Patents by Inventor Keiji Harada

Keiji Harada 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: 11929701
    Abstract: The electronic apparatus including a DC motor that is driven based on a current supplied from a power source, and including: a detection circuit that detects an instantaneous interruption of the power source; an H bridge circuit having an upper arm circuit having two switching elements connected in parallel to the power source and a lower arm circuit having two switching elements connected in parallel to a ground, the upper arm circuit and the lower arm circuit being connected in series, and controlling a current to be supplied to the DC motor; and a switching control circuit that controls the switching element, and in a case where an instantaneous interruption of the power source is detected by the detection circuit, the switching control circuit sets the switching elements of the upper arm circuit to off and sets the switching elements of the lower arm circuit to on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Harada, Masayuki Hongo
  • Patent number: 11557521
    Abstract: Provided are a heat sink capable of suppressing overcooling of an electronic component which should not be overcooled and highly efficiently cooling only an electronic component which should be cooled, and a circuit device including the same. A heat sink includes a pipe and a cooling block. At least one projection is formed in the cooling block. The pipe is in contact with the projection. The pipe is arranged with a spacing from a portion of the cooling block other than the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Harada, Shuhei Mizutani, Yoshihiro Taniguchi, Masaki Takata
  • Publication number: 20210378084
    Abstract: Provided are a heat sink capable of suppressing overcooling of an electronic component which should not be overcooled and highly efficiently cooling only an electronic component which should be cooled, and a circuit device including the same. A heat sink includes a pipe and a cooling block. At least one projection is formed in the cooling block. The pipe is in contact with the projection. The pipe is arranged with a spacing from a portion of the cooling block other than the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji HARADA, Shuhei MIZUTANI, Yoshihiro TANIGUCHI, Masaki TAKATA
  • Patent number: 11129309
    Abstract: A cooling device to be provided is capable of being reduced in size, capable of cooling a heating component uniformly, having high radiating performance, and facilitating implementation of a work in a flat state. A first cooler body includes a first base plate and first blades. The first base plate has a first component mounting surface. A second cooler body includes a second base plate and second blades. The second base plate has a second component mounting surface. With the second cooler body maintained connected to the first cooler body, a rotary mechanism allows the second cooler body to rotate relative to the first cooler body between a state in which the first component mounting surface and the second component mounting surface are pointed to the same direction and a state in which the second blades get into gaps between the first blades without interfering with the first blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Tsunoda, Kazushi Ikurumi, Yuji Shirakata, Keiji Harada, Masanori Kageyama
  • Patent number: 11015820
    Abstract: An outdoor unit comprises a casing, a fan, a heat exchanger, an electrical component, a heat radiation member, and a duct. The casing is provided with an air outlet. The fan is disposed inside the casing and configured to blow air to the outside of the casing via the air outlet. The heat exchanger is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the fan. The electrical component is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the heat exchanger. The heat radiation member is connected to the electrical component inside the casing. The duct is configured to accommodate at least part of the heat radiation member inside the casing and extend in the vertical direction. An upper end of the duct is configured to protrude upward higher than a lower end of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Muramatsu, Keiji Harada, Shinji Murata, Shinsaku Kusube, Osamu Morimoto, Shigetoshi Ipposhi
  • Patent number: 10958197
    Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure has an object to perform PWM control of DC motors with a CPU and a motor drive circuit connected by a smaller number of serial interfaces, and provides a motor drive circuit comprising: energization control units to switch the directions of energization of motors by using switching elements to be driven by PWM signals; a reception unit to receive data indicating energization of the motor and the duty ratio of the PWM signal for each energization control unit from a computation apparatus by serial communication; a first signal generation unit to generate a motor control signal for controlling energization of the motor and the duty ratio based on the data for each energization control unit; and a second signal generation unit to generate the PWM signal having the duty ratio set according to the corresponding motor control signal for each energization control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Harada, Yuichi Naoi, Norio Sugiyama, Noboru Hada
  • Publication number: 20210059068
