Patents by Inventor Shigenori Matsumura

Shigenori Matsumura 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: 20070078046
    Abstract: A conductive rubber roller for OA that realizes semipermanent recycling of rubber part, enabling cost reduction and excelling in effective exploitation of resources. There is provided a conductive rubber roller for OA characterized by containing a recycled rubber. It is preferred that the conductivity of the rubber roller be provided by ionic conduction or electronic conduction. It is also preferred that the ratio of recycled rubber to the rubber part of the rubber roller be in the range of 5 to 50 mass %. The rubber roller can preferably be obtained by a process characterized by including the steps of micropulverizing the rubber separated from rubber roller to thereby obtain a micropulverized rubber; increasing the fluidity of the micropulverized rubber through physical treatment and/or heat treatment to thereby obtain a recycled rubber; and mixing the recycled rubber with virgin rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventor: Shigenori Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5465806
    Abstract: An electric vehicle in which each of the driving wheels is adapted to be driven and regeneratively braked by its individual and independently controlled driving motor, and the driving motors are independently controlled in response to sensors detecting the travel of the vehicle including wheel rotation sensors, steering angle sensors, and acceleration and braking sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Shikoku Sogo Kenkyujo, Kazunobo Sato
    Inventors: Hiromasa Higasa, Fumihiko Ishikawa, Shigenori Matsumura, Hidetoshi Nasu, Kazunobu Sato
  • Patent number: 5222568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement of the driving characteristics of an electric vehicle in which each of the driving wheels is adapted to be driven by its individual driving motor, and more particularly, firstly to an improvement of the driving characteristics of the electric vehicle without complication of the mechanical structure thereof and secondly to an improvement of the motion characteristics of the electric vehicle by simplifying the structure of steering wheel also having a function of driving wheel and by increasing the degree of freedom of the swiveling action of the steering wheel.In order to achieve these objects, according to the present invention, each of the driving wheels arranged at both sides of the electric vehicle is provided with an independently controlled driving motor and such a structure is applied also to the steering wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Shikoku Sogo Kenkyujo, Kazunobu Sato
    Inventors: Hiromasa Higasa, Fumihiko Ishikawa, Shigenori Matsumura, Hidetoshi Nasu, Kazunobu Sato
  • Patent number: 5162964
    Abstract: A connection control device for controlling the connection of a small generator unit, which is installed at the consumer's location, to an electric power system. The connection control device detects variations in frequency components which result from interruptions in the distribution of electric power to the consumer from the electric power system. When a significant variation in a frequency component is present, the connection control device disconnects the consumer from the electric power system in order to prevent injury to line workers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignees: Nissin Electric Co., Ltd., Shikoku Research Institute Incorporated, Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Higasa, Fumihiko Ishikawa, Shigenori Matsumura, Soichi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 5111377
    Abstract: In a power interconnection system between an electric power system and a power converter which makes AC power from a DC power source, a positive feed-back loop is constituted so as to include a frequency deviation detector, a band-pass filter, an inert zone circuit, an amplifier, an adder, a phase controller, an inverter controller, an inverter and an interconnection reactor. Thereby a sufficiently great frequency fluctuation is made after opening of a branch line switch, so as to produce a frequency abnormality signal to be given to a disconnection switch; and disconnection is made certainly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignees: Shikoku Research Institute Incorporated, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromasa Higasa, Fumihiko Ishikawa, Shigenori Matsumura, Sueo Sakata, Masayoshi Kumano
  • Patent number: 5099145
    Abstract: A system disconnection detection circuit for a distributed location power source having a generating element and an invertor for converting a generated output from the generating element into an AC output superimposes a selected signal on the AC output of the invertor. The circuit detects system disconnection on the output side of the invertor on the basis of the AC output of the invertor on which the selected signal has been superimposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignees: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Shikoku Research Institute Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiromasa Higasa, Fumihiko Ishikawa, Shigenori Matsumura, Takeshi Takemura, Toshihisa Shimizu