Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro TAWADA
Yoshihiro TAWADA 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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Publication number: 20250224751Abstract: A control device includes a modulation rate calculator configured to calculate a modulation rate based on a DC voltage on a DC side an, a limiter configured to update a DC voltage command lower bound limiter based on the lower bound limiter operation value; a maximum power point tracking controller configured to calculate a first DC voltage command value and determine a second DC voltage command value based on the calculated first DC voltage command value and the DC voltage command lower bound limiter set to the limiter, and an inverter controller configured to control an inverter of the power conversion system based on the second DC voltage command value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: July 10, 2025Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya KATSUKURA, Yoshihiro TAWADA, Issei FUKASAWA, Masahiro KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 12278556Abstract: A control device is a control device of a power conversion device, and includes a conversion value calculation unit that acquires a current value of a current flowing in an alternating-current capacitor connected to a capacitor circuit in an output circuit on an alternating-current side of an inverter circuit and performs conversion of the current value to obtain a predetermined conversion value, and a failure detection unit that compares the conversion value obtained by the conversion value calculation unit and a predetermined determination value to be used in failure detection to detect a failure of the alternating-current capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: TMEIC CorporationInventors: Daiki Terashima, Yoshihiro Tawada, Tomoya Katsukura, Issei Fukasawa
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Patent number: 12243702Abstract: A protection system including: a DC power supply; a power converter that converts DC power of the DC power supply into AC power, a circuit breaker that is series-connected to an electrical path located between the DC power supply and the power converter and can open the electrical path; a DC capacitor connected to a circuit located in the power converter; a timer that counts a lapse of a predetermined length of time from turn-on of the circuit breaker; a current detector that detects current flowing in the power converter; and a protection determiner that issues an open operation command to the circuit breaker when the current detector does not detect a decrease in the current after the timer has counted a lapse of the predetermined length of time from turn-on of the circuit breaker.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki Terashima, Yoshihiro Tawada, Tomoya Katsukura
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Publication number: 20250038672Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a first alternating current terminal, a second alternating current terminal, and a third alternating current terminal are arranged facing each other inside the housing, the first three-phase in one enclosure semiconductor unit is configured so that a signal distribution board of the power conversion device transmits a U-phase signal to the first alternating current terminal, a V-phase signal to the second alternating current terminal, and a W-phase signal to the third alternating current terminal, and the second three-phase in one enclosure semiconductor unit is configured so that the signal distribution board of the power conversion device replaces wiring so that the U-phase and W-phase are reversed, and transmits a W-phase signal to the first alternating current terminal, a V-phase signal to the second alternating current terminal, and a U-phase signal to the third alternating current terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi HAGIWARA, Yoshihiro TAWADA
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Patent number: 12140613Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a power conversion circuit configured to convert DC power into three-phase AC power; and a control device configured to generate a two-phase negative-phase current from a three-phase AC current output from the power conversion circuit, and to detect an open phase on an output side of the power conversion circuit based on a magnitude of an amplitude of the two-phase negative-phase current. The control device may be configured to determine an occurrence of the open phase when the magnitude of the amplitude of the two-phase negative-phase current increases, and an electric current of at least one phase of the three-phase AC current decreases.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mohammad Bani Shamseh, Yoshihiro Tawada
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Publication number: 20240372354Abstract: A control apparatus including a first operation control circuit configured to open a direct-current switch when a power conversion apparatus is in a waiting state and a first direct-current voltage value is greater than a predetermined first threshold, a clocking circuit configured to, when the direct-current switch is opened, clock an elapsed time after the direct-current switch is opened, and a soundness determination circuit configured to calculate a first difference voltage value that is a difference between the first direct-current voltage value and a second direct-current voltage value when the power conversion apparatus is in the waiting state and the direct-current switch is opened, and the elapsed time is greater than or equal to a predetermined first time, to determine that the direct-current switch is abnormal when the first difference voltage value is less than or equal to the predetermined second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Alperen Mustafa COLAK, Yoshihiro TAWADA
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Patent number: 12107512Abstract: A power conversion device include a switch for switching so as to output by selecting one of a command value the first DC voltage controller outputs or holds or the command value the second DC voltage controller outputs, a detector that detects the opening of the contactor and the recovery from voltage disturbance in the system on the AC side of the power conversion circuit, and a switching controller controls the switching of the switch so that selects and outputs the command value output by the second DC voltage controller when the detector detects the opening of the contactor, and selects and outputs the command value held by the first DC voltage controller when the detector detects the recovery from the voltage disturbance.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TMEIC CorporationInventor: Yoshihiro Tawada
