Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Shoji

Hiroyuki Shoji 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: 20240364229
    Abstract: An effective technique is applied to a rectifier circuit that performs synchronous rectification using a switching element. The rectifier circuit performs the synchronous rectification using a MOSFET, for example, as the switching element. By using the rectifier circuit, a capacitance of a capacitor for supplying power to a drive circuit can be reduced. As a result, downsizing and cost reduction of the rectifier circuit and the power supply using the rectifier circuit can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIWA, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Junichi SAKANO, Tomoyuki UTSUMI, Takahiro HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240364231
    Abstract: A first MOSFET, a second MOSFET, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit are provided; the second MOSFET is in a non-rectification period when the first MOSFET is in a rectification period; the first MOSFET is in a non-rectification period when the second MOSFET is in a rectification period; the first control circuit outputs a voltage generated on the basis of a first input voltage as a first output voltage between the gate and the source of the first MOSFET in at least a portion of a period in which a voltage between the drain and the source of the second MOSFET is inputted as the first input voltage and a negative voltage is applied between the drain and the source of the first MOSFET; the second control circuit outputs a voltage generated on the basis of a second input voltage as a second output voltage between the gate and the source of the second MOSFET in at least a portion of a period in which a voltage between the drain and the source of the first MOSFET is inputted as the second input v
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIWA, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Junichi SAKANO, Tomoyuki UTSUMI, Takahiro HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240047116
    Abstract: A printed board coil forms a coil with a plurality of turns, each formed by stacking a first layer having a first winding pattern and a second layer having a second winding pattern while having an insulation layer intervening therebetween. The first layers and the second layers are used for forming each of the coils. The coils are stacked having each of the insulation layers intervening between the coils by arranging the first layer and the second layer alternately in the stacking direction of the respective layers. The coils are connected in parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Koji ORIKAWA, Satoshi OGASAWARA, Naoki MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230232269
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing, under communication environment including a plurality of cells, degradation in communication quality and decrease in communication rate and communication capacity due to interference from the other cells. Each of the cells includes a plurality of antenna elements, and performs radio communication with a communication terminal device through the antenna elements. Each of the cells notifies the other cells of settings for measuring channel information on a channel for performing radio communication of its own cell. Each of the cells may notify a communication terminal device being served thereby of the settings for measuring the channel information of its own cell. Here, the communication terminal device measures the channel information based on the settings notified from each of the cells, and reports a result of the measured channel information to a corresponding one of the cells when the result satisfies a predetermined reporting condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHOJI, Toshiki TANAKA, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Kuniyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11152870
    Abstract: A power conversion device that suppresses voltage pulsation of a capacitor of a power converter with respect to a control target whose effective power is to be controlled is provided. The power conversion device includes a plurality of power conversion cells that are connected to each other, and convert a primary-side system voltage into a secondary-side system voltage, a capacitor that is connected to each of the plurality of power conversion cells, and a power conversion cell driver that drives the power conversion cells to add a 3N order higher-harmonic-wave voltage of each of alternating voltages of the plurality of power conversion cells to the each of alternating voltages, and output a voltage made by adding the each of alternating voltages and the 3N order higher-harmonic-wave voltage, when N is a natural number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimihisa Furukawa, Akihiko Kanouda, Yuuichi Mabuchi, Hiroyuki Shoji, Takae Shimada, Mitsuhiro Kadota, Mizuki Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20210160725
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing, under communication environment including a plurality of cells, degradation in communication quality and decrease in communication rate and communication capacity due to interference from the other cells. Each of the cells includes a plurality of antenna elements, and performs radio communication with a communication terminal device through the antenna elements. Each of the cells notifies the other cells of settings for measuring channel information on a channel for performing radio communication of its own cell. Each of the cells may notify a communication terminal device being served thereby of the settings for measuring the channel information of its own cell. Here, the communication terminal device measures the channel information based on the settings notified from each of the cells, and reports a result of the measured channel information to a corresponding one of the cells when the result satisfies a predetermined reporting condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHOJI, Toshiki TANAKA, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Kuniyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10952089
