Patents by Inventor Ichirou Katou

Ichirou Katou 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: 9515577
    Abstract: There is provided a device including: an inverter 5 including switching elements 51-52 for outputting a U-phase voltage and switching elements 53-54 for outputting a W-phase voltage; midpoint capacitors 31-32; a midpoint stabilizer 2 configured to regulate a power storage amount of each of the midpoint capacitor 31 and the midpoint capacitor 32; and a controller 7 configured to control the switching elements 51-54 so as to supply a desired U-phase voltage and a desired W-phase voltage based on voltages between the U-phase voltage line and the neutral line and the voltage between the W-phase voltage line and the neutral line, and control the midpoint stabilizer 2 so as to adjust the midpoint potential in the O phase based on the condition of the midpoint potential in an O phase at a connecting point between the midpoint capacitor 31 and the midpoint capacitor 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kidera, Hideki Tamura, Ichirou Katou
  • Patent number: 9263897
    Abstract: A power supply control system includes power supply switch devices each including main relays, sub relays, and control units and a control line connected to sub control lines for controlling the sub relays. The control units control the sub relays of other power supply switch devices via the control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ichirou Katou
  • Publication number: 20150288296
    Abstract: There is provided a device including: an inverter 5 including switching elements 51 52 for outputting a U-phase voltage and switching elements 53 54 for outputting a W-phase voltage; midpoint capacitors 31 32; a midpoint stabilizer 2 configured to regulate a power storage amount of each of the midpoint capacitor 31 and the midpoint capacitor 32; and a controller 7 configured to control the switching elements 51, 54 so as to supply a desired U-phase voltage and a desired W-phase voltage based on voltages between the U-phase voltage line and the neutral line and the voltage between the W-phase voltage line and the neutral line, and control the midpoint stabilizer 2 so as to adjust the midpoint potential in the O phase based on the condition of the midpoint potential in an O phase at a connecting point between the midpoint capacitor 31 and the midpoint capacitor 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kazunori Kidera, Hideki Tamura, Ichirou Katou
  • Publication number: 20130264873
    Abstract: A power supply control system includes power supply switch devices each including main relays, sub relays, and control units and a control line connected to sub control lines for controlling the sub relays. The control units control the sub relays of other power supply switch devices via the control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Ichirou Katou