Patents by Inventor Noritoshi Imamura

Noritoshi Imamura 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: 10587127
    Abstract: There is provided a charging device including a charging voltage providing unit configured to provide a maximum charging voltage for an electricity storage unit, wherein the electricity storage unit includes a plurality of battery cells, and wherein the maximum charging voltage satisfies an equation (1) below: Maximum Charging Voltage=Total Battery Voltage+(Fully Charged Voltage?Maximum Cell Voltage)*n (1) wherein n represents a total number of the battery cells connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Hisato Asai, Eiji Kumagai, Noritoshi Imamura, Koji Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10505376
    Abstract: Provided is a power storage apparatus, including: series circuits, the series circuits being formed of first coils and first switching elements, the first coils and the first switching elements being connected to a plurality of battery units in parallel; second coils electromagnetically coupled to the first coils; second switching elements connected to the second coils in series; a capacitor inserted between two common power source lines for commonly supplying voltage to both ends of the series circuits of the second coils and the second switching element related to the plurality of battery units; and a control unit that supplies a control pulse signal to the first switching element and the second switching element for equalizing voltage of each of the plurality of battery units, in which an amount of charge obtained by dividing an amount of transferred charge necessary for eliminating a voltage difference between the first battery unit and the second battery unit into 10 or more is transferred by switching o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Kohki Watanabe, Noritoshi Imamura, Yusuke Suzuki, Takuma Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10389142
    Abstract: Provided is an electric storage system including: a plurality of electric storage devices including a plurality of modules, a battery management unit, and a line concentrator connected with the battery management unit; wherein the plurality of modules include a battery unit, a voltage measurement unit, a temperature measurement unit and a current measurement unit, and wherein the battery management unit is configured to control at least one of the plurality of electric storage devices based on an instruction transmitted from the line concentrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Kohki Watanabe, Kazuharu Yanagihara, Noritoshi Imamura, Yusuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10361575
    Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a plurality of power storage modules connected in series and a control apparatus that controls each power storage module. The power storage module includes a battery section, a controller, a communication unit, a first insulator that insulates the controller from the communication unit, and a second insulator having a withstand voltage higher than a withstand voltage of the first insulator. The second insulator is provided between the communication unit of each power storage module and the control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Koji Umetsu, Noritoshi Imamura, Hiroaki Ono, Kazumi Sato, Atsushi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10069311
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: power storage units each including at least one battery, the power storage units being connected in series; cell balance units connected in parallel to the respective power storage units via switches; and a control unit that performs control to charge the power storage units with a first constant current value, and, when the power storage unit having the highest voltage among the power storage units reaches a first potential, connect the corresponding one of the cell balance units to the power storage unit having the highest voltage, and switch the charging current to a second constant current value that is smaller than the first constant current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Kohki Watanabe, Masumi Terauchi, Shuichi Takizawa, Noritoshi Imamura, Koji Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20170373520
    Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a plurality of power storage modules connected in series and a control apparatus that controls each power storage module. The power storage module includes a battery section, a controller, a communication unit, a first insulator that insulates the controller from the communication unit, and a second insulator having a withstand voltage higher than a withstand voltage of the first insulator. The second insulator is provided between the communication unit of each power storage module and the control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Naoyuki SUGENO, Koji UMETSU, Noritoshi IMAMURA, Hiroaki Ono, Kazumi SATO, Atsushi OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170271889
    Abstract: Provided is a power storage apparatus, including: series circuits, the series circuits being formed of first coils and first switching elements, the first coils and the first switching elements being connected to a plurality of battery units in parallel; second coils electromagnetically coupled to the first coils; second switching elements connected to the second coils in series; a capacitor inserted between two common power source lines for commonly supplying voltage to both ends of the series circuits of the second coils and the second switching element related to the plurality of battery units; and a control unit that supplies a control pulse signal to the first switching element and the second switching element for equalizing voltage of each of the plurality of battery units, in which an amount of charge obtained by dividing an amount of transferred charge necessary for eliminating a voltage difference between the first battery unit and the second battery unit into 10 or more is transferred by switching o
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: NAOYUKI SUGENO, KOHKI WATANABE, NORITOSHI IMAMURA, YUSUKE SUZUKI, TAKUMA HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170207637
    Abstract: Provided is an electric storage system including: a plurality of electric storage devices including a plurality of modules, a battery management unit, and a line concentrator connected with the battery management unit; wherein the plurality of modules include a battery unit, a voltage measurement unit, a temperature measurement unit and a current measurement unit, and wherein the battery management unit is configured to control at least one of the plurality of electric storage devices based on an instruction transmitted from the line concentrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Naoyuki SUGENO, Kohki WATANABE, Kazuharu YANAGIHARA, Noritoshi IMAMURA, Yusuke SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9608451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric power supplying apparatus including: an electric storage device; and a control portion configured to control processing for mixing an output from the electric storage device, and an electric power of an external electric power system with each other in accordance with at least one of a peak shift command, a load electric power, and a remaining capacity of the electric storage device, wherein an alternating current electric power is formed in the mixing processing. When the electric power supplying apparatus further includes an electric power generating apparatus, processing for mixing an output from the electric power generating apparatus, an output from the electric storage device, and an electric power of the external electric power system with one another, is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Noritoshi Imamura, Eiji Kumagai, Koji Umetsu, Atsushi Minami, Masayuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9537309
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply circuit including a first series regulator including a first semiconductor element and a first constant voltage source, and a second series regulator including a second semiconductor element and a second constant voltage source, wherein the first series regulator and the second series regulator are cascaded and an input voltage to the first series regulator is a high voltage equal to or greater than 500 V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Raghunath Bellala, Noritoshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160218528
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: power storage units each including at least one battery, the power storage units being connected in series; cell balance units connected in parallel to the respective power storage units via switches; and a control unit that performs control to charge the power storage units with a first constant current value, and, when the power storage unit having the highest voltage among the power storage units reaches a first potential, connect the corresponding one of the cell balance units to the power storage unit having the highest voltage, and switch the charging current to a second constant current value that is smaller than the first constant current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki SUGENO, Kohki WATANABE, Masumi TERAUCHI, Shuichi TAKIZAWA, Noritoshi IMAMURA, Koji UMETSU
  • Publication number: 20140306672
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply circuit including a first series regulator including a first semiconductor element and a first constant voltage source, and a second series regulator including a second semiconductor element and a second constant voltage source, wherein the first series regulator and the second series regulator are cascaded and an input voltage to the first series regulator is a high voltage equal to or greater than 500 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Raghunath BELLALA, Noritoshi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20130264865
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric power supplying apparatus including: an electric storage device; and a control portion configured to control processing for mixing an output from the electric storage device, and an electric power of an external electric power system with each other in accordance with at least one of a peak shift command, a load electric power, and a remaining capacity of the electric storage device, wherein an alternating current electric power is formed in the mixing processing. When the electric power supplying apparatus further includes an electric power generating apparatus, processing for mixing an output from the electric power generating apparatus, an output from the electric storage device, and an electric power of the external electric power system with one another, is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Noritoshi Imamura, Eiji Kumagai, Koji Umetsu, Atsushi Minami, Masayuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7254045
    Abstract: A power factor is improved using a simplified structure without particularly providing a power factor improving circuit, and high efficiency is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Noritoshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 7023711
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve the power factor and at the same time to obtain a high efficient operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Noritoshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20050243492
    Abstract: A power factor is improved using a simplified structure without particularly providing a power factor improving circuit, and high efficiency is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventor: Noritoshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20050117371
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve the power factor and at the same time to obtain a high efficient operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Noritoshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 6175219
    Abstract: A booster type converter (19) wherein a boosting inductor is constituted from a transformer (20) provided with an auxiliary winding (20b), a capacitor (26) is connected to the auxiliary winding, whereby the capacitor is charged by means of resonance of a leakage inductance of the transformer (20) and the capacitor (26), and at the same time, it makes possible to conduct zero voltage switching of the booster type converter (19) on the basis of the electric charge charged in the capacitor, whereby it is intended to attain high efficiency in the booster type converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noritoshi Imamura, Katsumi Kobori
  • Patent number: 6130825
    Abstract: In a switching power supply, primary-side MOS transistors are alternately turned on, so that a resonant current flows into the primary winding of a transformer and an alternate power is transferred to the secondary side. The alternate voltage generated at the secondary winding is applied by the voltage generated at the wound-up secondary winding to the gates of secondary-side MOS transistors such that they are turned on respectively in periods when the polarity of the voltage is positive. Rectified currents flow into a capacitor through a choke coil to perform synchronous rectification. If the voltage of a smoothing capacitor becomes higher than the alternate output voltage when the transformer is inverted, reverse currents flow into the secondary-side MOS transistors. With the counterelectromotive force of the choke coil, the reverse currents flowing when the transformer is inverted are suppressed, and the efficiency of the switching power supply is prevented from decreasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noritoshi Imamura, Katsumi Kobori
  • Patent number: 6072701
    Abstract: In a switching power source, by alternately turning on the first and second MOS transistors, a resonance current flows to a primary winding of a transformer, and an alternate current is transmitted to a secondary side. With respect to an alternate signal generated in a secondary winding, a gate voltage is applied so that the third MOS transistor and the fourth MOS transistor are conductive, respectively, while the polarity of the alternate signal is positive. Rectifying currents are flowed to a capacitor and a full-wave rectification is executed. Since a control signal for synchronous control is supplied from a signal source to control the first and second switching elements via transformers, a switching timing can be accurately coincided with an on/off timing of a synchronous rectifying device by a simple circuit. The efficiency of a current resonance type switching power source is thus improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Sato, Yuji Sekikawa, Noritoshi Imamura