Patents Assigned to Calsonic Kansei Corporation
  • Patent number: 10355586
    Abstract: A power converter includes: a power module that converts direct-current electric power from a power storage apparatus and alternating-current electrical power to be supplied to a load; a charger that converts alternating-current electrical power supplied via an external connector to direct-current electric power and charges the power storage apparatus therewith; a capacitor module that is arranged between the power module and the charger and that has a capacitor that smoothes voltage; a DC/DC converter that converts direct-current voltage supplied from the power storage apparatus; and a signal line connected to the charger, wherein the power module and the capacitor module are connected by high-voltage wire on one surface side of the capacitor module, and the signal line is connected to the charger by extending via other surface of the capacitor module opposite from the one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Okazaki, Gen Okuzuka, Yuuichirou Nomura, Masaharu Nagano
  • Patent number: 10345583
    Abstract: An illumination structure includes a substrate having a front surface on which a light source is attached, and a reflector arranged on the front surface of the substrate to surround the light source, wherein the reflector includes a reflection wall part having a regular pyramid-like shape, and four inside surfaces of the reflection wall part having the regular pyramid-like shape include steep slope parts, respectively, having an angle larger than 7.5 degrees and smaller than 15 degrees with respect to a direction of an optical axis of the light source as a standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori Tomaru
  • Publication number: 20190181128
    Abstract: A power module includes: a first conductive plate (23u, 23v, 23w) on which first switching devices (29u, 29v, 29w) and first rectifying devices (20c) are mounted, the first conductive plate having an alternating-current terminal (100u, 100v, 100w) for alternating-current electrical power; a second conductive plate (23a) on which second switching devices (28u, 28v, 28w) and second rectifying devices (20c) are mounted, the second conductive plate having a direct-current positive electrode terminal (120a) for direct-current electric power; and a third conductive plate (23b) connected to the first switching devices and the first rectifying devices, the third conductive plate having a direct-current negative electrode terminal for direct-current electric power, wherein a first direction in which a plurality of the first switching devices are arranged is perpendicular to a second direction in which a plurality of the first rectifying devices are arranged, and the alternating-current terminal extends in the second d
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi ANZAI, Yutaka SATOU
  • Patent number: 10317435
    Abstract: A bus bar assemble type electric current sensor includes a sensing module that has a resin molding and a sensing element provided in the resin molding, and a bus bar module that has a casing and a bus bar accommodated in the casing and disposed in the vicinity of the sensing element. A temporarily-fixing portion that temporarily fixes the sensing module and the bus bar module separably is provided on at least one of the sensing module and the bus bar module. A fully-fixing portion that integrally fixes the sensing module and the bus bar module with each other is provided on each of the sensing module and the bus bar module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gen Okuzuka
  • Patent number: 10295607
    Abstract: A device for estimating parameters of battery capable of improving, by using simple calculations, estimation accuracy of a parameter and the like of a battery equivalent circuit model will be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION, KEIO UNIVERSITY, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Atsushi Baba, Shuichi Adachi, Ichiro Maruta
  • Patent number: 10298145
    Abstract: A power converter 1 includes: a power module 20 that converts direct-current electric power to three-phase alternating-current electrical power and outputs the three-phase alternating-current electrical power from three-phase terminals; an output bus bar 24 that has motor terminals 26 and a plurality of power module terminals 25 that are connected to the power module 20; a bus bar holder 23 holding the output bus bar 24; and a case 2 that has a through hole 3 through which the output bus bar 24 penetrates and that accommodates the power module 20, the output bus bar 24, and the bus bar holder 23. The three-phase terminals are arranged side-by-side on the power module 20. The plurality of power module terminals 25 are respectively formed on the output bus bar 24 so as to correspond to the three-phase terminals, and the plurality of power module terminals 25 are positioned on the three-phase terminals when the output bus bar 24 and the power module 20 are accommodated in the case 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Okazaki, Gen Okuzuka, Yuuichirou Nomura, Masaharu Nagano
  • Patent number: 10272835
