Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Nakada
Yasuhiro Nakada 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: 8008896Abstract: Output waveform of the generator is improved through stabilization of field current by removing flywheel diode used to be required for automatic voltage regulator. Output electric current of excitation winding 3 is rectified by rectifier 8 and is supplied to field winding 5 of rotor 4. Impedance adjustment circuit 12 is provided to circuit where field current flows. Target electric current determination unit 10 determines target electric current (target field current) used to control output voltage of power generation winding 2 to the reference voltage. Impedance adjustment circuit 12 increases or decreases the impedance of field current circuit so that the field current detected by electric current detector 11 converges with target electric current.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakada, Toshio Inoue
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Publication number: 20110101929Abstract: In a self-excited generator 1 including an automatic voltage regulator (AVR) 10, a condensive load protection device includes: a field current control driver 21 which is connected to the field winding 6 in series and controlled to be ON/OFF by a drive circuit 23 of the AVR 10 to supply a field current to the field winding 6; and a condensive load protecting rotor short-circuit driver 22 which is connected in parallel to the field winding 6, and supplies a short-circuit current to the field winding 6 by being turned ON, and a bootstrap circuit 30 is connected as a drive power supply of the field current control driver and the condensive load protecting rotor short-circuit driver, and the bootstrap circuit 30 includes a capacitance portion 32 in which charges are accumulated when the field current control driver 21 is ON.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru MAEDAKO, Yasuhiro NAKADA
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Publication number: 20110089910Abstract: When a distortion of an output waveform of an alternating-current generator is improved, an output voltage control apparatus of a generator, which has versatility, is obtained. An output voltage control apparatus of a generator (1), including a generator winding (2) and an excitation winding (3) wound around a stator side, a field winding (5) wound around a rotor (4), and a rectifier (12) for rectifying a current generated by the excitation winding (3) and supplying the rectified current to the field winding (5), the output voltage control apparatus includes a field current drive means (20) for comparing an output voltage generated to the generator winding (2) with a reference wave whose distortion ratio is 0% and flowing a field current to the field winding (5) by adjusting a drive timing of a PWM signal output by a drive unit (24) based on a result of the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro NAKADA, Minoru MAEDAKO
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Publication number: 20110068752Abstract: A generator (100) includes a generator winding (103) and an excitation winding (104), and a field winding (102). To converge an output voltage of the generator winding (103) to a target, a field current is varied by increasing/decreasing an energization duty ratio of a switching device (110) connected to the field winding (102). In a duty ratio zero determination unit (2) and a duty ratio zero continuation determination unit (3), when an output duty ratio continues for a predetermined time with duty ratio zero, a duty ratio increase amount restriction unit (4) restricts an upper limit of the duty ratio to a predetermined upper limit when the field current increases. A duty ratio restriction unit (21a) for restricting the duty ratio by a maximum value determined based on a voltage of a smoothing capacitor (113) in place of the determination of the duty ratio being zero may be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro NAKADA, Minoru Maedako, Kenji Kamimura
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Patent number: 7906934Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell that can be utilized as a stable electric power source for cloudy weather. An output voltage V1 of the solar cell 1 is lowered by a DC-DC converter 5. When a battery V2 is charged with an output of the converter 5, the converter 5 is stopped and the power of only the battery V2 is supplied to a low-voltage inverter circuit 6. The electric power supplied from the converter 5 is increased by boosting the output voltage of the converter 5 as well as starting to supply electric power from the battery V2. While the electric power of the converter 5 is increased, the performance of the solar cell 1 is judged. When the performance is decreased, the output voltage from the converter 5 is lowered and the amount of electric power supplied from the battery 2 is increased relatively.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Inoue, Yasuhiro Nakada
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Publication number: 20090108816Abstract: Output waveform of the generator is improved through stabilization of field current by removing flywheel diode used to be required for automatic voltage regulator. Output electric current of excitation winding 3 is rectified by rectifier 8 and is supplied to field winding 5 of rotor 4. Impedance adjustment circuit 12 is provided to circuit where field current flows. Target electric current determination unit 10 determines target electric current (target field current) used to control output voltage of power generation winding 2 to the reference voltage. Impedance adjustment circuit 12 increases or decreases the impedance of field current circuit so that the field current detected by electric current detector 11 converges with target electric current.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro NAKADA, Toshio INOUE
