Patents by Inventor Sadanori Suzuki
Sadanori Suzuki 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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Patent number: 11901829Abstract: A power converter includes an alternating-current-side circuit, a direct-current-side inductor, an alternating-current-side inductor, a direct-current-side circuit, a controlling unit, a transformer, a direct-current-side capacitor, and an alternating-current-side capacitor. The alternating-current-side circuit includes an alternating-current-side buffer circuit and a bridge circuit, and is connected to an alternating-current-side winding of the transformer via the alternating-current-side capacitor. The direct-current-side circuit includes a direct-current-side buffer circuit and a rectification switching element, and is connected to a direct-current-side winding of the transformer via the direct-current-side capacitor. The controlling unit controls switching of the switching elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventor: Sadanori Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230073818Abstract: A power converter includes an alternating-current-side circuit, a direct-current-side inductor, an alternating-current-side inductor, a direct-current-side circuit, a controlling unit, a transformer, a direct-current-side capacitor, and an alternating-current-side capacitor. The alternating-current-side circuit includes an alternating-current-side buffer circuit and a bridge circuit, and is connected to an alternating-current-side winding of the transformer via the alternating-current-side capacitor. The direct-current-side circuit includes a direct-current-side buffer circuit and a rectification switching element, and is connected to a direct-current-side winding of the transformer via the direct-current-side capacitor. The controlling unit controls switching of the switching elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventor: Sadanori SUZUKI
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Patent number: 10050558Abstract: An alternating current (AC) inverter includes a converter circuit configured to convert a direct current (DC) voltage to an AC voltage, and output terminals, the converter circuit being configured to output the AC voltage to the output terminals. The AC inverter further includes a signal terminal configured to receive a signal from outside of the AC inverter, and a control circuit configured to detect an abnormality related to the AC inverter, control the converter circuit to stop conversion of the DC voltage to the AC voltage in response to detection of the abnormality, and control the converter circuit to resume conversion of DC voltage to the AC voltage in response to reception of the signal on the signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA INDUSTRIES ELECTRIC SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Takabumi Ito, Sadanori Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170358921Abstract: An alternating current (AC) inverter includes a converter circuit configured to convert a direct current (DC) voltage to an AC voltage, and output terminals, the converter circuit being configured to output the AC voltage to the output terminals. The AC inverter further includes a signal terminal configured to receive a signal from outside of the AC inverter, and a control circuit configured to detect an abnormality related to the AC inverter, control the converter circuit to stop conversion of the DC voltage to the AC voltage in response to detection of the abnormality, and control the converter circuit to resume conversion of DC voltage to the AC voltage in response to reception of the signal on the signal terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA INDUSTRIES ELECTRIC SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Takabumi ITO, Sadanori SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9391468Abstract: Power supply equipment (10) is provided with an AC power supply (11) and a primary-side resonance coil (13b). Movable body equipment (20) is provided with a secondary-side resonance coil (21b), which receives power from the primary-side coil, a rectifier (23), which rectifies the received power, a charger (24) to which the rectified power is supplied, and a secondary battery (25), which is connected to the charger. A primary matching unit (12) is provided between the AC power supply (11) and the primary-side resonance coil (13b). A secondary matching unit (22) is provided between the secondary-side resonance coil (21b) and the rectifier (23). A control unit is provided to either the power supply equipment (10) or the movable body equipment (20). The control unit controls a primary matching unit adjustment unit (14) and a secondary matching unit adjustment unit (26).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
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Patent number: 9142972Abstract: Power reception equipment (20) is provided with: a secondary side resonance coil (21b) which receives power from a primary side resonance coil (13b) of power supply equipment (10); and a rectifier (23) which rectifies the received power. The power reception equipment is further provided with: a secondary matching unit (22) which is provided between the secondary side resonance coil (21b) and the rectifier (23); a charger (24) to which rectified electric power is supplied; a power storage device (25) which is connected to the charger; and a control unit (26) which adjusts the secondary matching unit when the power storage device is being charged. The control unit stores, as data on a storage device (33), the relationship between the charge power from the power supply equipment during the power ascension phase and the matching status of the secondary matching unit (22) when charging.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
