Patents by Inventor Takuya YABUMOTO

Takuya YABUMOTO 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: 11095156
    Abstract: A power conversion device comprises an inner coil which can transmit power between an external coil by coupling magnetically with the external coil, an inverter whose AC side is connected to the inner coil and power conversion can be performed between the AC side and a DC side and a bidirectional DC/DC converter which comprises an intermediate capacitor, is connected to the DC side of the inverter and can perform power conversion bidirectionally between a DC power source, which is connected to a side which is opposite to the side of the inverter, and the inverter, wherein in switching operation from power reception to power transmission where power reception operation is switched to power transmission operation, after control of discharging charges which are accumulated in the intermediate capacitor is performed, the power transmission operation is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Yabumoto, Tomokazu Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20200274399
    Abstract: A power conversion device comprises an inner coil which can transmit power between an external coil by coupling magnetically with the external coil, an inverter whose AC side is connected to the inner coil and power conversion can be performed between the AC side and a DC side and a bidirectional DC/DC converter which comprises an intermediate capacitor, is connected to the DC side of the inverter and can perform power conversion bidirectionally between a DC power source, which is connected to a side which is opposite to the side of the inverter, and the inverter, wherein in switching operation from power reception to power transmission where power reception operation is switched to power transmission operation, after control of discharging charges which are accumulated in the intermediate capacitor is performed, the power transmission operation is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya YABUMOTO, Tomokazu SAKASHITA
  • Patent number: 10686332
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes: an inverter for supplying high-frequency power to a coil; a harmonic filter connected to an output side of the inverter; and a controller for performing control to make a zero-cross point of an output current from the inverter coincide with a zero-cross point of a filter current of the harmonic filter. Through this, harmonic reduction effect can be fully exerted. Further, a contactless power supply system using the power conversion device can supply, to a load, power in which harmonics are significantly reduced, addressing a problem that inverter driving frequency cannot be controlled to a frequency at which harmonic reduction effect is maximized, and harmonic reduction effect cannot be fully exerted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Yabumoto
  • Patent number: 10680607
    Abstract: A gate-drive system according to the present invention which transmits a drive signal to a semiconductor switching device, includes: an inverter circuit to supply high-frequency power including a fundamental wave component and plural harmonic components each having different frequencies; a power transmission circuit which is connected to the inverter circuit and transmits the high-frequency power outputted from the inverter circuit; power receiving circuits to individually receive the fundamental wave component and plural harmonic components of the high-frequency power transmitted from the power transmission circuit; and a control circuit to generate the drive signal for the semiconductor switching device on the basis of the plural harmonic components of the high-frequency power received by the power receiving circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Yabumoto
  • Publication number: 20190363711
    Abstract: A gate-drive system according to the present invention which transmits a drive signal to a semiconductor switching device, includes: an inverter circuit to supply high-frequency power including a fundamental wave component and plural harmonic components each having different frequencies; a power transmission circuit which is connected to the inverter circuit and transmits the high-frequency power outputted from the inverter circuit; power receiving circuits to individually receive the fundamental wave component and plural harmonic components of the high-frequency power transmitted from the power transmission circuit; and a control circuit to generate the drive signal for the semiconductor switching device on the basis of the plural harmonic components of the high-frequency power received by the power receiving circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya YABUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10286795
    Abstract: A charging device for an electric vehicle includes a wireless power receiving device which receives high-frequency AC power in a non-contact state, a wired power receiving device connected to an external power source for low-frequency AC power, a rectifier which rectifies AC power, an electric power converter which is positioned at a rear part of the rectifier, and an power receiving device switching switch which switches electric power in such a way that any of electric power of both electric power receiving devices is outputted to the rectifier. A high-frequency filter, which removes a high-frequency component, is provided between the rectifier and the electric power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadayuki Matsumoto, Takuya Yabumoto, Takayoshi Nagai, Yoshitaka Onishi
  • Publication number: 20190027964
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes: an inverter for supplying high-frequency power to a coil; a harmonic filter connected to an output side of the inverter; and a controller for performing control to make a zero-cross point of an output current from the inverter coincide with a zero-cross point of a filter current of the harmonic filter. Through this, harmonic reduction effect can be fully exerted. Further, a contactless power supply system using the power conversion device can supply, to a load, power in which harmonics are significantly reduced, addressing a problem that inverter driving frequency cannot be controlled to a frequency at which harmonic reduction effect is maximized, and harmonic reduction effect cannot be fully exerted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya YABUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10090709
    Abstract: A bidirectional non-contact power supply device with its electric power transmission efficiency being high is obtained by a simple configuration. In the bidirectional non-contact power supply device, a coil is included for performing electric power transmission to and reception from another coil through a magnetic field coupling therebetween, and the coil and a capacitor being connected in series are connected on an input-output end of an inverter circuit, wherein a bidirectional buck-boost converter is connected between the inverter circuit and a DC power source (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Sadayuki Matsumoto, Takuya Yabumoto, Takayoshi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180062430
    Abstract: A bidirectional non-contact power supply device with its electric power transmission efficiency being high is obtained by a simple configuration. In the bidirectional non-contact power supply device, a coil is included for performing electric power transmission to and reception from another coil through a magnetic field coupling therebetween, and the coil and a capacitor being connected in series are connected on an input-output end of an inverter circuit, wherein a bidirectional buck-boost converter is connected between the inverter circuit and a DC power source (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Sadayuki MATSUMOTO, Takuya YABUMOTO, Takayoshi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20170072807
    Abstract: A charging device for an electric vehicle includes a wireless power receiving device which receives high-frequency AC power in a non-contact state, a wired power receiving device connected to an external power source for low-frequency AC power, a rectifier which rectifies AC power, an electric power converter which is positioned at a rear part of the rectifier, and an power receiving device switching switch which switches electric power in such a way that any of electric power of both electric power receiving devices is outputted to the rectifier. A high-frequency filter, which removes a high-frequency component, is provided between the rectifier and the electric power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadayuki MATSUMOTO, Takuya YABUMOTO, Takayoshi NAGAI, Yoshitaka ONISHI
  • Patent number: 9548664
    Abstract: A gate-power-supply device is provided with an inverter circuit, a transformer, and rectifier circuits. The device includes secondary-side parallel capacitors, connected in parallel to secondary-side coils of the transformer, for cancelling inductance components of the secondary-side coils at the drive frequency of the inverter circuit. The device includes a primary-side series capacitor, connected in series to a primary-side coil of the transformer, for cancelling the imaginary term (inductance component) of the combined impedance of the gate drivers, the rectifier circuits, the secondary-side parallel capacitors, the secondary-side coils, transformer cores and the primary-side coil, which are a load viewed from the inverter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Yabumoto, Kazufumi Tanaka, Hiroyasu Iwabuki
  • Publication number: 20160099650
    Abstract: A gate-power-supply device is provided with an inverter circuit, a transformer, and rectifier circuits. The device includes secondary-side parallel capacitors, connected in parallel to secondary-side coils of the transformer, for cancelling inductance components of the secondary-side coils at the drive frequency of the inverter circuit. The device includes a primary-side series capacitor, connected in series to a primary-side coil of the transformer, for cancelling the imaginary term (inductance component) of the combined impedance of the gate drivers, the rectifier circuits, the secondary-side parallel capacitors, the secondary-side coils, transformer cores and the primary-side coil, which are a load viewed from the inverter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya YABUMOTO, Kazufumi TANAKA, Hiroyasu IWABUKI