Patents by Inventor Takuya YANAGI

Takuya YANAGI 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: 10322748
    Abstract: A motor controller includes control systems that control actuation of a motor. Each control system includes a drive circuit and a calculation unit. The calculation unit of each control system is connected to an independent rotation angle sensor. The calculation units include master and slave calculation units. The master and slave calculation units control actuation of the corresponding drive circuit based on a current instruction value calculated by the master calculation unit and a detection result of the rotation angle sensor connected to the master calculation unit. When the detection result of the rotation angle sensor connected to the master calculation unit is abnormal, the master and slave calculation units each use a detection result of the rotation angle sensor connected to the slave calculation unit to control the actuation of the corresponding drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Takuya Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20180086369
    Abstract: A motor controller includes control systems that control actuation of a motor. Each control system includes a drive circuit and a calculation unit. The calculation unit of each control system is connected to an independent rotation angle sensor. The calculation units include master and slave calculation units. The master and slave calculation units control actuation of the corresponding drive circuit based on a current instruction value calculated by the master calculation unit and a detection result of the rotation angle sensor connected to the master calculation unit. When the detection result of the rotation angle sensor connected to the master calculation unit is abnormal, the master and slave calculation units each use a detection result of the rotation angle sensor connected to the slave calculation unit to control the actuation of the corresponding drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTTE
    Inventor: Takuya YANAGI
  • Patent number: 9680405
    Abstract: There is provided an onboard motor controller that starts a failsafe process in short time at a vehicle collision. A control circuit in the motor controller acquires an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor. When the acceleration is equal to or higher than a prescribed value, the control circuit determines that a collision of the vehicle has occurred, and executes a switching process of a control mode of a motor. The control circuit immediately switches the control mode of a motor from voltage phase control to current vector control when the collision is detected. The control circuit reads current values from current detectors. When an overcurrent is detected, the control circuit executes a failsafe process to turn off the MOSFETs of an inverter. The control circuit stops a supply of electricity to the inverter by turning off a power supply relay, thereby stopping the rotation of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Yanagi
  • Patent number: 9622349
    Abstract: A control device includes: a metal housing having a bottom wall and a side wall; a first circuit board having a principal surface, the principal surface facing the bottom wall; and a second circuit board upright to the first circuit board, and having a principal surface and a power element, the power element being mounted on the principal surface and facing the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20150340975
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of a rotary electrical machine control device includes an application voltage generation unit that generates a voltage control signal that is used to apply a power supply voltage to a DC/DC converter at a voltage equal to or higher than the power supply voltage or at a voltage lower than the power supply voltage; and a voltage command value generation unit that generates a motor control signal that controls a drive motor. The voltage command value generation unit performs computation based on overmodulation PWM control as PWM control in the case where the application voltage that is lower than the power supply voltage is applied so as to output the motor control signal having a pulse width longer than a cycle of a PWM carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya YANAGI, Yuta IWAI
  • Publication number: 20150015169
    Abstract: There is provided an onboard motor controller that starts a failsafe process in short time at a vehicle collision. A control circuit in the motor controller acquires an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor. When the acceleration is equal to or higher than a prescribed value, the control circuit determines that a collision of the vehicle has occurred, and executes a switching process of a control mode of a motor. The control circuit immediately switches the control mode of a motor from voltage phase control to current vector control when the collision is detected. The control circuit reads current values from current detectors. When an overcurrent is detected, the control circuit executes a failsafe process to turn off the MOSFETs of an inverter. The control circuit stops a supply of electricity to the inverter by turning off a power supply relay, thereby stopping the rotation of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya YANAGI
  • Publication number: 20130301229
    Abstract: A control device includes: a metal housing having a bottom wall and a side wall; a first circuit board having a principal surface, the principal surface facing the bottom wall; and a second circuit board upright to the first circuit board, and having a principal surface and a power element, the power element being mounted on the principal surface and facing the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Takuya YANAGI