Patents by Inventor Masaki Kono

Masaki Kono 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).

  • Publication number: 20200129896
    Abstract: A plurality of active filter devices (41, 42, 43) that each have an output connected to a harmonic-generating load device (2) and are capable of generating a compensating current for performing at least one of reduction of a harmonic current of the harmonic-generating load device (2) and improvement of the power factor of the fundamental wave are provided. The plurality of active filter devices (41, 42, 43) provide two or more types of capacities, and the number and combination of operating active filter devices among the active filter devices (41, 42, 43) change in accordance with the magnitude of the compensating current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki KONO, Reiji KAWASHIMA, Takayuki FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10589076
    Abstract: An operation tool for a fluid injector includes an outer cylinder having a housing extending from a first open end to a second open end, and a selective transfer mechanism provided on the outer cylinder. The selective transfer mechanism moves the fluid injector from an initial position to a first protrusion position and then to a second protrusion position in the housing of the outer cylinder. When the fluid injector is at the initial position, the multi-microneedle device has microneedles retracted from the first open end and positioned inside the housing, when the fluid injector is at the first protrusion position, the microneedles are protruded out to a first distance from the first open end, and when the fluid injector is at the second protrusion position, the microneedles are protruded out to a second distance from the first open end. The second distance is shorter than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sumida, Yumiko Ikeda, Masaki Kono
  • Patent number: 10511267
    Abstract: A multifinger transistor in which source fingers (201 to 206) and drain fingers (301 to 305) are arranged alternately with each of gate fingers (101 to 110) being sandwiched between one of the source fingers and one of the drain fingers is used. Line (10) and line (20) are attached to the source fingers (201 to 206) in an area on a gate side and causing a phase rotation such that the nearer to a central part a gate finger is, the more inductive the gate finger is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Torii, Koji Yamanaka, Masaki Kono, Junichi Udomoto
  • Patent number: 10458356
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus performs an in-excess determination control by monitoring a drive power in-excess indicator at a time when a temporary in-excess state occurs which indicates that a drive power excess amount exceeds a predetermined value. As such, when a vehicle-dynamic safety parameter fulfills a prescribed condition, the vehicle control apparatus lowers an indicator threshold for determining an excess drive power continuation time from an original value to a lowered value. As a result, the excess drive power continuation time is determined as exceeding the indicator threshold, which indicates that a drive power of a vehicle is in excess, and a fail-safe instruction signal output is brought forward from an original timing to an earlier timing. Therefore, when a degree of dangerousness of a vehicle behavior is estimated to be relatively high, a fail-safe action is promptly taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Kono
  • Publication number: 20190308604
    Abstract: The disclosure inhibits an increase in the temperature of a motor without hindering everyday driving. The disclosure includes a motor temperature acquisition section, which acquires the temperature of the motor, a B&C control permission section, and a B&C control request section. The B&C control permission section and the B&C control request section are a control switching determination section, which determines whether to allow switching to an overheat limiting burn-and-coast control procedure that varies electric supply to the motor to be increased and decreased across the amount of electric supply required for constant speed traveling based on the temperature of the motor acquired by the motor temperature acquisition section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki KONO
  • Publication number: 20190252881
    Abstract: In a device with a built-in active filter, the device incorporating an active filter therein and being connected to an AC power source, the active filter operates based on a value detected by a load information detection unit detecting load information on an AC power source outside the device with a built-in active filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki KONO, Reiji KAWASHIMA, Takayuki FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180318570
    Abstract: An operation tool for a fluid injector includes a selective movement mechanism which moves the fluid injector between a first protruding position and a second protruding position in a housing of an outer cylinder. When the fluid injector is at the first protruding position, microneedles of a multi-microneedle device are protruded out to a first distance from the first open end. When the fluid injector is at the second protruding position to discharge a fluid via the microneedles, the microneedles are protruded out to a second distance from the first open end, which is shorter than the first distance. The selective movement mechanism includes a rotational-linear movement conversion mechanism which moves the fluid injector between the first and second protruding positions along a longitudinal center line of the outer cylinder based on a direction and an amount of rotation of the outer cylinder relative to the fluid injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SUMIDA, Yumiko IKEDA, Masaki KONO, Yoshihiro KODAMA, Kazuhiko Shiomitsu
  • Publication number: 20180316315