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Patent number: 12095385Abstract: A power conversion device including a power conversion circuit, an AC filter circuit, and a calculation unit. The power conversion circuit converts DC input power from a DC power supply to output a first AC output current and a first AC output voltage. The AC filter circuit filters the first AC output current and the first AC output voltage to generate a second AC output current and a second AC output voltage. The calculation unit calculates an estimated value of an upper impedance based on a difference value between a first voltage value and a second voltage value, the first voltage value being a value of the second AC output voltage at a time of stop of the power conversion circuit or at a time of zero output from the power conversion circuit or at a time of a certain amount of output from the power conversion circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: TMEIC CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Tawada, Kenta Yamabe
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Patent number: 11973351Abstract: A power converter includes a power conversion circuit including a direct-current terminal connected to a solar cell panel, and an alternating-current terminal connected to an alternating-current power system, the power conversion circuit being configured to convert direct-current power generated by the solar cell panel into alternating-current power and to supply the alternating-current power to the alternating-current power system; a current detection unit configured to detect a direct current flowing between the solar cell panel and the power converter; and a control circuit including a power generation mode in which the control circuit controls the power conversion circuit to output active power generated from the direct-current power generated by the solar cell panel to the alternating-current power system, and a reactive power compensation mode in which the control circuit controls the power conversion circuit to output reactive power to the alternating-current power system.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Katsukura, Yoshihiro Tawada
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Patent number: 11942876Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a power conversion circuit connected to a direct-current power supply and a power system and configured to perform conversion between direct-current power and alternating-current power; a phase-locked loop circuit configured to output a phase instruction value based on a system alternating-current voltage phase of the power system; and a control circuit configured to control the power conversion circuit based on the phase instruction value from the phase-locked loop circuit. The phase-locked loop circuit includes: a phase difference calculation section configured to calculate a phase difference in a predetermined cycle, the phase difference representing a deviation of the phase instruction value from the system alternating-current voltage phase of the power system; a phase difference correction section; and a phase instruction value generation section configured to output the phase instruction value based on an output of the phase difference correction section.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Aoyagi, Yoshihiro Tawada
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Publication number: 20230402939Abstract: A control apparatus is a control apparatus for a power conversion apparatus including at least one AC capacitor disposed on the output side of an inverter and disconnected from a circuit when the AC capacitor malfunctions and including a current component extractor that acquires current values of the current flowing through the AC capacitor during synchronization control that synchronizes the output voltage from the inverter with a system voltage of a system, the synchronization control performed during activation of the power conversion apparatus with an AC switch on the side facing the system open, and extracts the value of a current component having a frequency synchronized with the frequency of the output voltage from the inverter out of the current values.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki TERASHIMA, Yoshihiro TAWADA, Tomoya KATSUKURA, Issei FUKASAWA
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Publication number: 20230318305Abstract: A power converter includes a power conversion circuit including a direct-current terminal connected to a solar cell panel, and an alternating-current terminal connected to an alternating-current power system, the power conversion circuit being configured to convert direct-current power generated by the solar cell panel into alternating-current power and to supply the alternating-current power to the alternating-current power system; a current detection unit configured to detect a direct current flowing between the solar cell panel and the power converter; and a control circuit including a power generation mode in which the control circuit controls the power conversion circuit to output active power generated from the direct-current power generated by the solar cell panel to the alternating-current power system, and a reactive power compensation mode in which the control circuit controls the power conversion circuit to output reactive power to the alternating-current power system, the control circuit being conType: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya KATSUKURA, Yoshihiro TAWADA
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Publication number: 20230275528Abstract: A control device is a control device of a power conversion device, and includes a conversion value calculation unit that acquires a current value of a current flowing in an alternating-current capacitor connected to a capacitor circuit in an output circuit on an alternating-current side of an inverter circuit and performs conversion of the current value to obtain a predetermined conversion value, and a failure detection unit that compares the conversion value obtained by the conversion value calculation unit and a predetermined determination value to be used in failure detection to detect a failure of the alternating-current capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki TERASHIMA, Yoshihiro TAWADA, Tomoya KATSUKURA, Issei FUKASAWA
