Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiko Hirota
Mitsuhiko 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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Patent number: 5270632Abstract: A driving system for an induction motor which is capable of properly controlling the speed of an induction motor over its high-speed revolution range and also features an excellent responsiveness to a speed command. In this system, a slip pulse (SSP) and a phase shifting pulse (FSP) are calculated by a slip pulse generator circuit (20) and a phase shifting pulse generator circuit (21) in accordance with slip pulse data (SB) and phase shifting pulse data (FB) which are calculated by a processor (1) in accordance with the speed command and an output of a speed detector. A counter (24) issues the first changeover signal (CS1) each time it receives a specified number of pulses from a pulse overlapping circuit (23). The first changeover signal corresponds to a feedback pulse calculated in accordance with the output of the speed detector and also to the slip pulse and the phase shifting pulse added.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1992Date of Patent: December 14, 1993Assignee: Fanuc LtdInventors: Mitsuhiko Hirota, Tadashi Inoue
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Patent number: 4928052Abstract: A power supply regenerating circuit according to the present invention is used in an inductor motor drive circuit which performs motor drive control and regenerative control. The induction motor drive circuit has a parallel circuit including a reverse connected diode (D10) and a resistor (R1) connected between a circuit (C2), which rectifies and then smoothes the induced electromotive force of an induction motor (M) during deceleration, and a bridge circuit (Tr1-Tr6) which effects a conversion into AC power. Regenerative power blocked by the diode (D10) is supplied to the bridge circuit (Tr1-Tr6) as a current limited by the resistor (R1), and the regenerative power is regenerated only during a predetermined interval of a three-phase period.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1988Date of Patent: May 22, 1990Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4837491Abstract: A motor velocity control apparatus according to the present invention has at least one of the following is included with a servoamplifier: a current feedback gain changeover circuit; a velocity feedback gain changeover circuit; a velocity loop gain changeover circuit; a changeover circuit for a current loop amplitude and phase table storage circuit. Accordingly, the invention is well-suited for changeover control of a plurality of spindle motors of different ratings in a machine tool.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1986Date of Patent: June 6, 1989Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4641069Abstract: A plural motor changeover control system for using a plurality of motors (1a, 1b), the power outputs of which differ, by successively switching among the motors. A conversion table (32a, 32b) corresponding to a motor designated for operation from among the plurality of motors (1a, 1b) is selected, and an amplitude command is fetched from the selected conversion table, which command corresponds to a velocity error, which is a difference between an actual velocity of the designated motor and a commanded velocity. The amplitude command is applied to the servo control circuit to control the designated motor.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1984Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: Fanuc LtdInventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4626762Abstract: A method of controlling an AC motor which exhibits a constant torque characteristic at a rotational speed N below a base speed Nb and a constant output characteristic at a rotational speed N above the base speed Nb, comprising the steps of finding a base speed N.sub.L after limiting the output power of the AC motor, N.sub.L being derived from the base speed Nb and the ratio .eta. between maximum output power Pmax.sub.1 and maximum output power Pmax.sub.2 before and after the output power of the AC is limited, respectively, rendering the slip frequency of the AC motor constant until the rotational speed N of the AC motor reaches the base speed N.sub.L, varying the slip frequency in inverse proportion to the rotational speed N for N between N.sub.L and Nb (N.sub.L <N.ltoreq.Nb), and varying the slip frequency in proportion to the rotational speed N for N above Nb (Nb<N), whereby the output power of the AC motor is rendered constant at a rotational speed N above N.sub.L.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1984Date of Patent: December 2, 1986Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4588937Abstract: A position control apparatus has a variable gain-type velocity amplifier (115) provided within a servo control circuit, and a low velocity sensing circuit (114) for sensing a predetermined low velocity of a motor (100) immediately before the motor is stopped. When the rotational velocity of the motor (100) drops to the predetermined low velocity immediately before stoppage during orientation control, the velocity amplifier is changed over in response to a signal from the gain of the low velocity sensing circuit (114), thereby raising servo loop gain.