Patents by Inventor Isao Sonoda
Isao Sonoda 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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Publication number: 20090251030Abstract: An apparatus is provided for obtaining a compact and inexpensive motor for controller integrated electric power steering apparatus capable of reducing a component for connection and the number of man-hours of assembly, and an electric power steering apparatus. A driving substrate having a power element is arranged in the side of a speed reduction mechanism of the inside of a case of a controller and a control substrate for controlling driving of the driving substrate is arranged in the side of a motor of the inside of the case and a resolver and a lead frame comprising connection wiring are arranged between a motor shaft direction of the control substrate and the driving substrate and an input-output terminal of the resolver is electrically connected to the control substrate. It is placed substantially coaxially in order of a motor, the controller and a speed reduction mechanism in the motor shaft direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kengo FUJIMOTO, Yoshihito ASAO, Satoru AKUTSU, Isao SONODA, Kazuhisa TAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 7589481Abstract: In order to improve reliability, cost performance, and cooling property, a control device integrated dynamo-electric machine mounted to a dynamo-electric machine includes an inverter bridge configured with a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, and a plurality of heat sinks provided for respective arms of the inverter bridge and having the semiconductor switching elements of the corresponding arms mounted thereon for cooling the mounted semiconductor switching elements, wherein the semiconductor switching element includes a plurality of semiconductor switching devices arranged in parallel, and the plurality of semiconductor switching devices arranged in parallel are mounted on the common heat sinks.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Isao Sonoda, Yoshihito Asao
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Patent number: 7511965Abstract: In a circuit board device having an electronic component mounted on an electrode land on a board by reflow soldering, voids that adversely affect the solder joint in various ways are prevented from forming. The electrode land corresponding to a component electrode for the electronic component is divided into a plurality of land regions by solder resist having a prescribed width. The component electrode is laid above the solder resist so as to form a clearance communicating with the outside of the component electrode, so that gas generated by vaporization of a flux component contained in the solder during reflow-heating is passed through the clearances and let out of the component electrode. In this way, voids in the solder part can more readily be prevented from forming without increasing the number of person hours as compared to the conventional method.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayasu Fujii, Isao Sonoda
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Patent number: 7417861Abstract: To provide a vehicular power converter with high reliability by effectively radiating heat generated in a power circuit section and control circuit section without using a cooling fan. The vehicular power converter includes a power circuit section provided with a switching element; a control circuit section for controlling the switching element; and a housing for accommodating the power circuit section and the control circuit section, wherein a first heat conducting layer intervenes between a base plate having a first heat exchange section for cooling the power circuit section and the power circuit section; a second heat conducting layer intervenes between a cover having a second heat exchange section for cooling the control circuit section and the control circuit section; and the first heat exchange section and the second heat exchange section are disposed on one main surface side and on the other main surface side of an outer circumferential surface part of the housing, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Kikuchi, Isao Sonoda, Yoshihito Asao, Shigetoshi Ippoushi
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Patent number: 7358699Abstract: The invention is intended to obtain a rotating electric machine with a built-in control device in which the control device is kept from receiving heat from a main body of the rotating electric machine and the control device can be cooled in a desirable fashion. A heat sink (13) on which switching devices (12) of a control device (400) are mounted is attached to a rear bracket (6) by means of conductive studs (300) with a particular spacing provided in a left-to-right direction of FIG. 2. The heat sink (13) is cooled by a flow of cooling air induced by an unillustrated fan. Since the control device (400) is attached to the rear bracket (6) of which temperature increases with the spacing provided therefrom, it is possible to suppress heat transfer from the rear bracket (6) and effectively cool the control device (400) through the heat sink (13).Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Kikuchi, Isao Sonoda
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Patent number: 7274569Abstract: A power conversion device is downsized by integrally constructing a power conversion module and a control circuit board. The power conversion device includes a power conversion module 11, a control circuit board 21, and a heat sink 12. A case is divided into a module case 13 and a control circuit case 23. In a power conversion module section 10, the power conversion module 11 is thermally coupled to the heat sink 12 and contained in the module case 13 with a radiator fin 12a exposed to outside, one side of the case 13 being open. In a control circuit section 20, the control circuit board 21 is contained in the control circuit case 23, one side of the case 23 being open. Opening sides of the module section 10 and the circuit section 20 are opposite each other, and between which a heat insulating partition wall 30 is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Isao Sonoda
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Publication number: 20070188119Abstract: In order to improve reliability, cost performance, and cooling property, a control device integrated dynamo-electric machine mounted to a dynamo-electric machine includes an inverter bridge configured with a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, and a plurality of heat sinks provided for respective arms of the inverter bridge and having the semiconductor switching elements of the corresponding arms mounted thereon for cooling the mounted semiconductor switching elements, wherein the semiconductor switching element includes a plurality of semiconductor switching devices arranged in parallel, and the plurality of semiconductor switching devices arranged in parallel are mounted on the common heat sinks.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Sonoda, Yoshihito Asao
