Patents by Inventor Akinobu Ando
Akinobu Ando 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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Publication number: 20150365008Abstract: A power conversion device includes a converter, a DC reactor, and an inverter. A control unit controls the converter according to a sum of a feedback control amount and a feedforward control amount, the feedback control amount being calculated based on a deviation between a current command value and the DC current flowing into the DC reactor, the feedforward control amount being set in accordance with a DC voltage provided from the converter through the DC reactor. When an output frequency of the inverter is in a first region, the control unit reduces a control gain used to calculate the feedforward control amount, as compared to when the output frequency is in a second region having a frequency lower than that of the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Akinobu ANDO, Yasuhiko HOSOKAWA, Ryota OKUYAMA
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Publication number: 20150365020Abstract: A thyristor starting device includes: a converter which converts AC power supplied from an AC power source into DC power; a DC reactor which smooths a DC current; an inverter which converts the DC power provided from the converter into AC power, and supplies the AC power to a synchronous machine; a gate pulse generation circuit which generates a gate pulse to be provided to thyristors of the converter and the inverter; a control unit which sets a phase control angle of the gate pulse to be provided to the thyristors of the converter, by controlling a current of the converter such that the DC current flowing into the DC reactor matches a current command value; and an abnormality detection unit which compares a detection value of the DC current with the current command value, and determines an abnormality in the gate pulse based on a comparison result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Akinobu ANDO, Yasuhiko HOSOKAWA, Ryota OKUYAMA
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Publication number: 20150236622Abstract: This thyristor starter includes a control angle operation portion including a function or a table showing relation between a rotation speed of a synchronous machine and a phase control angle of an inverter and finding a phase control angle having a value in accordance with the rotation speed of the synchronous machine found by a speed operation portion. The phase control angle varies from a minimum value to a maximum value in accordance with the rotation speed of the synchronous machine, and a rate of increase in phase control angle relative to the rotation speed of the synchronous machine is varied in a plurality of steps in accordance with the rotation speed of the synchronous machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa, Yasuaki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9048770Abstract: In a synchronous machine starting device, a timing detection unit outputs a first position signal indicating a timing at which a value of an armature voltage passes a prescribed reference level. A feedback operation unit calculates an error of an estimated phase based on the estimated phase, an estimated rotational speed of a rotor, an armature voltage, and an armature current, updates the estimated phase and the estimated rotational speed based on the calculated phase error, and outputs a second position signal indicating the updated estimated phase. A frequency detection unit detects a current rotational speed of the rotor based on the first position signal, as an initial value of the estimated rotational speed. A selector circuit selects the first position signal and the second position signal in this order, and outputs a selected position signal to the power conversion control unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinzo Tamai, Hisanori Taguchi, Yasuhiko Hosokawa, Akinobu Ando
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Publication number: 20150137722Abstract: In a thyristor control device which converts a first AC voltage to a DC voltage and converts the DC voltage to a second AC voltage to be supplied to a synchronous motor, a DC voltage detector is configured to detect the DC voltage, and is provided with an AC voltage detector configured to detect the second AC voltage and an arithmetic circuit configured to determine the DC voltage on the basis of the second AC voltage detected by the AC voltage detector. As a result, there is no need to separately provide a DV voltage detector, which makes it possible to make the device compact in size and cheap in price.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20150130379Abstract: In the ground fault detecting circuit, one terminals of first to third resistance elements are connected to first to third AC lines, respectively, the other terminals of the first to third resistance elements are commonly connected to one terminal of a fourth resistance element, and the other terminal of the fourth resistance element is connected to a line of a ground voltage. On the basis of a voltage across the terminals of the fourth resistance element, the ground fault detecting circuit detects whether a ground fault has occurred or not. Since a current does not flow through the fourth resistance element in the normal state and flows through the fourth resistance element after the occurrence of a ground fault, it is possible to detect the occurrence of the ground fault at a high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Akinobu Ando, Hiroyuki Ogino, Yasuaki Matsumoto, Shigeyuki Nakabayashi, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Patent number: 8872466Abstract: A synchronous-machine starting device includes an electric power conversion unit for converting supplied electric power into AC power for supply to the armature of the synchronous machine, a rotor position detection unit for detecting a position of the rotor of the synchronous machine based on an AC voltage in the armature of the synchronous machine detected by an AC voltage detection unit, an electric power conversion control unit for controlling the electric power conversion unit based on the position of the rotor detected by the rotor position detection unit, and an abnormality detection unit detecting a rotation abnormality of the synchronous machine based on the AC voltage detected by the AC voltage detection unit after supply of the field current to the rotor of the synchronous machine is started.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems CorporationInventors: Shinzo Tamai, Hisanori Taguchi, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Patent number: 8531144Abstract: A synchronous-machine starting device includes an induction voltage operating unit calculating an induction voltage induced to an armature of a synchronous machine based on an estimated phase representing a position of a rotor, an estimated rotational speed of a rotor, an AC voltage signal, and an AC current signal, and outputting an induction voltage signal representing the calculated induction voltage, a selection unit selecting and outputting one of the induction voltage signal received from the induction voltage operating unit and the AC voltage signal received from the AC voltage detection unit, and a feedback operating unit outputting a speed signal representing the calculated estimated rotational speed based on calculated phase error to the induction voltage operating unit, and outputting a position signal representing the calculated estimated phase to the electric power conversion control unit and the induction voltage operating unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems CorporationInventors: Shinzo Tamai, Yosuke Fujii, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Patent number: 8519656Abstract: A synchronous machine starting device in which AC power is supplied to an armature of a synchronous machine, the supplied AC voltage is detected to determine a rotor position of the synchronous machine, and the supplied power is controlled based on the detected rotor position. To detect rotor position, a first position signal indicating a timing at which a level of AC voltage supplied to the armature of the synchronous machine reaches a prescribed value is output. An error of an estimated phase is calculated based on the estimated phase indicating the rotor position and the detected AC voltage, and the estimated phase is calculated based on the calculated error to produce a second position signal indicating the calculated estimated phase. A selected of first and second position signals is output to indicate the rotor position of the synchronous machine for control of AC power supplied to the armature.