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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130678 | WIND TURBINE MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Status monitoring of a wind turbine is automatically performed, and evaluation of that status is quantitatively performed according to an appropriate criterion. Provided is a wind turbine monitoring device including a first storage unit in which a diagnostic data file i... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130640 | DIFFUSION STATE PREDICTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Diffusion calculation is performed with a shorter processing time and superior precision. Provided are a calculation-grid determining unit (2) that determines a size of a calculation grid dividing a space in a region of interest; a boundary-setting calculation un... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129042 | BATTERY MODULE A battery module includes: a first electrical cell and a second electrical cell, each including a battery case having an electrode terminal with one between a concave portion and a convex portion; a fixing member for fitting to the one; and an interconnection member inc... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128540 | AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICE An air pollution control device is an air pollution control device for reducing the amounts of NOx and Hg contained in flue gas 12 from a boiler 11. The air pollution control device includes: NH4Cl solution supply means 16 for spraying an... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128114 | NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE RACK CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREOF The nuclear fuel storage rack connection structure is used for connecting a plurality of nuclear fuel storage racks which are stored so as to be arrayed and arranged underwater inside a storage pit, with nuclear fuel assemblies being accommodated. The nuclear fuel stora... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126150 | TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER OF FUEL ASSEMBLY There are provided: a container body (11) that has an opening in one end; a lid member (12A) that seals the opening; a prismatic pipe (30) that is arranged in the container body (11); a fuel holder (20) that covers a side surface of a ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125891 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD Provided are a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method wherein particles generated due to the inner potential of an inner cylinder disposed inside of a vacuum container are reduced. The plasma processing apparatus has, inside of a metal vacuum chamber... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125522 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING JOINTED MEMBER AND FRICTION STIR WELDING APPARATUS The present invention relates to a technique for producing a jointed member by subjecting two to-be-jointed members which are contacted each other to friction stir welding. The method for producing a jointed member executes a dwelling step in which a probe is rotated on... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125006 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE In a gas turbine combustor and a gas turbine, an air passage (54) that supplies combustion high-pressure air, a pilot nozzle (44), a main fuel nozzle (45), and a top hat nozzle (47) that supply fuel, and openings (64) that supply film ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124984 | POWER GENERATING APPARATUS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TYPE A power generating apparatus includes a rotating shaft, a hydraulic pump driven by the rotating shaft, a hydraulic motor driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump; and a generator coupled to the hydraulic motor. The apparatus further includes an oil line ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107681 | SECONDARY BATTERY Provided is a secondary battery including: a battery case; a stacked body that is housed inside the battery case and includes a plurality of electrode plates; and a frame that is arranged between the stacked body and the battery case and engages a plurality of insulatin... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104755 | WIND FARM CONTROL SYSTEM, WIND FARM, AND WIND FARM CONTROL METHOD To prevent disconnection of wind turbine generators due to changes in wind conditions even if the wind turbine generators is operated to limit the power output. A plurality of wind turbine generators that generate electric power by the rotation of rotors are provided in... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104753 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF WIND POWER GENERATOR, WIND FARM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIND POWER GENERATOR A wind power generator generates power through a rotation of a rotor and is interconnected, and operated with its power generation output previously limited in order to be able to further supply the power to a power system in response to a decrease in system frequency. ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104752 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND TIDAL CURRENT GENERATOR AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF An object of the invention is to provide a wind turbine generator or a tidal current generator which is equipped with a hydraulic transmission and achieves a superior power generation efficiency, and a operation method thereof. The wind turbine generator 1 compri... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103401 | SOLAR CELL PANEL A solar cell panel that is capable of preventing damage to the edge portions of the panel. The solar cell panel is provided with a pair of first protective ribs (103L, 103L), which are fixed to the back substrate, protrude outward from the edges of a solar... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103227 | GUIDE RAIL TYPE VEHICLE WITH GUIDE DEVICE In a guide rail type vehicle, a guide wheel includes a main guide wheel that rolls in contact with a main guide rail and a branch guide wheel that rolls in contact with a branch guide rail, a guide frame includes a guide arm that extends in a vehicle width direction and... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082886 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY In this assembled battery, connections between electrode terminals of electrical cells and connection members for the electrode terminal are reliably maintained for a long period of time. The electrode terminal is formed in a tapered pillar shape whose width decreases f... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120079969 | COMBUSTION CONTROLLER The combustion controller controls the fuel and air that are supplied to the combustion furnace for burning substances, and addresses the aforementioned object by including: fuel supply unit for supplying fuel and air into the combustion furnace; air supply unit for sup... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120053898 | PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE FOR CENTRIFUGAL CHILLER Enhanced accuracy in performance evaluation of a centrifugal chiller is achieved. Provided is a performance evaluation device for a centrifugal chiller, which includes an input unit that receives operating data of the centrifugal chiller; a data classifying unit that ac... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051915 | PLANETARY GEAR TRAIN WITH IMPROVED BEARING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURE METHOD OF THE SAME A planetary gear train is provided with a planetary gear and a planetary pin inserted into the planetary gear. The planetary gear includes: a gear member having teeth on the outer face and a through hole; an intermediate housing inserted into the through hole and having... