Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Zaitsu
Toshiyuki Zaitsu 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: 11967892Abstract: A DC power supply device capable of preventing voltage oscillation of a power supply path to a motor control device is provided. The DC power supply device includes a power supply unit (such as an AC/DC converter) that outputs a DC and a filter circuit that detects a voltage fluctuation of the DC output from the power supply unit and adjusts impedance of own circuit such that the voltage fluctuation of the DC is prevented based on a detection result.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Kiribuchi, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Takeshi Ashida, Masashi Doi
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Patent number: 11750129Abstract: A servo direct-current feeder system can reduce an oscillating voltage across a power feeding path. The servo direct-current feeder system includes a direct-current power supply, a plurality of motor controllers that each control a servomotor, and a power feeding path that distributes power from the direct-current power supply to the plurality of motor controllers. Each of the plurality of motor controllers includes a current control loop unit that controls a current flowing through the servomotor. The current loop unit includes a current control loop including a notch filter having a center frequency corresponding to a frequency to occur from an oscillating voltage across the power feeding path.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Kiribuchi, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Takeshi Ashida, Masashi Doi
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Publication number: 20220352808Abstract: A DC power supply device capable of preventing voltage oscillation of a power supply path to a motor control device is provided. The DC power supply device includes a power supply unit (such as an AC/DC converter) that outputs a DC and a filter circuit that detects a voltage fluctuation of the DC output from the power supply unit and adjusts impedance of own circuit such that the voltage fluctuation of the DC is prevented based on a detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Takeshi KIRIBUCHI, Toshiyuki ZAITSU, Takeshi ASHIDA, Masashi DOI
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Publication number: 20220173685Abstract: A servo direct-current feeder system can reduce an oscillating voltage across a power feeding path. The servo direct-current feeder system includes a direct-current power supply, a plurality of motor controllers that each control a servomotor, and a power feeding path that distributes power from the direct-current power supply to the plurality of motor controllers. Each of the plurality of motor controllers includes a current control loop unit that controls a current flowing through the servomotor. The current loop unit includes a current control loop including a notch filter having a center frequency corresponding to a frequency to occur from an oscillating voltage across the power feeding path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Takeshi KIRIBUCHI, Toshiyuki ZAITSU, Takeshi ASHIDA, Masashi DOI
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Patent number: 11329513Abstract: A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a transmitter that includes a transmitter coil that supplies electric power to a receiver and a power supply circuit that supplies alternating current power to the transmitter coil. The receiver includes a resonant circuit including a receiver coil that receives electric power from the transmitter and a resonant capacitor connected in series to the receiver coil, a rectifier circuit that rectifies electric power output from the resonant circuit, and a coil connected in parallel to the resonant circuit between the resonant circuit and the rectifier circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Takeshi Uematsu
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Publication number: 20220140655Abstract: A power receiver device of a non-contact power feeding device includes a plurality of resonance circuits that receive power from a power transmitter device, a voltage detection circuit that detects an output voltage from the plurality of resonance circuits, and a control circuit. Receiver coils of the plurality of resonance circuits are arranged so as to be electromagnetically coupled to each other. At least one of resonance circuits includes a variable capacitance circuit that is connected to the receiver coil of the resonance circuit and is regulatable in capacitance. The control circuit regulates the capacitance of the variable capacitance circuit in accordance with the output voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Goro NAKAO, Toshiyuki ZAITSU
