Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kamitani

Hiroyuki Kamitani 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: 10156239
    Abstract: The inverter-integrated electrical compressor is provided with an inverter-accommodating case (2) partitioned by a partitioning wall (3) and a low-pressure refrigerant channel inside a housing, an inverter device (1) being incorporated within the inverter-accommodating case (2); wherein the inverter device (1) is provided with a plurality of high-voltage electric components (5, 6) constituting a filter circuit, a plurality of semiconductor switching elements (7), and a control substrate (8) on which an inverter circuit and a control circuit are mounted; and the plurality of semiconductor switching elements (7) are installed in a fixed manner on the side surfaces (17) of a heat-radiating block (16) provided perpendicularly relative to the partitioning wall (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakagami, Koji Nakano, Keiji Nagasaka, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Makoto Hattori
  • Publication number: 20180358177
    Abstract: A capacitor unit is integrally provided with: a capacitor main body; a pair of bus bars that are connected to a pair of corresponding electrodes of the capacitor main body; and a casing that internally contains the capacitor main body and the bus bars and is made of resin. The bus bars are each provided with an input terminal on a first end side to which a connection terminal of a high-voltage cable for DC power is connected, while being each provided with an output terminal on a second end side to which an inverter substrate is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Hiroto HIGUCHI, Takayuki TAKASHIGE
  • Patent number: 10050577
    Abstract: Included are: a motor control device that has a switching element, that converts DC power supplied from a high-voltage power supply into three-phase AC power, and that supplies the three-phase AC power to a three-phase motor; a first control portion that controls the motor control device; an isolated-type CAN driver that is activated by using power supplied from a low-voltage power supply and that exchanges information with a vehicle ECU that is mounted in the vehicle and that is superordinate to a vehicle cooling-fan motor/inverter system; and an isolation portion that electrically isolates a low-voltage system to which power is supplied from the low-voltage power supply from a high-voltage system to which power is supplied from the high-voltage power supply. If a fault in the switching element is detected, the first control portion outputs fault information notifying that there is a fault in control of the three-phase motor to the vehicle ECU via the isolated-type CAN driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Nakano, Atsushi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kamitani
  • Publication number: 20180138810
    Abstract: A power conversion circuit board (1) is a circuit board on which a power conversion circuit configured to convert a direct current into an alternating current is mounted. A low-voltage circuit (10b) to which a low voltage is applied and a high-voltage circuit (10a) to which a high voltage is applied are separately disposed in different areas on the same circuit board surface. Furthermore, part of wiring of the high-voltage circuit (10a) is formed on the circuit board surface, and the other wiring is constituted by a bus bar provided at a predetermined distance from the circuit board surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Hiroto HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9960725
    Abstract: An electric compressor comprises: a boost converter configured to boost a voltage output from a direct current power supply; an inverter configured to convert the power boosted by the boost converter to an alternating current power; and a motor configured to rotate the electric compressor using the AC power output from the inverter. In the electric compressor, the boost converter and the inverter are provided on the same circuit board, housed in the same inverter case, and cooled by a coolant flowing into the electric compressor. The electric compressor is thereby obtained in which the device size can be prevented from increasing even when the boost converter configured to boost a low voltage from the DC power supply is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Nakano, Hideo Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kamitani
  • Patent number: 9929618
    Abstract: An inverter-integrated electric compressor for which an inverter device is integrally incorporated, with a main circuit board being housed while the four corners thereof are supported by boss parts at locations above high-voltage electrical components and semiconductor switching elements. The multiple high-voltage electrical components are arranged in parallel along one side of the main circuit board at one side of an inverter housing part, with one side of the main circuit board being supported from below by the upper surface of these components. The multiple semiconductor switching elements are arranged in parallel along the other side opposing the one side of the main circuit board, at the other side of the inverter housing part, with the other side of the main circuit board being supported from below by multiple lead terminals extending upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Masahiko Asai, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Koji Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180076733
    Abstract: A power conversion circuit board is a board on which a power conversion circuit which converts direct current to alternating current is mounted. A low voltage circuit to which a low voltage is applied and a high voltage circuit to which a high voltage is applied are separately disposed in different areas on the same board surface. Further, in the high voltage circuit, a part of a wiring is formed on the board surface, and another wiring includes a bus bar which is provided with a predetermined distance from the board surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Hiroto HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180069487
