Patents by Inventor Kazuo Takahashi
Kazuo Takahashi 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: 10458328Abstract: A combustion pressure sensor has a case member with a joint surface on the side of a tip end and in which an opening portion is provided. A joint surface of a pressure reception member on which a combustion pressure acts is brought into planar contact with the joint surface of the case member so as to block the opening portion. A welding portion joins the joint surfaces to each other. A piezoelectric element stored in the case member converts a pressing force based on the combustion pressure transmitted from the pressure reception member into a signal. On the side of one edge side in at least the one joint surface, the one joint surface is limited to a given depth of welding from the other edge side. A predetermined clearance portion is provided so as to form a predetermined gap with the opposite joint surface and a welding portion is provided which includes at least all the limited joint surface from the other edge side in the one joint surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga
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Publication number: 20190310086Abstract: A gyrosensor according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an oscillator and a controller. The oscillator includes an oscillator body and a detection part. The detection part is provided on the oscillator body, and outputs a detection signal including angular velocity information. The controller includes an angular-velocity detection circuit and a correction circuit. The angular-velocity detection circuit detects the detection signal in synchronization with a first timing signal. The correction circuit detects the detection signal in synchronization with a second timing signal and generates a correction signal for correcting driving of the oscillator, the second timing signal having a phase different from a phase of the first timing signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: KAZUO TAKAHASHI, KUNIHIKO MORI
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Publication number: 20190280583Abstract: A two-shaft gas turbine facility includes a two-shaft gas turbine, an induction motor connected to a compressor of the two-shaft gas turbine, a secondary battery, a first frequency converter that controls power transmission and reception between a power system and the induction motor, and a second frequency converter that controls charging and discharging of power between the secondary battery and the power system. A first control unit of a control device causes power transmission and reception to be performed between the induction motor and the power system by the first frequency converter if a required output change rate is higher than a maximum output change rate. A second control unit causes the secondary battery to be charged and discharged by the second frequency converter if power to be transmitted to and received from the induction motor has reached maximum allowable power.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Naoyuki NAGAFUCHI, Toshimitsu MORIMOTO, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Atsushi TSUTSUMI
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Patent number: 10408092Abstract: A heat exchanger is for use in an energy recovery system to be mounted on a vessel including an engine, a supercharger and an economizer, the heat exchanger including: a first heat section for heating a working medium by supercharged air from the supercharger; a second heat section for heating the supercharged air by steam generated by the economizer before the supercharged air flows into the first heat section; and a third heat section for heating the working medium having been heated in the first section by the supercharged air which is to be heated in the second section.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., MIURA CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeto Adachi, Kazuo Takahashi, Tetsuro Fujii, Kazuya Arahira, Masakazu Yamamoto, Yutaka Kobayashi, Toshio Sageshima
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Publication number: 20190264906Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device includes: a main passage through which an exhaust gas containing a corrosive component flows; a boiler which heats a heat medium using the exhaust gas; a bypass passage connected to the main passage so as to detour around the boiler; a regulation valve member which regulates a flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing into the boiler; a heat medium circuit which circulates the heat medium that is heated to be in a hot-water state by the boiler; a binary electricity generation device which recovers thermal energy from the heat medium in the heat medium circuit and generates electricity; and a valve control unit which controls an opening of the regulation valve member such that a temperature of the exhaust gas passed through the boiler is equal to or higher than a temperature of an acid dew-point of the corrosive component in the exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventor: Kazuo TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20190234190Abstract: A geothermal heat recovery device includes a circulation flow path provided with a circulation pump, a heat medium pressurized by the circulation pump circulating through the circulation flow path in a hot liquid state; a heat exchanger installed underground and configured to heat the heat medium flowing through the circulation flow path with underground heat; a binary electricity generation device configured to recover, as electrical energy, thermal energy from the heat medium heated in the heat exchanger; a bypass path connected to the circulation flow path; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a flow division ratio between a flow rate of the heat medium flowing into the heat exchanger and a flow rate of the heat medium bypassing the heat exchanger through the bypass path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Shigeto ADACHI
