Patents by Inventor Takahiro Araki

Takahiro Araki 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: 11949288
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wheel drive device capable of suppressing a temperature increase in an electric motor and a power conversion device and suppressing occurrence of a failure of an electric component. Provided are: an electric motor having a stator 60 and a rotor 40; a stator holder 80 that holds the stator 60; a power conversion device 100 that converts power supplied to the electric motor; and a wheel which accommodates the electric motor, the stator holder 80, and the power conversion device 100 on the inner peripheral side. The stator holder 80 includes a flow path 90 through which a cooling medium flows. The flow path 90 is arranged between the stator 60 and the power conversion device 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Araki, Kinya Nakatsu, Takayoshi Nakamura, Akihiro Namba, Hiroyuki Ooiwa, Hideki Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20240105693
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device according to the present invention is provided with: a first circuit body constituting an upper arm of an inverter circuit for converting a DC current into an AC current; a second circuit body constituting a lower arm of the inverter circuit; and a circuit board that has therein a through-hole in which the first circuit body and the second circuit body are disposed and that has an intermediate board between the first circuit body and the second circuit body. The intermediate board has an AC wiring pattern for transmitting the AC current, and the first circuit body and the second circuit body are connected to the AC wiring pattern so as to be in surface contact with the AC wiring pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ti CHEN, Akihiro NAMBA, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Takahiro ARAKI, Kyota ASAI
  • Patent number: 11942086
    Abstract: A description support device for displaying information on a topic to be checked in an utterance by a user, the description support device includes: an inputter to acquire input information indicating an utterance sentence corresponding to the utterance; a controller to generate information indicating a check result of the topic for the utterance sentence; and a display to display information generated by the controller, wherein the display is configured to display a checklist indicating whether or not the topic is described in the utterance sentence indicated by the input information sequentially acquired by the inputter, and wherein the display is configured to display, according to a likelihood of each utterance sentence, display information including the utterance sentence, the likelihood defining the check result of the topic in the checklist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuki Saeki, Shoichi Araki, Masakatsu Hoshimi, Takahiro Kamai
  • Publication number: 20240097380
    Abstract: A power conversion device has at least one electronic component, an accommodating case configured to accommodate the electronic component, and a connector unit provided on the accommodating case. The connector unit includes a connector portion provided with an external terminal electrically connected to outside, and a conductive member extending from the connector portion and electrically connecting the connector portion and the electronic component. A fragile portion is formed in the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro UNEME, Ryuta WAKABAYASHI, Mayuka ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20240092200
    Abstract: A vehicle power conversion device is mounted in a front room of a vehicle. The vehicle power conversion device has a DCDC converter, an accommodating case configured to accommodate the DCDC converter, and a connector unit provided on the accommodating case. First and second protruding portions are provided in a front region of the accommodating case. The connector unit is provided such that, as viewed in an upper-lower direction, the connector unit is located behind a first virtual line which is a common tangent line of the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion, and at least a part of the connector unit is located in a left-right direction between a first contact point in which the first virtual line is in contact with the first protruding portion, and a second contact point in which the first virtual line is in contact with the second protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro UNEME, Mayuka ARAKI
  • 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: 20240040702
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes: a circuit body having a pair of conductor parts and a power semiconductor element sandwiched between the pair of conductor parts; a substrate in which a through hole is formed; and a sealing material that seals at least a part of each of the circuit body and the substrate, in which the circuit body is inserted into the through hole and has first and second exposed surfaces exposed from the sealing material, and the substrate has, in the through hole, a first protrusion and a second protrusion that protrude toward a center of the through hole and are connected to the circuit body, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being formed at positions opposed to each other in the through hole, and at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion being a terminal that transmits power to the power semiconductor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Takahiro ARAKI, Shigehise AOYAGI
  • Patent number: 11855564
    Abstract: This control device for controlling an inverter circuit calculates an input current of the inverter circuit on the basis of an output current instruction value for controlling an output current of the inverter circuit, and calculates, on the basis of the calculated input current, an output voltage compensation amount according to the fluctuation amount of an input voltage of the inverter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Araki, Daiki Komatsu
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230361001
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device according to the present invention is provided with a conductive section, a circuit component, a substrate that supports the conductive section and the circuit component, and a sealing member, wherein the sealing member forms a first flow path, and the first flow path has a first region thermally connected to a power circuit and a second region thermally connected to the circuit component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ti CHEN, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Akihiro NAMBA, Takahiro ARAKI, Masanori SAWAHATA
  • Publication number: 20230283190
    Abstract: A power module includes a power semiconductor element converting DC power into AC power and outputting the AC power to a motor; a conductor electrically connected to the power semiconductor element; a substrate having a substrate wiring connected to the conductor on a surface; and a resin sealing material sealing the power semiconductor element, the conductor, and the substrate, in which the substrate has, at a position in contact with an end portion of the resin sealing material, a concave portion formed by a surface of the substrate wiring becoming concave in a continuously curved surface shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Takahiro ARAKI, Takashi HIRAO, Takeshi TOKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230148137
