Patents by Inventor Tomoshige Yamamoto
Tomoshige Yamamoto 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).
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Publication number: 20180066865Abstract: A dehumidifying apparatus includes a tubular vortex-effect generating portion, a gas inflow portion generating a swirling flow of a gas inside the vortex-effect generating portion by allowing a gas to be dehumidified to flow into the vortex-effect generating portion, a dew-condensation generating portion arranged at a place where a gas reduced in temperature flows in gases separated into a swirling flow reduced in temperature to be lower than a dew point of the gas and a swirling flow increased in temperature inside the vortex-effect generating portion, and generating dew condensation on a surface thereof, a moisture collecting portion collecting condensed moisture and a gas outflow portion provided at an end portion on a downstream side of the vortex-effect generating portion, from which the gas flowing from the gas inflow portion flows out.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: Azbil CorporationInventors: Yukako SAISU, Tomoshige YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 8453516Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter comprises a measuring pipe through which fluid to be measured flows, an electrode provided therein, an exciting unit, a signal line, a signal conversion unit that extracts a ?A/?t component that results from a change in the magnetic field from a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force of the ?A/?t component; and an electromotive force of a v×B component that results from a flow speed of the fluid, wherein the resultant electromotive force is detected by the electrode and the signal line; and a flow rate output unit that eliminates, based on the extracted ?A/?t component, a variation factor as to a span that is a coefficient applied to a magnitude V of a flow speed of the v×B component in the resultant electromotive force so as to calculate a flow rate of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Azbil CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8136412Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, electrodes, an exciting coil for applying, to a fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical with respect to a plane PLN, a signal conversion unit which extracts a ?A/?t component, irrelevant to a fluid flow velocity, from a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component and an electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, a flow rate output unit which removes a variation factor for a span as a coefficient applied to a magnitude V of a flow velocity of the v×B component in the resultant electromotive force, based on the extracted ?A/?t component, and calculates a flow rate of the fluid from a result obtained by removing the variation factor, and signal lines inclined with respect to a direction of the magnetic field in parallel with the plane PLN.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventors: Tomoshige Yamamoto, Daisuke Akita, Yoshio Yamazaki, Kenji Yao
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Patent number: 8037774Abstract: A state detection device which detects parameters includes a measuring pipe, electrodes, an exciting coil that applies a magnetic field to the fluid, signal lines arranged at angle to the magnetic field such that an electromotive force is generated due to a change with passage of time in the magnetic field, and a state quantifying unit for extracting a ?A/?t component from resultant electromotive forces that are detected at the electrodes and the signal lines and are composed of an electromotive force of the ?A/?t component irrelevant to a flow velocity of the fluid and resulting from a change with passage of time in the magnetic field and an electromotive force of a v×B component relevant to the flow velocity of the fluid, and extracts a variation factor relevant to the parameter from the ?A/?t component to quantify the parameter based on the variation factor.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20110056307Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, electrodes, an exciting coil for applying, to a fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical with respect to a plane PLN, a signal conversion unit which extracts a ?A/?t component, irrelevant to a fluid flow velocity, from a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component and an electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, a flow rate output unit which removes a variation factor for a span as a coefficient applied to a magnitude V of a flow velocity of the v×B component in the resultant electromotive force, based on the extracted ?A/?t component, and calculates a flow rate of the fluid from a result obtained by removing the variation factor, and signal lines inclined with respect to a direction of the magnetic field in parallel with the plane PLN.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Yamatake CorporationInventors: Tomoshige YAMAMOTO, Daisuke Akita, Yoshio Yamazaki, Kenji Yao
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Publication number: 20110056306Abstract: A state detection device which detects parameters includes a measuring pipe, electrodes, an exciting coil that applies a magnetic field to the fluid, signal lines arranged at angle to the magnetic field such that an electromotive force is generated due to a change with passage of time in the magnetic field, and a state quantifying unit for extracting a ?A/?t component from resultant electromotive forces that are detected at the electrodes and the signal lines and are composed of an electromotive force of the ?A/?t component irrelevant to a flow velocity of the fluid and resulting from a change with passage of time in the magnetic field and an electromotive force of a v×B component relevant to the flow velocity of the fluid, and extracts a variation factor relevant to the parameter from the ?A/?t component to quantify the parameter based on the variation factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20110056305Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter comprises a measuring pipe through which fluid to be measured flows, an electrode provided therein, an exciting unit, a signal line, a signal conversion unit that extracts a ?A/?t component that results from a change in the magnetic field from a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force of the ?A/?t component; and an electromotive force of a v×B component that results from a flow speed of the fluid, wherein the resultant electromotive force is detected by the electrode and the signal line; and a flow rate output unit that eliminates, based on the extracted ?A/?t component, a variation factor as to a span that is a coefficient applied to a magnitude V of a flow speed of the v×B component in the resultant electromotive force so as to calculate a flow rate of the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 7496455Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube (1) through which a fluid to be measured flows, electrodes (2a, 2b) which are placed in this measuring tube and detect an electromotive force generated by a magnetic field applied to the fluid and the flow of the fluid, an exciting coil (3) and power supply unit (4) which apply a time-changing magnetic field to the fluid, a signal conversion unit (5) which extracts a ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force of the electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component irrelevant to the flow velocity of the fluid and the electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, which are detected by the electrodes (2a, 2b), and a flow rate output unit (6) which extracts only the v×B component by removing the extracted ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force, and calculates the flow rate of the fluid based on the v×B component.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7487052Abstract: An exciting unit, applies, to a fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical to a plane (PLN). An electrode is placed on the plane in a measuring tube, and detects a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force based on ?A/?t component (A: vector potential, t: time) irrelevant to a flow velocity of the fluid and an electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid. A state quantifying unit extracts the ?A/?t component and a variation factor dependent on a parameter to be detected, and quantifies the parameter on the basis of the variation factor. The characteristic and state of the fluid and the state in the measuring tube can be detected regardless of the flow rate of the fluid by using the same hardware arrangement as that of an electromagnetic induction type flowmeter.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7434478Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube through which a fluid flows, electrodes which detect an electromotive force generated by a magnetic field applied to the fluid. An exciting coil applies, to the fluid, a magnetic field asymmetrical to a plane (PLN) which includes the electrodes and is perpendicular to the axial direction of the measuring tube. A signal conversion unit extracts a ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force of the electromotive force. A flow rate output unit removes a variation factor for a span as a coefficient applied to the magnitude of the flow velocity on the basis of the ?A/?t component, and calculates the flow rate of the fluid from the result obtained by removing the variation factor. The exciting coil applies the magnetic fields including the plurality of frequency components to the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7426874Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube through which a fluid to be measured flows, electrodes which detect an electromotive force generated by a magnetic field applied to the fluid. An exciting coil applies, to the fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical to a plane (PLN) which includes the electrodes and is perpendicular to the axial direction of the measuring tube. A signal conversion unit extracts a ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force of the electromotive force. A flow rate output unit removes a variation factor for a span as a coefficient applied to the magnitude of the flow velocity on the basis of the ?A/?t component, and calculates the flow rate of the fluid from the result obtained by removing the variation factor.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7369949Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, an electrode, an exciting unit, a signal conversion unit, and a flow rate calculating unit. The signal conversion unit extracts a ?A/?t component irrelevant to a flow velocity of the fluid and a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid from a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force ?A/?t, with A, t, v, and B respectively representing a vector potential, a time, a flow velocity, and a magnetic flux density. The flow rate calculating unit extracts a variation component dependent on a parameter from the ?A/?t component, corrects a span which is a coefficient applied to a magnitude V of the flow velocity of the v×B component, and calculates the flow rate of the fluid from the v×B component whose span is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20080028867Abstract: In this invention, an exciting unit applies, to a fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical to a plane (PLN). An electrode is placed on the plane in a measuring tube, and detects a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force based on a ?A/?t component (A: vector potential, t: time) irrelevant to a flow velocity of the fluid and an electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, the resultant electromotive force being generated by the magnetic field applied to the fluid and the flow of the fluid. A state quantifying unit extracts the ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force detected by the electrode, extracts, from the ?A/?t component, a variation factor dependent on a parameter to be detected, and quantifies the parameter on the basis of the variation factor. The parameter is at least one of a characteristic and state of the fluid and a state in the measuring tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2005Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070272030Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube (1) through which a fluid flows, electrodes (2a, 2b) which detect an electromotive force generated by a magnetic field applied to the fluid and the flow of the fluid, an exciting coil (3) which applies, to the fluid, a