Patents by Inventor Naoki ONOSAKA

Naoki ONOSAKA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240097594
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a control unit configured to cause a current to flow between two terminals out of three terminals of a three-phase motor under PWM control, a first signal information acquisition unit configured to acquire first signal information indicating an on-duty ratio of a PWM control signal in a three-phase energization state after a predetermined period has elapsed since the three-phase motor was started, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the three-phase motor is locked based on the first signal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeru YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki USHITA, Tomoya ISHII, Naoki ONOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20230009889
    Abstract: A motor control device is configured to execute vector control on driving of a three-phase motor according to a d axis current command and a q axis current command. The motor control device includes: a current detection unit configured to detect a current to be input to the three-phase motor; and a control unit configured to control driving of the three-phase motor. The control unit includes: a three-phase to two-phase conversion unit configured to acquire a q axis current value by converting a three-phase current input to the three-phase motor and detected by the current detection unit into a two-phase current; and a determination unit configured to determine that the three-phase motor is idling when the q axis current value is equal to or smaller than a determination threshold set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki ONOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11075597
    Abstract: A motor control device controls driving of a motor in response to d-axis and q-axis current commands set on the basis of a torque command. The motor control device includes: an electrical angle estimation unit configured to estimate an electrical angle of the motor according to at least one of methods of estimating the electrical angle on the basis that a leakage current in a q axis becomes zero by applying a voltage to a d axis, on the basis that at least one of a phase current difference and a line current difference caused by an induced voltage generated due to rotation of the motor becomes zero, and on the basis of a voltage equation, depending on an angular velocity of the motor, a modulation rate of a pwm signal, and whether a magnetic flux change is included in a nonlinear region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Todu, Misato Maeda, Naoki Onosaka, Keirei Lin, Genki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210159832
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a power supply controller controlling a power supply to rotate a rotor to a predetermined position by supplying power to an excitation coil of a predetermined phase among excitation coils of three phases of the rotor at startup of the rotor, the power supply controller selecting the excitation coil of the predetermined phase to which power is supplied in accordance with a position of a magnetic pole of the rotor in a state where the rotor is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki ONOSAKA, Misato MAEDA, Genki YAMASHITA, Yuka FUKADA
  • Publication number: 20200177118
    Abstract: A motor control device controls driving of a motor in response to d-axis and q-axis current commands set on the basis of a torque command. The motor control device includes: an electrical angle estimation unit configured to estimate an electrical angle of the motor according to at least one of methods of estimating the electrical angle on the basis that a leakage current in a q axis becomes zero by applying a voltage to a d axis, on the basis that at least one of a phase current difference and a line current difference caused by an induced voltage generated due to rotation of the motor becomes zero, and on the basis of a voltage equation, depending on an angular velocity of the motor, a modulation rate of a pwm signal, and whether a magnetic flux change is included in a nonlinear region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji TODU, Misato MAEDA, Naoki ONOSAKA, Keirei LIN, Genki YAMASHITA