Patents by Inventor Takatoshi Matsushita

Takatoshi Matsushita 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: 20230047288
    Abstract: An electric-powered vehicle includes: an axle body that includes an axle and drive wheels connected to both ends of the axle; a magnetic geared motor for rotating the axle, the magnetic geared motor including a stator, a low-speed rotor, and a high-speed rotor; a vehicle structure supported by the axle body; a motor support for connecting the vehicle structure and the stator, and supporting the magnetic geared motor by the vehicle structure; and an elastic coupling for coupling the low-speed rotor and the axle such that a rotational force of the low-speed rotor is transmittable to the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi MATSUSHITA, Masaya MITAKE, Hitoshi ONUMA, Hiroyuki YAGITA, Kentaro HAYASHI, Katsuhiko SHODA
  • Publication number: 20230049968
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotary electric machine is provided with: a casing; a stator including a stator core, a coil, and a plurality of stator magnets; a first rotor including a plurality of pole pieces provided inside the stator; and a second rotor including a rotor core provided inside the first rotor and a plurality of rotor magnets provided in the rotor core, wherein the stator core includes a back yoke and a plurality of teeth protruding radially inward from the back yoke and provided at intervals in the circumferential direction, a plurality of the stator magnets are attached to radially inner end portions of the teeth in the circumferential direction, and the stator magnets are attached to the stator core so that a first portion of the tooth to which the stator magnets are attached is allowed to separate from a second portion of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20230046584
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device, which is disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear, includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the magnetic gear. Each of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces includes a plurality of plate-shaped electrical steel sheets having a longitudinal direction. The plurality of electrical steel sheets are laminated along the circumferential direction, with the longitudinal direction being along an axial direction of the magnetic gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Mikito SASAKI, Takatoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230049224
    Abstract: An outer diameter side magnet field pole piece assembly for a magnetic gear which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed on an outer circumferential side of the outer diameter side magnet field pole piece assembly along a circumferential direction, includes: a plurality of magnetic pole pairs disposed on the outer circumferential side of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces along the circumferential direction; and a support member for supporting the plurality of magnetic pole pairs from the outer circumferential side. A space along an axial direction is formed in at least a part between an outer circumferential surface of each of the plurality of magnetic pole pairs and an opposite surface of an inner circumferential surface of the support member opposite to the outer circumferential surface of each of the plurality of magnetic pole pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakai, Yasutaka Aoki, Takayuki Shimizu, Ryoji Okabe, Akihiko Umeda, Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230046567
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotary electric machine includes: a casing; a stator including a stator core fixed to the casing and formed in an annular shape centered on an axis, a coil installed inside a slot of the stator core, and a plurality of stator magnets installed inside the stator core at intervals in a circumferential direction about the axis; a first rotor including a plurality of pole pieces provided inside the stator at intervals in the circumferential direction about the axis; and a second rotor including a rotor core provided inside the first rotor and a plurality of rotor magnets provided in the rotor core at intervals in the circumferential direction. The stator core includes a back yoke surrounding the axis and a plurality of teeth formed on the back yoke at intervals in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230045743
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear, includes: an outer circumferential cover member disposed opposite to the outer diameter side magnet field and having a cylindrical shape; an inner circumferential cover member disposed opposite to the inner diameter side magnet field and having a cylindrical shape; and a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction between the outer circumferential cover member and the inner circumferential cover member. The outer circumferential cover member includes a plurality of outer circumferential side facing portions facing outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and a plurality of outer circumferential side connecting portions for connecting two adjacent outer circumferential side facing portions of the plurality of outer circumferential side facing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakai, Yasutaka Aoki, Takayuki Shimizu, Ryoji Okabe, Akihiko Umeda, Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230029489
    Abstract: A magnetic field generator includes a plurality of magnets on support members disposed opposite to each other across a gap. The plurality of magnets include: first magnets having a magnetization direction orthogonal to a support surface of each of the support members; and second magnets having a magnetization direction parallel to the support surface, and form a Halbach magnet array. Either of the first magnets or the second magnets has a first dimension orthogonal to the support surface which is smaller than a first dimension of the other of the first magnets or the second magnets, either of the first magnets or the second magnets being formed into a recessed shape as viewed from a side of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Takatoshi Matsushita, Akihiko Umeda
  • Patent number: 10401414
    Abstract: A method of testing a receptor of a wind turbine includes a step of moving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) close to the receptor of a wind turbine blade mounted to a hub of the wind turbine, and performing an electric continuity test on the receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Matsushita, Keisuke Ota, Osamu Hasegawa, Kengo Imaoka, Koji Fukami
  • Publication number: 20170248647
    Abstract: A method of testing a receptor of a wind turbine includes a step of moving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) close to the receptor of a wind turbine blade mounted to a hub of the wind turbine, and performing an electric continuity test on the receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Takatoshi MATSUSHITA, Keisuke OTA, Osamu HASEGAWA, Kengo IMAOKA, Koji FUKAMI
  • Patent number: 9279410
    Abstract: When a low voltage event occurs in a utility grid, a load on a spindle system is repressed so that a damage is prevented. A rotor having a plurality of wind turbine blades, a generator to be driven by rotation of the rotor, and a pitch angle controller for controlling a pitch angle of the wind turbine blade according to a generator speed are provided, and when a voltage of a utility grid is a predetermined value or less, the pitch angle controller controls the pitch angle so that torsional vibration generated on a spindle system for transmitting the rotation of the rotor to a generator system is repressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Akira Yasugi, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9024459