    Abstract: There has been a problem that when a value of a current flowing through a thermistor increases, a voltage drop generated in the thermistor increases, and variations occur in a clamp voltage. A semiconductor device includes: a switching element that is on-off controlled; and a surge voltage protection circuit connected between a positive electrode side terminal of the switching element and a control terminal of the switching element. The surge voltage protection circuit includes a first Zener diode, a second Zener diode connected in series with the first Zener diode, and a temperature characteristic compensating element having a temperature coefficient different in polarity from the first Zener diode and the second Zener diode and connected in parallel with the second Zener diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Akira MIMA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA
  • Patent number: 11502632
    Abstract: A motor can be controlled in a user-friendly manner so that a phase current based on an input command torque command value is caused to flow to at least one among U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase windings of the motor, so that a predetermined in-phase current is superimposed on the phase current and caused to flow to at least one among the windings. The motor is controlled such that energization to one winding corresponding to a predetermined energization stop phase is stopped, for example, so that energization to the U-phase winding is stopped, and so that a V-phase current, a W-phase current and an in-phase current are caused to flow to each winding corresponding to a phase other than the energization stop phase, for example, so that the V-phase current, the W-phase current and the in-phase current are caused to flow to the V-phase winding and the W-phase winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Araki, Hideki Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20220311370
    Abstract: This control device for controlling an inverter circuit calculates an input current of the inverter circuit on the basis of an output current instruction value for controlling an output current of the inverter circuit, and calculates, on the basis of the calculated input current, an output voltage compensation amount according to the fluctuation amount of an input voltage of the inverter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Daiki KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220077731
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wheel drive device capable of suppressing a temperature increase in an electric motor and a power conversion device and suppressing occurrence of a failure of an electric component. Provided are: an electric motor having a stator 60 and a rotor 40; a stator holder 80 that holds the stator 60; a power conversion device 100 that converts power supplied to the electric motor; and a wheel which accommodates the electric motor, the stator holder 80, and the power conversion device 100 on the inner peripheral side. The stator holder 80 includes a flow path 90 through which a cooling medium flows. The flow path 90 is arranged between the stator 60 and the power conversion device 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Kinya NAKATSU, Takayoshi NAKAMURA, Akihiro NAMBA, Hiroyuki OOIWA, Hideki MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11095243
    Abstract: Pulsating current (ripple) is generated in a zero-phase current to increase a loss. A motor control system includes an inverter which drives a motor which includes windings separately wound around each phase and an inverter control unit which generates an output voltage pulse corresponding to each phase to control the inverter on the basis of a torque command value and a rotor position of the motor. The inverter control unit divides the output voltage pulse of at least one phase of the output voltage pulses into several pulses during one period of the output voltage pulse such that a zero-phase voltage of only one of positive and negative polarities is output several times from the motor in the one pulse period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Araki, Hideki Miyazaki, Toshisada Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20210152116
    Abstract: Pulsating current (ripple) is generated in a zero-phase current to increase a loss. A motor control system includes an inverter which drives a motor which includes windings separately wound around each phase and an inverter control unit which generates an output voltage pulse corresponding to each phase to control the inverter on the basis of a torque command value and a rotor position of the motor. The inverter control unit divides the output voltage pulse of at least one phase of the output voltage pulses into several pulses during one period of the output voltage pulse such that a zero-phase voltage of only one of positive and negative polarities is output several times from the motor in the one pulse period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Hideki MIYAZAKI, Toshisada MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20210028735
    Abstract: A motor can be controlled in a user-friendly manner so that a phase current based on an input command torque command value is caused to flow to at least one among U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase windings of the motor, so that a predetermined in-phase current is superimposed on the phase current and caused to flow to at least one among the windings. The motor is controlled such that energization to one winding corresponding to a predetermined energization stop phase is stopped, for example, so that energization to the U-phase winding is stopped, and so that a V-phase current, a W-phase current and an in-phase current are caused to flow to each winding corresponding to a phase other than the energization stop phase, for example, so that the V-phase current, the W-phase current and the in-phase current are caused to flow to the V-phase winding and the W-phase winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro ARAKI, Hideki MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10710432
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner has a compressor, a radiator, a pressure reducer, a cooling heat exchanger, a temperature detector, and a prohibition request output part. The compressor draws and discharges a refrigerant. The radiator dissipates heat of the refrigerant. The pressure reducer decompresses and expands the refrigerant. The cooling heat exchanger cools an air blown into a vehicle compartment. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the cooling heat exchanger. The prohibition request output part outputs a request, which prohibits the idle stop control, to an idle stop controller when the engine is operated. The request prohibits the idle stop control until the temperature of the cooling heat exchanger falls to a temperature being enough cool to cool the air and a required cooling time elapses. The required cooling time is estimated to be required to make a passenger feel cool by the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ichishi, Takeshi Wakisaka, Masahiko Morikawa, Takahiro Araki
  • Patent number: 10367438
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce an overcurrent of an inverter and a motor. A control device for an electric motor in which windings of respective phases are independently connected, the control device for the electric motor uses a zero-phase current calculation means for calculating a zero-phase current based on detection values of currents of the respective phases flowing in the electric motor and a position of a rotor of the electric motor to control a current flowing in the electric motor such that a vector sum of a drive current and the zero-phase current is equal to or lower than a predetermined current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Araki, Hideki Miyazaki, Toshisada Mitsui