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Publication number: 20080272653Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell that can be utilized as a stable electric power source for cloudy weather. An output voltage V1 of the solar cell 1 is lowered by a DC-DC converter 5. When a battery V2 is charged with an output of the converter 5, the converter 5 is stopped and the power of only the battery V2 is supplied to a low-voltage inverter circuit 6. The electric power supplied from the converter 5 is increased by boosting the output voltage of the converter 5 as well as starting to supply electric power from the battery V2. While the electric power of the converter 5 is increased, the performance of the solar cell 1 is judged. When the performance is decreased, the output voltage from the converter 5 is lowered and the amount of electric power supplied from the battery 2 is increased relatively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Inoue, Yasuhiro Nakada
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Patent number: 7021112Abstract: A metal design panel is constituted by a surface decorative member and a thermoplastic resin member, which are firmly and integrally combined together. A plurality of through holes or dimples are formed at prescribed positions of a metal plate panel, which serves as a surface decorative member, in conformity with an outline of a product completed in manufacture. The metal plate panel is subjected to trimming to remove an unwanted peripheral portion, thus extracting a metal plate therefrom. The metal plate is arranged in a metal mold, into which a melted thermoplastic resin is injected to form a resin layer, which is firmly combined with the metal plate. Alternatively, a core member is formed and extracted from the metal plate panel and is combined with a resin layer upon injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Yasuhiro Nakada
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Publication number: 20040104509Abstract: A metal design panel is constituted by a surface decorative member and a thermoplastic resin member, which are firmly and integrally combined together. A plurality of through holes or dimples are formed at prescribed positions of a metal plate panel, which serves as a surface decorative member, in conformity with an outline of a product completed in manufacture. The metal plate panel is subjected to trimming to remove an unwanted peripheral portion, thus extracting a metal plate therefrom. The metal plate is arranged in a metal mold, into which a melted thermoplastic resin is injected to form a resin layer, which is firmly combined with the metal plate. Alternatively, a core member is formed and extracted from the metal plate panel and is combined with a resin layer upon injection molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakada
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Patent number: 5913221Abstract: Disclosed is the system for editing characters and graphics through a computer with a data entered via the pen point entry procedure. The system comprises the input device for entering the data, the data processor for processing the data entered, the data storage for storing the data entered, the display device for displaying the display data, and the pen through which the data is entered. With this system, information containing characters and graphics as well as the editing request in a mixed manner can be entered through pen points without paying any consciousness to the entry of commands, as well as the characters, graphics and the commands can be subjected to processing.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1996Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kano, Yasuhiro Nakada, Yutaka Usuda
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Patent number: 5867596Abstract: A diagram recognizing system is capable of automatically recognizing a diagram prepared, for example, through a manual operation or through drawing software, independently from a CASE tool or the like, and delivering a recognized logic to the CASE tool or the like without the aid of any manual operation. A recognizing rule for recognizing the diagram as the object of recognition is entered and stored. A symbol, a connecting line, a character string, and a relationship of connection between the symbols, each structuring the diagram, are recognized on the basis of the recognizing rule by a diagram recognizing means. Logical data, indicative of the kind of each of the symbols, the character string, and the relationship of connection between the symbols, are generated, and the logical data are converted into and generated as a predetermined file type so as to be delivered directly to the CASE tool or the like.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1995Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kano, Yasuhiro Nakada, Yutaka Usuda
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Patent number: 5792302Abstract: A first wooden surface layer and a second wooden surface layer are arranged in a mold, a core wire is arranged within the space defined by the first wooden surface layer and the second wooden surface layer, and resin introduced into that space. The first wooden surface layer and the second wooden surface layer are pressed against the inner surface of the mold by means of the internal pressure of the resin, thereby molding the first wooden surface layer and the second wooden surface layer. It is possible to obtain a molded article in which a wooden surface layer, a resin core and a core wire have been unitarily integrated without the production of cracks in the wooden surface layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Nakada, Takayuki Endo
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Patent number: 5717846Abstract: The positions of lines connecting nodes are selected such that the lines do not overlap nodes other than those which they are connecting. This is based on the position information of nodes within the network diagram, and connection information indicating which nodes are connected by the node-connecting lines. Node-connecting lines which are to be connected are generated in these selected positions, using straight lines or curved lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1994Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiya Iida, Yasuhiro Nakada