Patents by Inventor Yohei TAN

Yohei TAN 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: 11046191
    Abstract: A drive system including: a battery; a power generation device (PGD) including a power generator (PG) mounted to an engine shaft and an inverter converting AC-voltage of the PG into DC-voltage; a drive device (DD) including a motor driving a driven component and an inverter performing bi-directional conversion between AC-voltage of the motor and DC-voltage; a switching device (SD) including a plurality of switches switching a connection of the battery and the PGD at both ends of the DD between a series connection (S-connection) and a parallel connection (P-connection) for connection; a reactor arranged between the battery and SD or between the PGD and the DD; and a controller controlling each of the SD, PGD, and DD, wherein the controller uses, when a speed of the driven component is being changed, the SD to fix the connection of the battery and PGD to S-connection or P-connection after alternately switching the connection between the S-connection and the P-connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Tan, Yoshihiro Miyama, Shigeki Harada, Masahiro Iezawa
  • Publication number: 20190308606
    Abstract: A drive system including: a battery; a power generation device (PGD) including a power generator (PG) mounted to an engine shaft and an inverter converting AC-voltage of the PG into DC-voltage; a drive device (DD) including a motor driving a driven component and an inverter performing bi-directional conversion between AC-voltage of the motor and DC-voltage; a switching device (SD) including a plurality of switches switching a connection of the battery and the PGD at both ends of the DD between a series connection (S-connection) and a parallel connection (P-connection) for connection; a reactor arranged between the battery and SD or between the PGD and the DD; and a controller controlling each of the SD, PGD, and DD, wherein the controller uses, when a speed of the driven component is being changed, the SD to fix the connection of the battery and PGD to S-connection or P-connection after alternately switching the connection between the S-connection and the P-connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei TAN, Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Shigeki HARADA, Masahiro IEZAWA
  • Patent number: 10038224
    Abstract: A plurality of required DC voltages are outputted. A power supply device includes: a first switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a switch for connecting a negative pole terminal, by which negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a first switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for bypassing, by which the battery devices are bypassed; and a second switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a second switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for connecting, by which the negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected to a positive pole terminal of the other battery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Tan, Tatsuya Kitamura, Takahiko Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20170373353
    Abstract: A plurality of required DC voltages are outputted. A power supply device includes: a first switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a switch for connecting a negative pole terminal, by which negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a first switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for bypassing, by which the battery devices are bypassed; and a second switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a second switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for connecting, by which the negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected to a positive pole terminal of the other battery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei TAN, Tatsuya KITAMURA, Takahiko YAMAMURO
  • Patent number: 9641089
    Abstract: A first switching circuit is connected between a transformer first winding and a DC power supply. A second switching circuit is connected between the transformer second winding and a battery. When charging the battery, a control circuit turns off an element in a second bridge circuit in the second switching circuit, and controls a phase shift amount of a first diagonal element, and a phase shift amount of a second diagonal element in the second bridge circuit, relative to a drive phase of a first reference element in a first bridge circuit in the first switching circuit. When discharging the battery, the control circuit turns off an element in the first bridge circuit and controls a phase shift amount of the second diagonal element and a phase shift amount of the first diagonal element relative to a drive phase of a second reference element in the second bridge circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Higaki, Ryota Kondo, Masaki Yamada, Yohei Tan
  • Publication number: 20160087545
    Abstract: A first switching circuit is connected between a transformer first winding and a DC power supply. A second switching circuit is connected between the transformer second winding and a battery. When charging the battery, a control circuit turns off an element in a second bridge circuit in the second switching circuit, and controls a phase shift amount of a first diagonal element, and a phase shift amount of a second diagonal element in the second bridge circuit, relative to a drive phase of a first reference element in a first bridge circuit in the first switching circuit. When discharging the battery, the control circuit turns off an element in the first bridge circuit and controls a phase shift amount of the second diagonal element and a phase shift amount of the first diagonal element relative to a drive phase of a second reference element in the second bridge circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke HIGAKI, Ryota KONDO, Masaki YAMADA, Yohei TAN