Patents by Inventor Kenji Kobori
Kenji Kobori 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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Patent number: 11831260Abstract: Power conversion device has first position/rotation detector 14, second position/rotation detector 15 whose resolution per rotation of motor is higher than the first position/rotation detector 14 but whose detection cycle is slower than the first position/rotation detector 14 and encoder switching operation process unit 18. The encoder switching operation process unit 18 switches signals between the first and second position/rotation detectors 14, 15 and outputs the signal of the first position/rotation detector 14 or of the second position/rotation detector 15, or adjusts a ratio of the signal between the first and second position/rotation detectors 14, 15 and output a signal obtained by adding adjusted signals. With this, in the power conversion device, the encoder having high resolution and slow detection time and the encoder having low resolution and fast detection time are properly used according to rotation speed, and current and the rotation speed are controlled with high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Keiki Kozaki, Nobutaka Kezuka, Hidekazu Akaike, Kenji Kobori
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Publication number: 20230327591Abstract: Power conversion device has first position/rotation detector 14, second position/rotation detector 15 whose resolution per rotation of motor is higher than the first position/rotation detector 14 but whose detection cycle is slower than the first position/rotation detector 14 and encoder switching operation process unit 18. The encoder switching operation process unit 18 switches signals between the first and second position/rotation detectors 14, 15 and outputs the signal of the first position/rotation detector 14 or of the second position/rotation detector 15, or adjusts a ratio of the signal between the first and second position/rotation detectors 14, 15 and output a signal obtained by adding adjusted signals. With this, in the power conversion device, the encoder having high resolution and slow detection time and the encoder having low resolution and fast detection time are properly used according to rotation speed, and current and the rotation speed are controlled with high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Keiki KOZAKI, Nobutaka KEZUKA, Hidekazu AKAIKE, Kenji KOBORI
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Publication number: 20230211483Abstract: A driver including: an ejection part to which a fastener is supplied; a driver blade which moves from a first position toward a second position and drives the fastener into a driven member; and a rack provided to the driver blade. The driver further includes: a rotary component engaging with the rack and moving the driver blade from the second position to the first position; and a lock plate engaging with the rack. The driver blade moves from the second position to the first position while the rotary component rotates once, the rotary component is released from engaging with the rack after the driver blade moves from the second position to the first position, and moves from the first position to the second position, and the lock plate is engageable with the rack when the driver blade stops before reaching the second position from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Shinichiro SATO, Takashi UEDA, Yutaka ITO, Jyun ENTA, Toshinori YASUTOMI, Yoshiichi KOMAZAKI, Kenji KOBORI
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Patent number: 11590638Abstract: A driver including: an ejection part to which a fastener is supplied; a driver blade which moves from a first position toward a second position and drives the fastener into a driven member; and a rack provided to the driver blade. The driver further includes: a rotary component engaging with the rack and moving the driver blade from the second position to the first position; and a lock plate engaging with the rack. The driver blade moves from the second position to the first position while the rotary component rotates once, the rotary component is released from engaging with the rack after the driver blade moves from the second position to the first position, and moves from the first position to the second position, and the lock plate is engageable with the rack when the driver blade stops before reaching the second position from the first position.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichiro Sato, Takashi Ueda, Yutaka Ito, Jyun Enta, Toshinori Yasutomi, Yoshiichi Komazaki, Kenji Kobori
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Patent number: 11569756Abstract: A flying capacitor (FC)-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunobu Oi, Kenji Kobori
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Publication number: 20220209682Abstract: A flying capacitor (FC)-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunobu OI, Kenji KOBORI
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Patent number: 11303220Abstract: A flying capacitor (FC)-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunobu Oi, Kenji Kobori
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Publication number: 20220045622Abstract: An FC-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunobu OI, Kenji KOBORI
