Patents by Inventor Naoto NIIMURA

Naoto NIIMURA 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: 11855548
    Abstract: A power conversion device in an embodiment includes a first power converter; a plurality of direct current-direct current (DCDC) converter devices; and a second power converter. The first power converter includes a plurality of first positive-side arms; a plurality of first negative-side arms; a first positive-side star connection line configured to connect the plurality of first positive-side arms in a star shape; a first negative-side star connection line configured to connect the plurality of first negative-side arms in a star shape; and a first terminal configured to connect the first positive-side star connection line and the first negative-side star connection line to each phase of a power supply side alternating current (AC) system and the plurality of first positive-side arms and the plurality of first negative-side arms mutually convert a first AC power and a first DC power of the power supply side AC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoto Niimura
  • Publication number: 20220085729
    Abstract: A power conversion device in an embodiment includes a first power converter; a plurality of direct current-direct current (DCDC) converter devices; and a second power converter. The first power converter includes a plurality of first positive-side arms; a plurality of first negative-side arms; a first positive-side star connection line configured to connect the plurality of first positive-side arms in a star shape; a first negative-side star connection line configured to connect the plurality of first negative-side arms in a star shape; and a first terminal configured to connect the first positive-side star connection line and the first negative-side star connection line to each phase of a power supply side alternating current (AC) system and the plurality of first positive-side arms and the plurality of first negative-side arms mutually convert a first AC power and a first DC power of the power supply side AC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoto NIIMURA
  • Patent number: 11271508
    Abstract: In a power converter, a first single-phase AC conversion unit, which is connected to a first line of a first phase and a second line of a second phase of a first three-phase AC, a second single-phase AC conversion unit, which is connected to the second line of the second phase and a third line of a third phase of the first three-phase AC, and a third single-phase AC conversion unit, which is connected to the third line of the third phase and the first line of the first phase of the first three-phase AC, form a delta-connected load for an AC power supply system. At least the first single-phase AC conversion unit, the second single-phase AC conversion unit, and the third single-phase AC conversion unit form a first set in which respective output terminals are connected in series to one another, and the first set, and a second set and a third set, which are different from the first set, form each phase of a star connected power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Niimura, Teruo Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20210021224
    Abstract: In a power converter, a first single-phase AC conversion unit, which is connected to a first line of a first phase and a second line of a second phase of a first three-phase AC, a second single-phase AC conversion unit, which is connected to the second line of the second phase and a third line of a third phase of the first three-phase AC, and a third single-phase AC conversion unit, which is connected to the third line of the third phase and the first line of the first phase of the first three-phase AC, form a delta-connected load for an AC power supply system. At least the first single-phase AC conversion unit, the second single-phase AC conversion unit, and the third single-phase AC conversion unit form a first set in which respective output terminals are connected in series to one another, and the first set, and a second set and a third set, which are different from the first set, form each phase of a star connected power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto NIIMURA, Teruo YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 10509079
    Abstract: An inverter test apparatus includes a DC power supply, a second inverter which is connected to a DC side of the first inverter, an inductor which is connected between an AC side of the first inverter and an AC side of the second inverter, a first controller which controls an AC voltage of the first inverter to be at a constant amplitude and a constant frequency, a current detector which detects a current that flows through the inductor, a phase command value computation module which computes a phase command value of the second inverter so as to control the current detected by the current detector, and a second controller which controls a phase of the second inverter, based on the phase command value computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Niimura, Toshiaki Oka, Hiromitsu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160377687
    Abstract: An inverter test apparatus includes a DC power supply, a second inverter which is connected to a DC side of the first inverter, an inductor which is connected between an AC side of the first inverter and an AC side of the second inverter, a first controller which controls an AC voltage of the first inverter to be at a constant amplitude and a constant frequency, a current detector which detects a current that flows through the inductor, a phase command value computation module which computes a phase command value of the second inverter so as to control the current detected by the current detector, and a second controller which controls a phase of the second inverter, based on the phase command value computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto NIIMURA, Toshiaki OKA, Hiromitsu SUZUKI