Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Takase
Hiroaki Takase 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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Patent number: 11465725Abstract: A marine propulsion unit of a marine vessel includes a casing provided to house the steering shaft and a controller configured or programmed to control driving of a propeller, the casing being rotatable by the steering shaft, a power supply wire to supply power to the stator, and a signal wire to transmit a drive signal to the controller. The power supply wire and the signal wire are located outside and along the casing so as to pass behind the steering shaft from a first side to a second side of the casing, the first and second sides being opposite to each other with respect to a forward-rearward direction in a plan view thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Takase
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Patent number: 11465720Abstract: A marine propulsion unit of a marine vessel includes a casing provided above a duct to house a steering shaft and a controller configured or programmed to control driving of a propeller, the casing being rotatable by the steering shaft, a power supply wire to supply power to a stator, and a signal wire to transmit a drive signal to the controller. The power supply wire and the signal wire are located outside and along the casing so as to pass in front of the steering shaft along a rotation direction of the steering shaft from a first side to a second side of the casing, the first and second sides being opposite to each other with respect to a forward-rearward direction in a plan view thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Takase
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Patent number: 11101756Abstract: A motor control unit that vector-controls a 3-phase brushless motor based on a d-axis voltage command value and a q-axis voltage command value via an inverter with feedback-controlling, comprises: a central processing unit which comprises: a dq-axes dead time compensating section to calculate dq-axes dead time compensation values of the inverter and perform a dead time compensation; and a dq-axes disturbance estimating observer to input a d-axis current command value, a q-axis current command value, a motor rotational number, a motor angular velocity, a d-axis feedback current, a q-axis feedback current, the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value and calculate a d-axis disturbance compensation value and a q-axis disturbance compensation value, which cannot be compensated by the dead time compensation, by respectively adding the d-axis disturbance compensation value and the q-axis disturbance compensation value to the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 11097772Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a vector control type motor control unit that compensates a dead time of an inverter without a tuning operation, improves a distortion of a current waveform and responsibility of the current control, and suppresses sound, vibration and a torque ripple.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20210197944Abstract: A marine propulsion unit of a marine vessel includes a casing provided to house the steering shaft and a controller configured or programmed to control driving of a propeller, the casing being rotatable by the steering shaft, a power supply wire to supply power to the stator, and a signal wire to transmit a drive signal to the controller. The power supply wire and the signal wire are located outside and along the casing so as to pass behind the steering shaft from a first side to a second side of the casing, the first and second sides being opposite to each other with respect to a forward-rearward direction in a plan view thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventor: Hiroaki TAKASE
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Publication number: 20210197940Abstract: A marine propulsion unit of a marine vessel includes a casing provided above a duct to house a steering shaft and a controller configured or programmed to control driving of a propeller, the casing being rotatable by the steering shaft, a power supply wire to supply power to a stator, and a signal wire to transmit a drive signal to the controller. The power supply wire and the signal wire are located outside and along the casing so as to pass in front of the steering shaft along a rotation direction of the steering shaft from a first side to a second side of the casing, the first and second sides being opposite to each other with respect to a forward-rearward direction in a plan view thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventor: Hiroaki TAKASE
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Patent number: 11001295Abstract: A motor control device for performing PWM control of an inverter for driving a three-phase brushless motor on the basis of a current command value, wherein the motor control device is provided with: a voltage command value computation unit for calculating a voltage command value using the current command value, and a motor rotation speed and a motor electric angle acquired for each control cycle from the three-phase brushless motor; an electric angle interpolation unit for estimating an interpolated electric angle from the motor electric angle at division intervals obtained by dividing the control cycle; a conversion unit for calculating a three-phase Duty command value from the voltage command value and the motor electric angle, and calculating a three-phase interpolated Duty command value from the voltage command value and the interpolated electric angle; and an output setting unit for switching between, and outputting, the three-phase Duty command value and the three-phase interpolated Duty command value sType: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Takayoshi Sugawara, Kouichi Nampei
