Patents by Inventor Masato Achihara

Masato Achihara 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: 11988688
    Abstract: A voltage dividing device includes: a plurality of resistive voltage dividing boards each being a plate-like board having a front face, the board having a plurality of conductor patterns arranged on the front face, the conductor patterns being connected in series with one another through capacitors and resistors connected in parallel on the front face of the board. The resistive voltage dividing boards are connected in series with one another through connecting members, and adjacent ones of the resistive voltage dividing boards are arranged so that a rear face of one of the adjacent resistive voltage dividing boards and a front face of the other resistive voltage dividing board face each other and that the conductor patterns arranged on the front face of the one resistive voltage dividing board are disposed oppositely from the conductor patterns arranged on the front face of the other resistive voltage dividing board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Yamashita, Fumihito Izawa, Seiiyu Ishimoto, Masato Achihara
  • Publication number: 20230327559
    Abstract: A boost circuit that boosts a voltage using multiple capacitors and multiple diodes disposed on an insulated substrate, where the insulated substrate is divided into multiple insulated substrates, and at least one of the multiple capacitors or the multiple diodes is disposed between the insulated substrates to cross an insulation layer between the insulated substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei ARAKI, Fumihito IZAWA, Noriyuki MATSUBARA, Masato ACHIHARA, Yuya YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230261586
    Abstract: A booster circuit includes, at a substrate end of an insulating substrate, an input part of voltage, an output part of voltage, and a conductive L-shaped joint fitting. The L-shaped joint fitting includes a plate-shaped bottom surface portion attached to the insulating substrate and a plate-shaped back surface portion bent from the bottom surface portion and extending in a specific direction. In the input part and the output part, a capacitor, a diode, and a connection line connecting the insulating substrates are electrically connected at a component connecting portion, and the L-shaped joint fitting is disposed such that a lead forming portion of a lead connected to the capacitor, a lead forming portion of a lead connected to the diode, and the component connecting portion fit within an area of a main surface of the back surface portion and an area of a main surface of the bottom surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masato MORIWAKI, Fumihito IZAWA, Yohei ARAKI, Noriyuki MATSUBARA, Masato ACHIHARA, Yuya YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230238175
    Abstract: A voltage generator includes: a sealed case having a ground potential; a high-voltage transformer that is housed in the sealed case and boosts a voltage; a booster circuitry that is housed in the sealed case and boosts a voltage outputted from the high-voltage transformer; and a voltage detector that is housed in the sealed case and detects a voltage boosted by the booster circuitry. A first creepage path ranging from a high-voltage portion, which is a portion to which a highest voltage is applied in the voltage detector, to a ground point having an equal potential to the sealed case includes a first bent path, which is a bent path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki MATSUBARA, Fumihito IZAWA, Yohei ARAKI, Yuya YAMASHITA, Masato ACHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220308091
    Abstract: A voltage dividing device includes: a plurality of resistive voltage dividing boards each being a plate-like board having a front face, the board having a plurality of conductor patterns arranged on the front face, the conductor patterns being connected in series with one another through capacitors and resistors connected in parallel on the front face of the board. The resistive voltage dividing boards are connected in series with one another through connecting members, and adjacent ones of the resistive voltage dividing boards are arranged so that a rear face of one of the adjacent resistive voltage dividing boards and a front face of the other resistive voltage dividing board face each other and that the conductor patterns arranged on the front face of the one resistive voltage dividing board are disposed oppositely from the conductor patterns arranged on the front face of the other resistive voltage dividing board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya YAMASHITA, Fumihito IZAWA, Seiiyu ISHIMOTO, Masato ACHIHARA
  • Patent number: 9595886
    Abstract: A vehicle auxiliary power supply device includes a resonant inverter circuit that converts DC input into a desired AC voltage and outputs the AC voltage and a control unit. The control unit includes a resonance-time managing unit managing resonance time of current flowing in the resonant inverter circuit, a gate-off-command generating unit detecting overcurrent flowing in the resonant inverter circuit based on detected current of a current detector, and, when the overcurrent is detected, generating, based on detected current of the current detector and resonance time managed by the resonance-time managing unit, a gate-off command to turn off switching elements included in the resonant inverter circuit after the elapse of time after which current flowing in the switching elements becomes zero for the first time, and a gate-signal generating unit generating a gate signal that controls the switching elements to be turned off when the gate-off command is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Achihara, Ryotaro Harada
  • Publication number: 20140346861
    Abstract: A vehicle auxiliary power supply device includes a resonant inverter circuit that converts DC input into a desired AC voltage and outputs the AC voltage and a control unit. The control unit includes a resonance-time managing unit managing resonance time of current flowing in the resonant inverter circuit, a gate-off-command generating unit detecting overcurrent flowing in the resonant inverter circuit based on detected current of a current detector, and, when the overcurrent is detected, generating, based on detected current of the current detector and resonance time managed by the resonance-time managing unit, a gate-off command to turn off switching elements included in the resonant inverter circuit after the elapse of time after which current flowing in the switching elements becomes zero for the first time, and a gate-signal generating unit generating a gate signal that controls the switching elements to be turned off when the gate-off command is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Achihara, Ryotaro Harada
  • Patent number: 7601957
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electron microscope that employs a hologram of a diffraction pattern to reconstruct a microscopic image involving no imaging aberration due to image forming lenses, as well as a combined illumination lens used for such an electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: National University Corporation Kyoto Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hisamitsu Endoh, Masato Achihara, Katsushige Tsuno, Tetsuo Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20080149833
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electron microscope that employs a hologram of a diffraction pattern to reconstruct a microscopic image involving no imaging aberration due to image forming lenses, as well as a combined illumination lens used for such an electron microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Hisamitsu Endoh, Masato Achihara, Katsushige Tsuno, Tetsuo Oikawa