Patents by Inventor Yasuo Fukushima

Yasuo Fukushima 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: 6441523
    Abstract: A very high speed permanent magnet type electric rotating machine, in which loss generated on a rotor is small to achieve high efficiency on an air generating source even when driven by an inverter operating at a fundamental frequency of at least several hundreds of Hz and in which a reactor is inserted between the inverter and a permanent magnet type synchronous motor, and content percentages of components of harmonic current supplied to the permanent magnet type synchronous motor are adjusted such that when a content percentage of a fundamental wave is 100%, a content percentage B of a seventh order component is at most 10% and a total content percentage is made equal to or less than a certain value so as to satisfy the relationship (A<C<B) where A is a content percentage of a fifth order component, B is a content percentage of a seventh order component thereof, and C is a content percentage of a ninth order component thereof, thereby enabling realizing a very high speed permanent magnet type electric
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Tsunehiro Endou, Tsukasa Taniguchi, Kouki Yamamoto, Satoshi Kikuchi, Miyoshi Takahashi, Haruo Miura, Yasuo Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20020103089
    Abstract: A lubricant composition for a surface treatment of a steel filament comprises at least one specified compound as a lubricant component and a rubber-steel filament composite body is prepared by using a steel filament treated with the lubricant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Fukushima, Hajime Kondo
  • Patent number: 6376958
    Abstract: Provided are a super-high speed permanent magnet type synchronous motor which causes less loss in a rotor even though it is driven by an inverter adapted to be operated with a fundamental frequency around 1 kHz, and an air compressor. The air compressor having a super-high speed permanent magnet type synchronous motor which is composed of a stator in which armature windings are wound in a plurality of slots formed in a stator core, and a rotor including a shaft made of a conductive magnetic material, a conductive permanent magnet laid around the outer periphery of the shaft, and a reinforcing member made of carbon fibers and laid around the outer periphery of the permanent magnet, wherein a laminated electromagnetic steel sheet is interposed between the shaft and the permanent magnet, and the laminated electromagnetic steel sheet has a high tensile strength higher than 70 kg/mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Tsukasa Taniguchi, Kouki Yamamoto, Satoshi Kikuchi, Miyoshi Takahashi, Haruo Miura, Yasuo Fukushima, Masaharu Senoh
  • Patent number: 6369478
    Abstract: In an ultra-permanent-magnet-type electric rotating machine including a stator in which a winding of armatures is wound in each of a plurality of slots of a stator core, and a rotor having permanent magnets respectively inserted into permanent-magnet-inserting holes in a magnetic steel sheet ring provided at an outer periphery of a conductive and magnetic shaft, the thickness of the stator core is 0.1 to 0.2 mm, and the magnetic steel sheet ring is made of a high-tensile-strength magnetic steel sheet had tensile strength of 80 kg/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Tsukasa Taniguchi, Miyoshi Takahashi, Shinichi Wakui, Yasuo Fukushima, Haruo Miura, Naohiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6196809
    Abstract: A low pressure-side first-stage compressor impeller and a high pressure-side second-stage compressor impeller are mounted respectively on opposite ends of a rotation shaft. A rotor of an electric motor for driving the two impellers is formed at a central portion of the rotation shaft. A stator of the motor is held by a motor casing. The motor casing, a first-stage compressor casing, which cooperates with the first-stage compressor impeller to form a first-stage compressor, and a second-stage compressor casing, which cooperates with the second-stage compressor impeller to form a second-stage compressor, are cast into an integral construction. This integral casing is further formed integrally with an intermediate cooler, disposed downstream of the first-stage compressor, and a discharge cooler disposed downstream of the second-stage compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Haruo Miura, Hideo Nishida, Naohiko Takahashi, Yasuo Fukushima
  • Patent number: 6111333
    Abstract: In a rotating machine with employment of a sensor-less DC brushless motor, a terminal voltage of a motor is corrected in a phase corrector by using a motor phase current signal. At this time, the terminal voltage is processed in an integrator and a comparator so as to be converted into an ON/OFF signal having a duty ratio of 1:1. Then, a rotation signal is produced based on an induced voltage which is generated by rotating a permanent magnet rotor, so that a rotation sensor is no longer required. On the other hand, an output derived from the phase corrector is entered as a 1-pulse/1-rotation output signal into a PLL circuit. The PLL circuit contains a phase comparator, a low-pass filter, an oscillator, and a counter. The PLL circuit frequency-divides the 1-pulse/1-rotation output signal. The sine wave data are stored into a ROM with respect to each of the frequency-divided signal positions. The unbalance vibrations of the magnetic bearing are controlled every frequency-divided signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiko Takahashi, Tsunehiro Endo, Haruo Miura, Minoru Yoshihara, Yasuo Fukushima, Kazuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6047461
