Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Obu

Toshiharu Obu 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: 8493762
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes semiconductor elements of a first system constituting each of arms in a circuit of the first system, semiconductor elements of a second system constituting each of arms in a circuit of the second system, a plurality of DC electrode conductors including a common DC electrode conductor joined to the semiconductor elements of the first and second systems, and a plurality of AC electrode conductors joined to the respective semiconductor elements of the first and second systems. Each of the semiconductor elements of the first and second systems is interposed between the DC electrode conductor and AC electrode conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Gou Ninomiya, Toshiharu Obu, Kazuhiro Ueda, Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Shinichi Baba
  • Publication number: 20110156797
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes semiconductor elements of a first system constituting each of arms in a circuit of the first system, semiconductor elements of a second system constituting each of arms in a circuit of the second system, a plurality of DC electrode conductors including a common DC electrode conductor joined to the semiconductor elements of the first and second systems, and a plurality of AC electrode conductors joined to the respective semiconductor elements of the first and second systems. Each of the semiconductor elements of the first and second systems is interposed between the DC electrode conductor and AC electrode conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Gou NINOMIYA, Toshiharu Obu, Kazuhiro Ueda, Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Shinichi Baba
  • Patent number: 7605456
    Abstract: To provide an inverter unit with excellent manufacturing performance and with current carrying capacity increased and size reduced by further increasing the cooling efficiency of a power efficiency device. The inverter unit includes: a semiconductor chip constituting an arm of an inverter; a first conductor 33 joined to a positive side of the semiconductor chip; and a second conductor 35 joined to a negative side of the semiconductor chip. The first and second conductors are disposed above a cooler 22 cooling the semiconductor chip so that a joint surface of the first conductor 33 which is joined to a positive electrode of the semiconductor chip and a joint surface of the second conductor 35 which is joined to a negative electrode of the semiconductor chip are not in parallel to a surface of the cooler 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya, Gou Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 7487581
    Abstract: By providing a plurality of semiconductor chips that are connected in parallel and constitute one arm of an inverter; a first conductor to which a face on one side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a wide conductor to which a face on the other side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a second conductor said first conductor and second conductor are connected connected to said wide conductor; and a cooler to which through an insulating resin sheet, part of the heat loss generated in the semiconductor chips is thermally conducted to the first conductor and is thence thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling, while another part thereof is thermally conducted to the wide conductor and thence to the second conductor, whence it is thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya, Keizo Hagiwara, Shimpei Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20070217241
    Abstract: To provide an inverter unit with excellent manufacturing performance and with current carrying capacity increased and size reduced by further increasing the cooling efficiency of a power efficiency device. The inverter unit includes: a semiconductor chip constituting an arm of an inverter; a first conductor 33 joined to a positive side of the semiconductor chip; and a second conductor 35 joined to a negative side of the semiconductor chip. The first and second conductors are disposed above a cooler 22 cooling the semiconductor chip so that a joint surface of the first conductor 33 which is joined to a positive electrode of the semiconductor chip and a joint surface of the second conductor 35 which is joined to a negative electrode of the semiconductor chip are not in parallel to a surface of the cooler 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya, Gou Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20070165383
    Abstract: By providing a plurality of semiconductor chips that are connected in parallel and constitute one arm of an inverter; a first conductor to which a face on one side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a wide conductor to which a face on the other side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a second conductor connected to said wide conductor; and a cooler to which said first conductor and second conductor are connected through an insulating resin sheet, part of the heat loss generated in the semiconductor chips is thermally conducted to the first conductor and is thence thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling, while another part thereof is thermally conducted to the wide conductor and thence to the second conductor, whence it is thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya, Keizo Hagiwara, Shimpei Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 7206205
    Abstract: By providing a plurality of semiconductor chips that are connected in parallel and constitute one arm of an inverter; a first conductor to which a face on one side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a wide conductor to which a face on the other side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a second conductor connected to said wide conductor; and a cooler to which said first conductor and second conductor are connected through an insulating resin sheet, part of the heat loss generated in the semiconductor chips is thermally conducted to the first conductor and is thence thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling, while another part thereof is thermally conducted to the wide conductor and thence to the second conductor, whence it is thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya, Keizo Hagiwara, Shimpei Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6906935
    Abstract: In an inverter apparatus in which a three-phase inverter main circuit having a plurality of arms comprises a plurality of semiconductor chips for electric power, one arm of the three-phase inverter main circuit includes IGBTs and diodes of semiconductor chips having a size of 10 mm by 10 mm or less with the semiconductor chips connected in parallel, while the IGBTs and the diodes are bonded to a conductor having a thickness of 1.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and the conductor is glued to a cooler through an insulating resin sheet containing ceramics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Nakamura, Atsushi Amano, Iwao Shimane, Yasuyuki Danjou, Shigekazu Saito, Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20050057901
    Abstract: By providing a plurality of semiconductor chips that are connected in parallel and constitute one arm of an inverter; a first conductor to which a face on one side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a wide conductor to which a face on the other side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a second conductor connected to said wide conductor; and a cooler to which said first conductor and second conductor are connected through an insulating resin sheet, part of the heat loss generated in the semiconductor chips is thermally conducted to the first conductor and is thence thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling, while another part thereof is thermally conducted to the wide conductor and thence to the second conductor, whence it is thermally conducted to the cooler, producing cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya, Keizo Hagiwara, Shimpei Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20030090915
    Abstract: In an inverter apparatus in which a three-phase inverter main circuit having a plurality of arms comprises a plurality of semiconductor chips for electric power, one arm of the three-phase inverter main circuit includes IGBTs and diodes of semiconductor chips having a size of 10 mm by 10 mm or less with the semiconductor chips connected in parallel, while the IGBTs and the diodes are bonded to a conductor having a thickness of 1.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and the conductor is glued to a cooler through an insulating resin sheet containing ceramics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Masami Nakamura, Atsushi Amano, Iwao Shimane, Yasuyuki Danjou, Shigekazu Saito, Toshiharu Obu, Nobumitsu Tada, Hiroki Sekiya