    Abstract: A power conversion circuit board (1) is a board on which a power conversion circuit which converts direct current to alternating current is mounted. A low voltage circuit (10b) to which a low voltage is applied and a high voltage circuit (10a) to which a high voltage is applied are separately disposed in different areas on the same board surface. Further, the high voltage circuit (10a) includes a bus bar in which a part of a wiring is formed on the board surface and another wiring is provided with a predetermined distance from the board surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Hiroto HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9735644
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which a DC power input system is simplified as a configuration for directly connecting a power source cable connector to a P-N terminal on a substrate, stress caused to the substrate can be reduced even in this case, and damage to the substrate and mounting components can be prevented. In the inverter-integrated electric compressor, a P-N terminal for inputting high-voltage DC power is provided on a main substrate of an inverter device, a power source cable can be connected by inserting a connector into the P-N terminal, the connector being provided to one end the terminal, an electrical component constituting the inverter device is placed on the opposite side of the P-N terminal to sandwich the main substrate therebetween, and the stress caused to the main substrate when the connector is inserted is borne by the electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Masahiko Asai, Hiroyuki Kamitani
  • Patent number: 9730311
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a motor, a scroll compression mechanism, a housing, a circuit unit, a circuit housing housing the circuit unit and integrated with the housing. The electric compressor includes a heat sink provided on a circuit unit side of a partition wall so as to project to be brought into contact with a semiconductor element of a power substrate, facing the partition wall that erects along a vertical direction to separate the inside of the housing from the circuit housing. The heat sink has a lower surface and an upper surface formed into a cylindrical shape so that width of an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the heat sink gradually decreases to reach a tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gento Ichikawa, Takayuki Hagita, Akinori Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Koji Nakano, Masayuki Ishikawa, Masanori Takahashi, Kenji Aoyagi, Masato Ito
  • Publication number: 20170187317
    Abstract: An electric compressor comprises: a boost converter configured to boost a voltage output from a direct current power supply; an inverter configured to convert the power boosted by the boost converter to an alternating current power; and a motor configured to rotate the electric compressor using the AC power output from the inverter. In the electric compressor, the boost converter and the inverter are provided on the same circuit board, housed in the same inverter case, and cooled by a coolant flowing into the electric compressor. The electric compressor is thereby obtained in which the device size can be prevented from increasing even when the boost converter configured to boost a low voltage from the DC power supply is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji NAKANO, Hideo NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki KAMITANI
  • Patent number: 9421847
    Abstract: A fault in a fan motor is detected on the vehicle side with simple wiring. Provided is a vehicle-cooling-fan control system including a fan control unit having a motor control unit that controls a three-phase motor for driving a cooling fan, a vehicle-side ECU that is provided superordinate to the fan control unit and that controls a vehicle, and an air-conditioning-system ECU that controls an air-conditioning apparatus of the vehicle, wherein the fan control unit, the vehicle-side ECU, and the air-conditioning-system ECU are connected so that information can be transferred therebetween via a vehicle network CAN, the fan control unit outputs fault information via a CAN driver in the case where a fault has been detected at a switching device, and the vehicle-side ECU exercises control via the vehicle network CAN to protect the fan control unit and the air-conditioning-system ECU in the case where the importance of the fault information is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Nakano, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9385643
    Abstract: An object is to perform discharge of a capacitor using a motor without rotating the motor even when connected to a position sensorless motor. The motor drive apparatus calculates a voltage pulse width at which a motor does not rotate or vibrate using a both-end voltage of a smoothing capacitor and an inductance estimation value of the motor, and applies a voltage with the voltage pulse width to the motor to calculate an inductance. Then, a rotor position is estimated using the inductances calculated for individual switching patterns. A motor current is caused to flow on the basis of the estimated rotor position to perform discharge of charge accumulated in the smoothing capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Naoki Nishikawa, Masahiko Asai, Hiroyuki Kamitani
  • Patent number: 9318935
    Abstract: A control circuit board (25) configuring an inverter (21) serves as a thermally-conductive substrate. One surface of the control circuit board (25) is installed in a heat transferable manner on a heat-dissipating planar part (31) disposed on a housing (2), while heat-producing electrical components (39) are disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other surface of the control circuit board (25). The control circuit board (25) includes a substrate body (41) constituted of an insulator, and heat-conducting through members (42) constituted of a good thermal conductor filled through in a thickness direction of the substrate body (41). One end of each of the heat-conducting through members (42) is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the heat-dissipating planar part (31), and the electrical component (39) is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakagami, Koji Nakano, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Takayuki Takashige
