Patents by Inventor Yuki Sugo

Yuki Sugo 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: 11933022
    Abstract: A tractor includes a working motor, a work machine including a roller configured to rotate by an output from the working motor, a support mechanism configured to support the work machine such that a working posture and a retracting posture are achievable, and a control device. The control device executes: an adherence amount acquisition process of acquiring an estimated adherence amount as an estimated value for the amount of mud attached to the roller; and a mud removal process of, when the estimated adherence amount is equal to or more than a determination adherence amount, removing the mud from the roller by driving the working motor in a state where the work machine takes the retracting posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Masaki Numakura, Makoto Hirai, Taiga Higuchi, Tomohiro Sato, Hiroyuki Azuma
  • Patent number: 11881062
    Abstract: Provided is a control device of a working vehicle including a prime mover and a driving mechanism that drives an implement based on power of the prime mover, wherein the control device is configured to obtain a steering angle of the working vehicle, and detect switching between tasks performed by the working vehicle in a farm field, when the steering angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle indicating the switching between tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Makoto Hirai, Masaki Numakura, Tomohiro Sato, Taiga Higuchi, Hiroyuki Azuma
  • Publication number: 20240003984
    Abstract: A method for inspecting an energy storage device, the method includes: estimating a degree of degradation of the energy storage device; determining, based on the estimated degree of degradation, a measurement condition such that time required to measure a full charge capacity of the energy storage device decreases or increases; and measuring the full charge capacity according to the determined measurement condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TANAKA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA, Kenta ONISHI, Yuki SUGO, Kenta FUJIMOTO, Atsushi KATO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11817415
    Abstract: Provided are a thermal bonding sheet capable of suppressing inhibition of sintering of sinterable metallic particles by an organic component, thereby imparting sufficient bonding reliability to a power semiconductor device, and a thermal bonding sheet with a dicing tape having the thermal bonding sheet. A thermal bonding sheet has a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer includes sinterable metallic particles and an organic component, the precursor layer has a phase separation structure that is a sea-island structure or a co-continuous structure, and in a SEM surface observation image on at least one surface of the precursor layer, a maximum value among each diameter of the largest inscribed circle for a region occupied by each phase of the phase separation structure is 1 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Patent number: 11813944
    Abstract: An electrified tractor includes a vehicle body, an electric motor, a battery, an inverter configured to control input-output electric power of the battery, a wheel for traveling, and a control device. On condition that the electrified tractor travels inside a restriction area determined in advance as one condition, the control device controls the inverter such that the input-output electric power of the battery falls within a specific electric power range determined in advance. The control device determines whether or not there is a possibility that the electrified tractor moves from the restriction area to outside the restriction area. In a case where an affirmative determination is made in a determination process during a restriction process, the control device expands the specific electric power range as compared with a case where a negative determination is made in the determination process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Sugo
  • Publication number: 20230336016
    Abstract: The control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a first index value that is an index of a deterioration state of the power storage device, and a lower limit setting unit that lowers a lower limit value of an allowable range for a second index value indicating a power storage state of the power storage device, when the first index value acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a predetermined degree of deterioration or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Yoshiaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Uchida, Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 11786966
    Abstract: A sheet for heat bonding, having a pre-sintering layer that becomes a sintered layer by being heated, and an adhesion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Yuki Sugo, Mayu Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20230324467
    Abstract: A battery has an SOC-OCV characteristic having a flat region. When a stage change detecting unit detects an occurrence of stage change during traveling of an electrified vehicle, a discharge current integrating unit calculates a discharge current integrated amount. When external charging is started, a charge current integrating unit calculates a charge current integrated amount until the battery is fully charged. A full charge capacity calculating unit calculates a full charge capacity based on a storage amount at a time of the stage change, the discharge current integrated amount, and the charge current integrated amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Mitsuhiro Kuzuba, Yoshihiro Uchida, Yuki Sugo
  • Publication number: 20230251322
    Abstract: ECU evaluates high-rate degradation of a lithium-ion battery, using a score and an in-plane score. The score is an index for evaluating unevenness in salt concentration of an electrode body in a lamination direction of the electrode body. The in-plane score is an index for evaluating unevenness in salt concentration of the electrode body in an in-plane direction of the electrode body. For each computing cycle, ECU calculates a current score, and calculates a current in-plane score based on an SOC (State Of Charge) of the lithium-ion battery. When the absolute value of an in-plane integrated score is beyond a reference value, ECU evaluates the high-rate degradation based on the current score, the current in-plane score, and a degradation score which is obtained by integrating previous scores beyond a deadband. When the absolute value is below the reference value, ECU evaluates the high-rate degradation, based on the degradation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Nagai, Hiroki Tashiro, Yoshihiro Uchida, Mitsuhiro Kuzuba, Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 11690307
    Abstract: An electrified tractor includes a vehicle body, a working machine, an electric motor, a battery, an inverter that controls input-output electric power of the battery. The electrified tractor includes a control device that controls the inverter. The control device executes a restriction process, a charging rate calculation process and a relaxation process. In the restriction process, the control device controls the inverter such that the input and output of the battery is restricted within a prescribed electric power range, when a state of the battery satisfies a restriction condition. In the charging rate calculation process, the control device calculates a charging rate of the battery when it is assumed that a work is finished in a farming field, as an estimated charging rate. In the relaxation process, the control device expands the prescribed electric power range, when the estimated charging rate is higher than a first prescribed charging rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Sugo
  • Publication number: 20230194619
    Abstract: The battery system includes a secondary battery, a voltage sensor, a current sensor, a temperature sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a polarization overvoltage by subtracting a voltage drop amount caused by a DC resistance and a reactive resistance of the secondary battery determined in accordance with a temperature and an SOC of the secondary battery from a voltage difference between OCV and CCV of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro SUZUKI, Daisuke Okanishi, Hiroki Nagai, Yoshiki Sugino, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Yuki Sugo, Shunya Kobayashi, Ryo Inoue, Takahiro Noguchi, Ryota Takizawa
  • Patent number: 11656290
    Abstract: ECU evaluates high-rate degradation of a lithium-ion battery, using a score and an in-plane score. The score is an index for evaluating unevenness in salt concentration of an electrode body in a lamination direction of the electrode body. The in-plane score is an index for evaluating unevenness in salt concentration of the electrode body in an in-plane direction of the electrode body. For each computing cycle, ECU calculates a current score, and calculates a current in-plane score based on an SOC (State Of Charge) of the lithium-ion battery. When the absolute value of an in-plane integrated score is beyond a reference value, ECU evaluates the high-rate degradation based on the current score, the current in-plane score, and a degradation score which is obtained by integrating previous scores beyond a deadband. When the absolute value is below the reference value, ECU evaluates the high-rate degradation, based on the degradation score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Nagai, Hiroki Tashiro, Yoshihiro Uchida, Mitsuhiro Kuzuba, Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 11634611
    Abstract: A problem is to provide a sheet having a pre-sintering layer, the thickness of which following sintering is such as to be capable of relieving stresses. Solution means relate to a sheet comprising a pre-sintering layer. Viscosity at 90° C. of the pre-sintering layer is not less than 0.27 MPa·s. Thickness of the pre-sintering layer is 30 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo
  • Publication number: 20230040482
    Abstract: An electrified tractor includes a vehicle body, a working machine, an electric motor, a battery, an inverter that controls input-output electric power of the battery. The electrified tractor includes a control device that controls the inverter. The control device executes a restriction process, a charging rate calculation process and a relaxation process. In the restriction process, the control device controls the inverter such that the input and output of the battery is restricted within a prescribed electric power range, when a state of the battery satisfies a restriction condition. In the charging rate calculation process, the control device calculates a charging rate of the battery when it is assumed that a work is finished in a farming field, as an estimated charging rate. In the relaxation process, the control device expands the prescribed electric power range, when the estimated charging rate is higher than a first prescribed charging rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Yuki SUGO
  • Patent number: 11551985
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a wiring board; a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring board; and a resin-containing layer bonded on the wiring board so as to fix the semiconductor chip to the wiring board. The resin-containing layer contains a resin-containing material having a breaking strength of 15 MPa or more at 125° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Ayana Amano, Keiichiro Hattori, Takeshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220394915
    Abstract: When it is determined that a tractor is located in a farm field, a first handling process of performing a first treatment for handling an abnormality when a first condition has been satisfied and a second handling process of performing a second treatment for handling an abnormality when a second condition has been satisfied are performed. The first condition is a condition that is satisfied when the second condition has been satisfied and that is satisfied in some situations in which the second condition has not been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TANAKA, Yuki SUGO
  • Publication number: 20220381836
    Abstract: A battery control device includes a processor that is configured to estimate a full charge capacity of a battery based on an amount of current supplied to the battery from a start of charging to an end of charging and voltages of the battery at the start of charging and the end of charging when the battery is charged from a state where a voltage of the battery is below a predetermined start voltage threshold value to a state where the voltage exceeds a predetermined end voltage threshold value, and the battery satisfies a predetermined permission condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Kenta FUJIMOTO, Yoshihiro UCHIDA, Yuki SUGO, Ryota TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220348089
    Abstract: An electrified tractor includes a vehicle body, an electric motor, a battery, an inverter configured to control input-output electric power of the battery, a wheel for traveling, and a control device. On condition that the electrified tractor travels inside a restriction area determined in advance as one condition, the control device controls the inverter such that the input-output electric power of the battery falls within a specific electric power range determined in advance. The control device determines whether or not there is a possibility that the electrified tractor moves from the restriction area to outside the restriction area. In a case where an affirmative determination is made in a determination process during a restriction process, the control device expands the specific electric power range as compared with a case where a negative determination is made in the determination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Yuki SUGO
  • Publication number: 20220338404
    Abstract: A tractor includes: a work machine connected to a vehicle body; an elevator mechanism configured to move the work machine up and down; an electric motor; a battery; an electric leakage detection circuit configured to detect electric leakage in the battery; and a control device. The control device controls the elevator mechanism either in a lowered state or a raised state, the lowered state being a state where the work machine is placed at a position making contact with a ground, the raised state being a state where the work machine is placed at a position distanced from the ground. In a case where the electric leakage detection circuit detects electric leakage in the battery at the time when the elevator mechanism is in the lowered state, the control device performs a state change process of bringing the elevator mechanism into the raised state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TANAKA, Yuki SUGO
  • Publication number: 20220319248
    Abstract: Provided is a control device of a working vehicle including a prime mover and a driving mechanism that drives an implement based on power of the prime mover, wherein the control device is configured to obtain a steering angle of the working vehicle, and detect switching between tasks performed by the working vehicle in a farm field, when the steering angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle indicating the switching between tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki SUGO, Makoto HIRAI, Masaki NUMAKURA, Tomohiro SATO, Taiga HIGUCHI, Hiroyuki AZUMA