Patents by Inventor Masaaki Bannai

Masaaki Bannai 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: 20070094043
    Abstract: An energy service business system includes a database which stores past data about an energy consumption of a facility before taking energy-saving measures, a measurer which measures present data of the energy consumption after taking the energy-saving measures, and a calculator which calculates energy curtailment quantities facility before and after taking the energy-saving measures. The past data in the database are stored in a form correlated with data of a production quantity, and the measurer measures the present data of the energy consumption together with data of the production quantity after taking the energy-saving measures. The calculator retrieves the past data having production quantity data within a set allowable range corresponding to the measured present data having production quantity data, and calculates the energy curtailment quantities by comparing the retrieved past data having production quantity data and the measured present data having the production quantity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Masaaki Bannai, Junichi Chiba, Kenichi Kuwabara, Sadakazu Kamo
  • Patent number: 7130832
    Abstract: If the energy service enterprise is responsible for paying costs for applying energy-saving measures to the object facilities, measures the energy consumption after taking the energy-saving measures, calculates the amount of curtailed energy cost by comparing the measured value with the energy consumption before taking the energy-saving measures previously stored in the database, and receives at least a part of the curtailed amount, the customer is not required to plan equipment investment in energy-saving measures and collection thereof. Introduction of the energy-saving measures is thus made easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Bannai, Junichi Chiba, Kenichi Kuwabara, Sadakazu Kamo
  • Publication number: 20020007388
    Abstract: If the energy service enterprise is responsible for paying costs for applying energy-saving measures to the object facilities, measures the energy consumption after taking the energy-saving measures, calculates the amount of curtailed energy cost by comparing the measured value with the energy consumption before taking the energy-saving measures previously stored in the database, and receives at least a part of the curtailed amount, the customer is not required to plan equipment investment in energy-saving measures and collection thereof. Introduction of the energy-saving measures is thus made easier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Masaaki Bannai, Junichi Chiba, Kenichi Kuwabara, Sadakazu Kamo