Patents by Inventor Shinichi Mukoyama

Shinichi Mukoyama 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: 9728950
    Abstract: A cryogenic cable termination connector having a small heat inflow from the outside and stable electrical insulation properties. The cryogenic cable termination connector includes a lead-out conductor led out from a site at a very low temperature to a site at room temperature via a liquid refrigerant layer, a refrigerant gas layer, and an oil layer. The lead-out conductor includes a capacitor-cone insulator in which plural metal foils for dividing an electric field from a high voltage level down to the ground voltage level are stacked through an insulator. Among electric field tilting portions in which voltage changes gradually from the high voltage level to the ground voltage level, an electric field tilting portion positioned at a lower part is located in the liquid refrigerant layer and an electric field tilting portion positioned at an upper part is located in the oil layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Tokui Yonemura, Shuka Yonemura, Masashi Yagi, Tomoya Nomura
  • Patent number: 9570214
    Abstract: In a superconducting cable line in which a superconducting cable is connected to a terminal connecting part or an intermediate connecting part, an offset part in which a superconducting cable is laid in a curved-shape is provided near the terminal connecting part or the intermediate connecting part. Further, when it is assumed that the superconducting cable is movable in the offset part, an external tube of the superconducting cable is fixed such that a maximum amplitude part which maximizes the amount of movement of the superconducting cable following thermal expansion and contraction of a cable core becomes immovable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Shinichi Mukoyama, Tokui Yonemura, Shuka Yonemura, Tomoya Nomura
  • Patent number: 9251932
    Abstract: A terminal connecting part has: a low temperature container filled with a cooling medium; a conductor current lead which has one end immersed in the cooling medium and the other end led to a normal temperature part; and a conductor movable connecting terminal which electrically connects a superconductive conductor layer and the conductor current lead of a superconducting cable. The superconductive conductor layer of the superconducting cable stripped stepwise from a front end is connected to the conductor current lead through the conductor movable connecting terminal. The cable core of the superconducting cable is movable in a longitudinal direction and is rotatable in a circumferential direction while maintaining electrical connection between the superconductive conductor layer and the conductor current lead. The cable core is horizontally supported in the low temperature container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Takaharu Mitsuhashi, Tomoya Nomura, Shinichi Mukoyama, Hirao Hirata, Tokui Yonemura, Shuka Yonemura
  • Patent number: 9070494
    Abstract: A fixation structure for fixing a superconducting cable including a cable core and a thermal insulation tube. The fixation structure includes a fixation box connected to the thermal insulation tube, including a hollow thermal insulation structure, and through which the cable core is passed, a fixation body for fixing the cable core on the inner wall of the fixation box, and a diameter-expanded reinforcement layer that is an electrical insulation layer that has a diameter decreasing toward both ends and is formed on the cable core. A refrigerant flows through the inside of the inner wall of the fixation box. The cable core is fixed on the inner wall with the fixation body through the diameter-expanded reinforcement layer. The structure implements a simple and low-cost fixation structure appropriate for an electric field design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Teng, Masashi Yagi, Taro Matsuoka, Shinichi Mukoyama, Shuka Yonemura
  • Patent number: 9006146
    Abstract: An AC superconducting cable with an insulating layer on the external circumference of a conductor, and wherein: the insulating layer includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer and a third insulating layer, from the inside layer to the outside layer; the insulating layer is impregnated with liquid nitrogen; the product of the dielectric constant ?1 of the first insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?1 and the product of the dielectric constant ?2 of the second insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?2 fulfilling the relationship ?1×tan ?1>?2×tan ?2; and the product of the dielectric constant ?2 of the second insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?2 and the product of the dielectric constant ?3 of the third insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?3 fulfilling the relationship ?2×tan ?2<?3×tan ?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., International Superconductivity Technology Center
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi, Tomoya Nomura, Shuka Yonemura
  • Patent number: 9008739
    Abstract: In a terminal structure of a superconducting cable conductor, a terminal portion of the superconducting cable conductor is connected with a terminal member of a good conductor. The terminal portion includes a superconducting layer disposed on an outer periphery of a central support; and an insulating layer surrounding the superconducting layer. The insulating layer and the superconducting layer are partially removed to expose the central support and the superconducting layer in this order from an end of the superconducting cable conductor. The terminal member includes a metal sleeve which includes a first cylindrical portion whose inner surface is in close contact with an exposed portion of the central support; a second cylindrical portion which is soldered around an exposed portion of the superconducting layer; and a third cylindrical portion into which the insulating layer is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi, Tomoya Nomura, Shuka Yonemura
