Patents by Inventor Takaya TSUKAGOSHI

Takaya TSUKAGOSHI 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: 20250192713
    Abstract: Provided is a motor control device capable of appropriately achieving both low loss and low NV in a scene where a plurality of surrounding environments and a plurality of vehicle states overlap. The motor control device is connected to an AC motor and PWM-controls a power converter that performs power conversion from DC power to AC power. The motor control device includes: a plurality of PWM pulse patterns; a pulse pattern determination unit that sets a pulse pattern for performing the PWM control; an evaluation unit that determines a priority of a total loss of the AC motor and the power converter and vibration noise of the AC motor; and a loss/NV calculation unit that calculates a value of the total loss and a value of the vibration noise in torque and rotation speed for each pulse pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Takafumi HARA, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Shogo MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250158554
    Abstract: This motor control device is connected to an inverter for converting DC power to AC power to output the AC power to a motor and controls the operation of the inverter in accordance with a torque command, thereby controlling the drive of the motor using the inverter. The motor control device comprises: a carrier wave generation unit that generates a carrier wave; a carrier frequency adjustment unit that adjusts a carrier frequency that is the frequency of the carrier wave; and a PWM control unit that performs pulse width modulation on a voltage command using the carrier wave and generates a PWM pulse signal for controlling the operation of the inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit adjusts the carrier frequency so that the carrier frequency when the motor performs entrainment drive becomes higher than the carrier frequency when the motor does not perform the entrainment drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Takafumi HARA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Shigehisa AOYAGI, Hideki MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12301148
    Abstract: A motor control device is connected to a power converter that performs power conversion from DC power to AC power and controls driving of an AC motor driven using the AC power, and the motor control device includes a carrier wave generation unit that generates a carrier wave, a carrier wave frequency adjustment unit that adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave, and a gate signal generation unit that performs pulse width modulation on a voltage command according to a torque command using the carrier wave and generates a gate signal for controlling an operation of the power converter, in which a phase difference between the voltage command and the carrier wave is randomly changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Tsukagoshi, Shun Taniguchi, Takafumi Hara
  • Patent number: 12199539
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to sufficiently suppress a vibration and noise generated in a motor. A motor control device includes a first inverter circuit and a second inverter circuit of a redundant system, the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit controlling a motor, and a control unit that controls the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit. The first inverter circuit converts the DC power into the AC power based on a PWM signal generated by using a first carrier signal. The second inverter circuit converts the DC power into the AC power based on a PWM signal generated by using a second carrier signal. The control unit shifts phases of the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal by using, as a reference, pulsation of an electromagnetic force caused by a magnetic circuit of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Hoshino, Takafumi Hara, Takaya Tsukagoshi
  • Publication number: 20240380337
    Abstract: An inverter control device includes: a carrier wave generation unit that generates a carrier wave; a carrier frequency adjustment unit that adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave; and a PWM control unit that performs pulse width modulation on a voltage command using the carrier wave and generates a PWM pulse signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit determines a phase shift amount for reducing a voltage amplitude of a specific order component among order components of a voltage ripple superimposed on a DC voltage, and adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave so as to change a phase difference between the voltage command and the carrier wave according to the determined phase shift amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Takafumi HARA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Shigehisa AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20240291417
    Abstract: An inverter control device performs pulse width modulation by selecting one of a synchronous pulse control mode in which a frequency of a carrier wave used in the pulse width modulation is changed in accordance with a rotation speed of the motor and an asynchronous pulse control mode in which the frequency of the carrier wave is constant regardless of the rotation speed of the motor. At the time of switching from the asynchronous pulse control mode to the synchronous pulse control mode, the inverter control device changes a carrier reference phase that is a reference value of a phase of the carrier wave to a different value before and after the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehisa AOYAGI, Takafumi HARA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI
  • Patent number: 12074551