    Abstract: A multifinger transistor in which source fingers (201 to 206) and drain fingers (301 to 305) are arranged alternately with each of gate fingers (101 to 110) being sandwiched between one of the source fingers and one of the drain fingers is used. Line (10) and line (20) are attached to the source fingers (201 to 206) in an area on a gate side and causing a phase rotation such that the nearer to a central part a gate finger is, the more inductive the gate finger is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma TORII, Koji YAMANAKA, Masaki KONO, Junichi UDOMOTO
  • Patent number: 10046152
    Abstract: An operation tool for a fluid injector includes a selective movement mechanism which moves the fluid injector between a first protruding position and a second protruding position in a housing of an outer cylinder. When the fluid injector is at the first protruding position, microneedles of a multi-microneedle device are protruded out to a first distance from the first open end. When the fluid injector is at the second protruding position to discharge a fluid via the microneedles, the microneedles are protruded out to a second distance from the first open end, which is shorter than the first distance. The selective movement mechanism includes a rotational-linear movement conversion mechanism which moves the fluid injector between the first and second protruding positions along a longitudinal center line of the outer cylinder based on a direction and an amount of rotation of the outer cylinder relative to the fluid injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sumida, Yumiko Ikeda, Masaki Kono, Yoshihiro Kodama, Kazuhiko Shiomitsu
  • Patent number: 9889285
    Abstract: An operation tool includes a mechanism sequentially moving the injector in a space of an outer cylinder among an initial position in which needles of a main body of the device are retracted inside the space, a first position in which the needles protrude to the outside by a first distance, and a second position in which needles protrude to the outside by a second distance shorter than the first distance. Fluid flows from the injector through the needles in the second position. The mechanism has a unit forcing the injector toward the initial position by a magnetic force, first and second stoppers which can be selectively extended/retracted with respect to the outer peripheral wall of the outer cylinder, and an engaging portion which is selectively engaged with these stoppers on the outer peripheral wall of the injector and selectively arranging the injector in the above three positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sumida, Yumiko Ikeda, Masaki Kono
  • Patent number: 9207061
    Abstract: An object is to provide a magnetic-pole position detection apparatus for synchronous machines that allows a desired accuracy of magnetic-pole position detection regardless of variation in DC voltage of a DC voltage source. Calculation means (2a) changes a pulse width (tp) and a pulse-quiescent width (tn) in accordance with a DC voltage detection value (Vdc), using a pulse width determination section (22a), such that a desired accuracy of magnetic-pole position detection can be obtained regardless of variation in DC voltage of a DC voltage source (5). The calculation means (2a) also performs control such that a sampling timing is fixed at the end point of the pulse width (tp) of voltage vectors regardless of the DC voltage detection value (Vdc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Yamasaki, Keita Hatanaka, Masaki Kono, Hidetoshi Kitanaka
  • Publication number: 20150217101
    Abstract: An operation tool for a fluid injector includes a selective movement mechanism which moves the fluid injector between a first protruding position and a second protruding position in a housing of an outer cylinder. When the fluid injector is at the first protruding position, microneedles of a multi-microneedle device are protruded out to a first distance from the first open end. When the fluid injector is at the second protruding position to discharge a fluid via the microneedles, the microneedles are protruded out to a second distance from the first open end, which is shorter than the first distance. The selective movement mechanism includes a rotational-linear movement conversion mechanism which moves the fluid injector between the first and second protruding positions along a longitudinal center line of the outer cylinder based on a direction and an amount of rotation of the outer cylinder relative to the fluid injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SUMIDA, Yumiko YAMADA, Masaki KONO, Yoshihiro KODAMA, Kazuhiko SHIOMITSU
  • Publication number: 20150133866
    Abstract: An operation tool includes a mechanism sequentially moving the injector in a space of an outer cylinder among an initial position in which needles of a main body of the device are retracted inside the space, a first position in which the needles protrude to the outside by a first distance, and a second position in which needles protrude to the outside by a second distance shorter than the first distance. Fluid flows from the injector through the needles in the second position. The mechanism has a unit forcing the injector toward the initial position by a magnetic force, first and second stoppers which can be selectively extended/retracted with respect to the outer peripheral wall of the outer cylinder, and an engaging portion which is selectively engaged with these stoppers on the outer peripheral wall of the injector and selectively arranging the injector in the above three positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SUMIDA, Yumiko IKEDA, Masaki KONO
  • Publication number: 20150120168
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus performs an in-excess determination control by monitoring a drive power in-excess indicator at a time when a temporary in-excess state occurs which indicates that a drive power excess amount exceeds a predetermined value. As such, when a vehicle-dynamic safety parameter fulfills a prescribed condition, the vehicle control apparatus lowers an indicator threshold for determining an excess drive power continuation time from an original value to a lowered value. As a result, the excess drive power continuation time is determined as exceeding the indicator threshold, which indicates that a drive power of a vehicle is in excess, and a fail-safe instruction signal output is brought forward from an original timing to an earlier timing. Therefore, when a degree of dangerousness of a vehicle behavior is estimated to be relatively high, a fail-safe action is promptly taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Masaki KONO
