Patents by Inventor Minoru KITOU

Minoru KITOU 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: 12018673
    Abstract: A compressor control method of controlling the vibration amplitude of a compressor equipped with a motor by using the motor is provided. The compressor is driven by the motor, and this method includes controlling, in a specific operating area, the vibration amplitude of the compressor such that the vibration amplitude is substantially constant regardless of changes in the load imposed on the motor and in the number of revolutions of the motor per unit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kitou, Hitoshi Ozawa, Masahide Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20230036994
    Abstract: A compressor control method of controlling the vibration amplitude of a compressor equipped with a motor by using the motor is provided. The compressor is driven by the motor, and this method includes controlling, in a specific operating area, the vibration amplitude of the compressor such that the vibration amplitude is substantially constant regardless of changes in the load imposed on the motor and in the number of revolutions of the motor per unit time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Minoru KITOU, Hitoshi OZAWA, Masahide HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11218107
    Abstract: A power converter converts a DC voltage including a pulsation component into an AC voltage and outputs the AC voltage to a synchronous electrical motor. A control device for controlling the power converter includes a pulsation component detection unit and a control circuit. The pulsation component detection unit detects a pulsation component. The control circuit controls the power converter so that a load angle of the synchronous electrical motor is increased in accordance with increase in an instantaneous value of the pulsation component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuuji Yasumoto, Nobuki Kitano, Naoto Kobayashi, Minoru Kitou
  • Patent number: 10873272
    Abstract: A locus of integrals, in terms of time, of unit voltage vectors forms a loop within a period shorter than a reciprocal of a maximum value of an operating frequency, in terms of electrical angle, of a compressor motor, the unit voltage vectors being voltage vectors that are units composing an instantaneous space vector indicating voltage which an inverter for driving the compressor motor outputs except in a dead time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kitou, Naoto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200244185
    Abstract: A locus of integrals, in terms of time, of unit voltage vectors forms a loop within a period shorter than a reciprocal of a maximum value of an operating frequency, in terms of electrical angle, of a compressor motor, the unit voltage vectors being voltage vectors that are units composing an instantaneous space vector indicating voltage which an inverter for driving the compressor motor outputs except in a dead time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru KITOU, Naoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200036316
    Abstract: A power converter converts a DC voltage including a pulsation component into an AC voltage and outputs the AC voltage to a synchronous electrical motor. A control device for controlling the power converter includes a pulsation component detection unit and a control circuit. The pulsation component detection unit detects a pulsation component. The control circuit controls the power converter so that a load angle of the synchronous electrical motor is increased in accordance with increase in an instantaneous value of the pulsation component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuuji YASUMOTO, Nobuki KITANO, Naoto KOBAYASHI, Minoru KITOU
  • Patent number: 10305405
    Abstract: A subtractor subtracts an angular speed correction amount from a rotational speed command to obtain a corrected rotational speed command. An adder adds a second-axis current correction value to a ?c-axis current to obtain a corrected second-axis current. An angular ripple extraction unit obtains, from a rotational angle on a mechanical angle of a synchronous motor, a rotational angle difference being a ripple component of the rotational angle. An nth-order component extraction unit extracts nth-order components of a fundamental frequency of the rotational angle from the rotational angle difference. A torque conversion unit obtains nth-order components of an estimated value of vibration torque. A correction amount calculation unit obtains the second-axis current correction value using the nth-order components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kitou, Nobuki Kitano, Naoto Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hibino, Ryou Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20180309398
    Abstract: A subtractor subtracts an angular speed correction amount from a rotational speed command to obtain a corrected rotational speed command. An adder adds a second-axis current correction value to a ?c-axis current to obtain a corrected second-axis current. An angular ripple extraction unit obtains, from a rotational angle on a mechanical angle of a synchronous motor, a rotational angle difference being a ripple component of the rotational angle. An nth-order component extraction unit extracts nth-order components of a fundamental frequency of the rotational angle from the rotational angle difference. A torque conversion unit obtains nth-order components of an estimated value of vibration torque. A correction amount calculation unit obtains the second-axis current correction value using the nth-order components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru KITOU, Nobuki KITANO, Naoto KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi HIBINO, Ryou MATSUYAMA