Patents Assigned to Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10868488
    Abstract: A six-wire three-phase motor that can realize both of increasing an output and reducing a torque ripple is provided. A six-wire three-phase motor is a six-wire three-phase motor including: a stator including a winding wire wound independently between phases; and a rotor including a plurality of magnets in a circumferential direction, wherein the stator or the rotor is configured in such a manner that a third harmonic current component in a motor current of when an overmodulation voltage based on a PWM signal is applied becomes higher than a third harmonic current component in a motor current of when a sinusoidal modulation voltage based on the PWM signal is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Hoshino, Hideki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10868448
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine capable of achieving a high torque and low noise is provided. In a stator for a rotating electrical machine in which six or more slot conductors are inserted through one slot, the stator for a rotating electrical machine straddles slots such that a slot pitch of a jumper wire connecting round windings having different positions in a radial direction has at least two kinds or more different slot pitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Saito, Yuji Kano, Takayuki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20200389117
    Abstract: In a motor drive device 120, a phase compensation amount calculation unit 110 calculates a phase compensation amount ?? for compensating a voltage phase ?v* when a control mode is switched in a control selection unit 90. The control selection unit 90 outputs the three-phase voltage command Vuvw* according to any one of the plurality of control modes based on the modulation factor Kh*, the voltage phase ?v*, and the phase compensation amount ??. A PWM control unit 100 outputs gate signals Gun, Gup, Gvn, Gvp, Gwn, and Gwv based on the three-phase voltage command Vuvw* and a rotor position ?d. The inverter 20 has a plurality of switching elements, and controls the plurality of switching elements based on gate signals Gun, Gup, Gvn, Gyp, Gwn, and Gwv to drive the AC motor 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Midori TAKAOKA, Junki ISOBE, Kohei MYOEN, Toshiyuki AJIMA, Kazuaki TOBARI, Yoshitaka IWAJI
  • Publication number: 20200388556
    Abstract: An object is to improve the productivity of a power semiconductor device. A power semiconductor device according to the invention includes a circuit portion having a conductor for transmitting a current and a power semiconductor element, a first base portion and a second base portion facing each other with the circuit portion interposed therebetween, and a transfer mold member which is in contact with the conductor and the power semiconductor element and is filled in a space between the first base portion and the second base portion. The first base portion includes a first flat portion that is connected to a peripheral edge of the first base portion, and a first bent portion that connects the first flat portion and another portion of the first base portion and is plastically deformed. The transfer mold member is integrally configured in contact with the first flat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Nobutake TSUYUNO
  • Publication number: 20200389107
    Abstract: Provided is a motor control device capable of suppressing a sudden change in torque due to spike noise. A control device (motor control device) continues motor control using dq-axis current command values Id* and Iq* (current command values) or dq-axis detection current values real_Id and real_Iq before detecting a noise state (detection current values before a current supplied to a motor suddenly changes) instead of dq-axis detection current values real_Id and real_Iq (latest detection current values) when the current changes suddenly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi KOMURO, Kohei MYOEN
  • Publication number: 20200384966
    Abstract: A brake system capable of accurately controlling a braking force includes a first and second brake devices that have different control accuracies, and a brake control device that controls a braking force of the first and second braking devices according to a required braking force. The brake control device has a first control mode in which the braking force of the first brake device is controlled to be smaller than the braking force of the second brake device, and a second control mode in which the braking force of the first brake device is increased rather than the first control mode. The second brake device is controlled so that a sum of the braking force of the first brake device and the braking force of the second brake device matches the required braking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro ITO, Kenichiro MATSUBARA, Wataru YOKOYAMA, Daisuke GOTO
  • Patent number: 10862292
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle control device that allows high-speed diagnosis of a current breaker while assuring the accuracy of the current flowing to a load during the operation of the load. A smoothing capacitor (8) is connected in parallel to linear solenoid valves (13a and 13b). A current breaker (3a) and a reverse connection protector (4a) are connected in series from a battery (2) to a first connection point (P1) between the linear solenoid valves (13a and 13b) and the smoothing capacitor (8). A discharge unit (DU) is connected to a second connection point (P2) between the breaker (3a) and the reverse connection protector (4a) to discharge electric charge from the second connection point (P2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyoomi Kadoya
