Patents by Inventor Hideki Sunaga

Hideki Sunaga 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: 10224261
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting structure includes a terminal of an electronic component package and a chip heat radiating member. The terminal is soldered on a land of an electronic substrate and the chip heat radiating member is soldered on a back surface of the electronic component package. The chip heat radiating member is covered by a packaging resin. A metallic heat radiating pattern integrally includes a pattern extension part that protrudes from the electronic component package, such that at least a part of the metallic heat radiating pattern is formed so as to be larger than the electronic component package. The pattern extension part is configured to guide excessive solder to an outside of the electronic component package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Yuuzou Shimamura, Norio Fujii, Yuuji Daimon
  • Patent number: 9943010
    Abstract: Air in a thermally insulated space, which has been expanded by heat resulting from heating treatment for curing a thermosetting potting material, is prevented from entering the potting material. A casing has a partition wall that partitions an opening into a heat-generating-electronic-component placement section, where a heat generating electronic component is placed, and an adjacent section that is adjacent to the heat-generating-electronic-component placement section, when a heat releasing member is fixed to the opening. The heat-generating-electronic-component placement section is filled with a thermosetting potting material for moisture prevention up to a height which allows at least the heat generating electronic component to be buried in the potting material. The adjacent section has in the casing a communicating portion that communicates with a position which is apart from the heat-generating-electronic-component placement section filled with the potting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuji Daimon, Norio Fujii, Hideki Sunaga, Haruo Suzuki, Yuuzou Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20170347491
    Abstract: Air in a thermally insulated space, which has been expanded by heat resulting from heating treatment for curing a thermosetting potting material, is prevented from entering the potting material. A casing has a partition wall that partitions an opening into a heat-generating-electronic-component placement section, where a heat generating electronic component is placed, and an adjacent section that is adjacent to the heat-generating-electronic-component placement section, when a heat releasing member is fixed to the opening. The heat-generating-electronic-component placement section is filled with a thermosetting potting material for moisture prevention up to a height which allows at least the heat generating electronic component to be buried in the potting material. The adjacent section has in the casing a communicating portion that communicates with a position which is apart from the heat-generating-electronic-component placement section filled with the potting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji DAIMON, Norio FUJII, Hideki SUNAGA, Haruo SUZUKI, Yuuzou SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170243801
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting structure includes a terminal of an electronic component package and a chip heat radiating member. The terminal is soldered on a land of an electronic substrate and the chip heat radiating member is soldered on a back surface of the package. The chip heat radiating member is covered by a packaging resin. The metallic heat radiating pattern integrally includes a pattern extension part that is protruded from the package, such that at least a part of the metallic heat radiating pattern in formed to be larger than the package. The pattern extension part guides excessive solder to outside of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki SUNAGA, Yuuzou SHIMAMURA, Norio FUJII, Yuuji DAIMON
  • Patent number: 9327580
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system includes a solar radiation amount detection element configured to detect the amount of solar radiation incident on an instrument panel, a temperature correction element configured to correct a detection signal value output from the solar radiation amount detection element according to a temperature on the instrument panel, a solar radiation sensor configured to output a detection signal in which a temperature is corrected by the temperature correction element, and an air conditioner configured to control air conditioning inside a vehicle based on the detection signal from the solar radiation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Masato Nomura, Masakazu Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20110271697
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system includes a solar radiation amount detection element configured to detect the amount of solar radiation incident on an instrument panel, a temperature correction element configured to correct a detection signal value output from the solar radiation amount detection element according to a temperature on the instrument panel, a solar radiation sensor configured to output a detection signal in which a temperature is corrected by the temperature correction element, and an air conditioner configured to control air conditioning inside a vehicle based on the detection signal from the solar radiation sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Masato Nomura, Masakazu Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7676312
