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).
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Patent number: 6806588Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Publication number: 20040189104Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventors: Houng Joong Kim, Kohji Maki, Yasuo Morooka, Isamu Numata, Hisao Tadokoro, Takeo Morimoto, Yasunori Sannohe, Hiroshi Ueno, Hideki Shimane
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Publication number: 20040150269Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Kohji Maki, Houng Joong Kim, Yasuo Morooka, Keijirou Sakai, Hitoshi Shibata, Hideki Shimane, Hisao Tadokoro, Takashi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 6696812Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka, Mitsuyuki Hombu, Hiroshi Katayama
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Patent number: 6696767Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Yasuo Morooka, Taizo Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Hanyu
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Patent number: 6685591Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Masahiko Ibamoto, Toshimichi Minowa, Yasuo Morooka
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Publication number: 20030155819Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Inventors: Houng Joong Kim, Kohji Maki, Yasuo Morooka, Isamu Numata, Hisao Tadokoro, Takeo Morimoto, Yasunori Sannohe, Hiroshi Ueno, Hideki Shimane
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Publication number: 20030085628Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: HITACHI, LTD. AND SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taizo Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka, Kiyoji Minegishi, Jun Tamenaga
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Patent number: 6557656Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Haniu, Ryoso Masaki, Masahiko Amano, Taizo Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Patent number: 6545372Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Toshio Manaka, Taizou Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Patent number: 6501243Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Publication number: 20020163319Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka, Mitsuyuki Hombu, Hiroshi Katayama
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Publication number: 20020158513Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Yasuo Morooka, Taizo Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Hanyu
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Publication number: 20020123407Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Masahiko Ibamoto, Toshimichi Minowa, Yasuo Morooka
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Publication number: 20020117858Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Masahiko Amano, Toshio Manaka, Taizou Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Patent number: 6426608Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Patent number: 6373219Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Sanshiro Obara, Hiroshi Katayama, Yasuo Morooka
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Publication number: 20020036106Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Inventors: Tomoyuki Hanyu, Ryoso Masaki, Masahiko Amano, Taizo Miyazaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Patent number: 6360625Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Taizo Miyazaki, Toshimichi Minowa, Tomoyuki Hanyu, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka
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Publication number: 20010052760Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Amano, Ryoso Masaki, Yasuo Morooka