Patents by Inventor Naoki Kunihiro

Naoki Kunihiro 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: 10177621
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprises a field winding provided on a rotor iron core and a neutral ring supported independently of the field winding, wherein: the field winding and the neutral ring are electrically connected to each other through a connecting wire; the neutral ring is disposed spaced with respect to the rotor iron core; and the connecting wire absorbs the stress difference between the field winding and the neutral ring when a centrifugal stress is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kunihiro, Daisuke Kori, Motonobu Iizuka, Tetsuo Fujigaki, Atsushi Fukunaga, Yasunori Otsuki, Masakatsu Sato, Masanori Matsumoto, Takeshi Nakayama, Masaaki Endo, Yoshihiro Yasui, Yasushi Hayasaka
  • Publication number: 20170117769
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprises a field winding provided on a rotor iron core and a neutral ring supported independently of the field winding, wherein: the field winding and the neutral ring are electrically connected to each other through a connecting wire; the neutral ring is disposed spaced with respect to the rotor iron core; and the connecting wire absorbs the stress difference between the field winding and the neutral ring when a centrifugal stress is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki KUNIHIRO, Daisuke KORI, Motonobu IIZUKA, Tetsuo FUJIGAKI, Atsushi FUKUNAGA, Yasunori OTSUKI, Masakatsu SATO, Masanori MATSUMOTO, Takeshi NAKAYAMA, Masaaki ENDO, Yoshihiro YASUI, Yasushi HAYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20140252910
    Abstract: There is provided an induction machine having a squirrel-cage rotor, the rotor including: a rotor core; a plurality of rotor slots formed on the rotor core and aligned circumferentially at a predetermined interval; a plurality of rotor bars inserted into one of the plurality of rotor slots; and a plurality of rotor slits formed adjacent to the plurality of rotor slots on an outer circumferential side of the rotor core. The each rotor slit is formed as a hollow such that a cross sectional shape thereof is distinguished into three parts of a slit outer circumferential part, a slit intermediate part, and a slit inner circumferential part. A circumferential width of the each rotor slit on an innermost circumferential side is larger than that on an outermost circumferential side. A circumferential width of the slit intermediate part increases from an outer circumferential side toward an inner circumferential side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki KUNIHIRO, Kazuo NISHIHAMA, Motonobu IIZUKA, Kenichi SUGIMOTO, Masanori SAWAHATA, Akiyoshi KOMURA
  • Patent number: 5475314
    Abstract: A method for improving accuracy of estimating natural frequency of a distribution system. The estimation is performed in order to identify a rectifier load that generates harmonics due to commutation oscillation. It includes the steps of measuring a charging current flowing into a power factor improving capacitor to obtain first data, removing fundamental frequency from the first data to obtain second data, determining, from the second data, a first time at which the amplitude of commutating oscillation components takes a maximum value, picking up third data in the interval beginning from the first time and ending at a second time later than the first time by T/N, where T is the period of the fundamental frequency, and N is the number of rectifier phases, performing frequency analysis on the third data to form fourth data by expanding the third data into a Fourier series, and determining a local peak frequency, that is, the natural frequency in the fourth data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kunihiro, Tadashi Naito
  • Patent number: 5473255
    Abstract: A method for improving accuracy of estimating natural frequency of a distribution system. The estimation is performed in order to identify a rectifier load that generates harmonics due to commutation oscillation. It includes the steps of measuring a charging current flowing into a power factor improving capacitor to obtain first data, removing fundamental frequency from the first data to obtain second data, determining, from the second data, a first time at which the amplitude of commutating oscillation components takes a maximum value, picking up third data in the interval beginning from the first time and ending at a second time later than the first time by T/N, where T is the period of the fundamental frequency, and N is the number of rectifier phases, performing frequency analysis on the third data to form fourth data by expanding the third data into a Fourier series, and determining a local peak frequency, that is, the natural frequency in the fourth data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kunihiro, Tadashi Naito