Patents by Inventor Yusaku Katsube

Yusaku Katsube 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: 11929687
    Abstract: Provided is a power converter that allows a reduction in EMC noise current flowing through a control circuit board. A power converter 1 includes a semiconductor module 52, a capacitor 51, a control circuit board 45a, positive and negative-side bus bars 41, 42 connecting the semiconductor module 52 and the capacitor 51, a base 33 electrically connected to a ground of the control circuit board 45a, the control circuit board 45a being placed on the base 33, and an electrical conductor 35 electrically connected to the base 33 and extending in a stacking direction in which the base 33 and the control circuit board 45a are stacked. The positive and negative-side bus bars 41, 42 extend around the electrical conductor 35 and are connected to the semiconductor module 52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Youhei Nishizawa, Akihiro Goto, Yusaku Katsube
  • Patent number: 11456675
    Abstract: Since inductance due to wiring to a Y capacitor is large, it is necessary to arrange the Y capacitor near a bus bar, and there is no degree of freedom in arranging the Y capacitor. Directions of currents flowing through a positive electrode side wiring 301 and a negative electrode side wiring 302 in a multi-core cable 300 are a direction 301a from a bus bar positive electrode terminal 114 toward the Y capacitor positive electrode terminal 201, and a direction 302b from a bus bar negative electrode terminal 115 toward the Y capacitor negative electrode terminal 202, respectively. On the other hand, a direction of a current flowing through a ground wiring 303 is a direction 302b from a Y capacitor ground terminal 203 toward a ground terminal 116.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusaku Katsube, Hiroki Funato, Isao Hoda, Aya Ohmae, Fusanori Nishikimi, Yutaka Okubo
  • Publication number: 20220247327
    Abstract: Provided is a power converter that allows a reduction in EMC noise current flowing through a control circuit board. A power converter 1 includes a semiconductor module 52, a capacitor 51, a control circuit board 45a, positive and negative-side bus bars 41, 42 connecting the semiconductor module 52 and the capacitor 51, a base 33 electrically connected to a ground of the control circuit board 45a, the control circuit board 45a being placed on the base 33, and an electrical conductor 35 electrically connected to the base 33 and extending in a stacking direction in which the base 33 and the control circuit board 45a are stacked. The positive and negative-side bus bars 41, 42 extend around the electrical conductor 35 and are connected to the semiconductor module 52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Youhei NISHIZAWA, Akihiro GOTO, Yusaku KATSUBE
  • Patent number: 11348735
    Abstract: A high voltage filter includes an anode bus bar, a cathode bus bar, a first capacitive element connected between the anode bus bar and a ground connector connected to a ground, a second capacitive element connected between the cathode bus bar and the ground connector, and a third capacitive element connected between the anode bus bar and the cathode bus bar. An anode terminal of the first capacitive element and a cathode terminal of the third capacitive element are arranged adjacent to each other, and a cathode terminal of the second capacitive element and an anode terminal of the third capacitive element are arranged adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Houda, Aya Ohmae, Hiroki Funato, Yusaku Katsube, Ayumu Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 11296613
    Abstract: The inductance of a noise filter circuit is reduced, and an output is increased, whereby positive and negative electrode power supply side conductors each include a first and second conductor portions having a side surface and a main surface having an area larger than an area of the side surface. The first conductor portions are arranged on one surface of a base portion with an insulating member interposed therebetween. The second conductor portions penetrate through a core member in a state in which the main surfaces face each other. A width of a portion of the first conductor portion which is in contact with the insulating member in a direction perpendicular to current flow direction is larger than a width of a portion of the second conductor portion which is disposed within the core member in the direction perpendicular to current flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Youhei Nishizawa, Fusanori Nishikimi, Yusaku Katsube
  • Publication number: 20220052616
    Abstract: Since inductance due to wiring to a Y capacitor is large, it is necessary to arrange the Y capacitor near a bus bar, and there is no degree of freedom in arranging the Y capacitor. Directions of currents flowing through a positive electrode side wiring 301 and a negative electrode side wiring 302 in a multi-core cable 300 are a direction 301a from a bus bar positive electrode terminal 114 toward the Y capacitor positive electrode terminal 201, and a direction 302b from a bus bar negative electrode terminal 115 toward the Y capacitor negative electrode terminal 202, respectively. On the other hand, a direction of a current flowing through a ground wiring 303 is a direction 302b from a Y capacitor ground terminal 203 toward a ground terminal 116.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yusaku KATSUBE, Hiroki FUNATO, Isao HODA, Aya OHMAE, Fusanori NISHIKIMI, Yutaka OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20210319956
