Patents by Inventor Manabu Ohashi
Manabu Ohashi 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).
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Patent number: 9842676Abstract: A surge absorbing element includes a varistor substrate, a pair of electrodes that are electrically connected to both end faces of the varistor substrate, respectively, to sandwich the varistor substrate, external leads that electrically connect to the paired electrodes, respectively, exterior members that cover the electrodes, and a thermal expansion body that is provided between the paired electrodes and that irreversibly expands with heat generated by the varistor substrate to separate at least one of the paired electrodes from the varistor substrate. A temperature at which the thermal expansion body starts expanding is, for example, equal to or higher than 180° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kiyokazu Tada, Manabu Ohashi
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Publication number: 20170140854Abstract: A surge absorbing element includes a varistor substrate, a pair of electrodes that are electrically connected to both end faces of the varistor substrate, respectively, to sandwich the varistor substrate, external leads that electrically connect to the paired electrodes, respectively, exterior members that cover the electrodes, and a thermal expansion body that is provided between the paired electrodes and that irreversibly expands with heat generated by the varistor substrate to separate at least one of the paired electrodes from the varistor substrate. A temperature at which the thermal expansion body starts expanding is, for example, equal to or higher than 180° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kiyokazu TADA, Manabu OHASHI
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Patent number: 9130500Abstract: A circuit disconnection element that can open or short-circuit between a power storage element and a step-up/step-down bidirectional chopper circuit is provided in a power storage system, thereby preventing a self-discharge state in a process of charging. Furthermore, at the time of occurrence of an abnormality, the power storage element is detached from other devices including the step-up/step-down bidirectional chopper circuit. Accordingly, an energy loss of the power storage element at the time of power regeneration can be reduced to improve the energy use efficiency. Further, breakage influences such that the power storage element causes breakage in other devices at the time of occurrence of the abnormality can be prevented, thereby enabling to obtain an AC motor drive device having mounted therein a highly safe power storage system.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Manabu Ohashi, Kazuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 8884561Abstract: In the case where DC power from a DC power supply is converted to AC power by an inverter and supplied to an AC motor, a power compensator is connected in parallel with a DC power input portion of the inverter, and a control device of the power compensator charges/discharges a power storage device to perform a power compensation process A when power demand for the AC motor exceeds a predetermined value, and takes into account power allowance which can be inputted and outputted from the DC power supply to the power storage device and performs a power storage adjustment process B of performing auxiliary charge of the power storage device within the range of the power allowance when the power compensation process A is unnecessary.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akiko Tabuchi, Kazuhiko Tsutsui, Yoji Tsutsumishita, Jun Hattori, Manabu Ohashi
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Patent number: 8653783Abstract: A circuit switching element is provided that switches a step-up/step-down bidirectional chopper circuit, arranged between a DC bus and a power storage element, to a first chopper circuit or to a second chopper circuit, whose step-up and step-down characteristics are in a complementary relation. The first and second chopper circuits are used together at a time of charge and discharge. Accordingly, an AC motor drive device having mounted therein a power storage system is obtained, in which the power storage system can perform charge and discharge to and from the power storage element, regardless of a bus voltage and can increase energy use efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Manabu Ohashi, Kazuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20130307462Abstract: A circuit disconnection element that can open or short-circuit between a power storage element and a step-up/step-down bidirectional chopper circuit is provided in a power storage system, thereby preventing a self-discharge state in a process of charging. Furthermore, at the time of occurrence of an abnormality, the power storage element is detached from other devices including the step-up/step-down bidirectional chopper circuit. Accordingly, an energy loss of the power storage element at the time of power regeneration can be reduced to improve the energy use efficiency. Further, breakage influences such that the power storage element causes breakage in other devices at the time of occurrence of the abnormality can be prevented, thereby enabling to obtain an AC motor drive device having mounted therein a highly safe power storage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Ohashi, Kazuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20130285582Abstract: A circuit switching element is provided that switches a step-up/step-down bidirectional chopper circuit, arranged between a DC bus and a power storage element, to a first chopper circuit or to a second chopper circuit, whose step-up and step-down characteristics are in a complementary relation. The first and second chopper circuits are used together at a time of charge and discharge. Accordingly, an AC motor drive device having mounted therein a power storage system is obtained, in which the power storage system can perform charge and discharge to and from the power storage element, regardless of a bus voltage and can increase energy use efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Ohashi, Kazuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20130154531Abstract: In the case where DC power from a DC power supply is converted to AC power by an inverter and supplied to an AC motor, a power compensator is connected in parallel with a DC power input portion of the inverter, and a control device of the power compensator charges/discharges a power storage device to perform a power compensation process A when power demand for the AC motor exceeds a predetermined value, and takes into account power allowance which can be inputted and outputted from the DC power supply to the power storage device and performs a power storage adjustment process B of performing auxiliary charge of the power storage device within the range of the power allowance when the power compensation process A is unnecessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2010Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Furutani, Akiko Tabuchi, Kazuhiko Tsutsui, Yoji Tsutsumishita, Jun Hattori, Manabu Ohashi