Patents by Inventor Yusuke Takagi

Yusuke Takagi 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).

  • Publication number: 20250132225
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: one or more semiconductor modules arranged in a row; a pair of cooling members disposed so as to sandwich the semiconductor modules and configured to cool the semiconductor modules; a pair of sandwiching members each disposed on an opposite side of the semiconductor module across a corresponding one of the pair of cooling members to oppose the corresponding one of the pair of cooling members; and a coupling portion that couples a pair of sandwiching members to each other and presses each of the pair of sandwiching members against the opposing one of the cooling members, in which at least one of the pair of sandwiching members includes a plurality of support portions disposed to oppose ends of the arranged semiconductor modules and a space between the semiconductor modules, and a spring portion extending from each of the plurality of support portions in an arrangement direction of the semiconductor modules and abutting the cooling member, and the coupling portion couples the su
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Patent number: 12283536
    Abstract: A problem is that close contact with a heat dissipation surface of a power semiconductor device is not sufficient, and thus heat dissipation performance is low. A thermally conductive layer 5 abuts on a heat dissipation surface 4a of a circuit body 100, and a heat dissipation member 7 abuts on the outside of the thermally conductive layer 5, which is a side of the heat dissipation surface 4a of the circuit body 100. A fixing member 8 abuts on a side of the circuit body 100 opposite to the heat dissipation surface 4a. A connection member 9 is penetrated at the respective end portions of the heat dissipation member 7 and the fixing member 8. FIG. 3 illustrates a state before a bolt and a nut of the connection member 9 are tightened. The heat dissipation member 7 holds a curved shape such that the central portion of the heat dissipation member 7 protrudes toward the circuit body 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi Shimazu, Yujiro Kaneko, Eiichi Ide, Yusuke Takagi, Hisashi Tanie
  • Publication number: 20250105110
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a conductor plate to which a plurality of semiconductor elements are joined; an insulation sheet which is bonded to the opposite face of the conductor plate from the side facing the semiconductor elements; and a resin member which seals the semiconductor elements, the insulation sheet and the conductor plate. The conductor plate includes element joining regions to which the semiconductor elements are respectively joined, and a connection region which is provided between the element joining regions. The surface of the element joining regions of the conductor plate on the side facing the insulation sheet protrudes beyond the surface of the connection region on the side facing the insulation sheet and is bonded to the insulation sheet. The resin member is filled between the insulation sheet and the surface of the connection region of the conductor plate on the side facing the insulation sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Yujiro KANEKO, Yusuke TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 12209814
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is formed by stacking plates with each other. The heat exchanger includes a refrigerant receiving tank configured to receive a refrigerant, a refrigerant discharging tank configured to discharge the refrigerant that has heat-exchanged, and refrigerant passages in which heat exchange between the refrigerant and another fluid is performed. The refrigerant passages fluidly connect between the refrigerant receiving tank and the refrigerant discharging tank. The refrigerant receiving tank includes a swirl structure configured to generate a swirling component in a flow of the refrigerant in the refrigerant receiving tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Kikuchi, Kenshiro Muramatsu, Yusuke Takagi, Satoshi Nita
  • Publication number: 20240418296
    Abstract: A pipe-joining attachment of a work machine includes an arm connecting unit connected to an arm of the work machine; a grip unit configured to grip a pipe; and a to-be-joined pipe contact unit located with respect to the grip unit in an axial direction of an insertion port of the pipe which is gripped by the grip unit and configured to come into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a to-be-joined pipe to be joined to the pipe on a receiving port side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi IDOMOTO, Hayato KAGEYAMA, Yasuhiro MIYAZAKI, Yusuke TAKAGI, Keiichiro YAMAMOTO, Masato TAKENONAKA
  • Patent number: 12163744
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes an inner fin arranged in a refrigerant passage. The inner fin has side wall portions formed so as to extend in a predetermined direction and arranged parallel to each other. A gap formed between the side wall portions facing each other is a passage portion through which refrigerant flows. Each of the side wall portions has a plurality of openings arranged in the predetermined direction. An inclined surface inclined with respect to the predetermined direction is formed in a part of the side wall portion located between the openings adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Nita, Yusuke Takagi, Kenshiro Muramatsu, Isao Tamada, Shogo Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240255233
