Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Uchii

Toshiyuki Uchii 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: 11798762
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes a sealed container in which the arc-extinguishing gas is enclosed, a first fixed contactor portion and a second fixed contactor portion fixed to the sealed container, and a movable contactor portion which moves between the first fixed contactor portion and the second fixed contactor portion, to conduct and break current between them, in which an arc generated at a time of current breaking action is extinguished by spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, the gas circuit breaker includes a gas chamber configured to accumulate the unnecessary gas, the sealed container is formed by joining ends of the two hollow truncated cone portions, each having a large opening diameter, with the cylindrical portion therebetween, and the gas chamber is formed inside the cylindrical portion forming the sealed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Iijima, Amane Majima, Toshiyuki Uchii, Akira Shimamura, Norimitsu Kato
  • Patent number: 11764012
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes a first arc contactor electrically connected to a first lead-out conductor, a cylindrical guide portion provided on a second lead-out conductor side, a trigger electrode arranged to be movable between the first arc contactor and the guide portion, and igniting an arc along with a movement in a first half of a current breaking action, a compression chamber being formed by a cylinder having an outer wall and an inner wall both formed in a cylindrical shape, and a piston sliding between the outer wall and the inner wall, and an insulation nozzle guiding the arc-extinguishing gas to an arc ignited at the first arc contactor. The insulation nozzle is formed integrally with the inner wall of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Imazawa, Tomoyuki Yoshino, Toshiyuki Uchii, Takato Ishii, Akira Shimamura, Tomohiro Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11545322
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes a trigger electrode which is arranged to be movable between a first arc contactor and a second arc contactor, a compression chamber for pressurizing arc-extinguishing gas, the compression chamber being formed by a cylinder which has an outer wall and an inner wall, each being formed in a cylindrical shape, and which is provided to the second arc contactor, and a piston that slides between the outer wall and the inner wall in conjunction with the trigger electrode, and an insulation nozzle that guides the arc-extinguishing gas pressurized in the compression chamber to an arc ignited between the first arc contactor and the second arc contactor. The insulation nozzle is supported by the inner wall of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Takato Ishii, Akira Shimamura, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Tomoyuki Yoshino, Yuko Imazawa
  • Publication number: 20220319785
    Abstract: There is a gas circuit breaker that can reduce deterioration in insulation performance and current breaking performance due to unnecessary gas generated from arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to an arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori IIJIMA, Amane MAJIMA, Toshiyuki UCHII, Akira SHIMAMURA, Norimitsu KATO
  • Publication number: 20220319787
    Abstract: There is provided a gas circuit breaker that can appropriately ensure a pressure and a density of arc-extinguishing gas to be sprayed to an arc, and can more surely maintain electric insulation performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yuko IMAZAWA, Tomoyuki YOSHINO, Toshiyuki UCHII, Takato ISHII, Akira SHIMAMURA, Tomohiro HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220166198
    Abstract: A gas insulation apparatus has a sealed container, an insulation gas, a high-voltage portion, and a removal material. The insulation gas has CO2 and O2 filling the sealed container as main components. The high-voltage portion is stored in the sealed container. The removal material reduces concentrations of HF, CO, and O3 in the insulation gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro HASEGAWA, Tooru INOUE, Norimitsu KATO, Amane MAJIMA, Toshiyuki UCHII
  • Patent number: 11227735
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker comprises: a first arc contactor 21; a cylindrical second arc contactor 41; a rod-shaped trigger electrode 31 that is disposed to be movable between the first arc contactor 21 and the second arc contactor 41, and moves inside the cylindrical second arc contactor 41 to ignite an arc at the second arc contactor 41 in the latter half of the current break interval; and a guide portion 41b that has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the trigger electrode 31, has an inner diameter smaller than the inner diameter of a portion of the second arc contactor 41 which is close to the trigger electrode 31, and is disposed in the cylinder of the second arc contactor 41 so as to go around the trigger electrode 31 when the trigger electrode 31 is in a closed state with the first arc contactor 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHATOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Tomoyuki Yoshino, Takato Ishii, Akira Shimamura, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11222760
