Patents by Inventor Youichi Hattori

Youichi Hattori 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: 8754728
    Abstract: A relay includes: a pair of fixed terminals, each being arranged to have a fixed contact on a one-end face; a movable contact member arranged to have a pair of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts; and a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member. In a moving direction of the movable contact member, a side where the fixed contacts are located is called a first side, and a side where the movable contacts are located is called a second side. The movable contact member includes: a center section located between the pair of movable contacts and located on the second side relative to the movable contacts; and a pair of extended sections located between the center section and the pair of movable contacts and extended in a direction including a component of the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima, Taku Hirano
  • Patent number: 8674796
    Abstract: A relay includes: a plurality of fixed terminals arranged to have fixed contacts; and a movable contact member arranged to have a plurality of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts. The relay further includes: a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member such that the respective movable contacts come into contact with the corresponding fixed contacts; a plurality of first vessels provided corresponding to the respective fixed terminals and arranged to have insulating property; a second vessel joined with the plurality of first vessels; and an air-tight space formed by the plurality of fixed terminals, the plurality of first vessels and the second vessel to allow the movable contact member and the respective fixed contacts to be placed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima
  • Publication number: 20130214882
    Abstract: A relay includes: a pair of fixed terminals, each being arranged to have a fixed contact on a one-end face; a movable contact member arranged to have a pair of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts; and a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member. In a moving direction of the movable contact member, a side where the fixed contacts are located is called a first side, and a side where the movable contacts are located is called a second side. The movable contact member includes: a center section located between the pair of movable contacts and located on the second side relative to the movable contacts; and a pair of extended sections located between the center section and the pair of movable contacts and extended in a direction including a component of the moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima, Taku Hirano
  • Publication number: 20130214884
    Abstract: A relay includes: a plurality of fixed terminals arranged to have fixed contacts; and a movable contact member arranged to have a plurality of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts. The relay further includes: a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member such that the respective movable contacts come into contact with the corresponding fixed contacts; a plurality of first vessels provided corresponding to the respective fixed terminals and arranged to have insulating property; a second vessel joined with the plurality of first vessels; and an air-tight space formed by the plurality of fixed terminals, the plurality of first vessels and the second vessel to allow the movable contact member and the respective fixed contacts to be placed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima
  • Publication number: 20130214881
    Abstract: A relay includes a pair of fixed terminals arranged to respectively have fixed contacts, a movable contact member arranged to have a pair of movable contacts, a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member and a magnet arranged to extinguish an arc. The movable contact member has a center section located between the pair of movable contacts. The magnet is placed on at least one of a first side and a second side that face each other across a predetermined face including the movable contact member and the pair of fixed terminals electrically connected by the movable contact member. The magnet is arranged to have a magnitude relation that a center area where the center section is located has a lower magnetic flux density than movable contact portions where the pair of movable contacts are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima
  • Patent number: 7712349
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a gas sensor in which a gas detection element is mounted on a wiring substrate; in which a protective cap having gas inlets formed therein is attached to the wiring substrate; and which has a structure capable of effectively preventing emanation of gas from the wiring substrate and the protective cap. A gas sensor comprises a gas detecting element on a writing board where a protective cap with air vents is mounted. The sensor effectively prevents a gas from emanating from the wiring board and the protective cap. The wiring board where a plurality of gas detecting elements (8,9) are to be mounted is formed of a ceramic wiring board (2) excellent in heat resistance. The protective cap (3) having air vents (31 to 39) is formed of a metal excellent in heat resistance. The metal protective cap (3) is fitted to the ceramic wiring board (2) instead of using adhesive. In this way a gas sensor (1) is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Katsuda, Youichi Hattori, Yuichi Kouyama, Takio Kojima
  • Patent number: 7367192
    Abstract: In a combined cycle plant that combines a conventional thermal power plant and a gas turbine plant, there is provided a dump system 1 that connects a main steam pipe 60 with the condenser 25 and dumps the steam generated by the boiler 10 into the condenser 25, bypassing the steam turbine; and HRSG HP turbine bypass system 2 and HRSG LP turbine bypass system 3 which connect the HP pipe 70 and LP pipe 71 of the heat recovery steam generator, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichi Hattori, Taiji Inui
  • Publication number: 20070107493
