Patents by Inventor Akira Satake

Akira Satake 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: 20170294864
    Abstract: A drive control apparatus for multiple-winding motor includes: a modulation rate phase command generation unit which calculates currents of first and second inverters for driving a multiple-winding three-phase motor and generates a modulation rate command and a phase command for equalizing the currents; a pulse number determination unit which determines the number of pulses per half cycle on the basis of a frequency command; a pattern table for storing switching patterns; and gate signal generators which control the first and second inverters, using an optimal switching pattern based on the number of pulses, wherein the modulation rate phase command generation unit performs control for equalizing currents of the first and second inverters, and the phase or frequency at which the control is performed is changed in accordance with any of the number of pulses, the modulation rate, the frequency command, and the switching pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiko TADA, Yuriko OKAMOTO, Akira SATAKE, Hiromitsu SUZUKI, Masahiko TSUKAKOSHI, Ritaka NAKAMURA, Masashi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170104431
    Abstract: A control device for an AC rotating machine includes: a current detection unit; a command generation unit for generating a voltage command, using a moment of inertia J; a speed estimation unit for calculating an estimated speed ?0 on the basis of the voltage command and detected current; an output torque computing unit for calculating output torque on the basis of the detected current; and an inertia moment computing unit for calculating the moment of inertia J. The output torque computing unit gives a delay characteristic corresponding to an estimation delay of the estimated speed ?0, to the output torque, and the inertia moment computing unit calculates the moment of inertia J on the basis of the estimated speed ?0 and the output torque having the delay characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke HACHIYA, Masato ITO, Hisanori YAMASAKI, Akira SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20160084546
    Abstract: A heat pump apparatus, including: a two-cylinder compressor including: an electric motor; two compression units to be driven by the electric motor, the two-cylinder compressor being structured to switch between two operation modes including single operation in which one of the compression units is brought into a non-compression state, and parallel operation in which both the compression units are brought into a compression state; an inverter drive control device supplying drive power to the electric motor of the two-cylinder compressor; an operation mode detecting-determining unit determining a current operation mode based on an electric signal acquired from the inverter drive control device; and a capacity control device determining a rotating frequency of the electric motor so that a temperature of a target object is brought close to a set value, to thereby control the inverter drive control device based on a result of determination of the operation mode detecting-determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuhide YOKOYAMA, Yosuke SHINOMOTO, Shogo MOROE, Akira SATAKE, Masashi FUJITSUKA, Takeshi MORI, Taro KATO, Hideaki MAEYAMA, Keiko TADA
  • Patent number: 8750009
    Abstract: A controller of a power converter including an inverter that includes plural semiconductor switching elements. The controller suppresses an error between a voltage command and an inverter output voltage and responds to a voltage command at a high speed. The controller includes a voltage command generator that generates a voltage command signal and a switching pattern calculator that calculates and outputs, based on the voltage command signal, a switching pattern of a synchronous PWM system in which an average value of an inverter output voltage matches the voltage command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akira Satake, Jun Sawaki
  • Patent number: 8537580
    Abstract: A controller that controls a switching element of an inverter using pulse width modulation is applied to a power converter including an inverter, to realize a stable change of a carrier frequency, current control responsiveness, and inverter loss suppression. The controller includes a carrier-frequency setting unit that sets a carrier frequency command used for pulse width modulation of an inverter corresponding to a current command and a current-command change rate. The carrier-frequency setting unit includes a carrier frequency map having mapped thereon information of a carrier frequency corresponding to a current command expressed in a vertical axis and a current-command change rate expressed in a lateral axis, and outputs information of a carrier frequency on the carrier frequency map corresponding to the input current command and the input current-command change rate to a switching pattern calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akira Satake, Jun Sawaki
  • Patent number: 8324768