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker of an embodiment includes a sealed container, a first contact part and a second contact part, an operation mechanism, an insulating nozzle, a pressure accumulator, and an electric field shield. The insulating nozzle is displaced in conjunction with the first contact part in a separation process of the first contact part and the second contact part. The insulating nozzle surrounds arc discharge generated between the first contact part and the second contact part. The electric field shield is attached to the insulating nozzle. The electric field shield has a floating potential during a period of at least part of the separation process. The electric field shield is electrically connected to the second contact part such that the electric field shield has the same potential in a completely open electrode state in which separation between the first contact part and the second contact part is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amane Majima, Tooru Inoue, Toshiyuki Uchii, Norimitsu Kato, Akira Shimamura, Takanori Yasuoka, Tsutomu Tanaka, Tadashi Mori
  • Patent number: 11217408
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker 1 includes an insulation nozzle 23 that guides arc-extinguishing gas to an arc between a first arc contactor 21 and a second arc contactor 41 when a trigger electrode 31 becomes an opened state relative to the first arc contactor 21. The second arc contactor 41 has an opening 41a for spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, and the opening 41a is closed by the trigger electrode 31 in the first half of a current breaking action, and is opened by separation of the trigger electrode in the latter half of the current breaking action. An opening area of a first exhaust port 41b formed between the second arc contactor 41 and the insulation nozzle 23 for exhausting the arc-extinguishing gas is 0.2 times or more and two times or less of an opening area of the opening 41a of the second arc contactor 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Takanori Iijima, Tomoyuki Yoshino, Norimitsu Kato, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11177097
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker to reduce deterioration of insulation and current-breaking performance thereof includes a sealed container (8) filled with arc-extinguishing gas. A first fixed contactor portion (2) and a second fixed contactor portion (4) are fixed to the sealed container (8). A movable contactor portion (3) moves between the first fixed contactor portion (2) and the second fixed contactor portion (4) and conducts and breaks current between the first fixed contactor portion (2) and the second fixed contactor portion (4). An arc is generated between a fixed arc contactor (21) provided to the first fixed contactor portion (2) and a movable arc contactor (31) provided to the movable contactor portion (3) when current breaking action is extinguished by an arc-extinguishing gas being sprayed thereto. Unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to the arc is accumulated in a gas chamber (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Iijima, Toshiyuki Uchii, Amane Majima, Norimitsu Kato, Akira Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20210350990
    Abstract: There is provided a gas circuit breaker that can reduce deformation of an insulation nozzle and leakage of arc-extinguishing gas compressed to be sprayed to an arc, and can more surely maintain electric insulation performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Takato ISHII, Akira SHIMAMURA, Tomohiro HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki YOSHINO, Yuko IMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210217568
    Abstract: There is provided a gas circuit breaker that can suppress the mechanical vibration during movement of the moving electrode, reduce the generation of a triple junction during operation of the gas circuit breaker and the generation of the metal foreign materials, and maintain the electrical insulation performance more reliably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Tomoyuki YOSHINO, Takato ISHII, Akira SHIMAMURA, Tsutomu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210175030
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker that can reduce deterioration of insulation performance thereof and current breaking performance thereof by the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to the arc is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori IIJIMA, Toshiyuki UCHII, Amane MAJIMA, Norimitsu KATO, Akira SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200357586
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker of an embodiment includes a sealed container, a first contact part and a second contact part, an operation mechanism, an insulating nozzle, a pressure accumulator, and an electric field shield. The insulating nozzle is displaced in conjunction with the first contact part in a separation process of the first contact part and the second contact part. The insulating nozzle surrounds arc discharge generated between the first contact part and the second contact part. The electric field shield is attached to the insulating nozzle. The electric field shield has a floating potential during a period of at least part of the separation process. The electric field shield is electrically connected to the second contact part such that the electric field shield has the same potential in a completely open electrode state in which separation between the first contact part and the second contact part is terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amane MAJIMA, Tooru INOUE, Toshiyuki UCHII, Norimitsu KATO, Akira SHIMAMURA, Takanori YASUOKA, Tsutomu TANAKA, Tadashi MORI
  • Publication number: 20200273647
