Patents by Inventor Soichiro BANDO

Soichiro BANDO 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: 11777315
    Abstract: A power converter, a voltage detector that detects a system voltage at an AC wiring side of the power converter; and a controller that performs power conversion control between AC wiring and DC wiring by transmitting a drive signal to the power converter. The controller includes: a phase calculator that calculates a current phase from the system voltage detected by the voltage detector; a phase jump angle calculator that calculates a virtual phase that follows temporal changes in the current phase in a lagging manner, and calculates a phase difference between the current phase and the virtual phase as a phase jump angle; and a drive signal generator that generates the drive signal to the power converter, which is a signal for adjusting active power that is inputted to/outputted from the power converter so as to suppress the phase jump angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Yamaguchi, Yusuke Umezu, Soichiro Bando, Kazushige Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220271553
    Abstract: An electric power control system includes: a bidirectional electric power converter including AC and DC terminals, the AC terminal being connected to an AC power system, the DC terminal being connected to a DC power system to which one or more DC power loads are connected, the bidirectional electric power converter mutually converting AC power of the AC power system and DC power of the DC power system; an electric power storage that is connected to the DC power system and stores electric power of the DC power system; and a bidirectional electric power conversion controller that performs first control of controlling an output or input of the AC terminal of the bidirectional electric power converter such that a charge current, discharge current, charge electric power, or discharge electric power of the electric power storage coincides with a predetermined target current value or a predetermined target electric power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soichiro BANDO, Ryosuke GOTO, Yusuke UMEZU, Atsumori YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210320498
    Abstract: A power converter, a voltage detector that detects a system voltage at an AC wiring side of the power converter; and a controller that performs power conversion control between AC wiring and DC wiring by transmitting a drive signal to the power converter. The controller includes: a phase calculator that calculates a current phase from the system voltage detected by the voltage detector; a phase jump angle calculator that calculates a virtual phase that follows temporal changes in the current phase in a lagging manner, and calculates a phase difference between the current phase and the virtual phase as a phase jump angle; and a drive signal generator that generates the drive signal to the power converter, which is a signal for adjusting active power that is inputted to/outputted from the power converter so as to suppress the phase jump angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Yusuke UMEZU, Soichiro BANDO, Kazushige SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11128245
    Abstract: At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Umezu, Kazushige Sugimoto, Soichiro Bando, Naoki Yamaguchi, Kenichi Sakimoto, Kiyoshi Kimura, Suguru Takayama, Takato Uda
  • Publication number: 20210203258
    Abstract: At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke UMEZU, Kazushige SUGIMOTO, Soichiro BANDO, Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Kenichi SAKIMOTO, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Suguru TAKAYAMA, Takato UDA
  • Patent number: 10985560
    Abstract: Each of the plurality of generators is configured so a relationship of frequency with respect to a generator active power output by each generator to the corresponding alternating-current wiring unit has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The plurality of power conversion devices is configured to convert alternating-current power input through each alternating-current wiring unit into direct-current power, and to convert direct-current power input through the direct-current wiring unit into alternating-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Umezu, Kazushige Sugimoto, Soichiro Bando, Naoki Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kimura, Suguru Takayama, Takato Uda
  • Patent number: 10822067
    Abstract: A power system of a ship includes a first power storage device, a second power storage device, and a control system. The first power storage device has an energy density higher than that of the second power storage device. The second power storage device has a power density higher than that of the first power storage device. The control system is configured to: as a power generator application, prioritize discharging the first power storage device over discharging the second power storage device, such that base power is continuously supplied to an onboard electrical load connected to an onboard bus; and as a grid stabilization application, prioritize charging/discharging the second power storage device over charging/discharging the first power storage device to compensate for frequency variation or voltage variation of an onboard power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Ezaki, Masato Hayashi, Masanori Hamamatsu, Soichiro Bando, Kazuma Tokuyama, Tatsuya Ohno, Kazuya Takeda, Yasunori Kujime
  • Publication number: 20200083709
    Abstract: Each of the plurality of generators is configured so a relationship of frequency with respect to a generator active power output by each generator to the corresponding alternating-current wiring unit has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The plurality of power conversion devices is configured to convert alternating-current power input through each alternating-current wiring unit into direct-current power, and to convert direct-current power input through the direct-current wiring unit into alternating-current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke UMEZU, Kazushige SUGIMOTO, Soichiro BANDO, Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Suguru TAKAYAMA, Takato UDA
  • Patent number: 10263448
    Abstract: A power storage system supplies electric power to a load, and includes: a secondary battery; a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery; and a controller performing control to prioritize charging and discharging of the capacitor over charging and discharging of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soichiro Bando, Masato Hayashi, Mikihiko Kataoka, Takayuki Tokushige, Tatsuya Ohno