    Abstract: An illumination device for a vehicle includes a light guide body having a light entrance hole from which light from a light source enters, and an emission portion that emits the light which has entered from the light entrance hole toward an outer surface from a position of an outer rim part. A light shielding member covers the outer surface of the light guide body except the emission portion, and a light directing member disposed in the light entrance hole reflects the light from the light source toward the emission portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Kikuchi, Shozo Maeno, Takehiro Hamano
  • Publication number: 20190115848
    Abstract: A power converter includes: a power module configured to convert direct-current electric power from a power storage apparatus and alternating-current electric power supplied to a load; a DC/DC converter; a charger; a capacitor module having a capacitor for smoothing voltage; and a case configured to accommodate the power module, the DC/DC converter, the charger, and the capacitor module, the case having a cooling surface; wherein, in the case, the power module, the charger, and the DC/DC converter are arranged around the capacitor module, and the DC/DC converter is arranged between the power module and the charger, and wherein the capacitor module is mounted on the cooling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro OKAZAKI, Gen OKUZUKA, Yuuichirou NOMURA, Masaharu NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20190107341
    Abstract: A double pipe includes an inner pipe through an interior of which low pressure gaseous cooling medium flows and an outer pipe having the inner pipe in its interior, the outer pipe being configured such that high-pressure liquid cooling medium flows between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, wherein the inner pipe has a plate member that extending in the longitudinal direction so as to partition the interior of the inner pipe into a plurality of chambers. The plate member has a helical shape along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YOSHIDA, Jun HATAKEYAMA, Hiroyuki OONO
  • Patent number: 10234685
    Abstract: To downsize a head-up display apparatus, a recess is provided by cutting a part of the reflection mirror having a quadrilateral shape as a basic shape. A head-up display apparatus includes, in a casing thereof, an image display and an optical path forming member. The optical path forming member includes at least a reflection mirror that reflects the image. The reflection mirror has a quadrilateral shape as a basic shape. The reflection mirror having the quadrilateral shape as the basic shape includes a recess in at least one of four corners. The reflection mirror having the quadrilateral shape as the basic shape is disposed in the casing to be inclined relative to a horizontal direction. The recess is provided in at least one of a top corner and a bottom corner which are diagonally placed in the inclined reflection mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naomi Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20190077225
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes: a heating cycle configured to circulate the heating medium through a heater core, the heater core being configured to heat blown air; an auxiliary heating device configured to heat the heating medium by an electric heater; a refrigeration cycle configured to circulate cooling medium discharged from a compressor through a condenser, the condenser being configured to heat the heating medium; refrigeration cycle control means configured to operate the refrigeration cycle such that temperature of the heating medium reaches target heating-medium temperature; auxiliary heating device control means configured to operate the auxiliary heating device such that the temperature of the heating medium reaches the target heating-medium temperature; and switching means configured to stop the operation of the refrigeration cycle in the state in which the temperature of the heating medium is equal to or higher than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kojiro NAKAMURA, Tomohiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20190077227
    Abstract: An evaporator with a cold storage function (10) includes: a plurality of refrigerant tubes (30) which have refrigerant flow paths (32, 33) and which are disposed in parallel with an interval therebetween; and a cold storage material container (40) sandwiched and bonded between adjacent refrigerant tubes (30, 30) among a plurality of the refrigerant tubes (30) and to be filled with a cold storage material (B), wherein the cold storage material container (40) is formed by superimposing a pair of cold storage plates (41, 41), each of which includes accommodating concavities (46, 47) to be filled with the cold storage material (B), and a plurality of convexities (46b, 47b) are formed with an interval therebetween in standing walls (46a, 47a) of the accommodating concavities (46, 47) of each of the cold storage plates (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito OKADA, Sachio KOYAMA, Takaya ARIMOTO, Yoshinori ISHIDA, Kazuo NAKAJO
  • Publication number: 20190070929
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes: a compressor, an external heat exchanger, an evaporator, a fluid-cooled condenser, a thermostatic expansion valve, an internal heat exchanger, a fixed restrictor, a first flow-path switching valve, and a second flow-path switching valve configured to switch flow path of cooling medium so as to bypass the fluid-cooled condenser and the fixed restrictor at cabin-cooling operation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kojiro NAKAMURA, Tomohiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20190070932
