Patents by Inventor Fumihiro Sato
Fumihiro Sato 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).
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Patent number: 11984730Abstract: This is a technology for non-contact power transmission to the laboratory animal biological information acquisition device 12 embedded in the multiple laboratory animals in the breeding cage 14, and provides the power reception device, which can observe the behavior of laboratory animals from outside without covering the breeding cage 14 with the power transmission side, and which can continuously supply power regardless of the direction and position of the laboratory animals. The secondary coil part 22 includes a magnetic core 31 having a circular cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of spiral coils 40a and 40b formed by winding a conductor so that the outer shape is substantially rectangular.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Inventors: Fumihiro Sato, Jun Shibuya, Akifusa Yuyama, Shu Sasaki, Yoshiki Furuya, Takehiko Sone, Kenichi Sagara
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Publication number: 20230291334Abstract: With the aim of improving the reliability of a power conversion device for driving a motor, this power conversion device is provided with a rectifying portion for rectifying an AC voltage and outputting a DC voltage, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the DC voltage, an inverter portion into which the DC voltage is input and which outputs AC power, an inverter drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the inverter portion, a regenerative braking portion connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor, a regenerative braking drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the regenerative braking portion, a control portion for outputting drive signals to the inverter drive portion and the regenerative braking drive portion, a regenerative braking overcurrent detecting portion for outputting an overcurrent detection signal if the current flowing through the regenerative braking portion exceeds a determination value, and a latch portion into which the overcurrent detection signal output from the regeneratiType: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Fumihiro SATO, Keisuke TANABE, Naoki TAKATA, Daisuke MATSUMOTO, Shigetoshi YAGIHARA, Masahiro HIRAGA
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Patent number: 11742699Abstract: A power feeding device performing wireless power feeding to a flying object includes: a power feeding unit performing power feeding to the flying object disposed at a power feeding position; a power transmission coil provided in the power feeding unit and generating a magnetic field by energization; a relay coil provided in the power feeding unit, receiving the magnetic field generated from the power transmission coil and magnetically coupled to the power transmission coil, and magnetically coupled to a power receiving coil provided in the flying object in a case where the flying object is positioned at the power feeding position; and a second magnetic body provided in the power feeding unit and used for magnetic coupling between the relay coil and the power receiving coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: INCORPORATED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TOHOKU GAKUINInventors: Kentaro Furiya, Kenji Nishimura, Motonao Niizuma, Fumihiro Sato, Tomohiro Sawa
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Publication number: 20230268823Abstract: Provided are a power conversion device and a remote monitoring system capable of calculating the life of a power semiconductor device with high accuracy. In order to achieve the above purpose, a power conversion device, which controls the flow or interruption of a current with an inverter having a power semiconductor device and performs desired power conversion, comprises: a motor control unit which calculates a gate signal on the basis of a current value, a speed command, and a carrier frequency detected by a current sensor and controls the inverter; a temperature history calculator which estimates the loss of the power semiconductor device and calculates a temperature history; a temperature history storage device which stores the calculation result of the temperature history; and a damage calculator which calculates damage to the power semiconductor device from the temperature history read from the temperature history storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Daisuke MATSUMOTO, Keisuke TANABE, Kazushige HOTTA, Fumihiro SATO, Masahiro HIRAGA
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Publication number: 20230139257Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device which comprises a main circuit board, a first board, and a second board and which has a reduced size. The main circuit board has a rectifier circuit and an inverter circuit which are disposed in a high-power section, the rectifier circuit rectifying AC voltage and The second board is provided with a The first board is connected to the main circuit board and to the second board, and is provided with: a first circuit disposed in a low-power section. The second board is provided with a second circuit disposed in a low-power section. section from each other in a reinforced manner; an insulating transformer disposed in the reinforced insulation region and constituting a constituent component of a power supply circuit for receiving the DC voltage and supplying power to the first circuit and to the second circuit; and an insulating element disposed in the reinforced insulation region and allowing a signal to be exchanged between the first circuit and the second circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Fumihiro SATO, Keisuke TANABE, Koji HAMANO, Kiyotaka TOMIYAMA, Hiroyoshi MIYAZAKI
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Publication number: 20220285992Abstract: A power feeding device performing wireless power feeding to a flying object includes: a power feeding unit performing power feeding to the flying object disposed at a power feeding position; a power transmission coil provided in the power feeding unit and generating a magnetic field by energization; a relay coil provided in the power feeding unit, receiving the magnetic field generated from the power transmission coil and magnetically coupled to the power transmission coil, and magnetically coupled to a power receiving coil provided in the flying object in a case where the flying object is positioned at the power feeding position; and a second magnetic body provided in the power feeding unit and used for magnetic coupling between the relay coil and the power receiving coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicants: IHI Corporation, Incorporated Educational Institution Tohoku GakuinInventors: Kentaro FURIYA, Kenji NISHIMURA, Motonao NIIZUMA, Fumihiro SATO, Tomohiro SAWA
