Patents by Inventor Masahiro Uetake

Masahiro Uetake 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: 9350228
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a capacitor for smoothing DC current; power semiconductor modules having power semiconductor devices stored in a module case and DC terminals, an AC terminal and signal terminals are extracted from an extracting part of the module case; a capacitor bus bar that connects the capacitor with the DC terminals; a first channel body having a first coolant channel formed to allow the power semiconductor modules to be inserted therein; a second channel body in which a second coolant channel for cooling the capacitor and the capacitor bus bar is formed; and a housing having a base on which the first and second channel bodies are arranged in parallel across a prescribed space and openings formed in areas of the base facing the prescribed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Uetake, Kenji Ohshima
  • Publication number: 20140160823
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a capacitor for smoothing DC current; power semiconductor modules having power semiconductor devices stored in a module case and DC terminals, an AC terminal and signal terminals are extracted from an extracting part of the module case; a capacitor bus bar that connects the capacitor with the DC terminals; a first channel body having a first coolant channel formed to allow the power semiconductor modules to be inserted therein; a second channel body in which a second coolant channel for cooling the capacitor and the capacitor bus bar is formed; and a housing having a base on which the first and second channel bodies are arranged in parallel across a prescribed space and openings formed in areas of the base facing the prescribed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd
    Inventors: Masahiro Uetake, Kenji Ohshima