Patents by Inventor Kouichi YAHATA

Kouichi YAHATA 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: 11196356
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device capable of reliably discharging a voltage smoothing capacitor even when a circuit unit that outputs a discharge control signal fails. The power conversion device includes a voltage smoothing capacitor that is electrically connected in parallel with an inverter circuit unit, a discharge resistor that is electrically connected in parallel with the voltage smoothing capacitor, a switching element that is connected in series with the discharge resistor, a motor controller that selectively outputs a High-level signal and a Low-level signal as a discharge control signal, a switching signal circuit unit that outputs a rectangular wave signal having a predetermined duty, and a logic circuit that outputs any one of a rectangular wave signal having the same duty as the duty of the rectangular wave signal and a rectangular wave signal having a duty to the switching element based on the discharge control signal and the rectangular wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hiranuma, Kouichi Yahata
  • Publication number: 20210104958
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device capable of reliably discharging a voltage smoothing capacitor even when a circuit unit that outputs a discharge control signal fails. The power conversion device includes a voltage smoothing capacitor that is electrically connected in parallel with an inverter circuit unit, a discharge resistor that is electrically connected in parallel with the voltage smoothing capacitor, a switching element that is connected in series with the discharge resistor, a motor controller that selectively outputs a High-level signal and a Low-level signal as a discharge control signal, a switching signal circuit unit that outputs a rectangular wave signal having a predetermined duty, and a logic circuit that outputs any one of a rectangular wave signal having the same duty as the duty of the rectangular wave signal and a rectangular wave signal having a duty to the switching element based on the discharge control signal and the rectangular wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi HIRANUMA, Kouichi YAHATA
  • Patent number: 10804891
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to diagnose an abnormality detecting circuit that detects an abnormality, such as an overcurrent of a power semiconductor, with the number of insulating elements to be additionally provided, inhibited from increasing. There are provided: a drive circuit configured to output a gate signal to a power semiconductor; an abnormality detecting circuit configured to detect an abnormality of the power semiconductor; and a diagnosis signal applying circuit configured to apply a diagnosis signal to the abnormality detecting circuit. The diagnosis signal applying circuit applies the diagnosis signal, on the basis of the gate signal output by the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Inada, Teppei Hirotsu, Hideyuki Sakamoto, Kouichi Yahata, Keiji Kadota
  • Publication number: 20190103863
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to diagnose an abnormality detecting circuit that detects an abnormality, such as an overcurrent of a power semiconductor, with the number of insulating elements to be additionally provided, inhibited from increasing. There are provided: a drive circuit configured to output a gate signal to a power semiconductor; an abnormality detecting circuit configured to detect an abnormality of the power semiconductor; and a diagnosis signal applying circuit configured to apply a diagnosis signal to the abnormality detecting circuit. The diagnosis signal applying circuit applies the diagnosis signal, on the basis of the gate signal output by the drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ryoichi INADA, Teppei HIROTSU, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Kouichi YAHATA, Keiji KADOTA