Patents by Inventor Toshio Sohde

Toshio Sohde 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: 6452769
    Abstract: An apparatus and method applicable to an electric power distribution installation, the electrical power distribution installation comprising: at least one main common bus bar; a plurality of main transformers, each main transformer being configured to step down a received power supply voltage and to supply the stepped down power supply voltage to a load via the main common bus bar; and a plurality of power generators, each power generator being connected to the main common bus bar, and the apparatus comprising: a first grounding device including at least one grounding transformer connected to the main common bus bar, a neutral point of the grounding transformer being grounded in a form of a predetermined low impedance grounding; and a second grounding device connected to each neutral point of the power generators to always ground each neutral point directly in a form of a predetermined high resistance grounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha
    Inventors: Toshio Sohde, Takashi Sakurai