Patents by Inventor Masanori Nakagawa
Masanori Nakagawa 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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Publication number: 20200310244Abstract: The substrate with a multilayer reflective film includes a substrate and the multilayer reflective film configured to reflect exposure light, the multilayer reflective film comprising a stack of alternating layers on a substrate, the alternating layers including a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer, in which the multilayer reflective film contains molybdenum (Mo) and at least one additive element selected from nitrogen (N), boron (B), carbon (C), zirconium (Zr), oxygen (O), hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D), and the crystallite size of the multilayer reflective film calculated from a diffraction peak of Mo (110) by X-ray diffraction is 2.5 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori NAKAGAWA, Hirofumi KOZAKAI
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Patent number: 10263554Abstract: A power supply device for an internal combustion engine, using a generator driven by an internal combustion engine as a power source and supplying power to a first load that needs to be constantly driven to cause the internal combustion engine to operate and a second load that is permitted not to drive during startup of the engine, wherein a first generation coil for driving the first load and a second generation coil for driving the second load are provided to be magnetically-coupled tightly in the generator, and voltage supplied to a load is boosted to a higher voltage value than conventionally achieved by performing chopper control of an energizing current of the first generation coil and an energizing current of the second generation coil while preventing energization from the second generation coil to a load.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MAHLE ELECTRIC DRIVES JAPAN CORPORATIONInventor: Masanori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20180205336Abstract: A power supply device for an internal combustion engine, using a generator driven by an internal combustion engine as a power source and supplying power to a first load that needs to be constantly driven to cause the internal combustion engine to operate and a second load that is permitted not to drive during startup of the engine, wherein a first generation coil for driving the first load and a second generation coil for driving the second load are provided to be magnetically-coupled tightly in the generator, and voltage supplied to a load is boosted to a higher voltage value than conventionally achieved by performing chopper control of an energizing current of the first generation coil and an energizing current of the second generation coil while preventing energization from the second generation coil to a load.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2015Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventor: MASANORI NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20130054070Abstract: An electric working vehicle, including a motor, to supply a driving force to at least one wheel of plural wheels; a rotary-type blade attached on part of the vehicle body; a blade motor; a battery to supply electric power to the running and blade motor; a first power converter to convert the electric power from the battery for the running motor; a second power converter to convert the electric power from the battery for the blade motor; and a controller portion to control at least power conversion operations of the first and second converter, wherein as least, the first power converter is able to operate regeneration, and the controller portion controls the second power converter in such a manner that regeneration electric power when the first power converter operates under condition of the regeneration is supplied to the blade motor, depending on a charging condition of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventor: Masanori NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 8027180Abstract: A power generating apparatus including an AC generator that supplies electric power to a load including a voltage accumulating means, an inverter that applies AC control voltage to armature winding of the generator from the voltage accumulating means, and a controller that controls a phase of control voltage applied to the armature winding by the inverter to keep load voltage at a target value, wherein the phase of the control voltage is controlled so as to advance when the load voltage is higher than the target value, hold the present phase when the load voltage is equal to the target value, advance when the load voltage is lower than the target value and a phase of phase voltage of the generator is delayed behind a phase of a phase current of the same phase, and delay when the load voltage is lower than the target value and the phase of the phase voltage of the generator is advanced ahead of a phase of a phase current of the same phase.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Nakagawa
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Patent number: 7683587Abstract: A generation device, having a magneto generator, in which an AC control voltage is applied from a battery charged with a rectified output of the magneto generator to an armature winding of the generator through an inverter to control a battery voltage to a limit value or less, comprising: fixed point detection means for detecting a fixed point on a waveform of a phase current of the generator; phase current phase detection means for detecting a phase angle of the fixed point in relation to a reference phase; arithmetical operation means for arithmetically operating timing for generating the AC control voltage with reference to the phase of the fixed point; and inverter control means for controlling switch elements of the inverter so as to generate the AC control voltage at the timing arithmetically operated by the arithmetical operation means.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Inaba, Masanori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20100052460Abstract: In a permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine having coils 12 with a deviated electrical angle phase at their magnetic pole positions, a relation of T2>T1 is satisfied where T1 is the number of turns of each of the coils and T2 is the number of turns of each of other coils, or alternatively a relation of R2<R1 is satisfied where R1 is a magnetic resistance of a tooth around which each of the coils is wound and R2 is a magnetic resistance of a tooth around which each of other coils is wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Hidetoshi Koka, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Susumu Terumoto, Masanori Nakagawa
