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).
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Publication number: 20160211097Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Takanori llJIMA, Takata ISHll, Hiroshi FURUTA
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Patent number: 9258917Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gas insulated electrical equipment includes: a high-voltage conductor to be electrically charged; a hermetically sealed tank to be filled with insulating gas, one or more insulating spacers for dividing the hermetically sealed tank into gas compartments and supporting the high-voltage conductor; and a pressure release device equipped with a mouth of flow channel adapted to allow the inside and the outside of the hermetically sealed tank to communicate with each other so as to release the pressure in the hermetically sealed tank, which maintains the hermetically sealed state in an ordinary condition where the pressure in a gas compartment does not exceed the working pressure but releases the pressure in the hermetically sealed tank in an abnormal condition where the pressure in the gas compartment exceeds the working pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Akira Shimamura, Amane Majima
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Publication number: 20150194280Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Takeshi SHINKAI, Takanori IIJIMA, Tadashi MORI, Tadashi KOSHIZUKA, Norimitsu KATO, Hiroshi FURUTA
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Publication number: 20140247538Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gas insulated electrical equipment includes: a high-voltage conductor to be electrically charged; a hermetically sealed tank to be filled with insulating gas, one or more insulating spacers for dividing the hermetically sealed tank into gas compartments and supporting the high-voltage conductor; and a pressure release device equipped with a mouth of flow channel adapted to allow the inside and the outside of the hermetically sealed tank to communicate with each other so as to release the pressure in the hermetically sealed tank, which maintains the hermetically sealed state in an ordinary condition where the pressure in a gas compartment does not exceed the working pressure but releases the pressure in the hermetically sealed tank in an abnormal condition where the pressure in the gas compartment exceeds the working pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Inventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Akira SHIMAMURA, Amane MAJIMA
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Publication number: 20140219312Abstract: In an embodiment, 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 beams having the wavelength of the atomic spectral lines and a beam 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 beams 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Tadashi Mori
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Patent number: 8674253Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gas insulation apparatus (e.g., a gas circuit breaker) includes a high-voltage unit, a zeolite and an insulation gas in a closed vessel. The insulation gas is CO2 gas or a gas including CO2 gas as the main component. The zeolite is contained in a zeolite case and is placed under an insulation gas atmosphere. CO2 is adsorbed on the zeolite before use of the gas insulation apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Amane Majima, Toshiyuki Nakano, Yoshihiko Hirano, Akira Shimamura, Yoshikazu Hoshina
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Patent number: 8304676Abstract: Disclosed is a gas insulated switchgear constituted such that electrical contacts are placed inside a sealed vessel filled with an arc extinguishing gas, and when electrical current passes, the electrical contacts are held in contact and pass electricity, and when the current is interrupted, the electrical contacts are separated and an arc discharge is produced in the arc extinguishing gas, and the current is interrupted by extinguishing this arc. The arc extinguishing gas is a mixed gas, the main constituents of which are N2 gas and CH4 gas, and the CH4 content is at least 30%. Alternatively, the arc extinguishing gas is a mixed gas, the main constituents of which are CO2 gas and CH4 gas, and the CH4 content is at least 5%.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Yoshihiko Hirano, Yoshikazu Hoshina
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Publication number: 20120085735Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gas insulation apparatus (e.g., a gas circuit breaker) includes a high-voltage unit, a zeolite and an insulation gas in a closed vessel. The insulation gas is CO2 gas or a gas including CO2 gas as the main component. The zeolite is contained in a zeolite case and is placed under an insulation gas atmosphere. CO2 is adsorbed on the zeolite before use of the gas insulation apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Amane Majima, Toshiyuki Nakano, Yoshihiko Hirano, Akira Shimamura, Yoshikazu Hoshina
