Patents by Inventor Yuuta MIZUNO

Yuuta MIZUNO 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: 9762122
    Abstract: A load drive controlling device includes a dulling controller, a dulling adjuster, and a Proportional Integral (PI) controller. The dulling adjuster sets a first electric current value for a dulling adjustment operation according to a change trend of a target electric current value in an inductive load. The dulling adjuster performs the dulling adjustment operation on the first electric current and limits a dulled value based on a guard value. The PI controller performs a PI control based on a deviation between the dulled value and an actual value of the electric current. The dulling controller sets the first electric current value and the guard value according to a change trend of the target electric current value. In such a configuration, the load drive controlling device improves an electric current response while preventing an over-accumulation of an integration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta Mizuno, Fumihiko Nakane, Fuminori Suzuki, Hiromitsu Nagata
  • Patent number: 9543097
    Abstract: A current control device sets a target current value of a solenoid, and sets a duty ratio of a PWM signal outputted to a drive circuit of a solenoid based on the target current value. The target current value is a value that periodically varies in a dither period longer than a PWM period of the PWM signal. A setting period of the target current value and a setting period of the duty ratio are shorter than the dither period. As compared with a configuration where the duty ratio is set in the dither period, a time period from a time a basic current value is changed to a time the duty ratio is renewed is shortened. A operation responsiveness of a movable core of the solenoid improves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminori Suzuki, Yuuta Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9124175
    Abstract: A load drive control device is provided, which includes a pulse generator for generating pulse signals with a duty ratio to drive an inductive load, a feedback setting section for setting the duty ratio for feedback, a detection setting section for setting the duty ratio for detection of a natural vibration frequency of the inductive load, a natural vibration frequency setting section for setting the natural vibration frequency of the inductive load based on an actual current value detected at setting the duty ratio for detection, and a selection section for selecting the feedback setting section as a duty ratio setting section at a normal time and for selecting the detection setting section as the duty ratio setting section when a condition for detecting the natural vibration frequency is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta Mizuno, Fumihiko Nakane, Fuminori Suzuki, Hiromitsu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20150088320
    Abstract: A load drive controlling device includes a dulling controller, a dulling adjuster, and a Proportional Integral (PI) controller. The dulling adjuster sets a first electric current value for a dulling adjustment operation according to a change trend of a target electric current value in an inductive load. The dulling adjuster performs the dulling adjustment operation on the first electric current and limits a dulled value based on a guard value. The PI controller performs a PI control based on a deviation between the dulled value and an actual value of the electric current. The dulling controller sets the first electric current value and the guard value according to a change trend of the target electric current value. In such a configuration, the load drive controlling device improves an electric current response while preventing an over-accumulation of an integration value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yuuta MIZUNO, Fumihiko NAKANE, Fuminori SUZUKI, Hiromitsu NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20140375290
    Abstract: A load drive control device is provided, which includes a pulse generator for generating pulse signals with a duty ratio to drive an inductive load, a feedback setting section for setting the duty ratio for feedback, a detection setting section for setting the duty ratio for detection of a natural vibration frequency of the inductive load, a natural vibration frequency setting section for setting the natural vibration frequency of the inductive load based on an actual current value detected at setting the duty ratio for detection, and a selection section for selecting the feedback setting section as a duty ratio setting section at a normal time and for selecting the detection setting section as the duty ratio setting section when a condition for detecting the natural vibration frequency is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yuuta MIZUNO, Fumihiko NAKANE, Fuminori SUZUKI, Hiromitsu NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20140254058
    Abstract: A current control device sets a target current value of a solenoid, and sets a duty ratio of a PWM signal outputted to a drive circuit of a solenoid based on the target current value. The target current value is a value that periodically varies in a dither period longer than a PWM period of the PWM signal. A setting period of the target current value and a setting period of the duty ratio are shorter than the dither period. As compared with a configuration where the duty ratio is set in the dither period, a time period from a time a basic current value is changed to a time the duty ratio is renewed is shortened. A operation responsiveness of a movable core of the solenoid improves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminori SUZUKI, Yuuta MIZUNO