  • Publication number: 20150112269
    Abstract: An operation tool for a fluid injector includes an outer cylinder having a housing extending from a first open end to a second open end, and a selective transfer mechanism provided on the outer cylinder. The selective transfer mechanism moves the fluid injector from an initial position to a first protrusion position and then to a second protrusion position in the housing of the outer cylinder. When the fluid injector is at the initial position, the multi-microneedle device has microneedles retracted from the first open end and positioned inside the housing, when the fluid injector is at the first protrusion position, the microneedles are protruded out to a first distance from the first open end, and when the fluid injector is at the second protrusion position, the microneedles are protruded out to a second distance from the first open end. The second distance is shorter than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SUMIDA, Yumiko IKEDA, Masaki KONO
  • Patent number: 8975847
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a first capacitor connected in parallel to a direct-current power supply, plural power converters that drive plural synchronous machines, a second capacitor connected in parallel to a direct-current side of power converters, a switching circuit inserted between the first and second capacitors, a switch-start instruction unit that controls starting of an operation of the power converters, and a control unit that controls the power converters based on a motor velocity and a voltage of the first capacitor. The switch-start instruction unit turns off the switching circuit while the power converters stop, turns off the switching circuit until a terminal voltage of each of the synchronous machines becomes equal to a predetermined value when each of the power converters starts operating, and turns on the switching circuit when the terminal voltage of each synchronous machine becomes equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Kono
  • Patent number: 8847528
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an AC rotary machine includes a control circuit, a power converter, a current detector, and a voltage detector. The control circuit includes: an activation current instruction unit which generates a current instruction for activation; and a start phase setting unit which sets an initial rotation phase for activation control, based on the rotation direction of the AC rotary machine just after activation and on the polarity of current detected by the current detector just after activation. Thus, the current amplitude and torque shock just after activation control is started can be reduced, and assured and stable reactivation is allowed without causing the protection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Kato, Hisanori Yamasaki, Masaki Kono, Keita Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 8736206
    Abstract: A power converting apparatus including a power converter that converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage and applies the AC voltage to an AC rotating machine and a control unit that controls the power converter based on an operation command from the outside is provided. The power converting apparatus includes: a first calculating unit that calculates and outputs, from a d-axis current detection value and a q-axis current detection value detected by the AC rotating machine and current command values based on the operation command, first voltage command values to the power converter, magnetic fluxes of the AC rotating machine, and an angular frequency; and a second calculating unit that sets, as an initial value, at least one of the magnetic fluxes and the angular frequency input from the first calculating unit and calculates and outputs second voltage command value to the power converter and an angular frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kono, Keita Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 8712618
    Abstract: To include a power converter that drives an induction machine and a control unit that controls the, power converter. The control unit includes a drive stopping unit. The drive stopping unit includes a secondary-resistance-temperature detecting unit that detects temperature rise of a secondary resistance of the induction machine based on a current (a d-axis-current detection value and a q-axis-current detection value, or a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command) detected by the induction machine, an inverter angular frequency calculated based on the current, and speed information of an electric vehicle detected by an external-speed-information detecting unit, and the drive stopping unit also includes a drive-stopping-signal output unit that outputs a drive stopping signal for stopping a driving operation of the power converter based on the speed information ?train of an electric vehicle and an output (deviation) from the secondary-resistance-temperature detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kono, Hideo Okayama
  • Patent number: 8674631
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes: a line breaker that is connected in series to a direct-current power supply; a first capacitor that is connected in parallel to the direct-current power supply through the line breaker; a discharge circuit that includes a resistor and a first switching circuit connected in series and is connected in parallel to the first capacitor; a power converter for driving a synchronous machine; a second capacitor that is connected in parallel to a direct-current side of the power converter; a second switching circuit that is connected in series between the first capacitor and the second capacitor; and a control circuit for controlling the discharge circuit. The control circuit controls the discharge circuit on the basis of the voltage of the first capacitor and the voltage of the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kono, Keita Hatanaka