Patents by Inventor Tadashi Kataoka

Tadashi Kataoka 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: 20220154122
    Abstract: A culture system and a culture device each can minimize the burden on workers and can effectively prevent the effect of temperature changes on culture by performing manipulation of a multilayer culture vessel and the culture in sequence in the same space. The culture system comprises a housing with an internal space in which a multilayer culture vessel including a plurality of trays therein is placed, and a manipulator manipulating the multilayer culture vessel while the multilayer culture vessel is kept in a state placed within the internal space. The multilayer culture vessel is communicated with a liquid supply tube such that a fluid material can be introduced into the multilayer culture vessel from an outside of the housing via the liquid supply tube, or that a fluid can be discharged from the multilayer culture vessel to the outside of the housing via the liquid supply tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: Shikoku Instrumentation CO., LTD., TAISEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Takafumi Nakanishi, Toshiaki Mori, Toshiaki Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20180102700
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine capable of preventing an increase in a magnetic flux density at both ends of a rotor that can occur due to a leakage flux to thereby prevent a local overheat of the rotor is disclosed. The rotary electrical machine includes: a rotor having a rotor core and permanent magnets disposed on an outer surface of the rotor core; a stator having windings arranged around the rotor; and a shaft which is rotatable together with the rotor. The rotor core is a solid rotor core having a solid structure, the rotor core has protrusions at both sides of each of the permanent magnets, and annular recesses, extending in a circumferential direction of the rotor, are formed on outer surfaces of the protrusions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Kazutaka Yoshida, Tadashi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20180077992
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting sheet which can be easily mounted to a visor shield in a helmet, a lens in goggles, or the like and is less likely to come off. A mounting sheet is a mounting sheet which is mounted to a concave curved surface, which is an inner wall surface of a visor shield or a goggle lens, in a state where the mounting sheet is deflected along the curved surface. The mounting sheet is configured to include a plate-shaped base material sheet, which is formed of polycarbonate having a thickness of 0.1 mm or more and has a curvature smaller than that of a mounting surface when not mounted to the mounting surface, and an anti-fog layer provided on at least one of both surfaces of the base material sheet, which does not face the concave curved surface when mounted to the concave curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Tadashi KATAOKA, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Junpei YOKOCHI
  • Publication number: 20170006953
    Abstract: A pasting sheet that can be pasted easily to a shield is provided. The pasting sheet 10 is affixed sheet can be pasted on the shield 9 to the helmet 1, and includes the sheet body 100 that have the light-transmitting, the adhesive layer 120 that continuously arranged in the periphery of the sheet body 100, the suction disk type fixed member 20, and the notch portion 102 for fixing the suction disk type fixed member 20 at the left end and right end portion of the sheet body 100. And the cross section of the adhesive layer 120 has a convex curved surface. Adhesive layer 120 disposed on the left end portion or right end portion of the seat body has a height corresponding to the thickness of the suction disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Tadashi KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160065018
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine capable of preventing an increase in a magnetic flux density at both ends of a rotor that can occur due to a leakage flux to thereby prevent a local overheat of the rotor is disclosed. The rotary electrical machine includes: a rotor having a rotor core and permanent magnets disposed on an outer surface of the rotor core; a stator having windings arranged around the rotor; and a shaft which is rotatable together with the rotor. The rotor core is a solid rotor core having a solid structure, the rotor core has protrusions at both sides of each of the permanent magnets, and annular recesses, extending in a circumferential direction of the rotor, are formed on outer surfaces of the protrusions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Kazutaka YOSHIDA, Tadashi KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 8033093
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus is used in, for example, a power generation apparatus. The gas turbine apparatus according to the present invention includes a turbine, an air compressor rotatable integrally with the turbine, a recuperator for performing heat exchange between air compressed by the air compressor and an exhaust gas discharged from the turbine, a combustor for combusting a fuel mixed with the compressed air heated by the recuperator so as to produce a combustion gas, and an outer tube, an intermediate tube, and an inner tube which are coaxially arranged. An outer passage is formed between the outer tube and the intermediate tube, an intermediate passage is formed between the intermediate tube and the inner tube, and an inner passage is formed in the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Tadahiko Kishikawa, Teruyuki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20110223038
    Abstract: A controller-integrated motor pump is disclosed. The motor pump includes: a pump; a motor configured to drive the pump; a control unit configured to control the motor; and a pressure measuring device configured to measure pressure of fluid at a discharge side of the pump. The control unit is mounted on a motor casing. The control unit includes an inverter configured to produce alternating-current power having a frequency within a band that includes frequencies more than or equal to a commercial frequency, a pump controller configured to produce a torque command value for controlling operation of the pump, and a vector controller configured to determine a voltage command value for the inverter based on the torque command value. The motor has a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Takahiko OGAWA, Tadashi KATAOKA, Takahide OZAWA, Masakazu KOMAI
  • Patent number: 7596939
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus has an air compressor for compressing air, a combustor capable of combusting the compressed air, a turbine rotatable by a gas discharged from the combustor, and a recuperator for exchanging heat between the air supplied from the air compressor and an exhaust gas discharged from the turbine. The gas turbine apparatus includes a fuel supply system having a first fuel supply device for supplying a fuel having a large heating value to the combustor, a second fuel supply device for supplying a gas having a small heating value to the combustor, and a switching device operable to switch the first fuel supply device and the second fuel supply device based on a temperature of the air compressed by the air compressor or the exhaust gas discharged from the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Nobuhiko Hamano
  • Patent number: 7514813
    Abstract: A power supply system for supplying power to a load is provided. The system comprises power-line carriers for supplying power to the load, and a plurality of power supply units the outputs of which are parallelly connected to power-line carriers. Each of the power supply unit comprises a generator; an inverter for converting a voltage generated by the generator into an AC voltage and outputting the AC voltage; an inverter control unit for controlling the inverter, and a connection apparatus for connecting the AC voltage outputted from the inverter to the power-line carriers. The inverter controller comprises a load sharing adjuster for adjusting a shared load current supplied from the power supply unit, so that at least one of the power supply units in operation can operated at its rating condition, thereby realizing an efficiency operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignees: Ebara Corporation, Ebara Densan Ltd.