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rotor for a permanent magnet-excited, high-speed electric rotary machine according to the present invention comprises, covering an outer circumferential surface of at least one permanent magnet by a fiber-reinforced plastic protection cover with prestress compressing in radial direction; inserting a steel sleeve into the at least one permanent magnet to form a permanent magnet assembly; preparing at least one permanent magnet assembly; inserting a rotor shaft into the steel sleeve while applying hydraulic pressure to an inner circumferential surface of the steel sleeve of the prepared at least one permanent magnet assembly to expand the steel sleeve; and then removing the hydraulic pressure to tight fit the at least one permanent magnet assembly onto the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Miura, Kazuki Takahashi, Hideo Nishida, Naohiko Takahashi, Yasuo Fukushima
  • Patent number: 5576587
    Abstract: Active magnetic bearings supporting a rotor operated at high speeds is controlled by a controller. Tracking filters provided in the controller pick up forward vibration components in synchronism with the rotational speeds from the displacement signals of the rotor, and a mode separating circuit provided in a mode gain controller takes out displacements of the 3rd and 4th modes. Then, a gain controller provided in the mode gain controller determines suitable gains for the separated displacement signals. A mode synthesizing circuit provided in the mode gain controller synthesizes a controlled variable for each of the bearings from the control signals that are processed for the respective modes. By adding the control variable to the respective bearings, the vibration amplitude is suppressed in critical speed zones of high orders, and the rotor is stably operated up to a high-speed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiko Takahashi, Minoru Hiroshima, Yasuo Fukushima
  • Patent number: 5491396
    Abstract: A magnetic bearing is provided with a simulating circuit for estimating a displacement of a rotor on the basis of a force which is exerted on the rotor. An output of the simulating circuit is compared with an actual displacement signal. A delay circuit and a subtracter are provided to subtract a run-out, which was estimated one period before the rotation of the rotor, from the displacement signal. A displacement signal from which the run-out component was eliminated is set to a new displacement signal. A signal which is obtained by adding an estimated run-out of one period before, namely, an output of the delay circuit to the run-out which was estimated by comparing the output of the simulating circuit with the new displacement signal is newly inputted to the delay circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiko Takahashi, Minoru Hiroshima, Osami Matsushita, Yasuo Fukushima
  • Patent number: 5486729
    Abstract: A controller of magnetic bearing controls the rotor speed with a reduced drive current while suppressing the rotor vibration. The controller implements the ABS control, N-cross control, N-straight control and FF control in proper combination in addition to the basic PID control. A computer in the controller determines the activation of each control in accordance with a predetermined table of control plan in response to the detected rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osami Matsushita, Mitsuho Yoneyama, Naohiko Takahashi, Yasuo Fukushima, Minoru Hiroshima, Tadashi Kaneki, Yoshiaki Abe, Naofumi Sakanashi
  • Patent number: 5408875
    Abstract: A balancing method for balancing a flexible rotor is disclosed. First, the rotor is rotated and vibration of the rotor is measured to determine resonance speeds. Vibration exciting forces of frequencies synchronized with the rotor rotation in two orthogonal directions are imparted to the rotor or rotor support bearings while rotating the rotor at a speed near the respective resonance speeds. The amplitude and the phase of the vibration exciting force which reduces the resonance vibration of the rotor are then determined. A correction weight on the basis of the amplitude and the phase of the vibration exciting force is then determined. Balancing work on the rotor such as grinding of the rotor or addition of a mass to the rotor in accordance with the correction weight is then carried out, followed by a rotor rotation conducted for the purpose of confirming the effect of the balancing work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osami Matsushita, Naohiko Takahashi, Mitsuho Yoneyama, Yasuo Fukushima, Minoru Hiroshima, Naohumi Sakanashi, Teturo Ohashi
  • Patent number: 5256952
    Abstract: A control method and apparatus for suppressing the vibration components of a magnetic bearing. According to this invention, a vibration wave is sampled at pulses synchronized with the rotation of a rotor, the vibration waveform sampled values at each revolution are averaged, and only the frequency components synchronized with the rotation frequency of the rotor are extracted from the vibration waveform. In addition, the extracted components are subjected to Fourier transform, processed in a frequency region and subjected to Fourier reverse transform. The sequence of these signal processes produces a signal, and the vibration components are suppressed by this signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuho Yoneyama, Osami Matsushita, Naohiko Takahashi, Yasuo Fukushima
  • Patent number: 5062766
    Abstract: A single-shaft multi-staged turbo compressor capable of compressing a gas at a large flow rate and with a high pressure ratio has a first impeller group composed of at least one oblique-flow impeller and a second impeller group composed of at least one centrifugal impeller. The impellers of the first and second groups are mounted on a common impeller shaft in a back-to-back relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Miura, Yasuo Fukushima, Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Takeo Takagi