Patents by Inventor Masahiro Inaniwa

Masahiro Inaniwa 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: 9981274
    Abstract: A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to hold a sample and configured to be detachably mounted, a rotation chamber accommodating the rotor, a plurality of motors configured to be rotationally driven by three-phase AC power, and a control device configured to control centrifuging operation, wherein one of the plurality of motors is a centrifuge motor configured to rotate the rotor, and the control device is configured to change distribution of power supplied to the centrifuge motor and power supplied to another motor of the plurality of motors during one operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kouichi Akatsu, Hisanobu Ooyama, Yuki Hodotsuka, Hidetaka Osawa
  • Patent number: 9375730
    Abstract: A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to be driven by a motor and to hold a sample, a centrifuge inverter, a chamber accommodating the rotor, a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the chamber, a cooling machine configured to cool the chamber and including a compressor, a compressor inverter, a compressor motor configured to be controlled in a variable speed and a control device, wherein the control device carries out a feedback control of the compressor motor based on a preset temperature and a detected temperature of the temperature sensor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is larger than a predetermined rotation number, and the control device carries out an intermittent control for turning ON-OFF the cooling function of the compressor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is smaller than a predetermined rotation number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kouichi Akatsu, Hisanobu Ooyama, Yuki Hodotsuka, Hidetaka Osawa
  • Publication number: 20140031191
    Abstract: A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to hold a sample and configured to be detachably mounted, a rotation chamber accommodating the rotor, a plurality of motors configured to be rotationally driven by three-phase AC power, and a control device configured to control centrifuging operation, wherein one of the plurality of motors is a centrifuge motor configured to rotate the rotor, and the control device is configured to change distribution of power supplied to the centrifuge motor and power supplied to another motor of the plurality of motors during one operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kouichi Akatsu, Hisanobu Ooyama, Yuki Hodotsuka, Hidetaka Osawa
  • Patent number: 8622271
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool has a housing, a nose portion, a magazine, a motor, a plunger, a drive mechanism, a trigger switch, a detection switch, an energizing switch, a failure detection circuit. The magazine is configured to store and supply a fastener to the nose portion. The motor is provided in the housing. The a plunger is provided in the housing to move between a top dead center and a bottom dead center. The plunger has a blade for impacting the fastener. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plunger with power from the motor. The trigger switch is configured to drive the drive mechanism, and operated by a user. The detection switch is configured to be switched according to an arrangement of the drive mechanism. The energizing switch is configured to control power feed of the motor. The energizing switch is switched by the trigger switch and the detection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano, Masahiro Inaniwa
  • Patent number: 8409068
    Abstract: A centrifuge comprises a rotor for holding a sample, a rotation chamber for housing the rotor, a motor for rotating the rotor, an oil diffusion pump for reducing a pressure within the rotation chamber, and a control unit for controlling the heater temperature of the oil diffusion pump for a target set temperature. The control unit changes the target set temperature from a first given temperature to a second given temperature that is lower than the first given temperature after a given period of time elapses since the start of control of the heater temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Akatsu, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hisanobu Ooyama, Shinichi Haruki
  • Patent number: 8313012
    Abstract: A controller 50 has a single-driving mode/continuous-driving mode changeover switch 233 for performing fastener driving operation in a single driving mode or a continuous driving mode. In a case where the single-driving mode/continuous-driving mode changeover switch 233 instructs a single driving mode, the controller 50 causes a driver blade 3a to perform fastener driving operation when both a trigger switch 5 and a push lever switch 22 are switched, by switching operation, from the one switch status to the other switch status (e.g., the ON status). Consequently, fastener driving operation is made possible regardless of sequence of actuation of the trigger switch 5 and the push lever switch 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20120260687