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Publication number: 20190211713Abstract: The exhaust heat recovery system (1) comprises: an evaporator (2); an expander (3); a condenser (5); a circulation pump (7); a circulation flow path (6) for circulating a working medium therethrough; cooling medium piping (8) which is connected to the circulation flow path (6) and causes a portion of the working medium sent out from the circulation pump (7) to be diverted to flow into the condenser (5); a cooling-side opening/closing valve (13) for switching between a state in which the working medium can flow into the cooling medium piping (8) and a state in which the working medium cannot flow thereinto; and a control unit (10) for performing the switching control of the cooling-side opening/closing valve (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Shigeto ADACHI, Yutaka NARUKAWA, Kazumasa NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20190195141Abstract: Provided is a two-shaft gas turbine power generation equipment that includes: an induction motor which receives/transmits power from/to a power system; and a speed reducer that makes a rotational speed of a motor rotor of the induction motor lower than a rotational speed of a compressor rotor of a two-shaft gas turbine. The speed reducer includes: a compressor-side shaft; a motor-side shaft; a first compressor-side helical gear and a second compressor-side helical gear which are mounted on the compressor-side shaft; and a first motor-side helical gear and a second motor-side helical gear which are mounted on the motor-side shaft. The first compressor-side helical gear meshes with the first motor-side helical gear, and the second compressor-side helical gear meshes with the second motor-side helical gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Naoyuki NAGAFUCHI, Toshimitsu MORIMOTO, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Hironori TSUKIDATE
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Patent number: 10221782Abstract: An in-cylinder pressure detecting apparatus for detecting a pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided. The in-cylinder pressure detecting apparatus comprises a pressure detecting element mounted on a tip-portion of a fuel injection device which injects fuel into the combustion chamber, and an amplifying circuit unit having an amplifying circuit which amplifies a signal output from the pressure detecting element and outputs a pressure detection signal. An in-cylinder pressure detecting unit integrated fuel injection device is configured by integrating an in-cylinder pressure detecting unit with the fuel injection device. The in-cylinder pressure detecting unit includes the pressure detecting element, the amplifying circuit unit, and a connecting member connecting the pressure detecting element with the amplifying circuit unit. The in-cylinder pressure detecting unit integrated fuel injection device is mounted on the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusuke Akazaki, Masanori Yomoyama, Tetsuya Aiba, Kazuo Takahashi, Takayuki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190056282Abstract: A pressure detection device includes: a piezoelectric element that detects a pressure change via a diaphragm head or the like; a circuit board that is provided with a processing circuit that performs electrical processing with respect to a charge signal outputted from the piezoelectric element; a conductive housing member, which has conductivity and is disposed to cover (house) the circuit board, and which is connected to the ground of the circuit board; and a housing (a leading end side housing, the diaphragm head and a rear end side housing), which houses the piezoelectric element, the circuit board and the housing member, and which is electrically insulated from the piezoelectric element, the circuit board and the housing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicants: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta KANAMORI, Masanori YOMOYAMA, Tetsuya AIBA, Ikuo TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi NAKAGAWA, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Yusuke SATOH
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Patent number: 10202906Abstract: A two-shaft gas turbine having high operability is provided. The two-shaft gas turbine includes: a gas generator having a compressor, a combustor and a high pressure turbine; a power turbine having a low pressure turbine; a load connected to the power turbine; a motor/generator capable of rotatably driving the gas generator and capable of extracting power from the gas generator; electric equipment controlling the rotational driving and the power extraction by delivering electric power between the electric equipment and the motor/generator; and a control device controlling the electric equipment, wherein the combustor has a plurality of combustion regions to which a fuel is supplied through fuel adjustment means which are independent from each other, and the control device controls a delivery amount of the electric power delivered by the electric equipment corresponding to the number of combustion regions to which the fuel is supplied.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuro Morisaki, Naohiro Kusumi, Noriaki Hino, Tomomichi Ito, Kazuo Takahashi
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Patent number: 10193383Abstract: The dual-shaft gas turbine power generation system includes: a high-pressure gas turbine; a first rotating shaft connecting a compressor and the high-pressure gas turbine; an electric motor connected to the first rotating shaft; a governor which adjusts the amount of air taken into the compressor; a low-pressure gas turbine; a second rotating shaft connected to the low-pressure gas turbine; a synchronous power generator connected to the second rotating shaft; a frequency converter which converts the frequency of power transmitted between the synchronous power generator and the electric motor; and a control device which controls a frequency converter control device for controlling the frequency converter, and the governor, on the basis of a power output command value indicating the power to be outputted to an external grid.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Noriaki Hino, Naohiro Kusumi, Kazuo Takahashi, Tomomichi Ito
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Patent number: 10184359Abstract: A waste heat recovery device including: a heater which evaporates an working medium by exchanging heat between supercharging air supplied to an engine and the working medium; a heat exchanger which heats the working medium by exchanging heat between the working medium which has flowed out from the heater and a heating medium; and an expander into which the working medium which has flowed out from the heat exchanger flows; a motive power recovery device; a condenser which condenses the working medium; and a pump which sends the working medium to a heater.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., MIURA Co., Ltd., ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Fujisawa, Kazuo Takahashi, Yuji Tanaka, Shigeto Adachi, Yutaka Narukawa
