Patents by Inventor Reiichi Kimura
Reiichi Kimura 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).
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Publication number: 20060227448Abstract: Currents of sine waveforms can be fed through coils by a relatively small-sized circuit, and thereby, highly dense magnetic storage can be realized with less rotation variations and a driving control circuit of a motor rotating at a low noise level can be provided. A coil of one phase of a three-phase brushless motor is driven with full amplitude at which an applied voltage becomes equal to a source voltage, and a coil of one of other phases is driven with gradually changing voltages so that a current of sine waveform is delivered, and a coil of the remaining phase is driven by feedback control so that a total current flowing through all coils becomes a predetermined current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Reiichi Kimura, Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Minoru Kurosawa, Kichiya Itagaki
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Publication number: 20050189892Abstract: There is provided a drive control system for sensor-less motor wherein a multi-phase sensor-less motor is driven to rotate by switching a current to be applied to a field coil of each phase depending on the rotating phase of motor and such rotating drive is controlled with the PLL control method and the sensor-less motor is driven with higher reliability. When the motor is to be driven, a desired phase is selected as the detection phase and a voltage (Eu, Ev, Ew) induced on the coil of the detection phase is detected when the power is fed for a short period of time to the field coils except for that of the detection phase. A magnetic pole position of a rotor is detected from the amplitude condition of the detected induced voltage and the power feeding phase of the motor drive is determined based on the result of detection of the magnetic pole position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Tsunoda, Reiichi Kimura
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Patent number: 6900604Abstract: A drive control system, with PLL control, drives a rotatable multi-phase sensor-less motor by switching a current of a field coil of each phase depending on the rotating phase of the motor. When the moto is driven, a desired phase is selected as a datection phase, and a voltage induced on the coil of the detection phase is detected when power is fed for a predetermined time to the field coils other than the detection phase. A magnetic pole position is detected from the amplitude condition of the detected induced voltage. Based on this detection, the power-feeding phase of the motor drive is determined. Power feeding and pole position detection are performed alternately.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Hitachi Tohbu Semiconductor, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Tsunoda, Reiichi Kimura
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Publication number: 20050036228Abstract: Currents of sine waveforms can be fed through coils by a relatively small-sized circuit, and thereby, highly dense magnetic storage can be realized with less rotation variations and a driving control circuit of a motor rotating at a low noise level can be provided. A coil of one phase of a three-phase brushless motor is driven with full amplitude at which an applied voltage becomes equal to a source voltage, and a coil of one of other phases is driven with gradually changing voltages so that a current of sine waveform is delivered, and a coil of the remaining phase is driven by feedback control so that a total current flowing through all coils becomes a predetermined current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Reiichi Kimura, Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Minoru Kurosawa, Kichiya Itagaki
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Patent number: 6801382Abstract: Currents of sine waveforms can be fed through coils by a relatively small-sized circuit, and thereby, highly dense magnetic storage can be realized with less rotation variations and a driving control circuit of a motor rotating at a low noise level can be provided. A coil of one phase of a three-phase brushless motor is driven with full amplitude at which an applied voltage becomes equal to a source voltage, and a coil of one of other phases is driven with gradually changing voltages so that a current of sine waveform is delivered, and a coil of the remaining phase is driven by feedback control so that a total current flowing through all coils becomes a predetermined current value.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Tohbu Semiconductor, Ltd.Inventors: Reiichi Kimura, Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Minoru Kurosawa, Kichiya Itagaki
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Patent number: 6771033Abstract: A drive control system, with PLL control, drives a rotatable multi-phase sensor-less motor by switching a current of a field coil of each phase depending on the rotating phase of the motor. When the motor is driven, a desired phase is selected as a detection phase, and a voltage induced on the coil of the detection phase is detected when power is fed for a predetermined time to the field coils other than the detection phase. A magnetic pole position is detected from the amplitude condition of the detected induced voltage. Based on this detection, the power-feeding phase of the motor drive is determined. Power feeding and pole position detection are performed alternately.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Hitachi Tohbu Semiconductor, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Tsunoda, Reiichi Kimura
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Publication number: 20030107337Abstract: There is provided a drive control system for sensor-less motor wherein a multi-phase sensor-less motor is driven to rotate by switching a current to be applied to a field coil of each phase depending on the rotating phase of motor and such rotating drive is controlled with the PLL control method and the sensor-less motor is driven with higher reliability. When the motor is to be driven, a desired phase is selected as the detection phase and a voltage (Eu, Ev, Ew) induced on the coil of the detection phase is detected when the power is fed for a short period of time to the field coils except for that of the detection phase. A magnetic pole position of a rotor is detected from the amplitude condition of the detected induced voltage and the power feeding phase of the motor drive is determined based on the result of detection of the magnetic pole position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Tsunoda, Reiichi Kimura
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Publication number: 20030107338Abstract: There is provided a drive control system for sensor-less motor wherein a multi-phase sensor-less motor is driven to rotate by switching a current to be applied to a field coil of each phase depending on the rotating phase of motor and such rotating drive is controlled with the PLL control method and the sensor-less motor is driven with higher reliability. When the motor is to be driven, a desired phase is selected as the detection phase and a voltage (Eu, Ev, Ew) induced on the coil of the detection phase is detected when the power is fed for a short period of time to the field coils except for that of the detection phase. A magnetic pole position of a rotor is detected from the amplitude condition of the detected induced voltage and the power feeding phase of the motor drive is determined based on the result of detection of the magnetic pole position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2003Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Tsunoda, Reiichi Kimura
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Publication number: 20020181137Abstract: Currents of sine waveforms can be fed through coils by a relatively small-sized circuit, and thereby, highly dense magnetic storage can be realized with less rotation variations and a driving control circuit of a motor rotating at a low noise level can be provided. A coil of one phase of a three-phase brushless motor is driven with full amplitude at which an applied voltage becomes equal to a source voltage, and a coil of one of other phases is driven with gradually changing voltages so that a current of sine waveform is delivered, and a coil of the remaining phase is driven by feedback control so that a total current flowing through all coils becomes a predetermined current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Reiichi Kimura, Yasuhiko Kokami, Kunihiro Kawauchi, Minoru Kurosawa, Kichiya Itagaki