  • Patent number: 10862537
    Abstract: A power line communication device includes a DC power source device, a power line, and a master station that modulates a supply voltage VBUS supplied to the power line according to transmission data to be transmitted. The master station includes a modulation capacitor that is precharged with a modulation amplitude voltage, a polarity switch unit that determines a polarity of the modulation capacitor connected to the power line according to transmission data, and an inductor connected between the DC power source device and the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Yano
  • Patent number: 10859047
    Abstract: A drive unit of a fuel injection device includes a driver circuit. The driver circuit opens and closes a valve element of the fuel injection device by supplying a drive current to the fuel injection device. The driver circuit supplies the drive current to open the valve element and sets the drive current to zero in an intermediate lift area. The intermediate lift area is an area is which a lift amount of the valve element is smaller than a maximum target lift amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe, Motoyuki Abe, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Takuya Mayuzumi, Tohru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10857985
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve including a solenoid to generate an electromagnetic force; a cylindrical member at least partially disposed in the solenoid and made from a non-magnetic material; a movable member configured to be moved in the cylindrical member in an axial direction of the valve based on the solenoid, the movable member including a restriction portion on one end side of the movable member; a plunger including one end portion located on the one end side and an opposite end portion located on an opposite end side of the movable member, the plunger being restricted in a movement thereof in a radial direction due to the opposite end portion disposed at the restriction portion. A movable amount of the movable member in the radial direction in the cylindrical member is less than a movable amount of the plunger in the radial direction relative to the restriction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Hattori, Katsuya Iwasaki, Toshihide Ikura
  • Patent number: 10862361
    Abstract: A stator includes: multi-phase stator coils each having a salient pole concentrated winding; a stator iron core formed with a plurality of teeth around which the multi-phase stator coils are wound; and a plurality of connection rings configured to connect each of the multi-phase stator coils, wherein a winding end position of each of the multi-phase stator coils is disposed closest to the corresponding connection ring among the plurality of connection rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 10857905
    Abstract: The ECU includes first and second power terminals, first and second voltage limiting elements, first and second diodes, and a power supply IC. A voltage is applied to the first power terminal from a battery, and a voltage is applied to the second power terminal from the battery via a start switch. The first voltage limiting element is provided between the first power terminal and an input terminal of the power supply IC. The cathode of the first diode is connected to the input terminal of the power supply IC. The second voltage limiting element is provided between the second power terminal and the anode of the first diode. The cathode of the second diode is connected to the anode of the first diode, and the anode is grounded. A limit voltage of the first voltage limiting element is greater than a limit voltage of the second voltage limiting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Katabuchi
  • Patent number: 10859008
    Abstract: A rotational angle determining device periodically samples a resolver signal output from a resolver receiving an alternating current excitation signal, the sampling being performed at a timing at which the excitation signal reaches a peak or trough value, based on a timer signal to which initial phase alignment is performed with respect to the excitation signal, and then the device performs A/D conversion of a voltage value of the sampled resolver signal, to determine the rotational angle of the rotor of the resolver. The excitation signal is periodically sampled at a predetermined timing based on the timer signal, and a presence or absence of a phase shift between the excitation and timer signals is detected based on a change in A/D converted value AD1n (n=1, 2, . . . ) obtained by A/D conversion of a voltage value of the sampled excitation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mamada, Kazuhiko Arai, Shingo Ooba
  • Patent number: 10858037