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, an inner fin having heat transference is disposed in a flat passage, the inner fin is formed by a plurality of fin portions having a convex shape formed by a top surface portion and a side surface portion and having a hollow inside the convex shape; when a direction in which the plurality of fin portions are formed and lined to be continuous via a coupling portion is defined as a first direction and a direction in which slits are formed between the plurality of fin portions and lined is defined as a second direction, the plurality of fin portions are arranged at a predetermined interval in the second direction; and the inner fin is arranged such that the first direction and the second direction respectively forms an acute angle with respect to a flow of a refrigerant flowing in the flat passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240243032
    Abstract: In an electric circuit body, at least one of the cooling members fixed to both surfaces of a first semiconductor module and a second semiconductor module includes a first heat dissipation region that abuts on the first semiconductor module through a heat conduction member, a second heat dissipation region that abuts on the second semiconductor module through the heat conduction member, and a low rigidity portion formed between the first heat dissipation region and the second heat dissipation region to have lower rigidity the first heat dissipation region and the second heat dissipation region; and the fixing member fixes the cooling member to both surfaces of the first semiconductor module and the second semiconductor module in the low rigidity portion of the cooling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Yujiro KANEKO, Yusuke TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 12007183
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a fin arranged in a first passage and a tubular tank portion formed so as to penetrate plate members stacked in a stacking direction. An inflow port is formed in a peripheral wall of the tank portion to allow a refrigerant to flow into the first passage. When the fin is arranged in a fin installation portion in the first passage, a passage reduction portion is formed at the inflow port and is narrower than a width of the fin installation portion in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Takagi, Kenshiro Muramatsu, Satoshi Nita
  • Publication number: 20240096727
    Abstract: A first power semiconductor element and a second power semiconductor element of a power semiconductor device are such that, when heat generated by the first power semiconductor element is larger than heat generated by the second power semiconductor element, a first distance from an end of the first power semiconductor element to an end of the conductor plate is larger than a second distance from an end of the second power semiconductor element to an end, connected to the second power semiconductor element, of a second conductor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Yusuke TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 11929307
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module, which is a semiconductor device, includes a semiconductor element 155 and a lead frame 318 that is disposed to face the semiconductor element 155 and connected to the semiconductor element 155 by a solder material 162. The lead frame 318 has the top surface 331 including a surface facing the semiconductor element 155, and the side surface 334 connected to the peripheral edge portion 333 of the top surface 331 at a predetermined angle with respect to the top surface 331. The top surface of the lead frame 318 includes the solder surface 332 that is in contact with the solder material 162 and the solder resistance surface on which the solder material 162 is less wettable than on the solder surface 332. The solder resistance surface is formed to surround the periphery of the solder surface 332. In this manner, when the semiconductor element and the lead frame are solder-joined in the semiconductor device, the region where the solder wet-spreads is appropriately controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takagi, Ryo Terayama, Ko Hamaya, Osamu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240057302
    Abstract: A heat exchange device that is formed in a substantially rectangular shape and that cools a power semiconductor element, and a power conversion device comprising the heat exchange device, the heat exchange device including: a fin formation region in which cooling water flows in a transverse direction; and a buffer region formed in a lamination direction and facing the fin formation region, a partition wall being interposed therebetween, wherein an inlet and an outlet for the cooling water are respectively formed at at least one of both ends in a longitudinal direction, a flow path pit connecting the fin formation region and the buffer region is formed at both ends in the transverse direction, and the buffer region has a partition that divides the cooling water flowing in from the inlet and the cooling water flowing toward the outlet, and the inlet and the outlet are respectively connected to the fin formation region via the flow path pit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240030827
    Abstract: A power conversion device including: a semiconductor device; a first water channel and a second water channel stacked in a predetermined stacking direction and installed with the semiconductor device interposed therebetween; and a connecting water channel connecting the first water channel and the second water channel, in which the connecting water channel is formed by joining and fixing a joint member joined to the first water channel and the second water channel and a cover member separate from the joint member to each other, the first water channel and the second water channel are joined to the joint member by a joint formed in a plane parallel to the stacking direction, and the cover member covers the joint and is joined and fixed to the joint member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO, Masanori MIYAGI, Xudong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240006271
