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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Central Japan Railway Company, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takahisa Inui, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Gakuji Kobayashi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Noriyuki Taniyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shinichiro Tanaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A compressed air supply apparatus includes a control unit configured to operate an air compressor when a measurement value of a pressure measurement unit reaches a first pressure or less, and configured to stop the air compressor when the measurement value reaches a second pressure higher than the first pressure, and a plurality of relief valve apparatuses installed in each of the connection flow path between the air compressor and each of a plurality of air tanks, wherein each of the plurality of relief valve apparatuses is configured to open the connection flow path to the atmosphere when the measurement value reaches a third pressure higher than the second pressure and close the connection flow path when the measurement value reaches a fourth pressure higher than the second pressure and lower than the third pressure after the opening.