Patents by Inventor Satoru Toyama

Satoru Toyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20240110119
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device comprises a refrigerant, a compressor that compresses the refrigerant, and a refrigerating machine oil that lubricates a sliding part of the compressor. The refrigerant includes trifluoroiodomethane. The refrigerating machine oil includes a base oil and a quinone additive. The quinone additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of 1,4-benzoquinone, 1,2-benzoquinone, 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 2-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 2-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, 1,2-naphthoquinone, 2,6-naphthoquinone, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and 1,4-anthraquinone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo HIRATSUKA, Manami NAKAMURA, Kenji KOJIMA, Satoru TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230242833
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus including a refrigeration circuit, the refrigeration circuit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, and an expansion valve, wherein a refrigerant is sealed within the refrigeration circuit, the refrigerant contains trifluoroiodomethane, the compressor is filled with a refrigerator oil, and the refrigerator oil contains at least one of a first compound represented by the following chemical formula 1 and a second compound represented by the following chemical formula 2:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KOJIMA, Kengo HIRATSUKA, Satoru TOYAMA, Manami NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220349633
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit and allows refrigerant containing a halogenated hydrocarbon to circulate in the refrigerant circuit. The halogenated hydrocarbon has at least one of C—I bond, C—Br bond, and C—CI bond and has no double bond, at least one of members constituting the refrigerant circuit is a copper-containing member, and at least a part of a surface of the copper-containing member does not contact the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo HIRATSUKA, Satoru TOYAMA, Kenji KOJIMA, Shuhei KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11015987
    Abstract: A temperature estimation method estimating a temperature of a heat generating site in an oil-immersed electric appliance immersed in insulating oil, the insulating oil being silicone oil or ester oil. The temperature estimation method includes measuring concentrations of two types of thermal decomposition products in the insulating oil and calculating a temperature of the heat generating site in the oil-immersed electric appliance based on a concentration ratio between the two types of thermal decomposition products and a relational expression between the temperature of the heat generating site and the concentration ratio prepared in advance. When the silicone oil is adopted as the insulating oil, at least one of the two types of thermal decomposition products is straight-chain siloxane, alcohol containing silicon, or benzene. When the ester oil is adopted as the insulating oil, the two types of thermal decomposition products are fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Mizuno, Satoru Toyama, Ryuichi Nishiura, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Ryota Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20210033570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of diagnosing an oil-immersed electrical apparatus by an assessment of a state of deterioration of the oil-immersed electrical apparatus including an insulating oil. The insulating oil has been subjected to changing from mineral oil to vegetable oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fukutaro Kato, Satoru Toyama
  • Publication number: 20200326364
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of diagnosing an oil-immersed electrical apparatus by an assessment of a state of deterioration of the oil-immersed electrical apparatus, in which the oil-immersed electrical apparatus includes an insulating oil and an insulating paper and the insulating paper contains an amine compound. This method includes performing a quantitative analysis of a marker substance contained in the insulating oil and assessing a state of deterioration of the oil-immersed electrical apparatus based on a quantified value of the marker substance obtained by the quantitative analysis. The marker substance is a degradation product of cellulose, and this degradation product of cellulose does not chemically react with a deterioration product of the amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fukutaro OKAZAKI, Satoru TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10359411
    Abstract: The present invention is a diagnosis method for internal fault of an oil-immersed electric apparatus using a silicone oil as an insulating oil. The method diagnoses an internal fault of the oil-immersed electric apparatus based on a first concentration ratio that is a concentration ratio between two gases selected from an analysis gas group consisting of hydrogen gas, methane gas, ethane gas, and ethylene gas contained in the, silicone oil, and a second concentration ratio that is a concentration ratio between the other two gases selected from the analysis gas group. A combination of the two gases and a combination of the other two gases are a combination of ethylene gas and hydrogen gas, a combination of ethane gas and hydrogen gas, a combination of ethylene gas and methane gas, or a combination of methane gas and ethane gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kuriyama, Fukutaro Kato, Shiki Hayamizu, Satoru Toyama, Kota Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10302618
