Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Rokunohe

Toshiaki Rokunohe 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: 6424162
    Abstract: An insulated device diagnosing system is capable of judging the deterioration, lifetime, and defects of a device. The intensity at each voltage phase angle is measured at a plurality of specific frequencies, taking high voltage phase angles as the abscissas. The deterioration, lifetime, and the kind and extent of abnormality of the device are judged from the pattern and intensity of the spectral distribution, which is obtained by peak-holding the measured intensity for a defined time period. According to the present invention, partial discharge can be measured highly sensitively and precisely to diagnose the deterioration, lifetime and the extent of defect of the device. As a result, the insulation reliability of the device can be improved, and the part of the device that should be repaired/replaced can be grasped before disassembly of the device, thereby cutting the maintenance cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Rokunohe, Fumihiro Endo, Tokio Yamagiwa, Ryouichi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20020024341
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for detecting a discharge in an electrical device comprising, providing a bushing having a bottom lower flange and a top upper flange, providing a shield inside the bushing extending from the bottom lower flange to a position at least below the top upper flange and providing an antenna outside the bushing at least above the position for measuring an output signal from the device for detecting the discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Toshiaki Rokunohe, Hirohiko Yatsuzuka
  • Patent number: 6218627
    Abstract: A bushing has a central conductor, and a plurality of internal shield rings. Gaps are formed between the shield rings such that equipotential lines extend through gaps. Electric field concentration in a tangential distribution on a part of the surface of the bushing corresponding to an upper part of an internal shield ring is relieved to prevent corona discharge under wet conditions, and antipollution performance and withstand voltage characteristics can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuji Shindo, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Fumihiro Endo, Tokio Yamagiwa
  • Patent number: 5982181
    Abstract: An insulated device diagnosing system is capable of judging the deterioration, lifetime, and defects of a device. The intensity at each voltage phase angle is measured at a plurality of specific frequencies, taking high voltage phase angles as the abscissas. The deterioration, lifetime, and the kind and extent of abnormality of the device are judged from the pattern and intensity of the spectral distribution, which is obtained by peak-holding the measured intensity for a defined time period. According to the present invention, partial discharge can be measured highly sensitively and precisely to diagnose the deterioration, lifetime and the extent of defect of the device. As a result, the insulation reliability of the device can be improved, and the part of the device that should be repaired/replaced can be grasped before disassembly of the device, thereby cutting the maintenance cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Rokunohe, Fumihiro Endo, Tokio Yamagiwa, Ryouichi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 5689088
    Abstract: A gas insulated device includes a grounded tank filled with an insulating gas and having a conical insulator spacer securely mounted therein to define an interior space. A through-type electric connector extends through and is supported by the insulated spacer and an electric conductor is electrically connected to the through-type electric conductor by a conductor connector. The conductor connector closest to the insulator spacer is positioned such that electric flux lines exiting from the conductor connector intersect with the surface of the insulator spacer in a region in which an electric field has a strength equal to or less than 70% of the strength of the strongest electric field on the surface of the insulator spacer generated by a lightning impulse applied to the gas insulated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Rokunohe, Fumihiro Endo, Tokio Yamagiwa, Kenji Anno