Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Tsukima

Mitsuru Tsukima 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: 11277000
    Abstract: In a DC feed system configured by a plurality of DC electrical circuits being combined, when an arc fault occurs, it is difficult to identify a DC electrical circuit in which an arc has occurred. For this reason, a DC electrical circuit protection apparatus includes: a plurality of DC electrical circuits, each of which has a current sensor provided in at least one of a positive or a negative electrical path and has arc noise absorbing mechanism on the upstream side of the current sensor; and an arc detection device which compares respective arc noise signal strengths of the DC electrical circuits from current signals detected by the current sensors of the DC electrical circuits, and based on the signal strengths, identifies a circuit in which an arc has occurred, wherein a DC electrical circuit in which an arc has occurred is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kanemaru, Mitsugi Mori, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Patent number: 10883895
    Abstract: The power transmission mechanism abnormality diagnostic device includes a monitoring diagnosis unit for performing determination as to abnormality of a power transmission mechanism, and a current detector connected to a power supply of an electric motor, wherein the monitoring diagnosis unit includes an analysis unit for analyzing current transmitted from the current detector and an abnormality determination unit for performing determination as to abnormality of the power transmission mechanism on the basis of a result of analysis by the analysis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kanemaru, Mitsuru Tsukima, Takuya Ohkubo, Tomoko Takasuka, Toshihiko Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20200284690
    Abstract: The power transmission mechanism abnormality diagnostic device includes a monitoring diagnosis unit for performing determination as to abnormality of a power transmission mechanism, and a current detector connected to a power supply of an electric motor, wherein the monitoring diagnosis unit includes an analysis unit for analyzing current transmitted from the current detector and an abnormality determination unit for performing determination as to abnormality of the power transmission mechanism on the basis of a result of analysis by the analysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto KANEMARU, Mitsuru TSUKIMA, Takuya OHKUBO, Tomoko TAKASUKA, Toshihiko MIYAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10593493
    Abstract: In an electromagnetically moving device 100, a magnetic-flux variation measuring unit 3 is placed at a position which is outside a closed magnetic path established when a movable core 6 and a stationary core 5 are being attached to each other due to permanent magnets 7, and at which a leakage magnetic-flux variation due to movement of the movable core 6 can be measured, so that a behavior of a movable part in a switch, etc. is estimated such that an inflection point time is calculated from the measurement of time-series data of the magnetic-flux variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Takasuka, Mitsugi Mori, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Publication number: 20190296539
    Abstract: In a DC feed system configured by a plurality of DC electrical circuits being combined, when an arc fault occurs, it is difficult to identify a DC electrical circuit in which an arc has occurred. For this reason, a DC electrical circuit protection apparatus includes: a plurality of DC electrical circuits, each of which has a current sensor provided in at least one of a positive or a negative electrical path and has arc noise absorbing mechanism on the upstream side of the current sensor; and an arc detection device which compares respective arc noise signal strengths of the DC electrical circuits from current signals detected by the current sensors of the DC electrical circuits, and based on the signal strengths, identifies a circuit in which an arc has occurred, wherein a DC electrical circuit in which an arc has occurred is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto KANEMARU, Mitsugi MORI, Mitsuru TSUKIMA
  • Publication number: 20190074148
    Abstract: In an electromagnetically moving device 100, a magnetic-flux variation measuring unit 3 is placed at a position which is outside a closed magnetic path established when a movable core 6 and a stationary core 5 are being attached to each other due to permanent magnets 7, and at which a leakage magnetic-flux variation due to movement of the movable core 6 can be measured, so that a behavior of a movable part in a switch, etc. is estimated such that an inflection point time is calculated from the measurement of time-series data of the magnetic-flux variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko TAKASUKA, Mitsugi MORI, Mitsuru TSUKIMA
  • Patent number: 9030280
    Abstract: An electromagnetically operated device includes: a moving member of the electromagnetically operated device; a drive coil that is energized to generate magnetic flux for driving the moving member; a permanent magnet provided between a stationary member and the moving member for holding the moving member; and a holding force adjusting member for adjusting the holding force applied to the moving member by the permanent magnet, wherein the holding force adjusting member is placed at a position that will not be included in the main magnetic path of the magnetic flux caused by the drive coil so as to be removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Tsukima, Tomoko Tanabe, Taehyun Kim, Toru Kimura
  • Patent number: 8803457