    Abstract: A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to be driven by a motor and to hold a sample, a centrifuge inverter, a chamber accommodating the rotor, a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the chamber, a cooling machine configured to cool the chamber and including a compressor, a compressor inverter, a compressor motor configured to be controlled in a variable speed and a control device, wherein the control device carries out a feedback control of the compressor motor based on a preset temperature and a detected temperature of the temperature sensor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is larger than a predetermined rotation number, and the control device carries out an intermittent control for turning ON-OFF the cooling function of the compressor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is smaller than a predetermined rotation number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro INANIWA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Kouichi AKATSU, Hisanobu OOYAMA, Yuki HODOTSUKA, Hidetaka OSAWA
  • Patent number: 8167182
    Abstract: An electric driving machine includes a remaining fastener sensor 257 which detects the amount of fasteners (e.g., nails) remaining, in an aligned and held manner, in a magazine 2 and which generates a residual-quantity signal (a signal showing depletion of fasteners) when the amount of remaining fasteners has decreased to a predetermined level or less; a remaining fastener detection circuit 406 which outputs a control signal (a signal of level 0) for controlling control means (299, 283, and other means) in accordance with an input of the residual-quantity signal (a switch-on signal) generated by the remaining fastener sensor 257; and a delay circuit 401 for delaying the remaining signal (the ON signal) generated by the remaining fastener sensor 257 by a predetermined period of time (e.g., 20 milliseconds) and inputs the thus-delayed remaining signal to the remaining fastener detection circuit 256 (406).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 7966691
    Abstract: To provide a dust collector which, even when it is used in a poor power supply situation, can detect the dust loading of a filter accurately, can remove dust automatically and can reduce power consumption. In the dust collector, there is provided a control circuit which can detect the dust loading of a filter by comparing the threshold value of the dust loading pressure to be determined by the internal pressure of the filter, the operation of a suction device, the power supply frequency of the suction device and the supply voltage of the suction device with the filter internal pressure just before the suction device stops, and, when the filter is dust loaded, can operate a dust removing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kumio Takahashi, Masahiro Inaniwa, Yoshimasa Hayama, Daisuke Kakegawa
  • Publication number: 20110021332
    Abstract: A centrifuge comprises a rotor for holding a sample, a rotation chamber for housing the rotor, a motor for rotating the rotor, an oil diffusion pump for reducing a pressure within the rotation chamber, and a control unit for controlling the heater temperature of the oil diffusion pump for a target set temperature. The control unit changes the target set temperature from a first given temperature to a second given temperature that is lower than the first given temperature after a given period of time elapses since the start of control of the heater temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Kouichi AKATSU, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hisanobu Ooyama, Shinichi Haruki
  • Patent number: 7871463
    Abstract: A dust collection device has a tank, a suction unit, a filtering unit, a dust removal unit, a first detection unit, and a control unit. The tank has an air inlet for accommodating dust. The suction unit aspirates the dust through the air inlet. The filtering unit captures the dust through the air inlet. The dust removal unit removes the dust from the filtering unit. The first detection unit detects an operational state of the suction unit. The control unit controls the suction unit and the dust removal unit. The control unit activates the dust removal unit, when the first detection unit detects that the suction unit operates for a first predetermined time period and then stops operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayama, Daisuke Kakegawa, Kumio Takahashi, Masahiro Inaniwa
  • Publication number: 20100237124
    Abstract: A controller 50 has a single-driving mode/continuous-driving mode changeover switch 233 for performing fastener driving operation in a single driving mode or a continuous driving mode. In a case where the single-driving mode/continuous-driving mode changeover switch 233 instructs a single driving mode, the controller 50 causes a driver blade 3a to perform fastener driving operation when both a trigger switch 5 and a push lever switch 22 are switched, by switching operation, from the one switch status to the other switch status (e.g., the ON status). Consequently, fastener driving operation is made possible regardless of sequence of actuation of the trigger switch 5 and the push lever switch 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20100154161
    Abstract: To provide a dust collector which, even when it is used in a poor power supply situation, can detect the dust loading of a filter accurately, can remove dust automatically and can reduce power consumption. In the dust collector, there is provided a control circuit which can detect the dust loading of a filter by comparing the threshold value of the dust loading pressure to be determined by the internal pressure of the filter, the operation of a suction device, the power supply frequency of the suction device and the supply voltage of the suction device with the filter internal pressure just before the suction device stops, and, when the filter is dust loaded, can operate a dust removing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Kumio Takahashi, Masahiro Inaniwa, Yoshimasa Hayama, Daisuke Kakegawa