    Abstract: A high voltage filter includes an anode bus bar, a cathode bus bar, a first capacitive element connected between the anode bus bar and a ground connector connected to a ground, a second capacitive element connected between the cathode bus bar and the ground connector, and a third capacitive element connected between the anode bus bar and the cathode bus bar. An anode terminal of the first capacitive element and a cathode terminal of the third capacitive element are arranged adjacent to each other, and a cathode terminal of the second capacitive element and an anode terminal of the third capacitive element are arranged adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Isao HOUDA, Aya OHMAE, Hiroki FUNATO, Yusaku KATSUBE, Ayumu HATANAKA
  • Patent number: 11122717
    Abstract: To obtain, in an on-board control device, a shield effect against noise radiated from an electronic component. The present invention includes: an electronic component 103; a metal housing 101 which covers at least a part of the electronic component 103; a metal portion 105 which is provided so that the electronic component 103 is disposed between the metal portion 105 and the metal housing 101; and a shield structure which shields radiation noise from the electronic component 103 by electrostatic capacitive coupling formed between the metal portion 105 and the metal housing 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Ohkubo, Hideyuki Sakamoto, Yusaku Katsube
  • Patent number: 10856845
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis device includes: an ultrasound probe which transmits an ultrasound wave toward a examinee and receives a reflected wave from the examinee; and a main device which controls the transmitting and receiving of the ultrasound waves from the ultrasound probe and is operated to receive a receiving signal obtained by receiving the reflected wave from the examinee by the ultrasound probe, to generate an ultrasound image of the examinee, and to display the ultrasound image on a display screen, wherein the ultrasound probe includes a plurality of subarrays having a plurality of element circuits transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals and a plurality of reference voltage sources, and the plurality of subarrays and the plurality of reference voltage sources have a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Katsube, Tatsuo Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Okuma, Yohei Nakamura, Takahide Terada, Shinya Kajiyama, Takuma Nishimoto, Yutaka Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10799213
    Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound probe, an element circuit thereof, and an ultrasound diagnostic device, whereby high image quality is possible and reduced size and lower cost are made possible. Provided is an ultrasound probe, comprising: a 2-D array transducer wherein a plurality of transducers are arrayed two-dimensionally; and a 2-D array IC in which are formed, upon an IC substrate, drive circuits which are disposed upon each of the transducers of the 2-D array transducer to drive each of the transducers at different timings with a prescribed delay quantity, and common current sources which supply drive current to the transducers of the 2-D array transducer. The number n of the common current sources which are formed upon the IC substrate is fewer than the number N of the drive circuits which are formed upon the IC substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuma Nishimoto, Yutaka Igarashi, Toru Yazaki, Kengo Imagawa, Yusaku Katsube
  • Publication number: 20200266724
    Abstract: The inductance of a noise filter circuit is reduced, and an output is increased, whereby positive and negative electrode power supply side conductors each include a first and second conductor portions having a side surface and a main surface having an area larger than an area of the side surface. The first conductor portions are arranged on one surface of a base portion with an insulating member interposed therebetween. The second conductor portions penetrate through a core member in a state in which the main surfaces face each other. A width of a portion of the first conductor portion which is in contact with the insulating member in a direction perpendicular to current flow direction is larger than a width of a portion of the second conductor portion which is disposed within the core member in the direction perpendicular to current flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Youhei NISHIZAWA, Fusanori NISHIKIMI, Yusaku KATSUBE
  • Patent number: 10700015
    Abstract: The electronic control unit ECU includes: a base 2 that has a bottom surface portion 7 on which a printed circuit board 3 is mounted and an opening opposed to the bottom surface portion 7; and a cover 1 that covers at least a part of the bottom surface portion 7 and is engaged with the base 2. Here, the cover 1 includes an overlap portion 5 that is spaced apart from and opposed to a side surface 11 of the base 2, and the overlap portion 5 includes a slit 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusaku Katsube, Masayuki Kawabata, Shoho Ishikawa, Kentaro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10595822
    Abstract: A test for screening defects of a transmission/reception circuit in an IC is enabled at low cost, without withstand voltage violation, and without carrying out electrical contacts with many terminals connected to oscillators. In a transmission/reception separation switch circuit using transistors as switch elements, a potential of a gate is lowered in a test more than the potential in a case of reception to avoid gate-source withstand-voltage violation when a large-amplitude signal is input, and an internal-signal loopback test is carried out without destroying a reception circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kajiyama, Yutaka Igarashi, Yusaku Katsube, Takuma Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20200060050