    Abstract: An AC motor drive control device including: an inverter, having a plurality of switching elements subjected to on-off control, for converting a DC voltage to an AC voltage with a desired frequency to drive an AC motor; a motor opening contactor connected between the inverter and the AC motor; a switching operation beforehand detection unit for detecting a switching operation of the motor opening contactor prior to the contact or detach of main contacts and outputting a switching operation beforehand detection signal; and a control unit having an inverter control unit for performing the on-off control for the plurality of switching elements and switching control for the motor opening contactor, and controlling the inverter based on the switching operation beforehand detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Tsukima, Hidetoshi Kitanaka
  • Publication number: 20140132373
    Abstract: An electromagnetically operated device includes: a moving member of the electromagnetically operated device; a drive coil that is energized to generate magnetic flux for driving the moving member; a permanent magnet provided between a stationary member and the moving member for holding the moving member; and a holding force adjusting member for adjusting the holding force applied to the moving member by the permanent magnet, wherein the holding force adjusting member is placed at a position that will not be included in the main magnetic path of the magnetic flux caused by the drive coil so as to be removable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Tsukima, Tomoko Tanabe, Taehyun Kim, Toru Kimura
  • Patent number: 8598837
    Abstract: An object is to provide a driving controller for an AC motor that can prevent generation of an excessive voltage between lines of a motor and between contacts of a motor cut-off contactor and a continuous arc between contacts of the motor cut-off contactor, regardless of the type of a fault occurred, even when a phase in which a current zero point is not generated and a phase in which a current zero point is generated coexist in a fault current that flows between an inverter and the motor. A control unit is configured to open a motor cut-off contactor not at a time when a state of a detected current is determined to be abnormal but at a time when the state of the current is determined to be normal, even when a basic contactor-close command MKC0 becomes off (L level).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kitanaka, Hideo Okayama, Shinichi Furutani, Toshie Takeuchi, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Patent number: 8520368
    Abstract: An object is to provide gas insulated switchgear that is able to inhibit heat generation of a pressure container. Electrically-conductive members that are non-magnetic and have higher electric conductivity than that of the material of which the pressure container is made, are provided on the inside and on the outside of the pressure container, while being positioned along a main bus and being attached via a flange of the pressure container. Thus, eddy current that occurs when an electric current flows through the main bus are caused to flow through the electrically-conductive members having higher electric conductivity than that of the pressure container. Also, a current return path for the eddy current is formed by a flow path including the electrically-conductive members. Consequently, it is possible to reduce the eddy current flowing on the pressure container and to inhibit an increase in the temperature of the pressure container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Tsukima, Hitoshi Sadakuni
  • Publication number: 20120212168
    Abstract: An AC motor drive control device including: an inverter, having a plurality of switching elements subjected to on-off control, for converting a DC voltage to an AC voltage with a desired frequency to drive an AC motor; a motor opening contactor connected between the inverter and the AC motor; a switching operation beforehand detection unit for detecting a switching operation of the motor opening contactor prior to the contact or detach of main contacts and outputting a switching operation beforehand detection signal; and a control unit having an inverter control unit for performing the on-off control for the plurality of switching elements and switching control for the motor opening contactor, and controlling the inverter based on the switching operation beforehand detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Tsukima, Hidetoshi Kitanaka
  • Patent number: 8248193
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic switch for an auxiliary-rotation starter according to the present invention, the magnetic bypass core is disposed at a place that is an air gap portion, in a magnetic circuit, through which the plunger moves due to magnetic attractive force produced by energizing the attraction coil and the holding coil and that is between the outer circumference of the plunger and the inner circumference of the bobbin, in such a way that one end thereof makes contact with one end of the case and the other end thereof faces the end of the core by the intermediary of an air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naohito Kaneda, Taehyun Kim, Koichiro Kamei, Noriaki Moriyama, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Patent number: 8242643
    Abstract: A three-stable oscillating electromagnetic actuator includes a cylindrical stator from which a plurality of first magnetic poles project toward a center direction, a mover that extends in a circumferential direction inside the stator and is reciprocatingly and rotatably supported along the circumference, and a plurality of coils that are wound around the first magnetic poles and bias the mover to cause it to stop in three positions, which are a first stable position that is on one end side of a rotation range of the mover, a second stable position that is on the other end side, and a neutral position that is an intermediate position. The three-stable oscillating electromagnetic actuator further includes a second magnetic pole made of a magnetic material that abuts against a rotation-direction end of the mover to stop the mover in the first stable position and the second stable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Takafumi Nakagawa, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Publication number: 20110149481
