Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki MIZUSHIMA

Yoshiaki MIZUSHIMA 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: 11283359
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a synchronous rectification converter that converts electric power, a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage proportional to an output voltage of the converter, a converter controller that compares a detection voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit with a reference voltage and controls an operation of the converter to provide a constant or substantially constant voltage of the detection voltage, and a command processor that sets, in a case where a target voltage command value input from an ECU is lower than a voltage value of the output voltage of the converter, a voltage value of the reference voltage to be equal or substantially equal to a voltage value of the detection voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Uno, Yoshiaki Mizushima
  • Patent number: 10630180
    Abstract: An abnormality determiner turns OFF a third switch and controls a converter controller to stop operating in a case where a voltage value detected by a voltage detector during a normal mode exceeds a first threshold value. The abnormality determiner determines that a first switch has an abnormality in a case where the voltage value exceeds a second threshold value in a state where the converter controller is stopped. The abnormality determiner controls the converter controller to operate in a case where the voltage value is equal to or smaller than the second threshold value in a state where the converter controller is stopped. The abnormality determiner determines that the converter controller has an abnormality in a case where the voltage value exceeds a third threshold value in a state where the converter controller is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Shiji, Yoshiyuki Uno, Yoshiaki Mizushima, Shouhei Hirose
  • Publication number: 20200119649
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a synchronous rectification converter that converts electric power, a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage proportional to an output voltage of the converter, a converter controller that compares a detection voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit with a reference voltage and controls an operation of the converter to provide a constant or substantially constant voltage of the detection voltage, and a command processor that sets, in a case where a target voltage command value input from an ECU is lower than a voltage value of the output voltage of the converter, a voltage value of the reference voltage to be equal or substantially equal to a voltage value of the detection voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki UNO, Yoshiaki MIZUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200007034
    Abstract: An abnormality determiner turns OFF a third switch and controls a converter controller to stop operating in a case where a voltage value detected by a voltage detector during a normal mode exceeds a first threshold value. The abnormality determiner determines that a first switch has an abnormality in a case where the voltage value exceeds a second threshold value in a state where the converter controller is stopped. The abnormality determiner controls the converter controller to operate in a case where the voltage value is equal to or smaller than the second threshold value in a state where the converter controller is stopped. The abnormality determiner determines that the converter controller has an abnormality in a case where the voltage value exceeds a third threshold value in a state where the converter controller is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hajime SHIJI, Yoshiyuki UNO, Yoshiaki MIZUSHIMA, Shouhei HIROSE