  • Publication number: 20090321492
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool has a housing, a nose portion, a magazine, a motor, a plunger, a drive mechanism, a trigger switch, a detection switch, an energizing switch, a failure detection circuit. The magazine is configured to store and supply a fastener to the nose portion. The motor is provided in the housing. The a plunger is provided in the housing to move between a top dead center and a bottom dead center. The plunger has a blade for impacting the fastener. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plunger with power from the motor. The trigger switch is configured to drive the drive mechanism, and operated by a user. The detection switch is configured to be switched according to an arrangement of the drive mechanism. The energizing switch is configured to control power feed of the motor. The energizing switch is switched by the trigger switch and the detection switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano, Masahiro Inaniwa
  • Publication number: 20090255972
    Abstract: An electric driving machine includes a remaining fastener sensor 257 which detects the amount of fasteners (e.g., nails) remaining, in an aligned and held manner, in a magazine 2 and which generates a residual-quantity signal (a signal showing depletion of fasteners) when the amount of remaining fasteners has decreased to a predetermined level or less; a remaining fastener detection circuit 406 which outputs a control signal (a signal of level 0) for controlling control means (299, 283, and other means) in accordance with an input of the residual-quantity signal (a switch-on signal) generated by the remaining fastener sensor 257; and a delay circuit 401 for delaying the remaining signal (the ON signal) generated by the remaining fastener sensor 257 by a predetermined period of time (e.g., 20 milliseconds) and inputs the thus-delayed remaining signal to the remaining fastener detection circuit 256 (406).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 7500942
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator is configured such that a switching unit adapted to be brought into electrical conduction or electrical nonconduction is electrically connected in a drive power supply line between a motor drive circuit of a control unit and a motor winding wire, and that the switching unit is controlled to be brought into nonconduction when a door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Masahiro Inaniwa, Sadato Igarashi
  • Patent number: 7494036
    Abstract: Even when a transient decrease has arisen in a battery voltage VBAT of a battery pack at startup of a motor that drives a flywheel, a power terminal Vcc and a reset terminal RES (or an input terminal IN of a reset IC) of a microcomputer are replenished with a normal voltage by the voltage accumulated by a capacitor of the backup power circuit, and hence a controller can maintain normal operation without involvement of faulty operation. As a result, even the battery pack whose battery has a smaller amount of remaining energy can be effectively utilized as the power source of an electric driving machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 7469811
    Abstract: An electric driving machine has a motor for rotating a flywheel, power transmission for converting rotational drive force of the flywheel into rectilinear drive force and transmitting the rectilinear drive force to an actuator which fires a fastener, and engagement/disengagement arrangement which transmits the rotational drive force of the flywheel to a driver blade of interrupts transmission of the rotational drive force. The electric driving machine is provided with a second switching element connected in series with the engagement/disengagement arrangement and a third switching element connected in shunt with the engagement/disengagement arrangement. When a push lever switch is in an OFF position where driving of a fastener is not ready, the third switching element is held in an ON state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Koko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20080229719
    Abstract: A dust collection device has a tank, a suction unit, a filtering unit, a dust removal unit, a first detection unit, and a control unit. The tank has an air inlet for accommodating dust. The suction unit aspirates the dust through the air inlet. The filtering unit captures the dust through the air inlet. The dust removal unit removes the dust from the filtering unit. The first detection unit detects an operational state of the suction unit. The control unit controls the suction unit and the dust removal unit. The control unit activates the dust removal unit, when the first detection unit detects that the suction unit operates for a first predetermined time period and then stop operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshimasa HAYAMA, Daisuke Kakegawa, Kumio Takahashi, Masahiro Inaniwa
  • Publication number: 20080132395
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator is configured such that a switching unit adapted to be brought into electrical conduction or electrical nonconduction is electrically connected in a drive power supply line between a motor drive circuit of a control unit and a motor winding wire, and that the switching unit is controlled to be brought into nonconduction when a door is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Masahiro Inaniwa, Sadato Igarashi