Patents by Inventor Yoichi Yamamura

Yoichi Yamamura 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: 9077207
    Abstract: In a parallel running control apparatus for inverter generator A having first, second and third inverters adapted convert alternating current outputted from windings wound around an alternator into direct/alternating current by driving switching elements, and CPUs to control turning ON/OFF of the switching elements, it is configured so that the generator A runs in parallel with at least one inverter generator B, which is configured to be same as the inverter generator A, to output a three-phase alternating current, and one of the CPU determines that the generator B was stopped when at least one of phase differences between a phase of an output from the first inverter and phases of outputs from the second and third inverters becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Hashimoto, Yoichi Yamamura
  • Patent number: 8810051
    Abstract: In an inverter generator having a winding wound around a generator unit driven by an engine, a converter connected to the winding and adapted to convert an alternating current outputted from the winding to a direct current, an inverter connected to the converter and adapted to invert the direct current outputted from the converter to an alternating current and output it, and a controller adapted to control operations of the converter and the inverter, a battery is connected to the engine, and the winding includes a first winding and a second winding, such that the controller supplies an output of the battery to one of the first winding and the second winding to rotate the generator unit to start the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Minoru Tamura
  • Patent number: 8618681
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for an inverter generator having a generator unit driven by an engine, a converter connected to the generator unit to convert an alternating current from the generator unit to a direct current, and an inverter connected to the converter to invert the direct current from the converter to an alternating current and output it to an electric load, it is configured to detect an overload condition based on the alternating current from the inverter to the electric load; stop outputting from the inverter to the electric load with the engine being kept operating when the overload condition is detected; output a release command to release a stop condition where the outputting to the electric load is stopped upon manipulation by an operator; and restart the outputting to the electric load by releasing the stop condition when the release command is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Shoji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120292920
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for an inverter generator having a generator unit driven by an engine, a converter connected to the generator unit to convert an alternating current from the generator unit to a direct current, and an inverter connected to the converter to invert the direct current from the converter to an alternating current and output it to an electric load, it is configured to detect an overload condition based on the alternating current from the inverter to the electric load; stop outputting from the inverter to the electric load with the engine being kept operating when the overload condition is detected; output a release command to release a stop condition where the outputting to the electric load is stopped upon manipulation by an operator; and restart the outputting to the electric load by releasing the stop condition when the release command is outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Shoji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120293004
    Abstract: In a parallel running control apparatus for inverter generator A having first, second and third inverters adapted convert alternating current outputted from windings wound around an alternator into direct/alternating current by driving switching elements, and CPUs to control turning ON/OFF of the switching elements, it is configured so that the generator A runs in parallel with at least one inverter generator B, which is configured to be same as the inverter generator A, to output a three-phase alternating current, and one of the CPU determines that the generator B was stopped when at least one of phase differences between a phase of an output from the first inverter and phases of outputs from the second and third inverters becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Hashimoto, Yoichi Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20120292902
    Abstract: In an inverter generator having a winding wound around a generator unit driven by an engine, a converter connected to the winding and adapted to convert an alternating current outputted from the winding to a direct current, an inverter connected to the converter and adapted to invert the direct current outputted from the converter to an alternating current and output it, and a controller adapted to control operations of the converter and the inverter, a battery is connected to the engine, and the winding includes a first winding and a second winding, such that the controller supplies an output of the battery to one of the first winding and the second winding to rotate the generator unit to start the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Minoru Tamura
  • Publication number: 20120197514
    Abstract: A control section starts cranking of an engine with a first opening degree upon detection of a first operation signal, and, if the engine has reached a predetermined number of rotations through a predetermined number of times of the cranking with the first opening degree, the control section starts running of the engine in a first mode corresponding to the first opening degree. If the engine has not reached the predetermined number of rotations through the predetermined number of times of the cranking with the first opening degree, the control section starts cranking with a second opening degree, and, if the engine has reached the predetermined number of rotations through the predetermined number of times of the cranking with the second opening degree, the control section starts running of the engine in a second mode corresponding to the second opening degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhide Ono, Yoichi Yamamura, Koji Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8169092
    Abstract: In a cogeneration system having a generator adapted to be connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator such that exhaust heat of the engine is supplied to a thermal load and an actuator that opens and closes a throttle valve of the engine, there are provided a power demand detector that detects power demand of the electrical load, a thermal demand detector that detects thermal demand of the thermal load. The operation of the actuator is controlled in response to the detected power demand so as to increase or decrease the engine, and ignition timing of the engine is controlled in a retard direction in response to the detected thermal demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Hiroyuki Eguchi
  • Patent number: 8040003
    Abstract: Present invention prevents connection terminals for connecting stator windings to external conductive wires from densely concentrating on a bobbin. A multipolar generator includes a stator core 10 on which salient poles 11 of integral multiples of “3” are provided, and main windings 17 wound around the salient poles 11. Auxiliary machine windings 18 to 20 in place of the main winding 17 are wound around at least one of three salient poles 11 provided at intervals of integral multiples of “3” from the salient poles 11 of both ends of six continuous salient poles 11 around which the winding start and winding finish of the main winding 17 are wound. The auxiliary windings are arranged each other at intervals of integral multiples of “3”. When the number of the auxiliary windings is 2 or less, the salient pole 11 around which the other auxiliary winding should be wound, is empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Yoshihisa Hirose, Yoichi Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20090206599
    Abstract: In a cogeneration system having a generator adapted to be connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator such that exhaust heat of the engine is supplied to a thermal load and an actuator that opens and closes a throttle valve of the engine, there are provided a power demand detector that detects power demand of the electrical load, a thermal demand detector that detects thermal demand of the thermal load. The operation of the actuator is controlled in response to the detected power demand so as to increase or decrease the engine, and ignition timing of the engine is controlled in a retard direction in response to the detected thermal demand. With this, generation of surplus electricity is suppressed so as to improve operation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Hiroyuki Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20090194082
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transistor type ignition apparatus suitable for a gas engine in which high voltage output can be obtained with low input electricity. The ignition apparatus includes an ignition coil 2 having a primary coil 21 connected to a battery 6 and a secondary coil 22 connected to a spark plug 4, and a control circuit 3 having a transistor 32 which controls on and off of current flowing through the primary coil 21. The ignition apparatus also includes a surge absorbing capacitor 5 which is connected in parallel to the primary coil 21 and in which electric charge is accumulated by induced voltage of the primary coil 21. Electric charge is accumulated in the surge absorbing capacitor 5 by induced voltage of the primary coil 21. High secondary voltage is induced in the secondary coil 22 by discharge of the electric charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi YAMAMURA, Motohiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20090115271
    Abstract: Present invention prevents connection terminals for connecting stator windings to external conductive wires from densely concentrating on a bobbin. A multipolar generator includes a stator core 10 on which salient poles 11 of integral multiples of “3” are provided, and main windings 17 wound around the salient poles 11. Auxiliary machine windings 18 to 20 in place of the main winding 17 are wound around at least one of three salient poles 11 provided at intervals of integral multiples of “3” from the salient poles 11 of both ends of six continuous salient poles 11 around which the winding start and winding finish of the main winding 17 are wound. The auxiliary windings are arranged each other at intervals of integral multiples of “3”. When the number of the auxiliary windings is 2 or less, the salient pole 11 around which the other auxiliary winding should be wound, is empty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Yoshihisa HIROSE, Yoichi YAMAMURA