magnetic field asymmetrical to a plane (PLN) which includes the electrodes (2a, 2b) and is perpendicular to the axial direction of the measuring tube, a signal conversion unit (5) which extracts a ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force of the electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component irrelevant to the flow velocity of the fluid and the electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, which are detected by the electrodes (2a, 2b), and a flow rate output unit (6) which removes a variation factor for a span as a coefficient applied to the magnitude of the flow velocity of the v×B component in the resultant electromotive force, on the basis of the ?A/?t component, and calculateType: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2005Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070234820Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube (1) through which a fluid to be measured flows, electrodes (2a, 2b) which are placed in this measuring tube and detect an electromotive force generated by a magnetic field applied to the fluid and the flow of the fluid, an exciting coil (3) and power supply unit (4) which apply a time-changing magnetic field to the fluid, a signal conversion unit (5) which extracts a ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force of the electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component irrelevant to the flow velocity of the fluid and the electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, which are detected by the electrodes (2a, 2b), and a flow rate output unit (6) which extracts only the v×B component by removing the extracted ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force, and calculates the flow rate of the fluid based on the v×B component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2005Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070220993Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube (1) through which a fluid to be measured flows, electrodes (2a, 2b) which detect an electromotive force generated by a magnetic field applied to the fluid and the flow of the fluid, an exciting coil (3) which applies, to the fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical to a plane (PLN) which includes the electrodes (2a, 2b) and is perpendicular to the axial direction of the measuring tube, a signal conversion unit (5) which extracts a ?A/?t component from the resultant electromotive force of the electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component irrelevant to the flow velocity of the fluid and the electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, which are detected by the electrodes (2a, 2b), and a flow rate output unit (6) which removes a variation factor for a span as a coefficient applied to the magnitude (V) of the flow velocity of the v×B component in the resultant electromotive force, on the basis of tType: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2005Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070088511Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, an electrode, an exciting unit, a signal conversion unit, and a flow rate calculating unit. The signal conversion unit extracts a ?A/?t component irrelevant to a flow velocity of the fluid and a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid from a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component and an electromotive force based on the v×B component, with A, t, v, and B respectively representing a vector potential, a time, a flow velocity, and a magnetic flux density.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Inventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6865956Abstract: When a plane (PLN) which includes electrodes (2a, 2b) and is perpendicular to the direction of an axis (PAX) of a measuring pipe (1) is defined as a boundary in the measuring pipe (1), an exciting coil (3) applies asymmetrical magnetic fields to a fluid to be measured, which flows through the measuring pipe (1), on both sides of the plane (PLN) serving as the boundary in the measuring pipe (1). A signal conversion unit (5) obtains the phase difference between an exciting current supplied to the exciting coil (3) and an interelectrode electromotive force detected by the electrodes (2a, 2b). A flow rate output unit (6) calculates the flow rate of the fluid on the basis of the phase difference obtained by the signal conversion unit (5).Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20040255691Abstract: When a plane (PLN) which includes electrodes (2a, 2b) and is perpendicular to the direction of an axis (PAX) of a measuring pipe (1) is defined as a boundary in the measuring pipe (1), an exciting coil (3) applies asymmetrical magnetic fields to a fluid to be measured, which flows through the measuring pipe (1), on both sides of the plane (PLN) serving as the boundary in the measuring pipe (1). A signal conversion unit (5) obtains the phase difference between an exciting current supplied to the exciting coil (3) and an interelectrode electromotive force detected by the electrodes (2a, 2b). A flow rate output unit (6) calculates the flow rate of the fluid on the basis of the phase difference obtained by the signal conversion unit (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6829946Abstract: In an electromagnetic flowmeter, a fluid to be measured flows through a measuring pipe. An electrode in the measuring pipe detects an electromotive force generated by a magnetic field applied to the fluid and flow of the fluid. A first exciting coil applies a first magnetic field having a first frequency to the fluid. A second exciting coil applies, to the fluid, a second magnetic field obtained by amplitude-modulating a carrier having the first frequency by a modulated wave having a second frequency. A power supply section supplies an exciting current to the first and second exciting coils. A signal conversion section separates the component of the first frequency from the electromotive force to obtain an amplitude, separates one of the components of sum and difference frequencies of the first and second frequencies from the electromotive force to obtain an amplitude, and obtains an amplitude ratio. A flow rate output section calculates the flow rate of the fluid on the basis of the amplitude ratio.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Yamatake CorporationInventor: Tomoshige Yamamoto