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EP4050784 - POWER SUPPLY DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.07.2022
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.05.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip03.09.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hitachi, Ltd.
6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
[2022/35]
Inventor(s)01 / GU, Minglei
c/o Hitachi, Ltd.
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
02 / KANOUDA, Akihiko
c/o Hitachi, Ltd.
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
 [2022/35]
Representative(s)MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29
80336 München / DE
[2022/35]
Application number, filing date20879815.717.08.2020
[2022/35]
WO2020JP30947
Priority number, dateJP2019019182621.10.2019         Original published format: JP 2019191826
[2022/35]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021079593
Date:29.04.2021
Language:JA
[2021/17]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4050784
Date:31.08.2022
Language:EN
[2022/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP29.04.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.10.2023
ClassificationIPC:H02M3/28, H02M7/12, H02M7/162, H02M7/219, H02M7/23, H02M1/00, H02M1/32, H02M1/42, H02M3/335, H02M7/49
[2023/46]
CPC:
H02M1/008 (EP); H02M1/42 (CN); H02M1/007 (EP,US);
H02M1/0016 (US); H02M1/0074 (EP); H02M1/4208 (EP,US);
H02M3/33569 (US); H02M7/162 (EP); H02M7/219 (EP,CN);
H02M1/32 (EP); H02M1/4233 (EP); H02M3/335 (EP);
H02M7/23 (EP); H02M7/49 (EP); Y02B70/10 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/35]H02M3/28, H02M7/12
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2022/35]
TitleGerman:STROMVERSORGUNGSVORRICHTUNG[2022/35]
English:POWER SUPPLY DEVICE[2022/35]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ALIMENTATION ÉLECTRIQUE[2022/35]
Entry into regional phase07.04.2022Translation filed 
23.05.2022National basic fee paid 
23.05.2022Search fee paid 
23.05.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
23.05.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.05.2022Examination requested  [2022/35]
15.02.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.02.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
31.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
02.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[XI]  - GAO ZHIXUAN ET AL, "Analysis of Maximum Load Unbalancing Limits of Cascaded H-Bridge Rectifier Under Unity Power Factor", IEEE ACCESS, (20161205), vol. 7, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2931070, pages 102530 - 102541, XP011738657 [X] 1-5 * pages 1-6; figures 1-14 * [I] 6,7

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2931070
 [A]  - OUYANG SHAODI ET AL, "Reactive component injection control of the modular multi-output power electronic transformer", 2016 IEEE 2ND ANNUAL SOUTHERN POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (SPEC), IEEE, (20161205), doi:10.1109/SPEC.2016.7846187, pages 1 - 7, XP033059746 [A] 1-7 * pages 1-6; figures 1-4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SPEC.2016.7846187
 [A]  - JIAO NING ET AL, "Analysis of Load Balancing Limits for Cascaded Rectifiers", 2018 IEEE 4TH SOUTHERN POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (SPEC), IEEE, (20181210), doi:10.1109/SPEC.2018.8635861, pages 1 - 7, XP033515699 [A] 1-7 * pages 1-3; figures 1-7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SPEC.2018.8635861
International search[A]JP2018038228  (TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI ELEC IND) [A] 1-7;
 [A]JP2018046601  (SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MFG) [A] 1-7;
 [A]WO2019071331  (OSSIACO INC [CA])[A] 1-7
by applicant   - M. MOOSAVIG. FARIVARH. IMAN-EINIS. M. SHEKARABI, "A voltage balancing strategy with extended operating region for cascaded H-bridge converters", IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, (20140900), vol. 29, no. 9, doi:10.1109/TPEL.2013.2286270, pages 5044 - 5053, XP011546745

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2013.2286270
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