Patents by Inventor Kazunori Oshima

Kazunori Oshima 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: 20190305612
    Abstract: A wireless power reception device detects a power receiving coil position relative to a power transmitting coil while curbing an increase in power loss. The wireless power reception device includes: a power receiving coil magnetically coupled to the power transmitting coil; a first rectification and smoothing circuit rectifying an AC voltage supplied from the power receiving coil and outputs the rectified AC voltage to a load; first and second capacitors respectively connected to first and second transmission lines; a first resistor having one terminal connected to the first capacitor and the other terminal is supplied with a predetermined reference potential; a second resistor having one terminal connected to the second capacitor and the other terminal is supplied with the reference potential; and a position detecting circuit detecting the power receiving coil position relative to the power transmitting coil on the basis of first and second junction point potentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori OSHIMA, Ryo MIYAZAWA, Kenji FURUKAWA, Shinya OFUJI
  • Patent number: 10312738
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device, wherein the power feeding device includes: a power feeding coil which receives an electric power to generate an AC magnetic field; an inverter for supplying an alternating-current power under a predetermined driving frequency to the power feeding coil; a current detection circuit for detecting a peak value of an alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil; and a controller for controlling the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil. The power receiving device includes: a power receiving coil for receiving electric power wirelessly via the AC magnetic field; a power receiving side resonance capacitor which configures a power receiving side LC resonance circuit together with the power receiving coil; and a rectifier for rectifying the electric power received by the power receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ii, Kazunori Oshima, Yasuhiro Ozawa, Ken Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10308516
    Abstract: Provided is a method for continuous production of zeolite in which a starting material is continuously supplied to a tubular reactor to produce an aluminophosphate zeolite that contains, in the framework structure, at least aluminum atoms and phosphorus atoms or an aluminosilicate zeolite having 5?SiO2/Al2O3?2000. The tubular reactor is heated using a heat medium; a ratio (volume)/(lateral surface area) of the volume (inner capacity) to the lateral surface area of the tubular reactor is 0.75 cm or smaller; and seed crystals are added to the starting material. Through using a small-diameter tubular reactor and heating with a heat medium, it becomes possible to heat sufficiently the entirety of a starting material (zeolite precursor gel) in a short time, and to allow reaction to proceed at a high rate. The occurrence of irregular pressure fluctuations during continuous production of the zeolite can be prevented by adding seed crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Tatsuya Okubo, Toru Wakihara, Zhendong Liu, Takahiko Takewaki, Kazunori Oshima, Daisuke Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20190013691
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless power receiving device that wirelessly receives power transmitted from a wireless power transmitting device. The wireless power receiving device comprises: a power receiving coil that receives an AC power through a magnetic field; a power-receiving-side capacitor that constitutes a resonance circuit together with the power receiving coil; a rectifying circuit that rectifies the AC power received by the power receiving coil by a plurality of bridge-connected semiconductor devices each having a rectifying function; and a short-circuit detection circuit that detects a short circuit in the rectifying circuit based on a first AC voltage which is a voltage between a one-side input line of the rectifying circuit and a stable potential and a second AC voltage which is a voltage between the other-side input line of the rectifying circuit and the stable potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori OSHIMA, Hisashi OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180375387
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a leakage detector provided in a device having a conversion circuit that converts a DC voltage and an AC voltage from one to the other and a grounded metal member. The leakage detector comprises: an average voltage detection circuit that detects the average voltage of voltages corresponding to a potential difference between a high-voltage-side terminal or a low-voltage-side terminal on the DC side of the conversion circuit and the metal member; and a leakage detection circuit that detects the presence/absence of a leakage based on the average voltage detected by the average voltage detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori OSHIMA, Masahide OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20170279310
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device, wherein the power feeding device includes: a power feeding coil which receives an electric power to generate an AC magnetic field; an inverter for supplying an alternating-current power under a predetermined driving frequency to the power feeding coil; a current detection circuit for detecting a peak value of an alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil; and a controller for controlling the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil. The power receiving device includes: a power receiving coil for receiving electric power wirelessly via the AC magnetic field; a power receiving side resonance capacitor which configures a power receiving side LC resonance circuit together with the power receiving coil; and a rectifier for rectifying the electric power received by the power receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro II, Kazunori OSHIMA, Yasuhiro OZAWA, Ken MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20160115039
