Patents by Inventor Toshio Matsumoto
Toshio Matsumoto 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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Patent number: 11933274Abstract: A wind power generation facility capable of realizing a lightning strike suppression effect while maintaining power generation efficiency by maintaining a blade shape that greatly affects power generation efficiency. An erected support column, a generator G provided at an upper portion of the support column, a hub H provided on a drive shaft that rotationally drives the generator, a plurality of blades radially provided to the hub about the drive shaft, charged bodies provided at tips of the blades, and a capacitor provided in an inner space of the hub are provided, and the capacitor includes a first electrode body that is grounded and a second electrode body that faces the first electrode body with an electrically insulating layer interposed therebetween and connected to the charged bodies.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Lightning Suppression Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshio Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11879436Abstract: Provided is a lightning suppression device for wind turbine blades that is provided at a tip of a wind turbine blade and suppresses lightning struck on the wind turbine blade, the device including: an electrical insulator attached to the tip of the wind turbine blade and formed of a non-conductive material; an internal electrode attached to the electrical insulator on a side opposite to the wind turbine blade; and an external electrode attached to the electrical insulator so as to surround the internal electrode with a predetermined gap therebetween, wherein the electrical insulator is fixed to the tip of the wind turbine blade by a fixing member, and a ground line is connected to the internal electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20230374975Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional demand, and provides a wind power generation facility capable of realizing a lightning strike suppression effect while maintaining power generation efficiency by maintaining a blade shape that greatly affects power generation efficiency. It is characterized in that an erected support column 5, a generator G provided at an upper portion of the support column 5, a hub H provided on a drive shaft S that rotationally drives the generator, a plurality of blades 7 radially provided to the hub about the drive shaft, charged bodies 8 provided at tips of the blades, and a capacitor 9 provided in an inner space of the hub are provided, and the capacitor includes a first electrode body 18 that is grounded and a second electrode body 20 that faces the first electrode body with an electrically insulating layer interposed therebetween and connected to the charged bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventor: Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230250807Abstract: Provided is a lightning suppression device for wind turbine blades that is provided at a tip of a wind turbine blade and suppresses lightning struck on the wind turbine blade, the device including: an electrical insulator attached to the tip of the wind turbine blade and formed of a non-conductive material; an internal electrode attached to the electrical insulator on a side opposite to the wind turbine blade; and an external electrode attached to the electrical insulator so as to surround the internal electrode with a predetermined gap therebetween, wherein the electrical insulator is fixed to the tip of the wind turbine blade by a fixing member, and a ground line is connected to the internal electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11657923Abstract: A feedwater sparger repair assembly includes a cover plate having a partial cylindrical shape and having a nozzle opening and a pair of bolt openings extending through the cover plate. A nozzle is attached to the cover plate and surrounds the nozzle opening. A pair of T-bolts extend through a respective one of the pair of bolt openings and each include a shank having a threaded portion extending from an exterior side of the cover plate and a partial cylindrical head portion disposed at an end of the shank on an interior side of the cover plate. A pair of nuts are engaged with the threaded portion of the pair of T-bolts. The feedwater sparger repair assembly is adapted to be mounted to an opening that is cut into a core spray pipe in order to repair/replace a sparger that becomes cracked.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLCInventors: Bruce John Lentner, Adrian M. Mistreanu, Jack Toshio Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11594869Abstract: A region of a positive charge formed around an arrester is made as small as possible to effectively suppress generation of an upward streamer. An inner electrode body 2 to be grounded, an outer electrode body 3 provided to surround the inner electrode body with a predetermined gap G, an electrical insulating layer S provided in the gap to hold the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body in an electrically insulated state, and a support 4 that supports at least one of the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body are included, in which the inner electrode body is formed in a rod shape, and the outer electrode body is formed in a cylindrical shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11530764Abstract: A jet pump slip joint repair assembly includes at least one clamp and a bushing configured to be inserted in a bore of a diffuser and to surround a portion of an inlet mixer. The clamp includes a gripping surface and a gripping collar. The bushing includes a generally cylindrical sidewall, the sidewall configured to surround the portion of the inlet mixer, a grooved flange on an upper surface of the sidewall, at least one cutout between adjacent portions of the grooved flange, and a groove on an inner, bottom surface of the sidewall. The assembly also includes a seal in the groove. The seal is flexible and formed of a metallic material. The seal is configured to be compressed when the at least one clamp engages the bushing.