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Patent number: 10060298Abstract: A thermal energy recovery device capable of suppressing a rapid increase of thermal stress generated in an evaporator when the operation is started and a start-up method thereof are provided. The thermal energy recovery device includes an evaporator, a preheater, an energy recovery unit, a circulating flow path, a pump, a heating medium flow path for supplying a heating medium to the evaporator and the preheater, a flow adjustment unit provided in a portion on the upstream side than the evaporator within the heating medium flow path, and a control unit. The control unit controls the flow adjustment unit so that the inflow amount of the heating medium in a gas-phase to the evaporator gradually increases, in a state that the pump is stopped, until the temperature of the evaporator becomes a specified value.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Shigeto Adachi, Yutaka Narukawa, Eiji Kanki, Shirohiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 9995244Abstract: A heat energy recovery system includes an evaporator, a superheater, an expander, a power recovery device, a condenser, a pump, and a controller. The controller includes: an engine load calculation section; a maximum rotation speed determination section for determining a maximum rotation speed of the pump which is obtained when a pinch temperature reaches a target pinch temperature, based on a relational expression representing a relationship between the engine load and the maximum rotation speed, and an engine load; and a rotation speed regulation section for regulating the rotation speed of the pump in such a way as to allow the degree of superheat of the working medium flowing into the expander to be equal to or greater than a reference value, and to allow the rotation speed to be equal to or less than a maximum rotation speed determined by the maximum rotation speed determination section.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd., MIURA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Kazuo Takahashi, Shigeto Adachi, Yutaka Narukawa
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Patent number: 9975321Abstract: A film peeling device preventing deformation or other defect of substrates occurring in the process of conveying films adhered up to the substrate leading ends while peeling from the substrate, protecting the substrate from damage, and avoiding deterioration of the substrate quality. The constitution is composed of a substrate holding mechanism for holding the leading end of a substrate by linear contact, an adhering and peeling mechanism for peeling films by an adhesive force from the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism, a film holding tool for gripping individually the leading ends of the films adhered to the substrate both sides being wound and lifted by the adhering and peeling mechanism, a film conveying unit drive mechanism for conveying the film holding tool gripping the films in the substrate opposite direction conveying direction, and a recovery container accommodating the films being gripped and conveyed by the film holding tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: HITACHI PLANT MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Ayabe, Kazuo Takahashi, Shigenori Takesue
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Publication number: 20180087993Abstract: A pressure detection device includes: a cylindrical body made of a conductor; a pressure receiver made of a conductor, the pressure receiver being mounted to one end side of the body and receiving pressure from the outside; a signal generator arranged inside the body, the signal generator being electrically connected to the pressure receiver and generating a signal corresponding to the pressure received by the pressure receiver; and a cover made of an insulator with a lower thermal conductivity than thermal conductivities of the body and the pressure receiver, the cover continuously covering an outer surface of the pressure receiver and a portion of an outer surface of the body, the portion being located at a side closer to the pressure receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicants: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke SATOH, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Aki SUDO, Keisuke SASAKI, Masakatsu NAGAI
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Publication number: 20180058968Abstract: A combustion pressure sensor mounted to a functional component attached to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided, wherein a pressure receiving member and a pressure detection element are supported by a housing, the pressure receiving member being a pressure receiving surface for receiving a combustion pressure, the pressure detection element detecting a pressure from the pressure receiving surface, the mounting of the combustion pressure sensor to the functional component is performed by joining the functional component and a connecting member provided to at least one of the pressure receiving member and the housing, and the connecting member is composed of a joint portion and a distortion buffer portion, the joint portion being joined with the functional component, the distortion buffer portion reducing influence of distortion occurring in the joint portion on the pressure receiving member or the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicants: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Takashi IWASHITA
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Publication number: 20180023422Abstract: A heat exchanger is for use in an energy recovery system to be mounted on a vessel including an engine, a supercharger and an economizer, the heat exchanger including: a first heat section for heating a working medium by supercharged air from the supercharger; a second heat section for heating the supercharged air by steam generated by the economizer before the supercharged air flows into the first heat section; and a third heat section for heating the working medium having been heated in the first section by the supercharged air which is to be heated in the second section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., MIURA CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeto ADACHI, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Tetsuro FUJII, Kazuya ARAHIRA, Masakazu YAMAMOTO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Toshio SAGESHIMA
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Publication number: 20180017386Abstract: [Object] To provide a sensor device, a gyro sensor, and an electronic apparatus capable of highly-accurately detecting angular velocities in multiaxial directions. [Solving Means] A sensor device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a vibrator unit, an annular base portion, a plurality of coupling portions, and a wiring layer. The wiring layer includes a plurality of drive wirings and a plurality of detection wirings. The plurality of drive wirings are respectively connected to first and second drive electrodes while being adjacent and parallel to one another. The plurality of detection wirings are respectively connected to first and second detection electrodes while being adjacent and parallel to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: SATOSHI MITANI, HIDETOSHI KABASAWA, KAZUO TAKAHASHI, HIDEO NIIKURA