Patents by Inventor Yasuo Morooka

Yasuo Morooka 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: 6806588
    Abstract: A power controller for a vehicle can operate electrical load upon stopping of engine or turning OFF of a key switch, without lowering of remaining capacity of a main battery. The control system has a control portion controlling operation of a power generator and an electrical load mounted on an automotive vehicle. The control system also includes remaining capacity measuring means for measuring a remaining capacity of a battery. The control portion energizes a predetermined power load when an engine is stopped or a key switch is held OFF, and operation of the power load is stopped when a remaining capacity of the battery measured by the remaining capacity measuring means becomes smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Publication number: 20040189104
    Abstract: In order to reduce load supported by a support mechanism for supporting a movable part so as to prevent the movable part from moving in a horizontal direction when stress is generated thereon in the horizontal direction, there is provided a drive unit including a primary side having a magnetic body around which a coil is wound, and a secondary side having a plurality of permanent magnets, the primary side including magnetic poles and step portions provided on the magnetic poles. The width of each step portion is smaller than the width of each permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Houng Joong Kim, Kohji Maki, Yasuo Morooka, Isamu Numata, Hisao Tadokoro, Takeo Morimoto, Yasunori Sannohe, Hiroshi Ueno, Hideki Shimane
  • Publication number: 20040150269
    Abstract: Disclosed herewith a compact linear motor provided with a plurality of magnetic pole teeth and used to increase the thrust force by canceling a magnetic attractive force working between the primary member and the secondary member. The linear motor comprises a primary member and a secondary member. The primary member includes cores formed with a magnetic material and an electromagnetic coil wound on the cores while the secondary member supported so as to be capable of moving relatively with respect to the primary member with a gap therebetween. In the linear motor, the coil that is wound commonly on the cores is also disposed between adjacent magnetic pole teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Kohji Maki, Houng Joong Kim, Yasuo Morooka, Keijirou Sakai, Hitoshi Shibata, Hideki Shimane, Hisao Tadokoro, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6696812
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls a voltage applied to an AC motor from a power converter with a PWM signal, and has two different magnetic pole position-estimating units which estimate a rotor magnetic pole position of the AC motor, and has a switching unit which selects any one of these two kinds of magnetic pole position-estimating units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka, Mitsuyuki Hombu, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 6696767
    Abstract: Power supply equipment for a motor vehicle, includes a motor generator, an inverter for driving the motor generator, a battery and a capacitor of an electrical double layer. The capacitor is directly connected to a DC side of the inverter and the battery is connected in parallel with the capacitor via a first switching unit. When an engine is started up, the power stored in the capacitor is used, and the switching units are turned off to separate the battery from the start-up of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Yasuo Morooka, Taizo Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Hanyu
  • Patent number: 6685591
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving apparatus for a vehicle comprising an engine for providing a primary driving force to a driving shaft and an auxiliary power plant connected with the engine through a transmission the transmission comprising an input shaft for inputting the primary driving force from the engine and an output shaft connected to the input shaft for transmitting the primary driving force to the driving shaft wherein the auxiliary power plant provides a secondary driving force to the driving shaft during a shifting in speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Masahiko Ibamoto, Toshimichi Minowa, Yasuo Morooka
  • Publication number: 20030155819
    Abstract: In order to reduce load supported by a support mechanism for supporting a movable part so as to prevent the movable part from moving in a horizontal direction when stress is generated thereon in the horizontal direction, there is provided a drive unit including a primary side having a magnetic body around which a coil is wound, and a secondary side having a plurality of permanent magnets, the primary side including magnetic poles and step portions provided on the magnetic poles. The width of each step portion is smaller than the width of each permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Houng Joong Kim, Kohji Maki, Yasuo Morooka, Isamu Numata, Hisao Tadokoro, Takeo Morimoto, Yasunori Sannohe, Hiroshi Ueno, Hideki Shimane
  • Publication number: 20030085628
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine has a rotor, a stator and a casing. A planetary roller mechanism constituted by a sun roller, a planet roller, a ring roller and a carrier is provided within the rotor so as to transmit the driving force of the rotor to the outside from a power shaft. Oil is sealed within the rotor or the casing. The planetary roller mechanism may be provided within the casing or at the outside of the rotor and, in this case, oil is sealed within the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD. AND SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taizo Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka, Kiyoji Minegishi, Jun Tamenaga
  • Patent number: 6557656
    Abstract: In a driving system comprising an engine, a plurality of motor-generators and a plurality of coaxial differential mechanisms, rotating output axes of the plurality of motor-generators are disposed parallel to and opposite to a rotating output axis of the engine. The coaxial differential mechanisms are arranged between the engine and the motors. The coaxial differential mechanisms are disposed so that straight lines passing through rotating axes of at least two of the coaxial differential mechanisms are parallel to each other, and the output power of the engine is transmitted to the coaxial differential mechanisms through gears. It is possible to provide a small sized and high productive driving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Haniu, Ryoso Masaki, Masahiko Amano, Taizo Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6545372
