Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Yamane

Toshihiro Yamane 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: 9031703
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes an air conditioning thermal load prediction unit configured to calculate an air conditioning thermal load predicted value indicating a predicted amount of heat required to adjust temperature to a pre-set temperature on a day-of-prediction, a power generation output prediction processing unit configured to calculate power generation output prediction data indicating a generated power obtained by a generator within the day-of-prediction, and an operation planning unit configured to prepare an air conditioning heat source operation plan, and determines a purchased power and the generated power using the power generation output prediction data to thereby prepare a power facility operation plan indicating a schedule of a power output from the purchased power source and the generator, so that the purchased power per predetermined time supplied from a purchased power source of a commercial power system becomes a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Shimizu Corporation
    Inventors: Takuji Nakamura, Toshihiro Yamane, Eisuke Shimoda, Kimio Morino
  • Patent number: 8896151
    Abstract: An electric power system includes: an uninterruptible power supply including an AC switch provided between a commercial power supply and an output part, a secondary battery, and an inverter provided between the AC switch and secondary battery; an important load connected to the output part; a distributed power supply connected to the output part; total load power consumption detection section detecting the power consumption of all loads including the important load; charge/discharge power detection section detecting charge/discharge power of the secondary battery; output power detection section detecting the output power of the distributed power supply; important load power consumption detection section detecting the power consumption of the important load; and a controller that inputs thereto detection values from the total load power consumption detection section, charge/discharge detection section, output power detection section, and important load power consumption detection section and outputs a control
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shimizu Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Shigeo Numata, Eisuke Shimoda, Morihiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8860247
    Abstract: To provide an electric power system capable of adequately controlling the power flow in an AC switch (120) constituting an interruptible power supply, an electric power system according to the present invention includes: an uninterruptible power supply (100) including an AC switch (120) provided between a commercial power supply (200) and an output part (102), a secondary battery (130), and an inverter (135) provided between the AC switch (120) and secondary battery (130); an important load (150) connected to the output part (102); a photovoltaic power supply (140) connected to the output part (102); an electric power detection section (181) that detects the power consumption of all loads including the important load (150); an electric power detection section (131) that detects charge/discharge power of the secondary battery (130); and a controller (110) that inputs thereto detection values from the electric power detection section (181) and electric power detection section (131) and outputs a control command
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Shimizu Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Shigeo Numata, Eisuke Shimoda, Morihiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8767362
    Abstract: An islanded power system with a distributed power supply includes a system abnormality detection unit, which outputs an abnormality detection signal when an abnormality in a commercial system is detected; a breaker, which interrupts a supply of power from the commercial system when the abnormality detection signal is input from the system abnormality detection unit; a status detection unit, which outputs a breaker status signal when the breaker's open state is detected; and an electrical storage device, which compensates a fluctuation in load until a rotating machine generator switches to an islanded operation after the supply of power from the commercial system is interrupted by the breaker by starting the supply of power when the breaker status signal is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Shimizu Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Shigeo Numata, Kimio Morino, Eisuke Shimoda
  • Patent number: 8567566
    Abstract: There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an oil pan structure attached to a lower portion of an engine for a vehicle. In one example, the oil pan structure comprises has an approximately rectangular bottom wall which accumulates oil continually, a long side wall, and a short side wall, the approximately rectangular bottom wall being surrounded by the long side wall and the short side wall. Further, the bottom wall has a deep bottom section provided approximately in a center of the bottom wall and in a portion where the oil is pumped up, a shallow bottom section which has a depth that is shallower than that of the deep bottom section, and a connecting wall section extending vertically and connecting the deep bottom section with the shallow bottom section, the shallow bottom section being provided on both sides of the deep bottom section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Nakashima, Kenya Ishii, Toshihiro Yamane
  • Patent number: 8401712
    Abstract: A control method of the present invention is a control method for distributed power sources which systematically controls a plurality of distributed power sources having different responsive capabilities for a load disturbance. The distributed power sources include an electricity storage device. The control method of the present invention includes: obtaining a component to be compensated for using a power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device based on a difference value between a remaining capacity of the electricity storage device and a target remaining capacity; and compensating for the component to be compensated for using the power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Shimizu Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Eisuke Shimoda, Shigeo Numata, Toshihiro Yamane, Jumpei Baba
  • Publication number: 20120083927
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes an air conditioning thermal load prediction unit configured to calculate an air conditioning thermal load predicted value indicating a predicted amount of heat required to adjust temperature to a pre-set temperature on a day-of-prediction, a power generation output prediction processing unit configured to calculate power generation output prediction data indicating a generated power obtained by a generator within the day-of-prediction, and an operation planning unit configured to prepare an air conditioning heat source operation plan, and determines a purchased power and the generated power using the power generation output prediction data to thereby prepare a power facility operation plan indicating a schedule of a power output from the purchased power source and the generator, so that the purchased power per predetermined time supplied from a purchased power source of a commercial power system becomes a target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: SHIMIZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji Nakamura, Toshihiro Yamane, Eisuke Shimoda, Kimio Morino
