Patents by Inventor Taku Shimomura
Taku Shimomura 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: 12126329Abstract: A driving circuit applies a voltage to a switching element to switch between an ON state and an OFF state. The switching element includes a control terminal, a high-potential terminal, and a low-potential terminal, and is switched between the ON state and the OFF state depending on the voltage of the control terminal in a case in which a potential of the low-potential terminal is defined as a reference potential. The driving circuit includes a negative-voltage power supply for applying a negative voltage as the voltage to the control terminal when the switching element is switched from the ON state to the OFF state, and a voltage changing unit for changing the voltage immediately before the switching element is switched from the OFF state to the ON state to be higher than the negative voltage immediately after the switching element is switched from the ON state to the OFF state.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Taku Shimomura, Keiichirou Numakura, Akinori Okubo
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Publication number: 20240178829Abstract: A driving circuit applies a voltage to a switching element to switch between an ON state and an OFF state. The switching element includes a control terminal, a high-potential terminal, and a low-potential terminal, and is switched between the ON state and the OFF state depending on the voltage of the control terminal in a case in which a potential of the low-potential terminal is defined as a reference potential. The driving circuit includes a negative-voltage power supply for applying a negative voltage as the voltage to the control terminal when the switching element is switched from the ON state to the OFF state, and a voltage changing unit for changing the voltage immediately before the switching element is switched from the OFF state to the ON state to be higher than the negative voltage immediately after the switching element is switched from the ON state to the OFF state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Taku SHIMOMURA, Keiichirou NUMAKURA, Akinori OKUBO
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Patent number: 11916469Abstract: A resonant power conversion device includes: a main circuit provided with a semiconductor switch, a capacitor and an inductor connected in series or parallel to the semiconductor switch; and a drive circuit configured to drive the switching element. The switching element enters an off-state or an on-state depending on a control voltage input to a gate terminal, and the drive circuit includes two or more types of control voltages, as a control voltage at which the switching element enters an off-state.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Taku Shimomura, Keiichiro Numakura, Akinori Okubo
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Publication number: 20230412062Abstract: A resonant power conversion device includes: a main circuit provided with a semiconductor switch, a capacitor and an inductor connected in series or parallel to the semiconductor switch; and a drive circuit configured to drive the switching element. The switching element enters an off-state or an on-state depending on a control voltage input to a gate terminal, and the drive circuit includes two or more types of control voltages, as a control voltage at which the switching element enters an off-state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Taku Shimomura, Keiichiro Numakura, Akinori Okubo
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Patent number: 11342841Abstract: The present disclosure includes by controlling at least either one of a switching frequency of a switching element (S) or a duty ratio indicating an ON period of the switching element, securing delay time from voltage at both ends of the switching element reaches zero voltage by resonance of the resonant circuit (L0, C0) in an OFF state of the switching element until the switching element is turned on, and turning on the switching element within the delay time.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Kai, Shigeharu Yamagami, Tetsuya Hayashi, Yusuke Zushi, Taku Shimomura
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Patent number: 11146163Abstract: The present disclosure includes a drive circuit (2-4) for switching a switching element, and a variable capacity circuit (6A), connected between a control terminal (G) of the switching element and the drive circuit (2-4), capable of switching at least between a first capacity value and a second capacity value different from the first capacity value, and controls a capacity value between the control terminal and the drive circuit via the variable capacity circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku Shimomura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Akinori Okubo, Daiki Sato, Yuichi Iwasaki
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Publication number: 20210057995Abstract: The present disclosure includes by controlling at least either one of a switching frequency of a switching element (S) or a duty ratio indicating an ON period of the switching element, securing delay time from voltage at both ends of the switching element reaches zero voltage by resonance of the resonant circuit (L0, C0) in an OFF state of the switching element until the switching element is turned on, and turning on the switching element within the delay time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro KAI, Shigeharu YAMAGAMI, Tetsuya HAYASHI, Yusuke ZUSHI, Taku SHIMOMURA
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Publication number: 20200395838Abstract: The present disclosure includes a drive circuit (2-4) for switching a switching element, and a variable capacity circuit (6A), connected between a control terminal (G) of the switching element and the drive circuit (2-4), capable of switching at least between a first capacity value and a second capacity value different from the first capacity value, and controls a capacity value between the control terminal and the drive circuit via the variable capacity circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku SHIMOMURA, Tetsuya HAYASHI, Akinori OKUBO, Daiki SATO, Yuichi IWASAKI
