Patents by Inventor Shota Kamiya

Shota Kamiya 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: 20150096320
    Abstract: A heat pump device includes: a compressor including a compression mechanism compressing a refrigerant and a motor driving the compression mechanism; an inverter unit applying a voltage for driving the motor; an inverter control unit generating a driving signal for driving the inverter unit; and temperature sensors detecting temperatures of the compressor, wherein the inverter control unit includes a normal operation mode in which a refrigerant is compressed by performing a normal operation of the compressor and a heating operation mode in which a heating operation of the compressor is performed by applying, to the motor, a high-frequency voltage, and in the heating operation mode, the inverter control unit determines an amplitude and a phase of a voltage command for generating the high-frequency voltage on a basis of a temperatures detected by the temperature sensors and a necessary amount of heat specified in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Kamiya, Kazunori Hatakeyama, Kenta Yuasa, Shinya Matsushita, Shinsaku Kusube, Tsutomu Makino
  • Publication number: 20150089972
    Abstract: A heat pump device includes a compressor including a compression mechanism that compresses a refrigerant and a motor that drives the compression mechanism, an inverter that applies a voltage for driving the motor, a converter that applies a voltage to the inverter, an inverter control unit that generates a driving signal for driving the inverter, and a converter control unit that generates a driving signal for driving the converter, wherein the inverter control unit includes a heating operation mode in which a heating operation of the compressor is performed and a normal operation mode in which a refrigerant is compressed by performing a normal operation of the compressor and the converter control unit sets, in the heating operation mode of the inverter control unit, a voltage applied to the inverter on the basis of a voltage command value for the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Kamiya, Kazunori Hatakeyama, Kenta Yuasa, Shinya Matsushita, Shinsaku Kusube, Tsutomu Makino
  • Publication number: 20140338380
    Abstract: The present invention is a heat pump device that includes a compressor including a compression mechanism and a motor, a heat exchanger, an inverter, and an inverter control unit including a drive-signal generation unit generating a drive signal for the inverter and a heating-operation-mode control unit controlling the drive-signal generation unit when the compressor is heated by applying, to the motor, a high-frequency voltage with which the motor cannot be rotationally driven, wherein the heating-operation-mode control unit includes a magnetic-pole-position estimation unit estimating a magnetic pole position indicating a stop position of a rotor of the motor, and a high-frequency energization unit determining an amplitude and a phase of a voltage command based on an estimation result of the magnetic pole position and a necessary amount of heat, notifies the drive-signal generation unit of determined amplitude and phase, and causes the drive-signal generation unit to generate a drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Kamiya, Kazunori Hatakeyama, Kenta Yuasa, Shinya Matsushita, Shinsaku Kusube, Tsutomu Makino