Patents by Inventor Takeshi UMETSU
Takeshi UMETSU 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).
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Patent number: 11139771Abstract: To enable overmodulation control having high controllability and low noise characteristics, a control device of an AC motor includes an inverter for driving an AC motor and a controller for controlling the inverter by pulse width modulation. The controller, when over-modulating the inverter, limits the amplitude of the voltage command in the pulse width modulation to a predetermined upper limit value or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwaji, Naoki Okamoto, Masaki Hano, Takeshi Umetsu
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Patent number: 10644627Abstract: A control device of a synchronous electric motor includes: the synchronous electric motor with three-phase stator windings Y-connected; a detection unit that detects a neutral point potential which is a potential at a Y connection point; and an inverter that drives the synchronous electric motor. The control device of the synchronous electric motor which controls the synchronous electric motor using the inverter, includes a measurement mode in which the neutral point potential is detected in a state in which the synchronous electric motor is energized by an AC current and controls the synchronous electric motor based on a value of the neutral point potential detected in the measurement mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwaji, Masaki Hano, Naoki Okamoto, Takeshi Umetsu
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Publication number: 20190253014Abstract: To enable overmodulation control having high controllability and low noise characteristics, a control device of an AC motor includes an inverter for driving an AC motor and a controller for controlling the inverter by pulse width modulation. The controller, when over-modulating the inverter, limits the amplitude of the voltage command in the pulse width modulation to a predetermined upper limit value or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka IWAJI, Naoki OKAMOTO, Masaki HANO, Takeshi UMETSU
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Patent number: 10381965Abstract: Before sensorless control is performed on a three-phase brushless motor by sequentially switching between six energization modes each for selecting two phases to be energized from the three phases, the initial position of the rotor is estimated based on a change in a second induced voltage by: momentarily energizing the three-phase brushless motor according to each of the six energization modes, and detecting six first induced voltages each generated in a non-energized phase by the energization; calculating three induced voltage differences corresponding respectively to three non-energized phases, each induced voltage difference being a difference between two of the six first induced voltages that are detected during energization according to two energization modes that share a non-energized phase; and energizing the three-phase brushless motor according a predetermined energization mode selected based on the three induced voltage differences, and detecting the second induced voltage generated in a non-energiType: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Umetsu, Naoki Okamoto
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Publication number: 20180287526Abstract: A control device of a synchronous electric motor includes: the synchronous electric motor with three-phase stator windings Y-connected; a detection unit that detects a neutral point potential which is a potential at a Y connection point; and an inverter that drives the synchronous electric motor. The control device of the synchronous electric motor which controls the synchronous electric motor using the inverter, includes a measurement mode in which the neutral point potential is detected in a state in which the synchronous electric motor is energized by an AC current and controls the synchronous electric motor based on a value of the neutral point potential detected in the measurement mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka IWAJI, Masaki HANO, Naoki OKAMOTO, Takeshi UMETSU
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Publication number: 20180254722Abstract: Before sensorless control is performed on a three-phase brushless motor by sequentially switching between six energization modes each for selecting two phases to be energized from the three phases, the initial position of the rotor is estimated based on a change in a second induced voltage by: momentarily energizing the three-phase brushless motor according to each of the six energization modes, and detecting six first induced voltages each generated in a non-energized phase by the energization; calculating three induced voltage differences corresponding respectively to three non-energized phases, each induced voltage difference being a difference between two of the six first induced voltages that are detected during energization according to two energization modes that share a non-energized phase; and energizing the three-phase brushless motor according a predetermined energization mode selected based on the three induced voltage differences, and detecting the second induced voltage generated in a non-energiType: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi UMETSU, Naoki OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 9923502Abstract: A method for detecting a potential (Vn) includes stator wirings in a Y connection, and automatically adjusting a relationship with a position of a rotor as a system for realizing rotor position-sensorless stable drive of an AC motor where the three-phase stator wirings are in Y connection in the stop and low-speed ranges. A synchronous motor control apparatus includes a three-phase synchronous motor in which three-phase stator wirings are in a Y connection, and an inverter for driving the motor, wherein the synchronous motor is DC-conducted thereby to move a rotor to a predetermined position, and is applied with a pulse-shaped voltage from the inverter in the moved state so that a neutral point potential as potential (Vn) of the Y connection point is acquired when the pulse voltage is applied, thereby driving the synchronous motor based on the acquired value.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwaji, Masaki Hano, Naoki Okamoto, Takeshi Umetsu
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Publication number: 20170194889Abstract: A method for detecting a potential (Vn) includes stator wirings in a Y connection, and automatically adjusting a relationship with a position of a rotor as a system for realizing rotor position-sensorless stable drive of an AC motor where the three-phase stator wirings are in Y connection in the stop and low-speed ranges. A synchronous motor control apparatus includes a three-phase synchronous motor in which three-phase stator wirings are in a Y connection, and an inverter for driving the motor, wherein the synchronous motor is DC-conducted thereby to move a rotor to a predetermined position, and is applied with a pulse-shaped voltage from the inverter in the moved state so that a neutral point potential as potential (Vn) of the Y connection point is acquired when the pulse voltage is applied, thereby driving the synchronous motor based on the acquired value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka IWAJI, Masaki HANO, Naoki OKAMOTO, Takeshi UMETSU
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Patent number: 9685894Abstract: When a set duty Dt of a PWM signal is less than a minimum duty (Dmin) that allows for pulse induced voltage detection, the PWM signal in which a duty D1 during a predetermined period is limited to Dmin and in which a duty D2 during the other period is adjusted so as to satisfy Dt=(D1+D2)/2 is applied to the switching elements connected to one of the two phases. When the duty D2 during the other period takes a negative value, the pulse-voltage application target during the other period is changed to the switching elements connected to the other of the two phases, and the duty D1 during the predetermined period is corrected and increased so as to compensate for an actual drop in the duty D2 during the other period corresponding to a dead-time period in a complementary PWM method.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masaki Hano, Takeshi Umetsu
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Publication number: 20170093312Abstract: When a set duty Dt of a PWM signal is less than a minimum duty (Dmin) that allows for pulse induced voltage detection, the PWM signal in which a duty D1 during a predetermined period is limited to Dmin and in which a duty D2 during the other period is adjusted so as to satisfy Dt=(D1+D2)/2 is applied to the switching elements connected to one of the two phases. When the duty D2 during the other period takes a negative value, the pulse-voltage application target during the other period is changed to the switching elements connected to the other of the two phases, and the duty D1 during the predetermined period is corrected and increased so as to compensate for an actual drop in the duty D2 during the other period corresponding to a dead-time period in a complementary PWM method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masaki HANO, Takeshi UMETSU