Patents by Inventor Mariko Nishi

Mariko Nishi 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: 9479079
    Abstract: An inverter device (1), including a first inverter (10), and a second inverter (20) connected in parallel to the first inverter. Both the first and second inverters (10, 20) are three-level inverters. The first and second inverters (10, 20) generate first and second output voltages (V1, V2) using the voltage (Vc) at the connection point between a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (C2) connected in series and evenly allocating a power supply voltage (Vin). A control circuit (40) duty-controls the second inverter at high frequency, when the second inverter (20) switches the level of the second output voltage (V2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kidera, Mariko Nishi
  • Patent number: 9236764
    Abstract: A DC power supply system includes a DC power supply and a secondary battery for backing up the DC power supply. When a voltage of the DC power supply is lower than a voltage of the secondary battery, the DC power system adds an extra voltage to the voltage of the DC power supply to provide an input voltage to the secondary battery higher than the voltage of the secondary battery by using an electric power of the secondary battery, and the secondary battery is charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kidera, Takuya Kagawa, Hideki Tamura, Hiroyuki Nishino, Mariko Nishi
  • Patent number: 9184662
    Abstract: An electric power supply apparatus, which enables a driving frequency of a switching circuit connected to a primary side of a transformer constant and output of a secondary side variable, comprises a transformer (5), a series circuit of two first switching elements (Q1, Q2) connected between terminals of a direct current power supply (2), an LC resonant circuit connected between both ends of one of the first switch element (Q2) and a primary winding (Np) of the transformer (5), bidirectional switch elements (Q3, Q4) connected to secondary windings (Ns1, Ns2) of the transformer (5) and having a rectification function and a phase control function, and a control circuit for inputting gate driving signals having a phase difference into the first switch elements (Q1, Q2) and the second switch elements (Q3, Q4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishino, Kazunori Kidera, Mariko Nishi
  • Publication number: 20140307489
    Abstract: An inverter device (1), including a first inverter (10), and a second inverter (20) connected in parallel to the first inverter. Both the first and second inverters (10, 20) are three-level inverters. The first and second inverters (10, 20) generate first and second output voltages (V1, V2) using the voltage (Vc) at the connection point between a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (C2) connected in series and evenly allocating a power supply voltage (Vin). A control circuit (40) duty-controls the second inverter at high frequency, when the second inverter (20) switches the level of the second output voltage (V2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kazunori Kidera, Mariko Nishi
  • Publication number: 20130170252
    Abstract: An electric power supply apparatus, which enables a driving frequency of a switching circuit connected to a primary side of a transformer constant and output of a secondary side variable, comprises a transformer (5), a series circuit of two first switching elements (Q1, Q2) connected between terminals of a direct current power supply (2), an LC resonant circuit connected between both ends of one of the first switch element (Q2) and a primary winding (Np) of the transformer (5), bidirectional switch elements (Q3, Q4) connected to secondary windings (Ns1, Ns2) of the transformer (5) and having a rectification function and a phase control function, and a control circuit for inputting gate driving signals having a phase difference into the first switch elements (Q1, Q2) and the second switch elements (Q3, Q4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishino, Kazunori Kidera, Mariko Nishi
  • Publication number: 20130140901
    Abstract: A DC power supply system includes a DC power supply and a secondary battery for backing up the DC power supply. When a voltage of the DC power supply is lower than a voltage of the secondary battery, the DC power system adds an extra voltage to the voltage of the DC power supply to provide an input voltage to the secondary battery higher than the voltage of the secondary battery by using an electric power of the secondary battery, and the secondary battery is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kidera, Takuya Kagawa, Hideki Tamura, Hiroyuki Nishino, Mariko Nishi