Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Hirota
Masayoshi Hirota 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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Publication number: 20240075481Abstract: A method for removing metallic foreign matter from a fluororesin and a method for producing a fluororesin with reduced metallic foreign matter, which methods include applying a magnetic field to a fluororesin with a magnet while dropping the fluororesin by gravity to thereby remove metal, wherein the methods provide a screen made of a magnetic material in a flow path of the fluororesin dropped by gravity, and when the fluororesin passes through the screen, the screen is not vibrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi MIYAMOTO, Hiroyuki SENDAN, Kouichi HIROTA, Makoto KAWAMORITA, Tsunehiko FUWA
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Patent number: 11894714Abstract: Provided is a power source system that can more easily realize a configuration that can support a plurality of charging methods and supply a relatively high voltage and a relatively low voltage based on power from a battery. A power source system is a system that is to be installed in a vehicle including a travel motor, and into which a charging current flows via a charging path when receiving supply of power from an external apparatus provided external to the vehicle. The power source system includes a first conductive path and a second conductive path that are electrically connected to the charging path and branch from the charging path, a first relay that is provided on the first conductive path, and a first DC/DC converter that performs voltage conversion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi Kawakami, Masayoshi Hirota
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Patent number: 11799372Abstract: A semiconductor switch driving apparatus is configured to drive a semiconductor switch, the semiconductor switch not having a body diode and having a threshold voltage for performing switching between off and on lower than a threshold voltage of a silicon device. The semiconductor switch driving apparatus includes: a first drive voltage switching circuit configured to switch a drive voltage of the semiconductor switch to a first adjustment voltage between an off-voltage and an on-voltage, at a predetermined time immediately before a timing at which the semiconductor switch is driven from off to on; and a second drive voltage switching circuit configured to switch, after the drive voltage of the semiconductor switch has been switched by the first drive voltage switching circuit, the drive voltage of the semiconductor switch to the on-voltage at the timing at which the semiconductor switch is driven from off to on.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Hirota, Keiji Tashiro
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Publication number: 20230292473Abstract: An electric deviceincludes a case, a circuit substratethat is disposed in the case, and electronic componentsthat are disposed in the case, and generate heat when energized. The caseis filled with a liquid insulating-and-cooling medium, the circuit substrateis disposed in an orientation in which the normal lines of the substrate surfaces that are the plate surfaces of the circuit substrateare horizontal, the electronic components are disposed on the lower side of the case, and at least some of the electronic componentsare immersed in the liquid insulating-and-cooling medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro SUNAGA, Hideyuki KUBOKI, Masayoshi HIROTA
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Publication number: 20230275518Abstract: In a conversion device, a second conversion circuit may be connected to a second coil of a transformer to perform bidirectional power conversion. Another second conversion circuit may be connected to a second coil of another transformer to perform bidirectional power conversion. A third conversion circuit may convert AC power input to another second coil of the transformer to DC power and output the DC power to a common path. Another third conversion circuit may convert AC power input to another second coil of the other transformer to DC power and output the DC power to the common path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Takafumi KAWAKAMI, Masayoshi HIROTA
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Patent number: 11721472Abstract: A coil component used for two-phase transformer coupling includes: a first coil and a second coil; and a magnetic core at which the first coil and the second coil are provided. The magnetic core includes: a first magnetic leg at which the first coil is provided; a second magnetic leg at which the second coil is provided; a central leg portion interposed between the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg; a pair of connection portions connecting the first magnetic leg, the central leg portion, and the second magnetic leg in parallel; a main gap interposed in the central leg portion; a first gap interposed in the first magnetic leg; and a second gap interposed in the second magnetic leg. A coupling coefficient between the first coil and the second coil is not less than 0.7.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Xiaoguang Zheng, Kazushi Kusawake, Masayoshi Hirota
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Publication number: 20230238807Abstract: A power distribution module including: a power line connecting between a battery and a load; a main relay connected to the power line; an active fuse connected to the power line on the battery side relative to the main relay; a first voltage converter connected to the power line on the load side relative to the main relay; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the power line; and a first driving/control wiring extending from the first voltage converter and connected to the active fuse, wherein a first control unit mounted on the first voltage converter transmits a control signal for disconnecting the active fuse when the abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality of the power line, and the active fuse is disconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Yuki FUJIMURA, Fumihiro KUZUHARA, Yusuke ISAJI, Takafumi KAWAKAMI, Masayoshi HIROTA, Kazuki MASUDA
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Publication number: 20230062219Abstract: A power source system includes a plurality of output circuits electrically connected to a plurality of second coils on a second side of a transformer unit, and a selection circuit to which power is supplied from the plurality of output circuits. Each of the plurality of output circuits is electrically connected to each of the plurality of second coils on the second side, and outputs DC power to the selection circuit based on AC power of the second coil on the second side. The selection circuit selects a supply destination of the power from a first conductive path and a second conductive path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Seiya MIYATA, Masayoshi HIROTA, Takafumi KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20220302739Abstract: Provided is a power source system that can more easily realize a configuration that can support a plurality of charging methods and supply a relatively high voltage and a relatively low voltage based on power from a battery. A power source system is a system that is to be installed in a vehicle including a travel motor, and into which a charging current flows via a charging path when receiving supply of power from an external apparatus provided external to the vehicle. The power source system includes a first conductive path and a second conductive path that are electrically connected to the charging path and branch from the charging path, a first relay that is provided on the first conductive path, and a first DC/DC converter that performs voltage conversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Takafumi KAWAKAMI, Masayoshi HIROTA
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Publication number: 20220231537Abstract: A conversion device is a conversion device that converts power supplied from a power supply device including a plurality of battery units, and includes a plurality of power conversion units. Each of the plurality of power conversion units is connected to the plurality of battery units such that a voltage within a range of a breakdown voltage of the power conversion unit is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Masayoshi Hirota, Takafumi Kawakami, Yasushi Tamura