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing, under communication environment including a plurality of cells, degradation in communication quality and decrease in communication rate and communication capacity due to interference from the other cells. Each of the cells includes a plurality of antenna elements, and performs radio communication with a communication terminal device through the antenna elements. Each of the cells notifies the other cells of settings for measuring channel information on a channel for performing radio communication of its own cell. Each of the cells may notify a communication terminal device being served thereby of the settings for measuring the channel information of its own cell. Here, the communication terminal device measures the channel information based on the settings notified from each of the cells, and reports a result of the measured channel information to a corresponding one of the cells when the result satisfies a predetermined reporting condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shoji, Toshiki Tanaka, Mitsuru Mochizuki, Kuniyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210044212
    Abstract: A power conversion device that suppresses voltage pulsation of a capacitor of a power converter with respect to a control target whose effective power is to be controlled is provided. The power conversion device includes a plurality of power conversion cells that are connected to each other, and convert a primary-side system voltage into a secondary-side system voltage, a capacitor that is connected to each of the plurality of power conversion cells, and a power conversion cell driver that drives the power conversion cells to add a 3N order higher-harmonic-wave voltage of each of alternating voltages of the plurality of power conversion cells to the each of alternating voltages, and output a voltage made by adding the each of alternating voltages and the 3N order higher-harmonic-wave voltage, when N is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kimihisa FURUKAWA, Akihiko KANOUDA, Yuuichi MABUCHI, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Takae SHIMADA, Mitsuhiro KADOTA, Mizuki NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10541549
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a charging apparatus having high efficiency of charging a battery by inputting an alternating current voltage. A charging apparatus that charges a direct current battery includes a step-down converter unit to which a direct current voltage from a power supply is input and that converts the direct current voltage, and when a voltage of the direct current battery is between a predetermined first voltage smaller than a charge completion voltage of the direct current battery and the charge completion voltage, a variable voltage that increases from the first voltage to the charge completion voltage in accordance with charging of the direct current battery is input to the step-down converter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Sato, Takae Shimada, Takuya Ishigaki, Takayuki Ouchi, Hiroyuki Shoji, Naoya Takahashi, Eigo Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10461553
    Abstract: Provided is a power source device having a high efficiency. A power source device 1 includes an insulated AC-DC converter 2 which receives a voltage of an AC power source 10 and outputs a link voltage Vlink, a bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 which receives the link voltage Vlink to charge a main battery 5, an insulated DC-DC converter 4 which receives the link voltage Vlink to supply power to a load 7, an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the AC power source 10 to the main battery 5, and an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the main battery 5 to the load 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takae Shimada, Hiroyuki Shoji, Takayuki Oouchi, Fumihiro Sato, Kenji Kubo, Eigo Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10333398
    Abstract: There is a disadvantage that a loss generated in a charging apparatus becomes large. It is determined whether a link voltage Vo is equal to or higher than a predetermined value Va. If the link voltage Vo is less than the predetermined value Va, a control unit activates a DC-DC converter in a boosting operation. That is, by turning on/off the switching element, the voltage boosted from the storage battery is supplied to the link voltage Vo. The control unit determines whether the link voltage Vo is equal to or higher than the predetermined value Va. If the link voltage Vo is less than the predetermined value Va, the operation is continued. When the link voltage Vo rises due to the boosting operation of the DC-DC converter and becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined value Va, the boosting operation of the DC-DC converter is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Takahashi, Hiroyuki Shoji, Takae Shimada
  • Publication number: 20190150011
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing, under communication environment including a plurality of cells, degradation in communication quality and decrease in communication rate and communication capacity due to interference from the other cells. Each of the cells includes a plurality of antenna elements, and performs radio communication with a communication terminal device through the antenna elements. Each of the cells notifies the other cells of settings for measuring channel information on a channel for performing radio communication of its own cell. Each of the cells may notify a communication terminal device being served thereby of the settings for measuring the channel information of its own cell. Here, the communication terminal device measures the channel information based on the settings notified from each of the cells, and reports a result of the measured channel information to a corresponding one of the cells when the result satisfies a predetermined reporting condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHOJI, Toshiki TANAKA, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Kuniyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180254653
    Abstract: Even when power source is not input from outside, a device is activated. In step S4, after receiving information indicating start of charging from an upper control unit, a charge control unit transmits a signal to turn ON a switch to a switch control circuit. Accordingly, the switch is turned ON, and an AC power source from a vehicle exterior part is input to a charging circuit. In step S5, the charge control unit turns ON a switch SW2 based on vehicle state information and charging state information obtained via communication CAN with the upper control unit of the vehicle and supplies power of the AC power source as a power input source of a power source circuit. In step S9, the charge control unit turns ON a switch SW3 and supplies power of a high voltage battery as the power input source of the power source circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki TANAKA, Hiroyuki SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20180241313
