Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Wada

Noriyuki Wada 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: 20130088179
    Abstract: A control command generator that generates an armature interlinkage flux command and a torque current command by a torque command, a rotation speed, and an operation target command, includes a first flux command generator generating a first flux command by the toque command or the torque current command, a second flux generator generating a second flux command by the torque command or the torque current command and the rotation speed of the synchronous machine, a command allocation setting unit setting an allocation coefficient equivalent to an allocation ratio of the two first and second flux commands by the operation target command, a flux command adjuster outputting an armature interlinkage flux command by the two flux commands and the allocation coefficient, and a torque current command generator generating the torque current command by the torque command and the armature interlinkage flux command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko KOBAYASHI, Kiyoharu ANZAI, Noriyuki WADA, Daiki MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20120217944
    Abstract: A current detector of an inductive load includes: an inductive load 100; a switching element 101 connected in series with the inductive load and controls an electric current to be carried through this inductive load by ON/OFF operation; a current circulating diode 102 connected in parallel with the inductive load and circulates an electric current of the inductive load when the switching element is OFF; current detecting device 103 making a sampling in a cycle of a predetermined sampling period to detect an electric current to be carried through the switching element 101; and current correction device 104 making a correction with respect to an electric current value having been detected at the current detector, and in which the current correction device 104 changes the correction rate based on DUTY of a pulse with which the switching element is brought in ON/OFF operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Katsuyuki Sumimoto, Junya Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20120007569
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle AC generator, in which a part can be shared even when electrical configuration positions of field coils of rotors of generators are different, is obtained. Switching elements connected in series to the field coil in order to control a field current; and a control signal processing unit, in which information as to whether the field coil is connected to the high potential side or connected to the low potential side is inputted, one of the high potential side terminal and the low potential side terminal is selected on the basis of the inputted information, a control signal is outputted, and ON/OFF control of the switching element is performed to control the field current of the field coil, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki SUMIMOTO, Noriyuki Wada
  • Patent number: 8063499
    Abstract: There can be performed the best power-generation control without enlarging the apparatus, deteriorating the reliability, and raising the cost. The power-generation control apparatus is provided with a power-generation amount suppression determination unit that determines whether or not to change a power-generation amount suppression level for suppressing the power-generation amount of the in-vehicle electric rotating machine, based on a present generation-voltage command value generated by a generated-voltage command unit and a generated-voltage past command value based on a past generated-voltage command value stored in a generated-voltage command storage unit, and that determines whether or not the power-generation amount suppression control is required, based on at least one of a past value and a present value of the generated-voltage command; therefore, there can be performed the best power-generation control without enlarging the apparatus, deteriorating the reliability, and raising the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Katsuyuki Sumimoto, Jyunya Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110260696
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle AC generator which restricts an upper limit of a field current to the maximum field current at a set voltage even when a power generation voltage becomes large, is obtained. In the control device for the vehicle AC generator, in which a DC voltage obtained by rectifying an AC output voltage of an armature coil in the AC generator with a rectifier is applied to a field coil to obtain a field current and the field current is controlled by ON/OFF of a switching element connected in series to the field coil, an upper limit restriction unit in which an upper limit of on-duty of the switching element is set to a set voltage/the DC voltage, is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji NISHIMURA, Noriyuki WADA
  • Publication number: 20110260697
    Abstract: In order to receive a power generation command from the outside of a body, to transmit power generation control condition with respect to the power generation command to the outside, and to enable a vehicle to drive properly depending on the condition; a minimum value selector by which on-duty of a switching element by the power generation command inputted from the outside of the body of a control device is compared to on-duty of the switching element calculated inside the body of the control device and smaller on-duty of both on-duties is selected to perform ON/OFF control of the switching element is included, and the selected on-duty is transmitted to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji NISHIMURA, Noriyuki WADA
  • Publication number: 20110248687
    Abstract: A power supply system for a motor vehicle is provided with: a generator that includes a rotor having a field coil and a stator having an armature coil; a rectifier that rectifies AC power generated in the armature coil; an excitation control circuit that takes control of a voltage applied to the field coil; a capacitor that is connected to the DC side of the rectifier, and receives and transfers the rectified power; a battery connected to an electric load of the motor vehicle; a DC-DC converter that is connected between the capacitor and the battery and capable of converting unidirectionally or bidirectionally an input DC voltage into any DC voltage; and a selection switch capable of selecting as a power supply source for the excitation control circuit either the capacitor or the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nozomu KAMIOKA, Shinji NISHIMURA, Noriyuki WADA