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Patent number: 11245291Abstract: A power transmission device 2 for a non-contact power supply device 1 has a transmission coil 14 and a power supply circuit 10 that supplies, to the transmission coil 14, AC power having a switching frequency at which the transmission coil 14 does not resonate. In addition, a power reception device 3 for the non-contact power supply device 1 has: a resonance circuit 20 that has a reception coil 21 and a resonance capacitor 22 resonating in parallel and a first coil 23 connected in series or parallel to the reception coil 21; and a coil 23 connected in series to the reception coil 21.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Publication number: 20220004676Abstract: The design assistance device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire system information indicating a configuration of the DC bus of the DC power supply system; and an output unit configured to output information on stability of the DC power supply system based on the system information acquired by the acquisition unit and a current value required for each operation of the one or more servo devices. With this configuration, it is possible to analyze the stability of a DC power supply system in which power is supplied from a DC power supply to one or more servo devices including an inverter circuit and an electric motor by a DC bus, in consideration of the configuration of the DC bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Takeshi KIRIBUCHI, Toshiyuki ZAITSU, Takeshi ASHIDA, Masashi DOI
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Patent number: 11190058Abstract: A power receiving device 3 of a non-contact power supply device 1 has: a resonant circuit 20 having a receiving coil 21 for receiving power from a power transmission device 2; and a rectifier circuit 24 for rectifying power output from the resonant circuit 20. The power transmission device 2 has: a transmission coil 14 for supplying power to the power receiving device 3; a power supply circuit 10 for supplying AC power having an adjustable switching frequency to the power transmission coil 14; and a control circuit 17 that stops the power supply from the power supply circuit 10 to the transmission coil 14 when the non-contact power supply device 1 does not perform a constant voltage output operation even if the switching frequency is changed over a predetermined frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Atsushi Nomura
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Patent number: 11171516Abstract: A power receiver device a noncontact power supply apparatus short-circuits a resonance suppressing coil provided so as to be electromagnetically coupled to a receiver coil and notifies a power transmitter device of an output voltage abnormality when a measured value of output voltage becomes equal to or greater than an upper limit threshold, the measured value of output voltage being obtained by rectifying power received via a resonance circuit including a receiver coil configured to receive power from a transmitter coil of the power transmitter device and a resonance capacitor connected in parallel with the receiver coil. Upon receipt of the notification of the output voltage abnormality, the power transmitter device changes at least one of a voltage and switching frequency of AC power applied to the transmitter coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Atsushi Nomura, Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Patent number: 11139693Abstract: A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a receiver that includes a resonant circuit that receives electric power from a transmitter. The receiver causes, in response to a measurement value of an output voltage of electric power output from the resonant circuit being out of a predetermined allowable range of voltages, a short circuit to short-circuit the resonant circuit and transmits determination information indicating that the contactless power transmission apparatus is not outputting a constant voltage. In response to the determination information, the transmitter in the contactless power transmission apparatus detects a switching frequency of alternating current power to be supplied to a transmitter coil from a power supply circuit at which the contactless power transmission apparatus outputs a constant voltage in accordance with a measurement value of a current through the transmitter coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Patent number: 11128173Abstract: A power reception device 3 of a noncontact power supply apparatus 1 has a resonance circuit 20 that resonates at a first frequency, a voltage detection circuit 27 that measures an output voltage from the resonance circuit 20 and calculates a measured value of the output voltage, and a transmitter 28 that transmits a signal including information about the measured value of the output voltage to a power transmission device 2.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Patent number: 11121587Abstract: A power transmission device 2 for a non-contact power supply device 1 has: a transmission coil 14; a coil 15 connected in series to the transmission coil 14 without joining to a reception coil 21 during power transmission, said reception coil being included in a resonance circuit 20 for a power reception device 3; a power supply circuit 10 that supplies, to the transmission coil 14, AC power having a switching frequency at which the transmission coil 14 does not resonate; and a control circuit 19 that controls the switching frequency and voltage of the AC power supplied to the transmission coil 14 and controls whether or not both ends of the coil 15 are short-circuited.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Patent number: 11108273Abstract: A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a secondary device that includes a resonant circuit including a second transmitter coil that transmits and receives electric power to and from a first transmitter coil included in a primary device and a resonant capacitor connected in parallel to the second transmitter coil, a second converter circuit connected to the resonant circuit to convert alternating current power flowing through the resonant circuit to direct current power and convert direct current power to alternating current power flowing through the resonant circuit, a coil connected in series to the second transmitter coil between the resonant circuit and the second converter circuit, and a capacitor connected in series to the second transmitter coil between the second transmitter coil and the second converter circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Atsushi Nomura, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Patent number: 11095160Abstract: A power transmission device 2 in a non-contact power supply device 1 has: a transmission coil 14 that supplies power to a power reception device 3; and a power supply circuit 10 that supplies AC voltage having a switching frequency at which the transmission coil 14 does not resonate, to the transmission coil 14. A power reception device 3 has: a resonance circuit 20 having a reception coil 21 that receives power from the power transmission device 2 and a resonance capacitor 22 connected in parallel to the reception coil 21; a rectification circuit 24 that rectifies power output from the resonance circuit 20; and a coil 23 connected in series to the reception coil 21, between the resonance circuit 20 and the rectification circuit 24.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Atsushi Nomura
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Patent number: 11081906Abstract: A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a receiver that includes a resonant circuit including a receiver coil that receives electric power from a transmitter coil included in a transmitter and a resonant capacitor connected in parallel to the receiver coil. The receiver outputs, through an output coil having fewer turns than the receiver coil and a coil connected to the output coil, electric power received by the resonant circuit and rectifies the output power with a rectifier circuit. The transmitter includes a control circuit that controls a voltage and a switching frequency of alternating current power to be supplied to the transmitter coil from a power supply circuit to allow the contactless power transmission apparatus to continuously perform a constant voltage output operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Atsushi Nomura, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Publication number: 20210159731Abstract: A power transmission device 2 for a non-contact power supply device 1 has: a transmission coil 14; a coil 15 connected in series to the transmission coil 14 without joining to a reception coil 21 during power transmission, said reception coil being included in a resonance circuit 20 for a power reception device 3; a power supply circuit 10 that supplies, to the transmission coil 14, AC power having a switching frequency at which the transmission coil 14 does not resonate; and a control circuit 19 that controls the switching frequency and voltage of the AC power supplied to the transmission coil 14 and controls whether or not both ends of the coil 15 are short-circuited.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Publication number: 20210143676Abstract: A power receiving device 3 of a non-contact power supply device 1 has: a resonant circuit 20 having a receiving coil 21 for receiving power from a power transmission device 2; and a rectifier circuit 24 for rectifying power output from the resonant circuit 20. The power transmission device 2 has: a transmission coil 14 for supplying power to the power receiving device 3; a power supply circuit 10 for supplying AC power having an adjustable switching frequency to the power transmission coil 14; and a control circuit 17 that stops the power supply from the power supply circuit 10 to the transmission coil 14 when the non-contact power supply device 1 does not perform a constant voltage output operation even if the switching frequency is changed over a predetermined frequency range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Atsushi Nomura
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Publication number: 20210143675Abstract: A power transmission device 2 for a non-contact power supply device 1 has a transmission coil 14 and a power supply circuit 10 that supplies, to the transmission coil 14, AC power having a switching frequency at which the transmission coil 14 does not resonate. In addition, a power reception device 3 for the non-contact power supply device 1 has: a resonance circuit 20 that has a reception coil 21 and a resonance capacitor 22 resonating in parallel and a first coil 23 connected in series or parallel to the reception coil 21; and a coil 23 connected in series to the reception coil 21.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
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Publication number: 20210135495Abstract: A power transmission device 2 in a non-contact power supply device 1 has: a transmission coil 14 that supplies power to a power reception device 3; and a power supply circuit 10 that supplies AC voltage having a switching frequency at which the transmission coil 14 does not resonate, to the transmission coil 14. A power reception device 3 has: a resonance circuit 20 having a reception coil 21 that receives power from the power transmission device 2 and a resonance capacitor 22 connected in parallel to the reception coil 21; a rectification circuit 24 that rectifies power output from the resonance circuit 20; and a coil 23 connected in series to the reception coil 21, between the resonance circuit 20 and the rectification circuit 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Omron CorporationInventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Atsushi Nomura