Patents by Inventor Akihiko KANODA

Akihiko KANODA 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).

  • Publication number: 20170093299
    Abstract: In order to reduce the size of an isolation transformer, the present invention provides a power conversion device including: a first inverter unit for obtaining a DC input and giving a high frequency output; an LLC transformer for converting the voltage of the high frequency output of the first inverter unit; a rectifier unit for DC-converting the voltage of the output of the LLC transformer; a second inverter unit for converting the DC output of the rectifier unit into AC; and a control circuit for obtaining the gate power of a semiconductor device configuring the second inverter unit through a power supply transformer for the control circuit that is connected in parallel to the secondary circuit of the LLC transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yasuaki NORIMATSU, Akihiko KANODA, Yuichi MABUCHI, Takae SHIMADA, Mitsuhiro KADOTA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Akira YONEKAWA