  • Patent number: 7911188
    Abstract: A power generation control apparatus of a rotating electrical machine for a vehicle is obtained which achieves load response control in a plurality of electric power generation control modes even if a generation voltage final target value rapidly changes. The apparatus includes a power control unit 103 and a storage battery 104 connected to a rotating electrical machine 102, and a rotation speed detection part 105 for detecting a rotational speed Na. The power control unit 103 controls power generation in a first mode when the rotational speed Na during operating as a generator is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and controls power generation in a second mode when the rotational speed Na is higher than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Masato Mori
  • Patent number: 7854284
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a pair of vertical plates disposed on a rotating frame, a fuel tank and a working oil tank aligned on the rotating frame in the front-back direction, hydraulic pipes for coupling a control valve provided in the working oil tank and a working actuator, and a retaining tool for retaining the hydraulic pipes between the control valve and the actuator, and the hydraulic pipes are arranged from the control valve to the retaining tool through a clearance formed between the fuel tank and the working oil tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Kazuyuki Takeda, Yuka Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20100194355
    Abstract: There can be performed the best power-generation control without enlarging the apparatus, deteriorating the reliability, and raising the cost. The power-generation control apparatus is provided with a power-generation amount suppression determination unit that determines whether or not to change a power-generation amount suppression level for suppressing the power-generation amount of the in-vehicle electric rotating machine, based on a present generation-voltage command value generated by a generated-voltage command unit and a generated-voltage past command value based on a past generated-voltage command value stored in a generated-voltage command storage unit, and that determines whether or not the power-generation amount suppression control is required, based on at least one of a past value and a present value of the generated-voltage command; therefore, there can be performed the best power-generation control without enlarging the apparatus, deteriorating the reliability, and raising the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki WADA, Katsuyuki Sumimoto, Jyunya Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20100072958
    Abstract: A power generation control apparatus of a rotating electrical machine for a vehicle is obtained which achieves load response control in a plurality of electric power generation control modes even if a generation voltage final target value rapidly changes. The apparatus includes a power control unit 103 and a storage battery 104 connected to a rotating electrical machine 102, and a rotation speed detection part 105 for detecting a rotational speed Na. The power control unit 103 controls power generation in a first mode when the rotational speed Na during operating as a generator is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and controls power generation in a second mode when the rotational speed Na is higher than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Masato Mori
  • Patent number: 7508087
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to obtain a vehicle electric-power conversion apparatus in which high-efficiency rectification operation can be realized, by detecting in real time a change, due to a fluctuation in a load, in a phase at which a switching element is turned on/off and by changing the phase at which the switching element is turned on/off, in response to the change. A diode-on timing and a diode-off timing corresponding to the diode conduction state of a diode connected in parallel with a switching element are detected; the values of rotor-position signals corresponding to the timings are sequentially stored; based on the stored values of rotor-position signals, a switching-element-on timing and a switching-element-off timing are calculated; and based on the timings, a gate command signal for the switching element is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Tsujimoto, Noriyuki Wada
  • Publication number: 20080282586
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a pair of vertical plates disposed on a rotating frame, a fuel tank and a working oil tank aligned on the rotating frame in the front-back direction, hydraulic pipes for coupling a control valve provided in the working oil tank and a working actuator, and a retaining tool for retaining the hydraulic pipes between the control valve and the actuator, and the hydraulic pipes are arranged from the control valve to the retaining tool through a clearance formed between the fuel tank and the working oil tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Noriyuki WADA, Kazuyuki Takeda, Yuka Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20080225565
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to obtain a vehicle electric-power conversion apparatus in which high-efficiency rectification operation can be realized, by detecting in real time a change, due to a fluctuation in a load, in a phase at which a switching element is turned on/off and by changing the phase at which the switching element is turned on/off, in response to the change. A diode-on timing and a diode-off timing corresponding to the diode conduction state of a diode connected in parallel with a switching element are detected; the values of rotor-position signals corresponding to the timings are sequentially stored; based on the stored values of rotor-position signals, a switching-element-on timing and a switching-element-off timing are calculated; and based on the timings, a gate command signal for the switching element is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Tsujimoto, Noriyuki Wada
  • Patent number: 7402968
    Abstract: A field winding synchronous generator-motor includes: a power conversion section that is connected to an electric rotating machine and operating as a generator-motor, and that controls the electric rotating machine; a compensation amount storage section that stores a compensation capable of improving characteristics of the electric rotating machine from a reference position of a rotor; a positional compensation operation section that makes a compensation operation of positional information from a rotor position and a value of the compensation amount storage section; a conducting phase storage section that stores a conducting phase to each armature winding from the reference position; and a rectangular wave application voltage command section that commands a rectangular wave application voltage to each armature winding with respect to the power conversion section from a value of the positional compensation operation section and a value of the conducting phase storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Masato Mori
  • Publication number: 20070132409
    Abstract: A field winding synchronous generator-motor includes: a power conversion section that is connected to an electric rotating machine and operating as a generator-motor, and that controls the electric rotating machine; a compensation amount storage section that stores a compensation capable of improving characteristics of the electric rotating machine from a reference position of a rotor; a positional compensation operation section that makes a compensation operation of positional information from a rotor position and a value of the compensation amount storage section; a conducting phase storage section that stores a conducting phase to each armature winding from the reference position; and a rectangular wave application voltage command section that commands a rectangular wave application voltage to each armature winding with respect to the power conversion section from a value of the positional compensation operation section and a value of the conducting phase storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Masato Mori
  • Patent number: 6771040
    Abstract: A control apparatus and a control method of an on-vehicle dynamo-electric machine 1 are provided for efficiently controlling functions as a starter-motor and as a charging generator. In case that the dynamo-electric machine 1 acts as a charging generator, when a rotation speed of the dynamo-electric machine 1 is not higher than a predetermined value, a power is generated by applying a compensation current from and inverter to an armature coil 3 for phase control. On the other hand, when a rotation speed of the dynamo-electric machine 1 is not lower than a predetermined value, operation of the inverter is stopped. Thus, controlling a current applied to a field coil 4 by a field coil current control means 5 generates a predetermined target voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kusumoto, Noriyuki Wada, Masakazu Nakayama, Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20030030409
    Abstract: A control apparatus and a control method of an on-vehicle dynamo-electric machine 1 are provided for efficiently controlling functions as a starter-motor and as a charging generator. In case that the dynamo-electric machine 1 acts as a charging generator, when a rotation speed of the dynamo-electric machine 1 is not higher than a predetermined value, a power is generated by applying a compensation current from and inverter to an armature coil 3 for phase control. On the other hand, when a rotation speed of the dynamo-electric machine 1 is not lower than a predetermined value, operation of the inverter is stopped. Thus, controlling a current applied to a field coil 4 by a field coil current control means 5 generates a predetermined target voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kusumoto, Noriyuki Wada, Masakazu Nakayama, Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5595697
    Abstract: A sealing device to be mounted between a member and a rotation shaft which can be rotated relatively to the member, includes an annular flanged portion formed of a resin and disposed to surround the rotation shaft, and extends in a radial direction of the rotation shaft. A resin seal lip extends from an inner end of the flanged portion in an axial direction of the rotation shaft toward fluid to be sealed in such a manner that the resin seal lip surrounds the rotation shaft. The resin seal lip has a first seal ring having a sealing surface which hermetically and slidably contacts the rotation shaft, a second seal ring having an elastic flanged portion formed of a rubber material and disposed to surround the rotation shaft and extending in a radial direction of the rotation shaft, and an elastic seal lip extending, over the resin seal lip, from an inner end of the elastic flanged portion in the axial direction of the rotation shaft toward the fluid to be sealed to surround the resin seal lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Wada, Takayuki Nishigaki
  • Patent number: RE35309
    Abstract: A sealing device comprising a projected portion having a rubber-like elastic member on the outer periphery of a seal member, an outer cylindrical portion extending toward the seal member on a flange portion of a sleeve member. This outer cylindrical portion covers an opening formed between the seal member and the flange portion, thereby preventing entry of dust. The outer cylindrical portion is further provided on the tip thereof with a bend portion which can be engaged with the projected portion. The projected portion, the outer cylindrical portion, and the bend portion form a small clearance which serves as a labyrinth seal. The projected portion is fixedly fitted with a projection ring for covering the opening formed between the seal member and the flange portion of the sleeve member so that the free end portion of the projection ring can be engaged with the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Matsushima, Noriyuki Wada