Patents by Inventor Koji TSUKII

Koji TSUKII 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: 10571178
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that reduces user discomfort due to vibrations and noises at a compressor, piping, and the like such as of an air conditioner. To achieve this, an air conditioner includes: a compressor (10) that has a motor (12) and a compression mechanism (14) driven by the motor (12); a speed detector (43) that detects a rotation speed of the motor (12); a drive mode controller (48) that controls a drive mode of the motor (12); and refrigerant piping that is connected to the compression mechanism (14) and allows a refrigerant to flow therethrough, wherein the drive mode controller (48), for stopping the motor (12), decelerates the motor (12) to a rotation speed equal to or lower than a resonance frequency between the compression mechanism (14) and the refrigerant piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Tsukii, Yoji Ogura, Kazuhiro Ueta
  • Publication number: 20190368797
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that reduces user discomfort due to vibrations and noises at a compressor, piping, and the like such as of an air conditioner. To achieve this, an air conditioner includes: a compressor (10) that has a motor (12) and a compression mechanism (14) driven by the motor (12); a speed detector (43) that detects a rotation speed of the motor (12); a drive mode controller (48) that controls a drive mode of the motor (12); and refrigerant piping that is connected to the compression mechanism (14) and allows a refrigerant to flow therethrough, wherein the drive mode controller (48), for stopping the motor (12), decelerates the motor (12) to a rotation speed equal to or lower than a resonance frequency between the compression mechanism (14) and the refrigerant piping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Koji TSUKII, Yoji OGURA, Kazuhiro UETA
  • Patent number: 10389282
    Abstract: A DC power supply unit is provided that allows for improving efficiency and reducing harmonic currents. A DC power supply unit includes: a bridge rectification circuit having diodes and MOSFETs; a reactor that is arranged between the AC power supply and the bridge rectifier circuit; a smoothing capacitor that is connected to an output side of the bridge rectifier circuit and smoothes a voltage; and a converter control unit that executes, based on predetermined threshold values, a diode rectification control that uses diodes and parasitic diodes of the MOSFETs, a synchronous rectification control that switches the MOSFETs in synchronization with a polarity of the voltage of the AC power supply, a partial switching control that repeats partially short-circuiting the reactor multiple times in a half cycle of the AC power supply, or a fast switching control that short-circuits the reactor at a predetermined frequency over a full AC cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Tsukii, Atsushi Okuyama, Tsutomu Kurokawa, Masahiro Tamura, Kenji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20170070157
    Abstract: A DC power supply unit is provided that allows for improving efficiency and reducing harmonic currents. A DC power supply unit includes: a bridge rectification circuit having diodes and MOSFETs; a reactor that is arranged between the AC power supply and the bridge rectifier circuit; a smoothing capacitor that is connected to an output side of the bridge rectifier circuit and smoothes a voltage; and a converter control unit that executes, based on predetermined threshold values, a diode rectification control that uses diodes and parasitic diodes of the MOSFETs, a synchronous rectification control that switches the MOSFETs in synchronization with a polarity of the voltage of the AC power supply, a partial switching control that repeats partially short-circuiting the reactor multiple times in a half cycle of the AC power supply, or a fast switching control that short-circuits the reactor at a predetermined frequency over a full AC cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Koji TSUKII, Atsushi OKUYAMA, Tsutomu KUROKAWA, Masahiro TAMURA, Kenji TAMURA