Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Nakata

Kiyoshi Nakata 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).

  • Patent number: 11701971
    Abstract: This three-phase AC motor drive device is provided with: a load; an inverter device 1 for driving the load; an MCOK_A_4 connected between the inverter device 1 and the load and electrically connecting or disconnecting the inverter device 1 to or from the load; a voltage detector 21a having terminals respectively connected to the circuits of at least two phases to detect the voltages between the three phases; and a current detector 11 for detecting the currents of the three phases. In the connection from the inverter device 1 to the load, the inverter device 1, the MCOK_A_4, the voltage detector 21a, the current detector 11, and the load are aligned in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shinomiya, Naoki Kunihiro, Kazutoshi Ogawa, Katsumi Ishikawa, Kuniaki Otsuka, Hiroyuki Shirata, Tomomi Kanazawa, Takeo Takagi, Shuichi Terakado, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20220234450
    Abstract: This three-phase AC motor drive device is provided with: a load; an inverter device 1 for driving the load; an MCOK_A_4 connected between the inverter device 1 and the load and electrically connecting or disconnecting the inverter device 1 to or from the load; a voltage detector 21a having terminals respectively connected to the circuits of at least two phases to detect the voltages between the three phases; and a current detector 11 for detecting the currents of the three phases. In the connection from the inverter device 1 to the load, the inverter device 1, the MCOK_A_4, the voltage detector 21a, the current detector 11, and the load are aligned in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi SHINOMIYA, Naoki KUNIHIRO, Kazutoshi OGAWA, Katsumi ISHIKAWA, Kuniaki OTSUKA, Hiroyuki SHIRATA, Tomomi KANAZAWA, Takeo TAKAGI, Shuichi TERAKADO, Kiyoshi NAKATA
  • Patent number: 11211881
    Abstract: A power conversion device achieves size reduction and reliability by reducing the number of components of the system. The power conversion device has a semiconductor module of a half-bridge configuration in which two semiconductor elements are arranged in series. The semiconductor module has a cuboidal shape and has, along a longitudinal direction thereof, a positive pole terminal, a negative pole terminal, and terminals for inputting or outputting alternating current or for forming a single phase of the power conversion device. In the vertical direction corresponding to a widthwise direction of the cuboid, a plurality of the semiconductor modules are arranged vertically, forming a plurality of phases of the power conversion device. The semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases are installed in contact with a cooling unit, and one or more capacitors are disposed so as to face the cooling unit across the semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Horiuchi, Kiyoshi Nakata, Noriyoshi Urushiwara, Shuichi Terakado, Kiyoshi Terasawa
  • Publication number: 20210075342
    Abstract: A power conversion device achieves size reduction and reliability by reducing the number of components of the system. The power conversion device has a semiconductor module of a half-bridge configuration in which two semiconductor elements are arranged in series. The semiconductor module has a cuboidal shape and has, along a longitudinal direction thereof, a positive pole terminal, a negative pole terminal, and terminals for inputting or outputting alternating current or for forming a single phase of the power conversion device. In the vertical direction corresponding to a widthwise direction of the cuboid, a plurality of the semiconductor modules are arranged vertically, forming a plurality of phases of the power conversion device. The semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases are installed in contact with a cooling unit, and one or more capacitors are disposed so as to face the cooling unit across the semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke HORIUCHI, Kiyoshi NAKATA, Noriyoshi URUSHIWARA, Shuichi TERAKADO, Kiyoshi TERASAWA
  • Patent number: 8157968
    Abstract: An oven observing equipment capable of observing the inside of an oven turned to a high temperature precisely includes: a housing 13 having an intake part for cooling air, and a discharging part for discharging the cooling air after being used for cooling; and an imaging device 20 contained in this housing 13 near the discharge part. This imaging device 20 is composed of integrated combination of an image sensor 16; plate-like thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d arranged in a state that their heat-absorbing faces surround the periphery of a body of the image sensor; thermoconductive blocks 17a to 17d embedded in the gaps between the image sensor body and the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d; and cooling fins 19a to 19d formed on the heat-radiating faces of the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d are integrated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Sato, Hironobu Inamasu, Kiyoshi Nakata, Keiji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20090134005
    Abstract: An oven observing equipment capable of observing the inside of an oven turned to a high temperature precisely includes: a housing 13 having an intake part for cooling air, and a discharging part for discharging the cooling air after being used for cooling; and an imaging device 20 contained in this housing 13 near the discharge part. This imaging device 20 is composed of integrated combination of an image sensor 16; plate-like thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d arranged in a state that their heat-absorbing faces surround the periphery of a body of the image sensor; thermoconductive blocks 17a to 17d embedded in the gaps between the image sensor body and the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d; and cooling fins 19a to 19d formed on the heat-radiating faces of the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d are integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SHI MECHANICAL & EQUIPMENT INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Sato, Hironobu Inamasu, Kiyoshi Nakata, Keiji Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 6642689
    Abstract: Filter capacitor voltage “Ecf1” is detected and then after d-axis voltage correction value “dvd”, q-axis voltage correction value “dvq”, q-axis current correction value “diq”, and frequency correction value “d&ohgr;1” have been computed from the AC components of “Ecf1” and the results have been added to the corresponding d-axis voltage command, q-axis voltage command, q-axis current, and frequency command, the DC current of the power converter is controlled. Thus, the AC components included in the DC current are offset and the AC components are suppressed effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ishida, Toshiaki Okuyama, Takashi Ogawa, Tetsuo Kojima, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 6633495
