Patents by Inventor Tomofumi Abe

Tomofumi Abe 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096534
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a superconducting coil apparatus comprising at least one superconducting coil formed of a plurality of turns under a definition that one turn is a portion of a superconducting wire annularly wound for one round, wherein: the superconducting coil has a shape along an outer peripheral surface of a tubular structure having a tubular shape; each of the plurality of turns has a coil longitudinal portion extending along an axial direction of the tubular structure; arrangement form of the coil longitudinal portion is different between a main magnetic field generation region configured to generate a main magnetic field and a magnetic field correction region configured to generate a correction magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shigeki TAKAYAMA, Tomofumi ORIKASA, Kota MIZUSHIMA, Yoshiyuki IWATA, Yasushi ABE, Tetsuya FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9533584
    Abstract: A power supply degradation determination apparatus which is mounted to the vehicle includes a controller and a DC-DC converter that control execution of a charge phase in which a capacitor capable of accumulating regenerative energy of the vehicle is charged and execution of a discharge phase in which the capacitor is discharged. The controller detects the internal resistance of the capacitor using the difference between the terminal voltage and the open circuit voltage of the capacitor during the execution of the discharge phase and the discharge current thereof, determines whether the internal resistance is a predetermined value or more, and delays the execution start of the discharge phase for a predetermined time when the internal resistance is determined to be the predetermined value or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Tomofumi Abe, Kenichi Ishida, Kazuyuki Kubo
  • Publication number: 20130289854
    Abstract: A power supply degradation determination apparatus which is mounted to the vehicle includes a controller and a DC-DC converter that control execution of a charge phase in which a capacitor capable of accumulating regenerative energy of the vehicle is charged and execution of a discharge phase in which the capacitor is discharged. The controller detects the internal resistance of the capacitor using the difference between the terminal voltage and the open circuit voltage of the capacitor during the execution of the discharge phase and the discharge current thereof, determines whether the internal resistance is a predetermined value or more, and delays the execution start of the discharge phase for a predetermined time when the internal resistance is determined to be the predetermined value or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Tomofumi Abe, Kenichi Ishida, Kazuyuki Kubo
  • Patent number: 6075438
    Abstract: A communication network for vehicle control and a method of diagnosing the same in which the self-diagnosis functions attributed to some of control units in the communication network are combined with a manual diagnosis operation, whereby the diagnosis can be carried out by a relatively simple arrangement without sacrificing readiness and correctness, thus ensuring higher cost performance and reliability. The communication network includes control units, each coupled to at least one of auxiliary input and output devices, connected with communication lines to one another for transmitting and receiving unique signals. Each of at least two of the control units includes a transmitter, a receiver, a controller, and an indicating means, and has a diagnosis function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomofumi Abe, Hirofumi Ohtsuka, Hirohide Suda, Kouji Yamaoka, Seiju Kawamata