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of properly performing motor control during overmodulation. In a motor control device 1, a carrier wave frequency adjusting unit 16 adjusts a carrier wave frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error ??v representing the phase difference between three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and a triangular wave signal Tr. When a modulation factor H in accordance with the voltage amplitude ratio between the DC power supplied from a high voltage battery to an inverter and AC power output from the inverter to a motor exceeds a predetermined value, for example, 1.15, a current control unit 14 corrects the amplitudes and phases of a d-axis voltage command Vd* and a q-axis voltage command Vq* on the basis of a carrier wave phase difference ??carr representing the phase of the triangular wave signal Tr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hara, Toshiyuki Ajima, Takaya Tsukagoshi, Katsuhiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20240262413
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: an inverter circuit that drives a motor; and a control unit that generates a current command value on the basis of a torque command to the motor, and outputs a PWM pulse to the inverter circuit on the basis of the current command value to control the inverter circuit, and the control unit sets a phase shift amount of a carrier wave of the PWM pulse, estimates a fluctuating torque according to the phase shift amount, and corrects the current command value on the basis of the fluctuating torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Takafumi HARA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240227771
    Abstract: A motor control device controls driving of an AC motor that is connected to a power transformer that performs power transform from DC power to AC power and outputs a rotational driving force generated by driving using the AC power via a speed reducer, and includes a carrier generator that generates a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjuster that adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave, and a gate signal generator that performs pulse width modulation on a voltage command according to a torque command using the carrier wave and generates a gate signal for controlling an operation of the power transformer, wherein the carrier frequency adjuster changes a phase difference between the voltage command and the carrier wave based on the torque command and a rotational speed of the AC motor, and adjusts the frequency of the carrier wave such that a difference between a meshing frequency of the speed reducer and a harmonic component of a fundamental harmonic current according to the voltage command falls within a pre
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Takafumi HARA, Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Shigehisa AOYAGI
  • Patent number: 11967915
    Abstract: The vibration and noise generated in a permanent magnet synchronous motor are effectively suppressed. A motor control device 1 comprises: a triangular wave generation unit 17 which generates a triangular wave signal Tr that is a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 which adjusts a carrier frequency fc that represents a frequency of the triangular wave signal Tr, and a gate signal generation unit 18 which performs pulse-width modulation on three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* according to a torque command T* using the triangular wave signal Tr, thereby generating a gate signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 adjusts the carrier frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error ??v representing a phase difference of the three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and the triangular wave signal Tr based on the torque command T*, and a rotation speed ?r of a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaya Tsukagoshi, Takafumi Hara, Katsuhiro Hoshino, Toshiyuki Ajima
  • Publication number: 20230402953
    Abstract: A motor control device is connected to a power converter that performs power conversion from DC power to AC power and controls driving of an AC motor driven using the AC power, and the motor control device includes a carrier wave generation unit that generates a carrier wave, a carrier wave frequency adjustment unit that adjusts a frequency of the carrier wave, and a gate signal generation unit that performs pulse width modulation on a voltage command according to a torque command using the carrier wave and generates a gate signal for controlling an operation of the power converter, in which a phase difference between the voltage command and the carrier wave is randomly changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Shun TANIGUCHI, Takafumi HARA
  • Publication number: 20230155533
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to sufficiently suppress a vibration and noise generated in a motor. A motor control device includes a first inverter circuit and a second inverter circuit of a redundant system, the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit controlling a motor, and a control unit that controls the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit. The first inverter circuit converts the DC power into the AC power based on a PWM signal generated by using a first carrier signal. The second inverter circuit converts the DC power into the AC power based on a PWM signal generated by using a second carrier signal. The control unit shifts phases of the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal by using, as a reference, pulsation of an electromagnetic force caused by a magnetic circuit of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Takafumi HARA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230141601