    Abstract: A power steering apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a steering mechanism having a steering shaft and a rack bar which steers steer steerable wheels by a movement in an axial direction of the rack bar in association with a rotation of steering shaft; an electrically driven motor having a stator, a rotor, and a drive shaft integrally rotated with the rotor; a worm gear transmitting the rotation of the drive shaft to the steering mechanism; a housing member having a reduction gear housing section, a rack bar housing section, and a motor ECU housing section in which the electrically driven motor and the control circuit are housed; and a moisture detection sensor having a moisture detection section disposed within the reduction gear housing section and a transmission section connected with the control circuit passing through an inner part of the motor ECU housing from the moisture detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Murakami, Kohtaro Shiino
  • Publication number: 20200378331
    Abstract: Provided is an internal-combustion-engine control device that minimizes a detection error of a cylinder pressure sensor used in a control of an internal combustion engine. The internal-combustion-engine control device is an electronic control unit (ECU) 1 for an internal combustion engine 100 that includes a cylinder pressure sensor 140 for detecting cylinder pressure in a combustion chamber. The ECU 1 includes an overall controller 81 configured to correct an output signal S2 transmitted from the cylinder pressure sensor 140 in a cylinder 150. The overall controller 81 corrects the output signal S2 from the cylinder pressure sensor 140 in accordance with a correction period calculated based on drive of components of the internal combustion engine 100, such as a fuel injector 400.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Eiichiro OHATA
  • Patent number: 10851767
    Abstract: A pump for supplying high-pressure includes a plunger, a cylinder, a body, and a holder. The uppermost end surface of the cylinder is an end of the cylinder that is closest to the pressurizing chamber. A first gap formed between the outer periphery of the cylinder and the body in the radial direction is smaller than a second gap formed in the radial direction between the inner diameter of the pressurizing chamber and the outer diameter of the plunger. A radial gap is formed in an entire area of the cylinder in an axial direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Aritomi, Kenichirou Tokuo, Satoshi Usui, Shingo Tamura
  • Patent number: 10850681
    Abstract: To provide a technique of eliminating condensation adhering to a vehicle inner side of the glass to improve the reliability of a vehicle-mounted optical device. A vehicle-mounted optical device includes: an imaging unit that captures an outside of a vehicle through glass mounted to the vehicle to obtain an image; a condensation detection unit that detects condensation of the glass by determining whether an image in a predetermined range of a part of the image is in a predetermined state; and a condensation removal device control processing unit that actuates a condensation removal device which removes condensation of the glass when the condensation detection unit detects the condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Chiemi Kubota, Masayuki Okamura, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Hidenori Shinohara, Kenichi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10851685
    Abstract: Balancer shaft 5 and 6 rotatably set through bearings 11˜14 and an oil pump 2 driven by power from the balancer shaft 5 and 6 are provided in a balancer housing. Oil discharged from an outlet portion 42 of the oil pump 2 is supplied to a main oil gallery 10 through an outlet passage 48. A bearing filter 55 that filters a part of the oil is provided in the outlet passage 48 that extends from the outlet portion 42. A communication passage 50 that branches off from the outlet passage 48 and communicates with the bearings 11˜14 supplies a part of the oil having been filtered by the bearing filter 55 to the bearings 11˜14. By filtering the oil that is going to be supplied to the bearing portion, decrease in durability of the bearing portion can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Kitamura, Takashi Hirano, Masahumi Kurita
  • Patent number: 10851751
    Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump which can fix a cylinder to a pump body using a simple structure, and can reduce a displacement amount inward in a radial direction of the cylinder. A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber and a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body. The cylinder is swaged to the hole by pressing a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction to fit into the hole on an opposite side to the pressing chamber, by screwing a formed screw thread into the hole, or by being swaged with the opposite side to the pressing chamber. The cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body all over a region from a bonding portion to an upper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tokumaru, Masahiko Hayatani, Satoshi Usui, Atsuji Saito, Kenichiro Tokuo, Masamichi Yagai, Masayuki Suganami
  • Patent number: 10851464
    Abstract: According to the method for producing chromium plated parts, a plurality of workpieces are immersed in a chromium plating bath, a plating treatment is performed by using a pulse current, and chromium plating layers that have compressive residual stress and suppressed cracking are deposited on surfaces of the plurality of workpieces. A direct current from plating separation lower limit current density up to a range in which the chromium plating layers have compressive residual stress is superimposed during downtime of application of the pulse current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kobayashi, Kiyokazu Nakane