    Abstract: Provided is a DCDC converter integrated charger having a small occupation area of a storage space and capable of suppressing noise interference. Included are a first wall separating a first space, where a switching circuit section is disposed, and a second space where an input filter circuit section and an output filter circuit section are disposed, and a second wall separating a third space which faces the first wall through a second space and where a DCDC converter circuit section is disposed and the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro GOTO, Yoshiharu YAMASHITA, Hiroyuki SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20180241306
    Abstract: There is a disadvantage that a loss generated in a charging apparatus becomes large. It is determined whether a link voltage Vo is equal to or higher than a predetermined value Va. If the link voltage Vo is less than the predetermined value Va, a control unit activates a DC-DC converter in a boosting operation. That is, by turning on/off the switching element, the voltage boosted from the storage battery is supplied to the link voltage Vo. The control unit determines whether the link voltage Vo is equal to or higher than the predetermined value Va. If the link voltage Vo is less than the predetermined value Va, the operation is continued. When the link voltage Vo rises due to the boosting operation of the DC-DC converter and becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined value Va, the boosting operation of the DC-DC converter is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Naoya TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Takae SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20180166903
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a charging apparatus having high efficiency of charging a battery by inputting an alternating current voltage. A charging apparatus that charges a direct current battery includes a step-down converter unit to which a direct current voltage from a power supply is input and that converts the direct current voltage, and when a voltage of the direct current battery is between a predetermined first voltage smaller than a charge completion voltage of the direct current battery and the charge completion voltage, a variable voltage that increases from the first voltage to the charge completion voltage in accordance with charging of the direct current battery is input to the step-down converter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Fumihiro SATO, Takae SHIMADA, Takuya ISHIGAKI, Takayuki OUCHI, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Naoya TAKAHASHI, Eigo KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170117731
    Abstract: Provided is a power source device having a high efficiency. A power source device 1 includes an insulated AC-DC converter 2 which receives a voltage of an AC power source 10 and outputs a link voltage Vlink, a bidirectional DC-DC converter 3 which receives the link voltage Vlink to charge a main battery 5, an insulated DC-DC converter 4 which receives the link voltage Vlink to supply power to a load 7, an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the AC power source 10 to the main battery 5, and an operation mode in which the power is supplied from the main battery 5 to the load 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takae SHIMADA, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Takayuki OOUCHI, Fumihiro SATO, Kenji KUBO, Eigo KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9595841
    Abstract: In a DC-DC converter, a smoothing capacitor is connected between DC terminals of the switching circuit, and a smoothing capacitor and a voltage clamp circuit are connected between DC terminals of a switching circuit, the voltage clamp circuit including the switching device and the clamp capacitor. The smoothing capacitors are connected to the DC power sources) in parallel, respectively. The winding of the switching circuit is magnetically coupled to the winding of the switching circuit by the transformer. The DC-DC converter performs a discharging operation for discharging the clamp capacitor between at least one of the step-down operation and a step-up operation and a step-up operation performed thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takae Shimada, Hiroyuki Shoji, Kimiaki Taniguchi, Kuniyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150214847
    Abstract: In a DC-DC converter, a smoothing capacitor is connected between DC terminals of the switching circuit, and a smoothing capacitor and a voltage clamp circuit are connected between DC terminals of a switching circuit, the voltage clamp circuit including the switching device and the clamp capacitor. The smoothing capacitors are connected to the DC power sources) in parallel, respectively. The winding of the switching circuit is magnetically coupled to the winding of the switching circuit by the transformer. The DC-DC converter performs a discharging operation for discharging the clamp capacitor between at least one of the step-down operation and a step-up operation and a step-up operation performed thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Takae SHIMADA, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Kimiaki TANIGUCHI, Kuniyoshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9025345
    Abstract: A high-efficiency power supply apparatus is provided in light of the reduction of the switching loss. The power supply apparatus connected between the AC power supply and the DC load converts the AC power supplied from the AC power supply to the DC power and supplies it to the DC load. The power supply apparatus comprises the first switching circuit for outputting the switched positive and negative voltages to the primary winding of the transformer, a second switching circuit for supplying the DC power induced in the secondary winding of the transformer and switched to the DC load connected to the second AC terminals, a resonance inductor serial-connected to the primary winding, and a control unit for controlling the switching operations performed by the first and second switching circuits. The control unit substantially short-circuits the second AC terminals by controlling the switching operations performed by the second switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takae Shimada, Kimiaki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Shoji