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Patent number: 9106088Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus includes a high-frequency converting section, which converts input voltage to high-frequency voltage and outputs it, a primary coil, which receives high-frequency voltage from the high-frequency converting section, and a secondary coil, which receives electric power from the primary coil. The non-contact power transmission apparatus further includes a load to which the electric power received by the secondary coil is supplied, a rectifier located between the secondary coil and the load, and an output adjusting section, which supplies, as pulses, output voltage to the high-frequency converting section. The output adjusting section is configured to increase or reduce output to the load by adjusting a duty cycle of the pulse output.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Tadashi Kondo, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda
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Patent number: 9000608Abstract: A power-supply unit has an electric connection box operable to supply an electric power of a battery to loads and a power supply operable to control first voltage supplied from the battery and outputted through the electric connection box and supply second voltage into which the first voltage is controlled in the power supply to the loads through the electric connection box. The electric connection box includes an electric connection box side input terminal connectable to the battery and an electric connection box side output terminal connectable to the loads. The power supply includes a power supply side input terminal that is directly connected to the electric connection box side input terminal and a power supply side output terminal that is directly connected to the electric connection box side output terminal. The power supply is directly supported by and fixed to the electric connection box.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Norihisa Sakakibara, Sadanori Suzuki
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Patent number: 8994326Abstract: Movable body equipment is provided with: a secondary-side resonance coil, which receives power from a primary-side resonance coil of power supply equipment; a rectifier, which rectifies the power received by the secondary-side resonance coil; and a secondary battery, to which to which the power rectified by the rectifier is supplied. A resonance-type non-contact power supply system is provided with: state of charge detection units, which detect the state of charge of the secondary battery; and an impedance estimation unit, which estimates an impedance estimation value for the secondary battery on the basis of the state of charge of the secondary battery. When the absolute value of the difference between the impedance estimation value and the current impedance value of the secondary battery exceeds a threshold, a determination unit determines that a foreign body is present between the primary-side resonance coil and the secondary-side resonance coil.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
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Patent number: 8947046Abstract: A power feeding system is provided, in which a detected value of reflected power at a power supply device in a power feeding installation is sent from the power feeding installation to a vehicle via a first communication device, the vehicle has an impedance matching device for adjusting an impedance at a resonance system that is constituted of a power transmission resonator, including a primary self-resonant coil and a primary coil in the power feeding installation, and a power receiving resonator, including a secondary self-resonant coil and a secondary coil in the vehicle, and the impedance matching device is controlled based on the detected value of the reflected power at the power supply device, which has been received from the power feeding installation.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura, Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8766591Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging apparatus is disclosed. A charger of the apparatus receives the high frequency power from a secondary side resonance coil of the apparatus. A power ratio detecting section of the apparatus detects the ratio of the reflected power from a primary side resonance coil to the high frequency power source with respect to the output power from the high frequency power source to the primary side resonance coil. A stop control section of the apparatus stops the high frequency power source when the ratio detected by the power ratio detecting section becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8686823Abstract: An electronic unit includes a double-sided substrate having an insulation substrate, a patterned first metal plate bonded on one side of the insulation substrate, and a patterned second metal plate bonded on the other side of the insulation substrate, and also includes a heat radiation member for releasing heat from the double-sided substrate. The heat radiation member is disposed adjacent to one of the first metal plate and the second metal plate generating a larger amount of heat than the other of the first metal plate and the second metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Hiroaki Asano, Sadanori Suzuki, Kiminori Ozaki, Yasuhiro Koike, Hitoshi Shimadu, Tetsuya Furata, Tomoaki Asai, Takahiro Hayakawa, Ryou Yamauchi, Masao Miyake
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Patent number: 8610399Abstract: A resonance type non-contact power supply system is provided that includes power supplying equipment and an electric vehicle. The power supply equipment includes an alternating-current power source and a primary-side resonance coil for receiving power from the alternating-current power source. The electric vehicle includes power receiving equipment and a vehicle height control device mounted on the electric vehicle. The power receiving equipment includes a secondary-side resonance coil that receives power from the primary-side resonance coil, a rectifier that rectifies the power received by the secondary-side resonance coil, and an electrical storage device, to which the power rectified by the rectifier is supplied. A resonance system that includes the primary-side resonance coil and the secondary-side resonance coil is configured such that impedance thereof is adjusted by the use of the vehicle height control device when the electrical storage device is charged.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
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Patent number: 8506308Abstract: A substrate connection structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first connection terminal plate, a second connection terminal plate, and a fastening member. The first connection terminal plate extends away from the first substrate and includes a flat portion. The second connection terminal plate extends away from the second substrate and includes a flat portion. At least one of the flat portions includes a screw insertion portion. The fastening member fastens the first connection terminal plate and the second connection terminal plate through the screw insertion portion in a state in which the flat portions are in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Hiroaki Asano, Sadanori Suzuki, Kiminori Ozaki
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Publication number: 20130193913Abstract: Power supply equipment (10) is provided with an AC power supply (11) and a primary-side resonance coil (13b). Movable body equipment (20) is provided with a secondary-side resonance coil (21b), which receives power from the primary-side coil, a rectifier (23), which rectifies the received power, a charger (24) to which the rectified power is supplied, and a secondary battery (25), which is connected to the charger. A primary matching unit (12) is provided between the AC power supply (11) and the primary-side resonance coil (13b). A secondary matching unit (22) is provided between the secondary-side resonance coil (21b) and the rectifier (23). A control unit is provided to either the power supply equipment (10) or the movable body equipment (20). The control unit controls a primary matching unit adjustment unit (14) and a secondary matching unit adjustment unit (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20130119781Abstract: A power supplying equipment includes an alternating-current power source and a primary-side resonance coil. A movable body equipment includes a secondary-side resonance coil a rectifier, and a secondary battery to which the power rectified by the rectifier is supplied. The power supplying equipment further includes a primary matching unit provided between the alternating-current power source and the primary-side resonance coil, and a primary matching unit adjusting section for adjusting the primary matching unit. The primary matching unit adjusting section adjusts the primary matching unit only at times other than when detecting the distance between the primary-side resonance coil and the secondary-side resonance coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Shimpei Sakoda, Sadanori Suzuki, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
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Patent number: 8432125Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus having an AC power source and a resonance system is disclosed. The resonance system has a primary coil connected to the AC power source, a primary side resonance coil, a secondary side resonance coil, a secondary coil, and a load connected to the secondary coil. The primary side resonance coil is separated from the primary coil in an axial direction by a first distance, and the secondary coil is separated from the secondary side resonance coil in the axial direction by a second distance. At least one of the first distance and the second distance is adjusted to be a distance that is determined in advance in accordance with the impedance of the load so that the power transmission efficiency is maintained at a proper value.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Shimpei Sakoda, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata
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Patent number: 8432066Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus having a resonance system is disclosed. The resonance system includes a primary coil to which an alternating-current voltage from an alternating-current source is applied, a primary-side resonance coil, a secondary-side resonance coil, and a secondary coil to which a load is connected. The impedance of the primary coil is set such that the output impedance of the alternating-current source and the input impedance of the resonance system are matched to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda
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Patent number: 8421410Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging device includes a high frequency power source, a primary side resonant coil, a secondary side resonant coil, a charger, a secondary battery, and a stop control unit. The primary side resonant coil receives supply of high frequency electric power from the high frequency power source. The secondary side resonant coil is arranged apart from the primary side resonant coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary side resonant coil receives electric power from the primary side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance between the primary side resonant coil and the secondary side resonant coil. The charger receives supply of high frequency electric power from the secondary side resonant coil. The secondary battery is connected to the charger. The stop control unit stops the high frequency power source before stopping the charger when charging is to be stopped.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8421411Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging device includes a high frequency power source, a primary side resonant coil, a secondary side resonant coil, a charger, a secondary battery, and a stop control unit. The primary side resonant coil receives supply of high frequency electric power from the high frequency power source. The secondary side resonant coil is arranged apart from the primary side resonant coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary side resonant coil receives electric power from the primary side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance between the primary side resonant coil and the secondary side resonant coil. The charger receives supply of high frequency electric power from the secondary side resonant coil. The secondary battery is connected to the charger. The stop control unit stops the high frequency power source before stopping the charger when charging is to be stopped.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa