Patents by Inventor Toru Yan SHIMURA

Toru Yan SHIMURA 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: 9404780
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flow meter includes a converter including an excitation unit configured to generate and output an excitation signal and a flow rate signal receiving unit configured receive a flow rate signal, a flowtube including a coil connected to the excitation unit through an excitation cable and an electrode connected to the flow rate signal receiving unit through a signal cable, and a miswiring detection unit configured to enable the excitation unit to output an excitation signal of a first frequency and to calculate a first index value relating to the first frequency and a second index value relating to a second frequency from a flow rate signal acquired when the excitation signal of the first frequency is output. The miswiring detection unit determines that a miswiring occurs when the first index value is not large enough to satisfy a predetermined criterion than the second index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong Yan Zhang, Toru Yan Shimura
  • Publication number: 20150241255
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flow meter includes a converter including an excitation unit configured to generate and output an excitation signal and a flow rate signal receiving unit configured receive a flow rate signal, a flowtube including a coil connected to the excitation unit through an excitation cable and an electrode connected to the flow rate signal receiving unit through a signal cable, and a miswiring detection unit configured to enable the excitation unit to output an excitation signal of a first frequency and to calculate a first index value relating to the first frequency and a second index value relating to a second frequency from a flow rate signal acquired when the excitation signal of the first frequency is output. The miswiring detection unit determines that a miswiring occurs when the first index value is not large enough to satisfy a predetermined criterion than the second index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong Yan ZHANG, Toru Yan SHIMURA