Patents by Inventor Mikio Komatsu
Mikio Komatsu 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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Patent number: 11703376Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes a sensor that is provided in a diagnosis target device and detects diagnosis target information of the diagnosis target device, an abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not an abnormality occurs in the diagnosis target device based on the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor, a storage unit that stores a site of the diagnosis target device where the abnormality determination is possible and a sensor installation location where a sensor needs to be installed for the abnormality determination of the site, a designation reception unit that receives designation of a site where the abnormality determination is performed, and a presentation unit that executes predetermined presentation processing. The presentation processing by the presentation unit includes processing of presenting the sensor installation location where the sensor needs to be installed to perform the abnormality determination of the designated site.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Patent number: 11422544Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes a sensor that is provided in each of a plurality of diagnosis target devices and detects diagnosis target information of a corresponding diagnosis target device and a processing unit that is provided with respect to one or the plurality of diagnosis target devices and processes the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor. The processing unit is capable of executing a first processing mode and a second processing mode in which processing different from the first processing mode is performed, and processes the diagnosis target information in a selected processing mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Patent number: 11326984Abstract: There is provided a sensor including a sensor element, a substrate on which the sensor element is disposed, and a casing that accommodates the substrate. The casing has a doughnut shape, and has a connecting portion for externally connecting a wire. In a doughnut-shaped internal space of the casing, the substrate is disposed, and the wire is disposed in the connecting portion from a side of the substrate far from the connecting portion. A central cylinder portion is interposed between the substrate and the wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu, Sotaro Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Murai
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Patent number: 11280666Abstract: A diagnosis system includes a sensor that is provided in a diagnosis target device and detects diagnosis target information on the diagnosis target device, and a diagnosis processing unit that executes diagnosis processing of the diagnosis target device based on the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor. The diagnosis processing unit specifies a section of diagnosis target information suitable for the diagnosis processing based on section specifying information, and executes the diagnosis processing based on the diagnosis target information in the specified section.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Patent number: 11137321Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes a sensor that detects diagnosis target information of a diagnosis target device; a setting portion that sets a type of a determination value based on the diagnosis target information to be used for determination of whether an abnormality occurs in the diagnosis target device; and a diagnosis unit including a determination portion that determines whether the abnormality occurs in the diagnosis target device on the basis of the determination value of the type set by the setting portion. The diagnosis unit includes a first interface that outputs a determination result in the determination portion to a first external device, and a second interface that outputs a determination value of a type that is not set by the setting portion in addition to the determination value of the type set by the setting portion to a second external device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Publication number: 20200408591Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes a sensor that is provided in a diagnosis target device and detects diagnosis target information of the diagnosis target device, an abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not an abnormality occurs in the diagnosis target device based on the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor, a storage unit that stores a site of the diagnosis target device where the abnormality determination is possible and a sensor installation location where a sensor needs to be installed for the abnormality determination of the site, a designation reception unit that receives designation of a site where the abnormality determination is performed, and a presentation unit that executes predetermined presentation processing. The presentation processing by the presentation unit includes processing of presenting the sensor installation location where the sensor needs to be installed to perform the abnormality determination of the designated site.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Publication number: 20200300729Abstract: There is provided a sensor including a sensor element, a substrate on which the sensor element is disposed, and a casing that accommodates the substrate. The casing has a doughnut shape, and has a connecting portion for externally connecting a wire. In a doughnut-shaped internal space of the casing, the substrate is disposed, and the wire is disposed in the connecting portion from a side of the substrate far from the connecting portion. A central cylinder portion is interposed between the substrate and the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu, Sotaro Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Murai
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Publication number: 20200249073Abstract: A diagnosis system includes a sensor that is provided in a diagnosis target device and detects diagnosis target information on the diagnosis target device, and a diagnosis processing unit that executes diagnosis processing of the diagnosis target device based on the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor. The diagnosis processing unit specifies a section of diagnosis target information suitable for the diagnosis processing based on section specifying information, and executes the diagnosis processing based on the diagnosis target information in the specified section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Publication number: 20190271974Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes a sensor that is provided in each of a plurality of diagnosis target devices and detects diagnosis target information of a corresponding diagnosis target device and a processing unit that is provided with respect to one or the plurality of diagnosis target devices and processes the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor. The processing unit is capable of executing a first processing mode and a second processing mode in which processing different from the first processing mode is performed, and processes the diagnosis target information in a selected processing mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Publication number: 20190242787Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes a sensor that detects diagnosis target information of a diagnosis target device; a setting portion that sets a type of a determination value based on the diagnosis target information to be used for determination of whether an abnormality occurs in the diagnosis target device; and a diagnosis unit including a determination portion that determines whether the abnormality occurs in the diagnosis target device on the basis of the determination value of the type set by the setting portion. The diagnosis unit includes a first interface that outputs a determination result in the determination portion to a first external device, and a second interface that outputs a determination value of a type that is not set by the setting portion in addition to the determination value of the type set by the setting portion to a second external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Patent number: 10339785Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes: a sensor; an abnormality determination unit that determines whether an abnormality occurs in a diagnosis target device corresponding to the sensor on the basis of diagnosis target information detected by the sensor; a screen display controller that identifiably notifies a diagnosis target device for which it is determined by the abnormality determination unit that the abnormality occurs; a layout setting unit that sets a facility layout of a facility; and a disposition setting unit that sets a disposition of each diagnosis target device in the facility layout. The screen display controller identifiably notifies a diagnosis target device associated with a sensor that detects diagnosis target information that is a basis of the determination that the abnormality occurs, in a disposition screen display region 521 in which diagnosis information acquisition units are disposed on the facility layout.