Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Hozoji
Hiroshi Hozoji 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: 11139748Abstract: A power module includes a double-sided electrode module, a power semiconductor element, a pair of base plates, and a connecting member. The double-sided electrode module has a plurality of electrode wiring boards and a power semiconductor element which are molded with a resin material. The pair of base plates has the double-sided electrode module sandwiched therebetween. The pair of base plates are connected via the connecting member. The connecting member is formed in a curved shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Nakatsu, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takeshi Tokuyama, Yusuke Takagi, Toshiya Satoh, Taku Oyama, Takanori Ninomiya
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Patent number: 10580561Abstract: An object is to improve a core and heat radiation properties from the coil, and to reduce the size of a transformer. In order to attain the object described above, a transformer includes a bobbin wound around with a coil, a columnar core center portion in which the bobbin is mounted, and a plurality of core leg portions joining both ends of the core center portion on the outside of the coil. The size of the core leg portion is larger than the size of the other core leg portions, and the core leg portion includes a flat outer circumferential surface approximately parallel to a surface which is tangent to an outer circumferential side surface of the coil. The transformer is disposed in a housing such that the outer circumferential surface of the core leg portion is tangent to a floor surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Hozoji
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Patent number: 10559509Abstract: In order to address the problem in that, by increasing the gate resistance of a power semiconductor element, while variation of switching time can be controlled, loss due to the gate resistance becomes larger and power efficiency for the entire system is lowered, the present invention provides an insulating substrate capable of uniformizing switching speeds of circuit elements while suppressing influence on power efficiency of the circuit elements. In the insulating substrate according to the present invention, part of a wiring layer is formed as a control signal circuit layer, and part of the control signal circuit layer is formed as a resistance layer that increases input resistance when the circuit element receives a control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Hozoji, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroyuki Itoh, Hisayuki Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagatomo
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Publication number: 20190393799Abstract: A power module includes a double-sided electrode module, a power semiconductor element, a pair of base plates, and a connecting member. The double-sided electrode module has a plurality of electrode wiring boards and a power semiconductor element which are molded with a resin material. The pair of base plates has the double-sided electrode module sandwiched therebetween. The pair of base plates are connected via the connecting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Kinya NAKATSU, Hiroshi HOZOJI, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Yusuke TAKAGI, Toshiya SATOH, Taku OYAMA, Takanori NINOMIYA
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Publication number: 20190221489Abstract: In order to address the problem in that, by increasing the gate resistance of a power semiconductor element, while variation of switching time can be controlled, loss due to the gate resistance becomes larger and power efficiency for the entire system is lowered, the present invention provides an insulating substrate capable of uniformizing switching speeds of circuit elements while suppressing influence on power efficiency of the circuit elements. In the insulating substrate according to the present invention, part of a wiring layer is formed as a control signal circuit layer, and part of the control signal circuit layer is formed as a resistance layer that increases input resistance when the circuit element receives a control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi HOZOJI, Kenji HAYASHI, Hiroyuki ITOH, Hisayuki IMAMURA, Hiroyuki NAGATOMO
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Patent number: 10348214Abstract: A power converter device includes a double-sided electrode module in which an electrical wiring board and a power semiconductor element are molded with a resin material. The power converter device also includes a heat dissipating base disposed on both sides of the double-sided electrode module and directly contacting cooling medium. The power converter device also includes a module fixture which presses the heat dissipating base in a state of contact with the heat dissipating base. The module fixture is configured to support a circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Nakatsu, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takeshi Tokuyama, Yusuke Takagi, Toshiya Satoh, Taku Oyama, Takanori Ninomiya
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Publication number: 20180005748Abstract: An object is to improve a core and heat radiation properties from the coil, and to reduce the size of a transformer. In order to attain the object described above, a transformer includes a bobbin wound around with a coil, a columnar core center portion in which the bobbin is mounted, and a plurality of core leg portions joining both ends of the core center portion on the outside of the coil. The size of the core leg portion is larger than the size of the other core leg portions, and the core leg portion includes a flat outer circumferential surface approximately parallel to a surface which is tangent to an outer circumferential side surface of the coil. The transformer is disposed in a housing such that the outer circumferential surface of the core leg portion is tangent to a floor surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi HOZOJI
