Patents by Inventor Masanori Musou

Masanori Musou 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).

  • Power inverter
    Patent number: 8072760
    Abstract: Water paths for feeding a coolant water through a power converter mounted on an automobile are arranged in parallel, openings are formed on the water paths respectively, heat radiating fins project from the openings, and the openings are closed by a base plate of the power module. Further, the base plate of the power module includes a metal in addition to copper to increase a hardness of the base plate, so that a deterioration of the flatness during fixing the fins with brazing is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Haruki Hamada, Atsuo Nishihara, Masanori Musou
  • POWER INVERTER
    Publication number: 20110032676
    Abstract: Water paths for feeding a coolant water through a power converter mounted on an automobile are arranged in parallel, openings are formed on the water paths respectively, heat radiating fins project from the openings, and the openings are closed by a base plate of the power module. Further, the base plate of the power module includes a metal in addition to copper to increase a hardness of the base plate, so that a deterioration of the flatness during fixing the fins with brazing is restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUO, Haruki Hamada, Atsuo Nishihara, Masanori Musou
  • Power inverter
    Patent number: 7710721
    Abstract: Water paths for feeding a coolant water through a power converter mounted on an automobile are arranged in parallel, openings are formed on the water paths respectively, heat radiating fins project from the openings, and the openings are closed by a base plate of the power module. Further, the base plate of the power module includes a metal in addition to copper to increase a hardness of the base plate, so that a deterioration of the flatness during fixing the fins with brazing is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Haruki Hamada, Atsuo Nishihara, Masanori Musou
  • Power inverter
    Publication number: 20070253164
    Abstract: Water paths for feeding a coolant water through a power converter mounted on an automobile are arranged in parallel, openings are formed on the water paths respectively, heat radiating fins project from the openings, and the openings are closed by a base plate of the power module. Further, the base plate of the power module includes a metal in addition to copper to increase a hardness of the base plate, so that a deterioration of the flatness during fixing the fins with brazing is restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Haruki Hamada, Atsuo Nishihara, Masanori Musou
  • Power module for power inverter
    Patent number: D556686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Haruki Hamada, Atsuo Nishihara, Masanori Musou