    Abstract: A liquid heating device includes: a liquid circulation circuit configured to allow circulation of antifreezing fluid therethrough; an electric heater provided in the liquid circulation circuit, the electric heater being configured to heat the antifreezing fluid circulating through the liquid circulation circuit; and a controller serving as a controlling unit configured to control output of the electric heater. The controller restricts the output of the electric heater when viscosity of the antifreezing fluid exceeds a predetermined threshold viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kojiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10224261
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting structure includes a terminal of an electronic component package and a chip heat radiating member. The terminal is soldered on a land of an electronic substrate and the chip heat radiating member is soldered on a back surface of the electronic component package. The chip heat radiating member is covered by a packaging resin. A metallic heat radiating pattern integrally includes a pattern extension part that protrudes from the electronic component package, such that at least a part of the metallic heat radiating pattern is formed so as to be larger than the electronic component package. The pattern extension part is configured to guide excessive solder to an outside of the electronic component package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Yuuzou Shimamura, Norio Fujii, Yuuji Daimon
  • Patent number: 10207675
    Abstract: At acquisition of a first unit command signal RC(1) of which storage is completed and in a case that the ring buffer stores a part of a second unit command signal RC(2), the CPU acquires the first unit command signal and the part of the second unit command signal upon receiving a first interrupt signal BQ(1), and then separates the first unit command signal and the part of the second unit command signal from each other. When having received a second interrupt signal BQ(2), the CPU acquires the remaining of the second unit command signal, and combines the remaining of the second unit command signal and the part of the second unit command signal. Accordingly, the second unit command signal once separated is acquired as a signal having all data completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuki Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20190039534
    Abstract: To prevent a vehicle body member from being damaged when an interior component is attached. In a vehicle interior structure, an interior component is fastened to a vehicle body member provided interior of a vehicle by an engagement portion. The engagement portion includes a hole formed in the vehicle body member, a claw portion provided in the interior component, and a pedestal provided in a base part of the claw portion. A guide portion is provided in the vehicle body member to guide the pedestal before the claw portion is fitted into the hole to engage with the hole, so as to prevent an end portion of the interior component from contacting the vehicle body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro TORIUMI, Kazuhiro MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 10197336
    Abstract: A first projection plate and a second projection plate of each segment of first plurality of segments cause gas flowing into each segment to flow out from each segment while causing rotation in the gas in different directions with respect to a rotational axis in a gas flow direction and then flow into each of two segments of second plurality of segments adjacent in a perpendicular direction to the gas flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Iwasaki, Junichiro Hara
  • Patent number: 10195774
    Abstract: An air ejector of a resin molding device includes air passages, air outlets through which air is injected, movable valves biased by bias members to close the air outlets, accommodation spaces in which the movable valves are movably contained, an air supply path through which air is supplied from an air supply source, and a pressure sensor to detect air pressure. After completing the mold removal, the air is supplied via the air supply path to the air passages at an air pressure smaller than the bias force of the bias members, and the air pressure is detected by the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kobune, Akihito Kanemasa, Kenjiro Sugimoto, Kunio Shimada
  • Publication number: 20190028036
    Abstract: A direct current (DC)-DC converter includes: a transformer; a half bridge circuit provided on a primary side of the transformer; a synchronous rectification circuit provided on a secondary side of the transformer; and a controller configured to switch a power semiconductor device for rectification of the synchronous rectification circuit at a duty ratio and a phase corresponding to an input voltage of the half bridge circuit and an output current of the synchronous rectification circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicants: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Fumihiro OKAZAKI, Satoshi OGASAWARA, Hirohito FUNATO, Kousuke AOKI