  • Publication number: 20120032507
    Abstract: To provide an electric power system capable of adequately controlling the power flow in an AC switch (120) constituting an interruptible power supply, an electric power system according to the present invention includes: an uninterruptible power supply (100) including an AC switch (120) provided between a commercial power supply (200) and an output part (102), a secondary battery (130), and an inverter (135) provided between the AC switch (120) and secondary battery (130); an important load (150) connected to the output part (102); a photovoltaic power supply (140) connected to the output part (102); an electric power detection section (181) that detects the power consumption of all loads including the important load (150); an electric power detection section (131) that detects charge/discharge power of the secondary battery (130); and a controller (110) that inputs thereto detection values from the electric power detection section (181) and electric power detection section (131) and outputs a control command
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SHIMIZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Shigeo Numata, Eisuke Shimoda, Morihiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20110291483
    Abstract: To provide an electric power system capable of adequately controlling the power flow in an AC switch (120) constituting an interruptible power supply, an electric power system according to the present invention includes: an uninterruptible power supply (100) including an AC switch (120) provided between a commercial power supply (200) and an output part (102), a secondary battery (130), and an inverter (135) provided between the AC switch (120) and secondary battery (130); an important load (150) connected to the output part (102); a photovoltaic power supply (140) connected to the output part (102); an electric power detection section (181) that detects the power consumption of all loads including the important load (150); an electric power detection section (131) that detects charge/discharge power of the secondary battery (130); an electric power detection section (141) that detects the output power of the photovoltaic power supply (140); an electric power detection section (151) that detects the power con
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SHIMIZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Shigeo Numata, Eisuke Shimoda, Morihiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20110170219
    Abstract: An islanded power system with a distributed power supply includes a system abnormality detection unit, which outputs an abnormality detection signal when an abnormality in a commercial system is detected; a breaker, which interrupts a supply of power from the commercial system when the abnormality detection signal is input from the system abnormality detection unit; a status detection unit, which outputs a breaker status signal when the breaker's open state is detected; and an electrical storage device, which compensates a fluctuation in load until a rotating machine generator switches to an islanded operation after the supply of power from the commercial system is interrupted by the breaker by starting the supply of power when the breaker status signal is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SHIMIZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Shigeo Numata, Kimio Morino, Eisuke Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20110077792
    Abstract: A control method of the present invention is a control method for distributed power sources which systematically controls a plurality of distributed power sources having different responsive capabilities for a load disturbance. The distributed power sources include an electricity storage device. The control method of the present invention includes: obtaining a component to be compensated for using a power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device based on a difference value between a remaining capacity of the electricity storage device and a target remaining capacity; and compensating for the component to be compensated for using the power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: SHIMIZU CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Eisuke SHIMODA, Shigeo NUMATA, Toshihiro YAMANE, Jumpei BABA
  • Publication number: 20110073062
    Abstract: There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an oil pan structure attached to a lower portion of an engine for a vehicle. In one example, the oil pan structure comprises has an approximately rectangular bottom wall which accumulates oil continually, a long side wall, and a short side wall, the approximately rectangular bottom wall being surrounded by the long side wall and the short side wall. Further, the bottom wall has a deep bottom section provided approximately in a center of the bottom wall and in a portion where the oil is pumped up, a shallow bottom section which has a depth that is shallower than that of the deep bottom section, and a connecting wall section extending vertically and connecting the deep bottom section with the shallow bottom section, the shallow bottom section being provided on both sides of the deep bottom section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Nakashima, Kenya Ishii, Toshihiro Yamane
  • Patent number: 4525297
    Abstract: An electro-conductive foam is prepared by mixing together 100 parts by weight of a resin component consisting of 10 to 90 parts by weight of a crystalline thermoplastic polyolefin type resin and 10 to 90 parts by weight of a low-crystalline thermoplastic resin with 5 to 40 parts by weight of electro-conductive carbon, by cross linking this mixture and then forming it by heating.By using the mixture of crystalline polyolefin type thermoplastic resins and low-crystalline thermoplastic resins as the resinous component, the present invention provides an electro-conductive foam having a good foam surface condition and capabilities of deep-draw forming.This electro-conductive foam is utilized as a material for semiconductor integrated circuit containers and similar applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo Printing Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Kenzi Ohashi, Toshiharu Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 4235365
    Abstract: This invention relates to a three-layered polypropylene film consisting of a core layer of biaxially oriented polypropylene sandwiched between ethylene-propylene copolymer layers having a different degree of molecular orientation, shown by birefringence, i.e., birefringence of one copolymer layer is different from that of the other copolymer layer. The film thus prepared has not only a good heat sealing property but also a good resistance against "hot-tack", "blocking", and "scratches". The film can be provided by a process wherein one copolymer layer is biaxially stretched, while the other copolymer layer is uniaxially stretched. Three-layered films of this invention are particularly suited for making bags with lap sealed parts, where lap sealing is a heat sealing method characterized by heat sealing one side of a film with the other side of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Yoshii, Toshihiro Yamane, Yasuo Saito
  • Patent number: 4148972
    Abstract: A polypropylene film laminate is made by laminating at least one side of a polypropylene layer comprising 1 -8 wt. % ionomer with an ionomer layer.This film is produced by coextruding polymers from a die, and is useful for automatic packaging applications at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Katsuhiro Tsuchiya