    Abstract: The method for diagnosing the oil-filled electrical apparatus in the present invention is a method for diagnosing whether or not discharge has occurred inside the oil-filled electrical apparatus. The diagnosing method includes: an in-oil gases analyzing step of analyzing hydrogen gas and a gas selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 3 or 4, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen, contained in an insulating oil used inside the oil-filled electrical apparatus; a step of analyzing a causative substance serving as a cause of generation of hydrogen in the insulating oil irrespective of whether or not the discharge has occurred; and a step of diagnosing whether or not the discharge has occurred based on an analysis result of the in-oil gases analyzing step and an analysis result of the step of analyzing the causative substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kuriyama, Fukutaro Kato, Ryuichi Nishiura, Satoru Toyama, Kota Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20190128749
    Abstract: A temperature estimation method estimating a temperature of a heat generating site in an oil-immersed electric appliance immersed in insulating oil, the insulating oil being silicone oil or ester oil. The temperature estimation method includes measuring concentrations of two types of thermal decomposition products in the insulating oil and calculating a temperature of the heat generating site in the oil-immersed electric appliance based on a concentration ratio between the two types of thermal decomposition products and a relational expression between the temperature of the heat generating site and the concentration ratio prepared in advance. When the silicone oil is adopted as the insulating oil, at least one of the two types of thermal decomposition products is straight-chain siloxane, alcohol containing silicon, or benzene. When the ester oil is adopted as the insulating oil, the two types of thermal decomposition products are fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kota MIZUNO, Satoru TOYAMA, Ryuichi NISHIURA, Tsuyoshi AMIMOTO, Ryota KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180335467
    Abstract: A testing method of the present invention is a testing method for examining a degree of deterioration, due to oxygen, of an object material constituting an oil-filled electrical apparatus. The oil-filled electrical apparatus is an open-type oil-filled electrical apparatus including an insulating oil, an insulator, and a conductor, the insulating oil being contained as being in contact with the atmosphere. The object material is at least any of the insulating oil, the insulator, and the conductor. The testing method includes putting the insulating oil and the object material into a testing tank, keeping a state where dry air is continuously supplied to the upper space in the testing tank, and subsequently performing measurement of an index of deterioration of the object material due to oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fukutaro KATO, Tsuyoshi AMIMOTO, Ryota KURIYAMA, Ryuichi NISHIURA, Satoru TOYAMA, Kota MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20180143176
    Abstract: The present invention is a diagnosis method for internal fault of an oil-immersed electric apparatus using a silicone oil as an insulating oil. The method diagnoses an internal fault of the oil-immersed electric apparatus based on a first concentration ratio that is a concentration ratio between two gases selected from an analysis gas group consisting of hydrogen gas, methane gas, ethane gas, and ethylene gas contained in the, silicone oil, and a second concentration ratio that is a concentration ratio between the other two gases selected from the analysis gas group. A combination of the two gases and a combination of the other two gases are a combination of ethylene gas and hydrogen gas, a combination of ethane gas and hydrogen gas, a combination of ethylene gas and methane gas, or a combination of methane gas and ethane gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota KURIYAMA, Fukutaro KATO, Shiki HAYAMIZU, Kota MIZUNO, Satoru TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 9915465
    Abstract: An insulating material that tends not to hydrolyze is used to thereby provide a heat pump apparatus having long-term reliability. An electric motor of a compressor is fixed to a sealed container and includes a stator around which a winding wire is wound through intermediation of an insulating material, and a rotor surrounded by the stator. The insulating material is a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester (LCP) having a molecular main chain constituted by a monomer including p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHB) as an essential monomer and a monomer solely including benzene-ring as another monomer via an ester bond. The refrigerating machine oil has a saturated water content of 2% or less at 40 degrees C., a relative humidity of 80%, for 24 Hr. To suppress the explosive decomposition reaction of ethylene-based fluorohydrocarbon, a flame retardant is used to generate chemical species that complement active radicals that cause the decomposition reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Matsunaga, Shinobu Ogasawara, Takeharu Kageyama, Satoru Toyama, Kota Mizuno, Yutaka Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20170199170
    Abstract: The method for diagnosing the oil-filled electrical apparatus in the present invention is a method for diagnosing whether or not discharge has occurred inside the oil-filled electrical apparatus. The diagnosing method includes: an in-oil gases analyzing step of analyzing hydrogen gas and a gas selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 3 or 4, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen, contained in an insulating oil used inside the oil-filled electrical apparatus; a step of analyzing a causative substance serving as a cause of generation of hydrogen in the insulating oil irrespective of whether or not the discharge has occurred; and a step of diagnosing whether or not the discharge has occurred based on an analysis result of the in-oil gases analyzing step and an analysis result of the step of analyzing the causative substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota KURIYAMA, Fukutaro KATO, Ryuichi NISHIURA, Satoru TOYAMA, Kota MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20170146284
