Patents by Inventor Tesshi Iwakura

Tesshi Iwakura 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: 7167383
    Abstract: A series circuit of a first main transistor 4 and a first main diode 6 is connected across a DC input voltage source 1, and a filter capacitor 13 and a series circuit of a second main diode 12 and a second main transistor 8 are connected in parallel with the output load side. A filter reactor 7 is connected between the juncture of the first main transistor 4 and the first main diode 6 in the series circuit and the juncture between the second main diode 12 and the second main transistor 8 in the series circuit. Resonant capacitors 5 and 9 in effect are connected across the collector-emitter path of the first and second main transistors 4 and 8, respectively. In operations other than that with small load current, when the first and second main transistors 4 and 8 are turned off, the collector currents therefrom are caused to flow to the resonant capacitors 5 and 9, respectively, thus obtaining soft switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignees: Kyosan Electric Mfg., Co. Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tesshi Iwakura, Shinichi Deguchi
  • Publication number: 20060018138
    Abstract: A series circuit of a first main transistor 4 and a first main diode 6 is connected across a DC input voltage source 1, and a filter capacitor 13 and a series circuit of a second main diode 12 and a second main transistor 8 are connected in parallel with the output load side. A filter reactor 7 is connected between the juncture of the first main transistor 4 and the first main diode 6 in the series circuit and the juncture between the second main diode 12 and the second main transistor 8 in the series circuit. Resonant capacitors 5 and 9 in effect are connected across the collector-emitter path of the first and second main transistors 4 and 8, respectively. In operations other than that with small load current, when the first and second main transistors 4 and 8 are turned off, the collector currents therefrom are caused to flow to the resonant capacitors 5 and 9, respectively, thus obtaining soft switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Tesshi Iwakura, Shinichi Deguchi