Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Hirai

Tomoyuki Hirai 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: 10770905
    Abstract: While a power storage installation operates as a virtual generator to maintain an power storage amount, a power generating installation calculates a first generated power change rate command value from a deviation between a frequency of a power distribution system and a frequency command value, calculates a second generated power change rate command value from received power measured by a received power measurer, calculates a second active power command value by integrating a generated power change rate command value to which the first generated power change rate command value and the second generated power change rate command value are added, and controls an output of the power generating installation based on the second active power command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazushige Sugimoto, Kenichi Sakimoto, Tomoyuki Hirai, Shogo Hamano, Shimpei Kobayashi, Yuko Hirase, Kensho Abe, Osamu Noro, Shogo Katsura, Eiji Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20190334352
    Abstract: While a power storage installation operates as a virtual generator to maintain an power storage amount, a power generating installation calculates a first generated power change rate command value from a deviation between a frequency of a power distribution system and a frequency command value, calculates a second generated power change rate command value from received power measured by a received power measurer, calculates a second active power command value by integrating a generated power change rate command value to which the first generated power change rate command value and the second generated power change rate command value are added, and controls an output of the power generating installation based on the second active power command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazushige SUGIMOTO, Kenichi SAKIMOTO, Tomoyuki HIRAI, Shogo HAMANO, Shimpei KOBAYASHI, Yuko HIRASE, Kensho ABE, Osamu NORO, Shogo KATSURA, Eiji YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180236702
    Abstract: An injection molding method for a molded item uses a polyether ether ketone (PEEK) material, wherein a filling peak pressure is 40 MPa to 150 MPa. The PEEK material may be injected to form the molded item from a runner member through a multipoint gate and then optionally a subrunner. The runner member and the subrunner may be connected to each other by a film gate. A stretching processing may be applied after the PEEK material is injected to increase a length 1.2 to 5 fold and increase a diameter to 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm. The stretching processing may use an in-mold stretching method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: TOSKABANO'K CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki HIRAI
  • Patent number: 9866022
    Abstract: When an AC line of one local system and a power system are in a parallel-off state, a control device included in a power supply system causes local inverter devices of the local systems to operate in a parallel-off operation mode in which control is performed such that the voltage and frequency of power on the AC line is at a target voltage and a target frequency determined according to the state of charge of a power storage device. When a condition for switching to the connected state has been satisfied, the control device stops operation of the local inverter device in the parallel-off operation mode and causes a switch to the connected state by operating the interrupting device, and thereafter causes the local inverter device to operate in a charging operation mode used in charging the power storage device with supplementary power received from the power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Wind Engineering Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nakao, Koji Yakire, Tomoyuki Hirai, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 9705326
    Abstract: A power consumption mode guiding device includes a local system wherein the frequency of power on an AC line, is controlled at a target frequency determined according to the state of charge of a power storage device. The power consumption mode guiding device includes a frequency detection unit that detects the actual frequency of power on the AC line, an information storage unit in which guidance information for guiding the mode of use of a power consumption device by a power consumer (D) to a prescribed mode are stored in advance in association with frequency information obtained from detection results from the frequency detection unit, and a guidance information output unit that reads out, from the information storage unit, the guidance information associated with the frequency information obtained from the detection result from the frequency detection unit, and outputs the guidance information to the power consumer (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Wind Engineering Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nakao, Koji Yakire, Tomoyuki Hirai, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 9169403
    Abstract: A powder coating composition for PC strand coating which, when used for the coating of a PC strand, can advantageously form a coating film having an even thickness at low cost without causing uneven thickness or stringness is disclosed. The powder coating composition of this invention for PC strand coating is characterized by having a melt viscosity of 3,000-15,000 poise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD., SUMITOMO (SEI) STEEL WIRE CORP.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirai, Yoshitaka Ishihara, Koichiro Natori, Toshihiko Niki, Yoshihiko Touda, Takayuki Yamagiwa
  • Publication number: 20150207322
    Abstract: When an AC line of one local system and a power system are in a parallel-off state, a control device included in a power supply system causes local inverter devices of the local systems to operate in a parallel-off operation mode in which control is performed such that the voltage and frequency of power on the AC line is at a target voltage and a target frequency determined according to the state of charge of a power storage device. When a condition for switching to the connected state has been satisfied, the control device stops operation of the local inverter device in the parallel-off operation mode and causes a switch to the connected state by operating the interrupting device, and thereafter causes the local inverter device to operate in a charging operation mode used in charging the power storage device with supplementary power received from the power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicants: WIND ENGINEERING CENTER CO., LTD., OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nakao, Koji Yakire, Tomoyuki Hirai, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20150180236
