Patents by Inventor Masayuki Shimizu

Masayuki Shimizu 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: 8362633
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator includes a hydraulic pump rotatable by a main shaft, a hydraulic motor connected to a generator, and a high pressure oil line and a low pressure oil line which are arranged between a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor. An operation mode selection unit switches an operation mode between a normal operation mode and a low rotation speed operation mode depending on environment conditions. The low rotation speed operation mode has a rated rotation speed of the main shaft lower than that of the normal operation mode, at least one of a rated displacement of the hydraulic pump and a rated pressure of the high pressure oil line that are greater than that of the normal operation mode and a rated output of a generator substantially same as that of the normal operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Masayuki Shimizu, Daniil Dumnov
  • Patent number: 8358024
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator and a tidal current generator equipped with a hydraulic transmission with a combination of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and which has a superior productivity and maintainability. The wind turbine generator 1 has the hydraulic transmission 10 for transmitting the rotation energy of a main shaft 8 to a generator 20. The hydraulic transmission 10 includes a hydraulic pump 12 of variable displacement type which is driven by the main shaft 8, a hydraulic motor 14 of variable displacement type which is connected to the generator 20, and a high pressure oil line and a low pressure oil line which are arranged between the hydraulic pump 12 and the hydraulic motor 14. The hydraulic transmission 10 is at least partially constituted of a plurality of modules (M1 to M7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Atsushi Maekawa, Masayuki Shimizu, Stephen Salter, Uwe Stein, William Rampen, Robert Fox, Hauke Karstens
  • Publication number: 20120330541
    Abstract: A device for providing driving assistance for a driver of the vehicle to avoid the object of the risk subject when driving the vehicle, which includes: an object determination unit that detects the object; a collision prediction time calculation unit that calculates a time to collision which is a time indicating a degree to which the vehicle approaches to the object; an estimated risk level determination unit that determines an estimated risk level indicating a possibility of the object moving onto a predicted travelling path of the vehicle; and a driving assistance content determination unit that determines driving assistance content based on the collision prediction time and the estimated risk level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Sakugawa, Hideo Fukamachi, Masayuki Shimizu, Shinichi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20120169725
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a left-eye display panel that displays a left-eye image, a left-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the left-eye image, a right-eye display panel that displays a right-eye image, a right-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the right-eye image, and a display control unit that controls the screen display of the left-eye display panel and the right-eye display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Shimizu, Tatsuya Narahara
  • Publication number: 20120162764
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a left-eye display unit configured to display a left-eye image, a right-eye display unit configured to display a right-eye image, a display control unit configured to control screen display of the left-eye display unit and the right-eye display unit, and an interpupillary distance adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an interpupillary distance between the left-eye display unit and the right-eye display unit. In the head-mounted display, the display control unit allows the left-eye display unit and the right-eye display unit to display a signal pattern for interpupillary distance adjustment when the interpupillary distance is adjusted by the interpupillary distance adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8200419
    Abstract: A braking control system (1) includes: an ECU (20) that determines the likelihood of collision with an object based on detection results by a millimeter wave radar (10), a stereo camera (11) and the like; a brake actuator (30) that automatically applies a braking force based on the determination results; a steering angle sensor (14) that detects the steering condition by a driver; and so forth. When it is determined that a collision with an object is likely and automatic braking is started, and it is subsequently determined that a collision with the object is avoided through a steering operation by the driver, the ECU (20) sets a smaller gradient with which the target deceleration (target braking force) in the automatic braking is reduced in comparison to when a collision with the object is avoided not through the steering operation by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120104752
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a wind turbine generator or a tidal current generator which is equipped with a hydraulic transmission and achieves a superior power generation efficiency, and a operation method thereof. The wind turbine generator 1 comprises a hydraulic pump 12 of a variable displacement type which is rotated by the main shaft 8, a hydraulic motor 14 of a variable displacement type which is connected to the generator 20, and a high pressure oil line 16 and a low pressure oil line 18 which are arranged between the hydraulic pump 12 and the hydraulic motor 14. The pump controller 32 obtains a target torque of the hydraulic pump 12 at which a power coefficient becomes maximum, and then sets a displacement Dp of the hydraulic pump 12 based on the target torque and the pressure in the high pressure oil line 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Masayuki Shimizu, Niall Caldwell, Daniil Dumnov, Stephen Laird, Venkata Pappala
  • Publication number: 20120089297
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor offset amount estimate device capable of accurately estimating the offset amount of a sensor. In a sensor offset amount estimate device, a sensor correction calculation unit estimates the offset amounts of a left and right acceleration sensor, a steering angle sensor, and a yaw rate sensor on the basis of a motion equation considering road camber when a vehicle is turned and traveling information detected by a sensor. Therefore, even when the vehicle travels on the road with road camber, it is possible to accurately estimate the offset amounts of the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120063929
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hydraulic pump structure which improves the ease of mounting the hydraulic pump on the main shaft, and a method of mounting the hydraulic pump which can be performed in a simplified manner. A hydraulic pump unit 10 is formed by unitizing a cylindrical member 46 fit into an outer circumference of the main shaft 12 and a hydraulic pump body 76 arranged on an outer circumferential side of the cylindrical member 46. The hydraulic pump body 76 comprises a ring cam 52 mounted on the outer circumference of the cylindrical member 46, a pump bearing 54, a pump housing 34, a plurality of piston 58 housed in the pump housing 34 and actuated by the ring cam, and a plurality of cylinders 60 which guide the plurality of pistons in a radial direction and are arranged in a circumferential direction, and the hydraulic pump unit 10 is configured such that the pump unit 10 is insertably fixed to the main shaft 12 by the cylindrical member 46.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Toshihide Noguchi, Yasuhiro Korematsu, Masayuki Shimizu, Alasdair Robertson, Uwe Stein, Hauke Karstens
