Patents by Inventor Keita Kawabe

Keita Kawabe 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: 9871457
    Abstract: A switching power supply device of the present disclosure includes a device connection state detection circuit that detects a connection state in a load device connection terminal, in a power supply system having the load device connection terminal. The device connection state detection circuit includes a transformer, a switching element, a pulse generator, and a waveform detection circuit. The waveform detection circuit detects a voltage or a current generated at a connecting point between a primary winding wire of the transformer and the switching element in response to operation of a pulse signal. The waveform detection circuit compares the voltage or the current with a predetermined reference value, and outputs an output signal in response to a comparison result to an OFF terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakurai, Takashi Saji, Yoshihisa Minami, Keita Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20170141690
    Abstract: A switching power supply device of the present disclosure includes a device connection state detection circuit that detects a connection state in a load device connection terminal, in a power supply system having the load device connection terminal. The device connection state detection circuit includes a transformer, a switching element, a pulse generator, and a waveform detection circuit. The waveform detection circuit detects a voltage or a current generated at a connecting point between a primary winding wire of the transformer and the switching element in response to operation of a pulse signal. The waveform detection circuit compares the voltage or the current with a predetermined reference value, and outputs an output signal in response to a comparison result to an OFF terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: TATSUYA SAKURAI, TAKASHI SAJI, YOSHIHISA MINAMI, KEITA KAWABE
  • Patent number: 9496795
    Abstract: A switching power supply apparatus of the present disclosure is a device connection state detection circuit that detects a connection state in a load device connection terminal in a power supply system having the load device connection terminal. The device connection state detection circuit includes a transformer, a switching element, a pulse generator, and a waveform detection circuit. The waveform detection circuit detects a voltage or a current generated in a primary winding wire or a secondary winding wire of the transformer in accordance with operation of a pulse signal, compares the detected voltage or current with a preset reference value, and outputs an output signal in accordance with a comparison result, to an OFF terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiko Morota, Tatsuya Sakurai, Takashi Saji, Keita Kawabe, Kazuhiro Murata, Koji Suzuki, Yoshihiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20150349651
    Abstract: A switching power supply apparatus of the present disclosure is a device connection state detection circuit that detects a connection state in a load device connection terminal in a power supply system having the load device connection terminal. The device connection state detection circuit includes a transformer, a switching element, a pulse generator, and a waveform detection circuit. The waveform detection circuit detects a voltage or a current generated in a primary winding wire or a secondary winding wire of the transformer in accordance with operation of a pulse signal, compares the detected voltage or current with a preset reference value, and outputs an output signal in accordance with a comparison result, to an OFF terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: NAOHIKO MOROTA, TATSUYA SAKURAI, TAKASHI SAJI, KEITA KAWABE, KAZUHIRO MURATA, KOJI SUZUKI, YOSHIHIRO MORI
  • Patent number: 8295062
    Abstract: The switching power supply apparatus includes a transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding, an auxiliary winding, a switching device connected to the primary winding, an output voltage generation circuit which is connected to the secondary winding and generates an output voltage, and an auxiliary power voltage generation circuit which is connected to the auxiliary winding and generates an auxiliary power voltage. The switching power supply apparatus also includes a control circuit, which operates using the auxiliary power voltage and controls a driver circuit so that an intermittent oscillation is performed when the output voltage is higher than a first output voltage, and which controls a peak of a current flowing through a switching device is lower than a peak in a normal mode, when the auxiliary power voltage is lower than a first auxiliary power voltage in the intermittent oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keita Kawabe, Naohiko Morota, Kazuhiro Murata
  • Patent number: 8159846
    Abstract: At the starting time and an overload time in which the output voltage of the switching power source apparatus is low, if an overcurrent state, in which the ON period of the switching device becomes short and a current not less than the current limit value of the switching device flows through the switching device, occurs, this overcurrent state is detected. The blanking period of a blanking pulse signal is made shorter than the blanking period that is obtained during steady operation, and the ON period of the switching device is made shorter. Hence, the device current flowing through the switching device can be made small in each pulse for the switching operation, and, at the same time, the device current is suppressed from increasing each time a pulse for the switching operation is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keita Kawabe, Kazuhiro Murata, Yoshihiro Mori, Naohiko Morota
  • Publication number: 20100309690
    Abstract: The switching power supply apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding, and an auxiliary winding; a switching device connected to the primary winding; an output voltage generation circuit which is connected to the secondary winding and generates an output voltage; an auxiliary power voltage generation circuit which is connected to the auxiliary winding and generates an auxiliary power voltage; and a control circuit which operates using the auxiliary power voltage and controls a driver circuit so that an intermittent oscillation is performed when the output voltage is higher than a first output voltage and controls a peak of a current flowing through a switching device is lower than a peak in a normal mode, when the auxiliary power voltage is lower than a first auxiliary power voltage in the intermittent oscillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita KAWABE, Naohiko MOROTA, Kazuhiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20100008106
    Abstract: At the starting time and an overload time in which the output voltage of the switching power source apparatus is low, if an overcurrent state, in which the ON period of the switching device becomes short and a current not less than the current limit value of the switching device flows through the switching device, occurs, this overcurrent state is detected. The blanking period of a blanking pulse signal is made shorter than the blanking period that is obtained during steady operation, and the ON period of the switching device is made shorter. Hence, the device current flowing through the switching device can be made small in each pulse for the switching operation, and, at the same time, the device current is suppressed from increasing each time a pulse for the switching operation is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keita Kawabe, Kazuhiro Murata, Yoshihiro Mori, Naohiko Morota
  • Publication number: 20090180302
    Abstract: A switching power supply apparatus having a highly accurate overvoltage protection function which is free of erroneous operation is provided. A regulating circuit connected to an auxiliary winding generates an AC voltage proportional to a voltage component in which the ringing component has been removed from the AC voltage induced in the auxiliary winding by the switching operation of a switching element. If the peak value of the AC voltage generated by the regulating circuit is equal to or greater than a prescribed value, an overvoltage detection circuit controls the switching operation of the switching element so as to reduce the output DC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keita Kawabe, Tetsuji Yamashita