Patents by Inventor Akira Fujiwara

Akira Fujiwara 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: 12170496
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a power source device including a DC-output power conversion device having a first mode for outputting first voltage and a second mode for outputting second voltage higher than the first voltage; a power supply device; and a control device, and controls a motor. When a flying object takes off, the control device controls the power conversion device in the second mode. When the control device judges that flight information which is one or both of information of a motor parameter obtained along with control for the motor and information of an environmental factor relevant to the flight altitude satisfies a predetermined condition, or when the control device has received an operation mode signal for which the first mode is selected on the basis of the flight information during control for the motor, the control device controls the power conversion device in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Kenji Fujiwara, Hisatoshi Fukumoto, Tomoki Takegami, Tetsuya Kojima, Akihiko Iwata, Masahiro Sugahara, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Mari Nishiyama, Akira Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 12155277
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a rotary electric machine which has a rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction, a rotary electric machine case, and an electric power conversion device. The electric power conversion device is disposed on one side of the rotary electric machine in an orthogonal direction. A first coolant is stored in a rotary electric machine accommodating portion of the rotary electric machine case. The driving unit has a first connecting portion electrically connecting the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device and a second connecting portion electrically connecting a sensor provided to the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed between the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device in the orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Heisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Hoshinoya, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Norifumi Yasuda, Manabu Yazaki, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Akira Fujiwara, Hideaki Noto, Shunsuke Isogai, Yu Asakura
  • Patent number: 12128769
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle equipped with an electric motor as a driving source, the method including: setting a torque target value as a target value related to a driving torque of the electric vehicle based on vehicle information; calculating a basic feedback compensation value based on a parameter indicating a rotation state of the electric motor and a vehicle model of the electric vehicle; calculating a first feedback compensation value by multiplying the basic feedback compensation value by a first gain; calculating a second feedback compensation value by extracting a predetermined specific frequency component from the basic feedback compensation value and multiplying the specific frequency component by a second gain; calculating a torque command value by correcting the torque target value by the first feedback compensation value and the second feedback compensation value; and driving the electric motor based on the torque command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Takashi Nakajima, Kengo Fujiwara, Jun Motosugi, Katsunori Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240341328
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage with alleviated unpleasant taste derived from a functional component when drunk and with excellent quality stability and microorganism control. In the beverage, adjustment is made to satisfy conditions (a) to (c): (a) having a water activity of 0.94 or more; (b) containing a functional component; and (c) being filled in an aerosol type spraying container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya Osada, Akira Soguchi, Yasuko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20240334575
    Abstract: A light source including a light-emitting device including a substrate, and a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that are located on the substrate. The light source further includes a drive circuit to supply a current to drive the light-emitting device, a switch configured to switch between a first state of supplying a current to only the first light-emitting element and a second state of supplying a current to only the second light-emitting element, and a timing controller configured to control a timing of an operation of the switch. A light emission peak wavelength of the first light-emitting element is 430 nm or greater and less than 490 nm. A light emission peak wavelength of the second light-emitting element is 490 nm or greater and less than 570 nm. A forward voltage of the second light-emitting element is less than a forward voltage of the first light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime AKIMOTO, Naoto FUJIWARA, Takeshi MORIKAWA, Akira HORI
  • Publication number: 20240270086
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle equipped with an electric motor as a driving source, the method including: setting a torque target value as a target value related to a driving torque of the electric vehicle based on vehicle information; calculating a basic feedback compensation value based on a parameter indicating a rotation state of the electric motor and a vehicle model of the electric vehicle; calculating a first feedback compensation value by multiplying the basic feedback compensation value by a first gain; calculating a second feedback compensation value by extracting a predetermined specific frequency component from the basic feedback compensation value and multiplying the specific frequency component by a second gain; calculating a torque command value by correcting the torque target value by the first feedback compensation value and the second feedback compensation value; and driving the electric motor based on the torque command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Akira SAWADA, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Kengo FUJIWARA, Jun MOTOSUGI, Katsunori NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12051960
