axial direction in a reciprocating manner and includes a compression chamber which is formed in an area of the hole portion near a front end of the piston so that a gas is introduced into the compression chamber; a crank mechanism that drives the piston so that the gas introduced into the compression chamber is compressed by the piston; and a piston ring that is fitted to the outside of the piston and slides on an inner surface forming the hole portion of the cylinder, wherein a tapered portion is formed in an end, which is located near a base end of the piston, in the inner surface forming the hole portion of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Toshio HIRAI, Hitoshi TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20140318747
    Abstract: Provided is a compressing device including a compressor with a compressing unit compressing a gas and a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including: a cooling unit that cools a gas compressed by the compressing unit; a connection path that connects the compressing unit to the cooling unit; and a connection path branch portion that is branched from a part of the connection path. The connection path branch portion includes an attachment portion that is provided in a surface different from a surface facing the compressor in the heat exchanger. An instrumentation device is directly and strongly attached to the attachment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI, Takuro UBA, Toshio HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20140314604
    Abstract: In order to prevent the leakage of a gas from an internal space communicating with a compression chamber inside a cylinder in a cylinder head of a compressor, the compressor includes a suction valve pressing portion that presses a suction valve so that the suction valve provided in the internal space of the cylinder head does not slip off through a suction-side head opening, the suction valve pressing portion includes a suction valve pressing and inserting portion that is inserted into the cylinder head through the suction-side head opening, the outer peripheral surface of the suction valve pressing and inserting portion is provided with an annular suction valve pressing groove portion, a suction-side O-ring is attached into the suction valve pressing groove portion, and a suction-side backup ring that suppresses the movement of the suction-side O-ring toward the suction-side head opening is disposed at a position near the suction-side head opening of the suction-side O-ring inside the suction valve pressing
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Toshio Hirai, Hitoshi Takagi