Patents by Inventor Tadahiro Yoshida

Tadahiro Yoshida 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: 20240108034
    Abstract: Provided is an oral composition comprising (a) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1, (b) an intrinsic phospholipid, (c) 60 mg/100 mL or less of sodium, and (d) a foreign phospholipid in an amount less than a taste recognition threshold, wherein the oral composition has a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X2 exhibited by the components (a) and (b), and a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X3 exhibited by the components (a) to (d), respectively, and 0.1<X2<X3 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Junki YOSHIDA, Yuki TERAMOTO, Tadahiro OHKURI, Jumpei YAMASHITA, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
  • Publication number: 20240065298
    Abstract: Provided is an oral composition comprising (a) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1, (b) 60 mg/100 mL or less of sodium, and (c) a phospholipid in an amount less than a taste recognition threshold, wherein the oral composition has a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X2 exhibited by the components (a) to (c), respectively, and 0.1<X1<X2 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Junki YOSHIDA, Tadahiro OHKURI, Yuki TERAMOTO, Jumpei YAMASHITA, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
  • Patent number: 11909180
    Abstract: A hermetic portion on the side of a main body portion of a gas insulated switchgear and a hermetic portion of a bushing tank which has polymer bushings connected to the main body portion are configured separately, and electrical connection between the main body portion side and the bushing tank is carried out in an open portion. A mid tank is provided in the rear of the main body portion in which a switching apparatus is housed, and conductor portions which are horizontally led out from the main body portion are led into the mid tank, bent upward, and connected to bushings on the top of the mid tank. Cables are extended downward from the bottom of the bushing tank disposed above the mid tank via a support panel, and in the open portion, the cables are connected to the bushings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Naoki Tanaka, Masayuki Takebe, Shintaro Kuroaki
  • Patent number: 11289885
    Abstract: A bushing tank having power receiving lead-in bushings of three phases to which conductor portions extended rearward of a main body portion in which a switching device is housed are connected is included, and the power receiving lead-in bushings of the three phases are disposed at an upper surface portion of the bushing tank at equal intervals in a circumferential direction such that end portions thereof are inclined outward so as to be separated from each other, and one of the power receiving lead-in bushings of the three phases is disposed along a front-rear direction of the main body portion. Owing to this configuration, it is possible not only to ensure insulation distances between the end portions of the power receiving lead-in bushings but also to ensure insulation distances between lead-in wires regardless of a power receiving lead-in direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Naoki Tanaka, Masayuki Takebe, Shintaro Kuroaki
  • Patent number: 11251589
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switching device includes: a vacuum valve having a movable contact provided on one side of a movable conductor and a fixed contact provided to a fixed conductor; an insulation rod connected to another side of the movable conductor led out from the vacuum valve through a bellows; an operation rod connecting the insulation rod and an operation device; an airtight container in which the insulation rod, the other side of the movable conductor, and the operation rod are accommodated; and an intermediate pressure chamber formed by communication between internal spaces of the bellows and the airtight container. A sliding contact member is provided to the other side of the movable conductor. The sliding contact member is connected, via the airtight container, to a main circuit conductor. A communication portion provided between the airtight container and the sliding contact member allows communication inside the airtight container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Tsurimoto, Tadahiro Yoshida, Junichi Abe, Shintaro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11095099
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switching device including, inside a pressure tank: a vacuum valve having a movable contact provided on one side of a movable conductor, and a fixed contact provided to a fixed conductor; an insulation rod connected to another side of the movable conductor led out through a bellows from the vacuum valve; and an airtight container in which the insulation rod and the other side of the movable conductor are stored, wherein an internal space of the bellows and an internal space of the airtight container communicate with each other, one side of the vacuum valve is fixed to a tank wall via an insulation support body, another side of the vacuum valve is connected to the tank wall via the airtight container, and the airtight container insulates the vacuum valve and the tank wall from each other, and is slidable in a movable direction of the movable conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Abe, Tadahiro Yoshida, Shintaro Yamada, Takao Tsurimoto
  • Patent number: 11056862