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Patent number: 10476495Abstract: A drive device wherein a main switching element is connected to a main current path, an input terminal of the switching element on the higher potential side and an output terminal of the switching element on the lower potential side are electrically connected to a control terminal of the main switching element, a first resistance is connected between an input terminal of the switching element on the lower potential side and a control terminal of the main switching element, a first capacitor is parallelly connected to the first resistance, and a second capacitor is connected between a connection point of the first resistance and a control terminal of the main switching element and a terminal on the higher potential side of the main switching element.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku Shimomura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Akinori Okubo, Yuichi Iwasaki
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Publication number: 20190181854Abstract: A drive device wherein a main switching element is connected to a main current path, an input terminal of the switching element on the higher potential side and an output terminal of the switching element on the lower potential side are electrically connected to a control terminal of the main switching element, a first resistance is connected between an input terminal of the switching element on the lower potential side and a control terminal of the main switching element, a first capacitor is parallelly connected to the first resistance, and a second capacitor is connected between a connection point of the first resistance and a control terminal of the main switching element and a terminal on the higher potential side of the main switching element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku SHIMOMURA, Tetsuya HAYASHI, Akinori OKUBO, Yuichi IWASAKI
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Patent number: 10305371Abstract: A power supply control apparatus includes a DC power supply including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a load electrically connected to the DC power supply, a relay connected to a current path from the positive electrode to the negative electrode through the load in series, a switching device connected to the current path in series, and a controller controlling the relay and the switching device. The controller, in a case in which the current path is to be electrically cut off, switches the switching device to an Off state and then switches the relay to the Off state.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku Shimomura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Dai Tsugawa, Takayuki Ikari
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Patent number: 10230294Abstract: A power conversion device includes a gate voltage adjustment unit (a detection circuit 12) which acts on a drive signal from a gate drive circuit 11 that sends a drive signal to the respective gates of a plurality of semiconductor elements Q1 to Q2 provided in parallel, and which adjusts the gate voltages of the semiconductor elements. The gate voltage adjustment unit superimposes an induction voltage generated on the basis of a difference between a magnetic flux due to a current flowing through one of the plurality of semiconductor elements and a magnetic flux due to a current flowing through each of the other semiconductor elements, onto a gate voltage sent to at least one gate of the plurality of semiconductor elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Zushi, Tatsuhiro Suzuki, Keiichiro Numakura, Taku Shimomura, Tetsuya Hayashi
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Publication number: 20180152093Abstract: A power conversion device includes a gate voltage adjustment unit (a detection circuit 12) which acts on a drive signal from a gate drive circuit 11 that sends a drive signal to the respective gates of a plurality of semiconductor elements Q1 to Q2 provided in parallel, and which adjusts the gate voltages of the semiconductor elements. The gate voltage adjustment unit superimposes an induction voltage generated on the basis of a difference between a magnetic flux due to a current flowing through one of the plurality of semiconductor elements and a magnetic flux due to a current flowing through each of the other semiconductor elements, onto a gate voltage sent to at least one gate of the plurality of semiconductor elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2015Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke ZUSHI, Tatsuhiro SUZUKI, Keiichiro NUMAKURA, Taku SHIMOMURA, Tetsuya HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180131178Abstract: A power supply control apparatus includes a DC power supply including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a load electrically connected to the DC power supply, a relay connected to a current path from the positive electrode to the negative electrode through the load in series, a switching device connected to the current path in series, and a controller controlling the relay and the switching device. The controller, in a case in which the current path is to be electrically cut off, switches the switching device to an Off state and then switches the relay to the Off state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2015Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku SHIMOMURA, Tetsuya HAYASHI, Dai TSUGAWA, Takayuki IKARI
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Patent number: 9252261Abstract: An anode region 106 is formed on a bottom portion of a trench 105 in which a gate electrode 108 is formed or in a drift region 102 immediately under the trench 105. A contact hole 110 is formed in the trench 105 at a depth reaching the anode region 106. A source electrode 112 is embedded in the contact hole 110 while interposing an inner wall insulating film 111 therebetween. The anode region 106 and the source electrode 112 are electrically connected to each other in a state of being insulated from the gate electrode 108 by the inner wall insulating film 111.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeharu Yamagami, Tetsuya Hayashi, Taku Shimomura
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Publication number: 20140042523Abstract: An anode region 106 is formed on a bottom portion of a trench 105 in which a gate electrode 108 is formed or in a drift region 102 immediately under the trench 105. A contact hole 110 is formed in the trench 105 at a depth reaching the anode region 106. A source electrode 112 is embedded in the contact hole 110 while interposing an inner wall insulating film 111 therebetween. The anode region 106 and the source electrode 112 are electrically connected to each other in a state of being insulated from the gate electrode 108 by the inner wall insulating film 111.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Shigeharu Yamagami, Tetsuya Hayashi, Taku Shimomura