Patents by Inventor Yuuji Kuramoto

Yuuji Kuramoto 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: 7348739
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus makes a carrier signal of an inverter be synchronized with a carrier signal of a DC/DC converter, and determines a phase difference between both the carrier signals based on a ratio of an input voltage inputted to the DC/DC converter and an input voltage inputted to the inverter, and a percentage of modulation and a power factor which are operation parameters of the inverter. When the frequency of the carrier signal of the DC/DC converter is set to be twice as high as that of the carrier signal of the inverter, an optimal phase difference is determined based on the ratio of the input voltage of the DC/DC converter and the input voltage of the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Urakabe, Tatsuya Okuda, Toshiyuki Kikunaga, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 7310475
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus is provided which can minimize ripple current flowing through a DC link capacitor, and downsize the motor driving apparatus. It synchronizes the frequency of the inverter carrier signal for driving an inverter with the frequency of the DC/DC converter carrier signal for driving a DC/DC converter, and carries out control in such a manner that the center of a period during which the input current of the inverter is zero and the center of a period during which the output current of the DC/DC converter is zero are matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Okuda, Takahiro Urakabe, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20070080659
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus makes a carrier signal of an inverter be synchronized with a carrier signal of a DC/DC converter, and determines a phase difference between both the carrier signals based on a ratio of an input voltage inputted to the DC/DC converter and an input voltage inputted to the inverter, and a percentage of modulation and a power factor which are operation parameters of the inverter. When the frequency of the carrier signal of the DC/DC converter is set to be twice as high as that of the carrier signal of the inverter, an optimal phase difference is determined based on the ratio of the input voltage of the DC/DC converter and the input voltage of the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Urakabe, Tatsuya Okuda, Toshiyuki Kikunaga, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 7151661
    Abstract: A capacitor module incorporating a ceramic capacitor having terminal members for reducing stress caused by thermal stress or electrostriction in the ceramic capacitor itself, and a semiconductor device using the capacitor module. The capacitor module and the semiconductor device are designed to have a reduced size and improved reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Kimura, Dai Nakajima, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20060067655
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus is provided which can minimize ripple current flowing through a DC link capacitor, and downsize the motor driving apparatus. It synchronizes the frequency of the inverter carrier signal for driving an inverter with the frequency of the DC/DC converter carrier signal for driving a DC/DC converter, and carries out control in such a manner that the center of a period during which the input current of the inverter is zero and the center of a period during which the output current of the DC/DC converter is zero are matched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Okuda, Takahiro Urakabe, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20050041369
    Abstract: A capacitor module incorporating a ceramic capacitor having terminal members for reducing stress caused by thermal stress or electrostriction in the ceramic capacitor itself, and a semiconductor device using the capacitor module. The capacitor module and the semiconductor device are designed to have a reduced size and improved reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tohru Kimura, Dai Nakajima, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6791819
    Abstract: A capacitor module incorporating a ceramic capacitor having terminal members for reducing stress caused by thermal stress or electrostriction in the ceramic capacitor itself, and a semiconductor device using the capacitor module. The capacitor module and the semiconductor device are designed to have a reduced size and improved reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Kimura, Dai Nakajima, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6580147
    Abstract: P-electrode 30a and N-electrode 31a of a semiconductor device 2, and capacitors 10 in a plate-like shape or a block-like shape respectively connected to U-phase 40, V-phase 41, and W-phase 42 having a switching element 20 and a diode 21 are built in a semiconductor device 2, and a single or a plurality of capacitors 10 are respectively connected to P-electrodes 30a and N-electrodes 31a in each of the phases, whereby the smoothing capacitors are built in the semiconductor device to reduce wiring inductances, the capacitors are miniaturized, and an entire electric power converting device, i.e. inverter, is miniaturized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Kimura, Dai Nakajima, Tatsuya Okuda, Takeshi Ohi, Takanobu Yoshida, Naoki Yoshimatsu, Yuuji Kuramoto, Toshinori Yamane, Masakazu Fukada, Majumdar Gourab
  • Publication number: 20020158329
    Abstract: A capacitor module incorporating a ceramic capacitor having terminal members for reducing stress caused by thermal stress or electrostriction in the ceramic capacitor itself, and a semiconductor device using the capacitor module. The capacitor module and the semiconductor device are designed to have a reduced size and improved reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Kimura, Dai Nakajima, Yuuji Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20010035562
    Abstract: P-electrode 30a and N-electrode 31a of a semiconductor device 2, and capacitors 10 in a plate-like shape or a block-like shape respectively connected to U-phase 40, V-phase 41, and W-phase 42 having a switching element 20 and a diode 21 are built in a semiconductor device 2, and a single or a plurality of capacitors 10 are respectively connected to P-electrodes 30a and N-electrodes 31a in each of the phases, whereby the smoothing capacitors are built in the semiconductor device to reduce wiring inductances, the capacitors are miniaturized, and an entire electric power converting device, i.e. inverter, is miniaturized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Toru Kimura, Dai Nakajima, Tatsuya Okuda, Takeshi Ohi, Takanobu Yoshida, Naoki Yoshimatsu, Yuuji Kuramoto, Toshinori Yamane, Masakazu Fukada, Majumdar Gourab
  • Patent number: 6181587
    Abstract: Conventionally, there is a problem that it is impossible to provide an analog signal detecting circuit having high reliability and long lifetime under a bad environment since a photocoupler is used for electrical insulation of a digital signal. Then, an analog signal detecting circuit is provided with a carrier wave generating unit for generating a carrier wave, a pulse width modulating unit for pulse width modulating an analog signal inputted from the signal input terminal by using the carrier wave generated by the carrier wave generating unit and for outputting a digital signal, a reverse level shift HVIC for transmitting the digital signal from one power supply system to the other power supply system, and a demodulation unit for demodulating the digital signal transmitted to the other power supply system into an analog signal and for outputting it to a signal output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuuji Kuramoto, Hirotoshi Maekawa, Kiyoharu Anzai