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Publication number: 20180286212Abstract: A failure diagnosis system includes: a sensor; an abnormality determination unit that determines whether an abnormality occurs in a diagnosis target device corresponding to the sensor on the basis of diagnosis target information detected by the sensor; a screen display controller that identifiably notifies a diagnosis target device for which it is determined by the abnormality determination unit that the abnormality occurs; a layout setting unit that sets a facility layout of a facility; and a disposition setting unit that sets a disposition of each diagnosis target device in the facility layout. The screen display controller identifiably notifies a diagnosis target device associated with a sensor that detects diagnosis target information that is a basis of the determination that the abnormality occurs, in a disposition screen display region 521 in which diagnosis information acquisition units are disposed on the facility layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu
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Publication number: 20170284201Abstract: A malfunction diagnosis apparatus for a gear motor includes a vibration sensor portion, and a diagnosis unit that determines whether or not an abnormality occurs in the gear motor based on vibration detected by the vibration sensor portion. The vibration sensor portion and the diagnosis unit are installed in the gear motor. The diagnosis unit has a control power source which supplies power to the vibration sensor portion. The vibration sensor portion outputs detected vibration data to the diagnosis unit in a digital format.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Kota Suzuki, Mikio Komatsu, Takashi Haga, Akira Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20170102295Abstract: The fault diagnostic system includes a sensor which is provided in each of a plurality of diagnosis target devices and detects diagnosis target information of the corresponding diagnosis target device, and a diagnosis unit which is provided for one or a plurality of diagnosis target devices and determines whether or not abnormality occurs in the corresponding diagnosis target device based on the diagnosis target information detected by the sensor. The diagnosis unit outputs an abnormality determination result to the outside, and when a specific condition is established, outputs diagnosis target information detected by the sensor after the specific condition is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Mikio Komatsu, Kota Suzuki
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Patent number: 8610586Abstract: A sensor having a detecting part for detecting an environmental value representing change in physical amount of circumference environment by a fluid flowing into externally and a controlling part for discriminating abnormality in circumference environment based on the environmental value detected by the detecting part. A separating plate is provided inside a housing so as to separate two spaces in the height direction. A detection unit is provided in one space and a sounding body is provided in the other space. Apertures are provided in a side wall, thereby opening one space to the outside environment and letting the fluid to be measured flow into the space. Then, a flow path is formed inside the space in the housing, from the side wall forming the housing toward the detection unit, thereby proactively channeling the fluid to the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshitake Shimada, Mikio Komatsu, Koji Sakamoto, Hirohisa Okuno, Akiko Honda, Koji Yamato
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Publication number: 20110068936Abstract: A sensor having a detecting part for detecting an environmental value representing change in physical amount of circumference environment by a fluid flowing into externally and a controlling part for discriminating abnormality in circumference environment based on the environmental value detected by the detecting part. A separating plate is provided inside a housing so as to separate two spaces in the height direction. A detection unit is provided in one space and a sounding body is provided in the other space. Apertures are provided in a side wall, thereby opening one space to the outside environment and letting the fluid to be measured flow into the space. Then, a flow path is formed inside the space in the housing, from the side wall forming the housing toward the detection unit, thereby proactively channeling the fluid to the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Yoshitake Shimada, Mikio Komatsu, Koji Sakamoto, Hirohisa Okuno, Akiko Honda, Koji Yamato
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Patent number: 6777901Abstract: In a gear motor with an inverter, the inverter comprises a communication circuit for communicating with a controller to control the speed of the motor under the control of the controller and a CPU for collecting information from sensors mounted on the gear of the gear motor, performing predetermined determination processing, and transmitting the collected information and the determination processing result to the controller via the communication circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, LTDInventors: Motohisa Susono, Akira Yamamoto, Mikio Komatsu
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Publication number: 20030048085Abstract: In a gear motor with an inverter, the inverter comprises a communication circuit for communicating with a controller to control the speed of the motor under the control of the controller and a CPU for collecting information from sensors mounted on the gear of the gear motor, performing predetermined determination processing, and transmitting the collected information and the determination processing result to the controller via the communication circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Motohisa Susono, Akira Yamamoto, Mikio Komatsu
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Patent number: 5630226Abstract: A low-noise-block downconverter (LNB) for use with flat antennas receiving dual polarized electromagnetic waves includes a body case mounted to a rear side surface of the flat antenna, the body case having two wave guide input ports corresponding to wave guide apertures of the antenna and enclosing a selective device alternatively allowing either one of two outputs corresponding to two different type polarized electromagnetic waves received.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1994Date of Patent: May 13, 1997Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Kanda, Mikio Komatsu, Naoki Ao, Kyoji Masamoto, Yoshitaka Kimura
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Patent number: 5083132Abstract: A planar antenna has an active circuit block, the whole or part of which is internally mounted to a planar antenna body so that connecting terminal of the block will be connected to a feeding point on power supply plate of the antenna body. Dimensional minimization of the entire antenna can be thereby attained and noise figure of the active circuit can be simultaneously reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1990Date of Patent: January 21, 1992Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Kanda, Mikio Komatsu, Hidetsugu Nunoya, Yasuhiro Fujii, Toshio Abiko