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Publication number: 20220085641Abstract: A power system includes a first power supply circuit that supplies power to a first storage battery and a second power supply circuit that is electrically connected to the first power supply circuit and that supplies power to a second storage battery, wherein the first power supply circuit includes a first power conversion circuit, and the second power supply circuit uses the first power conversion circuit as a portion of the second power supply circuit and generates power to be supplied to the second storage battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Masayoshi HIROTA
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Publication number: 20210344268Abstract: A semiconductor switch driving apparatus is configured to drive a semiconductor switch, the semiconductor switch not having a body diode and having a threshold voltage for performing switching between off and on lower than a threshold voltage of a silicon device. The semiconductor switch driving apparatus includes: a first drive voltage switching circuit configured to switch a drive voltage of the semiconductor switch to a first adjustment voltage between an off-voltage and an on-voltage, at a predetermined time immediately before a timing at which the semiconductor switch is driven from off to on; and a second drive voltage switching circuit configured to switch, after the drive voltage of the semiconductor switch has been switched by the first drive voltage switching circuit, the drive voltage of the semiconductor switch to the on-voltage at the timing at which the semiconductor switch is driven from off to on.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi HIROTA, Keiji TASHIRO
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Patent number: 10811953Abstract: A power supply device comprises: a first switching circuit that includes a series circuit, connected between a predetermined voltage level and a ground level, having a high side switching element and a low side switching element connected in series that are alternately turned on and off at a predetermined frequency; a second switching circuit that includes a switching element controlled between on and off, the switching element having one end being connected to the ground level, and that makes an ON time point of the switching element variable; and a control unit that performs control such that ON time points of the switching element and the high side switching element are not overlapped with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Hirota, Keiji Tashiro
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Patent number: 10811976Abstract: The electronic circuit device is provided with: a power conversion circuit having a switching element incorporated therein; and a circuit substrate on which a circuit element constituting the power conversion circuit is mounted and a wiring pattern configured to electrically connect circuit elements is disposed. The power conversion circuit is composed of a pair of switching elements configured to supply energy to a choke coil intermittently in phase. The circuit substrate is constituted of a double-sided substrate in which one switching element is mounted on one main surface while the other switching element is mounted on the other main surface and a wiring pattern is provided in a manner such that a current path including one switching element and a current path including the other switching element overlap each other in plan view and have opposite current directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Okagawa, Masayoshi Hirota
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Publication number: 20200227200Abstract: A coil component used for two-phase transformer coupling includes: a first coil and a second coil; and a magnetic core at which the first coil and the second coil are provided. The magnetic core includes: a first magnetic leg at which the first coil is provided; a second magnetic leg at which the second coil is provided; a central leg portion interposed between the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg; a pair of connection portions connecting the first magnetic leg, the central leg portion, and the second magnetic leg in parallel; a main gap interposed in the central leg portion; a first gap interposed in the first magnetic leg; and a second gap interposed in the second magnetic leg. A coupling coefficient between the first coil and the second coil is not less than 0.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Xiaoguang ZHENG, Kazushi KUSAWAKE, Masayoshi HIROTA
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Publication number: 20200195147Abstract: The electronic circuit device is provided with: a power conversion circuit having a switching element incorporated therein; and a circuit substrate on which a circuit element constituting the power conversion circuit is mounted and a wiring pattern configured to electrically connect circuit elements is disposed. The power conversion circuit is composed of a pair of switching elements configured to supply energy to a choke coil intermittently in phase. The circuit substrate is constituted of a double-sided substrate in which one switching element is mounted on one main surface while the other switching element is mounted on the other main surface and a wiring pattern is provided in a manner such that a current path including one switching element and a current path including the other switching element overlap each other in plan view and have opposite current directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke OKAGAWA, Masayoshi HIROTA
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Patent number: 10250121Abstract: A converter comprises: a preceding converter having a first switching circuit intermittently outputting current; a capacitor smoothing the current output from the first switching circuit; and a succeeding converter having a second switching circuit to which the current smoothed by the capacitor is intermittently input. The converter converts direct current or alternating current input to the preceding converter and outputs the converted direct current or alternating current from the succeeding converter. A control circuit controls switching of the first and second switching circuits so that an end time point of an output period during which current is output from the first switching circuit has a time difference with a start time point of an input period during which current is input to the second switching circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Hirota, Tatsuya Izumi, Keiji Tashiro
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Patent number: 10224818Abstract: Provided are a control unit having a first control state in which a first switching element and a second switching element of one series circuit are turned on and a second control state to which the first control state shifts and in which a first switching element of another series circuit and the second switching element of the one series circuit are turned on, and executing control so as to apply predetermined voltage to the other side of a transformer during a predetermined time period during the first control state before shifting to the second control state.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Hirota, Keiji Tashiro
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Publication number: 20180219471Abstract: A power supply device comprises: a first switching circuit that includes a series circuit, connected between a predetermined voltage level and a ground level, having a high side switching element and a low side switching element connected in series that are alternately turned on and off at a predetermined frequency; a second switching circuit that includes a switching element controlled between on and off, the switching element having one end being connected to the ground level, and that makes an ON time point of the switching element variable; and a control unit that performs control such that ON time points of the switching element and the high side switching element are not overlapped with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Masayoshi Hirota, Keiji Tashiro
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Patent number: D1027111Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.Inventors: Yusuke Hirota, Wataru Tsutsumi, Genki Tode, Masayoshi Fujii, Masakazu Noguchi, Yumiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Kondo