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Publication number: 20070103101Abstract: The invention is intended to obtain a rotating electric machine with a built-in control device in which the control device is kept from receiving heat from a main body of the rotating electric machine and the control device can be cooled in a desirable fashion. A heat sink (13) on which switching devices (12) of a control device (400) are mounted is attached to a rear bracket (6) by means of conductive studs (300) with a particular spacing provided in a left-to-right direction of FIG. 2. The heat sink (13) is cooled by a flow of cooling air induced by an unillustrated fan. Since the control device (400) is attached to the rear bracket (6) of which temperature increases with the spacing provided therefrom, it is possible to suppress heat transfer from the rear bracket (6) and effectively cool the control device (400) through the heat sink (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2005Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Masao Kikuchi, Isao Sonoda
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Publication number: 20060237224Abstract: In a circuit board device having an electronic component mounted on an electrode land on a board by reflow soldering, voids that adversely affect the solder joint in various ways are prevented from forming. The electrode land corresponding to a component electrode for the electronic component is divided into a plurality of land regions by solder resist having a prescribed width. The component electrode is laid above the solder resist so as to form a clearance communicating with the outside of the component electrode, so that gas generated by vaporization of a flux component contained in the solder during reflow-heating is passed through the clearances and let out of the component electrode. In this way, voids in the solder part can more readily be prevented from forming without increasing the number of person hours as compared to the conventional method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Takayasu Fujii, Isao Sonoda
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Publication number: 20060044762Abstract: To provide a vehicular power converter with high reliability by effectively radiating heat generated in a power circuit section and control circuit section without using a cooling fan. The vehicular power converter includes a power circuit section provided with a switching element; a control circuit section for controlling the switching element; and a housing for accommodating the power circuit section and the control circuit section, wherein a first heat conducting layer intervenes between a base plate having a first heat exchange section for cooling the power circuit section and the power circuit section; a second heat conducting layer intervenes between a cover having a second heat exchange section for cooling the control circuit section and the control circuit section; and the first heat exchange section and the second heat exchange section are disposed on one main surface side and on the other main surface side of an outer circumferential surface part of the housing, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Masao Kikuchi, Isao Sonoda, Yoshihito Asao, Shigetoshi Ippoushi
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Publication number: 20050259403Abstract: A power conversion device is downsized by integrally constructing a power conversion module and a control circuit board. The power conversion device includes a power conversion module 11, a control circuit board 21, and a heat sink 12. A case is divided into a module case 13 and a control circuit case 23. In a power conversion module section 10, the power conversion module 11 is thermally coupled to the heat sink 12 and contained in the module case 13 with a radiator fin 12a exposed to outside, one side of the case 13 being open. In a control circuit section 20, the control circuit board 21 is contained in the control circuit case 23, one side of the case 23 being open. Opening sides of the module section 10 and the circuit section 20 are opposite each other, and between which a heat insulating partition wall 30 is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventor: Isao Sonoda
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Patent number: 6181782Abstract: A device of the present invention is a personal digital assistance device for communicating with another device via a telephone line which includes: a connection section for connecting the personal digital assistance device to the telephone line; a communication section for dialing a telephone number of the other device for communication with the other device via the telephone line to which the personal digital assistance device is connected by the connection section, for transferring data between the devices, and for disconnecting the telephone line; a control section for controlling the communication section; a voltage detection section for detecting a voltage of the telephone line to which the personal digital assistance device is connected by the connection section; and a determination section for determining whether the voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or greater than a predetermined voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1999Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Isao Sonoda
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Patent number: 5159466Abstract: A facsimile apparatus capable of enhancing a communication speed with another facsimile apparatus through a transmission line in a network includes a facsimile modem unit for quantizing image data and coding the image data quantized so that the coded image data is output, and a data terminal unit for supplying a first indication signal and a second indication signal and transmitting the image data in response to the first indication signal so that the coded image data is transmitted in response to the second indication signal. The facsimile modem unit includes a unit for quantizing image data to be inputted, a unit for coding the image data quantized in the quantize unit, and a unit for sending either the data coded in the coding unit or coded data supplied from the data terminal unit to the data transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1991Date of Patent: October 27, 1992Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Isamu Haneda, Isao Sonoda