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLCInventors: Lee John Andre, Jack Toshio Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20220376485Abstract: A region of a positive charge formed around an arrester is made as small as possible to effectively suppress generation of an upward streamer. An inner electrode body 2 to be grounded, an outer electrode body 3 provided to surround the inner electrode body with a predetermined gap G, an electrical insulating layer S provided in the gap to hold the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body in an electrically insulated state, and a support 4 that supports at least one of the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body are included, in which the inner electrode body is formed in a rod shape, and the outer electrode body is formed in a cylindrical shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11457520Abstract: Provided is a lightning suppression type arrester that can easily increase a quantity of negative charges required for lightning suppression while simplifying workability associated with installation as much as possible. A lightning suppression type arrester for suppressing lightning on a structure includes a charged body made of a conductive material provided in an electrically insulated state on a top of the structure, a first electrode body including a capacitor electrically connected to the charged body, the capacitor being installed on a ground and electrically connected to the ground, and a second electrode body opposed to the first electrode body via an electrical insulating layer to store an electric charge by a capacitance between the first electrode body and the second electrode body, in which the second electrode body is electrically connected to the charged body.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11451040Abstract: A region of a positive charge formed around an arrester is made as small as possible to effectively suppress generation of an upward streamer. An inner electrode body to be grounded, an outer electrode body provided to surround the inner electrode body with a predetermined gap, an electrical insulating layer provided in the gap to hold the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body in an electrically insulated state, and a support that supports at least one of the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body are included, in which the inner electrode body is formed in a rod shape, and the outer electrode body is formed in a cylindrical shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: LIGHTNING SUPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11322924Abstract: Provided is a thunderbolt arrest-type lightning protection device that has a protected area formed to match a structure and a shape of a protected body being protected from thunderbolts, and is capable of effectively protecting the entire protected body from thunderbolts. The device is configured by: a charged body 2 formed of a conductive material provided to cover a protected body B installed on a ground G; an electrical insulation layer 3 that holds the charged body 2 in an electrically-insulated state with respect to the ground G and the protected body B; a capacitor 4 installed on the ground G, and stores an electrical charge by an electrostatic capacity with the ground; and a conductor 5 that electrically connects the charged body 2 and a second electrode body 4b.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20220115154Abstract: A feedwater sparger repair assembly includes a cover plate having a partial cylindrical shape and having a nozzle opening and a pair of bolt openings extending through the cover plate. A nozzle is attached to the cover plate and surrounds the nozzle opening. A pair of T-bolts extend through a respective one of the pair of bolt openings and each include a shank having a threaded portion extending from an exterior side of the cover plate and a partial cylindrical head portion disposed at an end of the shank on an interior side of the cover plate. A pair of nuts are engaged with the threaded portion of the pair of T-bolts. The feedwater sparger repair assembly is adapted to be mounted to an opening that is cut into a core spray pipe in order to repair/replace a sparger that becomes cracked.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLCInventors: Bruce John LENTNER, Adrian M. MISTREANU, Jack Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11232875Abstract: A feedwater sparger repair assembly includes a cover plate having a partial cylindrical shape and having a nozzle opening and a pair of bolt openings extending through the cover plate. A nozzle is attached to the cover plate and surrounds the nozzle opening. A pair of T-bolts extend through a respective one of the pair of bolt openings and each include a shank having a threaded portion extending from an exterior side of the cover plate and a partial cylindrical head portion disposed at an end of the shank on an interior side of the cover plate. A pair of nuts are engaged with the threaded portion of the pair of T-bolts. The feedwater sparger repair assembly is adapted to be mounted to an opening that is cut into a core spray pipe in order to repair/replace a sparger that becomes cracked.