Patents by Inventor Shigehisa Aoyagi

Shigehisa Aoyagi 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: 20240413746
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a substrate on which DC wiring and AC wiring are formed, and a plurality of circuit bodies that are electrically connected in parallel and have a first terminal and a second terminal each connected to the DC wiring or the AC wiring. The first terminals and the second terminals are adjacent to each other in the circuit bodies and protrude in a same direction, and the plurality of circuit bodies are disposed such that the first terminals and the second terminals are alternately arranged side by side on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Masahiro SEO, Takahiro ARAKI, Shigehisa AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20240380337
    Abstract: An inverter control device includes: a carrier wave generation unit that generates a carrier wave; a carrier frequency adjustment unit that adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave; and a PWM control unit that performs pulse width modulation on a voltage command using the carrier wave and generates a PWM pulse signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit determines a phase shift amount for reducing a voltage amplitude of a specific order component among order components of a voltage ripple superimposed on a DC voltage, and adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave so as to change a phase difference between the voltage command and the carrier wave according to the determined phase shift amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Takafumi HARA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Shigehisa AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20240322624
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a shaft connected to a rotor, and a facing member fixed to the shaft and facing an end surface of the rotor via a space. The shaft includes an inner flow path through which a refrigerant flows, and a communication hole that allows the inner flow path to communicate with the space. The facing member includes first blade portions arranged along a circumferential direction. The first blade portion has a first inclined surface inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a distance to the end surface becomes shorter from the inner side in the radial direction toward the outer side in the radial direction. The first inclined surface comes into contact with a refrigerant sprayed from the inner flow path through the communication hole by rotation of the shaft, and sprays the refrigerant toward a coil end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Ryouichi TAKAHATA, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Daisuke SATOU, Ryuuichirou IWANO
  • Publication number: 20240291417
    Abstract: An inverter control device performs pulse width modulation by selecting one of a synchronous pulse control mode in which a frequency of a carrier wave used in the pulse width modulation is changed in accordance with a rotation speed of the motor and an asynchronous pulse control mode in which the frequency of the carrier wave is constant regardless of the rotation speed of the motor. At the time of switching from the asynchronous pulse control mode to the synchronous pulse control mode, the inverter control device changes a carrier reference phase that is a reference value of a phase of the carrier wave to a different value before and after the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehisa AOYAGI, Takafumi HARA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240275297
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes: an inverter circuit; an AC conductor; a magnetic sensor that t detects magnetism generated when an AC current flows; a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body that face each other with the AC conductor and the magnetic sensor interposed therebetween; and a first housing and a second housing that are formed by conductive members. The first housing covers one opening of a space located between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, the second housing covers the other opening of the space. The end of each of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body is formed so that the distance to the first housing or the second housing is smaller than the thickness of each of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body in the arraying direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Akihiro NAMBA, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Noriyuki MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240266920
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric motor system capable of suppressing deterioration in cooling performance due to mixing of bubbles (air) into a refrigerant. An electric motor system 100 of the present invention includes: a gear 134; a first surface 155 that receives oil scraped off as the gear 134 rotates; a second surface 153 that is located downward in a vertical direction with respect to the first surface 155, faces the first surface 155 at a position overlapping the first surface 155 in the vertical direction, receives the oil dropped from the first surface 155, and receives the oil scraped up as the gear 134 rotates; and a recess 151 located downward in the vertical direction with respect to the second surface 153 and into which the oil received by the second surface 153 flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaki ITAYA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Hideaki GOTO, Shogo MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240251532
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a plurality of circuit bodies each including a semiconductor element, and a printed circuit board having the plurality of circuit bodies mounted thereon and having a relay wiring connecting the plurality of circuit bodies to each other, a DC wiring, and an AC wiring, wherein at least one of the AC wiring and the DC wiring is connected to a conductor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Takahiro ARAKI, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Noriyuki MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240244807