    Abstract: An electrical device connector includes: a bus bar which includes a hollow portion extending in an axial direction and through holes extending in an axis-orthogonal direction, and which electrically connects a plurality of switchgears to each other; terminal members including bus bar support portions in which the bus bar is inserted, and including electrical device connection portions in which the insulation plugs are inserted and fixed; and stud bolts each having one end fixed to the corresponding switchgear, each extending in the axis-orthogonal direction through the corresponding through hole, and each fixing the corresponding insulation plug at the other end. Gaps are each formed between the corresponding stud bolt and the bus bar so as to allow communication between the hollow portion and an internal space of the corresponding terminal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Yamada, Tadahiro Yoshida, Eiji Morito, Shintaro Kuroaki
  • Publication number: 20210175691
    Abstract: A bushing tank having power receiving lead-in bushings of three phases to which conductor portions extended rearward of a main body portion in which a switching device is housed are connected is included, and the power receiving lead-in bushings of the three phases are disposed at an upper surface portion of the bushing tank at equal intervals in a circumferential direction such that end portions thereof are inclined outward so as to be separated from each other, and one of the power receiving lead-in bushings of the three phases is disposed along a front-rear direction of the main body portion. Owing to this configuration, it is possible not only to ensure insulation distances between the end portions of the power receiving lead-in bushings but also to ensure insulation distances between lead-in wires regardless of a power receiving lead-in direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro YOSHIDA, Naoki TANAKA, Masayuki TAKEBE, Shintaro KUROAKI
  • Publication number: 20210151962
    Abstract: An electrical device connector includes: a bus bar which includes a hollow portion extending in an axial direction and through holes extending in an axis-orthogonal direction, and which electrically connects a plurality of switchgears to each other; terminal members including bus bar support portions in which the bus bar is inserted, and including electrical device connection portions in which the insulation plugs are inserted and fixed; and stud bolts each having one end fixed to the corresponding switchgear, each extending in the axis-orthogonal direction through the corresponding through hole, and each fixing the corresponding insulation plug at the other end. Gaps are each formed between the corresponding stud bolt and the bus bar so as to allow communication between the hollow portion and an internal space of the corresponding terminal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro YAMADA, Tadahiro YOSHIDA, Eiji MORITO, Shintaro KUROAKI
  • Publication number: 20210143618
    Abstract: A hermetic portion on the side of a main body portion of a gas insulated switchgear and a hermetic portion of a bushing tank which has polymer bushings connected to the main body portion are configured separately, and electrical connection between the main body portion side and the bushing tank is carried out in an open portion. A mid tank is provided in the rear of the main body portion in which a switching apparatus is housed, and conductor portions which are horizontally led out from the main body portion are led into the mid tank, bent upward, and connected to bushings on the top of the mid tank. Cables are extended downward from the bottom of the bushing tank disposed above the mid tank via a support panel, and in the open portion, the cables are connected to the bushings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro YOSHIDA, Naoki TANAKA, Masayuki TAKEBE, Shintaro KUROAKI
  • Publication number: 20210075201
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switching device includes: a vacuum valve having a movable contact provided on one side of a movable conductor and a fixed contact provided to a fixed conductor; an insulation rod connected to another side of the movable conductor led out from the vacuum valve through a bellows; an operation rod connecting the insulation rod and an operation device; an airtight container in which the insulation rod, the other side of the movable conductor, and the operation rod are accommodated; and an intermediate pressure chamber formed by communication between internal spaces of the bellows and the airtight container. A sliding contact member is provided to the other side of the movable conductor. The sliding contact member is connected, via the airtight container, to a main circuit conductor. A communication portion provided between the airtight container and the sliding contact member allows communication inside the airtight container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takao TSURIMOTO, Tadahiro YOSHIDA, Junichi ABE, Shintaro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210057890
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switching device including, inside a pressure tank: a vacuum valve having a movable contact provided on one side of a movable conductor, and a fixed contact provided to a fixed conductor; an insulation rod connected to another side of the movable conductor led out through a bellows from the vacuum valve; and an airtight container in which the insulation rod and the other side of the movable conductor are stored, wherein an internal space of the bellows and an internal space of the airtight container communicate with each other, one side of the vacuum valve is fixed to a tank wall via an insulation support body, another side of the vacuum valve is connected to the tank wall via the airtight container, and the airtight container insulates the vacuum valve and the tank wall from each other, and is slidable in a movable direction of the movable conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi ABE, Tadahiro YOSHIDA, Shintaro YAMADA, Takao Tsurimoto
  • Patent number: 10670660
