Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Mito

Katsuhiko Mito 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: 9577476
    Abstract: Performing power transfer to a plurality of power receiving devices, a power transmission device allocates one of a plurality of channels to perform wireless power transfer to a power receiving device in response to a power transmission request transmitted from the power receiving device designating one or more of the plurality of the channels having different frequencies. In a case where a power transmission request using the first channel is received from a second power receiving device, the device stops power transfer to the first power receiving device using the first channel, starts power transfer to the first power receiving device using a channel other than the first channel and starts power transfer to the second power receiving device using the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito
  • Patent number: 9520725
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device that receives transmission by wireless power transfer, a transmission device that has a transmission element that transmits transmission power to the power receiving device, the transmission device having a control mechanism that controls an oriented direction of the transmission element, and a positioning device that is connected communicably with the transmission device, the positioning device receiving with a plurality of antennas arranged adjacent to each other a positioning signal that is a wireless signal transmitted from the power receiving device, the positioning device having a positioning function that calculates a direction ? in which the power receiving device exists when seen from the positioning device itself and a position of the power receiving device, based on a phase difference between the received positioning signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito, Yasunori Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20150229134
    Abstract: A non-contact power supply system compares transmission efficiency between a case of a first route mode of indirectly supplying power from a power supply apparatus to a power receiving apparatus through a relay apparatus and a case of a second route mode of directly supplying power without interposing the relay apparatus, and selects a route of higher transmission efficiency to supply the power. In one potential route mode, a power supply circuit of the power supply apparatus and a power receiving circuit of the relay apparatus are made to resonate, and a power transmission circuit of the relay apparatus and a power receiving circuit of the power receiving apparatus are made to resonate, but the power supply circuit of the power supply apparatus and the power receiving circuit of the power receiving apparatus are not allowed to resonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Nobuyuki Kouno, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito
  • Publication number: 20140354052
    Abstract: Performing power transfer to a plurality of power receiving devices, a power transmission device allocates one of a plurality of channels to perform wireless power transfer to a power receiving device in response to a power transmission request transmitted from the power receiving device designating one or more of the plurality of the channels having different frequencies. In a case where a power transmission request using the first channel is received from a second power receiving device, the device stops power transfer to the first power receiving device using the first channel, starts power transfer to the first power receiving device using a channel other than the first channel and starts power transfer to the second power receiving device using the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito
  • Publication number: 20140327323
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device that receives transmission by wireless power transfer, a transmission device that has a transmission element that transmits transmission power to the power receiving device, the transmission device having a control mechanism that controls an oriented direction of the transmission element, and a positioning device that is connected communicably with the transmission device, the positioning device receiving with a plurality of antennas arranged adjacent to each other a positioning signal that is a wireless signal transmitted from the power receiving device, the positioning device having a positioning function that calculates a direction ? in which the power receiving device exists when seen from the positioning device itself and a position of the power receiving device, based on a phase difference between the received positioning signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito, Yasunori Takeuchi