Patents by Inventor Shinji Arinaga

Shinji Arinaga 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: 20100164228
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator capable of enhancing starting performance of the wind turbine generator when the outside air temperature is low and capable of securing temperature adjusting ability of a generator set in a wide outside air temperature range is provided. A wind turbine generator includes a nacelle (3) for accommodating a generator set (11, 12, 14) that generates electricity by rotation of a rotor having a plurality of blades, a ventilation opening (51) provided in a wall surface on a wind upstream side when the nacelle is normally operated, and a heat exchanging unit (13) disposed in the ventilation opening (51) to exchange heat between an outside air and a lubricant of the generator set (11, 12) such as an lubricant oil or cooling water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES , LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Shinji Arinaga, Shinsuke Sato, Takatoshi Matsushita, Masaaki Shibata
  • Patent number: 7728452
    Abstract: A wind power generator system including: a windmill rotor including a blade having a variable pitch angle; a generator driven by the windmill rotor; and a control unit controlling the output power of the generator and the pitch angle of the blade in response to the rotational speed of the windmill rotor or the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 7709972
    Abstract: A wind turbine system is provided with a wind turbine rotor, a pitch control mechanism, and an emergency power supply mechanism. The wind turbine rotor includes a blade having a variable pitch angle. The pitch control mechanism drives the blade to control the pitch angle. The emergency power supply mechanism generates electric power from rotation of the wind turbine rotor and feeds the electric power to the pitch control mechanism, in response to occurrence of an accidental drop of a system voltage of a power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Takatoshi Matsushita, Tsuyoshi Wakasa
  • Publication number: 20090146423
    Abstract: Provided is a power generator, including a plurality of wind power generators generating electrical power using wind power energy, and variable-speed wind power generators (020a, 20b) connected between the power generator and an electrical power system. The variable-speed wind power generators (20a, 20b) equalize an output of the entire power generating system by outputting power for correcting for a drop in output of the power generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
    Inventor: Shinji Arinaga
  • Publication number: 20090066089
    Abstract: A wind power generator system according to the present invention includes: a windmill rotor including a blade having a variable pitch angle; a generator driven by the windmill rotor; and a control unit controlling the output power of the generator and the pitch angle of the blade in response to the rotational speed (?) of the windmill rotor or the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20090058086
    Abstract: A wind turbine system is provided with a wind turbine rotor, a pitch control mechanism, and an emergency power supply mechanism. The wind turbine rotor includes a blade having a variable pitch angle. The pitch control mechanism drives the blade to control the pitch angle. The emergency power supply mechanism generates electric power from rotation of the wind turbine rotor and feeds the electric power to the pitch control mechanism, in response to occurrence of an accidental drop of a system voltage of a power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Takatoshi Matsushita, Tsuyoshi Wakasa
  • Publication number: 20090053062
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a lightning protection device of a windmill blade, comprising a tip receptor assembly having receptors which are mounted, in particular to, the tip end part of the blade where the blade profile becomes smaller, and having a simple structure so as to be readily assembled, and an intermediate receptor assembly having a receptor which is set at the outer surface of the blade so as to exhibit an effective countermeasure against increasing of the air pressure in the blade upon a lightning striking upon the blade, a lightening current being discharged to the ground from the receptors through connection equipment such as lead wires laid through the inside of the blade the windmill body and bypass brushes, characterized in that a base plate made of an electrically conductive material and connected thereto with the lead wires is embedded in the blade, and the receptors are secured and supported to the base plate, being exposed at the outer surface of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Masaaki Shibata, Nobuyasu Nakamura, Takatoshi Matsushita, Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Takao Kuroiwa, Toshiyuki Hirano, Kai Karikomi
  • Patent number: 6420978
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power generation system and a fuel supply method which are suitable for isolated areas; in order to attain this object, a power generation system comprising an electric power generation facility which is arranged on an isolated area, generates electric power using energy source obtainable on an isolated area, and supplies the electric power to the isolated area and a fuel supply method comprising the steps of: moving a fuel production device between a plurality of isolated areas; producing fuel on the isolated area from the fuel material obtainable on the isolated area; and supplying the fuel to the electric power generation facility are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Osamu Shinada, Akira Yamada, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Eiichi Kobayashi, Shinji Arinaga