Patents by Inventor Takanobu Hatakeyama

Takanobu Hatakeyama 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: 5721490
    Abstract: A power source apparatus distributes a current command value to be supplied to a load to a plurality of output current amplifiers connected in parallel with the load, and each of the output current amplifiers supplies an output current corresponding to the current command value so distributed. This power source apparatus prevents a circulating current between the output current amplifiers by controlling each output current amplifier so that the difference between the output current from each output current amplifier and the distributed current command value becomes zero, or by inserting current limiting devices into the output line of each output current amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Keiichi Chabata, Takuya Domoto, Takanobu Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 4839915
    Abstract: In an inverter type X-ray apparatus comprising an inverter including a plurality of switching elements operated alternately to generate an AC voltage having a rectangular waveform, a high voltage transformer transforming the AC voltage of rectangular waveform into a high AC voltage, a high voltage rectifier circuit rectifying the high AC voltage into a DC voltage, and an X-ray tube to which the DC voltage is applied as a tube voltage, the switching elements are driven to make chopping operation at a frequency high than the inverter drive frequency, and a pattern signal is generated for gradually increasing the duty cycle of the chopping operation in synchronism with the timing of switching over the switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuo Kaneko, Takanobu Hatakeyama, Hirofumi Hino, Hideki Uemura, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4794506
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resonant DC-DC converter which comprises an inverter for converting DC power into AC power, a rectifier connected to the AC output of the inverter through a resonant transformer for rectifying AC output power of the transformer to obtain DC power to be applied to a load, means for determining respective operation phases of a first, a second, a third and a fourth switching elements constituting the inverter in accordance with set signals indicating a voltage and a current to be supplied to the load, and a phase control circuit for controlling the respective operation phases of the first, second, third and fourth switching elements on the basis of an output signal of the phase determining means in a manner so that the first and second switching elements are alternately turned on with a phase difference of 180 degrees with respect to an operation frequency of the inverter, the third and fourth switching elements are alternately turned on with a phase difference of 180 degrees with respect to the o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Hino, Takanobu Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 4768215
    Abstract: An X-ray generator with current measuring device has an X-ray tube, a power supply unit for feeding high voltage to the X-ray tube, a high voltage cable for connecting the X-ray tube and power supply unit. The high voltage cable is comprised of a core conductor, an insulating layer surrounding the core conductor and a covered shield surrounding the insulating layer and the covered shield is disconnected near one end of the cable connected to the X-ray tube so as to be divided into a major shield portion adjacent to the power supply unit and a minor shield portion adjacent to the X-ray tube. An insulating member is provided for electrically insulating the major and minor shield portions, and a magnetic sensor sensitive to a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the high voltage cable is positioned around the minor shield portion. The X-ray generator can measure the X-ray tube current accurately and readily under electrical insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignees: Hitachi Medical Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisakatsu Kiwaki, Kayo Shimada, Hiroshi Okubo, Kazuo Kaneko, Takanobu Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 4742535
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inverter type X-ray apparatus comprising a DC-DC converter for converting a DC voltage into a different DC voltage, an inverter for inverting an output voltage of the DC-DC converter into an AC voltage, a high voltage transformer for transforming an output voltage of the inverter into a higher voltage, a rectifier for converting an AC output voltage of the transformer into a DC voltage, and an X-ray tube to which an output voltage of the rectifier is applied. In the apparatus, the DC-DC converter includes a reactor, a switching element and a capacitor which are interconnected so that the DC-DC converter can generate an output voltage higher or lower than an input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Hino, Hideki Uemura, Kazuo Kaneko, Takanobu Hatakeyama, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4661757
    Abstract: In a controller for an AC elevator in which the frequency of AC power applied to a driving induction motor is varied by a frequency converter, the output frequency of the frequency converter when the elevator is running at its rated speed is at least as high as the frequency of the AC supply, and the AC supply is applied directly onto the induction motor without any frequency conversion during low-speed running, so that the elevator can be run slowly without using the frequency converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Hokari, Takamasa Hori, Katsu Komuro, Takanobu Hatakeyama, Toshiroo Narita, Yasunori Katayama, Noboru Arahori
  • Patent number: 4553640
    Abstract: An elevator controller which uses an acceleration command signal that has as its initial value a start shock compensation torque which will offset the unbalance torque caused at the time of starting. From the completion of elevator car acceleration to the start of deceleration, the acceleration command is gradually increased or decreased to control the motor so as to provide a smoother motion of the car. After the inception of the car deceleration a velocity command is issued which decreases with the reducing distance between the car and the destination floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Inaba, Seiya Shima, Takeki Ando, Toshiaki Kurosawa, Yasunori Katayama, Takanobu Hatakeyama, Sadao Hokari
  • Patent number: 4441584
    Abstract: In an AC elevator system employing a three-phase induction motor for driving an elevator car, the primary voltage supplied to the induction motor is controlled to control the motoring torque in the acceleration mode and in the rated-speed running mode, while, in the deceleration mode, a power converter unit supplies AC power of low frequency to the induction motor to apply regenerative braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Mitsui, Yasuyuki Maeda, Tomiaki Kurihara, Seiya Shima, Takanobu Hatakeyama, Katsu Komuro
  • Patent number: 4387436
    Abstract: A pulse generator is coupled to a car drive motor directly coupled to a sheave, over which a rope suspending an elevator car is passed, and the position of the car is calculated through the counting of pulses produced from the pulse generator. First and second car position detectors for detecting respective first and second car positions are provided within a hatchway, and the number of pulses produced during a period from the actuation of the first car position detector till the actuation of the second car position detector is detected. A count value for calculating the car position is corrected according to the difference between the detected pulse number and a reference pulse number corresponding to the distance between the first and second car position detectors, thereby effecting the compensation for the wear of the sheave and rope to improve the precision of the car position detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Katayama, Takanobu Hatakeyama, Seiya Shima, Sadao Hokari, Toshiro Narita, Kenji Yoneda, Kazuhiro Sakata, Tomiaki Kurihara, Toshio Meguro
  • Patent number: 4378059
    Abstract: An abnormal speed detector for an elevator system having an elevator car for servicing a plurality of floors, means for driving the elevator car in response to a speed command and a speed detector for detecting a running speed of the elevator car is disclosed. The abnormal speed detector comprises means for storing a set of speed data indicating a predetermined abnormal speed checking pattern as a function of running time or running distance of the elevator car, means for reading out of the storage means one of the set of speed data corresponding to an instant value of the running time or running position of the elevator car after the start of run, and means for comparing an actual speed of the elevator car with the readout speed data to determine if the speed of the elevator car is normal or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Hatakeyama, Yasunori Katayama, Sadao Hokari, Kanji Yoneda, Tomiaki Kurihara, Toshio Meguro
  • Patent number: 4150734
    Abstract: An elevator car control apparatus is disclosed in which a three-phase AC tachometer generator is coupled to a motor for driving an elevator car, and the AC output of the tachometer generator is full-wave rectified for use as a speed feedback voltage. A waveform-shaping circuit generates one pulse for each cycle of the output of the AC tachometer generator. A counter counts such pulses after the car has passed a deceleration-initiating point, thereby producing the number of counts proportional to a car running distance after the passage of the deceleration-initiating point. From this number of counts, a deceleration command voltage decreasing progressively in accordance with car positions is obtained by a decoder and a digital-analog converter. During deceleration, the car-drive motor is subjected to feedback control in accordance with the difference between the speed feedback voltage and the deceleration command voltage, thus effecting deceleration control of the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohira, Tadao Kameyama, Chihiko Honzyo, Yuzaburo Iwasa, Takanobu Hatakeyama