  • Publication number: 20120061969
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator and a tidal current generator equipped with a hydraulic transmission with a combination of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and which has a superior productivity and maintainability. The wind turbine generator 1 has the hydraulic transmission 10 for transmitting the rotation energy of a main shaft 8 to a generator 20. The hydraulic transmission 10 includes a hydraulic pump 12 of variable displacement type which is driven by the main shaft 8, a hydraulic motor 14 of variable displacement type which is connected to the generator 20, and a high pressure oil line and a low pressure oil line which are arranged between the hydraulic pump 12 and the hydraulic motor 14. The hydraulic transmission 10 is at least partially constituted of a plurality of modules (M1 to M7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Atsushi Maekawa, Masayuki Shimizu, Stephen Salter, Uwe Stein, William Rampen, Robert Fox, Hauke Karstens
  • Publication number: 20120061958
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator and an operation control method thereof, which takes measures against issues such as noise, bird strike and a friction heat of a bearing shaft. The wind turbine generator 1 comprises a hydraulic pump 12 of a variable displacement type which is rotated by the main shaft 8, a hydraulic motor 14 of a variable displacement type which is connected to the generator 20, and a high pressure oil line 16 and a low pressure oil line 18 which are arranged between the hydraulic pump 12 and the hydraulic motor 14. An operation mode selection unit 38 switches an operation mode between a normal operation mode and a low rotation speed operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Masayuki Shimizu, Daniil Dumnov
  • Patent number: 8025409
    Abstract: An optical apparatus may include spectroscope means for splitting light irradiated from a light source into multiple color rays, polarizer means for polarizing the multiple color rays split by the spectroscope means, and trimming filters each trimming a wavelength component of at least one of the multiple color rays polarized through the polarizer means and guiding the resulting ray to an optical modulator, wherein at least one of the trimming filters is sloped about an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nao Kawamura, Nobuhiko Nishiki, Hideki Katsuragawa, Masayuki Shimizu, Takuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7901341
    Abstract: In a bending apparatus which moves one of upper and lower tables (9, 10), and performs bending on a workpiece (W) by tools (P, D) attached to the upper and lower tables (9, 10), a tool group including a plurality of split tools is transferred to the upper and lower table (9, 10), a plurality of process stations are formed by splitting the transferred tool into a plurality of tool groups based on automatically or manually determined tool-layout information, and then bending is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Amada Company, Ltd
    Inventors: Masayuki Shimizu, Hidekatsu Ikeda, Takanori Okubo, Akio Kammuri, Hisashi Uto
  • Publication number: 20090326820
    Abstract: A braking control system (1) includes: an ECU (20) that determines the likelihood of collision with an object based on detection results by a millimeter wave radar (10), a stereo camera (11) and the like; a brake actuator (30) that automatically applies a braking force based on the determination results; a steering angle sensor (14) that detects the steering condition by a driver; and so forth. When it is determined that a collision with an object is likely and automatic braking is started, and it is subsequently determined that a collision with the object is avoided through a steering operation by the driver, the ECU (20) sets a smaller gradient with which the target deceleration (target braking force) in the automatic braking is reduced in comparison to when a collision with the object is avoided not through the steering operation by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090295459
    Abstract: A temperature control device for controlling temperature of semiconductor device. The temperature control device comprising, a leak current detection unit for detecting leak current of the semiconductor device, and a temperature control unit for controlling temperature of the semiconductor device so that the leak current is within predetermined current range, if the leak current exceed the predetermined current range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masayuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090120261
    Abstract: A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kinshiro NAITO, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Shigeru ENDO, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi NAKAI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20090027623
    Abstract: An optical apparatus may include spectroscope means for splitting light irradiated from a light source into multiple color rays, polarizer means for polarizing the multiple color rays split by the spectroscope means, and trimming filters each trimming a wavelength component of at least one of the multiple color rays polarized through the polarizer means and guiding the resulting ray to an optical modulator, wherein at least one of the trimming filters is sloped about an optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nao Kawamura, Nobuhiko Nishiki, Hideki Katsuragawa, Masayuki Shimizu, Takuya Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20090020272
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus is equipped with an electronic device and a cooling device for cooling the electronic device. A heat pipe is provided with a wick and an operating liquid. The electronic device is disposed inside the heat pipe, and a heat spreader for thermally connecting the electronic device and the wick is provided inside the heat pipe. The electronic device further has a connector for connecting the electronic device to an outside of the heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masayuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 7479004
    Abstract: A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Amada Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kinshiro Naito, Masayuki Shimizu, Shigeru Endo, Takashi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakai, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7460354
    Abstract: One inventive aspect relates to a laminated capacitor capable of satisfying higher electrostatic capacitance and lower ESL at the same time. A dielectric chip constituting the laminated capacitor has an integral structure formed by alternately laminating a pair of first inner conductor layer and second inner conductor layer which are positioned on the same plane and are held in a non-contact relation, and a pair of third inner conductor layer and fourth inner conductor layer which are positioned on the same plane and are held in a non-contact relation, while a dielectric layer is interposed between the pair of first and second inner conductor layers and the pair of third and fourth inner conductor layers. Voltage of one polarity is applied to the first and fourth inner conductor layers from a first outer electrode through lead-out portions, and voltage of the other polarity is applied to the second and third inner conductor layers from a second outer electrode through lead-out portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Shimizu, Iwao Fujikawa, Kazuyuki Shibuya