    Abstract: Provided is a method for continuous production of zeolite in which a starting material is continuously supplied to a tubular reactor to produce an aluminophosphate zeolite that contains, in the framework structure, at least aluminum atoms and phosphorus atoms or an aluminosilicate zeolite having 5?SiO2/Al2O3?2000. The tubular reactor is heated using a heat medium; a ratio (volume)/(lateral surface area) of the volume (inner capacity) to the lateral surface area of the tubular reactor is 0.75 cm or smaller; and seed crystals are added to the starting material. Through using a small-diameter tubular reactor and heating with a heat medium, it becomes possible to heat sufficiently the entirety of a starting material (zeolite precursor gel) in a short time, and to allow reaction to proceed at a high rate. The occurrence of irregular pressure fluctuations during continuous production of the zeolite can be prevented by adding seed crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Tatsuya Okubo, Toru Wakihara, Zhendong Liu, Takahiko Takewaki, Kazunori Oshima, Daisuke Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20160082425
    Abstract: The object is to provide an exhaust gas reduction catalyst that exhibit high nitrogen oxide reduction performance, and to provide a simple and efficient method for producing the catalyst, in which the amount of the waste liquid is reduced, further, an object of the invention is to provide a zeolite-containing catalyst for reducing nitrogen oxides, which does not use an expensive noble metal or the like and which has high nitrogen oxide reduction performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUO, Takahiko TAKEWAKI, Daisuke NISHIOKA, Kazunori OSHIMA, Haijun CHEN, Hiroyuki KAKIUCHI
  • Patent number: 9131577
    Abstract: A light emitting element drive device with PWM dimming includes an LED module, a power conversion circuit that supplies electric power to the LED module, a dimming switch element that performs an open/close operation for a path in which a current flows in the LED module, and a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage value of a voltage that is output from the power conversion circuit. When the dimming switch element is turned ON, a control circuit performs feedback control so as to make a current value of the current close to a first target value. When the dimming switch element is turned OFF, the control circuit performs feedback control so as to make the voltage value close to a second target value. Wherein, the first target value is a predetermined value and the second target value is set based on the voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Oshima, Hironobu Masuoka, Yukiharu Miyaoka, Mitsuyuki Tsujisaka
  • Patent number: 9118251
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a control unit performing PFM control for a switching element, a voltage detection unit detecting an output voltage of a converter, and a signal generation circuit. The control unit calculates a first control command value based on the output voltage, calculates a new first control command value adjusting the output voltage to a target voltage, calculates a difference value therebetween, and outputs a voltage, which has a polarity corresponding to the difference value, for a first output period corresponding to the difference value. The signal generation circuit generates a pulse signal in which a frequency increases or decreases in accordance with a first command value voltage corresponding to a charged voltage at a storage element according to the new first control command value. The switching element is driven by the pulse signal that has a finer adjustment unit frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Matsuura, Kazunori Oshima, Hiroshige Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20150133287
    Abstract: An exhaust gas reduction catalyst that exhibits high nitrogen oxide reduction performance, and a simple and efficient method for producing the catalyst, in which the amount of the waste liquid is reduced, further, an object of the invention is to provide a zeolite-containing catalyst for reducing nitrogen oxides, which does not use an expensive noble metal or the like and which has high nitrogen oxide reduction performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUO, Takahiko Takewaki, Daisuke Nishioka, Kazunori Oshima, Haijun Chen, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi
  • Patent number: 8786214
    Abstract: A light emitting element drive device includes an electric conduction switch that is provided along a power input line, a voltage detection unit that detects a power source voltage containing a noise component when the electric power is supplied to the power input line, a conversion processing unit that converts the detected power source voltage containing the noise component to a digital value, a data generation unit that generates data of a predetermined number of bits, and a control unit that turns on the electric conduction switch. The control unit determines a delay time based on the predetermined number of bits. The delay time corresponds to a time between supplying the electric power to the power input line and turning on the electric conduction switch. The control unit turns on the electric conduction switch after the delay time passes. Thus, an excessive rush current is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Oshima, Hironobu Masuoka, Mitsuyuki Tsujisaka, Yukiharu Miyaoka
  • Patent number: 8779692
    Abstract: A light emitting element drive device includes a light emitting unit that includes a light emitting element and that performs dimming based on a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a first switching element that is turned ON or OFF based on the PWM signal and that is connected in series to the light emitting unit, and a protection circuit that includes a charging circuit and a second switching element. The second switching element is turned ON when a first voltage obtained by a charging operation of the charging circuit is equal to or more than a first predetermined value. The charging circuit discharges electric charge through the first switching element when a second voltage between input and output terminals of the first switching element drops. The first switching element is turned OFF despite the existence of the PWM signal when the second switching element is turned ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Oshima, Hironobu Masuoka
  • Patent number: 8766546
