Patents by Inventor Masahiko Mino

Masahiko Mino 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: 11027815
    Abstract: A navigation method for a ship which includes: a plurality of main generators that feed power to navigation equipment used in normal navigation and appliances for the living quarters provided within a ship body; and an emergency generator that feeds power to emergency equipment in case of fire or flood. The navigation method includes: an emergency power feeding step for feeding power to the emergency equipment using the emergency generator when at least one of the plurality of main generators is disabled due to fire or flood; and a return-to-port power feeding step for feeding power to return-to-port equipment, required for navigation for returning to port, using the main generators and the emergency generator after the fire or flood has subsided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kuchiki, Shingen Takeda, Hiroshi Tamura, Masahiko Mino, Tatsuaki Kanaga, Yushi Ashizawa
  • Patent number: 10655852
    Abstract: This ship includes a ship body, a fuel tank chamber, a stern-side engine room, a bow-side engine room, a main fuel line and a sub-fuel line, and a pump mechanism. The main fuel line connects a fuel tank, a stern-side power generation unit, and a bow-side power generation unit through the bow-side engine room. The sub-fuel line connects at least the fuel tank and the stern-side power generation unit, and is disposed through a section different from the bow-side engine room through which the main fuel line passes. The pump mechanism selectively feeds fuel into the main fuel line or the sub-fuel line from the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kuchiki, Shingen Takeda, Hiroshi Tamura, Masahiko Mino, Koichi Okuda
  • Publication number: 20190291841
    Abstract: A navigation method for a ship which includes: a plurality of main generators that feed power to navigation equipment used in normal navigation and appliances for the living quarters provided within a ship body; and an emergency generator that feeds power to emergency equipment in case of fire or flood. The navigation method includes: an emergency power feeding step for feeding power to the emergency equipment using the emergency generator when at least one of the plurality of main generators is disabled due to fire or flood; and a return-to-port power feeding step for feeding power to return-to-port equipment, required for navigation for returning to port, using the main generators and the emergency generator after the fire or flood has subsided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke KUCHIKI, Shingen TAKEDA, Hiroshi TAMURA, Masahiko MINO, Tatsuaki KANAGA, Yushi ASHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190285273
    Abstract: This ship includes a ship body, a fuel tank chamber, a stern-side engine room, a bow-side engine room, a main fuel line and a sub-fuel line, and a pump mechanism. The main fuel line connects a fuel tank, a stern-side power generation unit, and a bow-side power generation unit through the bow-side engine room. The sub-fuel line connects at least the fuel tank and the stern-side power generation unit, and is disposed through a section different from the bow-side engine room through which the main fuel line passes. The pump mechanism selectively feeds fuel into the main fuel line or the sub-fuel line from the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke KUCHIKI, Shingen TAKEDA, Hiroshi TAMURA, Masahiko MINO, Koichi OKUDA
  • Patent number: 8155813
    Abstract: A ship powered by an internal combustion engine (1) and an electric motor (2) connected to a propeller (3) powered by surplus electric power obtained by a thermal discharge recovery system has a controller including a feedback control section for controlling a base amount of fuel injected to the internal combustion engine (1) based on the difference between the target number of rotation of the propeller given by the operator and the real number of rotation, and a feed-forward control section having a means (25) for calculating an overall power output and a means (26) for calculating a correction in the amount of fuel injected to the internal combustion engine based on the overall power output and the number of rotation of the propeller. The base amount of fuel is corrected by subtracting the correction obtained by the feed-forward section from the base amount of fuel calculated by the feedback control section whereby preventing a rapid change in the speed of the ship due to rapid change in ship loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Osafune, Yuji Ohta, Yoshimi Kagimoto, Akihiro Miyanagi, Masahiko Mino, Yoshihiro Ichiki
  • Publication number: 20110257820
    Abstract: A ship powered by an internal combustion engine (1) and an electric motor (2) connected to a propeller (3) powered by surplus electric power obtained by a thermal discharge recovery system has a controller including a feedback control section for controlling a base amount of fuel injected to the internal combustion engine (1) based on the difference between the target number of rotation of the propeller given by the operator and the real number of rotation, and a feed-forward control section having a means (25) for calculating an overall power output and a means (26) for calculating a correction in the amount of fuel injected to the internal combustion engine based on the overall power output and the number of rotation of the propeller. The base amount of fuel is corrected by subtracting the correction obtained by the feed-forward section from the base amount of fuel calculated by the feedback control section whereby preventing a rapid change in the speed of the ship due to rapid change in ship loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Osafune, Yuji Ohta, Yoshimi Kagimoto, Akihiro Miyanagi, Masahiko Mino, Yoshihiro Ichiki