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a gas sensor in which a gas detection element is mounted on a wiring substrate; in which a protective cap having gas inlets formed therein is attached to the wiring substrate; and which has a structure capable of effectively preventing emanation of gas from the wiring substrate and the protective cap. A gas sensor comprises a gas detecting element on a writing board where a protective cap with air vents is mounted. The sensor effectively prevents a gas from emanating from the wiring board and the protective cap. The wiring board where a plurality of gas detecting elements (8,9) are to be mounted is formed of a ceramic wiring board (2) excellent in heat resistance. The protective cap (3) having air vents (31 to 39) is formed of a metal excellent in heat resistance. The metal protective cap (3) is fitted to the ceramic wiring board (2) instead of using adhesive. In this way a gas sensor (1) is manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Hayato Katsuda, Youichi Hattori, Yuichi Kouyama, Takio Kojima
  • Patent number: 6983585
    Abstract: In a combined cycle plant that combines a conventional thermal power plant and a gas turbine plant, there is provided a dump system 1 that connects a main steam pipe 60 with the condenser 25 and dumps the steam generated by the boiler 10 into the condenser 25, bypassing the steam turbine; and HRSG HP turbine bypass system 2 and HRSG LP turbine bypass system 3 which connect the HP pipe 70 and LP pipe 71 of the heat recovery steam generator, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichi Hattori, Taiji Inui
  • Publication number: 20050198939
    Abstract: In a combined cycle plant that combines a conventional thermal power plant and a gas turbine plant, there is provided a dump system 1 that connects a main steam pipe 60 with the condenser 25 and dumps the steam generated by the boiler 10 into the condenser 25, bypassing the steam turbine; and HRSG HP turbine bypass system 2 and HRSG LP turbine bypass system 3 which connect the HP pipe 70 and LP pipe 71 of the heat recovery steam generator, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Youichi Hattori, Taiji Inui
  • Publication number: 20040025503
    Abstract: In a combined cycle plant that combines a conventional thermal power plant and a gas turbine plant, there is provided a dump system 1 that connects a main steam pipe 60 with the condenser 25 and dumps the steam generated by the boiler 10 into the condenser 25, bypassing the steam turbine; and HRSG HP turbine bypass system 2 and HRSG LP turbine bypass system 3 which connect the HP pipe 70 and LP pipe 71 of the heat recovery steam generator, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Youichi Hattori, Taiji Inui
  • Patent number: 6339926
    Abstract: A combined power plant, which has, as one of lines for supplying gas turbine cooling duty steam for cooling hot parts of a gas turbine, a line branching off from a steam line for leading high pressure steam from a high pressure superheater of a multi-pressure heat recovery steam generator to a high pressure steam turbine and leading a part of the high pressure steam to a supply line of the gas turbine cooling duty steam. The combined power plant is provided with a temperature lower limit value setting means for setting a lower limit value of an allowable temperature range for each gas turbine load and supplies a part of hot high temperature steam to the hot part of the gas turbine when the gas turbine cooling duty steam temperature is lower than the lower limit value of the allowable temperature range, thereby to raise the gas turbine cooling duty steam temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi, Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraga Ichiro, Yuichi Iwamoto, Youichi Hattori, Shinichi Hoizumi
  • Patent number: 5737911
    Abstract: An operating method of a combined plant that has several gas turbines and exhaust heat recovery boilers which generate steam by exhaust gas from the gas turbines wherein exhaust gas from each of the heat recovery boilers is passed through exhaust gas ducts and discharged from a common chimney. The method includes operating a combined plant having plural axes which may be suitably started or stopped and having means for discharging exhaust gas from three or more gas turbines through one common chimney. When the pressure at a joining part of an exit duct of an exhaust heat recovery boiler is a positive pressure or the atmospheric temperature is higher than a preset atmospheric temperature, gas turbines can be re-started or stopped without back-flow of exhaust gas of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Hoizumi, Hideyuki Sato, Satoshi Kusaka, Youichi Hattori, Hitoshi Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 4891937
    Abstract: A heat recovery system for taking out a mechanical energy from hot exhaust gas from a gas turbine comprises at least two exhaust-gas boiler each having drum of an interior pressure different from each other, a steam turbine, a generator driven by the steam turbine, steam condenser and a plurality of heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is disposed in advance of the drum of the respective exhaust-gas boiler so that a feed-water circulating through the heat recovery system is pre-heated before entering into each drum by means of a cooling water which is used to cool blades of the gas turbine and becomes very hot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Noguchi, Youichi Hattori
  • Patent number: 4743516
    Abstract: An integrated power plant based on a molten carbonate type fuel cell and a gas turbine combined plant comprising a gas turbine, a steam turbine and a common generator driven by the gas turbine and the steam turbine is disclosed, where a reformer for a fuel gas to the anode of the fuel cell is heated through heat exchange with the cathode off-gas from the fuel cell to obtain the necessary heat for the reforming, and a portion of the anode off-gas from the fuel cell is combusted in a separate burner to form a CO.sub.2 recycle to the cathode, while most of the remaining anode off-gas is supplied to the gas turbine combustor. The existing gas turbine combined plant can be used, as it is, without any substantial modification, and the present fuel cell power generation plant can be simply added thereto as an auxiliary unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Noguchi, Nobuo Nagasaki, Youichi Hattori, Kenji Yokosuka, Shigehisa Sugita
  • Patent number: 4431343
    Abstract: A leg clamping device for a jack up platform having legs extending through the platform and a rack attached to each of the legs therealong and meshing with a drive pinion mounted on the platform. The leg clamping device comprises a plurality of clamp pieces engageable in the furrows of the rack, a bearing body fixedly mounted on the platform and supporting the clamp pieces individually movably toward or away from the rack, and locking means each provided for each of the clamp pieces individually for releasably locking the clamp piece in engagement with the rack furrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Uchiyama, Youichi Hattori, Kouki Koyanagi, Toshio Ohkoshi, Takaaki Ishihama, Kouji Toda