    Abstract: A rotor having a plurality of wind turbine blades, a generator to be driven by rotation of the rotor, a pitch angle controller for controlling a pitch angle of the wind turbine blades according to a speed of a generator, and a comparing and selecting section are provided. When the voltage of the utility grid is a predetermined value or less, the pitch angle controller controls the pitch angle so that the wind turbine blades do not move to a fine side. Further, the comparing and selecting section compares a temporary pitch angle command value determined based on the speed of the generator with a previous value of a pitch angle command value, and when the temporary pitch angle command value is a command for controlling the wind turbine blades closer to the fine side than the previous value, outputs the previous value as a current pitch angle command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Akira Yasugi, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8922042
    Abstract: The control system of this floating wind turbine generator is a control system of a floating wind turbine generator in which the control system controls a pitch angle control section by a pitch angle instruction value calculated on the basis of signals detected by a second sensor detecting a relative angle between a nacelle and a tower and a third sensor detecting a yaw angle from a reference position of the tower so that a signal detected by a first sensor detecting wind direction deviation relative to a vertical direction of a rotation plane of wind turbine blades indicates an angle within a predetermined range from the vertical direction of the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades, and controls a yaw driving device by a yaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis of the signals detected by the second sensor and the third sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
    Inventors: Kazunari Ide, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20140284927
    Abstract: When a low voltage event occurs in a utility grid, a load on a spindle system is repressed so that a damage is prevented. A rotor having a plurality of wind turbine blades, a generator to be driven by rotation of the rotor, and a pitch angle controller for controlling a pitch angle of the wind turbine blade according to a generator speed are provided, and when a voltage of a utility grid is a predetermined value or less, the pitch angle controller controls the pitch angle so that torsional vibration generated on a spindle system for transmitting the rotation of the rotor to a generator system is repressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Akira Yasugi, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20140217731
    Abstract: A rotor having a plurality of wind turbine blades, a generator to be driven by rotation of the rotor, a pitch angle controller for controlling a pitch angle of the wind turbine blades according to a speed of a generator, and a comparing and selecting section are provided. When the voltage of the utility grid is a predetermined value or less, the pitch angle controller controls the pitch angle so that the wind turbine blades do not move to a fine side. Further, the comparing and selecting section compares a temporary pitch angle command value determined based on the speed of the generator with a previous value of a pitch angle command value, and when the temporary pitch angle command value is a command for controlling the wind turbine blades closer to the fine side than the previous value, outputs the previous value as a current pitch angle command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Akira Yasugi, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8796872
    Abstract: An object is to provide a wind turbine generator that is capable of continuously operating an auxiliary unit even when a grid fault occurs. Provided is a wind turbine generator including an auxiliary-unit breaker provided in a power line that connects an auxiliary unit to a power grid, wherein the auxiliary-unit breaker has a current-resisting capacity within a range that tolerates a current that flows in a low-voltage event and does not exceed a tolerable current of a motor provided in the auxiliary unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Takatoshi Matsushita, Masaaki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20140175795
    Abstract: The control system of this floating wind turbine generator is a control system of a floating wind turbine generator in which the control system controls a pitch angle control section by a pitch angle instruction value calculated on the basis of signals detected by a second sensor detecting a relative angle between a nacelle and a tower and a third sensor detecting a yaw angle from a reference position of the tower so that a signal detected by a first sensor detecting wind direction deviation relative to a vertical direction of a rotation plane of wind turbine blades indicates an angle within a predetermined range from the vertical direction of the rotation plane of the wind turbine blades, and controls a yaw driving device by a yaw driving instruction value calculated on the basis of the signals detected by the second sensor and the third sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunari IDE, Takatoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 8749089
    Abstract: A wind power generation system is disclosed for suppressing an increase of torque when a voltage in a utility grid is restored, and to reduce a load to devices due to the torque. The wind power generation system includes a blade control unit for controlling the pitch angle of the wind turbine blades such that the pitch angle matches a target pitch angle determined on the basis of at least one of a wind speed, a rotation speed of the power generator, and a requested output power when the power control unit re-actuates the operations of the converter and the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Takatoshi Matsushita, Akira Yasugi, Masaaki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20140119919
    Abstract: In lightning protection equipment of a wind turbine, it is required to ease the maintenance with maintaining high safety. The lightning current received by a receptor of a blade is conducted to an earth line in the blade. The earth line is conducted to the internal space of the rotor head via the internal side space of the bearing for changing the pitch angle of the blade. It is possible to conduct the lightning current to the rotor head side without using the bearing as the current route and without using a sliding or wearing member such as a brash or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Naka, Yoichiro Tsumura, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8676392
    Abstract: An object is to improve the accuracy of power factor adjustment. Power-factor command values corresponding to individual wind turbines are determined by correcting a predetermined power-factor command value for an interconnection node using power factor correction levels set for the individual wind turbines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Arinaga, Takatoshi Matsushita, Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Akira Yasugi, Masaaki Shibata
  • Patent number: 8536722
    Abstract: In a wind turbine generator, the rotation of the rotor is speeded up by a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and is transferred to a synchronous generator. In a state in which the wind turbine generator is interconnected to a utility grid, and the synchronous generator reaches a synchronous speed, if no mechanical power is transferred to the synchronous generator, a wind-turbine control system operates the synchronous generator as a synchronous condenser, thus controlling the magnitude of the field current of the synchronous generator. Thus, the wind turbine generator can supply reactive power to the utility grid without adding new equipment, such as a reactive power compensator using a semiconductor switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Hisanobu Shinoda, Hidekazu Ichinose, Yukio Yamashita, Takatoshi Matsushita