Patents by Inventor Kensuke Yasaki

Kensuke Yasaki 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: 6720752
    Abstract: In a PWM motor driving device, the amount of electric power supplied to a motor is controlled by controlling the ON/OFF duty factor of output transistors connected between a power source and the motor. This motor driving device has phase detecting circuits for detecting, among a plurality of phases of the motor, the phase which is currently being driven by the output transistors, and saturation preventing circuits for performing control according to the voltage of the phase detected by the phase detecting circuits in such a way that the output transistors are not saturated. Thus, the output transistors are controlled so as not to be saturated according to the voltage of, among the plurality of phases of the motor, the phase in which the motor is currently being driven by the output transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nishimura, Kensuke Yasaki
  • Publication number: 20020089299
    Abstract: In a PWM motor driving device, the amount of electric power supplied to a motor is controlled by controlling the ON/OFT duty factor of output transistors connected between a power source and the motor. This motor driving device has phase detecting means for detecting, among a plurality of phases of the motor, the phase which is currently being driven by the output transistors, and saturation preventing means for performing control according to the voltage of the phase detected by the phase detecting means in such a way that the output transistors are not saturated. Thus, the output transistors are controlled so as not to be saturated according to the voltage of, among the plurality of phases of the motor, the phase in which the motor is currently being driven by the output transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nishimura, Kensuke Yasaki
  • Patent number: 6380709
    Abstract: In a PWM motor driving device, the amount of electric power supplied to a motor is controlled by controlling the ON/OFF duty factor of output transistors connected between a power source and the motor. This motor driving device has phase detecting means for detecting, among a plurality of phases of the motor, the phase which is currently being driven by the output transistors, and saturation preventing means for performing control according to the voltage of the phase detected by the phase detecting means in such a way that the output transistors are not saturated. Thus, the output transistors are controlled so as not to be saturated according to the voltage of, among the plurality of phases of the motor, the phase in which the motor is currently being driven by the output transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nishimura, Kensuke Yasaki
  • Publication number: 20010015633
    Abstract: In a PWM motor driving device, the amount of electric power supplied to a motor is controlled by controlling the ON/OFF duty factor of output transistors connected between a power source and the motor. This motor driving device has phase detecting means for detecting, among a plurality of phases of the motor, the phase which is currently being driven by the output transistors, and saturation preventing means for performing control according to the voltage of the phase detected by the phase detecting means in such a way that the output transistors are not saturated. Thus, the output transistors are controlled so as not to be saturated according to the voltage of, among the plurality of phases of the motor, the phase in which the motor is currently being driven by the output transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nishimura, Kensuke Yasaki