    Abstract: There is provided a gas circuit breaker that can spray arc-extinguishing gas to arcs while preventing a spraying velocity from being reduced and can efficiently and more surely extinguish the arcs that have been generated in a scatteredly around electrodes. A gas circuit breaker 1 includes an insulation nozzle 23 that guides arc-extinguishing gas to an arc between the first arc contactor 21 and a second arc contactor 41 when a trigger electrode 31 becomes an opened state relative to a first arc contactor 21. A second arc contactor 41 has an opening 41a for spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, and the opening 41a is closed by the trigger electrode 31 in the first half of a current breaking action, and is opened by separation of the trigger electrode in the latter half of the current breaking action. An opening area of a first exhaust port 41b formed between the second arc contactor 41 and the insulation nozzle 23 for exhausting the arc-extinguishing gas is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Takanori IIJIMA, Tomoyuki YOSHINO, Norimitsu KATO, Tsutomu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10573475
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gas-blast circuit breaker comprises a heat removal unit in a flow path of arc extinguishing gas. The heat removal unit each includes: plate-shaped heat removal members contacting the arc extinguishing gas flowing in the flow path; and a holding portion holding the plate-shaped heat removal members to stack the heat removal members at intervals in a thickness direction. Each of the heat removal members includes: an upstream side end portion; a downstream side end portion; and a thickest portion with a largest thickness which is provided between the upstream side end portion and the downstream side end portion. Thickness of the heat removal member continuously changes between the upstream side end portion and the downstream side end portion via the thickest portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Misuzu Sakai, Hiroki Tashiro, Takayuki Masunaga, Katsumi Hisano, Takahiro Terada, Toshiyuki Uchii, Takanori Iijima, Tomoyuki Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20190295791
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gas-blast circuit breaker comprises a heat removal unit in a flow path of arc extinguishing gas. The heat removal unit each includes: plate-shaped heat removal members contacting the arc extinguishing gas flowing in the flow path; and a holding portion holding the plate-shaped heat removal members to stack the heat removal members at intervals in a thickness direction. Each of the heat removal members includes: an upstream side end portion; a downstream side end portion; and a thickest portion with a largest thickness which is provided between the upstream side end portion and the downstream side end portion. Thickness of the heat removal member continuously changes between the upstream side end portion and the downstream side end portion via the thickest portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Misuzu SAKAI, Hiroki TASHIRO, Takayuki MASUNAGA, Katsumi HISANO, Takahiro TERADA, Toshiyuki UCHII, Takanori IIJIMA, Tomoyuki YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 10032582
    Abstract: A pair of fixed arc electrodes are arranged facing each other within a sealed container that is filled with arc-extinguishing gas 1. There are provided: a compression puffer chamber for accumulating pressurized gas that is obtained by elevating the pressure of the arc-extinguishing gas; and an insulated nozzle that directs the pressurized gas towards the arc discharge from the compression puffer chamber. A buffer chamber is provided, in which hot exhaust gas generated by the heat of the arc discharge is temporarily accumulated. A pressurized gas through-flow space is provided, communicating with the compression puffer chamber. In the pressurized gas through-flow space, an opening/closing section prevents inflow of hot exhaust gas by assuming a closed condition during the earlier half of the current interruption period, and in the latter half of the current interruption period the opening/closing section 41 is opened to allow flow of pressurized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Takeshi Shinkai, Takanori Iijima, Tadashi Mori, Tadashi Koshizuka, Norimitsu Kato, Hiroshi Furuta
  • Patent number: 9997314
    Abstract: The gas circuit breaker includes a sealed container filled with an arc-extinguishing gas, a pair of fixed arc electrodes arranged in the sealed container to be opposite to each other, a trigger electrode movably arranged between the fixed arc electrodes and generating an arc discharge according to movement, a pressurization chamber pressuring and increasing a pressure of the arc-extinguishing gas with pressurization means, and a pressure accumulation chamber in communication with the pressurization chamber and accumulating the pressurized arc-extinguishing gas. The trigger electrode switches the pressure accumulation chamber into a closed state or an open state. The pressure accumulation chamber is switched to the closed state in a first half of breaking of the electric current, and the pressure accumulation chamber is switched to the open state in a latter half of breaking of the electric current. The arc-extinguishing gas in the pressure accumulation chamber is guided to the arc discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Takanori Iijima, Takato Ishii, Hiroshi Furuta
  • Patent number: 9494466
    Abstract: A temperature measurement device is provided with: light collection means; extraction means; optical intensity calculation means; and temperature measurement means. The light collection means collects the emission spectrum of a measurement subject. The extraction means extracts light having the wavelength of the atomic spectral lines and light having a wavelength in a wavelength region where there are no atomic spectral lines, from the emission spectrum collected by the aforementioned light collection means. The optical intensity calculation means calculates the optical intensities of the light extracted by the aforementioned extraction means. The temperature measurement means calculates the temperature of the aforementioned measurement subject, based on the intensities of the beams calculated by the aforementioned optical intensity calculation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Tadashi Mori