    Abstract: A cooling device to be provided is capable of being reduced in size, capable of cooling a heating component uniformly, having high radiating performance, and facilitating implementation of a work in a flat state. A first cooler body includes a first base plate and first blades. The first base plate has a first component mounting surface. A second cooler body includes a second base plate and second blades. The second base plate has a second component mounting surface. With the second cooler body maintained connected to the first cooler body, a rotary mechanism allows the second cooler body to rotate relative to the first cooler body between a state in which the first component mounting surface and the second component mounting surface are pointed to the same direction and a state in which the second blades get into gaps between the first blades without interfering with the first blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu TSUNODA, Kazushi IKURUMI, Yuji SHIRAKATA, Keiji HARADA, Masanori KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200221611
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a rectifier module configured to rectify an alternating current supplied from an alternating-current power supply; an inverter unit configured to convert a direct current rectified by the rectifier module into an alternating current, output the alternating current to an electric motor, and drive the electric motor; and a cooling mechanism. The inverter unit has a plurality of inverter modules. The cooling mechanism is configured to cool the rectifier module and the plurality of inverter modules. Thermal resistance between the rectifier module and the cooling mechanism and thermal resistance between the plurality of inverter modules and the cooling mechanism are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiko KOBAYASHI, Shinsaku KUSUBE, Keiji HARADA, Masaki MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20200028458
    Abstract: The technique of the present disclosure has an object to perform PWM control of DC motors with a CPU and a motor drive circuit connected by a smaller number of serial interfaces, and provides a motor drive circuit comprising: energization control units to switch the directions of energization of motors by using switching elements to be driven by PWM signals; a reception unit to receive data indicating energization of the motor and the duty ratio of the PWM signal for each energization control unit from a computation apparatus by serial communication; a first signal generation unit to generate a motor control signal for controlling energization of the motor and the duty ratio based on the data for each energization control unit; and a second signal generation unit to generate the PWM signal having the duty ratio set according to the corresponding motor control signal for each energization control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Keiji Harada, Yuichi Naoi, Norio Sugiyama, Noboru Hada
  • Publication number: 20190360705
    Abstract: An outdoor unit comprises a casing, a fan, a heat exchanger, an electrical component, a heat radiation member, and a duct. The casing is provided with an air outlet. The fan is disposed inside the casing and configured to blow air to the outside of the casing via the air outlet. The heat exchanger is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the fan. The electrical component is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the heat exchanger. The heat radiation member is connected to the electrical component inside the casing. The duct is configured to accommodate at least part of the heat radiation member inside the casing and extend in the vertical direction. An upper end of the duct is configured to protrude upward higher than a lower end of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki MURAMATSU, Keiji HARADA, Shinji MURATA, Shinsaku KUSUBE, Osamu MORIMOTO, Shigetoshi IPPOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190334461
    Abstract: The electronic apparatus including a DC motor that is driven based on a current supplied from a power source, and including: a detection circuit that detects an instantaneous interruption of the power source; an H bridge circuit having an upper arm circuit having two switching elements connected in parallel to the power source and a lower arm circuit having two switching elements connected in parallel to a ground, the upper arm circuit and the lower arm circuit being connected in series, and controlling a current to be supplied to the DC motor; and a switching control circuit that controls the switching element, and in a case where an instantaneous interruption of the power source is detected by the detection circuit, the switching control circuit sets the switching elements of the upper arm circuit to off and sets the switching elements of the lower arm circuit to on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Keiji Harada, Masayuki Hongo
  • Patent number: 9457590
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus, a method for controlling the printing apparatus, and a storage medium. The printing apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a print medium; a print head that applies a color material on the print medium; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, in the case where a first surface of the print medium on which a first image is printed comes in contact with the conveying unit, information on a printing condition of the first surface that becomes a factor of changing a conveying speed of the print medium in the predetermined direction; and a control unit configured to control timing of applying a color material on a second surface of the print medium that is a surface at the opposite to the first surface according to the printing condition indicated by the information obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Koizumi, Yasutaka Mitani, Yosuke Ushigome, Yoshiaki Kaburagi, Takayuki Tanabe, Atsushi Takahashi, Yusuke Kadokura, Keiji Harada, Yoshiaki Takayanagi, Hideo Horigome, Susumu Hirosawa, Atsushi Sakamoto, Satoshi Masuda, Toshiki Takeuchi, Kengo Nieda