    Abstract: A power consumption mode guiding device includes a local system wherein the frequency of power on an AC line, is controlled at a target frequency determined according to the state of charge of a power storage device. The power consumption mode guiding device includes a frequency detection unit that detects the actual frequency of power on the AC line, an information storage unit in which guidance information for guiding the mode of use of a power consumption device by a power consumer (D) to a prescribed mode are stored in advance in association with frequency information obtained from detection results from the frequency detection unit, and a guidance information output unit that reads out, from the information storage unit, the guidance information associated with the frequency information obtained from the detection result from the frequency detection unit, and outputs the guidance information to the power consumer (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: Wind Engineering Center Co., Ltd., Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nakao, Koji Yakire, Tomoyuki Hirai, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20100233478
    Abstract: A powder coating composition for PC strand coating which, when used for the coating of a PC strand, can advantageously form a coating film having an even thickness at low cost without causing uneven thickness or stringness is disclosed. The powder coating composition of this invention for PC strand coating is characterized by having a melt viscosity of 3,000-15,000 poise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirai, Yoshitaka Ishihara, Koichiro Natori, Toshihiko Niki, Yoshihiko Touda, Takayuki Yamagiwa
  • Publication number: 20080067028
    Abstract: A magnetic clutch 1 having a rotor 2, an armature 3 having a friction surface 31 disposed opposite and engaged by the friction surface 21 of the rotor 2, an electromagnetic coil 4 for attracting the armature 3 to the side of the rotor 2, and a rubber hub 5 for transmitting the rotational power to driven equipment. The rubber hub 5 is composed of an outer hub 51 fixed to the armature 3, an inner hub 52 connected to the driven equipment, and a rubber part 53 disposed between the outer hub 51 and the inner hub 52. On a surface of the armature 3, a corrosion-preventive coated film is formed by electrodeposition-coating. A powder coated film 6 having a function of preventing adhesion between the armature 3 and the rubber part 53 is formed on a surface of the outer hub 51, on a surface of the inner hub 52, and on a rubber seating surface 531 of the rubber part 53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagaya, Kazuhiko Otsuka, Fumiaki Kato, Tomoyuki Hirai, Tohru Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 6739491
    Abstract: A lock member attachment device with a needle guard installation structure includes a needle guard having a pair of fork-like attachment pieces at a basal portion thereof, and a boxlike needle receiving portion at least at an upper surface thereof. The needle receiving portion is at a front portion of an attachment piece. The pair of attachment pieces are pivotally supported on an area near a front end of a main body casing, and at least one of the attachment pieces is acted on by a slider-type stopper, thereby retaining a predetermined position. The needle receiving portion has a cut groove formed in a bottom portion thereof, the cut groove being for restraining a discharged runner portion of a tag suspending member assembly when the needle guard is collapsed in use, so that a finger holding a grip of the main body will not contact the runner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki-Kaisya Toska
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20020183700
    Abstract: A lock member attachment device with a needle guard installation structure includes a needle guard having a pair of fork-like attachment pieces at a basal portion thereof, and a boxlike needle receiving portion at least at an upper surface thereof. The needle receiving portion is at a front portion of an attachment piece. The pair of attachment pieces are pivotally supported on an area near a front end of a main body casing, and at least one of the attachment pieces is acted on by a slider-type stopper, thereby retaining a predetermined position. The needle receiving portion has a cut groove formed in a bottom portion thereof, the cut groove being for restraining a discharged runner portion of a tag suspending member assembly when the needle guard is collapsed in use, so that a finger holding a grip of the main body will not contact the runner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki-Kaisya TOSKA
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 5908110
    Abstract: A flexible pin assembly for hooking tags includes a plurality of flexible pins arranged in parallel relation, and a connecting assembly for connecting together the plurality of flexible pins. Each of the flexible pins includes an intermediate portion made of a tough plastic fiber, an earlobe portion secured to one end of the intermediate portion, the earlobe portion including a through-hole and an engagement portion formed on an inner surface of a wall defining the through-hole, and a head portion secured to an opposite end of the intermediate portion and adapted to be inserted for engagement into the through-hole so that a loop is formed at the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: J.E. Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 5906039
    Abstract: An attacher of a loop pin for hooking a tag includes a turnable lever connected to a lower end of a link which is biased in a predetermined direction, a piston holder connected to another end of the link which slides forwardly and backwardly along a guide bar, and a tubular piston bar having a pressing portion formed with a slit at a distal end thereof, a rear end of the piston bar being bent into an L-shaped configuration and mounted on the piston holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: J.E. Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syouchi Fukami, Tomoyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 5738265
    Abstract: A loop pin attaching device for tag hanging is provided with a drive lever which is selectively moveable between a first, unactivated and a second, activated position. A link is rotatably connected with the drive lever and a piston member is connected to the other end of the link, the piston member and link being selectively moveable between first, unactivated and second, activated positions. A pressing body formed with a pipe shape is fixed to a front face of the piston. An insertion guide is dimensioned to allow the pressing body to slide therethrough when the piston member is moved and to receive an insertion portion of a loop pin. A rack gear is rotatably fixed to the link adjacent the second end of the link, and a gear group, formed of at least a first, smaller diameter gear and a second, larger diameter gear, is provided, the smaller diameter gear meshingly engaging the rack gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignees: J.E. Co., Ltd., Ben Clements & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirai, Shoichi Fukami