Patents by Inventor Yuhki KAMATANI

Yuhki KAMATANI 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: 12166424
    Abstract: A power converter includes a capacitor for smoothing a voltage entering therein, first and second switching units, a reactor, an isolated transformer, a second capacitor, and a controller for controlling the switching of the first and second switching units. The controller converts direct-current power to alternating-current power via the reactor and the isolated transformer and converts the alternating-current power to direct-current power via the second capacitor. The controller includes a phase-shift operation unit for taking at least any of first switching control signals as a reference signal and for calculating a phase shift that shifts the phase of the reference signal, as well as a logic operation unit for performing a logic operation that takes the signal resulting from shifting the phase of the reference signal by exactly the phase shift as input and for outputting a second switching control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Hashimoto, Hironori Nakada, Yuhki Kamatani
  • Publication number: 20230095989
    Abstract: This power converter device is provided with a capacitor for smoothing a voltage entering therein; a first switching unit; a second switching unit; a reactor; an isolated transformer; a second capacitor; and a controller for controlling the switching of the first switching unit and the second switching unit; and the controller converting direct-current power to alternating-current power via the reactor and the isolated transformer, and converting said alternating-current power to direct-current power via the second capacitor; wherein, the controller includes a phase-shift operation unit for taking at least any of first switching control signals as a reference signal, and calculating a phase shift that shifts the phase of the reference signal; and a logic operation unit for performing a logic operation that takes the signal resulting from shifting the phase of the reference signal by exactly the phase shift as input and outputting a second switching control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takuro HASHIMOTO, Hironori NAKADA, Yuhki KAMATANI
  • Patent number: 10516346
    Abstract: A power converter is provided with an inverter unit for converting DC power from a DC power supply into AC power, and a control unit that generates a control signal for controlling the inverter unit. The control unit includes an impedance estimation unit that injects a disturbance signal into a load and derives an estimated value of an impedance of the load based on a voltage signal from the load into which the disturbance signal is injected, the impedance compensator unit whose control parameters are set based on the estimated value of the impedance, and that corrects an output current signal in accordance with the control parameters, a command value unit that outputs a command value indicating a control target value, and a control compensator unit that generates a control signal, based on the command value from the command value unit and the current signal from the impedance compensator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhki Kamatani, Takeo Nishikawa, Hironori Nakada
  • Publication number: 20190190402
    Abstract: A power converter is provided with an inverter unit for converting DC power from a DC power supply into AC power, and a control unit that generates a control signal for controlling the inverter unit. The control unit includes an impedance estimation unit that injects a disturbance signal into a load and derives an estimated value of an impedance of the load based on a voltage signal from the load into which the disturbance signal is injected, the impedance compensator unit whose control parameters are set based on the estimated value of the impedance, and that corrects an output current signal in accordance with the control parameters, a command value unit that outputs a command value indicating a control target value, and a control compensator unit that generates a control signal, based on the command value from the command value unit and the current signal from the impedance compensator unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhki KAMATANI, Takeo NISHIKAWA, Hironori NAKADA
  • Patent number: 10312795
    Abstract: An inverter has a plurality of switching elements, the states of which are each switched by a pulse signal supplied in accordance with a power grid voltage. The inverter is provided with: a switching circuit that converts an input DC voltage to an AC voltage and outputs the AC voltage to a pair of output lines; a filter circuit having output coils inserted in the output lines; a current detection sensor that detects the current flowing through the output coils; and a high-speed pulse control circuit that, when an absolute value of the detected current is a threshold value or more, stops the supply of the pulse signal to the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Nishikawa, Hironori Nakada, Satoshi Iwai, Hiroki Kawano, Yuhki Kamatani, Kuniyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20180248474
    Abstract: An inverter has a plurality of switching elements, the states of which are each switched by a pulse signal supplied in accordance with a power grid voltage. The inverter is provided with: a switching circuit that converts an input DC voltage to an AC voltage and outputs the AC voltage to a pair of output lines; a filter circuit having output coils inserted in the output lines; a current detection sensor that detects the current flowing through the output coils; and a high-speed pulse control circuit that, when an absolute value of the detected current is a threshold value or more, stops the supply of the pulse signal to the switching circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo NISHIKAWA, Hironori NAKADA, Satoshi IWAI, Hiroki KAWANO, Yuhki KAMATANI, Kuniyuki HIRAI