  • Patent number: 9195287
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a power supply apparatus and a printing apparatus, which have a function of easily relaxing an output voltage rise caused by an abrupt decrease in load current by a simple arrangement. In an embodiment of the invention, a dummy load is connected to some of power supply circuits included in the power supply apparatus. When an input voltage from a DC power supply falls below a predetermined threshold value, a power supply from the power supply circuit to an integrated circuit to which an electric power is supplied is stopped in synchronism with a reset signal output to the integrated circuit. At this time, an electric power from the power supply circuit is partially supplied to the dummy load, thereby relaxing an abrupt variation of the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keiji Harada
  • Publication number: 20150273896
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus, a method for controlling the printing apparatus, and a storage medium. The printing apparatus includes a conveying unit conveys a print medium; a print head applies a color material on the print medium; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, in the case where a first surface of the print medium on which a first image is printed comes in contact with the conveying unit, information on a printing condition of the first surface that becomes a factor of changing a conveying speed of the print medium in the predetermined direction; and a control unit configured to control timing of applying a color material on a second surface of the print medium that is a surface at the opposite to the first surface according to the printing condition indicated by the information obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuya KOIZUMI, Yasutaka Mitani, Yosuke Ushigome, Yoshiaki Kaburagi, Takayuki Tanabe, Atsushi Takahashi, Yusuke Kadokura, Keiji Harada, Yoshiaki Takayanagi, Hideo Horigome, Susumu Hirosawa, Atsushi Sakamoto, Satoshi Masuda, Toshiki Takeuchi, Kengo Nieda
  • Patent number: 7508161
    Abstract: An electronic device and its power supply method for charging a battery of the device, which normally operates as a master, through a power supply line, without impairing a function as a master. For example, in an environment where a battery-driven first electronic device and an AC power-driven second electronic device are interconnected via a communication path including a power supply line, it is detected whether or not the capacity of the battery in the first electronic device is sufficient, and in accordance with the result of detection, power supply from the second electronic device is requested. In accordance with the request, electric power from the AC power source of the second electronic device is supplied to the first electronic device via the power supply line, to charge the battery of the first electronic device with the power supply, and it is monitored whether or not the charging has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiji Harada
  • Publication number: 20050057223
    Abstract: An electronic device and its power supply method for charging a battery of the device, which normally operates as a master, through a power supply line, without impairing a function as a master. For example, in an environment where a battery-driven first electronic device and an AC power-driven second electronic device are interconnected via a communication path including a power supply line, it is detected whether or not the capacity of the battery in the first electronic device is sufficient, and in accordance with the result of detection, power supply from the second electronic device is requested. In accordance with the request, electric power from the AC power source of the second electronic device is supplied to the first electronic device via the power supply line, to charge the battery of the first electronic device with the power supply, and it is monitored whether or not the charging has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keiji Harada
  • Patent number: 5986247
    Abstract: A high frequency heating device having a switching member screwed into a screw hole formed in a flange and fixed to the exterior. When the exterior is fixed to the body, a through-hole formed at that portion in the rear plate of the body through which the switching member passes is too large for the switching member. Thus, while the switching member is fixable to the exterior, the switching member cannot be fixed to the body onto which the exterior is not mounted. Therefore, a high frequency heating device can be provided, wherein an exterior switch more surely keeps the power supply circuit open when the exterior is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hayashi, Hideki Yamauchi, Junji Murata, Kazuhiko Kawamura, Keiji Harada
  • Patent number: 4496435
    Abstract: A thin film circuit including resistor elements and capacitor elements is prepared by forming a tantalum film for capacitor on an insulating substrate, forming a tantalum film for resistor over the substrate, covering a predetermined region of the tantalum resistor film with a titanium film, heat treating a resulting assembly, removing the titanium film, and then covering the predetermined region with a metal film to provide ohmic contact therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Harada, Akio Sato