    Abstract: An actuator controller includes an actuator body to be driven in a predetermined driven range, an actuator driving unit; and a controller body for controlling the driven position of the actuator body. The controller body includes an instructing signal outputting zone configured to outputting a position instructing signal for instructing the driven position of the actuator body according to a bid, excluding arbitrary two bits among the predetermined bit counts, an normal direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a normal direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a predetermined direction with the one of the arbitrary two bits, and a reverse direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a reverse direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction with the other arbitrary bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka, Shuji Hojo, Masaharu Tomiyama, Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090245324
    Abstract: A compound sensor which can improve the space for installing sensors and an operation for installing sensors by organizing various types of sensors, are provided. A compound sensor according to the present invention includes a light-shielding plate (3A) having one face onto which sunlight is irradiated and the other face located on a side opposite to the one face, which shields the sunlight from the one face side toward the other face side, a solar sensor (8A-8C) provided in the one face of the light-shielding plate (3A), and a temperature sensor provided in the other face side of the light-shielding plate (3A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Hirokazu Inoue, Yutaka Nakamura, Katsuyuki Urayama, Shuji Hojo
  • Publication number: 20080294290
    Abstract: An apparatus to control rotation of a driven member, includes a rotation member rotatably supported, a driving unit to rotate the rotation member, a potentiometer to detect an angular position of the rotation member in a detectable angle range thereof, and a control unit to control the driving unit to rotate the rotation member from a present angular position to a target angular position. The control unit controls the driving unit in a normal mode where the rotation member is rotated while confirming the present angular position of the rotation member when the rotation angle is less than 180 degrees, and controls the driving unit in a minimum mode where the rotation member is rotated from the present angular position to the target angular position via a non-detectable angle range of the potentiometer when the rotation angle is 180 degrees or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Masato Nomura, Hideki Sunaga
  • Patent number: 7369378
    Abstract: A surge protective circuit and a noise filter circuit are provided in a power-supplying line, the surge protective circuit is adapted for protecting a switching device from surge voltage generated during operation of an electric motor and the noise filter circuit is adapted for absorbing noise generated during operation of the switching device, each of the surge protective circuit and the noise filter circuit include a plurality of elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of the elements constructing the surge protective circuit is used as at least one of the plurality of the elements constructing the noise filter circuit in common with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7335031
    Abstract: An actuator includes a lower housing member, an upper housing member ached to the lower one, and a cover member. Inside the lower housing member are arranged a driving source, a power-transmitting mechanism configured for transmitting a driving powder of the driving source to a output shaft to which a member to be driven is to be attached, a connector having terminals projected therefrom. A partition plate is provided in the upper housing member and has an opening for exposing said terminals of the connector and adapted to define a partition chamber opened to outside. A circuit board is placed on the partition plate, and has connection terminals connected to the terminals of the connector with a solder on the partition plate. A control circuit is assembled into the circuit board for the driving source. The cover member covers the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawabata, Hideki Sunaga
  • Patent number: 7317304
    Abstract: An inductive load driving device includes two inductive loads (20A, 20B) connected to a power source (21), two switching elements (15A, 15B), which are connected in series to the two inductive loads, respectively, their on/off are controlled by a pulse width modulation signal, respectively, and a control device (30), which outputs the pulse width modulation signal to each of the two switching elements, and the pulse width modulation signal is configured such that a rising edge of one pulse of the pulse width modulation signal to be output to one switching element starts between an end point of a rising edge and a start point of a trailing edge of one pulse of the pulse width modulation signal to be output to the other switching element, and a time from a start point of a trailing edge to an end point of the trailing edge of the one pulse of the pulse modulation signal to be output to one switching element does not overlap with a time from the start point of the trailing edge to an end point of the trailing ed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka, Masaharu Tomiyama
  • Publication number: 20060238950
    Abstract: An inductive load driving device includes two inductive loads (20A, 20B) connected to a power source (21), two switching elements (15A, 15B), which are connected in series to the two inductive loads, respectively, their on/off are controlled by a pulse width modulation signal, respectively, and a control device (30), which outputs the pulse width modulation signal to each of the two switching elements, and the pulse width modulation signal is configured such that a rising edge of one pulse of the pulse width modulation signal to be output to one switching element starts between an end point of a rising edge and a start point of a trailing edge of one pulse of the pulse width modulation signal to be output to the other switching element, and a time from a start point of a trailing edge to an end point of the trailing edge of the one pulse of the pulse modulation signal to be output to one switching element does not overlap with a time from the start point of the trailing edge to an end point of the trailing ed