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems CorporationInventors: Shinzo Tamai, Yosuke Fujii, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20130193884Abstract: In a synchronous machine starting device, a timing detection unit outputs a first position signal indicating a timing at which a value of an armature voltage passes a prescribed reference level. A feedback operation unit calculates an error of an estimated phase based on the estimated phase, an estimated rotational speed of a rotor, an armature voltage, and an armature current, updates the estimated phase and the estimated rotational speed based on the calculated phase error, and outputs a second position signal indicating the updated estimated phase. A frequency detection unit detects a current rotational speed of the rotor based on the first position signal, as an initial value of the estimated rotational speed. A selector circuit selects the first position signal and the second position signal in this order, and outputs a selected position signal to the power conversion control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinzo Tamai, Hisanori Taguchi, Yasuhiko Hosokawa, Akinobu Ando
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Patent number: 8362730Abstract: In a synchronous machine starting device, an AC voltage detection unit detects AC voltage supplied to an armature of a synchronous machine through an electric power line from a power conversion unit. The AC voltage detection unit has a first output end and a second output end isolated from the electric power line, transforms AC voltage supplied through the electric power line at a first ratio to output the transformed voltage from the first output end, and transforms AC voltage supplied through the electric power line at a second ratio and then limits the transformed voltage to a prescribed positive voltage value or lower and a prescribed negative voltage value or higher for output from the second output end. Then, a detected voltage selection unit selects one of the voltage received from the first output end and the voltage received from the second output end, and outputs the selected one to a rotor position detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems CorporationInventors: Shinzo Tamai, Yosuke Fujii, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20120161688Abstract: A synchronous-machine starting device includes an electric power conversion unit for converting supplied electric power into AC power for supply to the armature of the synchronous machine, a rotor position detection unit for detecting a position of the rotor of the synchronous machine based on an AC voltage in the armature of the synchronous machine detected by an AC voltage detection unit, an electric power conversion control unit for controlling the electric power conversion unit based on the position of the rotor detected by the rotor position detection unit, and an abnormality detection unit detecting a rotation abnormality of the synchronous machine based on the AC voltage detected by the AC voltage detection unit after supply of the field current to the rotor of the synchronous machine is started.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYS. CORP.Inventors: Shinzo Tamai, Hisanori Taguchi, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20110298406Abstract: In a synchronous machine starting device, an AC voltage detection unit detects AC voltage supplied to an armature of a synchronous machine through an electric power line from a power conversion unit. The AC voltage detection unit has a first output end and a second output end isolated from the electric power line, transforms AC voltage supplied through the electric power line at a first ratio to output the transformed voltage from the first output end, and transforms AC voltage supplied through the electric power line at a second ratio and then limits the transformed voltage to a prescribed positive voltage value or lower and a prescribed negative voltage value or higher for output from the second output end. Then, a detected voltage selection unit selects one of the voltage received from the first output end and the voltage received from the second output end, and outputs the selected one to a rotor position detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYS. CORP.Inventors: Shinzo Tamai, Yosuke Fujii, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20110254491Abstract: A synchronous-machine starting device includes an induction voltage operating unit (61) calculating an induction voltage induced to an armature of a synchronous machine based on an estimated phase representing a position of a rotor, an estimated rotational speed of a rotor, an AC voltage signal, and an AC current signal, and outputting an induction voltage signal representing the calculated induction voltage, a selection unit (SEL) selecting and outputting one of the induction voltage signal received from the induction voltage operating unit (61) and the AC voltage signal received from the AC voltage detection unit, and a feedback operating unit (34) calculating an error of the estimated phase based on the induction voltage signal or the AC voltage signal received from the selection unit (SEL), calculating the estimated phase and estimated rotational speed based on the calculated phase error, outputting a speed signal representing the calculated estimated rotational speed to the induction voltage operating unType: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Sys. Corp.Inventors: Shinzo Tamai, Yosuke Fujii, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20110181220Abstract: A synchronous machine starting device includes a power conversion unit for converting supplied power into AC power and supplying the AC power to an armature of a synchronous machine, an AC voltage detection unit for detecting AC voltage supplied to the armature of the synchronous machine, a rotor position detection unit for detecting a rotor position of the synchronous machine, based on the detected AC voltage, and a power conversion control unit for controlling the power conversion portion, based on the detected rotor position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUS. SYS.CORP.Inventors: Shinzo Tamai, Yosuke Fujii, Akinobu Ando, Yasuhiko Hosokawa
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Patent number: 4059553Abstract: A coating composition for building materials which comprises 100 parts by weight of a quaternary ammonium silicate having a silica content, calculated as SiO.sub.2, of 5 to 70% by weight, 2 to 200 parts by weight of a metal oxide and/or hydroxide capable of converting silica sol to silica gel and water in an amount sufficient to plasticize said composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1976Date of Patent: November 22, 1977Assignees: Kikusui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nissan Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Tohyama, Minoru Ichigo, Takeshi Suzuki, Makoto Nakasu, Akinobu Ando, Akitoshi Yoshida, Masaharu Kosaka, Norihisa Hayasi, Shigeki Inoue