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Publication number: 20210031348Abstract: In order to make it possible to easily carry out filling up of a compressed air to a compression chamber without making a fastener driving machine larger in size, there is provided a fastener driving machine that includes a cylinder that forms a piston chamber defined by a piston and drives a driver blade by the piston. The housing has a cylinder case part for housing a cylinder, and a handle part. A pressure accumulating container is provided on the cylinder. The pressure accumulating container includes a bottom wall portion and a top wall portion. A compression chamber that communicates with the piston chamber is provided therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Kenji KOBORI, Shinichirou SATO, Takashi UEDA
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Publication number: 20210031347Abstract: A driver including: an ejection part to which a fastener is supplied; a driver blade which moves from a first position toward a second position and drives the fastener into a driven member; and a rack provided to the driver blade. The driver further includes: a rotary component engaging with the rack and moving the driver blade from the second position to the first position; and a lock plate engaging with the rack. The driver blade moves from the second position to the first position while the rotary component rotates once, the rotary component is released from engaging with the rack after the driver blade moves from the second position to the first position, and moves from the first position to the second position, and the lock plate is engageable with the rack when the driver blade stops before reaching the second position from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Shinichiro SATO, Takashi UEDA, Yutaka ITO, Jyun ENTA, Toshinori YASUTOMI, Yoshiichi KOMAZAKI, Kenji KOBORI
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Patent number: 10843318Abstract: In order to make it possible to easily carry out filling up of a compressed air to a compression chamber without making a fastener driving machine larger in size, there is provided a fastener driving machine that includes a cylinder that forms a piston chamber defined by a piston and drives a driver blade by the piston. The housing has a cylinder case part for housing a cylinder, and a handle part. A pressure accumulating container is provided on the cylinder. The pressure accumulating container includes a bottom wall portion and a top wall portion. A compression chamber that communicates with the piston chamber is provided therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kobori, Shinichirou Sato, Takashi Ueda
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Patent number: 10843317Abstract: A driver including: an ejection part to which a fastener is supplied; a driver blade which moves from a first position toward a second position and drives the fastener into a driven member; and a rack provided to the driver blade. The driver further includes: a rotary component engaging with the rack and moving the driver blade from the second position to the first position; and a lock plate engaging with the rack. The driver blade moves from the second position to the first position while the rotary component rotates once, the rotary component is released from engaging with the rack after the driver blade moves from the second position to the first position, and moves from the first position to the second position, and the lock plate is engageable with the rack when the driver blade stops before reaching the second position from the first position.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichiro Sato, Takashi Ueda, Yutaka Ito, Jyun Enta, Toshinori Yasutomi, Yoshiichi Komazaki, Kenji Kobori
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Patent number: 10574163Abstract: Current control section 2 performs PI control based on deviation between d-axis command current Id_cmd and d-axis detected current Id_det and deviation between q-axis command current Iq_cmd and q-axis detected current Iq_det. Neutral point potential control section 4 calculates corrected command voltage V_cmd? by addition of neutral point control compensation quantity V_cmp to three-phase command voltage V_cmd. Limiter LMT3 outputs limiter processed command voltage V_cmd? by liming the output of corrected command voltage V_cmd?. Three-phase to two-phase converter 5 outputs feedback quantities Vd_back, Vq_back by three-phase to two-phase conversion of the limiter processed command voltage V_cmd?. Current control section 2 performs integral control in accordance with quantities resulting from addition of the feedback quantities Vd_back, Vq_back to the deviations.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Shizunori Hamada, Kenji Kobori
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Publication number: 20180290279Abstract: In order to make it possible to easily carry out filling up of a compressed air to a compression chamber without making a fastener driving machine larger in size, there is provided a fastener driving machine that includes a cylinder that forms a piston chamber defined by a piston and drives a driver blade by the piston. The housing has a cylinder case part for housing a cylinder, and a handle part. A pressure accumulating container is provided on the cylinder. The pressure accumulating container includes a bottom wall portion and a top wall portion. A compression chamber that communicates with the piston chamber is provided therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Kenji KOBORI, Shinichirou SATO, Takashi UEDA