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka, Masaharu Tomiyama
  • Publication number: 20060235578
    Abstract: An actuator controller includes an actuator body to be driven in a predetermined driven range, an actuator driving unit; and a controller body for controlling the driven position of the actuator body. The controller body includes an instructing signal outputting zone configured to outputting a position instructing signal for instructing the driven position of the actuator body according to a bid, excluding arbitrary two bits among the predetermined bit counts, an normal direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a normal direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a predetermined direction with the one of the arbitrary two bits, and a reverse direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a reverse direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction with the other arbitrary bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka, Shuji Hojo, Masaharu Tomiyama, Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7079758
    Abstract: When a PWM signal generating unit (10) sets a duty D of a PWM signal based on command signals (10c), the PWM signal generating unit (10) sets a phase difference ? between each of the PWM signals based on a relation formula of ? (degree)=360 (degree)×D (%)/100 (%), and generates and outputs first PWM signals (10a) and second PWM signals (10b) in which the duty is D (%) and the phase difference is ? (degree). The first PWM signals (10a) and the second PWM signals (10b) are respectively supplied to a first load driving circuit (21) and a second load driving circuit (22) to operate a first motor fan (3) and a second motor fan (4) by a PWM control, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Futoshi Araki, Kaoru Tanaka, Eiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7061202
    Abstract: An automobile servomotor controller includes a master control unit having a master control circuit for transmitting a designation signal and a slave unit having a motor and a control circuit which controls driving of a motor by outputting an operation signal to a driving device depending upon said designation signal. The slave unit is constructed by a same feedback control unit having a non-feedback control unit for inhibiting the operation of the motor until a target is changed by an input of a new designation signal with a target reached state and a feedback control unit for driving the motor to reach a target state by detecting a present position value with a position detecting device, and a control inhibiting signal for inhibiting the feedback control is individually provided to the designation signal transmitted from the master control circuit to the non-feedback control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Futoshi Araki, Kaoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7023152
    Abstract: A driving control device for an actuator comprises a driving device to drive an actuator having an electric motor (30) and a driving control device (50) to control the rotation of the electric motor (30) by controlling the driving device. The driving control device includes an H bridge circuit constructed by four switching semiconductor elements (Tr1 to Tr4), and rotates the electric motor in normal and reverse directions by turning on and turning off the switching semiconductor elements (Tr1 to Tr4). The driving control device (50) conducts to activate and to stop the electric motor (30) by applying a PWM signal to the switching semiconductor elements (Tr3 and Tr4) constructing the lower arm of the H bridge circuit (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka, Futoshi Araki, Eiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7005821
    Abstract: In a servomotor controller, when a comparing circuit (70) detects that a position of an object to be controlled has been achieved to a target position, an operation inhibiting signal generating section (71) supplies an operation inhibiting signal (71a) to an operation permitting/inhibiting signal-processing section (66), and obtains an operation stopped state of an H bridge-driving processing section (67) for controlling driving of a motor. A LIN communication processing section (61) receives information to a self address supplied from a superordiante device, and outputs a forced operation (recovery) request (61R) in the received information. The operation state of the H bridge-driving processing section (67) is obtained through an operation permitting trigger signal generating section (65) and the operation permitting/inhibiting signal-processing section (66) through the H bridge-driving processing section (67).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Futoshi Araki, Kaoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050267659
    Abstract: A main controller (100) as a master apparatus and respective actuator units (MIX, MODE, F/R) as slave devices carry out serial data communication through a LIN bus (BUS), and when it is detected that a battery power source voltage is out of a predetermined voltage (for example, 7.3-18 volts) by battery power source monitoring means (130) of the main controller (100), transmission of communication data is stopped by communication permitting means (111).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Shuji Hojo, Kaoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050231880
    Abstract: A surge protective circuit and a noise filter circuit are provided in a power-supplying line, the surge protective circuit is adapted for protecting a switching device from surge voltage generated during operation of an electric motor and the noise filter circuit is adapted for absorbing noise generated during operation of the switching device, each of the surge protective circuit and the noise filter circuit include a plurality of elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of the elements constructing the surge protective circuit is used as at least one of the plurality of the elements constructing the noise filter circuit in common with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka