Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kusano

Toshiyuki Kusano 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: 20240067043
    Abstract: A battery management device to be mounted on an electric vehicle including a driving wheel, a traveling motor configured to generate a driving force for the driving wheel, and a battery configured to store electric power to be consumed by the traveling motor. The battery management device includes a detector configured to detect a state of the battery, and a controller configured to calculate a characteristic value indicating performance of the battery based on an output of the detector, and manage charging and discharging of the battery based on the characteristic value. The controller is configured to, when the characteristic value has deterioration, determine whether the deterioration of the characteristic value is reversible deterioration based on the output of the detector. The controller is configured to, upon determining that the deterioration of the characteristic value is the reversible deterioration, return the characteristic value to a value before the deterioration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiyuki ICHIKI, Hiroshi ABE, Hiroshi KUSANO, Daichi AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 7420174
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nondestructive inspection device of a low equipment cost, and a crane equipped with the nondestructive inspection device. The nondestructive inspection device is provided for a quay crane, on a transporting route of the container. The nondestructive inspection device irradiates radiation from radiation sources to a container which has entered into an inspection area, and detects radiation that has transmitted through the container using the same detector, and nondestructively inspects the entire inside of the container based on information of intensity of the radiation and information of detection position of the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kurita, Masanori Masumoto, Toshiyuki Kusano, Koji Uchida
  • Patent number: 7216548
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a crane equipped with an inspection device that can maintain excellent inspection conditions without decreasing cargo transporting efficiency. On a container transporting route of a quay crane, a truck (position adjustment device), is provided moveably in a direction across this transporting route. An inspection device, which inspects the container, is provided on this truck. An upper part frame, which projects above the inspection device, and a lower part frame, which projects under the inspection device, are provided on the truck. An upside position detector, which detects the relative position of the container and the inspection device in the direction of movement of the truck, is provided in a position higher than that of the inspection device of the upper frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kurita, Masanori Masumoto, Toshiyuki Kusano, Koji Uchida
  • Publication number: 20060042397
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a crane equipped with an inspection device that can maintain excellent inspection conditions without decreasing cargo transporting efficiency. On a container transporting route of a quay crane, a truck (position adjustment device), is provided moveably in a direction across this transporting route. An inspection device, which inspects the container, is provided on this truck. An upper part frame, which projects above the inspection device, and a lower part frame, which projects under the inspection device, are provided on the truck. An upside position detector, which detects the relative position of the container and the inspection device in the direction of movement of the truck, is provided in a position higher than that of the inspection device of the upper frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kurita, Masanori Masumoto, Toshiyuki Kusano, Koji Uchida
  • Publication number: 20060027751
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nondestructive inspection device of a low equipment cost, and a crane equipped with the nondestructive inspection device. The nondestructive inspection device is provided for a quay crane, on a transporting route of the container. The nondestructive inspection device irradiates radiation from radiation sources to a container which has entered into an inspection area, and detects radiation that has transmitted through the container using the same detector, and nondestructively inspects the entire inside of the container based on information of intensity of the radiation and information of detection position of the radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Koichi Kurita, Masanori Masumoto, Toshiyuki Kusano, Koji Uchida