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine case includes a case body having a cylindrical shape surrounding a rotating electrical machine and a side wall portion provided on at least one end side of the case body in a rotation axis direction. The side wall portion is provided with a plurality of ribs extending in a radial direction when viewed from the rotation axis direction of a rotating electrical machine and the plurality of ribs include ribs having different circumferential widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishida, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Akira Fujiwara, Sachio Kawada, Hideaki Noto, Shunsuke Isogai
  • Publication number: 20240006941
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes: a rotor core; a shaft that is hollow and that supports the rotor; and an end plate that is disposed on an end of the rotor in a rotational axis direction, and that forms a passage through which a refrigerant flows, between the end plate and the rotor core, in which the end plate includes a plurality of ribs that come into contact with the shaft, the passage includes a refrigerant entry portion that is provided between the plurality of ribs, and a refrigerant exit portion that communicatively connects the refrigerant entry portion to an outer peripheral surface of the end plate, the shaft has a refrigerant supply hole communicatively connecting the refrigerant entry portion to internal of the shaft, and a circumferential length of the refrigerant entry portion along an innermost diameter is larger than a circumferential length of the refrigerant supply hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi JING, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Hiromitsu OKAMOTO, Akira FUJIWARA, Ryuta KINOSHITA, Hiroki NARUSHIMA, Keiichiro MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11502581
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor unit that includes: a rotary electrical machine that has a cylindrical stator, a rotor disposed coaxially with the stator, a shaft disposed coaxially with the rotor, and a cylindrical case that houses the stator and the rotor; and a drive unit that has a swell swelling toward the case and is fixed to a circumferential surface that is located in a radial direction of the rotor and is the case. The case has a recess that corresponds to the swell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Heisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Hoshinoya, Sachio Kawada, Akira Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20220263389
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a rotary electric machine which has a rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction, a rotary electric machine case, and an electric power conversion device. The electric power conversion device is disposed on one side of the rotary electric machine in an orthogonal direction. A first coolant is stored in a rotary electric machine accommodating portion of the rotary electric machine case. The driving unit has a first connecting portion electrically connecting the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device and a second connecting portion electrically connecting a sensor provided to the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed between the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device in the orthogonal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Heisuke KOBAYASHI, Takeshi HOSHINOYA, Keiichiro KASHIWABARA, Norifumi YASUDA, Manabu YAZAKI, Tomoyuki SUZUKI, Akira FUJIWARA, Hideaki NOTO, Shunsuke ISOGAI, Yu ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220247253
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine case includes a case body having a cylindrical shape surrounding a rotating electrical machine and a side wall portion provided on at least one end side of the case body in a rotation axis direction. The side wall portion is provided with a plurality of ribs extending in a radial direction when viewed from the rotation axis direction of a rotating electrical machine and the plurality of ribs include ribs having different circumferential widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NISHIDA, Keiichiro KASHIWABARA, Akira FUJIWARA, Sachio KAWADA, Hideaki NOTO, Shunsuke ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 11139653
    Abstract: A system power supply circuit receives an input voltage VIN, and supplies a power supply voltage to multiple load circuits including a microcomputer. Multiple power supply circuits support the multiple load circuits. An abnormality detection circuit generates an abnormality detection signal that is negated when the input voltage VIN is within, and asserted when it deviates from, the first voltage range, and outputs this signal to the microcomputer. The interface circuit can communicate with the microcomputer. The interface circuit receives a control signal generated by the microcomputer in response to abnormality detection signal assertion, and suspends power supply circuit operation of a channel indicated by the control signal. When the input voltage VIN deviates from a second voltage range defined to be wider than the first voltage range, an internal protection circuit suspends at least one power supply circuit of a predetermined channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fujiwara, Takashi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10837519