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Patent number: 7638917Abstract: An electrical rotating machine with permanent magnets which is configured such that the ratio of the number of magnetic poles of permanent magnets 3 to the number of magnetic poles of coils 12 is at 10:9 or 8:9. The coils 12 are configured such that a middle coil U? and two adjacent coils U+, U+ on both sides thereof are in-phase connected to be in-phase coils for each phase, and there is satisfied the relationship that T2>T1 and T2>T3, where T2 is the turn number of the middle coil U?, and T1 and T3 are the turn numbers of the adjacent coils U+, U+.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Koka, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Susumu Terumoto, Masanori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20090102437Abstract: A power generating apparatus including an AC generator that supplies electric power to a load including a voltage accumulating means, an inverter that applies AC control voltage to armature winding of the generator from the voltage accumulating means, and a controller that controls a phase of control voltage applied to the armature winding by the inverter to keep load voltage at a target value, wherein the phase of the control voltage is controlled so as to advance when the load voltage is higher than the target value, hold the present phase when the load voltage is equal to the target value, advance when the load voltage is lower than the target value and a phase of phase voltage of the generator is delayed behind a phase of a phase current of the same phase, and delay when the load voltage is lower than the target value and the phase of the phase voltage of the generator is advanced ahead of a phase of a phase current of the same phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: KOKUSAN DENKI CO., LTDInventor: Masanori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20080211338Abstract: An electrical rotating machine with permanent magnets which is configured such that the ratio of the number of magnetic poles of permanent magnets 3 to the number of magnetic poles of coils 12 is at 10:9 or 8:9. The coils 12 are configured such that a middle coil U? and two adjacent coils U+, U+ on both sides thereof are in-phase connected to be in-phase coils for each phase, and there is satisfied the relationship that T2>T1 and T2>T3, where T2 is the turn number of the middle coil U?, and T1 and T3 are the turn numbers of the adjacent coils U+, U+.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Hidetoshi KOKA, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Susumu Terumoto, Masanori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20080195238Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a questionnaire application. In the game apparatus, a player object utilized in the application is registered, and each player object makes an answer to a questionnaire. Information of the questionnaire answered by the player object is managed by corresponding player data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryutaro Takahashi, Takafumi Masaoka, Masanori Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20080067981Abstract: A generation device, having a magneto generator, in which an AC control voltage is applied from a battery charged with a rectified output of the magneto generator to an armature winding of the generator through an inverter to control a battery voltage to a limit value or less, comprising: fixed point detection means for detecting a fixed point on a waveform of a phase current of the generator; phase current phase detection means for detecting a phase angle of the fixed point in relation to a reference phase; arithmetical operation means for arithmetically operating timing for generating the AC control voltage with reference to the phase of the fixed point; and inverter control means for controlling switch elements of the inverter so as to generate the AC control voltage at the timing arithmetically operated by the arithmetical operation means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Inaba, Masanori Nakagawa
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Patent number: 7301247Abstract: A power supply device incorporated in a vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine including: a first power supply system for driving a vehicle load that converts an output of a generation coil provided in a generator driven by an internal combustion engine into a DC output to supply the DC output to an electrical load or electrical loads in the vehicle; and a second power supply system for driving an external load that converts an output of another generation coil provided in the generator into a DC output, then converts the DC output into an AC output at a commercial frequency with an inverter, and supplies the AC output to an external load, wherein the inverter is operated as a DC-DC converter to supply assisting power from the inverter through a switch to the first power supply system, when the output of the first power supply system is insufficient.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masanori Nakagawa, Tooru Notsu
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Patent number: 7256507Abstract: An inverter controlled generator set including: a power supply unit that uses a generator driven by an engine as a power supply to output a DC voltage; an inverter device that converts the output voltage of the power supply unit into an AC voltage; and a rotational speed control unit that controls a rotational speed of the engine so as to be kept at a target rotational speed suitable for a load applied to the inverter device, wherein the rotational speed control unit is comprised so that a settling time when the rotational speed of the engine is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is above a set value is longer than a settling time when the rotational speed is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is below the set value, in order to minimize an operation sound of the engine when the load is intermittently driven.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
