Patents by Inventor Kunimasa Ando

Kunimasa Ando 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: 11038443
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor, and a motor control apparatus including first processing circuitry that, based on a driving state quantity of the motor, controls driving power supplied to the motor, safety request input receiving circuitry through which a safety request signal is input from outside the motor control apparatus, safety cooperation input receiving circuitry through which a safety cooperation signal is input from outside the motor control apparatus, safety cooperation output circuitry through which the motor control apparatus outputs the safety cooperation signal to outside the motor control apparatus, and second processing circuitry that, upon input of at least one signal among the safety request signal and the safety cooperation signal, monitors a relationship between a predetermined motion monitor pattern and the driving state quantity and outputs the safety cooperation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Kunimasa Ando
  • Patent number: 10840846
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor having an output line, motor control circuitry that includes DC bus lines and a smoothing capacitor between the DC bus lines and converts DC power supplied from outside the motor control circuitry into AC power and supply the AC power to the motor as driving power, and short circuit circuitry that, while the motor control circuitry is not supplying the driving power to the motor, makes a short circuit between the output line of the motor and a negative line of the DC bus lines of the motor control circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Kunimasa Ando
  • Publication number: 20200259432
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor, and a motor control apparatus including first processing circuitry that, based on a driving state quantity of the motor, controls driving power supplied to the motor, safety request input receiving circuitry through which a safety request signal is input from outside the motor control apparatus, safety cooperation input receiving circuitry through which a safety cooperation signal is input from outside the motor control apparatus, safety cooperation output circuitry through which the motor control apparatus outputs the safety cooperation signal to outside the motor control apparatus, and second processing circuitry that, upon input of at least one signal among the safety request signal and the safety cooperation signal, monitors a relationship between a predetermined motion monitor pattern and the driving state quantity and outputs the safety cooperation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Kunimasa ANDO
  • Patent number: 10050578
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a DC-to-DC converter including a semiconductor switch and a reactor that cooperates with the switch to convert input-side DC bus voltage across first and second input-side DC buses into predetermined output-side DC bus voltage across first and second output-side DC buses and to output the output-side voltage, control circuitry that controls duty factor of the switch and determine, based on input-side detection value of the input-side voltage and output-side detection value of the output-side voltage, whether there is failure in the system when the factor is 100 percent and reactor-current detection value of reactor current through the reactor is approximately zero, a smoothing capacitor connected to the output-side buses and disposed between the output-side buses, and an inverter that is connected to the capacitor through the output-side buses, converts DC power from the output-side buses into AC power and supplies the power to a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Mitsujiro Sawamura, Kunimasa Ando, Tatsuaki Wada
  • Publication number: 20180175777
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor having an output line, motor control circuitry that includes DC bus lines and a smoothing capacitor between the DC bus lines and converts DC power supplied from outside the motor control circuitry into AC power and supply the AC power to the motor as driving power, and short circuit circuitry that, while the motor control circuitry is not supplying the driving power to the motor, makes a short circuit between the output line of the motor and a negative line of the DC bus lines of the motor control circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Kunimasa ANDO
  • Publication number: 20180013373
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a DC-to-DC converter including a semiconductor switch and a reactor that cooperates with the switch to convert input-side DC bus voltage across first and second input-side DC buses into predetermined output-side DC bus voltage across first and second output-side DC buses and to output the output-side voltage, control circuitry that controls duty factor of the switch and determine, based on input-side detection value of the input-side voltage and output-side detection value of the output-side voltage, whether there is failure in the system when the factor is 100 percent and reactor-current detection value of reactor current through the reactor is approximately zero, a smoothing capacitor connected to the output-side buses and disposed between the output-side buses, and an inverter that is connected to the capacitor through the output-side buses, converts DC power from the output-side buses into AC power and supplies the power to a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Mitsujiro SAWAMURA, Kunimasa Ando, Tatsuaki Wada
  • Patent number: 8436570
    Abstract: The motor driving system includes a driving state amount detector configured to detect a driving state amount, a motor control part configured to perform a power supply control, a higher control part capable of outputting a higher control command to the motor control part, and a safety requesting part that inputs a safety request signal to the motor control part. The motor control part includes a motor control circuit part that performs the power supply control, a mode selecting and executing part configured to select and execute either a first safety function mode or a second safety function mode, and a comparing and monitoring processing part that compares the driving state amount and a predetermined operation monitoring pattern, when the safety request signal is inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Kunimasa Ando, Tsutomu Kubo, Keisei Inoki
  • Publication number: 20110241447
    Abstract: The motor driving system includes a driving state amount detector configured to detect a driving state amount, a motor control part configured to perform a power supply control, a higher control part capable of outputting a higher control command to the motor control part, and a safety requesting part that inputs a safety request signal to the motor control part. The motor control part includes a motor control circuit part that performs the power supply control, a mode selecting and executing part configured to select and execute either a first safety function mode or a second safety function mode, and a comparing and monitoring processing part that compares the driving state amount and a predetermined operation monitoring pattern, when the safety request signal is inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kunimasa Ando, Tsutomu Kubo, Keisei Inoki