    Abstract: An insulating material that tends not to hydrolyze is used to thereby provide a heat pump apparatus having long-term reliability. An electric motor of a compressor is fixed to a sealed container and includes a stator around which a winding wire is wound through intermediation of an insulating material, and a rotor surrounded by the stator. The insulating material is a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester (LCP) having a molecular main chain constituted by a monomer including p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHB) as an essential monomer and a monomer solely including benzene-ring as another monomer via an ester bond. The refrigerating machine oil has a saturated water content of 2% or less at 40 degrees C., a relative humidity of 80%, for 24 Hr. To suppress the explosive decomposition reaction of ethylene-based fluorohydrocarbon, a flame retardant is used to generate chemical species that complement active radicals that cause the decomposition reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Noriaki MATSUNAGA, Shinobu OGASAWARA, Takeharu KAGEYAMA, Satoru TOYAMA, Kota MIZUNO, Yutaka HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9396835
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for preventing copper sulfide generation in oil-filled electrical equipment having an inhibitor of copper sulfide generation in insulating oil, and the method is characterized in monitoring characteristics of the insulating oil and performing re-addition of the inhibitor at an appropriate moment in accordance with a result of the monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fukutaro Kato, Eiichi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Satoru Toyama, Kota Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9228992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric insulating oil inspection method for determining whether or not an inhibitor-consuming substance is present in an electric insulating oil. The inhibitor-consuming substance is such a substance that causes to decrease over time a concentration of an inhibitor which is added to the electric insulating oil to inhibit copper sulfide from being generated on an insulating paper immersed in the electric insulating oil. The electric insulting oil inspection method includes steps of: preserving the electric insulating oil at a predetermined condition, measuring a concentration of the inhibitor, and determining that the inhibitor-consuming substance is present upon condition that a decrement of the concentration of the inhibitor relative to an initial concentration of the inhibitor becomes not less than a specified amount within a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fukutaro Kato, Eiichi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Satoru Toyama, Kota Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20150192559
    Abstract: A diagnosis method for oil-filled electrical equipment, for diagnosing a risk of occurrence of an abnormality caused by generation of copper sulfide on insulating paper, wherein a step 1 of conducting sulfidation corrosion evaluation of insulating oil in the oil-filled electrical equipment is performed, any one of a step 2A-1 of analyzing the insulating oil for presence of dibenzyldisulfide and an oxidative degradation preventing agent, a step 2A-2 of analyzing the insulating oil for presence of a copper sulfide generation inhibitor, and a step 2B of checking presence of oxygen in an atmosphere of the insulating oil is performed, a step 3 of analyzing the insulating oil for presence of a byproduct derived when copper sulfide is generated from dibenzyldisulfide is performed, and a step 4 of diagnosing the risk of occurrence of an abnormality based on results of the steps 1, 2A-1, 2A-2, and 3 is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fukutaro Kato, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Ryuichi Nishiura, Satoru Toyama, Kota Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8912274
    Abstract: To obtain water-dispersible varnish used in an alternative refrigerant/refrigerating machine oil refrigerant system or a natural refrigerant/refrigerating machine oil refrigerant system, the water-dispersible varnish being capable of solving two problems, namely, reducing the volatile components and the like during thermal curing and resistance of the cured varnish to the refrigerant system, wherein the water-dispersible varnish has a specific thermosetting resin as base polymer, a specific vinyl monomer as reactive diluent, organic peroxide as reaction initiator, and water mixed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Ryoden Kasei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Yamamoto, Yoshinori Shirafuji, Toshifumi Kanri, Satoru Toyama, Nobuyuki Kamegawa, Yukio Hidaka
  • Patent number: 8854068
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device that considers a temperature distribution in the oil-filled electrical device and enables accurate diagnosis to be conducted even when the method is applied to diagnosis of an actually operating device, and further provide a method with which such diagnosis of an oil-filled electrical device can be conducted from a component analysis value of an insulating oil in the oil-filled electrical device. The invention is a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device including in an insulating oil a metal part wrapped with insulating paper, and determines that a time when a surface resistivity of a maximum precipitation site where metal sulfide is most precipitated on the insulating paper reaches a preset surface resistivity management value is a time of occurrence of an abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Nagao, Kentaro Taninouchi, Noboru Hosokawa, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Kozo Tachibana, Hirotaka Muto, Junji Tanimura, Satoru Toyama
  • Publication number: 20140231726
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for preventing copper sulfide generation in oil-filled electrical equipment having an inhibitor of copper sulfide generation in insulating oil, and the method is characterized in monitoring characteristics of said insulating oil and performing re-addition of said inhibitor at an appropriate moment in accordance with a result of said monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fukutaro Kato, Eiichi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Satoru Toyama, Kota Mizuno