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1984Date of Patent: May 13, 1986Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Naoto Ota, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4581569Abstract: An AC motor control apparatus having a first arithmetic device (3) which calculates an amplitude command based on a difference between the commanded velocity and the actual velocity of the AC motor (1), and delivers the amplitude command and a current command in at least one phase as outputs. Also included is a second arithmetic device (10) which calculates a pulse width command in each phase from the amplitude command and current command from the first arithmetic device (3) and the actual phase current of the AC motor (1). A timer (11) produces as an output, a pulse-width modulated signal in each phase on the basis of the pulse-width command from the second arithmetic device (10), and an inverter (8) drives the AC motor in accordance with the pulse-width modulated signals from the timer (11).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1984Date of Patent: April 8, 1986Assignee: Fanuc LimitedInventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4499414Abstract: A method of controlling an AC motor which exhibits a constant torque characteristic at a rotational speed N below a base speed Nb and a constant output characteristic at a rotational speed N above the base speed Nb, comprising the steps of finding a base speed N.sub.L after limiting the output power of the AC motor, N.sub.L being derived from the base speed Nb and the ratio .eta. between maximum output power Pmax.sub.1 and maximum output power Pmax.sub.2 before and after the output power of the AC is limited, respectively, rendering the slip frequency of the AC motor constant until the rotational speed N of the AC motor reaches the base speed N.sub.L, varying the slip frequency in inverse proportion to the rotational speed N for N between N.sub.L and Nb (N.sub.L <N.ltoreq.Nb), and varying the slip frequency in proportion to the rotational speed N for N above Nb (Nb<N), whereby the output power of the AC motor is rendered constant at a rotational speed N above N.sub.L.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1982Date of Patent: February 12, 1985Assignee: Fanuc LtdInventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4362976Abstract: Disclosed is a DC motor drive circuit adapted to prevent thyristor commutation failure when a thyristor-controlled three-phase full-wave reversible bridge undergoes a transition in operating mode from a power inversion mode to a power rectification mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1980Date of Patent: December 7, 1982Assignee: Fujitsu Fanuc LimitedInventors: Yoshiki Fujioka, Yutaka Koiwai, Mitsuhiko Hirota
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Patent number: 4268781Abstract: An actual speed N of a DC motor and an armature current Ia are detected to detect the motor output N.times.Ia. The motor speed is changed so that the detected motor output may not exceed a predetermined value. The spark generation of the motor brush is prevented when an over load is applied to the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 1977Date of Patent: May 19, 1981Assignee: Fujitsu Fanuc LimitedInventors: Shigeki Kawada, Shigeaki Oyama, Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota, Toyohiko Nishimori
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Patent number: 4268782Abstract: A system for controlling DC motors of the type employing permanent magnets as field poles. The firing phase angle of a thyristor is controlled in response to an error signal representative of an error between a commanded motor speed and an actual motor speed. For preventing demagnetization of the permanent magnets due to the armature reaction, the clamp level of the error signal is changed in accordance with the actual motor speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1978Date of Patent: May 19, 1981Assignee: Fujitsu Fanuc LimitedInventors: Shigeki Kawada, Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota, Naoto Ohta
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Patent number: 4207504Abstract: A speed detector produces a spindle speed signal proportional to the revolving speed of a spindle. A specified position detector provides a specified position signal when the spindle assumes a specified rotational position. A spindle motor speed control unit controls the spindle motor so that the motor speed agrees with a speed command. When spindle orientation is requested, one integrator circuit responds to the specified position signal to integrate the spindle speed signal. The output from the integrator circuit is applied to the speed control unit in place of the speed command.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1978Date of Patent: June 10, 1980Assignee: Fujitsu Fanuc LimitedInventors: Shigeki Kawada, Yoshiki Fujioka, Mitsuhiko Hirota