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Patent number: 7245036Abstract: An inverter controlled generator set including: a power supply unit that uses a generator driven by an engine as a power supply to output a DC voltage; an inverter device that converts the output voltage of the power supply unit into an AC voltage; and a rotational speed control unit that controls a rotational speed of the engine so as to be kept at a target rotational speed suitable for a load applied to the inverter device, wherein the rotational speed control unit is comprised so that a settling time when the rotational speed of the engine is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is above a set value is longer than a settling time when the rotational speed is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is below the set value, in order to minimize an operation sound of the engine when the load is intermittently driven.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
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Patent number: 7157885Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter controlled generator set which comprises a DC power source section having as a power source a generator driven by an engine and an inverter which converts an output of said DC power source section into an AC output, the method comprising a step of controlling a rotational speed of the engine so that the AC output suitable for driving a load is output from the inverter; wherein, after the engine is started, the rotational speed of the engine is controlled by a constant speed control mode for maintaining the rotational speed of the engine at a set rotational speed, and the rotational speed of the engine is increased to the set rotational speed; and wherein an operation of the inverter is started after the rotational speed of the engine reaches the set rotational speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Nakagawa, Masahiko Endou, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
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Publication number: 20060284843Abstract: An inverter controlled generator set including: a power supply unit that uses a generator driven by an engine as a power supply to output a DC voltage; an inverter device that converts the output voltage of the power supply unit into an AC voltage; and a rotational speed control unit that controls a rotational speed of the engine so as to be kept at a target rotational speed suitable for a load applied to the inverter device, wherein the rotational speed control unit is comprised so that a settling time when the rotational speed of the engine is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is above a set value is longer than a settling time when the rotational speed is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is below the set value, in order to minimize an operation sound of the engine when the load is intermittently driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Tld.Inventors: Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
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Publication number: 20060279087Abstract: An inverter controlled generator set including: a power supply unit that uses a generator driven by an engine as a power supply to output a DC voltage; an inverter device that converts the output voltage of the power supply unit into an AC voltage; and a rotational speed control unit that controls a rotational speed of the engine so as to be kept at a target rotational speed suitable for a load applied to the inverter device, wherein the rotational speed control unit is comprised so that a settling time when the rotational speed of the engine is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is above a set value is longer than a settling time when the rotational speed is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is below the set value, in order to minimize an operation sound of the engine when the load is intermittently driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Tld.Inventors: Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
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Patent number: 7123495Abstract: An inverter controlled generator set including: a power supply unit that uses a generator driven by an engine as a power supply to output a DC voltage; an inverter device that converts the output voltage of the power supply unit into an AC voltage; and a rotational speed control unit that controls a rotational speed of the engine so as to be kept at a target rotational speed suitable for a load applied to the inverter device, wherein the rotational speed control unit is comprised so that a settling time when the rotational speed of the engine is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is above a set value is longer than a settling time when the rotational speed is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is below the set value, in order to minimize an operation sound of the engine when the load is intermittently driven.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
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Patent number: 7091812Abstract: An inverter unit comprising component parts including at least an inverter and a filter which removes a high harmonic wave component from an output of said inverter, wherein said component parts are housed in an aluminum case having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion, said filter includes a coil which is wound around a core extending straight and is arranged at a position closed to one end of said case, an end portion of said core being wound with said coil is arranged closed to an inner surface of said side wall portion of the case, and a ferromagnetic plate, which leads magnetic flux coming in and out said end portion of the core arranged closed to said wall portion of the case to the direction along the inner surface of the side wall portion of the case, is disposed between said end portion of said core and said inner surface of said side wall portion of the case.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sugisawa, Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Katsumi Yamamoto, Kaoru Shinba