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of properly performing motor control during overmodulation. In a motor control device 1, a carrier wave frequency adjusting unit 16 adjusts a carrier wave frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error ??v representing the phase difference between three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and a triangular wave signal Tr. When a modulation factor H in accordance with the voltage amplitude ratio between the DC power supplied from a high voltage battery to an inverter and AC power output from the inverter to a motor exceeds a predetermined value, for example, 1.15, a current control unit 14 corrects the amplitudes and phases of a d-axis voltage command Vd* and a q-axis voltage command Vq* on the basis of a carrier wave phase difference ??carr representing the phase of the triangular wave signal Tr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi HARA, Toshiyuki AJIMA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Katsuhiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230008549
    Abstract: The vibration and noise generated in a permanent magnet synchronous motor are effectively suppressed. A motor control device 1 comprises: a triangular wave generation unit 17 which generates a triangular wave signal Tr that is a carrier wave, a carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 which adjusts a carrier frequency fc that represents a frequency of the triangular wave signal Tr, and a gate signal generation unit 18 which performs pulse-width modulation on three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* according to a torque command T* using the triangular wave signal Tr, thereby generating a gate signal for controlling an operation of an inverter. The carrier frequency adjustment unit 16 adjusts the carrier frequency fc so as to change a voltage phase error ??v representing a phase difference of the three-phase voltage commands Vu*, Vv*, Vw* and the triangular wave signal Tr based on the torque command T*, and a rotation speed ?r of a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Takafumi HARA, Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Toshiyuki AJIMA
  • Patent number: 11491971
    Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle suitable for an automatic/manual driving mode vehicle that employs brakes capable of controlling braking forces of four wheels. A vehicle control device including a pitch angle adjustment unit that adjusts a pitch angle, which is an inclination of a vehicle generated in the vehicle when braking the vehicle, or a change amount of the pitch angle, the pitch angle adjustment unit adjusting the pitch angle according to a traveling mode of the vehicle instructed by a host controller provided in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ito, Kenichiro Matsubara, Wataru Yokoyama, Takaya Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 11407396
    Abstract: An electric booster including an input member that is advanceably/retractably moved according to a brake pedal operation. An electric motor of an electric actuator advanceably/retractably moves a power piston. A master pressure control unit sets a target movement amount of the power piston according to an amount of a movement of the input member that is caused by the brake pedal, and controls the electric motor to move the power piston so as to achieve the target movement amount, thereby causing a brake hydraulic pressure to be generated in a master cylinder. The master pressure control unit includes a reaction force generation portion, which changes a characteristic of a hydraulic reaction force applied to the brake pedal. The reaction force generation portion corrects the target movement amount of the power piston according to a temporal change in the movement amount of the input member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Daisuke Goto, Takaya Tsukagoshi, Norikazu Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20210039631
    Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle suitable for an automatic/manual driving mode vehicle that employs brakes capable of controlling braking forces of four wheels. A vehicle control device including a pitch angle adjustment unit that adjusts a pitch angle, which is an inclination of a vehicle generated in the vehicle when braking the vehicle, or a change amount of the pitch angle, the pitch angle adjustment unit adjusting the pitch angle according to a traveling mode of the vehicle instructed by a host controller provided in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro ITO, Kenichiro MATSUBARA, Wataru YOKOYAMA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20200262409
    Abstract: An electric booster including an input member that is advanceably/retractably moved according to a brake pedal operation. An electric motor of an electric actuator advanceably/retractably moves a power piston. A master pressure control unit sets a target movement amount of the power piston according to an amount of a movement of the input member that is caused by the brake pedal, and controls the electric motor to move the power piston so as to achieve the target movement amount, thereby causing a brake hydraulic pressure to be generated in a master cylinder. The master pressure control unit includes a reaction force generation portion, which changes a characteristic of a hydraulic reaction force applied to the brake pedal. The reaction force generation portion corrects the target movement amount of the power piston according to a temporal change in the movement amount of the input member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke GOTO, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI, Norikazu MATSUZAKI, Hiroaki SATO