    Abstract: An object is to provide gas insulated switchgear that is able to inhibit heat generation of a pressure container. Electrically-conductive members that are non-magnetic and have higher electric conductivity than that of the material of which the pressure container is made, are provided on the inside and on the outside of the pressure container, while being positioned along a main bus and being attached via a flange of the pressure container. Thus, eddy current that occurs when an electric current flows through the main bus are caused to flow through the electrically-conductive members having higher electric conductivity than that of the pressure container. Also, a current return path for the eddy current is formed by a flow path including the electrically-conductive members. Consequently, it is possible to reduce the eddy current flowing on the pressure container and to inhibit an increase in the temperature of the pressure container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Tsukima, Hitoshi Sadakuni
  • Patent number: 7936549
    Abstract: A state grasp device that needs no optical adjustment, and can be downsized. An exciting current waveform of an opening electromagnetic coil of an electromagnetic operating set functioning to drive a moving contact of a switching device includes an inflection point appearing subsequently to a maximum value, the inflection point taking place at the time of the contact being parted. Accordingly, a wear amount of contact from the change over time can be obtained. A position of the inflection point is obtained, for example, by focusing the rate of change in current; and a wear amount of a switching contact is obtained from the change over time of a time when the inflection point takes place. With the device, the use of a mechanical detection device, such as an optical detector, can be eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshie Takeuchi, Akihiko Maruyama, Mitsuru Tsukima, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Katsuhiko Horinouchi
  • Publication number: 20100301686
    Abstract: A three-stable oscillating electromagnetic actuator includes a cylindrical stator from which a plurality of first magnetic poles project toward a center direction, a mover that extends in a circumferential direction inside the stator and is reciprocatingly and rotatably supported along the circumference, and a plurality of coils that are wound around the first magnetic poles and bias the mover to cause it to stop in three positions, which are a first stable position that is on one end side of a rotation range of the mover, a second stable position that is on the other end side, and a neutral position that is an intermediate position. The three-stable oscillating electromagnetic actuator further includes a second magnetic pole made of a magnetic material that abuts against a rotation-direction end of the mover to stop the mover in the first stable position and the second stable position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Takafumi Nakagawa, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Publication number: 20100289439
    Abstract: An object is to provide a driving controller for an AC motor that can prevent generation of an excessive voltage between lines of a motor and between contacts of a motor cut-off contactor and a continuous arc between contacts of the motor cut-off contactor, regardless of the type of a fault occurred, even when a phase in which a current zero point is not generated and a phase in which a current zero point is generated coexist in a fault current that flows between an inverter and the motor. A control unit is configured to open a motor cut-off contactor not at a time when a state of a detected current is determined to be abnormal but at a time when the state of the current is determined to be normal, even when a basic contactor-close command MKC0 becomes off (L level).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kitanaka, Hideo Okayama, Shinichi Furutani, Toshie Takeuchi, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Publication number: 20100271155
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic switch for an auxiliary-rotation starter according to the present invention, the magnetic bypass core is disposed at a place that is an air gap portion, in a magnetic circuit, through which the plunger moves due to magnetic attractive force produced by energizing the attraction coil and the holding coil and that is between the outer circumference of the plunger and the inner circumference of the bobbin, in such a way that one end thereof makes contact with one end of the case and the other end thereof faces the end of the core by the intermediary of an air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naohito Kaneda, Taehyun Kim, Koichiro Kamei, Noriaki Moriyama, Mitsuru Tsukima
  • Publication number: 20070222427
    Abstract: A state grasp device that needs no optical adjustment, and can be downsized. An exciting current waveform of an opening electromagnetic coil of an electromagnetic operating set functioning to drive a moving contact of a switching device includes an inflection point appearing subsequently to a maximum value, the inflection point taking place at the time of the contact being parted. Accordingly, a wear amount of contact from the change over time can be obtained. A position of the inflection point is obtained, for example, by focusing the rate of change in current; and a wear amount of a switching contact is obtained from the change over time of a time when the inflection point takes place. With the device, the use of a mechanical detection device, such as an optical detector, can be eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshie Takeuchi, Akihiko Maruyama, Mitsuru Tsukima, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Katsuhiko Horinouchi