Patents by Inventor Kazunari MASUDOME
Kazunari MASUDOME 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: 10291171Abstract: An upper switching device and a lower switching device in an electric-power conversion unit are separately driven to close by an upper closing command signal and a lower closing command signal, respectively, generated by a calculation control unit; in response to occurrence of an excessive current abnormality or an excessive voltage abnormality, upper and lower selection circuits and a penetration prevention circuit provided in a signal path select an upper three-phase short-circuiting command signal or a lower three-phase short-circuiting command signal, or an upper-and-lower six-phase cutoff command signal, and a penetration prevention time prohibits upper and lower switching devices from being concurrently closed; when an excessive voltage abnormality occurs, the three-phase short-circuiting command signal is immediately generated, without an advanced cutoff operation being performed. As a result, excessive-voltage breakage of the circuit components is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Naoki Moritake, Tomohiro Kimura, Kazunari Masudome
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Publication number: 20180337624Abstract: An upper switching device and a lower switching device in an electric-power conversion unit are separately driven to close by an upper closing command signal and a lower closing command signal, respectively, generated by a calculation control unit; in response to occurrence of an excessive current abnormality or an excessive voltage abnormality, upper and lower selection circuits and a penetration prevention circuit provided in a signal path select an upper three-phase short-circuiting command signal or a lower three-phase short-circuiting command signal, or an upper-and-lower six-phase cutoff command signal, and a penetration prevention time prohibits upper and lower switching devices from being concurrently closed; when an excessive voltage abnormality occurs, the three-phase short-circuiting command signal is immediately generated, without an advanced cutoff operation being performed. As a result, excessive-voltage breakage of the circuit components is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Naoki MORITAKE, Tomohiro KIMURA, Kazunari MASUDOME
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Patent number: 9573540Abstract: On-vehicle electrical loads (121,122) are connected to an on-vehicle battery (101) via a series circuit including a load switching element (221,222) and a reverse current interrupting element (200a) for a load circuit, and a feeding switching element (120A) that is closed in response to closure of a power supply switch (110). The element (FET) (200a) is closed when the switch (110) is closed and a power supply voltage is applied to a load power supply terminal (Vba) connected to the element (120A), to thereby be energized in an energization direction of an internal parasitic diode thereof. The element (200a) is de-energized when the switch (110) is opened. Thus, malfunction is prevented, which occurs when the element (120A) is opened, a short-to-power flows backward via the element (200a) into the terminal (Vba) so as to feed power to another device connected to the element (200a).Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shozo Kanzaki, Koji Hashimoto, Kazunari Masudome, Yoshitake Nishiuma, Yusuke Matsuda, Tomohiro Kimura, Shinji Higashibata
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Patent number: 9350156Abstract: Disclosed is a power supply control apparatus of an electric load that includes an upstream side switching element and a downstream side switching element and detects various abnormality states of a load wiring by a small number of detection signals. The power supply control apparatus includes a control circuit unit that gives a power supply command signal to the upstream switching element connected in series with the electric load and gives a conduction command signal to the downstream switching element, open-circuits the upstream and downstream switching elements by a synthetic overcurrent determination storage circuit that is operated in response to an overcurrent detecting circuit, monitors a value of one variable divided voltage generated by the voltage monitoring circuit for the electric load, and identifies and stores a wiring abnormality such as a negative line supply fault, a positive line ground fault, and a load short circuit abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shozo Kanzaki, Koji Hashimoto, Kazunari Masudome, Tomohiro Kimura
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Publication number: 20150326000Abstract: Disclosed is a power supply control apparatus of an electric load that includes an upstream side switching element and a downstream side switching element and detects various abnormality states of a load wiring by a small number of detection signals. The power supply control apparatus includes a control circuit unit that gives a power supply command signal to the upstream switching element connected in series with the electric load and gives a conduction command signal to the downstream switching element, open-circuits the upstream and downstream switching elements by a synthetic overcurrent determination storage circuit that is operated in response to an overcurrent detecting circuit, monitors a value of one variable divided voltage generated by the voltage monitoring circuit for the electric load, and identifies and stores a wiring abnormality such as a negative line supply fault, a positive line ground fault, and a load short circuit abnormality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KANZAKI, Koji HASHIMOTO, Kazunari MASUDOME, Tomohiro KIMURA
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Publication number: 20150210232Abstract: On-vehicle electrical loads (121,122) are connected to an on-vehicle battery (101) via a series circuit including a load switching element (221,222) and a reverse current interrupting element (200a) for a load circuit, and a feeding switching element (120A) that is closed in response to closure of a power supply switch (110). The element (FET) (200a) is closed when the switch (110) is closed and a power supply voltage is applied to a load power supply terminal (Vba) connected to the element (120A), to thereby be energized in an energization direction of an internal parasitic diode thereof. The element (200a) is de-energized when the switch (110) is opened. Thus, malfunction is prevented, which occurs when the element (120A) is opened, a short-to-power flows backward via the element (200a) into the terminal (Vba) so as to feed power to another device connected to the element (200a).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KANZAKI, Koji HASHIMOTO, Kazunari MASUDOME, Yoshitake NISHIUMA, Yusuke MATSUDA, Tomohiro KIMURA, Shinji HIGASHIBATA