Patents by Inventor Kota MAEBA

Kota MAEBA 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: 11411428
    Abstract: In a power converter including: a first DC-DC converter, an inverter, and a control circuit, a second DC-DC converter that controls an input and an output of a power storage unit is connectable to a DC bus. The control circuit deactivates a reverse power flow suppression function for suppressing a reverse power flow from the inverter to a power system when the second DC-DC converter is not connected to the DC bus and activates the reverse power flow suppression function when the second DC-DC converter is connected to the DC bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kota Maeba, Akihiro Kikuchi, Wataru Horio, Hiroyuki Fujii, Kenji Hanamura, Tomoki Ito
  • Patent number: 11329488
    Abstract: The converter circuit includes an inverter. The converter circuit receives DC power from a DC power supply (such as a solar cell or a storage battery unit), has the DC power converted into AC power by at least the inverter, and outputs the AC power to a load or a power grid. When acquiring information that two or more types of power curtailment causes have arisen, a control circuit makes the converter circuit limit power output to a maximum degree of power curtailment out of two or more degrees of power curtailment according to specifics of the two or more types of power curtailment causes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Horio, Hiroyuki Fujii, Kenji Hanamura, Kota Maeba
  • Publication number: 20210288504
    Abstract: The converter circuit includes an inverter. The converter circuit receives DC power from a DC power supply (such as a solar cell or a storage battery unit), has the DC power converted into AC power by at least the inverter, and outputs the AC power to a load or a power grid. When acquiring information that two or more types of power curtailment causes have arisen, a control circuit makes the converter circuit limit power output to a maximum degree of power curtailment out of two or more degrees of power curtailment according to specifics of the two or more types of power curtailment causes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru HORIO, Hiroyuki FUJII, Kenji HANAMURA, Kota MAEBA
  • Publication number: 20210267031
    Abstract: A load control system includes a switch, a controller, an additional functioning unit, a power source, and an adjuster. The controller is configured to switch the switch between a conduction state and a non-conduction state. The switch is electrically connected in series to a load with respect to an alternating-current power source. The additional functioning unit is configured to perform a process different from switching operation of the switch. The power source receives electric power supplied from the alternating-current power source to generate electric power to be supplied to the controller and the additional functioning unit. The adjuster adjusts a supply time period during which the power source is supplied with electric power from the alternating-current power source in a maximum load state of a state where the additional functioning unit normally operates, electric power consumption by the additional functioning unit being maximum in the maximum load state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kengo MIYAMOTO, Kota MAEBA
  • Publication number: 20200019199
    Abstract: In a power converter including: a first DC-DC converter, an inverter, and a control circuit, a second DC-DC converter that controls an input and an output of a power storage unit is connectable to a DC bus. The control circuit deactivates a reverse power flow suppression function for suppressing a reverse power flow from the inverter to a power system when the second DC-DC converter is not connected to the DC bus and activates the reverse power flow suppression function when the second DC-DC converter is connected to the DC bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kota MAEBA, Akihiro KIKUCHI, Wataru HORIO, Hiroyuki FUJII, Kenji HANAMURA, Tomoki ITO