Patents by Inventor Kazuomi HAYASHI

Kazuomi HAYASHI 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: 11936005
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a plurality of battery packs, and a plurality of battery controllers having a master-slave configuration and corresponding to the plurality of battery packs in a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuomi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11309718
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of battery monitoring apparatuses provided in accordance with battery packs. Each of the battery monitoring apparatuses includes a setting unit and a communication unit. The setting unit sets a communication system to at least one of a first communication system and a second communication system having a shorter communication period than that of the first communication system, sets the communication system to the second communication system during a failure diagnosis to be performed in a start-up of the corresponding battery monitoring apparatus, and sets the communication system to the first communication system after the failure diagnosis. The communication unit communicates with another battery monitoring apparatus of the plurality of battery monitoring apparatuses by using the communication system set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO TEN Limited, AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY SUPPLY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya Kurahashi, Kazuomi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210005938
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a plurality of battery packs, and a plurality of battery controllers having a master-slave configuration and corresponding to the plurality of battery packs in a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Envision AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuomi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180278066
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of battery monitoring apparatuses provided in accordance with battery packs. Each of the battery monitoring apparatuses includes a setting unit and a communication unit. The setting unit sets a communication system to at least one of a first communication system and a second communication system having a shorter communication period than that of the first communication system, sets the communication system to the second communication system during a failure diagnosis to be performed in a start-up of the corresponding battery monitoring apparatus, and sets the communication system to the first communication system after the failure diagnosis. The communication unit communicates with another battery monitoring apparatus of the plurality of battery monitoring apparatuses by using the communication system set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: DENSO TEN Limited, AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY SUPPLY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya KURAHASHI, Kazuomi HAYASHI