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLCInventors: Bruce John Lentner, Adrian M. Mistreanu, Jack Toshio Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20210135446Abstract: Provided is a thunderbolt arrest-type lightning protection device that has a protected area formed to match a structure and a shape of a protected body being protected from thunderbolts, and is capable of effectively protecting the entire protected body from thunderbolts. The device is configured by: a charged body 2 formed of a conductive material provided to cover a protected body B installed on a ground G; an electrical insulation layer 3 that holds the charged body 2 in an electrically-insulated state with respect to the ground G and the protected body B; a capacitor 4 installed on the ground G, and stores an electrical charge by an electrostatic capacity with the ground; and a conductor 5 that electrically connects the charged body 2 and a second electrode body 4b.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 10998527Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes at least two light-emissive units provided between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode opposed to the cathode electrode, each of the light-emissive units including at least one light-emissive layer. The light-emissive units are partitioned from each other by at least one charge generation layer, the charge generation layer being an electrically insulating layer having a resistivity of not less than 1.0×102 ?cm.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignees: ROHM CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Junji Kido, Toshio Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10992111Abstract: The occurrence of an upward streamer is effectively suppressed by reducing a positively charged region formed around a lightning protection device as much as possible. The lightning protection device includes: an inner electrode body 2 which is grounded; an outer electrode body 3 which is provided so as to enclose the inner electrode body 2 with a predetermined gap G from the inner electrode body 2; an electrical insulator S which is provided in the gap G to hold the inner electrode body 2 and the outer electrode body 3 in a state of being electrically insulated from each other; and a support body for the inner electrode body, in which the inner electrode body 2 is formed in a substantially spherical shape, the outer electrode body 3 is formed in a spherical shell shape similar to an outer surface shape of the inner electrode body 2, and substantially an entire surface of the inner electrode body 2 is covered by the outer electrode body 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: LIGHTNING SUPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20200352014Abstract: Provided is a lightning suppression type arrester that can easily increase a quantity of negative charges required for lightning suppression while simplifying workability associated with installation as much as possible. A lightning suppression type arrester for suppressing lightning on a structure includes a charged body made of a conductive material provided in an electrically insulated state on a top of the structure, a first electrode body including a capacitor electrically connected to the charged body, the capacitor being installed on a ground and electrically connected to the ground, and a second electrode body opposed to the first electrode body via an electrical insulating layer to store an electric charge by a capacitance between the first electrode body and the second electrode body, in which the second electrode body is electrically connected to the charged body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200328003Abstract: A feedwater sparger repair assembly includes a cover plate having a partial cylindrical shape and having a nozzle opening and a pair of bolt openings extending through the cover plate. A nozzle is attached to the cover plate and surrounds the nozzle opening. A pair of T-bolts extend through a respective one of the pair of bolt openings and each include a shank having a threaded portion extending from an exterior side of the cover plate and a partial cylindrical head portion disposed at an end of the shank on an interior side of the cover plate. A pair of nuts are engaged with the threaded portion of the pair of T-bolts. The feedwater sparger repair assembly is adapted to be mounted to an opening that is cut into a core spray pipe in order to repair/replace a sparger that becomes cracked.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLCInventors: Bruce John LENTNER, Adrian M. MISTREANU, Jack Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200287370Abstract: A region of a positive charge formed around an arrester is made as small as possible to effectively suppress generation of an upward streamer. An inner electrode body to be grounded, an outer electrode body provided to surround the inner electrode body with a predetermined gap, an electrical insulating layer provided in the gap to hold the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body in an electrically insulated state, and a support that supports at least one of the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body are included, in which the inner electrode body is formed in a rod shape, and the outer electrode body is formed in a cylindrical shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: LIGHTNING SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200032936Abstract: A jet pump slip joint repair assembly includes at least one clamp and a bushing configured to be inserted in a bore of a diffuser and to surround a portion of an inlet mixer. The clamp includes a gripping surface and a gripping collar. The bushing includes a generally cylindrical sidewall, the sidewall configured to surround the portion of the inlet mixer, a grooved flange on an upper surface of the sidewall, at least one cutout between adjacent portions of the grooved flange, and a groove on an inner, bottom surface of the sidewall. The assembly also includes a seal in the groove. The seal is flexible and formed of a metallic material. The seal is configured to be compressed when the at least one clamp engages the bushing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLCInventors: Lee John ANDRE, Jack Toshio Matsumoto