    Abstract: A heating element cooling structure includes a heating element, a water path member through which a refrigerant flows, and a heat conductive layer covering an outer surface of the water path member, wherein the heat conductive layer is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the water path member, wherein the heat conductive layer includes a first region formed on the outer surface, of the water path member, close to the heating element, and a second region formed on the outer surface, of the water path member, away from the heating element, and wherein the first region and the second region of the heat conductive layer are continuously formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11820199
    Abstract: A core part includes plural plates stacked with a gap therebetween so as to form plural refrigerant passages and plural cooling water passages. The refrigerant passages are communicated with each other in a stacking direction of the plates by a refrigerant inlet tank section and a refrigerant outlet tank section distanced from each other. A refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet communicate with the refrigerant inlet tank section and the refrigerant outlet tank section, respectively, and are provided at one end of the core part in the stacking direction. The refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant inlet tank section are communicated with each other by a refrigerant inlet passage. A distance between a center of the refrigerant outlet tank section and a center of the refrigerant outlet is shorter than a distance between a center of the refrigerant inlet tank section and a center of the refrigerant inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Takagi, Kenshiro Muramatsu, Isao Tamada, Hiroyuki Osakabe
  • Publication number: 20230298983
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; and a first conductor and a second conductor respectively joined to a first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor element via Sn-based solder, in which a Ni-based plated layer is formed on surfaces of the first conductor and the second conductor that oppose the Sn-based solder and on the first surface and the second surface of the semiconductor element, and an interface reaction inhibition layer made of (Cu, Ni)6Sn5 and having a layer thickness of 1.2 to 4.0 ?m is formed at an interface between the Ni-based plated layer and the Sn-based solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu IKEDA, Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO, Shota FUNATO
  • Publication number: 20230187305
    Abstract: A power module includes a first conductor plate to which a first power semiconductor element is bonded, a second conductor plate to which a second power semiconductor element is bonded, the second conductor plate being disposed adjacent to the first conductor plate, a first heat-dissipating member disposed counter to the first conductor plate and the second conductor plate, and a first insulating sheet member disposed between the first heat-dissipating member and the first conductor plate. The first power semiconductor element is disposed at a position at which a first length from an end of the first conductor plate, the end being closer to the second conductor plate, to the first power semiconductor element is larger than a second length from an end of the first conductor plate, the end being far from the second conductor plate, to the first power semiconductor element, and the second length is larger than the thickness of the first conductor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Yusuke TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20230119278
    Abstract: Provided is an electric circuit body including: a power semiconductor element; a first conductor plate configured to be connected to one surface of the power semiconductor element; a first sheet-shaped member having a first resin insulation layer and configured to at least cover a surface of the first conductor plate; a sealing material configured to seal each of the power semiconductor element, the first conductor plate, and an end of the first sheet-shaped member; and a first cooling member configured to be adhesively attached to the first sheet-shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20220375820
    Abstract: A problem is that close contact with a heat dissipation surface of a power semiconductor device is not sufficient, and thus heat dissipation performance is low. A thermally conductive layer 5 abuts on a heat dissipation surface 4a of a circuit body 100, and a heat dissipation member 7 abuts on the outside of the thermally conductive layer 5, which is a side of the heat dissipation surface 4a of the circuit body 100. A fixing member 8 abuts on a side of the circuit body 100 opposite to the heat dissipation surface 4a. A connection member 9 is penetrated at the respective end portions of the heat dissipation member 7 and the fixing member 8. FIG. 3 illustrates a state before a bolt and a nut of the connection member 9 are tightened. The heat dissipation member 7 holds a curved shape such that the central portion of the heat dissipation member 7 protrudes toward the circuit body 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Eiichi IDE, Yusuke TAKAGI, Hisashi TANIE
  • Patent number: 11482476
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power semiconductor device capable of improving seismic resistance while suppressing a decrease in assembly efficiency. According to the present invention, a power semiconductor device 1 includes an element installation conductor 2 including a first conductor portion 20a that is made of metal and is used for installing a power semiconductor element 300, a second conductor portion 20b that is made of metal and forms one or more main terminals 2a for transmitting a current to the power semiconductor element 300, and one or more control terminals 2b for transmitting a switching control signal to the power semiconductor element 300, and a third conductor portion 20c that is made of metal and is provided at a tip portion of the control terminal 2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Matsushita, Takahiro Shimura, Yusuke Takagi