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Publication number: 20220144137Abstract: A technology disclosed in the present specification is a power supply device 10 configured to supply electric power to a seat S that can slide and rotate with respect to a floor part F of a vehicle. The power supply device 10 comprises: a power transmission unit 40 that is provided on the floor part F and extends along a sliding direction in which the seat S slides; and a power reception unit 70 that is provided on the seat S and receives electric power from the power transmission unit 40 in a contactless manner, wherein the power transmission unit 40 is provided such that the length dimension in the sliding direction is longer than the length dimension in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction, and a portion of the power reception unit 70, which receives electric power from the power transmission unit 40, is disposed within an installation range of the power transmission unit 40 in a state of being close to the power transmission unit 40 while the seat S is sliding and rotating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Hidetoshi ISHIDA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Kenichi SAGARA, Keizo WATANABE, Yutaka KIKUCHI, Shu SASAKI, Fumihiro SATO
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Patent number: 10763754Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient power supply device. A power supply device 1 according to the present invention includes a bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 and an insulated DC-DC converter 4. The bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 receives a main battery 5 and outputs a direct-current link voltage Vlink. The insulated DC-DC converter 4 receives the link voltage Vlink and supplies power to a load 7. The link voltage Vlink, which is an output of the bidirectional DC-DC converter 3, changes according to the output voltage of the insulated DC-DC converter 4.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Oouchi, Takae Shimada, Fumihiro Sato, Shintaro Tanaka, Kenji Kubo, Eigo Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20200177027Abstract: This is a technology for non-contact power transmission to the laboratory animal biological information acquisition device 12 embedded in the multiple laboratory animals in the breeding cage 14, and provides the power reception device, which can observe the behavior of laboratory animals from outside without covering the breeding cage 14 with the power transmission side, and which can continuously supply power regardless of the direction and position of the laboratory animals. The secondary coil part 22 includes a magnetic core 31 having a circular cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of spiral coils 40a and 40b formed by winding a conductor so that the outer shape is substantially rectangular.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Fumihiro Sato, Jun Shibuya, Akifusa Yuyama, Shu Sasaki, Yoshiki Furuya, Takehiko Sone, Kenichi Sagara
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Patent number: 10541549Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a charging apparatus having high efficiency of charging a battery by inputting an alternating current voltage. A charging apparatus that charges a direct current battery includes a step-down converter unit to which a direct current voltage from a power supply is input and that converts the direct current voltage, and when a voltage of the direct current battery is between a predetermined first voltage smaller than a charge completion voltage of the direct current battery and the charge completion voltage, a variable voltage that increases from the first voltage to the charge completion voltage in accordance with charging of the direct current battery is input to the step-down converter unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiro Sato, Takae Shimada, Takuya Ishigaki, Takayuki Ouchi, Hiroyuki Shoji, Naoya Takahashi, Eigo Kishimoto
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Patent number: 10461553Abstract: Provided is a power source device having a high efficiency. A power source device 1 includes an insulated AC-DC converter 2 which receives a voltage of an AC power source 10 and outputs a link voltage Vlink, a bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 which receives the link voltage Vlink to charge a main battery 5, an insulated DC-DC converter 4 which receives the link voltage Vlink to supply power to a load 7, an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the AC power source 10 to the main battery 5, and an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the main battery 5 to the load 7.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takae Shimada, Hiroyuki Shoji, Takayuki Oouchi, Fumihiro Sato, Kenji Kubo, Eigo Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20190199132Abstract: In a power transmission system for transmitting electric power from the primary side power feeding coil to the secondary side power receiving coil without their mutual contact and using electromagnetic induction, the power coils on each of the primary and secondary sides include a pair of planar spiral coils which are shaped in the form of a figure 8 and connected differentially to power supply, and each of the spiral coils is D-shaped having a semicircular portion and a linear portion combined together, the two spiral coils having their linear portions laid one on the other to form a planar figure-8 coil. Plates of soft magnetic material 4 and 41 are disposed each on a side of the power coil on one of the primary and secondary sides which is opposite to the side that faces the power coil on the other of the primary and secondary sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Yuki OTA, Tetsuya TAKURA, Fumihiro SATO, Hidetoshi MATSUKI, Tadayuki SATO, Akifusa YUYAMA, Shu SASAKI, Toshiaki KATO
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Publication number: 20180351859Abstract: A communication path control system includes a communication performance evaluation unit configured to evaluate communication performance of a network based on a number of SYN packets transmitted to a second communication device by a first communication device, and a path control unit configured to change a communication path of the first communication device to a third communication device from the second communication device in the case where a deterioration of communication performance of the second communication device is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Takashi YAMAZAKI, Fumihiro SATO, Keitaro OTA, Tatsuya KYOGOKU
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Publication number: 20180166903Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a charging apparatus having high efficiency of charging a battery by inputting an alternating current voltage. A charging apparatus that charges a direct current battery includes a step-down converter unit to which a direct current voltage from a power supply is input and that converts the direct current voltage, and when a voltage of the direct current battery is between a predetermined first voltage smaller than a charge completion voltage of the direct current battery and the charge completion voltage, a variable voltage that increases from the first voltage to the charge completion voltage in accordance with charging of the direct current battery is input to the step-down converter unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Fumihiro SATO, Takae SHIMADA, Takuya ISHIGAKI, Takayuki OUCHI, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Naoya TAKAHASHI, Eigo KISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170358987Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient power supply device. A power supply device 1 according to the present invention includes a bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 and an insulated DC-DC converter 4. The bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 receives a main battery 5 and outputs a direct-current link voltage Vlink. The insulated DC-DC converter 4 receives the link voltage Vlink and supplies power to a load 7. The link voltage Vlink, which is an output of the bidirectional DC-DC converter 3, changes according to the output voltage of the insulated DC-DC converter 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki OOUCHI, Takae SHIMADA, Fumihiro SATO, Shintaro TANAKA, Kenji KUBO, Eigo KISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170305281Abstract: Power reception device includes a plurality of secondary coils which interlinks with magnetic flux output by primary coil and at least one power reception side capacitor electrically connected to the plurality of secondary coils, and receives power without contact from power transmission device including primary coil. The plurality of secondary coils are connected in series to each other. Central axes of the plurality of secondary coils are oriented in mutually different directions. The plurality of secondary coils and power reception side capacitors configure one power reception side resonance circuit. According to the present aspect, power reception side resonance circuit can be easily designed, and a decrease of power transmission efficiency can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: MAMI TSUTSUI, HIROYASU KITAMURA, HIDETOSHI MATSUKI, FUMIHIRO SATO, YUKI OTA, SHUTA AOKI
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Publication number: 20170117731Abstract: Provided is a power source device having a high efficiency. A power source device 1 includes an insulated AC-DC converter 2 which receives a voltage of an AC power source 10 and outputs a link voltage Vlink, a bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 which receives the link voltage Vlink to charge a main battery 5, an insulated DC-DC converter 4 which receives the link voltage Vlink to supply power to a load 7, an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the AC power source 10 to the main battery 5, and an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the main battery 5 to the load 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takae SHIMADA, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Takayuki OOUCHI, Fumihiro SATO, Kenji KUBO, Eigo KISHIMOTO
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Patent number: 9409491Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a target position setting unit setting a vehicle target parking position on the basis of a coil type and position of a power transmitting unit. When the coil type is a composite coil having a configuration such that an annular coil wound to surround a first axis and a solenoid coil wound to surround a second axis intersecting with the first axis are serially connected, the target position setting unit sets the target parking position such that a center of a power receiving unit mounted on the vehicle is located at a predetermined distance from the first axis along the second axis. The solenoid coil is set at a position with respect to the annular coil such that the first axis extends through a side face center portion of the solenoid coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Masayuki Komatsu, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Fumihiro Sato, Tetsuya Takura, Hiroto Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9379572Abstract: A power transmitting device includes: a power transmitting unit being able to contactlessly transmit electric power to a power receiving unit of a power receiving device; and a guide unit changing a guide position of the power receiving device at power reception of the power receiving device on the basis of a type of the power receiving unit. The guide unit may when the types of the power receiving and transmitting units are the same, set a position of the power receiving unit, at which center positions of the power receiving and transmitting units coincide with each other, for the guide position, and, when the types of the power receiving and transmitting units are different, set a position of the power receiving unit, at which the center positions of the power receiving and transmitting units deviate from each other, for the guide position.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuya Takura, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Fumihiro Sato
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Publication number: 20150291048Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a target position setting unit setting a vehicle target parking position on the basis of a coil type and position of a power transmitting unit. When the coil type is a composite coil having a configuration such that an annular coil wound to surround a first axis and a solenoid coil wound to surround a second axis intersecting with the first axis are serially connected, the target position setting unit sets the target parking position such that a center of a power receiving unit mounted on the vehicle is located at a predetermined distance from the first axis along the second axis. The solenoid coil is set at a position with respect to the annular coil such that the first axis extends through a side face center portion of the solenoid coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji ICHIKAWA, Masayuki MATSU, Hidetoshi MATSUKI, Fumihiro SATO, Tetsuya TAKURA, Hiroto YAMAGUCHI