Patents by Inventor Toshiya Hashimoto

Toshiya Hashimoto 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: 20240120773
    Abstract: A noncontact power supply device provided with one or more coil units and a cover housing the coil units inside of it. The cover is formed by joining a first sheet arranged at one surface sides of front and back surfaces of the coil units and a second sheet arranged at the other surface sides, the first sheet is a sheet covering the one surface sides of the coil units, the second sheet is a sheet having another surface part covering the other surface sides of the coil units and side surface parts covering side surfaces, the side surface parts of the second sheet are made to abut against side surfaces of the coil units by bending boundaries with the other surface part, and outer edge parts of the side surface parts of the second sheet and outer edge parts of the first sheet are joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Iwata, Osamu Yamashita, Shinjiro Saigusa, Toshiya Hashimoto, Katsuya Kobayashi, Sungmin Cho
  • Patent number: 11951859
    Abstract: A navigation server includes a processor. The processor is configured to derive one of a first route and a second route as a route from a place of departure to a destination of a vehicle in accordance with a remaining level of a travel battery of the vehicle. The first route includes a first road provided with a first non-contact electric power feeder. The second route includes a second road provided with a second non-contact electric power feeder that is different in electric power feed capability from the first non-contact electric power feeder. The processor is configured to output the derived route as a recommended route to a terminal associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano Kimura, Hikaru Shiozawa, Toshiya Hashimoto, Chuya Ogawa, Yuta Maniwa
  • Publication number: 20240113565
    Abstract: A power receiving device includes: a power receiving coil receiving power transmitted from a power transmission coil; a rectifier circuit between the power receiving coil and a load; a smoothing capacitor between the rectifier circuit and the load; and a control device executing a short-circuit mode of short-circuiting between output ends of the power receiving coil. Further, the control device includes an acquisition unit acquiring information indicating a drive frequency of an inverter in the power transmission device, a setting unit setting a switching frequency of the rectifier circuit to a value different from the drive frequency of the inverter, and a control unit executing the short-circuit mode based on the switching frequency set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke IKEMURA, Shogo TSUGE, Masato MAEMURA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240113560
    Abstract: A noncontact power supply device is comprised of a plurality of coil units each having a coil for transmitting power to an object for receiving power by noncontact. Furthermore, the coil units are joined together by a bonding agent having rubbery elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu YAMASHITA, Naoki IWATA, Shinjiro SAIGUSA, Sungmin CHO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Toshiya HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11945318
    Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit power to a power reception apparatus of the vehicle by non-contact and a processor configured to control the power transmission apparatus, detect a pickup/dropoff operation at the vehicle when power is being supplied by non-contact from the power supply apparatus to the vehicle, and detect a number of surrounding vehicles being supplied with power by non-contact in a predetermined range at surroundings of the power supply apparatus. The processor is configured to decrease power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus to the power reception apparatus when detecting a pickup/dropoff operation, and determine an amount of decrease of the transmitted power based on the number of surrounding vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Toshiya Hashimoto, Shuntaro Okazaki, Shogo Tsuge, Kazuhisa Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20240106275
    Abstract: A power reception device includes: a power reception coil that receives power transmitted from a power transmission coil in a non-contact manner; and a control device that executes a short-circuit mode in which a plurality of switching elements provided between the power reception coil and a load are caused to perform switching operations to short-circuit between output terminals of the power reception coil. Further, when a phase of a current and a phase of a voltage in the power reception device are deviated from each other, the control device sets switching timings of the switching elements to the short-circuit mode in a manner that the phase of the voltage is shifted in a direction in which a power factor of power supplied to the load is deteriorated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke IKEMURA, Shogo TSUGE, Masato MAEMURA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240096549
    Abstract: A power transmission coil unit provided with a board having at its back surface a component mounting part to which electronic components are mounted and a coil forming part at which a coil comprised of a conductor pattern is formed, a core arranged so as to abut against a back surface of the board and formed with a hole for housing the electronic components at a position facing the electronic components, and a protective member provided at a further front surface side of the power transmission coil unit than the component mounting part of the board and receiving a load applied to the power transmission coil unit. A space is formed on a back surface side of the facing portion of the protective member positioned at the location facing the component mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Yamashita, Naoki Iwata, Shinjiro Saigusa, Sungmin Cho, Katsuya Kobayashi, Toshiya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240097504
    Abstract: A noncontact power supply apparatus includes a coil unit having a coil for transmitting electric power to a power supply target by noncontact and an electromagnetic shield for reducing a leakage magnetic field of the coil. The electromagnetic shield is the laminate body in which the metal plates are laminated. A lubricant having a predetermined viscosity is applied to a contacting surface between the metal plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Yamashita, Naoki Iwata, Shinjiro Saigusa, Sungmin Cho, Katsuya Kobayashi, Toshiya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240088718
    Abstract: A power transmitting coil unit includes a board on which a coil comprised of a conductor pattern is formed and to a back surface side of which capacitors are mounted, a core arranged at a back surface side of the board and formed with a hole at a position facing the capacitors, a bottom plate arranged at a back surface side of the core, a space formed defined by a back surface of the board, a front surface of the bottom plate, and an inner circumferential surface of the hole and in which the capacitors are housed, and support member arranged in the space and supporting the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu YAMASHITA, Naoki IWATA, Shinjiro SAIGUSA, Sungmin CHO, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Toshiya HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11901740
    Abstract: A management system is configured to manage a power feed mat that wirelessly feeds power to a movable body. The power feed mat is configured to communicate while it is placed at a prescribed location. This management system includes a monitoring apparatus that monitors communication by the power feed mat and a processing apparatus that performs prescribed processing when the monitoring apparatus senses loss of the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Toshiya Hashimoto, Katsuya Kobayashi, Takahiro Hirano, Midori Sugiyama, Ryunosuke Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11894690