    Abstract: A rotational angle detection device for a permanent magnet dynamo-electric machine, including: a stator (10); a rotor (20); and a conductive circuit that includes first conductors (1a1, 1a2) extending in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the rotor and being disposed in at least two places in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and second conductors (1b1, 1b2) for electrically interconnecting the first conductors. In this case, the first conductors are each disposed within a range of an electrical angle between ?45° and +45° in the circumferential direction with a magnetic pole center being set as a reference, and the conductive circuit is disposed in at least one place in the circumferential direction, and the rotational angle detection device further comprising a detection means for detecting a rotational angle of the rotor by measuring a value of a current flowing through the armature winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Nakano, Akira Satake, Kanji Shinkawa, Hiroyuki Akita, Sachiko Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20100277149
    Abstract: A controller that controls a switching element of an inverter using pulse width modulation is applied to a power converter including an inverter, to realize a stable change of a carrier frequency, current control responsiveness, and inverter loss suppression. The controller includes a carrier-frequency setting unit that sets a carrier frequency command used for pulse width modulation of an inverter corresponding to a current command and a current-command change rate. The carrier-frequency setting unit includes a carrier frequency map having mapped thereon information of a carrier frequency corresponding to a current command expressed in a vertical axis and a current-command change rate expressed in a lateral axis, and outputs information of a carrier frequency on the carrier frequency map corresponding to the input current command and the input current-command change rate to a switching pattern calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akira Satake, Jun Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20100271853
    Abstract: A controller of a power converter including an inverter that includes plural semiconductor switching elements. The controller suppresses an error between a voltage command and an inverter output voltage and responds to a voltage command at a high speed. The controller includes a voltage command generator that generates a voltage command signal and a switching pattern calculator that calculates and outputs, based on the voltage command signal, a switching pattern of a synchronous PWM system in which an average value of an inverter output voltage matches the voltage command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akira Satake, Jun Sawaki
  • Patent number: 7768803
    Abstract: A control circuit for a power converter includes a voltage command unit that generates a voltage command signal, a voltage command compensation unit that compensates the voltage command signal to generate a compensatory voltage command signal, and a switching pattern arithmetic unit that generates a switching signal for each of semiconductor switching elements of the power converter based on the compensatory voltage command signal and a carrier wave. The conversional fundamental frequency of the power converter is f and the carrier frequency of the carrier wave is fc. The voltage command compensation unit generates a compensation signal including at least one compensatory frequency component of fc?n×f (where n denotes successive positive and negative integers), and generates the compensatory voltage command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akira Satake, Jun Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20090184598
    Abstract: A rotational angle detection device for a permanent magnet dynamo-electric machine, including: a stator (10); a rotor (20); and a conductive circuit that includes first conductors (1a1, 1a2) extending in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the rotor and being disposed in at least two places in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and second conductors (1b1, 1b2) for electrically interconnecting the first conductors. In this case, the first conductors are each disposed within a range of an electrical angle between ?45° and +45° in the circumferential direction with a magnetic pole center being set as a reference, and the conductive circuit is disposed in at least one place in the circumferential direction, and the rotational angle detection device further comprising a detection means for detecting a rotational angle of the rotor by measuring a value of a current flowing through the armature winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatsugu NAKANO, Akira SATAKE, Kanji SHINKAWA, Hiroyuki AKITA, Sachiko KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 7554281
    Abstract: A synchronous machine control apparatus which can produce a torque level as close as possible to a desired torque command level while considering limitations on an output current of a power conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Atsuo Haishi
  • Publication number: 20090129132
    Abstract: A control circuit for a power converter includes a voltage command unit that generates a voltage command signal, a voltage command compensation unit that compensates the voltage command signal to generate a compensatory voltage command signal, and a switching pattern arithmetic unit that generates a switching signal for each of semiconductor switching elements of the power converter based on the compensatory voltage command signal and a carrier wave. The conversional fundamental frequency of the power converter is f and the carrier frequency of the carrier wave is fc. The voltage command compensation unit generates a compensation signal including at least one compensatory frequency component of fc?n×f (where n denotes successive positive and negative integers), and generates the compensatory voltage command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akira Satake, Jun Sawaki
  • Publication number: 20080191656