    Abstract: An LED drive device whose power dissipation can be effectively reduced without halting current supply to an LED row as well as an LED illuminating device with the LED drive device incorporated therein. When an LED 21A making up an LED row 3A has developed a short-circuit fault, a voltage corresponding to a forward voltage which has been applied to the faulty LED 21A is impressed additionally to an FET 31A for electric power consumption thereof to increase to not less than a certain value. At this time, a power limiting circuit 6A varies a potential, being a reference value of a constant current circuit 7A, at a connecting point between voltage dividing resistors 46A, 47A and then continues to supply a certain level of a current IF1 to the LED row 3A so as to keep the remaining fault-free LEDs 22A to 26A lighting. Consequently, in the event of a short-circuit fault of the LED 21A, the adverse effect caused by discontinuing the current supply to the LED row 3A can be swept away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: TDK-Lambda Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunori Oshima
  • Patent number: 8686657
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a convertor and an arithmetic circuit. The convertor supplies electric power by performing an ON and OFF operation of a switching element. The arithmetic circuit calculates a control command value at predetermined intervals based on a digital value, which reflects an output voltage of the convertor, from a conversion circuit. Based on the control command value, a pulse signal generation circuit determines a duty ratio of a pulse signal to make the output voltage of the convertor stable. A driving signal with a finely adjusted duty ratio can be generated by an operation clock signal having a lower frequency than a conventional device. As a result, the number of output lines is appropriate if there is at least a single output line for the pulse signal from the pulse signal generation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Oshima, Hironobu Masuoka, Mitsuyuki Tsujisaka
  • Patent number: 8686656
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a converter and an arithmetic circuit. The arithmetic circuit calculates a present control command value at predetermined intervals based on a digital value, which reflects an output voltage of a converter, from a conversion circuit. The arithmetic circuit calculates the difference value between the present control command value and a previous control command value. Based on the difference value, it is determined whether a signal output circuit outputs a high-level signal toward a charge terminal or a low-level signal toward a discharge terminal. As a result, the number of output lines corresponds to at least the number of charge terminals and discharge terminals. The above features can be achieved with a simple circuit configuration by adding a discharge and charge circuit and without increasing the number of output lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Oshima, Hironobu Masuoka, Mitsuyuki Tsujisaka
  • Publication number: 20140036547
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a control unit performing PFM control for a switching element, a voltage detection unit detecting an output voltage of a converter, and a signal generation circuit. The control unit calculates a first control command value based on the output voltage, calculates a new first control command value adjusting the output voltage to a target voltage, calculates a difference value therebetween, and outputs a voltage, which has a polarity corresponding to the difference value, for a first output period corresponding to the difference value. The signal generation circuit generates a pulse signal in which a frequency increases or decreases in accordance with a first command value voltage corresponding to a charged voltage at a storage element according to the new first control command value. The switching element is driven by the pulse signal that has a finer adjustment unit frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ken MATSUURA, Kazunori OSHIMA, Hiroshige YANAGI
  • Publication number: 20140010722
    Abstract: To provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst which has high nitrogen oxide removal performance at both an exhaust gas temperature of 200° C. or lower and an exhaust gas temperature of 500° C. or higher and high durability to the repetitive adsorption and desorption of water vapor. A catalyst contains zeolite having a framework structure containing at least aluminum atoms, phosphorus atoms, and silicon atoms and metal supported on the zeolite. The integrated intensity area of a signal intensity of ?130 ppm to ?92.5 ppm is 41% or more of the integrated intensity area of a signal intensity of ?130 ppm to ?50 ppm in the case of measuring a solid-state 29Si-DD/MAS-NMR spectrum after water adsorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Daisuke Nishioka, Takahiko Takewaki, Haijun Chen, Kazunori Oshima
  • Patent number: 8604770
    Abstract: A load drive device capable of expanding a range of an output power by improving a linearity thereof when the output power varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: TDK-Lambda Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunori Oshima
  • Publication number: 20130281284
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a catalyst for nitrogen oxide removal having no degradation problem caused by adsorbed water when a temperature is raised sharply and exhibiting excellent nitrogen oxide removal performance and retentive characteristic thereof. [Solution] A catalyst for nitrogen oxide removal, containing a metal-loading zeolite, wherein the zeolite contains a silicon atom, an aluminum atom, and a phosphorus atom in a framework structure, and the amount of water adsorption of the catalyst at 25° C. and a relative vapor pressure of 0.5 is 0.05 to 0.2 (kg-water/kg-catalyst) or less. A method for manufacturing this catalyst for nitrogen oxide removal, the method including the steps of drying a mixed slurry containing a metal source, the zeolite, and metal oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 10 ?m and/or an inorganic binder and calcining the resulting dry powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Takahiko Takewaki, Kazunori Oshima, Haijun Chen, Daisuke Nishioka, Caio Tagusagawa