  • Publication number: 20160020664
    Abstract: An inverter-integrated electric compressor for which an inverter device is integrally incorporated, with a main circuit board being housed while the four corners thereof are supported by boss parts at locations above high-voltage electrical components and semiconductor switching elements. The multiple high-voltage electrical components are arranged in parallel along one side of the main circuit board at one side of an inverter housing part, with one side of the main circuit board being supported from below by the upper surface of these components. The multiple semiconductor switching elements are arranged in parallel along the other side opposing the one side of the main circuit board, at the other side of the inverter housing part, with the other side of the main circuit board being supported from below by multiple lead terminals extending upwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYS TEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Masahiko ASAI, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Koji NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20150360540
    Abstract: A fault in a fan motor is detected on the vehicle side with simple wiring. Provided is a vehicle-cooling-fan control system including a fan control unit having a motor control unit that controls a three-phase motor for driving a cooling fan, a vehicle-side ECU that is provided superordinate to the fan control unit and that controls a vehicle, and an air-conditioning-system ECU that controls an air-conditioning apparatus of the vehicle, wherein the fan control unit, the vehicle-side ECU, and the air-conditioning-system ECU are connected so that information can be transferred therebetween via a vehicle network CAN, the fan control unit outputs fault information via a CAN driver in the case where a fault has been detected at a switching device, and the vehicle-side ECU exercises control via the vehicle network CAN to protect the fan control unit and the air-conditioning-system ECU in the case where the importance of the fault information is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Automotive Thermal Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji NAKANO, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Atsushi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150365039
    Abstract: Included are: a motor control device that has a switching element, that converts DC power supplied from a high-voltage power supply into three-phase AC power, and that supplies the three-phase AC power to a three-phase motor; a first control portion that controls the motor control device; an isolated-type CAN driver that is activated by using power supplied from a low-voltage power supply and that exchanges information with a vehicle ECU that is mounted in the vehicle and that is superordinate to a vehicle cooling-fan motor/inverter system; and an isolation portion that electrically isolates a low-voltage system to which power is supplied from the low-voltage power supply from a high-voltage system to which power is supplied from the high-voltage power supply. If a fault in the switching element is detected, the first control portion outputs fault information notifying that there is a fault in control of the three-phase motor to the vehicle ECU via the isolated-type CAN driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji NAKANO, Atsushi SUZUKI, Hiroyuki KAMITANI
  • Publication number: 20150319839
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a motor, a scroll compression mechanism, a housing, a circuit unit, a circuit housing housing the circuit unit and integrated with the housing. The electric compressor includes a heat sink provided on a circuit unit side of a partition wall so as to project to be brought into contact with a semiconductor element of a power substrate, facing the partition wall that erects along a vertical direction to separate the inside of the housing from the circuit housing. The heat sink has a lower surface and an upper surface formed into a cylindrical shape so that width of an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the heat sink gradually decreases to reach a tip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gento ICHIKAWA, Takayuki HAGITA, Akinori YOSHIOKA, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Koji NAKANO, Masayuki ISHIKAWA, Masanori TAKAHASHI, Kenji AOYAGI, Masato ITO
  • Publication number: 20150295467
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which a DC power input system is simplified as a configuration for directly connecting a power source cable connector to a P-N terminal on a substrate, stress caused to the substrate can be reduced even in this case, and damage to the substrate and mounting components can be prevented. In the inverter-integrated electric compressor, a P-N terminal for inputting high-voltage DC power is provided on a main substrate of an inverter device, a power source cable can be connected by inserting a connector into the P-N terminal, the connector being provided to one end the terminal, an electrical component constituting the inverter device is placed on the opposite side of the P-N terminal to sandwich the main substrate therebetween, and the stress caused to the main substrate when the connector is inserted is borne by the electrical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Masahiko Asai, Hiroyuki Kamitani
  • Patent number: 9157425
    Abstract: Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which the layout of a wiring path connected to an IPM is optimized, the wiring path is simplified, and the noise interference due to disturbance is suppressed, thereby improving the controllability. In an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which an inverter box is provided on the outer periphery of a housing accommodating a compressor and a motor, the inverter box integrally accommodating an inverter device, the inverter device includes an IPM constituting an inverter circuit, and UVW output terminals arranged on one side of the IPM are disposed, in the inverter box, so as to face a glass-sealed terminal that applies power from the inverter device to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Takayuki Takashige, Masayuki Ishikawa, Takeshi Hirano, Yuki Ichise