Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Toujinbara

Hirotaka Toujinbara 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: 10574058
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a power converter, a target command controller, a feedback controller, and a gain adjustor. The power converter is configured to convert first power supplied from a power generation source into second power. The target command controller is configured to increase or decrease a target command so as to cause the first power to follow maximum suppliable power of the power generation source. The feedback controller is configured to control the power converter by feedback control that is based on a deviation between the target command and at least one of a supplied voltage and a supplied current supplied from the power generation source to the power converter. The gain adjustor is configured to adjust a gain of the feedback control based on at least one of the supplied voltage, the supplied current, and the target command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Hirotaka Toujinbara, Takashi Kuboyama, Daishi Ueno
  • Patent number: 10256740
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a power converter, a voltage detector, a determiner, and a drive controller. The power converter is configured to convert DC power input from an electric generation apparatus into AC power. The voltage detector is configured to detect a DC voltage input into the power converter. The determiner is configured to determine an output power command or an output current command based on whether the output power command or the output current command has a first level that is correlated in advance with a second level of the DC voltage detected by the voltage detector. The drive controller is configured to control the power converter based on the output power command or the output current command determined by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Hirotaka Toujinbara, Yukari Takagi, Masaya Yoshitomi
  • Patent number: 9831798
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes power conversion circuitry that converts first power supplied from a power source into AC power corresponding to second power of a power system, and control circuitry that instructs, at a time that is determined based on a voltage across a capacitor disposed between the power system and the power conversion circuitry, the power conversion circuitry to start applying an AC voltage to the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Hirotaka Toujinbara
  • Publication number: 20170126142
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a power converter, a voltage detector, a determiner, and a drive controller. The power converter is configured to convert DC power input from an electric generation apparatus into AC power. The voltage detector is configured to detect a DC voltage input into the power converter. The determiner is configured to determine an output power command or an output current command based on whether the output power command or the output current command has a first level that is correlated in advance with a second level of the DC voltage detected by the voltage detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Hirotaka TOUJINBARA, Yukari Takagi, Masaya Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20170047743
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a power converter, a target command controller, a feedback controller, and a gain adjustor. The power converter is configured to convert first power supplied from a power generation source into second power. The target command controller is configured to increase or decrease a target command so as to cause the first power to follow maximum suppliable power of the power generation source. The feedback controller is configured to control the power converter by feedback control that is based on a deviation between the target command and at least one of a supplied voltage and a supplied current supplied from the power generation source to the power converter. The gain adjustor is configured to adjust a gain of the feedback control based on at least one of the supplied voltage, the supplied current, and the target command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Hirotaka TOUJINBARA, Takashi Kuboyama, Daishi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20160322899
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes power conversion circuitry that converts first power supplied from a power source into AC power corresponding to second power of a power system, and control circuitry that instructs, at a time that is determined based on a voltage across a capacitor disposed between the power system and the power conversion circuitry, the power conversion circuitry to start applying an AC voltage to the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventor: Hirotaka TOUJINBARA
  • Publication number: 20140319920
    Abstract: A grid interconnection apparatus includes a voltage conversion section including DC/DC converters to step up or down output voltages of DC power sources. The voltage conversion section combines DC power outputs from the DC/DC converters into combined DC power and output the DC power. A power conversion section converts the DC power output from the voltage conversion section into AC power, and outputs the AC power to a power grid. A current detector detects a current input into the power conversion section. A voltage detector detects a voltage input into the power conversion section. A controller controls the DC/DC converters to maximize the power outputs from the DC power sources based on the detected current and the detected voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takashi KUBOYAMA, Sadao ISHII, Hirotaka TOUJINBARA, Tadashi SADOHARA
  • Patent number: 7190134
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a torsional vibration suppressing apparatus further including an inertia control portion capable of suppressing a feeble vibration in a torsional vibration suppressing control portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Naotake Shibata, Keisuke Sonoda, Masao Ikeguchi, Hirotaka Toujinbara
  • Publication number: 20060061317
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a torsional vibration suppressing apparatus further including an inertia control portion capable of suppressing a feeble vibration in a torsional vibration suppressing control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Naotake Shibata, Keisuke Sonoda, Masao Ikeguchi, Hirotaka Toujinbara