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Publication number: 20170302191Abstract: A power converter device includes a double-sided electrode module in which an electrical wiring board and a power semiconductor element are molded with a resin material. The power converter device also includes a heat dissipating base disposed on both sides of the double-sided electrode module and directly contacting cooling medium. The power converter device also includes a module fixture which presses the heat dissipating base in a state of contact with the heat dissipating base. The module fixture is configured to support a circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Kinya NAKATSU, Hiroshi HOZOJI, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Yusuke TAKAGI, Toshiya SATOH, Taku OYAMA, Takanori NINOMIYA
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Patent number: 9729076Abstract: A power converter device includes a double-sided electrode module that converts direct current power to alternating current power, a heat dissipating base, a capacitor module, a positive electrode conductor plate, and a negative electrode conductor plate. In the heat dissipating base, heat dissipation surfaces, facing one another, of the double-sided electrode module facing to one another are held with insulation layers being present between the heat dissipating base, and the heat dissipation surfaces. The capacitor module constitutes a smoothing circuit for inhibiting fluctuation in DC voltage. The positive electrode conductor plate and the negative electrode conductor plate transmit electric power between the capacitor module and the double-sided electrode module.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Nakatsu, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takeshi Tokuyama, Yusuke Takagi, Toshiya Satoh, Taku Oyama, Takanori Ninomiya
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Publication number: 20160308456Abstract: A power converter device includes a double-sided electrode module that converts direct current power to alternating current power, a heat dissipating base, a capacitor module, a positive electrode conductor plate, and a negative electrode conductor plate. In the heat dissipating base, heat dissipation surfaces, facing one another, of the double-sided electrode module facing to one another are held with insulation layers being present between the heat dissipating base, and the heat dissipation surfaces. The capacitor module constitutes a smoothing circuit for inhibiting fluctuation in DC voltage. The positive electrode conductor plate and the negative electrode conductor plate transmit electric power between the capacitor module and the double-sided electrode module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Kinya NAKATSU, Hiroshi HOZOJI, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Yusuke TAKAGI, Toshiya SATOH, Taku OYAMA, Takanori NINOMIYA
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Patent number: 9407163Abstract: A power converter device includes a double-sided electrode module that converts direct current power to alternating current power, a heat dissipating base, a capacitor module, a positive electrode conductor plate, and a negative electrode conductor plate. In the heat dissipating base, heat dissipation surfaces, facing one another, of the double-sided electrode module facing to one another are held with insulation layers being present between the heat dissipating base and the heat dissipation surfaces. The capacitor module constitutes a smoothing circuit for inhibiting fluctuation in DC voltage. The positive electrode conductor plate and the negative electrode conductor plate transmit electric power between the capacitor module and the double-sided electrode module.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Nakatsu, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takeshi Tokuyama, Yusuke Takagi, Toshiya Satoh, Taku Oyama, Takanori Ninomiya
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Patent number: 9373558Abstract: The present invention is intended to increase the moisture resistance of a resin-sealed electronic control device. The resin-sealed electronic control device includes: a semiconductor chip; a chip capacitor; a chip resistor; a bonding member; a substrate; a case; a heat radiating plate; a glass coating; and a first sealing material. The glass coating directly covers the electronic circuit formed by the element group including: the semiconductor chip; the chip capacitor; and the chip resistor, the bonding member and the substrate, and is sealed by the first sealing material. By being water impermeable, the glass coating prevents water absorption in the vicinity of the element group, and can prevent an increase in the leak current of the semiconductor chip due to water absorption, and an insulation performance drop such as lowered insulation resistance caused by migration within the element group.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takashi Naito, Motomune Kodama, Masanori Miyagi, Takuya Aoyagi
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Publication number: 20160149512Abstract: A power converter device includes a double-sided electrode module that converts direct current power to alternating current power, a heat dissipating base, a capacitor module, a positive electrode conductor plate, and a negative electrode conductor plate. In the heat dissipating base, heat dissipation surfaces, facing one another, of the double-sided electrode module facing to one another are held with insulation layers being present between the heat dissipating base and the heat dissipation surfaces. The capacitor module constitutes a smoothing circuit for inhibiting fluctuation in DC voltage. The positive electrode conductor plate and the negative electrode conductor plate transmit electric power between the capacitor module and the double-sided electrode module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Kinya NAKATSU, Hiroshi HOZOJI, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Yusuke TAKAGI, Toshiya SATOH, Taku OYAMA, Takanori NINOMIYA
