Kunio Kinoshita

Title: Kunio Kinoshita: Inventor of a Flyback Boost Circuit

Introduction

Kunio Kinoshita is an inventor associated with Sony Corporation and located in Kanagawa, Japan. His patent work includes a circuit design intended to detect wiring problems before a boost operation begins.

Latest Patents

The available information lists 1 patent for Kinoshita: “Flyback Boost Circuit with Current Supplied to Secondary Side of Transformer Circuit Prior to Boost Operation and Strobe Device Using the Same.” The invention supplies current to the transformer’s secondary side through an output-voltage detection terminal before boost operation starts. It detects the resulting voltage to determine whether the detection terminal or the transformer’s secondary-winding ground terminal is floating, helping identify an unwired condition.

Career Highlights

Kinoshita’s listed invention concerns a flyback boost circuit and a strobe device that uses the circuit. Its pre-operation wiring check is designed to detect an unwired state before the boost process begins.

Collaborations

The provided information names Tatsuo Kuroiwa and Katsuya Ikezawa as Kinoshita’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or the invention.

Conclusion

Kunio Kinoshita’s listed patent reflects work on detecting wiring faults in a flyback boost circuit before operation, in connection with his association with Sony Corporation.