Patents by Inventor Yuichi AHIKO

Yuichi AHIKO 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: 10906403
    Abstract: Provided is a collected current monitoring device enabling an analysis of collected current in each current collector while allowing a reduced equipment cost. The collected current monitoring device of the present disclosure is installed in a railroad vehicle including current collectors, main transformers, and main converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Central Japan Railway Company
    Inventors: Yuichi Ahiko, Kotaro Nakamura, Hiroki Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10828988
    Abstract: Provided is a collected current monitoring device. A transformer current acquisition unit acquires a current value Ip of a current flowing through a part of a plurality of transformers. A total collected current calculation unit calculates a current value Iall of a collected current supplied by a plurality of current collectors from the current value Ip by using a following Equation (1): Iall=Ip×(Mall/Mp). A collected current acquisition unit acquires a current value IX of a collected current supplied by the current collector(s) other than one current collector. The collected current calculation unit calculates a current value IY of a collected current supplied by the one current collector by subtracting the current value IX from the current value Iall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuichi Ahiko, Kotaro Nakamura, Hiroki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20200141985
    Abstract: Provided is a collected current monitoring device enabling an analysis of collected current in each current collector while allowing a reduced equipment cost. The collected current monitoring device of the present disclosure is installed in a railroad vehicle including current collectors, main transformers, and main converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Central Japan Railway Company
    Inventors: Yuichi Ahiko, Kotaro Nakamura, Hiroki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20200049752
    Abstract: Provided is an inspection device for contact strip that enables proper quality control of a collector head using a split-type contact strip. Disclosed is an inspection device for a collector head having an overhead contact line contact assembly that includes a contact strip, including electrically-conductive strip pieces aligned in a series and in a longitudinal direction, and springs elastically supporting the contact strip. The inspection device for a collector head includes a measurer of rigidity of the overhead contact line contact assembly in a thickness direction of the contact strip at multiple points on an axis parallel to the juxtaposition direction of the strip pieces; and a determiner of an abnormality in the collector head by comparison of measurement data of rigidity distribution at the multiple points based on measurement results from the measurer with reference data of rigidity distribution prepared beforehand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichi Ahiko, Kotaro Nakamura, Kenichi Kitazawa, Hiroaki Shintani
  • Publication number: 20190391189
    Abstract: A collected current monitoring device is provided which includes a current-value obtaining unit that obtains a current value I1 and a current value I2, a first RMS-calculation unit that calculates a root mean square RMS1, a second RMS-calculation unit that calculates a root mean square RMS2, an Iu calculation unit that calculates an imbalance current Iu, a change calculation unit that calculates an amount of change ?Iu, an average calculation unit that calculates a time average value ave?Iu, a determining unit that determines whether the time average value ave?Iu is larger than a threshold value, and a signal output unit that outputs an abnormality signal when the time average value ave?Iu is larger than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hironobu Sunami, Kazuki Tanaka, Yoshitsugu Morita, Isamu Makara, Yuichi Ahiko, Kotaro Nakamura, Hiroki Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10377240
    Abstract: A collected-current monitoring device includes a current-value obtaining unit for obtaining current values I1 and I2; a first RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 1 of the current value I1 at a window width W; a second RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 2 of the current value I2 at the window width W; a determining unit for determining whether a combination of the RMS 1 and the RMS 2 satisfies an abnormality condition; an abnormality-signal output unit for outputting an abnormality signal when the abnormality condition is satisfied; an information-obtaining unit for obtaining railway vehicle information; and a setting unit for setting a set-parameter that includes at least one of the window width W or the abnormality condition depending on the railway vehicle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuichi Ahiko, Kotaro Nakamura, Hiroki Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10343526
    Abstract: A collected-current monitoring device includes a current-value obtaining unit for obtaining current values I1 and I2; a first RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 1 of the current value I1 at a window width W; a second RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 2 of the current value I2 at the window width W; a determining unit for determining whether a combination of the RMS 1 and the RMS 2 satisfies an abnormality condition; an abnormality-signal output unit for outputting an abnormality signal when the abnormality condition is satisfied; an information-obtaining unit for obtaining railway vehicle information; and a setting unit for setting a set-parameter that includes at least one of the window width W or the abnormality condition depending on the railway vehicle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuichi Ahiko, Kotaro Nakamura, Hiroki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20190092172
    Abstract: Provided is a collected current monitoring device. A transformer current acquisition unit acquires a current value Ip of a current flowing through a part of a plurality of transformers. A total collected current calculation unit calculates a current value Iall of a collected current supplied by a plurality of current collectors from the current value Ip by using a following Equation (1): Iall=Ip×(Mall/Mp). A collected current acquisition unit acquires a current value IX of a collected current supplied by the current collector(s) other than one current collector. The collected current calculation unit calculates a current value IY of a collected current supplied by the one current collector by subtracting the current value IX from the current value Iall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi AHIKO, Kotaro NAKAMURA, Hiroki SHIMOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180312064
    Abstract: A collected-current monitoring device includes a current-value obtaining unit for obtaining current values I1 and I2; a first RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 1 of the current value I1 at a window width W; a second RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 2 of the current value I2 at the window width W; a determining unit for determining whether a combination of the RMS 1 and the RMS 2 satisfies an abnormality condition; an abnormality-signal output unit for outputting an abnormality signal when the abnormality condition is satisfied; an information-obtaining unit for obtaining railway vehicle information; and a setting unit for setting a set-parameter that includes at least one of the window width W or the abnormality condition depending on the railway vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuichi AHIKO, Kotaro NAKAMURA, Hiroki SHIMOYAMA
  • Patent number: D867208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Central Japan Railway Company, A & F Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinobu Abe, Tohru Watanabe, Kiyoshi Morita, Takashi Furukawa, Yuuji Ueno, Yasuhide Ueda, Hajime Ito, Yuichi Ahiko, Hiroki Shimoyama, Tadashi Fujii, Hideto Sanui, Kyohei Suzuki, Tetsuo Fukuda, Ichiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: D884557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Central Japan Railway Company, A & F Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinobu Abe, Tohru Watanabe, Kiyoshi Morita, Takashi Furukawa, Yuuji Ueno, Hajime Ito, Yuichi Ahiko, Hiroki Shimoyama, Tadashi Fujii, Eiji Sato, Kyohei Suzuki, Tetsuo Fukuda, Ichiro Fukuda