    Inventors: Terence McKelvey, Eishi Marui, Masahiro Miyamoto, Motoyasu Sato, Tadashi Kataoka, Tai Furuya, Seiichi Ishihara, Takahide Ozawa, Noboru Kinoshita, Shaojun Zheng
  • Publication number: 20080173006
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus is used in, for example, a power generation apparatus. The gas turbine apparatus according to the present invention includes a turbine, an air compressor rotatable integrally with the turbine, a recuperator for performing heat exchange between air compressed by the air compressor and an exhaust gas discharged from the turbine, a combustor for combusting a fuel mixed with the compressed air heated by the recuperator so as to produce a combustion gas, and an outer tube, an intermediate tube, and an inner tube which are coaxially arranged. An outer passage is formed between the outer tube and the intermediate tube, an intermediate passage is formed between the intermediate tube and the inner tube, and an inner passage is formed in the inner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi KATAOKA, Tadahiko KISHIKAWA, Teruyuki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20070273342
    Abstract: An electric power supply apparatus includes a distributed power generator such as a gas turbine generator and a power converter such as an inverter apparatus for converting electric power generated by the distributed power generator into AC electric power (alternating-current power) having a required frequency and a required voltage and supplying the AC electric power to a load. The electric power supply apparatus further includes a control unit having output voltage vs. output current characteristics for determining an output voltage corresponding to an output current of the power converter. The output voltage vs. output current characteristics has a first dropping characteristic for causing output electric power of the electric generator to be limited, between a first output current exceeding a power generation capability of the electric generator and a second output current exceeding a power converting capability of the power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicants: EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA DENSAN LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Shigeru Sakata, Takahide Ozawa, Isao Tsukagoshi, Zheng Dai
  • Patent number: 7233082
    Abstract: To provide an interconnecting power generation system which can detect an abnormality in the utility power supply and can be isolated from a utility power system and can prevent damage to a turbogenerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Ebara Densan Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai Furuya, Tadashi Kataoka, Terence McKelvey, Eishi Marui, Motoyasu Sato, Takahide Ozawa, Shaojun Zheng, Seiichi Ishihara, Noboru Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 7143584
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus is provided which comprises a turbine, a combustor for burning a mixture of air and fuel and providing the turbine with a combustion gas to drive it, a generator connected to the turbine to receive rotational force therefrom to generate electric power, a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of an exhaust gas from the turbine, a temperature setting unit and a power setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Terence McKelvey, Eishi Marui, Masahiro Miyamoto, Tadashi Kataoka, Tai Furuya
  • Patent number: 7093443
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus has a combustor 2 for combusting fuel to produce a combustion gas, a turbine 1 which is rotated by the combustion gas, an electric generator 5 coupled to the turbine 1, and a fuel flow control valve 10 configured to change an opening thereof The gas turbine apparatus includes a first PID processing unit 16 to adjust the opening of the fuel flow control valve 10 so as to maintain a rotational speed of the turbine 1 substantially at a constant value, and a second PID processing unit 17 to adjust the opening of the fuel flow control valve 10 so as to maintain a temperature of a discharged combustion gas at temperatures lower than a predetermined temperature. The gas turbine apparatus has an electric power controller 21 to control electric power to be generated by the electric generator 5 based on output values of the first PID processing unit 16 and the second PID processing unit 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Terence McKelvey, Eishi Marui, Masahiro Miyamoto, Tadashi Kataoka, Tai Furuya
  • Patent number: 7061211
    Abstract: A gas turbine generating apparatus according to the present invention comprises a gas turbine capable of a high-speed operation, a permanent-magnet-type generator driven at a high speed by the gas turbine, an inverter device (5) for converting alternating-current power generated by the generator into commercial alternating-current power, and a system-interconnection device (9) for interconnecting output of the inverter device to a commercial AC power supply system (10). The system-interconnection device controls the inverter device based on voltage of the commercial AC power supply system as a criterion such that output current of the inverter device is in phase with the voltage or out of phase with the voltage by a constant phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignees: Ebara Corporation, Ebara Densan Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu Satoh, Seiichi Ishihara, Noboru Kinoshita, Takahide Ozawa, Shao-jun Zheng, Terence Mckelvey, Tadashi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20060119202
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus has an air compressor for compressing air, a combustor capable of combusting the compressed air, a turbine rotatable by a gas discharged from the combustor, and a recuperator for exchanging heat between the air supplied from the air compressor and an exhaust gas discharged from the turbine. The gas turbine apparatus includes a fuel supply system having a first fuel supply device for supplying a fuel having a large heating value to the combustor, a second fuel supply device for supplying a gas having a small heating value to the combustor, and a switching device operable to switch the first fuel supply device and the second fuel supply device based on a temperature of the air compressed by the air compressor or the exhaust gas discharged from the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Nobuhiko Hamano
  • Patent number: D801928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Yoshida, Norihiko Noro, Tadashi Kataoka
  • Patent number: D852136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Yoshida, Norihiko Noro, Tadashi Kataoka
  • Patent number: D855023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Yoshida, Norihiko Noro, Tadashi Kataoka
  • Patent number: D855024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Yoshida, Norihiko Noro, Tadashi Kataoka