Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Shikata

Yoshikazu Shikata 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).

  • Publication number: 20120236455
    Abstract: A power distribution system for a building includes an electric current sensor for detecting a value of a current flowing from a commercial AC power source through a main line in a building and a storage battery installed in the building. When the current value detected by the electric current sensor reaches a predetermined value, a supply of an electric power to the building from the storage battery is initiated. The power distribution system further includes an overcurrent protection unit. The building includes sections individually equipped with electric power supply systems, and the overcurrent protection unit protects the main line of the building from an overcurrent by initiating the supply of the electric power from the storage battery to the building when the current value detected by the electric current sensor becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined current value for the initiation of main line protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shikata, Hiroaki Koshin
  • Publication number: 20120224286
    Abstract: A power distribution system distributes power to each section of a building via a main line which is wired to pass through each section of the building. The power distribution system is equipped with a plurality of sensors which are provided at each section of the building and which monitor the current value of the main line in the respective sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shikata, Hiroaki Koshin
  • Patent number: 6710483
    Abstract: A revolution type actuator having a movable member performing a revolution motion includes a movable member capable of revolving with respect to a fixed member, a plurality of conducting paths which are provided on a face parallel to a trajectory face of the above-mentioned revolution motion and through which currents flow in mutually intersecting directions, power supply which flows currents having different phases through the above-mentioned plurality of conducting paths, and a magnetic field generator which forms a magnetic field perpendicular to the above-mentioned conducting path, in which the above-mentioned movable member revolves due to an electromagnetic force generated by an interaction between a current flowing through said conducting path and a magnetic field generated by the above-mentioned magnetic field generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ota, Katsuhiro Hirata, Hitoshi Kitano, Yoshikazu Shikata
  • Publication number: 20020081220
    Abstract: A revolution type actuator having a movable member performing a revolution motion includes a movable member capable of revolving with respect to a fixed member, a plurality of conducting paths which are provided on a face parallel to a trajectory face of the above-mentioned revolution motion and through which currents flow in mutually intersecting directions, power supply which flows currents having different phases through the above-mentioned plurality of conducting paths, and a magnetic field generator which forms a magnetic field perpendicular to the above-mentioned conducting path, in which the above-mentioned movable member revolves due to an electromagnetic force generated by an interaction between a current flowing through said conducting path and a magnetic field generated by the above-mentioned magnetic field generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ota, Katsuhiro Hirata, Hitoshi Kitano, Yoshikazu Shikata