    Abstract: An electric power converter includes: an inverter circuit including a plurality of switching elements; a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected in parallel with the inverter circuit; a control circuit unit that controls the inverter circuit; and a connection conductor portion that connects the first capacitor and the second capacitor, wherein a conductive member is disposed between the control circuit unit and the connection conductor portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Masahiro SEO, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Shigehisa AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20240227771
    Abstract: A motor control device controls driving of an AC motor that is connected to a power transformer that performs power transform from DC power to AC power and outputs a rotational driving force generated by driving using the AC power via a speed reducer, and includes a carrier generator that generates a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjuster that adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave, and a gate signal generator that performs pulse width modulation on a voltage command according to a torque command using the carrier wave and generates a gate signal for controlling an operation of the power transformer, wherein the carrier frequency adjuster changes a phase difference between the voltage command and the carrier wave based on the torque command and a rotational speed of the AC motor, and adjusts the frequency of the carrier wave such that a difference between a meshing frequency of the speed reducer and a harmonic component of a fundamental harmonic current according to the voltage command falls within a pre
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Takafumi HARA, Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Shigehisa AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20240042867
    Abstract: A motor control device connected to a power converter that performs power conversion from DC power to AC power and controls driving of an AC motor that is driven by using the AC power includes a voltage command generation unit that generates a three-phase voltage command; and a gate signal generation unit that performs pulse width modulation on the three-phase voltage command and generates a gate signal for controlling an operation of the power converter, in which the voltage command generation unit adjusts the three-phase voltage command by using a zero-phase voltage based on a power factor of the AC power in an overmodulation region in which a modulation factor according to a voltage amplitude ratio between the DC power and the AC power exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and the gate signal generation unit generates the gate signal by performing pulse width modulation on the adjusted three-phase voltage command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Takafumi HARA, Toshiyuki AJIMA, Kyoshiro ITAKURA, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Takahiro ARAKI, Shigehisa AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20230402904
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inverter integrated motor that can effectively cool a power module of an inverter portion. An inverter portion 120 is connected to a motor portion and includes a power module 121 that converts a DC power into an AC power, a first flow path forming body 221a that is provided between a motor and the power module 121 and forms a first flow path 221, and a second flow path forming body 222a that is disposed on a side opposite a side of the first flow path forming body 221a (side of the motor 110) over the power module 121 and forms a second flow path 222. The first flow path forming body 221a and second flow path forming body 222a are formed so that a flow rate of a refrigerant F1 flowing in the first flow path forming body 221a is greater than a flow rate of a refrigerant F2 flowing in the second flow path forming body 222a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaki ITAYA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Hideaki GOTO, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Takashi HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20230395457
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes: a substrate in which a positive electrode wiring connected to a first conductor on a high potential side and a negative electrode wiring connected to a fourth conductor on a low potential side are provided on one surface, and an output wiring connected to a second conductor and a third conductor is provided on the other surface so as to face the positive electrode wiring and the negative electrode wiring; and a first capacitor that smooths DC power supplied to a first upper-arm circuit body and a first lower-arm circuit body. The substrate is disposed between the first upper-arm circuit body and the first lower-arm circuit body. The first capacitor is disposed between the first upper-arm circuit body and the first lower-arm circuit body, and is connected to the positive electrode wiring and the negative electrode wiring on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Noriyuki MAEKAWA
  • Patent number: 11831265
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a PWM control unit, a carrier frequency setting unit, and a carrier frequency switching calculation unit. The PWM unite generates a signal to drive an inverter by pulse width modulation. The carrier frequency setting unit sets a carrier frequency used for pulse width modulation according to a number of rotations of a motor. The carrier frequency switching calculation unit calculates a frequency switching speed of the carrier frequency and is configured to perform a calculation method. The calculation method includes setting at least one of an emergency mode, a response priority mode, or a fluctuation suppression priority mode in response to various operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Midori Takaoka, Takafumi Hara, Shigehisa Aoyagi, Hirokazu Matsui, Shigeyuki Nonomura
  • Publication number: 20230336040
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes: a rotor core (22) that has magnet insertion holes (22b) (22c); permanent magnets (21) that are inserted into the magnet insertion holes (22b) (22c); and a groove (21cc) (21dc) that is formed in at least one of a plurality of non-magnetic pole surfaces (21c) (21d) of the permanent magnet (21) so as to allow a refrigerant (101) to flow through the groove (21cc) (21dc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki GOTO, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Takaki ITAYA
