Patents by Inventor Yusuke UMEZU

Yusuke UMEZU 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: 11777315
    Abstract: A power converter, a voltage detector that detects a system voltage at an AC wiring side of the power converter; and a controller that performs power conversion control between AC wiring and DC wiring by transmitting a drive signal to the power converter. The controller includes: a phase calculator that calculates a current phase from the system voltage detected by the voltage detector; a phase jump angle calculator that calculates a virtual phase that follows temporal changes in the current phase in a lagging manner, and calculates a phase difference between the current phase and the virtual phase as a phase jump angle; and a drive signal generator that generates the drive signal to the power converter, which is a signal for adjusting active power that is inputted to/outputted from the power converter so as to suppress the phase jump angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Yamaguchi, Yusuke Umezu, Soichiro Bando, Kazushige Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220271553
    Abstract: An electric power control system includes: a bidirectional electric power converter including AC and DC terminals, the AC terminal being connected to an AC power system, the DC terminal being connected to a DC power system to which one or more DC power loads are connected, the bidirectional electric power converter mutually converting AC power of the AC power system and DC power of the DC power system; an electric power storage that is connected to the DC power system and stores electric power of the DC power system; and a bidirectional electric power conversion controller that performs first control of controlling an output or input of the AC terminal of the bidirectional electric power converter such that a charge current, discharge current, charge electric power, or discharge electric power of the electric power storage coincides with a predetermined target current value or a predetermined target electric power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soichiro BANDO, Ryosuke GOTO, Yusuke UMEZU, Atsumori YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210320498
    Abstract: A power converter, a voltage detector that detects a system voltage at an AC wiring side of the power converter; and a controller that performs power conversion control between AC wiring and DC wiring by transmitting a drive signal to the power converter. The controller includes: a phase calculator that calculates a current phase from the system voltage detected by the voltage detector; a phase jump angle calculator that calculates a virtual phase that follows temporal changes in the current phase in a lagging manner, and calculates a phase difference between the current phase and the virtual phase as a phase jump angle; and a drive signal generator that generates the drive signal to the power converter, which is a signal for adjusting active power that is inputted to/outputted from the power converter so as to suppress the phase jump angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Yusuke UMEZU, Soichiro BANDO, Kazushige SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11128245
    Abstract: At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Umezu, Kazushige Sugimoto, Soichiro Bando, Naoki Yamaguchi, Kenichi Sakimoto, Kiyoshi Kimura, Suguru Takayama, Takato Uda
  • Publication number: 20210203258
    Abstract: At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke UMEZU, Kazushige SUGIMOTO, Soichiro BANDO, Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Kenichi SAKIMOTO, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Suguru TAKAYAMA, Takato UDA
  • Patent number: 10985560
    Abstract: Each of the plurality of generators is configured so a relationship of frequency with respect to a generator active power output by each generator to the corresponding alternating-current wiring unit has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The plurality of power conversion devices is configured to convert alternating-current power input through each alternating-current wiring unit into direct-current power, and to convert direct-current power input through the direct-current wiring unit into alternating-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Umezu, Kazushige Sugimoto, Soichiro Bando, Naoki Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kimura, Suguru Takayama, Takato Uda
  • Publication number: 20200083709
    Abstract: Each of the plurality of generators is configured so a relationship of frequency with respect to a generator active power output by each generator to the corresponding alternating-current wiring unit has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The plurality of power conversion devices is configured to convert alternating-current power input through each alternating-current wiring unit into direct-current power, and to convert direct-current power input through the direct-current wiring unit into alternating-current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke UMEZU, Kazushige SUGIMOTO, Soichiro BANDO, Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Suguru TAKAYAMA, Takato UDA