Patents by Inventor Shuntaro Inoue

Shuntaro Inoue 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: 20180131281
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes inductors, capacitors, and switching elements. Ports are electrically insulated from each other. Two switching elements are alternately switched, and two other switching elements are alternately switched. The inductors are wound such that a magnetic flux is generated in the same direction when a phase difference between the switchings of the switching elements is zero. Duties of the switchings of the switching elements are changed equally, and a phase difference between the switchings is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Shuntaro INOUE, Kenichi TAKAGI, Takahide SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9742296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a power conversion circuit system in which a circulating current can be reduced by accurately detecting the circulating current, to thereby improve efficiency in power conversion. The power conversion circuit system includes a power conversion circuit composed of a primary conversion circuit having left and right arms and a secondary conversion circuit having left and right arms, and a control circuit for controlling switching of switching transistors in the primary and secondary conversion circuits. The control circuit detects the circulating current at at least one of timings lagged by ?/2+?/2 from at least either a peak timing or a valley timing in a carrier counter where ? represents a difference in phase between the primary and secondary conversion circuits, and performs feedback control for reducing the detected circulating current to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuntaro Inoue, Kenichi Takagi, Takahide Sugiyama, Kenichiro Nagashita, Masaki Okamura, Yoshitaka Niimi
  • Patent number: 9660543
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit system for reducing core loss in a transformer particularly during light loading and improving conversion efficiency during light loading comprising an electric power conversion circuit composed of a primary side conversion circuit having a left arm and a right arm and a secondary side conversion circuit having a left arm and a right arm, and a control circuit for controlling switching of switching transistors of the first side conversion circuit and the secondary side conversion circuit. When the output voltage is at a relatively light load, the control circuit controls to change the duty of the transmitting side among the primary side conversion circuit and the secondary side conversion circuit and controls to change the half-bridge phase differences of the left arm and the right arm of the primary side conversion circuit and the secondary side conversion circuit, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Takagi, Shuntaro Inoue, Takahide Sugiyama, Kenichiro Nagashita, Yoshitaka Niimi, Masaki Okamura
  • Publication number: 20170063245
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit comprises U-phase and V-phase switching circuits, a transformer, and an ?-phase switching circuit. A primary winding of a transformer is connected between the U-phase switching circuit and the V-phase switching circuit, and both ends of a secondary winding are connected to the ?-phase switching circuit. The ?-phase switching circuit comprises positive and negative terminals, a half bridge including and two switching devices, and a voltage divider circuit. The half bridge is provided between the positive terminal and the negative terminal, and a common connection point between the two switching devices is connected to one end of the secondary winding. A voltage divider output point of the voltage divider circuit is connected to the other end of the secondary winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi TAKAGI, Shuntaro INOUE, Takahide SUGIYAMA, Kenichiro NAGASHITA, Yoshitaka NIIMI, Masaki OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9570995
    Abstract: A magnetically coupled reactor includes a coupled core member, a first coil, and a second coil. The coupled core member includes a first core and a second core made of a magnetic material and disposed to face each other, a coil channel, and a sheet-like magnetic body by which a coupling portion between cores is put between the first core and the second core at an outer portion of the first and second cores. Each coil is wound around a leg through the coil channel in a lap winding manner such that the coils are overlapped on top of each other in the coil channel when seen in an axial direction. The sheet-like magnetic body extends from the coupling portion between coils into the coil channel and includes a portion arranged between coils located between the coils in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuntaro Inoue, Kenichi Takagi, Takahide Sugiyama, Masaru Sugai, Kenichiro Nagashita, Fumiki Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20160285377
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit system for reducing core loss in a transformer particularly during light loading and improving conversion efficiency during light loading comprising an electric power conversion circuit composed of a primary side conversion circuit having a left arm and a right arm and a secondary side conversion circuit having a left arm and a right arm, and a control circuit for controlling switching of switching transistors of the first side conversion circuit and the secondary side conversion circuit. When the output voltage is at a relatively light load, the control circuit controls to change the duty of the transmitting side among the primary side conversion circuit and the secondary side conversion circuit and controls to change the half-bridge phase differences of the left arm and the right arm of the primary side conversion circuit and the secondary side conversion circuit, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi TAKAGI, Shuntaro INOUE, Takahide SUGIYAMA, Kenichiro NAGASHITA, Yoshitaka NIIMI, Masaki OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160276940
    Abstract: The present invention provides a power conversion circuit system in which a circulating current can be reduced by accurately detecting the circulating current, to thereby improve efficiency in power conversion. The power conversion circuit system includes a power conversion circuit composed of a primary conversion circuit having left and right arms and a secondary conversion circuit having left and right arms, and a control circuit for controlling switching of switching transistors in the primary and secondary conversion circuits. The control circuit detects the circulating current at at least one of timings lagged by ?/2+?/2 from at least either a peak timing or a valley timing in a carrier counter where ? represents a difference in phase between the primary and secondary conversion circuits, and performs feedback control for reducing the detected circulating current to zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuntaro INOUE, Kenichi TAKAGI, Takahide SUGIYAMA, Kenichiro NAGASHITA, Masaki OKAMURA, Yoshitaka NIIMI
  • Publication number: 20160172984
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit and a control circuit are provided. The electric power conversion circuit includes a primary conversion circuit and a secondary conversion circuit. The primary conversion circuit has switching transistors and a primary coil of a transformer. The secondary conversion circuit has switching transistors and a secondary coil of the transformer. Reactors and a connection port are connected between a connection point of the switching transistors and a connection point of the other the switching transistors in the primary conversion circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi TAKAGI, Shuntaro INOUE, Takahide SUGIYAMA, Kenichiro NAGASHITA, Yoshitaka NIIMI, Masaki OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160079873
    Abstract: A magnetically coupled reactor includes a coupled core member, a first coil, and a second coil. The coupled core member includes a first core and a second core made of a magnetic material and disposed to face each other, a coil channel, and a sheet-like magnetic body by which a coupling portion between cores is put between the first core and the second core at an outer portion of the first and second cores. Each coil is wound around a leg through the coil channel in a lap winding manner such that the coils are overlapped on top of each other in the coil channel when seen in an axial direction. The sheet-like magnetic body extends from the coupling portion between coils into the coil channel and includes a portion arranged between coils located between the coils in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Shuntaro Inoue, Kenichi Takagi, Takahide Sugiyama, Masaru Sugai, Kenichiro Nagashita, Fumiki Tanahashi
  • Patent number: D804000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS-HITACHI AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Kotaro Nomura, Kunihito Kawamura, Masayoshi Murofushi, Kazuhito Sekiba, Shuntaro Inoue