    Abstract: A battery pack (10) includes a plurality of battery cells (100) which are connected in series to each other, a voltage and current measurement unit (voltage and current measurement unit (200)), a temperature measurement unit (temperature measurement unit (300)), and a calculation unit (calculation unit (420)) provided in an arithmetic operation communication unit (400). The calculation unit (420) calculates a “first electric energy balance” of the battery cells (100) on the basis of voltages and currents, determines internal resistances of the battery cells (100) on the basis of the temperatures, and calculates a “second electric energy balance” of the internal resistances on the basis of currents and the internal resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Envision AESC Energy Devices Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10510473
    Abstract: For the purpose of obtaining a switchgear that can perform a reliable operation, the switchgear includes: opening and closing coils that drive a movable element, opening and closing capacitors that supply energy to the coils, opening and closing control sections that perform control of charging the capacitors and of energizing the coils, an opening coil that drives the movable element to the open side, an opening capacitor frat supplies energy to the coil, a second opening control section that performs control of charging the opening capacitor and of energizing the opening coil, and an interlock circuit that energizes the second opening control section; and a signal showing that the second opening control section is in operation is supplied to an interlock circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Koichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 10347447
    Abstract: A vacuum circuit breaker includes a tank containing an electrical device. An opening corresponds to a terminal of the electrical device. A porcelain tube protruding from the tank is fixed to an opening base, and has a terminal conductor. A first connection conductor in the porcelain tube is connected to the terminal conductor. A second connection conductor is arranged in the porcelain tube. A third connection conductor is arranged between the first and the second connection conductor, has a closed end concave section fitted onto the first connection conductor and is connected to the second connection conductor by a fastener. A contact is disposed between said first connection conductor and the third connection conductor. The third and second connection conductors are made of a solid conductor. A center of the third connection conductor and a center of the second connection conductor are formed with a threaded section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Miyatake, Masahiro Arioka, Tadahiro Yoshida, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Toru Kimura, Naoki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10297987
    Abstract: A basic unit portion configured by a standard unit and a variable unit portion whose shape is configured to be changeable. The basic unit portion includes: a first pressure tank with a first opening portion; a circuit breaker; a first bushing; a first disconnecting switch. The variable unit portion includes: a busbar; a second pressure tank with a second opening portion; a second bushing whose necessary number is disposed in accordance with the number of circuits to be externally connected; and second disconnecting switches which are arranged between the busbar and the second bushing. The first opening portion of the basic unit portion and the second opening portion of the variable unit portion are joined facing each other to form into a constitutional body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Toru Kimura, Koichi Kagawa, Naoki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10218036
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack capable of more reliably preventing adverse effects from being externally exerted. MCU (26) measures, as index values pertaining to the deterioration state of battery unit (1), at least two or more from among: a capacity reduction rate that is the reduction rate of the full-charge capacity of battery unit (1) from an initial value; a cycle count representing the number of times that a cycle, in which battery unit (1) is charged until the cumulative value of charge quantities charged to battery unit (1) reaches a prescribed charge quantity, has been performed; the number of times that battery unit (1) has been charged; time elapsed from the manufacturing of battery unit (1); cell voltages that are the voltages of secondary battery cells 11; and determines whether battery unit (1) has reached its end of life by using the measured index values. Monitoring IC 25 suspends the use of battery unit (1) when battery unit (1) has reached its end of life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Energy Devices, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180372803
    Abstract: A battery pack (10) includes a plurality of battery cells (100) which are connected in series to each other, a voltage and current measurement unit (voltage and current measurement unit (200)), a temperature measurement unit (temperature measurement unit (300)), and a calculation unit (calculation unit (420)) provided in an arithmetic operation communication unit (400). The calculation unit (420) calculates a “first electric energy balance” of the battery cells (100) on the basis of voltages and currents, determines internal resistances of the battery cells (100) on the basis of the temperatures, and calculates a “second electric energy balance” of the internal resistances on the basis of currents and the internal resistances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tadahiro YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: D840353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Toru Kimura, Koichi Kagawa, Naoki Tanaka
  • Patent number: D840354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Toru Kimura, Koichi Kagawa, Naoki Tanaka