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051892 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR DESIGNING METHOD, WIND TURBINE ROTOR DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE, WIND TURBINE ROTOR DESIGN SUPPORT PROGRAM AND WIND TURBINE ROTOR There is provided a designing method of a wind turbine rotor which includes a rotor head, a bearing provided on the rotor head and a wind turbine blade attached to the bearing. The wind turbine rotor designing method includes: providing operation environment data indica... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051888 | ABNORMAL VIBRATION DETECTION UNIT FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR An object of the present invention is to provide an abnormal vibration detection unit which is capable of stopping a wind turbine generator in a case of detecting excessive vibration that poses danger and is designed suitably for the failure detection. The abnormal vibr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051487 | REACTOR CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE The reactor containment structure is provided with a reactor containment vessel (10), a reactor containment chamber (11) which is installed inside the reactor containment vessel (10) to contain a nuclear power reactor (5), a pool (12) ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051486 | REACTOR CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE This reactor containment structure is provided with a reactor containment vessel (10), a reactor containment chamber (11) which is provided in the reactor containment vessel (10) and contains a nuclear power reactor, a pool (12) which is prov... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051485 | CORIUM COOLING PROMOTING APPARATUS AND CONTAINMENT In a corium cooling promoting apparatus and a containment, a pressurized water reactor (12) is contained inside the containment (11), and a cavity (56) to which cooling water can be supplied in an emergency is provided below the pressurized water re... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049529 | TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR An object of the invention is to propose a tubular structure and a wind turbine generator in which work on an outer surface of the tower structure can be performed easily. A tubular structure comprises: a plurality of tubular sections 21 that are stacked one on t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049517 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND OUTPUT POWER CONTROL METHOD A wind turbine generator derives the gradient of a change in output power of a generator that generates power by rotation of a wind turbine rotor, and determines an increase/decrease in the output power of the generator on the basis of the derived gradient of the change... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048139 | LOW FLOOR VEHICLE A low floor vehicle can reduce, during curved track traveling of a vehicle, the lateral pressure of the vehicle, can prevent occurrence of vibration and creaking sounds of the vehicle, can improve riding comfort for passengers, and can reduce wear of wheel flanges, is p... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047879 | FLUE GAS PURIFYING DEVICE A flue gas purifying device includes an exhaust pipe that guides flue gas discharged from an internal combustion engine; a catalytic unit that is arranged on a downstream side to the internal combustion engine in a flow direction of flue gas and includes a nitrogen-oxid... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045725 | COMBUSTOR Provided is a combustor that is made compact and achieves NOx reduction. In the combustor (1) including a pilot nozzle (21) disposed along the central axis of the combustor (1) and performing diffusion combustion, a plurality of main nozzles (22<... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045353 | INVERTER-INTEGRATED ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which the layout of a wiring path connected to an IPM is optimized, the wiring path is simplified, and the noise interference due to disturbance is suppressed, thereby improving the controllability. In an inverte... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042819 | STERN STRUCTURE OF SHIP A stern structure of a ship includes a plurality of propellers, a plurality of propeller shafts and a stern structural body. A plurality of propeller shaft tubes is provided correspondingly to the plurality of propellers, and the plurality of propeller shafts connected ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042658 | Fuel supply system for gas turbine combustor and fuel supply method for gas turbine combustor A consumption amount of high-calorific gas such as coke oven gas (COG) during operation of a gas turbine is reduced, halt of the gas turbine due to clogging of a pilot system, a malfunction of a compressor which compresses high-calorific gas is prevented, and reliabilit... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037031 | LOW FLOOR VEHICLE A the low floor vehicle includes a journal member which couples a pair of wheels and is attached to a truck frame; and a truck frame lateral beam arranged along a vehicle width direction closer to the center of the truck frame than the journal member. The journal member... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035865 | LOAD MEASURING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM A load is based calibrate on data collected under wide observation conditions and promptly calibrate loads of a plurality of wind turbine blades. A load measuring apparatus is applied to a wind turbine in which a pitch angle of a wind turbine blade is variable. The appa... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035774 | GENERATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Voltage of a utility grid is reliably and swiftly restored, which decreased due to a utility grid failure or the like, to reference voltage. A generator is connected to a utility grid. A voltage detecting section detects voltage of a utility grid. A control section dete... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034526 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY SYSTEM This lithium ion secondary battery includes a cathode (3) including multiple oxide containing lithium as a cathode active material and Li2MnSiO4 which is different from the cathode active material and which is mixed or blended into the catho... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033780 | AXIAL POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD AND AXIAL POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SUPPORTING DEVICE Parameters DAOPX (=AOP−AOX) and DAOIX (=AOI−AOX) are calculated based on axial offsets of the power distribution (AOX and AO1). A movement control of a control rod is then perfor... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033778 | AXIAL POWER DISTRIBUTION PREDICTION METHOD AND AXIAL POWER DISTRIBUTION PREDICTION DEVICE An axial power distribution control device includes an axial offset calculation unit 52, a parameter calculation unit 53, and an axial offset determining unit 55. The axial offset determining unit 55 predicts whether a core axial offset of the power distribution is incr... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033776 | NUCLEAR REACTOR A nuclear reactor comprises a fuel rod into which nuclear fuel is enclosed and a control rod that controls nuclear reactions of the nuclear fuel. A concentration of a neutron absorber in a primary coolant at a full power operation of the nuclear reactor, when an operati... | 02/09/2012 |