  • Publication number: 20190043674
    Abstract: An electric power storage apparatus comprises a first electric storage device; and a second electric storage device, the first electric storage device has an inner resistance lower than an inner resistance of the second electric storage device, and has a power density higher than a power density of the second electric storage device, and the second electric storage device has an energy density higher than an energy density of the first electric storage device, the first electric storage device and the second electric storage device are connected in parallel, and a voltage window of the first electric storage device and a voltage window of the second electric storage device at least partially overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soichiro BANDO, Masato HAYASHI, Masanori HAMAMATSU, Hideaki EZAKI, Kazuma TOKUYAMA, Tatsuya OHNO, Kazuya TAKEDA, Yasunori KUJIME
  • Publication number: 20190039707
    Abstract: A power system of a ship includes a first power storage device, a second power storage device, and a control system. The first power storage device has an energy density higher than that of the second power storage device. The second power storage device has a power density higher than that of the first power storage device. The control system is configured to: as a power generator application, prioritize discharging the first power storage device over discharging the second power storage device, such that base power is continuously supplied to an onboard electrical load connected to an onboard bus; and as a grid stabilization application, prioritize charging/discharging the second power storage device over charging/discharging the first power storage device to compensate for frequency variation or voltage variation of an onboard power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki EZAKI, Masato HAYASHI, Masanori HAMAMATSU, Soichiro BANDO, Kazuma TOKUYAMA, Tatsuya OHNO, Kazuya TAKEDA, Yasunori KUJIME
  • Patent number: 9975447
    Abstract: In a power storage system, a bidirectional DC-DC converter is set into mode for charging a secondary battery with electricity when a first state of charge (SOC) of the secondary battery is larger than a minimum value of the first SOC, and a second SOC of the capacitor is smaller than a maximum value of the second SOC, and the converter is set into mode for discharging electricity from the secondary battery when the first SOC is smaller than a maximum value of the first SOC, and the second SOC is larger than a minimum value of the second SOC. Based on an internal resistance of the secondary battery, the second SOC, a voltage of a direct current link in case of no load connected to DC link, and an error in a current on a direct current link side, a conduction ratio (D) of the converter is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Tokushige, Masato Hayashi, Mikihiko Kataoka, Soichiro Bando, Tatsuya Ohno
  • Publication number: 20170126025
    Abstract: A power storage system supplies electric power to a load, and includes: a secondary battery; a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery; and a controller performing control to prioritize charging and discharging of the capacitor over charging and discharging of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soichiro BANDO, Masato HAYASHI, Mikihiko KATAOKA, Takayuki TOKUSHIGE, Tatsuya OHNO
  • Publication number: 20160318418
    Abstract: In a power storage system, a bidirectional DC-DC converter is set into mode for charging a secondary battery with electricity when a first state of charge (SOC) of the secondary battery is larger than a minimum value of the first SOC, and a second SOC of the capacitor is smaller than a maximum value of the second SOC, and the converter is set into mode for discharging electricity from the secondary battery when the first SOC is smaller than a maximum value of the first SOC, and the second SOC is larger than a minimum value of the second SOC. Based on an internal resistance of the secondary battery, the second SOC, a voltage of a direct current link in case of no load connected to DC link, and an error in a current on a direct current link side, a conduction ratio (D) of the converter is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki TOKUSHIGE, Masato HAYASHI, Mikihiko KATAOKA, Soichiro BANDO, Tatsuya OHNO
  • Patent number: 8897937
    Abstract: A railcar control apparatus comprises a synchronous slide/slip detector which determines that the axles are synchronously sliding/slipping if an absolute value of axle's speed difference is less than a synchronous slide/slip speed difference threshold and an absolute value of axle's acceleration is greater than a predetermined synchronous slide/slip acceleration threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanosuke Kawada, Soichiro Bando, Hideaki Ezaki, Isao Suzumura, Yuji Katsuyama, Yoshiaki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140163785
    Abstract: A railcar control apparatus comprises a synchronous slide/slip detector which determines that the axles are synchronously sliding/slipping if an absolute value of axle's speed difference is less than a synchronous slide/slip speed difference threshold and an absolute value of axle's acceleration is greater than a predetermined synchronous slide/slip acceleration threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Hisanosuke KAWADA, Soichiro BANDO, Hideaki EZAKI, Isao SUZUMURA, Yuji KATSUYAMA, Yoshiaki WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20120004797
    Abstract: A construction machine comprises an electric motor/generator; an engine; an epicyclic gearing for rotating the electric motor/generator reversely when speed of a rotation output to a drive wheel is zero during running of the engine; a transmission configured to switch between a forward driving gear position and a backward driving gear position; and a controller for controlling the engine, the electric motor/generator and the transmission, based on at least an accelerator opening, and a state of charge in an electric storage device; the controller being configured to switch the forward driving gear position or the backward driving gear position to a direction opposite to a direction in which the construction machine is moving, and cause the electric motor/generator to generate reverse torque in a power running mode, when the electric storage device is in a fully charged state and the accelerator has been pressed down by a driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KCM, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto BAINO, Soichiro BANDO, Hidekazu MATSUBA