Patents by Inventor Koichi Futagami

Koichi Futagami 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: 8310106
    Abstract: To suppress the magnetizing inrush current occurring when supplying power of three phases of the transformer are performed simultaneously using three single-phase circuit breakers or a non-phase segregated operation-type circuit breaker, without providing a circuit breaker with a resistor or other equipment. A magnetizing inrush current suppression method for transformer suppresses a magnetizing inrush current occurring at the start of energizing of a three-phase transformer 300, when a three-phase power supply 100 is input to a terminal of each phase by means of a three-phase circuit breaker 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tadashi Koshiduka, Minoru Saito, Susumu Nishiwaki, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Koichi Futagami, Yoshimasa Sato, Tsuyoshi Kokumai, Hiroshi Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 8217536
    Abstract: A first calculation part calculates the phase-to-phase steady-state magnetic flux of the three phases of the power supply. A second calculation part calculates the phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux of the three phases in the primary windings side of the transformer when the circuit breakers interrupt the transformer. A phase detection part detects a voltage phase at which polarity and magnitude of the calculated steady-state magnetic flux and residual magnetic flux coincide. Closing control part firstly causes only the circuit breakers of the two phases to close at the detected voltage phase, and then causes the circuit breaker of the remaining one phase to close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tadashi Koshizuka, Minoru Saito, Koichi Futagami, Hiroshi Kusuyama, Yoshimasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20100141235
    Abstract: To suppress the magnetizing inrush current occurring when supplying power of three phases of the transformer are performed simultaneously using three single-phase circuit breakers or a non-phase segregated operation-type circuit breaker, without providing a circuit breaker with a resistor or other equipment. A magnetizing inrush current suppression method for transformer suppresses a magnetizing inrush current occurring at the start of energizing of a three-phase transformer 300, when a three-phase power supply 100 is input to a terminal of each phase by means of a three-phase circuit breaker 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tadashi Koshiduka, Minoru Saito, Susumu Nishiwaki, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Koichi Futagami, Yoshimasa Sato, Tsuyoshi Kokumai, Hiroshi Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20100039737
    Abstract: To provide a magnetizing inrush current suppression device for transformer and control method of same, which accurately calculates the residual magnetic flux when a transformer installed in a non-solidly earthed system, is interrupted by circuit breakers, and which enables suppression of the magnetizing inrush current occurring when three single-phase circuit breakers or single-phase circuit breakers are used for simultaneously supplying power to three phases of the transformer, without providing a circuit breaker with a resistor or other equipment to enlarge the circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tadashi Koshizuka, Minoru Saito, Koichi Futagami, Hiroshi Kusuyama, Yoshimasa Sato