Patents by Inventor Mugihei TANAKA

Mugihei TANAKA 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).

  • Elevator renewal construction method and elevator control panel
    Patent number: 11305967
    Abstract: An elevator renewal construction method includes a series of divided construction work steps, each being determined as such a unit that the elevator operation becomes normally possible after finishing of each of the divided construction work steps, wherein one of the series of the divided construction work steps comprises the steps of: replacing an old control panel of the existing elevator with a new control panel; connecting an old cable for an old car device, which has connected the old car device and the old control panel of the existing elevator to each other, to a communication conversion unit provided in the new control panel; and converting a new serial communication system to an old serial communication system by the new control panel via the communication conversion unit and the old cable to control the old car device through the old serial communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Okuda, Chikashi Yoshimura, Mugihei Tanaka
  • ELEVATOR RENEWAL CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND ELEVATOR CONTROL PANEL
    Publication number: 20200095096
    Abstract: An elevator renewal construction method includes a series of divided construction work steps, each being determined as such a unit that the elevator operation becomes normally possible after finishing of each of the divided construction work steps, wherein one of the series of the divided construction work steps comprises the steps of: replacing an old control panel of the existing elevator with a new control panel; connecting an old cable for an old car device, which has connected the old car device and the old control panel of the existing elevator to each other, to a communication conversion unit provided in the new control panel; and converting a new serial communication system to an old serial communication system by the new control panel via the communication conversion unit and the old cable to control the old car device through the old serial communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji OKUDA, Chikashi YOSHIMURA, Mugihei TANAKA