    Abstract: The vehicle includes a first communication device for directly or indirectly communicating with the ground power supplying apparatus by wide area wireless communication with a communication distance of greater than or equal to 10 meters, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to request the ground power supplying apparatus cancel supply of power to the vehicle by the wide area wireless communication when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ikemura, Shogo Tsuge, Toshiya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230415589
    Abstract: A control device for a ground power supply apparatus judges if it has received from one moving body among a plurality of moving bodies a first signal notifying it that the one moving body has become an immobilized state on an electrified road at which a ground power supply apparatus has been installed. The control device, if receiving the first signal, when receiving from another moving body among the plurality of moving bodies, a power supply request signal requesting noncontact power supply at the ground power supply apparatus or an approach signal notifying it of approach the ground power supply apparatus, sends to the other moving body originating the power supply request signal or approach signal a second signal notifying it that there is a moving body in an immobilized state present on the electrified road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Shuntaro OKAZAKI, Shogo TSUGE, Kazuhisa MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230412000
    Abstract: A ground power supply device includes a power transmission device, a ground-side communication device, and a power transmission control device. The power transmission device performs contactless power supply to a moving body including a power reception device. The ground-side communication device communicates directly or indirectly with the moving body. The power transmission control device is configured to: count the number of times a power transfer abnormality has occurred between the power transmission device and the power reception device or the number of times an abnormality occurrence notification that is sent from the moving body when the power transfer abnormality is detected in the moving body; and determine that there is an abnormality in the power transmission device when the number of times the power transfer abnormality has occurred or the number of times the abnormality occurrence notification has been received becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11831181
    Abstract: A power feed system includes a computer that evaluates benefit obtained when a power feed mat is placed, for each of a plurality of locations within a subject region where the power feed mat can be placed, the power feed mat being configured to wirelessly feed power to a movable body. In a power feed method using such a computer, a display shows a result of evaluation of the benefit for each location within the subject region evaluated by the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Toshiya Hashimoto, Katsuya Kobayashi, Takahiro Hirano, Midori Sugiyama, Ryunosuke Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230336095
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a power receiver which wirelessly receives electric power from a power transmitter. The control apparatus being configured to execute a restriction process that restricts received power by PWM control depending on an amount of the received power. The restriction process comprises calculating an increase gap which is a difference between an initial received power and a local maximum value of the received power with respect to a change in a duty in the PWM control, starting the PWM control when a first value which is a value obtained by adding the increase gap to a current received power exceeds a second value which is a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined margin from an upper limit of the received power, and increasing the duty until the received power becomes lower than the initial received power when starting the PWM control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke IKEMURA, Shogo TSUGE, Toshiya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230322091
    Abstract: A contactless power feed system includes a first ground power feed device and a second ground power feed device for performing contactless power feed to a moving body. The first ground power feed device transmits a passing signal to the second ground power feed device when entry of the moving body to a first power feed section is confirmed. The second ground power feed device transmits a power feed stop signal to the first ground power feed device when confirmation of entry or approach of the moving body to a second power feed section is not possible even after a predetermined time has elapsed after receiving the passing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Shuntaro OKAZAKI, Shogo TSUGE, Kazuhisa MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230327499
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a power transmitter which wirelessly transmits electric power to a power receiver, the power receiver being configured to perform restriction control that restricts received power through switching control under a predetermined condition. The control apparatus is configured to execute a determination process that determines whether or not the power receiver is performing the restriction control based on an output current and an output voltage of a power inverter included in the power transmitter, and a power control process that controls transmission power of the power transmitter based on a result of the determination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke IKEMURA, Shogo TSUGE, Toshiya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230311674
    Abstract: A moving body includes a power receiving device configured to receive contactless power feed from a ground power feed device, and a control device. The control device is configured to take a getting-off prevention measure for preventing an occupant from getting off the moving body when the moving body gets into a state of being difficult to move on an electrified road where the ground power feed device is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Shuntaro OKAZAKI, Shogo TSUGE, Kazuhisa MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11777344
    Abstract: A signal emitting apparatus provided in a vehicle to which power is transferred from a ground side power supplying apparatus by noncontact, includes: a signal emitting device for emitting a signal including information relating to the vehicle wirelessly toward the ground side power supplying apparatus; an outside environment acquiring part for acquiring information relating to an outside environment at surroundings of the ground side power supplying apparatus; and a control part for controlling the signal emitting device. The control part changes a mode of wireless signal emission of the signal emitting device in accordance with the outside environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Toshiya Hashimoto, Hiroya Chiba, Shuntaro Okazaki, Shogo Tsuge, Kazuhisa Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11750045
    Abstract: A noncontact power supplying system transfers power by noncontact between a ground power supplying apparatus and a vehicle. The vehicle includes a power reception side resonance circuit for receiving power, and a signal emitting device for emitting an alternating magnetic field or electric wave for transmitting vehicle identification information of the vehicle to the ground power supplying apparatus. The ground power supplying apparatus includes a power transmission side resonance circuit for transmitting power to the power reception side resonance circuit, and a signal reception device for receiving an alternating magnetic field or electric wave emitted from the signal emitting device. The ground power supplying apparatus detects a relative positional relationship between the power transmission side resonance circuit and the power reception side resonance circuit, based on the strength of the alternating magnetic field or electric wave which the signal reception device receives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ikemura, Shogo Tsuge, Toshiya Hashimoto