  • Publication number: 20230198437
    Abstract: A drive device of a synchronous motor includes a power converter that drives the synchronous motor by sequentially applying positive and negative voltages to respective phases of the synchronous motor; a current detection unit that detects a phase current; and a magnetic pole position estimation unit estimating a magnetic pole position of a rotor based on the phase current. The magnetic pole position estimation unit acquires maximum and minimum values of the phase current while the synchronous motor is stopped, calculates a first magnetic pole position from a subtracted value of an absolute value of the maximum and minimum values, calculates a second magnetic pole position from an added value of the absolute value of the maximum and minimum values, discriminates a polarity of a magnet of the rotor, and estimates an initial magnetic pole position of the rotor from the polarity and the second magnetic pole position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki SATO, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Shigeyuki NONOMURA, Hirokazu MATSUI
  • Patent number: 11611292
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device including a plurality of inverter circuits connected in parallel to a load, the power conversion device being capable of performing control with a smaller number of microcomputers, having high reliability, and being advantageous for miniaturization and cost reduction. Provided are: a plurality of inverter circuits connected in parallel to a load; a microcomputer which controls the plurality of inverter circuits; a plurality of signal selection units which select a drive signal of each of the plurality of inverter circuits; and a first transmission path and a second transmission path which are connected in parallel between the microcomputer and the plurality of signal selection units and transmit the drive signal of each of the plurality of inverter circuits from the microcomputer to each of the plurality of signal selection units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Aoyagi, Toshiyuki Ajima, Kotaro Shiino
  • Patent number: 11451179
    Abstract: Disclosed are a motor control device that can accurately estimate a rotor position based on a neutral point potential even when a load increases, and a brake control device that is driven by the motor control device. The motor control device 3 includes a three-phase synchronous motor 4 including a three-phase winding, an inverter 31 connected to the three-phase winding, a control unit 6 for controlling the inverter based on a rotor position of the three-phase synchronous motor, and a rotational position estimation unit 2 for estimating a rotor position ?d based on a neutral point potential Vn of the three-phase winding. The rotational position estimation unit estimates a rotor position selectively using one or more of a plurality of detected values of the neutral point potential according to a pre-estimated value of the rotor position and a voltage application state to the three-phase winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hara, Toshiyuki Ajima, Shigehisa Aoyagi, Hiroyuki Ota, Kenichiro Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11325641
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus capable of improving reliability of a drive device for a three-phase synchronous motor without increasing a cost of the drive device. A control device for controlling an electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention is a control device for controlling an electric power steering apparatus using a three-phase synchronous motor as a force assisting in a steering operation, includes: a rotational position estimation unit that estimates a position of a rotor of the three-phase synchronous motor on the basis of a neutral point potential or a virtual neutral point potential of the three-phase synchronous motor; and a command signal computing unit that computes a command signal to the three-phase synchronous motor on the basis of the position of the rotor estimated by the rotational position estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hara, Toshiyuki Ajima, Mitsuo Sasaki, Yoshitaka Iwaji, Shigehisa Aoyagi, Takumi Hisazumi
  • Patent number: 11290036
    Abstract: An applied voltage decision unit 510 performs in parallel, a process of determining three-phase AC commands V1u* to V1w* of a voltage applied to a motor by an inverter based on a position, of a rotor of a motor, detected by a position sensor with an output A, and a process of determining three-phase AC commands V2u* to V2w* of the voltage applied to the motor by the inverter based on a neutral point voltage VN of the motor. A PWM modulator 507 alternately outputs a PWM signal according to the three-phase AC commands V1u* to V1w* and a PWM signal according to the three-phase AC commands V2u* to V2w* to the inverter. A control device determines whether or not the position sensor with the output A has failed by comparing the position, of the rotor, detected by the position sensor with the output A with a position, of the rotor, estimated from a neutral point voltage VN of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Aoyagi, Takafumi Hara, Yoshitaka Sugiyama, Masaki Kashima
  • Publication number: 20220029572
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device including a plurality of inverter circuits connected in parallel to a load, the power conversion device being capable of performing control with a smaller number of microcomputers, having high reliability, and being advantageous for miniaturization and cost reduction. Provided are: a plurality of inverter circuits connected in parallel to a load; a microcomputer which controls the plurality of inverter circuits; a plurality of signal selection units which select a drive signal of each of the plurality of inverter circuits; and a first transmission path and a second transmission path which are connected in parallel between the microcomputer and the plurality of signal selection units and transmit the drive signal of each of the plurality of inverter circuits from the microcomputer to each of the plurality of signal selection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa AOYAGI, Toshiyuki AJIMA, Kotaro SHIINO