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Publication number: 20160005671Abstract: The present invention is intended to increase the moisture resistance of a resin-sealed electronic control device. The resin-sealed electronic control device includes: a semiconductor chip; a chip capacitor; a chip resistor; a bonding member; a substrate; a case; a heat radiating plate; a glass coating; and a first sealing material. The glass coating directly covers the electronic circuit formed by the element group including: the semiconductor chip; the chip capacitor; and the chip resistor, the bonding member and the substrate, and is sealed by the first sealing material. By being water impermeable, the glass coating prevents water absorption in the vicinity of the element group, and can prevent an increase in the leak current of the semiconductor chip due to water absorption, and an insulation performance drop such as lowered insulation resistance caused by migration within the element group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Hiroshi HOZOJI, Takashi NAITO, Motomune KODAMA, Masanori MIYAGI, Takuya AOYAGI
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Publication number: 20150221626Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a heat sink; a circuit board connected to the heat sink via a bonding material and formed with a wiring on a front surface of an insulating substrate; a transistor device including a main electrode and a control electrode formed on one surface and a back surface electrode formed on the other surface, the back surface electrode being connected to the circuit board via a bonding material; a first conductive member bonded to the main electrode via a bonding material; and wire or ribbon-shaped connection terminals that electrically connect the first conductive member and the control electrode with another device or the circuit board, wherein the control electrode is disposed at a corner portion of the main electrode, and the first conductive member has a shape in which the first conductive member is cut out at a portion above the control electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Shigehisa MOTOWAKI, Hiroshi HOZOJI, Toshiaki MORITA, Akitoyo KONNO
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Patent number: 8975747Abstract: There is provided a wiring material including a core layer made of metal and a clad layer made of metal and a fiber in which the core layer is copper or an alloy containing copper and the clad layer is formed of copper or the alloy containing copper and the fiber having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of copper, the wiring material having a stacked structure in which at least one surface of the core layer is closely adhered to the clad layer, and the fiber in the clad layer is arranged so as to be parallel to the surface of the core layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Ando, Ryoichi Kajiwara, Hiroshi Hozoji
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Patent number: 8946567Abstract: A power module and a power converter device including the power module include: two base plates with their main surfaces facing each other; a semiconductor circuit unit disposed between the two base plates; a connecting member that is connected to the two base plates and forms a housing region in which the semiconductor circuit unit is housed; and an insulating member that is placed between the base plate and the semiconductor circuit unit and secures electrical insulation of the base plate and the semiconductor circuit unit. A rigidity or thickness of the connecting member is less than a rigidity or thickness of the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kinya Nakatsu, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takeshi Tokuyama, Yusuke Takagi, Toshiya Satoh, Taku Oyama, Takanori Ninomiya
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Patent number: 8847374Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a power semiconductor element formed with a plurality of control electrodes on one main surface, a first conductor plate bonded by way of a first solder material to one of the main surfaces of the power semiconductor element, and a second conductor plate bonded by way of a second solder material on the other main surface of the power semiconductor element. A first protrusion section protruding from the base section of the applicable first conductor plate and including a first protrusion surface formed over the upper side, is formed over the first conductor plate. A second protrusion section including a second protrusion surface formed facing opposite one of the main surfaces of the power semiconductor element. The first solder material is interposed between the power semiconductor element and the first conductor plate while avoiding the plural control electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Ide, Shinji Hiramitsu, Hiroshi Hozoji, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Kinya Nakatsu, Takeshi Tokuyama, Akira Matsushita, Yusuke Takagi
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Publication number: 20140264383Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a die pad, an SiC chip mounted on the die pad, a porous first sintered Ag layer bonding the die pad and the SiC chip, and a reinforcing resin portion covering a surface of the first sintered Ag layer and formed in a fillet shape. The semiconductor device further includes a source lead electrically connected to a source electrode of the SiC chip, a gate lead electrically connected to a gate electrode, a drain lead electrically connected to a drain electrode, and a sealing body which covers the SiC chip, the first sintered Ag layer, and a part of the die pad, and the reinforcing resin portion covers a part of a side surface of the SiC chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoichi KAJIWARA, Takuya NAKAJO, Katsuo ARAI, Yuichi YATO, Hiroi OKA, Hiroshi HOZOJI
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Patent number: 8821676Abstract: A bonding material comprising metal particles coated with an organic substance having carbon atoms of 2 to 8, wherein the metal particles comprises first portion of 100 nm or less, and a second portion larger than 100 nm but not larger than 100 ?m, each of the portions having at least peak of a particle distribution, based on a volumetric base. The disclosure is further concerned with a bonding method using the bonding material.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Yasuda, Toshiaki Morita, Eiichi Ide, Hiroshi Hozoji, Toshiaki Ishii