Patents by Inventor Kazuo KAWARABAYASHI

Kazuo KAWARABAYASHI 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).

  • Energy storage unit connection information acquiring apparatus
    Patent number: 9404976
    Abstract: An energy storage unit connection information acquiring apparatus that acquires information for connecting a plurality of energy storage units in parallel, each energy storage unit including one or more energy storage elements connected in series, the connection information acquiring apparatus including: a connectable range acquiring unit that acquires a connectable range by determining the connectable range that is a range of energy storage units that can be connected in parallel among the plurality of energy storage units; and a charge/discharge information acquiring unit that acquires information for charging or discharging a connected energy storage unit group such that at least one energy storage unit outside the connectable range can be connected in parallel to the connected energy storage unit group that is composed of the energy storage units in the connectable range that are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Michinaga, Takumi Kimura, Shigenori Kikuta, Kazuo Kawarabayashi, Nasa Tomozoe
  • ENERGY STORAGE UNIT CONNECTION INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140203812
    Abstract: An energy storage unit connection information acquiring apparatus that acquires information for connecting a plurality of energy storage units in parallel, each energy storage unit including one or more energy storage elements connected in series, the connection information acquiring apparatus including: a connectable range acquiring unit that acquires a connectable range by determining the connectable range that is a range of energy storage units that can be connected in parallel among the plurality of energy storage units; and a charge/discharge information acquiring unit that acquires information for charging or discharging a connected energy storage unit group such that at least one energy storage unit outside the connectable range can be connected in parallel to the connected energy storage unit group that is composed of the energy storage units in the connectable range that are connected in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa MICHINAGA, Takumi KIMURA, Shigenori KIKUTA, Kazuo KAWARABAYASHI, Nasa TOMOZOE