    Abstract: The voltage applied to a power converter is detected by a voltage detector, a function generator produces a voltage proportional to this detected voltage, and a high-pass filter detects an AC component superimposed on the voltage. An adder adds a bias voltage to this AC component, and an adder adds the output from the adder and the output from the function generator. The output from the adder is compared with a triangular wave produced from a rectangular wave generator, and a switching element is controlled to make switching operation according to the compared result. When a DC current is decreased by the AC component, a resistance current Ib is increased so that the AC components superimposed on the current and resistance current can be cancelled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ishda, Toshiaki Okuyama, Tetsuo Kojima, Kiyoshi Nakata, Akira Horie
  • Patent number: 6600978
    Abstract: A railway vehicle operation-control system includes at least one central processing unit being connected to a plurality of devices, which are connected in parallel, via information communication means, the plurality of the devices having at least one operational state-monitoring function which transmits information on operational states of each device to the central processing unit; wherein a total controlled-variable necessary for the system is attained by allocating the total control variable to each device based on operational states determined from results of monitoring performed by the operational state-monitoring function, and a performance margin which is defined as a difference between a permissible power-output value and a current power-output value for each device while monitoring and reflecting the performance margin of each device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nagasu, Yutaka Sato, Shin Kimura, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 6556460
    Abstract: The voltage applied to a power converter is detected by a voltage detector, a function generator produces a voltage proportional to this detected voltage, and a high-pass filter detects an AC component superimposed on the voltage. An adder adds a bias voltage to this AC component, and an adder adds the output from the adder and the output from the function generator. The output from the adder is compared with a triangular wave produced from a rectangular wave generator, and a switching element is controlled to make switching operation according to the compared result. When a DC current is decreased by the AC component, a resistance current Ib is increased so that the AC components superimposed on the current and resistance current can be cancelled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ishida, Toshiaki Okuyama, Tetsuo Kojima, Kiyoshi Nakata, Akira Horie
  • Publication number: 20030043605
    Abstract: The voltage applied to a power converter is detected by a voltage detector, a function generator produces a voltage proportional to this detected voltage, and a high-pass filter detects an AC component superimposed on the voltage. An adder adds a bias voltage to this AC component, and an adder adds the output from the adder and the output from the function generator. The output from the adder is compared with a triangular wave produced from a rectangular wave generator, and a switching element is controlled to make switching operation according to the compared result. When a DC current is decreased by the AC component, a resistance current Ib is increased so that the AC components superimposed on the current and resistance current can be cancelled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ishida, Toshiaki Okuyama, Tetsuo Kojima, Kiyoshi Nakata, Akira Horie
  • Publication number: 20030043609
    Abstract: The voltage applied to a power converter is detected by a voltage detector, a function generator produces a voltage proportional to this detected voltage, and a high-pass filter detects an AC component superimposed on the voltage. An adder adds a bias voltage to this AC component, and an adder adds the output from the adder and the output from the function generator. The output from the adder is compared with a triangular wave produced from a rectangular wave generator, and a switching element is controlled to make switching operation according to the compared result. When a DC current is decreased by the AC component, a resistance current Ib is increased so that the AC components superimposed on the current and resistance current can be cancelled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Seiji Ishida, Toshiaki Okuyama, Tetsuo Kojima, Kiyoshi Nakata, Akira Horie
  • Publication number: 20020161490
    Abstract: A railway vehicle operation-control system includes at least one central processing unit being connected to a plurality of devices, which are connected in parallel, via information communication means, the plurality of the devices having at least one operational state-monitoring function which transmits information on operational states of each device to the central processing unit; wherein a total controlled-variable necessary for the system is attained by allocating the total control variable to each device based on operational states determined from results of monitoring performed by the operational state-monitoring function, and a performance margin which is defined as a difference between a permissible power-output value and a current power-output value for each device while monitoring and reflecting the performance margin of each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nagasu, Yutaka Sato, Shin Kimura, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: D510732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Maeda, Kiyoshi Nakata, Noriaki Mori
  • Patent number: D512390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Maeda, Kiyoshi Nakata, Noriaki Mori
  • Patent number: D513501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Asanuma, Koichi Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: D515523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Asanuma, Koichi Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: D476632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Satoshi Tanigawa, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: D477292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Satoshi Tanigawa, Kiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: D496341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nakata, Takashi Inoue, Seigo Takahashi