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Publication number: 20180154505Abstract: A driver including: an ejection part to which a fastener is supplied; a driver blade which moves from a first position toward a second position and drives the fastener into a driven member; and a rack provided to the driver blade. The driver further includes: a rotary component engaging with the rack and moving the driver blade from the second position to the first position; and a lock plate engaging with the rack. The driver blade moves from the second position to the first position while the rotary component rotates once, the rotary component is released from engaging with the rack after the driver blade moves from the second position to the first position, and moves from the first position to the second position, and the lock plate is engageable with the rack when the driver blade stops before reaching the second position from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Shinichiro SATO, Takashi UEDA, Yutaka ITO, Jyun ENTA, Toshinori YASUTOMI, Yoshiichi KOMAZAKI, Kenji KOBORI
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Patent number: 9948206Abstract: A multilevel power conversion device includes: N (N?1) direct current voltage sources; a first flying capacitor; a second flying capacitor; and a phase module of a M phase (M?2) being configured to output, from the output terminal, a potential of one of the input terminals, or a potential obtained by adding or subtracting the voltage of the capacitor to or from the potential of the one of the input terminals, by selectively controlling the respective switching elements in an ON/OFF manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Isamu Hasegawa, Takashi Kodama, Takeshi Kondo, Shota Urushibata, Hiromi Sako, Kenji Kobori, Shizunori Hamada, Keiichi Kodachi
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Publication number: 20170302206Abstract: Current control section 2 performs PI control based on deviation between d-axis command current Id_cmd and d-axis detected current Id_det and deviation between q-axis command current Iq_cmd and q-axis detected current Iq_det. Neutral point potential control section 4 calculates corrected command voltage V_cmd? by addition of neutral point control compensation quantity V_cmp to three-phase command voltage V_cmd. Limiter LMT3 outputs limiter processed command voltage V_cmd? by liming the output of corrected command voltage V_cmd?. Three-phase to two-phase converter 5 outputs feedback quantities Vd_back, Vq_back by three-phase to two-phase conversion of the limiter processed command voltage V_cmd?. Current control section 2 performs integral control in accordance with quantities resulting from addition of the feedback quantities Vd_back, Vq_back to the deviations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Shizunori HAMADA, Kenji KOBORI
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Patent number: 9415453Abstract: To provide a reciprocating tool capable of reducing noise by a simple and inexpensive configuration. In a reciprocating tool including a motor that is a rotary drive source, and a reciprocating motion converter that converts the rotation of the motor into the reciprocation of a tip tool, the reciprocating motion converter includes an eccentric rotation member that eccentrically rotates, a reciprocating member that is engaged with the eccentric rotation member and reciprocates, and an elastic member provided between the eccentric rotation member and the reciprocating member. Inside the reciprocating member, an intermediate member is provided, and the elastic member is interposed between the intermediate member and the reciprocating member.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Kobori
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Publication number: 20160181949Abstract: A multilevel power conversion device includes: N (N?1) direct current voltage sources; a first flying capacitor; a second flying capacitor; and a phase module of a M phase (M?2) being configured to output, from the output terminal, a potential of one of the input terminals, or a potential obtained by adding or subtracting the voltage of the capacitor to or from the potential of the one of the input terminals, by selectively controlling the respective switching elements in an ON/OFF manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Isamu HASEGAWA, Takashi KODAMA, Takeshi KONDO, Shota URUSHIBATA, Hiromi SAKO, Kenji KOBORI, Shizunori HAMADA, Keiichi KODACHI
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Publication number: 20150251223Abstract: In a cleaning machine provided with a main body which discharges cleaning liquid by a pump and a cleaning gun which is connected to the main body, the cleaning machine has: an electric motor which receives electric power supply from a battery pack and which drives the pump; and a control circuit which changes a rotating speed of the electric motor so as to increase/decrease the discharging pressure of the cleaning liquid. When the voltage of the battery pack is decreased down to a predetermined second voltage higher than a predetermined first voltage at which the electric power supply to the electric motor is stopped, the largest discharging pressure of the cleaning liquid is decreased to be lower than a current-state discharging pressure thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Noriyuki Horie, Shinichirou Satou, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Kenji Kobori