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid motor comprising an engine comprising a plurality of intake valves and an auxiliary power plant in communication with the engine and a throttle valve for controlling a quantity of air into the engine wherein during operation by the auxiliary power plant the throttle valve is open and the intake valves are opened by the valve control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Toshio Manaka, Taizou Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6501243
    Abstract: A digital calculation apparatus 4 including a position-detection means 14 for detecting the magnetic pole position, based on the detected current difference values of the synchronous motor 1 in a two-phase short-circuit state, takes in current flowing in the synchronous motor by generating an interruption trigger signal in synchronization with the PWM signals for driving an inverter 3, and driving an A/D converter with the generated trigger signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Publication number: 20020163319
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls a voltage applied to an AC motor from a power converter with a PWM signal, and has two different magnetic pole position-estimating units which estimate a rotor magnetic pole position of the AC motor, and has a switching unit which selects any one of these two kinds of magnetic pole position-estimating units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka, Mitsuyuki Hombu, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20020158513
    Abstract: Power supply equipment for a motor vehicle, comprising a motor generator, an inverter for driving said motor generator, a battery and a capacitor of an electrical double layer, wherein the capacitor is directly connected to a DC side of the inverter and the battery is connected in parallel with the capacitor via a first switching unit. When an engine is started up, the power stored in the capacitor is used, and the switching units are turned off to separate the battery from the start-up of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Yasuo Morooka, Taizo Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Hanyu
  • Publication number: 20020123407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving apparatus for a vehicle comprising an engine for providing a primary driving force to a driving shaft and an auxiliary power plant connected with the engine through a transmission the transmission comprising an input shaft for inputting the primary driving force from the engine and an output shaft connected to the input shaft for transmitting the primary driving force to the driving shaft wherein the auxiliary power plant provides a secondary driving force to the driving shaft during a shifting in speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Masahiko Ibamoto, Toshimichi Minowa, Yasuo Morooka
  • Publication number: 20020117858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid motor comprising an engine comprising a plurality of intake valves and an auxiliary power plant in communication with the engine and a throttle valve for controlling a quantity of air into the engine wherein during operation by the auxiliary power plant the throttle valve is open and the intake valves are opened by the valve control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Toshio Manaka, Taizou Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6426608
    Abstract: In an automobile power supply where plural voltages can be supplied, a plurality of batteries and a DC/DC converter are assumed to be unnecessary, and it is possible to operate even when the controller breaks down. High-voltage terminal 11 and low-voltage terminal 12 are provided in battery 6. High-voltage FET 4 for controlling the power supply in one direction from high-voltage terminal 11 to inverter 3 is connected between inverter 3 and high-voltage terminal 11. Low-voltage FET 5 for controlling the power supply in one direction from inverter 3 to low-voltage terminal 12 between inverter 3 and low-voltage terminal 12 is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6373219
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control system comprising an R/D converter which is capable of outputting a good phase signal without being affected by the switching noise due to a PWM signal of an inverter and a motor control method. A motor control system comprising a motor 3 having a resolver 8 as a rotary sensor; an inverter 10 for driving the motor; and a control unit 11 for controlling the inverter, the control unit executing phase calculation processing based on a phase signal which is an output of the resolver converted by an R/D converter 15, calculating a voltage reference based on a current reference and a current value of the motor detected by a current sensor 12, generating a PWM signal for controlling the inverter based on the voltage reference, wherein a PWM synchronism signal 212 in synchronism with the PWM signal is generated in the control unit, and the R/D converter 15 is driven using the PWM synchronism signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanshiro Obara, Hiroshi Katayama, Yasuo Morooka
  • Publication number: 20020036106
    Abstract: In a driving system comprising an engine, a plurality of motor-generators and a plurality of coaxial differential mechanisms, rotating output axes of the plurality of motor-generators are disposed parallel to and opposite to a rotating output axis of the engine. The coaxial differential mechanisms are arranged between the engine and the motors. The coaxial differential mechanisms are disposed so that straight lines passing through rotating axes of at least two of the coaxial differential mechanisms are parallel to each other, and the output power of the engine is transmitted to the coaxial differential mechanisms through gears. It is possible to provide a small sized and high productive driving system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Ryoso Masaki, Masahiko Amano, Taizo Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6360625
    Abstract: The invention provides a power transmission apparatus having a reduced power transmission loss. In the power transmission apparatus, an input shaft side variable pitch circle gear, an output shaft side variable pitch circle gear and a cycloid sliding gear which have a shape accumulated by a cycloid gear in which a pitch circle continuously changes are meshed with each other. The cycloid sliding gear slides and an engagement position thereof changes, thereby changing a radius of an engagement pitch circle of the gear so as to change a shift ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Miyazaki, Toshimichi Minowa, Tomoyuki Hanyu, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
  • Publication number: 20010052760
    Abstract: In an automobile power supply where plural voltages can be supplied, a plurality of batteries and a DC/DC converter are assumed to be unnecessary, and it is possible to operate even when the controller breaks down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka