Patents by Inventor Kazuya HAYAYAMA

Kazuya HAYAYAMA 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: 11502530
    Abstract: A state estimator estimates, based on at least one of a voltage, a current, and a temperature of a secondary battery, a state of the secondary battery including a state of charge (SOC) of the secondary battery. A discharge controller discharges, when a state of non-use of the secondary battery lasts for a predetermined period of time, the secondary battery such that an indicator indicating easiness of storage deterioration of the secondary battery to progress decreases in stages. The indicator includes a parameter that depends on an SOC of the secondary battery. A value of the indicator and a duration of stay in each stage are set such that a predetermined relationship holds between products in a plurality of stages, each of the products being derived from multiplying the value of the indicator and the duration of stay in each stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Hayayama, Tomokazu Sada, Yukikazu Ohchi, Masatoshi Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11448707
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a state management unit measures or estimates the AC resistance value of a secondary cell at a plurality of time points, estimates a predicted transition of the AC resistance value of the secondary cell on the basis of the AC resistance value at the plurality of time points, and estimates a remaining use period until the AC resistance value of the secondary cell reaches a resistance threshold value corresponding to a time point at which usage of the secondary cell ends. When the remaining use period of the secondary cell becomes shorter than a prescribed period, an operation management unit changes the usage manner of the secondary cell method to a usage manner that has a smaller load on the secondary cell, or stops the usage of the secondary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sada, Yukikazu Ohchi, Kazuya Hayayama
  • Publication number: 20210021000
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis unit 21a of an arithmetic unit 20 constituting a remaining performance evaluation system 3 diagnoses the deterioration degree of a secondary battery 5 that has already been used for primary use based on an actual measurement value. The deterioration speed update unit 21b updates the deterioration speed of the secondary battery 5 based on the diagnosis result of the secondary battery 5. The remaining performance estimation unit 21c estimates the remaining performance of the secondary battery 5 after the start of secondary use based on the updated deterioration speed and a usage method at the time of the secondary use of the secondary battery 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tomokaza Sada, Masatoshi NAGAYAMA, Yukikazu OHCHI, Kazuya HAYAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200408842
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a state management unit measures or estimates the AC resistance value of a secondary cell at a plurality of time points, estimates a predicted transition of the AC resistance value of the secondary cell on the basis of the AC resistance value at the plurality of time points, and estimates a remaining use period until the AC resistance value of the secondary cell reaches a resistance threshold value corresponding to a time point at which usage of the secondary cell ends. When the remaining use period of the secondary cell becomes shorter than a prescribed period, an operation management unit changes the usage manner of the secondary cell method to a usage manner that has a smaller load on the secondary cell, or stops the usage of the secondary cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Tomokazu SADA, Yukikazu OHCHI, Kazuya HAYAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200395775
    Abstract: A state estimator 141 estimates, based on at least one of a voltage, a current, and a temperature of a secondary battery 20, a state of the secondary battery 20 including a state of charge (SOC) of the secondary battery 20. A discharge controller 142 discharges, when a state of non-use of the secondary battery 20 lasts for a predetermined period of time, the secondary battery 20 such that an indicator indicating easiness of storage deterioration of the secondary battery 20 to progress decreases in stages. The indicator includes a parameter that depends on an SOC of the secondary battery 20. A value of the indicator and a duration of stay in each stage are set such that a predetermined relationship holds between products in a plurality of stages, each of the products being derived from multiplying the value of the indicator and the duration of stay in each stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuya HAYAYAMA, Tomokazu SADA, Yukikazu OHCHI, Masatoshi NAGAYAMA