Patents by Inventor Takashi Yoshizaki

Takashi Yoshizaki 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: 12255487
    Abstract: A smoothing capacitor is forcibly discharged, in a state where a battery is disconnected from a high-voltage circuit, first discharge control is initiated to consume electric charges of the smoothing capacitor by an in-vehicle component via a DC/DC converter. Thereafter, when a voltage of the smoothing capacitor is reduced and reaches a specified threshold, second discharge control is executed to forcibly discharge the electric charges in an active discharge circuit. In the case where continuous forced discharge occurs, delay control to delay execution timing of the second discharge control is further executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Otsuka, Haruki Yamane, Takashi Yoshizaki, Shosuke Morimoto, Sho Kawanari, Hiroaki Kashihara, Yusuke Kame
  • Publication number: 20230387713
    Abstract: A smoothing capacitor is forcibly discharged, in a state where a battery is disconnected from a high-voltage circuit, first discharge control is initiated to consume electric charges of the smoothing capacitor by an in-vehicle component via a DC/DC converter. Thereafter, when a voltage of the smoothing capacitor is reduced and reaches a specified threshold, second discharge control is executed to forcibly discharge the electric charges in an active discharge circuit. In the case where continuous forced discharge occurs, delay control to delay execution timing of the second discharge control is further executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Otsuka, Haruki Yamane, Takashi Yoshizaki, Shosuke Morimoto, Sho Kawanari, Hiroaki Kashihara, Yusuke Kame