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Patent number: 8115133Abstract: A gas-insulated circuit breaker has a sealed container filled with gas; a pair of contacts so constructed as to be connected and separated each other in the sealed container; gas flow generation means for blasting the gas on an arc generated when the contacts are separated, the gas flow generation means including: an accumulation space, pressure increasing means for increasing the pressure of the pressure accumulation space, a gas passage connecting the pressure accumulation space to the arc, and an insulating nozzle that controls the flow of the gas from the pressure accumulation space to the arc; an inside-nozzle insulating member disposed co-axially with the insulating nozzle. The arc is generated in a space between an inner wall section of the insulating nozzle and an outer wall section of the inside-nozzle insulating member, and the gas flows in the space.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Tadashi Mori, Takeshi Shinkai
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Publication number: 20110127237Abstract: Disclosed is a gas insulated switchgear constituted such that electrical contacts are placed inside a sealed vessel filled with an arc extinguishing gas, and when electrical current passes, the electrical contacts are held in contact and pass electricity, and when the current is interrupted, the electrical contacts are separated and an arc discharge is produced in the arc extinguishing gas, and the current is interrupted by extinguishing this arc. The arc extinguishing gas is a mixed gas, the main constituents of which are N2 gas and CH4 gas, and the CH4 content is at least 30%. Alternatively, the arc extinguishing gas is a mixed gas, the main constituents of which are CO2 gas and CH4 gas, and the CH4 content is at least 5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Yoshihiko HIRANO, Yoshikazu HOSHINA
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Patent number: 7816618Abstract: The invention secures superior performance by restraining carbon generation also when using as an arc extinguishing medium a gas comprising the element C and having a global warming potential lower than that of SF6 gas. A fixed contact section and a movable contact section are arranged opposite each other inside a sealed container filled with an insulating gas. A fixed arc contact and a movable arc contact are provided in the fixed contact section and the movable contact section. The insulating gas is a mixed gas of a gas comprising the element C, as the main constituent, and other gases. The presence of O2 gas in the mixed gas has the effect of restraining the amount of carbon generated. Adding H2 to the mixed gas has the effect of enhancing arc extinguishing performance, compensating for the diminished performance derived from not using actively the thermal energy of the arc.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Toshiyuki Uchii
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Publication number: 20100224594Abstract: A gas-insulated circuit breaker has a sealed container filled with gas; a pair of contacts so constructed as to be connected and separated each other in the sealed container; gas flow generation means for blasting the gas on an arc generated when the contacts are separated, the gas flow generation means including: an accumulation space, pressure increasing means for increasing the pressure of the pressure accumulation space, a gas passage connecting the pressure accumulation space to the arc, and an insulating nozzle that controls the flow of the gas from the pressure accumulation space to the arc; an inside-nozzle insulating member disposed co-axially with the insulating nozzle. The arc is generated in a space between an inner wall section of the insulating nozzle and an outer wall section of the inside-nozzle insulating member, and the gas flows in the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki UCHII, Tadashi Mori, Takeshi Shinkai
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Publication number: 20070221626Abstract: The invention secures superior performance by restraining carbon generation also when using as an arc extinguishing medium a gas comprising the element C and having a global warming potential lower than that of SF6 gas. A fixed contact section and a movable contact section are arranged opposite each other inside a sealed container filled with an insulating gas. A fixed arc contact and a movable arc contact are provided in the fixed contact section and the movable contact section. The insulating gas used as the arc extinguishing medium is a mixed gas of a gas comprising the element C, as the main constituent, and other gases. The presence of O2 gas in the mixed gas has the effect of restraining the amount of carbon generated as a result of current interruption.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventor: Toshiyuki Uchii
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Patent number: 7029519Abstract: A gas recycling system which has a carbon dioxide collecting device for collecting gas containing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide source. In the system, at least part of the gas containing sulfur hexafluoride used as an electric insulation medium in a gas-insulated electric device is replaced with the carbon dioxide obtained by the carbon dioxide collecting device.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Katsumi Suzuki, Motoharu Shiiki
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Publication number: 20040123993Abstract: A gas recycling system which has a carbon dioxide collecting device for collecting gas containing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide source. In the system, at least part of the gas containing sulfur hexafluoride used as an electric insulation medium in a gas-insulated electric device is replaced with the carbon dioxide obtained by the carbon dioxide collecting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: TM T&D CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Uchii, Katsumi Suzuki, Motoharu Shiiki