    Abstract: A synchronous machine control apparatus which can produce a torque level as close as possible to a desired torque command level while considering limitations on an output current of a power conversion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Atsuo Haishi
  • Publication number: 20070018605
    Abstract: An influence resulting from double saliency of an electric motor, i.e., an influence of a deviation of the axis of an alternating current due to a rotor magnetic pole position ? on the estimation of a magnetic pole position, is eliminated, and, in particular, the magnetic pole position of double saliency electric motor can be estimated with high precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Yoshihiko Kinpara, Toshiyuki Kaitani
  • Patent number: 7161324
    Abstract: An influence resulting from double saliency of an electric motor, i.e., an influence of a deviation of the axis of an alternating current due to a rotor magnetic pole position ? on the estimation of a magnetic pole position, is eliminated, and, in particular, the magnetic pole position of a double saliency electric motor can be estimated with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Yoshihiko Kinpara, Toshiyuki Kaitani
  • Patent number: 7145311
    Abstract: A vector control device of a winding field type synchronous machine with which even when voltage changes caused by resistance voltage falls and inductance fluctuations due to armature current occur the armature voltage is controlled exactly to a desired command value and a high power supply utilization percentage is maintained at all times. An absolute value of armature voltage is calculated from an armature voltage command value or an armature voltage detected value, and the armature voltage is controlled by a flux command being regulated so that this absolute value of armature voltage approaches a desired armature voltage command value. Also, the armature voltage command value is regulated so that the loss of the synchronous machine becomes minimal with reference to the armature current and the field current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Atsuo Haishi, Masaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6984959
    Abstract: A synchronous machine control device includes a flux command generator, a magnetic flux estimator, a divider, a flux controller and ?- and ?-axis armature current controllers. The flux command generator produces a flux command from the synchronous machine turning speed. The magnetic flux estimator calculates the magnitude and phase of armature flux linkage from armature currents and field current taking into consideration magnetic fluxes produced by permanent magnets. The divider produces an armature current command by dividing a torque command by the armature flux linkage. The flux controller determines a field current command based on an error of the magnitude of the armature flux linkage from the flux command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Atsuo Haishi, Masaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050212476
    Abstract: A vector control device of a winding field type synchronous machine with which even when voltage changes caused by resistance voltage falls and inductance fluctuations due to armature current occur the armature voltage is controlled exactly to a desired command value and a high power supply utilization percentage is maintained at all times. An absolute value of armature voltage is calculated from an armature voltage command value or an armature voltage detected value, and the armature voltage is controlled by a flux command being regulated so that this absolute value of armature voltage approaches a desired armature voltage command value. Also, the armature voltage command value is regulated so that the loss of the synchronous machine becomes minimal with reference to the armature current and the field current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Atsuo Haishi, Masaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050194924
    Abstract: A synchronous machine control device includes a flux command generator, a magnetic flux estimator, a divider, a flux controller and ?- and ?-axis armature current controllers. The flux command generator produces a flux command from the synchronous machine turning speed. The magnetic flux estimator calculates the magnitude and phase of armature flux linkage from armature currents and field current taking into consideration magnetic fluxes produced by permanent magnets. The divider produces an armature current command by dividing a torque command by the armature flux linkage. The flux controller determines a field current command based on an error of the magnitude of the armature flux linkage from the flux command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Atsuo Haishi, Masaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6731095
    Abstract: A controller for a multiplex winding motor. When a multiplex winding motor is driven and controlled by inverters and each winding includes a current control system, the controller compensates interference between the current control systems of windings. Voltage non-interacting arithmetic sections compute a voltage command value supplied to voltage applying sections, which are connected to a set of windings, not only by using an output value of a current control section for controlling current in one winding but also using an output value of a current control section for controlling current in another winding, so that voltage interference between the current control sections is compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Satake, Shigeki Mizuno, Hiroshi Araki