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Patent number: 10873284Abstract: A vector-control type motor control unit that calculates dq-axes control assist command values, calculates dq-axes current command values from the dq-axes control assist command values, converts the dq-axes current command values into 3-phase duty command values, and drives and controls a 3-phase brushless motor by an inverter of a PWM control, wherein a dead time compensation of the inverter is performed by calculating 3-phase dead time reference compensation values based on a motor rotational angle which is phase-corrected by using the dq-axes current command values, calculating dead time compensation values by processing the 3-phase dead time reference compensation values by a gain and a sign, and adding the dead time compensation values to dq-axes voltage command values or 3-phase voltage command values.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20200395882Abstract: A vector-control type electric power steering apparatus that applies an assist torque to a steering mechanism of a vehicle, including: a temperature coefficient calculating section to calculate a temperature coefficient depending on a temperature of a control section including the inverter, wherein a dead time compensation of the inverter is performed by estimating compensation signs of 3-phase current model command values in which the dq-phase current command values are converted into a 3-phase current command value model, calculating a first dead time compensation amount based on an inverter applying voltage, calculating a second dead time compensation amount by multiplying the first dead time compensation amount by the temperature coefficient, and adding 2-phase dead time compensation values in which values multiplied the second dead time compensation amount by the compensation signs are converted into 2-phase values, to dq-phase voltage command values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKASE, Ryo MINAKI, Hideki SAWADA, Takayoshi SUGAWARA
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Publication number: 20200382032Abstract: A motor control unit that vector-controls a 3-phase brushless motor based on dq-axes current command values, converts 3-phase current detection values of the 3-phase brushless motor into dq-axes feedback currents, performs feedbacks of the dq-axes feedback currents to the dq-axes current command values, converts dq-axes deviation voltages of the feedbacks into 2-phase duty command values, converts the 2-phase duty command values into 3-phase duty command values, and vector-controls the 3-phase brushless motor via an inverter, comprising a dq-axes dead time compensating section to calculate dq-axes dead time compensation values of the inverter and perform a dead time compensation, and a dq-axes disturbance estimating observer to input the dq-axes current command values, a motor rotational number, the dq-axes feedback currents and the deviation voltage, and calculate and output dq-axes disturbance compensation values, wherein the motor control unit estimates a disturbance, which cannot be compensated by said deType: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Hiroaki TAKASE, Ryo MINAKI, Takayoshi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 10807635Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus of a vector control system that drives and controls a motor by an inverter and applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle, including the first compensation function to perform a dead time (DT) compensation based on respective phase motor terminal voltages and respective phase duty command values, the second compensation function to perform a DT compensation based on steering assist command values, the third compensation function to perform the DT compensation based on dq-axis current command values, and a temperature detecting section to detect temperature of ECU, wherein the correction of the DT compensation is performed based on the temperature, wherein switches of the compensation functions are performed by using a conditional branch due to software and a gradual-changing switch, wherein the dq-axis DT compensation values after the conditional branch and the gradual-changing switch are performed are calculated, and wherein the dq-axis voltage command valType: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20200255055Abstract: A motor control device for performing PWM control of an inverter for driving a three-phase brushless motor on the basis of a current command value, wherein the motor control device is provided with: a voltage command value computation unit for calculating a voltage command value using the current command value, and a motor rotation speed and a motor electric angle acquired for each control cycle from the three-phase brushless motor; an electric angle interpolation unit for estimating an interpolated electric angle from the motor electric angle at division intervals obtained by dividing the control cycle; a conversion unit for calculating a three-phase Duty command value from the voltage command value and the motor electric angle, and calculating a three-phase interpolated Duty command value from the voltage command value and the interpolated electric angle; and an output setting unit for switching between, and outputting, the three-phase Duty command value and the three-phase interpolated Duty command value sType: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKASE, Ryo MINAKI, Takayoshi SUGAWARA, Kouichi NAMPEI