    Abstract: To obtain, in an on-board control device, a shield effect against noise radiated from an electronic component. The present invention includes: an electronic component 103; a metal housing 101 which covers at least a part of the electronic component 103; a metal portion 105 which is provided so that the electronic component 103 is disposed between the metal portion 105 and the metal housing 101; and a shield structure which shields radiation noise from the electronic component 103 by electrostatic capacitive coupling formed between the metal portion 105 and the metal housing 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko OHKUBO, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Yusaku KATSUBE
  • Patent number: 10458956
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic probe having an adjustable slew rate, the ultrasonic probe having minimal dimensions and circuit sizes. The ultrasonic probe includes: a transducer; a transmitting circuit; a correcting unit; and a distributing unit. The transmitting circuit includes a transducer driving unit and a current source. The transducer driving unit includes a current mirror of a low voltage transistor and a high voltage transistor. The high voltage transistor is connected to the transducer and the current source supplies an operating current to the low voltage transistor of the transducer driving unit. The correcting unit includes a transmission circuit driving unit replica, a bias unit, and an observing unit. The distributing unit transfers a signal to a current source of the transmitting circuit so that the same current value as the current value extracted by the observing unit flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Nishimoto, Yutaka Igarashi, Yusaku Katsube
  • Patent number: 10448923
    Abstract: Amplification of a signal by a small circuit size and reduction of a power are achieved. A current controlling current source unit 53 changes an outputting current based on a transition time setting signal tp. A current controlling current source unit 54 changes a drawing current based on a transition time setting signal tn. An amplitude control unit 55 changes a power source voltage supplied to the current controlling current source unit 53 and changes amplitude of a voltage generated by a current outputted from the current controlling current source unit 53, based on amplitude setting signal ap. An amplitude control unit 56 changes a power source voltage supplied to the current controlling current source unit 54 and changes amplitude of a voltage generated by the current drawn by the current controlling current source unit 54, based on amplitude setting signal an.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuma Nishimoto, Yutaka Igarashi, Yusaku Katsube, Kengo Imagawa
  • Publication number: 20190237408
    Abstract: The electronic control unit ECU includes: a base 2 that has a bottom surface portion 7 on which a printed circuit board 3 is mounted and an opening opposed to the bottom surface portion 7; and a cover 1 that covers at least a part of the bottom surface portion 7 and is engaged with the base 2. Here, the cover 1 includes an overlap portion 5 that is spaced apart from and opposed to a side surface 11 of the base 2, and the overlap portion 5 includes a slit 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yusaku KATSUBE, Masayuki KAWABATA, Shoho ISHIKAWA, Kentaro YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180192994
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis device includes: an ultrasound probe which transmits an ultrasound wave toward a examinee and receives a reflected wave from the examinee; and a main device which controls the transmitting and receiving of the ultrasound waves from the ultrasound probe and is operated to receive a receiving signal obtained by receiving the reflected wave from the examinee by the ultrasound probe, to generate an ultrasound image of the examinee, and to display the ultrasound image on a display screen, wherein the ultrasound probe includes a plurality of subarrays having a plurality of element circuits transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals and a plurality of reference voltage sources, and the plurality of subarrays and the plurality of reference voltage sources have a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yusaku KATSUBE, Tatsuo NAKAGAWA, Yasuyuki OKUMA, Yohei NAKAMURA, Takahide TERADA, Shinya KAJIYAMA, Takuma NISHIMOTO, Yutaka IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20180035974
    Abstract: A test for screening defects of a transmission/reception circuit in an IC is enabled at low cost, without withstand voltage violation, and without carrying out electrical contacts with many terminals connected to oscillators. In a transmission/reception separation switch circuit using transistors as switch elements, a potential of a gate is lowered in a test more than the potential in a case of reception to avoid gate-source withstand-voltage violation when a large-amplitude signal is input, and an internal-signal loopback test is carried out without destroying a reception circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya KAJIYAMA, Yutaka IGARASHI, Yusaku KATSUBE, Takuma NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170370886
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic probe having an adjustable slew rate, the ultrasonic probe having minimal dimensions and circuit sizes. The ultrasonic probe includes: a transducer; a transmitting circuit; a correcting unit; and a distributing unit. The transmitting circuit includes a transducer driving unit and a current source. The transducer driving unit includes a current mirror of a low voltage transistor and a high voltage transistor. The high voltage transistor is connected to the transducer and the current source supplies an operating current to the low voltage transistor of the transducer driving unit. The correcting unit includes a transmission circuit driving unit replica, a bias unit, and an observing unit. The distributing unit transfers a signal to a current source of the transmitting circuit so that the same current value as the current value extracted by the observing unit flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Nishimoto, Yutaka Igarashi, Yusaku Katsube