    Abstract: A bush chain includes a plurality of units. The plurality of units are coupled together in an endless shape and each include a pair of inner plates, a bush, a pair of outer plates, and a coupling pin. The pair of inner plates each include a pair of bush holes. The bush is fixed to the bush hole and includes a pin hole. The pair of outer plates are each disposed at the outside of the respective inner plate. The coupling pin is fixed to the outer plates, and is inserted through and rotatable in the pin hole of the bush. Abrasive particles are embedded in an inner peripheral face at the pin hole of the bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fujiwara, Takeo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200295629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor unit that includes: a rotary electrical machine that has a cylindrical stator, a rotor disposed coaxially with the stator, a shaft disposed coaxially with the rotor, and a cylindrical case that houses the stator and the rotor; and a drive unit that has a swell swelling toward the case and is fixed to a circumferential surface that is located in a radial direction of the rotor and is the case. The case has a recess that corresponds to the swell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Heisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Hoshinoya, Sachio Kawada, Akira Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20190109456
    Abstract: A system power supply circuit receives an input voltage VIN, and supplies a power supply voltage to multiple load circuits including a microcomputer. Multiple power supply circuits support the multiple load circuits. An abnormality detection circuit generates an abnormality detection signal that is negated when the input voltage VIN is within, and asserted when it deviates from, the first voltage range, and outputs this signal to the microcomputer. The interface circuit can communicate with the microcomputer. The interface circuit receives a control signal generated by the microcomputer in response to abnormality detection signal assertion, and suspends power supply circuit operation of a channel indicated by the control signal. When the input voltage VIN deviates from a second voltage range defined to be wider than the first voltage range, an internal protection circuit suspends at least one power supply circuit of a predetermined channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Akira FUJIWARA, Takashi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180367006
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel electric motor that allows improvement in the electrical insulation performance of the winding wire on the innermost peripheral side between adjacent teeth. A winding wire is wound in three layers around a tooth. The winding wire in a first winding layer is wound from a core back to a collar portion, and the winding wire in a second winding layer is wound from the collar portion to the core back. The start end of the winding wire in the first winding layer wound around a tooth is arranged on the core back side of the second winding layer. The terminal end and its vicinity of the winding wire in the first winding layer is arranged on the collar portion side of the first winding layer to leave a second winding layer start end arrangement space where the start end of the winding wire in the second winding layer is to be arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Akira FUJIWARA, Kenji NAKAYAMA, Shozo KAWASAKI, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Masahiro HOSOYA
  • Publication number: 20180216702
    Abstract: A bush chain includes a plurality of units. The plurality of units are coupled together in an endless shape and each include a pair of inner plates, a bush, a pair of outer plates, and a coupling pin. The pair of inner plates each include a pair of bush holes. The bush is fixed to the bush hole and includes a pin hole. The pair of outer plates are each disposed at the outside of the respective inner plate. The coupling pin is fixed to the outer plates, and is inserted through and rotatable in the pin hole of the bush. Abrasive particles are embedded in an inner peripheral face at the pin hole of the bush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira FUJIWARA, Takeo KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9982751
    Abstract: A silent chain includes a first link, a second link, and coupling pins. The first link is configured from one or more first link plates that include a pair of first pin holes. The second link is configured from one or more second link plates that include a pair of second pin holes. The coupling pins are inserted through the respective first pin holes of the first link plate and the respective second pin holes of the second link plate. The coupling pins alternately couple the first link and the second link together along a chain drive direction so as to enable the first link and the second link to flex. Abrasive particles are embedded in inner peripheral faces at the pin holes of the first link plate and the second link plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fujiwara, Takeo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9780961
    Abstract: A HEMS controller repeatedly transmits a predetermined signal to a control-target appliance at a set time interval in order to detect a change in a status of the control-target appliance. If the status changes, the HEMS controller notifies a smartphone of the changed status via a server apparatus. In a state where the time interval is set to a first time interval, when receiving a control instruction for controlling an operation of the control-target appliance from the smartphone via the server apparatus, the HEMS controller transmits the control instruction to the control-target appliance. In response to the transmission of the control instruction to the control-target appliance, the HEMS controller changes the time interval to a second time interval shorter than the first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Fujiwara, Masaya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9727067
    Abstract: A regulator circuit includes: a regulator part configured to generate a constant internal power supply voltage based on an external power supply voltage; a connection port configured to receive power from the regulator part and to be connected to a connection cable having a predetermined cable resistance, the connection cable is configured to electrically connect the connection port to an external device; a current detecting part configured to detect a power supply current when the connection cable is connected to the connection port; and a voltage compensation part configured to compensate a voltage corresponding to a voltage drop due to the cable resistance according to a current value detected by the current detecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fujiwara, Takashi Kimura