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Publication number: 20230261587Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a power conversion circuit connected to a direct-current power supply and a power system and configured to perform conversion between direct-current power and alternating-current power; a phase-locked loop circuit configured to output a phase instruction value based on a system alternating-current voltage phase of the power system; and a control circuit configured to control the power conversion circuit based on the phase instruction value from the phase-locked loop circuit. The phase-locked loop circuit includes: a phase difference calculation section configured to calculate a phase difference in a predetermined cycle, the phase difference representing a deviation of the phase instruction value from the system alternating-current voltage phase of the power system; a phase difference correction section; and a phase instruction value generation section configured to output the phase instruction value based on an output of the phase difference correction section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki AOYAGI, Yoshihiro TAWADA
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Publication number: 20230246565Abstract: An external storage device for a control apparatus of a power conversion system to which data from a power conversion system can be written even by a program small in size. The external storage device for the control apparatus of the power conversion system includes: a plurality of file storage areas each configured to store data from the power conversion system; and a file management area configured to manage data for setting a format not using a file system applied to a terminal apparatus, as a format for storage of the data in the plurality of file storage areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro TAWADA, Tomoya KATSUKURA, Daichi YAMASHITA, Masahiro USHIRO
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Publication number: 20230155519Abstract: A power conversion device including a power conversion circuit, an AC filter circuit, and a calculation unit. The power conversion circuit converts DC input power from a DC power supply to output a first AC output current and a first AC output voltage. The AC filter circuit filters the first AC output current and the first AC output voltage to generate a second AC output current and a second AC output voltage. The calculation unit calculates an estimated value of an upper impedance based on a difference value between a first voltage value and a second voltage value, the first voltage value being a value of the second AC output voltage at a time of stop of the power conversion circuit or at a time of zero output from the power conversion circuit or at a time of a certain amount of output from the power conversion circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro TAWADA, Kenta YAMABE
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Publication number: 20220392726Abstract: A protection system including: a DC power supply; a power converter that converts DC power of the DC power supply into AC power, a circuit breaker that is series-connected to an electrical path located between the DC power supply and the power converter and can open the electrical path; a DC capacitor connected to a circuit located in the power converter; a timer that counts a lapse of a predetermined length of time from turn-on of the circuit breaker; a current detector that detects current flowing in the power converter; and a protection determiner that issues an open operation command to the circuit breaker when the current detector does not detect a decrease in the current after the timer has counted a lapse of the predetermined length of time from turn-on of the circuit breaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki TERASHIMA, Yoshihiro TAWADA, Tomoya KATSUKURA
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Publication number: 20220376632Abstract: A power conversion device include a switch for switching so as to output by selecting one of a command value the first DC voltage controller outputs or holds or the command value the second DC voltage controller outputs, a detector that detects the opening of the contactor and the recovery from voltage disturbance in the system on the AC side of the power conversion circuit, and a switching controller controls the switching of the switch so that selects and outputs the command value output by the second DC voltage controller when the detector detects the opening of the contactor, and selects and outputs the command value held by the first DC voltage controller when the detector detects the recovery from the voltage disturbance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihiro TAWADA
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Publication number: 20220334151Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes a power conversion circuit configured to convert DC power into three-phase AC power; and a control device configured to generate a two-phase negative-phase current from a three-phase AC current output from the power conversion circuit, and to detect an open phase on an output side of the power conversion circuit based on a magnitude of an amplitude of the two-phase negative-phase current. The control device may be configured to determine an occurrence of the open phase when the magnitude of the amplitude of the two-phase negative-phase current increases, and an electric current of at least one phase of the three-phase AC current decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Mohammad BANI SHAMSEH, Yoshihiro TAWADA
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Patent number: 11378628Abstract: A testing device of an inverter device includes a power supply device including an AC-DC conversion circuit for converting AC power received from an AC power supply into DC power and a control part for controlling the AC-DC conversion circuit and a filter circuit interposed between a tested inverter device to be tested and the power supply device, having a reactor and a capacitor, and delivering the DC power output from the power supply device to the tested inverter device. The control part is configured to execute output adjustment of the AC-DC conversion circuit when a test start signal is generated to start an instantaneous voltage abnormality test which is a test changing magnitude of power supply voltage of the AC power supply in a predetermined direction being either one of increase or decrease during operation of the tested inverter device and the power supply device.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI—ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Tawada, Tatsuaki Ambo