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Patent number: 10696369Abstract: An outboard motor includes a swivel bracket, an outboard motor body, a steering arm, an electric steering actuator, and a harness. The outboard motor body and the steering arm are turnable around a steering shaft supported by the swivel bracket. The electric steering actuator includes a movable body connected to the steering arm and that moves rightwardly and leftwardly. The harness includes a first drawn portion connected to the movable body and extending around and toward the outboard motor body and in a right-left direction that crosses a center of the swivel bracket in the right-left direction at least in a state in which the movable body is in a neutral position in the right-left direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignees: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MARINE CANADA ACQUISITION INC.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Richard Tyler Redfern
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Publication number: 20200180682Abstract: A vector-control type motor control unit that calculates dq-axes control assist command values, calculates dq-axes current command values from the dq-axes control assist command values, converts the dq-axes current command values into 3-phase duty command values, and drives and controls a 3-phase brushless motor by an inverter of a PWM control, wherein a dead time compensation of the inverter is performed by calculating 3-phase dead time reference compensation values based on a motor rotational angle which is phase-corrected by using the dq-axes current command values, calculating dead time compensation values by processing the 3-phase dead time reference compensation values by a gain and a sign, and adding the dead time compensation values to dq-axes voltage command values or 3-phase voltage command values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKASE, Ryo MINAKI, Hideki SAWADA, Takayoshi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 10676127Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus of a vector control system that compensates a dead time of an inverter without tuning operation, improves a distortion of a current waveform and a responsibility of a current control, and suppresses a steering sound, a vibration and a ripple.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 10668941Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus compensates a dead time of an inverter without tuning operation, improves distortion of a current waveform and responsibility of a current control, and suppresses sound, vibration and ripple. The apparatus calculates dq-axes steering-assist command values based on at least a steering torque, calculates dq-axes current command values from the dq-axes steering-assist command values, converts the dq-axes current command values into 3-phase duty command values, driving-controls a 3-phase brushless motor by an inverter of a PWM control, and applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle. Dead time reference compensation values are calculated based on a motor rotational angle. Dead time compensation of the inverter adds dead time compensation values in which the dead time reference compensation values are processed by using a gain, a sign and the like, to dq-axes voltage command values or to 3-phase voltage command values.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20200130730Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a vector control type motor control unit that compensates a dead time of an inverter without a tuning operation, improves a distortion of a current waveform and responsibility of the current control, and suppresses sound, vibration and a torque ripple.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKASE, Ryo MINAKI, Hideki SAWADA, Takayoshi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 10597071Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus of vector control system that calculates steering assist command values of dq axes based on at least a steering torque, calculates dq-axes current command values from the steering assist command values, converts the dq-axes current command values into 3-phase duty command values, driving-controls a 3-phase brushless motor by an inverter of a PWM control, and applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle, wherein the electric power steering apparatus has plural dead time compensating functions of which efficiencies to respectively perform a dead time compensation of the inverter are different each other, and performs the dead time compensation by switching from one of the plural dead time compensating functions to an another dead time compensating function with a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Takase, Ryo Minaki, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 10549772Abstract: A vector control type electric power steering apparatus that compensates a dead time of an inverter, a motor back-EMF and an interference voltage by means of a mutual inductance between motor windings, improves a distortion of a current waveform and a responsibility of a current control, and suppresses a noisy sound, vibration and a ripple. The apparatus driving-controls a three-phase brushless motor which applies an assist torque to a steering mechanism of a vehicle by using a current command value calculated based on at least a steering torque, and vector-controls the three-phase brushless motor by using dq-axis command values that are converted from the current command value via an inverter, including: a 3-phase disturbance observer to compensate respective phase disturbance voltages, which include a dead time of the inverter, for 3-phase voltage command values.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Ryo Minaki, Hiroaki Takase, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 10530245Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus of a vector control system that compensates a dead time of an inverter, a motor back-EMF and an interference voltage due to a mutual inductance between motor windings, improves a distortion of a current waveform and a responsibility of a current control, and suppresses a noise, vibration and a ripple.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Ryo Minaki, Hiroaki Takase, Hideki Sawada, Takayoshi Sugawara