  • Publication number: 20130199821
    Abstract: A fixation structure for fixing a superconducting cable including a cable core and a thermal insulation tube. The fixation structure includes a fixation box connected to the thermal insulation tube, including a hollow thermal insulation structure, and through which the cable core is passed, a fixation body for fixing the cable core on the inner wall of the fixation box, and a diameter-expanded reinforcement layer that is an electrical insulation layer that has a diameter decreasing toward both ends and is formed on the cable core. A refrigerant flows through the inside of the inner wall of the fixation box. The cable core is fixed on the inner wall with the fixation body through the diameter-expanded reinforcement layer. The structure implements a simple and low-cost fixation structure appropriate for an electric field design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Teng, Masashi Yagi, Taro Matsuoka, Shinichi Mukoyama, Shuka Yonemura
  • Publication number: 20130196857
    Abstract: An AC superconducting cable with an insulating layer on the external circumference of a conductor, and wherein: the insulating layer includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer and a third insulating layer, from the inside layer to the outside layer; the insulating layer is impregnated with liquid nitrogen; the product of the dielectric constant ?1 of the first insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?1 and the product of the dielectric constant ?2 of the second insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?2 fulfilling the relationship ?1×tan ?1>?2×tan ?2; and the product of the dielectric constant ?2 of the second insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?2 and the product of the dielectric constant ?3 of the third insulating layer and the dielectric loss tangent tan ?3 fulfilling the relationship ?2×tan ?2<?3×tan ?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi, Tomoya Nomura, Shuka Yonemura
  • Publication number: 20130165326
    Abstract: In a superconducting cable line in which a superconducting cable is connected to a terminal connecting part or an intermediate connecting part, an offset part in which a superconducting cable is laid in a curved-shape is provided near the terminal connecting part or the intermediate connecting part. Further, when it is assumed that the superconducting cable is movable in the offset part, an external tube of the superconducting cable is fixed such that a maximum amplitude part which maximizes the amount of movement of the superconducting cable following thermal expansion and contraction of a cable core becomes immovable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Shinichi Mukoyama, Tomoya Nomura, Shuka Yonemura
  • Publication number: 20130102474
    Abstract: In a terminal structure of a superconducting cable conductor, a terminal portion of the superconducting cable conductor is connected with a terminal member of a good conductor. The terminal portion includes a superconducting layer disposed on an outer periphery of a central support; and an insulating layer surrounding the superconducting layer. The insulating layer and the superconducting layer are partially removed to expose the central support and the superconducting layer in this order from an end of the superconducting cable conductor. The terminal member includes a metal sleeve which includes a first cylindrical portion whose inner surface is in close contact with an exposed portion of the central support; a second cylindrical portion which is soldered around an exposed portion of the superconducting layer; and a third cylindrical portion into which the insulating layer is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi, Tomoya Nomura, Shuka Yonemura
  • Publication number: 20130059463
    Abstract: A cryogenic cable termination connector having a small heat inflow from the outside and stable electrical insulation properties. The cryogenic cable termination connector includes a lead-out conductor led out from a site at a very low temperature to a site at room temperature via a liquid refrigerant layer, a refrigerant gas layer, and an oil layer. The lead-out conductor includes a capacitor-cone insulator in which plural metal foils for dividing an electric field from a high voltage level down to the ground voltage level are stacked through an insulator. Among electric field tilting portions in which voltage changes gradually from the high voltage level to the ground voltage level, an electric field tilting portion positioned at a lower part is located in the liquid refrigerant layer and an electric field tilting portion positioned at an upper part is located in the oil layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicants: International Superconductivity Technology Center, the Judicial Foundation, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi, Tomoya Nomura, Shuka Yonemura
  • Patent number: 8290555
    Abstract: A superconducting wire having at least a superconducting thin film and a stabilizing film formed one on top of another in order on a substrate having a predetermined width and a predetermined length, the superconducting wire having at least one cut made along a direction of the length of the superconducting wire, the superconducting wire being bendable at the cut in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., International Superconductivity Technology Center, the Juridical Foundation, National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Shinichi Mukoyama, Yuh Shiohara, Teruo Izumi, Naoyuki Amemiya
  • Patent number: 8260388
    Abstract: A current terminal structure of a superconductor has a former, and a superconducting wire wound around the former in one or more layers and including a substrate and a superconducting layer formed on the substrate. A first layer superconducting wire wound around immediately above the former is arranged so that a substrate side thereof becomes outside and a superconducting layer side thereof becomes inside. A surface of the superconducting layer at an end of the first layer superconducting wire, which is directed toward the inside, and part of a surface of the superconducting layer of a connection superconducting wire, which is directed toward the outside, are faced and connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: International Superconductivity Technology Center, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Hirao Hirata, Mitsuo Suzuki, Shinichi Mukoyama, Yuh Shiohara
  • Patent number: 8188010
    Abstract: A thin film superconductive wire material (16) and an electro conductive tape (15) are immersed in a solder bath (35) containing a solder, which includes Sn(tin) and Bi (bismuth), to bond the thin film superconductive wire material (16) and the electro conductive tape (15) and a composite superconductive wire material (10) is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., International Superconductivity Center, The Juridical Foundation
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Hirao Hirata, Shinichi Mukoyama, Yuh Shiohara
  • Publication number: 20120015816
    Abstract: A current terminal structure of a superconductor has a former, and a superconducting wire wound around the former in one or more layers and including a substrate and a superconducting layer formed on the substrate. A first layer superconducting wire wound around immediately above the former is arranged so that a substrate side thereof becomes outside and a superconducting layer side thereof becomes inside. A surface of the superconducting layer at an end of the first layer superconducting wire, which is directed toward the inside, and part of a surface of the superconducting layer of a connection superconducting wire, which is directed toward the outside, are faced and connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Hirao Hirata, Mitsuo Suzuki, Shinichi Mukoyama, Yuh Shiohara
  • Publication number: 20090233799
    Abstract: A thin film superconductive wire material (16) and an electro conductive tape (15) are immersed in a solder bath (35) containing a solder, which includes Sn(tin) and Bi(bismuth), to bond the thin film superconductive wire material (16) and the electro conductive tape (15) and a composite superconductive wire material (10) is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicants: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Int. Superconductivity Tech Ctr the Juridical Fdn.
    Inventors: Masashi YAGI, Hirao Hirata, Shinichi Mukoyama, Yuh Shiohara
  • Publication number: 20090221427
    Abstract: A superconducting wire having at least a superconducting thin film and a stabilizing film formed one on top of another in order on a substrate having a predetermined width and a predetermined length, the superconducting wire having at least one cut made along a direction of the length of the superconducting wire, the superconducting wire being bendable at the cut in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicants: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Int'l Superconductivity Tech Ctr, Juridical Fdn., National University Corp YOKOHAMA NATL. UNIV
    Inventors: Masashi YAGI, Shinichi MUKOYAMA, Yuh SHIOHARA, Teruo IZUMI, Naoyuki AMEMIYA
  • Publication number: 20080202127
    Abstract: A cooling system for a superconducting power apparatus including a reservoir tank for reserving a liquefied gas, a circulating pump, a heat exchanger for cooling the liquefied gas, and a circulation loop through which the liquefied gas is circulated, the superconducting power apparatus being cooled by circulating the liquefied gas in a subcooled state using the circulating pump. The cooling system further includes a pressurizing mechanism for pressurizing the liquefied gas in the reservoir tank with the same type of gas as the liquefied gas, wherein a liquid level in the reservoir tank for reserving the liquefied gas in a pressurized state is located above an outlet of a return piping of a circulating liquefied gas at least by a dissolving depth of the pressurizing gas+(plus) a liquid level movement correction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicants: The Furukawa Electric Co, Ltd., Central Research Institute of Electric Power Ind.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukoyama, Noboru Ishii, Masashi Yagi, Satoru Maruyama, Tatsuki Okamoto, Hiroshi Suzuki, Michiharu Ichikawa, Toshihiro Takahashi, Shirabe Akita
  • Patent number: 7301323
    Abstract: When supplying electric power to a superconducting cable including a superconducting shield covering a superconductive conductor, a phase A of a current generated by a magnetic field leaking from the superconducting shield and a phase B of a current passing through the superconductive conductor are detected, and a phase difference between the phase A and the phase B is obtained so as to determine that a quench has occurred in the case where a difference between a reference phase difference and the obtained current phase difference exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignees: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiharu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Toshihiro Takahashi, Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20070053116
    Abstract: When supplying electric power to a superconducting cable including a superconducting shield covering a superconductive conductor, a phase A of a current generated by a magnetic field leaking from the superconducting shield and a phase B of a current passing through the superconductive conductor are detected, and a phase difference between the phase A and the phase B is obtained so as to determine that a quench has occurred in the case where a difference between a reference phase difference and the obtained current phase difference exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Michiharu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Toshihiro Takahashi, Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi