Patents by Inventor Satoru Terashima

Satoru Terashima 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: 11953555
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device includes: a data acquirer to acquire a current waveform and a driving frequency of an electric motor; a storage which stores a combination of a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency at an identical time by the data acquirer; a data determiner to determine whether or not a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency as a diagnosis target at an identical time by the data acquisition match the combination stored in the storage; an analyzer to perform frequency analysis for the current waveform determined to be matched by the data determiner, to extract sideband waves, and calculate a spectrum intensity of the sideband waves; and an abnormality diagnosis processor to make a diagnosis that abnormality has occurred, when the spectrum intensity of the sideband waves is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kanemaru, Takuya Ohkubo, Sota Sano, Akira Satake, Satoru Terashima
  • Publication number: 20200217895
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device includes: a data acquirer to acquire a current waveform and a driving frequency of an electric motor; a storage which stores a combination of a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency at an identical time by the data acquirer; a data determiner to determine whether or not a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency as a diagnosis target at an identical time by the data acquisition match the combination stored in the storage; an analyzer to perform frequency analysis for the current waveform determined to be matched by the data determiner, to extract sideband waves, and calculate a spectrum intensity of the sideband waves; and an abnormality diagnosis processor to make a diagnosis that abnormality has occurred, when the spectrum intensity of the sideband waves is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto KANEMARU, Takuya OHKUBO, Sota SANO, Akira SATAKE, Satoru TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10389290
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus applied to a structure in which a plurality of synchronous motors connected in parallel and mechanically coupled to each other is driven by a single power converter, includes a vector control unit and an abnormality detection unit. The vector control unit divides a current flowing in/out the synchronous motors into a q-axis current and a d-axis current and individually controls the divided currents based on a q-axis current command value and a d-axis current command value. The abnormality detection unit detects whether at least one synchronous motor is wrongly wired or is disconnected based on a q-axis inductance, the q-axis current command value, a rotation speed of the synchronous motors, and a d-axis voltage command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Higashino, Satoru Terashima
  • Publication number: 20180262141
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus applied to a structure in which a plurality of synchronous motors connected in parallel and mechanically coupled to each other is driven by a single power converter, includes a vector control unit and an abnormality detection unit. The vector control unit divides a current flowing in/out the synchronous motors into a q-axis current and a d-axis current and individually controls the divided currents based on a q-axis current command value and a d-axis current command value. The abnormality detection unit detects whether at least one synchronous motor is wrongly wired or is disconnected based on a q-axis inductance, the q-axis current command value, a rotation speed of the synchronous motors, and a d-axis voltage command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto HIGASHINO, Satoru TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9742333
    Abstract: To achieve smooth switching of control without fluctuations in speed and torque, an excitation current command is allowed to transit linearly or in accordance with the function of speed between a value under sensorless vector control and a value under low-speed region control in accordance with a speed command or estimated speed in a speed region where the control is switched or in an adjacent speed region where sensorless vector control is performed. Therefore, abrupt variations in excitation current are reduced before and after the switching of the control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Amemiya, Satoru Terashima
  • Patent number: 9621093
    Abstract: To achieve smooth switching of control without fluctuations in speed and torque, an excitation current command is allowed to transit linearly or in accordance with the function of speed between a value under sensorless vector control and a value under low-speed region control in accordance with a speed command or estimated speed in a speed region where the control is switched or in an adjacent speed region where sensorless vector control is performed. Therefore, abrupt variations in excitation current are reduced before and after the switching of the control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Amemiya, Satoru Terashima
  • Patent number: 9553532
    Abstract: A control device for AC rotary machine includes a current vector detection section (3), a magnetic flux vector detection section (9), an adaptive observation section (8), a control section (4), a voltage application section (5), a deviation vector calculation section (6) for outputting a current deviation vector and a magnetic flux deviation vector, and a deviation amplification section (7). The adaptive observation section (8) calculates an estimated current vector, an estimated magnetic flux vector, and an estimated position, based on a voltage instruction vector and an amplified deviation vector. Further, the control section (4) superimposes a high-frequency voltage vector, and the magnetic flux vector detection section (9) calculates a detected magnetic flux vector, based on a magnitude of a high-frequency current vector having the same frequency component as the high-frequency voltage vector, included in a detected current vector, and on a magnitude of a rotor magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Ito, Yosuke Hachiya, Satoru Terashima
  • Publication number: 20160254770
    Abstract: To achieve smooth switching of control without fluctuations in speed and torque, an excitation current command is allowed to transit linearly or in accordance with the function of speed between a value under sensorless vector control and a value under low-speed region control in accordance with a speed command or estimated speed in a speed region where the control is switched or in an adjacent speed region where sensorless vector control is performed. Therefore, abrupt variations in excitation current are reduced before and after the switching of the control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AMEMIYA, Satoru TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9231511
    Abstract: A control device of an AC rotating machine includes a controller receiving a current vector instruction and a detection current vector as inputs and outputs a voltage vector instruction to the AC rotating machine, an alternating current amplitude computation mechanism computing an alternating current amplitude of at least one of a parallel component and an orthogonal component with respect to the voltage vector instruction, an alternating current amplitude instruction generator generating an alternating current amplitude instruction from the current vector instruction, and a magnetic-pole position computation mechanism computing an estimated magnetic-pole position of the AC rotating machine. The magnetic-pole position computation mechanism computes the estimated magnetic-pole position so that the alternating current amplitude coincides with the alternating current amplitude instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Hachiya, Masato Ito, Satoru Terashima
  • Publication number: 20150333682
    Abstract: To achieve smooth switching of control without fluctuations in speed and torque, an excitation current command is allowed to transit linearly or in accordance with the function of speed between a value under sensorless vector control and a value under low-speed region control in accordance with a speed command or estimated speed in a speed region where the control is switched or in an adjacent speed region where sensorless vector control is performed. Therefore, abrupt variations in excitation current are reduced before and after the switching of the control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AMEMIYA, Satoru TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140368135
    Abstract: A control device for AC rotary machine includes a current vector detection section (3), a magnetic flux vector detection section (9), an adaptive observation section (8), a control section (4), a voltage application section (5), a deviation vector calculation section (6) for outputting a current deviation vector and a magnetic flux deviation vector, and a deviation amplification section (7). The adaptive observation section (8) calculates an estimated current vector, an estimated magnetic flux vector, and an estimated position, based on a voltage instruction vector and an amplified deviation vector. Further, the control section (4) superimposes a high-frequency voltage vector, and the magnetic flux vector detection section (9) calculates a detected magnetic flux vector, based on a magnitude of a high-frequency current vector having the same frequency component as the high-frequency voltage vector, included in a detected current vector, and on a magnitude of a rotor magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Ito, Yosuke Hachiya, Satoru Terashima
  • Publication number: 20140340018
    Abstract: A control device of an AC rotating machine includes a controller receiving a current vector instruction and a detection current vector as inputs and outputs a voltage vector instruction to the AC rotating machine, an alternating current amplitude computation mechanism computing an alternating current amplitude of at least one of a parallel component and an orthogonal component with respect to the voltage vector instruction, an alternating current amplitude instruction generator generating an alternating current amplitude instruction from the current vector instruction, and a magnetic-pole position computation mechanism computing an estimated magnetic-pole position of the AC rotating machine. The magnetic-pole position computation mechanism computes the estimated magnetic-pole position so that the alternating current amplitude coincides with the alternating current amplitude instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Hachiya, Masato Ito, Satoru Terashima
  • Patent number: 8604731
    Abstract: A control device for an AC rotating machine having a current limiting function of protecting the AC rotating machine and a driving unit such as an inverter from over-current, in which the control device has the reliable current limiting function in driving the AC rotating machine with known or unknown electrical constant. In the control device, a frequency correction value arithmetic unit has an amplification gain computing element for computing an amplification gain based on an electrical constant of the AC rotating machine and an amplifier for computing a frequency correction arithmetic value based on the amplification gain computed by the amplification gain computing element and the current of the AC rotating machine, in which the frequency correction arithmetic value is outputted as a frequency correction value in a predetermined running state of the AC rotating machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Kato, Yoshihiko Kimpara, Takahiko Kobayashi, Satoru Terashima
  • Publication number: 20120038300
    Abstract: A control device for an AC rotating machine having a current limiting function of protecting the AC rotating machine and a driving unit such as an inverter from over-current, in which the control device has the reliable current limiting function in driving the AC rotating machine with known or unknown electrical constant. In the control device, a frequency correction value arithmetic unit has an amplification gain computing element for computing an amplification gain based on an electrical constant of the AC rotating machine and an amplifier for computing a frequency correction arithmetic value based on the amplification gain computed by the amplification gain computing element and the current of the AC rotating machine, in which the frequency correction arithmetic value is outputted as a frequency correction value in a predetermined running state of the AC rotating machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Kato, Yoshihiko Kimpara, Takahiko Kobayashi, Satoru Terashima
  • Patent number: 5409978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the continuous preparation of heat-vulcanizing silicone rubber compounds. The method comprises continuous feeding of (A) 100 weight parts polydiorganosiloxane gum, (B) 5 to 100 weight parts reinforcing filler, and (C) up to 30 weight parts processing aid to a co-rotating twin-screw continuous compounding extruder. The components (A), (B), and (C) are continuously mixed in the extruder at a temperature in a range of about 200.degree. C. to 300.degree. C. The mixed components are then discharged, forming an extrudate. The extrudate is fed continuously to a counter-rotating twin-screw continuous compounding extruder, wherein the extrudate is continuously heat-treated at a temperature in a range of 150.degree. C. to 300.degree. C., forming the silicone rubber compound, which is then discharged from the counter-rotating twin-screw continuous compounding extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hamada, Tomoo Kinoshita, Kaoru Kunimatsu, Teruyuki Nakagawa, Satoru Terashima