Patents by Inventor Yuki Tsunekawa

Yuki Tsunekawa 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: 10141781
    Abstract: A contactless power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power receiving device. A second electronic control unit of the power transmission device is configured to determine whether a series of manipulations including severing connection between the power transmission device and the power supply via the power supply cable, and then connecting the power transmission device with the power supply again via the power supply cable, are performed. The second electronic control unit is configured to send a predetermined signal to the power receiving device when the second electronic control unit determines that the series of manipulations are performed. A first electronic control unit of the power receiving device is configured to generate a command for start of power transmission to the power transmission device, irrespective of the time schedule, when the first electronic control unit receives the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Katanoda, Junji Inoue, Yuki Tsunekawa, Yuji Abe
  • Publication number: 20170214275
    Abstract: A contactless power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power receiving device. A second electronic control unit of the power transmission device is configured to determine whether a series of manipulations including severing connection between the power transmission device and the power supply via the power supply cable, and then connecting the power transmission device with the power supply again via the power supply cable, are performed. The second electronic control unit is configured to send a predetermined signal to the power receiving device when the second electronic control unit determines that the series of manipulations are performed. A first electronic control unit of the power receiving device is configured to generate a command for start of power transmission to the power transmission device, irrespective of the time schedule, when the first electronic control unit receives the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya KATANODA, Junji INOUE, Yuki TSUNEKAWA, Yuji ABE
  • Patent number: 9634636
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission device equipped with a ground-side device and a vehicle-side device. The ground-side device has a primary-side coil to which alternating-current power is input. The vehicle-side device includes a secondary-side coil, a battery, a secondary-side matching device, and a charging device. The secondary-side coil receives alternating-current power from the primary-side coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary-side matching device is provided between the secondary-side coil and the battery, and has a predetermined fixed inductance and fixed capacitance. The charging device has a switching element that performs a switching operation with a prescribed cycle. The charging device adjusts the duty ratio of the switching operation in accordance with the impedance of a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Koike, Tadashi Kondo, Hiroshi Katsunaga, Yuichi Taguchi, Hiroki Togano, Keisuke Matsukura, Keisuke Inoue, Yuki Tsunekawa, Takuma Ono
  • Patent number: 9577465
    Abstract: A contactless power transmission device includes a switching unit that switches a power transmission line so that a first power is transmitted through the first line when an AC power supply outputs a first AC power and so that a second power is transmitted through a second line when the AC power supply outputs a second AC power. An impedance conversion unit is arranged on the second line that converts an impedance from an output of the AC power supply to a variable load when the second power is transmitted through the second line to approach an impedance from the output of the AC power supply to the variable load when the first power is transmitted through the first line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakashima, Tsuyoshi Koike, Hiroshi Katsunaga, Yuichi Taguchi, Hiroki Togano, Keisuke Matsukura, Yuki Tsunekawa, Takuma Ono
  • Publication number: 20160023558
    Abstract: By comparing a vehicle ID transmitted between an excitation coil 24 and a magnetic sensor 15a with a vehicle ID transmitted between a power feeding apparatus wireless communication unit 12a and a charging apparatus wireless communication unit 21, a charging station 2a with which a vehicle 3 should establish a wireless communication connection can be easily and reliably specified from a plurality of charging stations 2a, 2b, 2c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Koji HIKA, Yuichi HIRAYAMA, Isami KATO, Yuki TSUNEKAWA, Yasuhiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150251545
    Abstract: A power receiving device receives alternating current power in a wireless manner from a power supply device including a primary coil that receives the alternating current power. The power receiving device includes a secondary coil, a variable load, a first impedance conversion unit, a second impedance conversion unit, a fixed load, and a switch. The switch switches an output destination, to which the alternating current power received by the secondary coil is output from the first impedance conversion unit, to the fixed load or to the second impedance conversion unit and the variable load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsukura, Tadashi Kondo, Tsuyoshi Koike, Hiroshi Katsunaga, Yuichi Taguchi, Hiroki Togano, Keisuke Inoue, Yuki Tsunekawa, Takuma Ono, Yutaka Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20150255991
    Abstract: A power receiving device receives alternating current power in a wireless manner from a power supply device including an alternating current power supply and a primary coil. The power receiving device includes a secondary coil, a variable load, an impedance conversion unit, and an acknowledgement unit. Under a situation in which the acknowledgement unit acknowledges that the value of the alternating current power output from the alternating current power supply is unvaried, the impedance of the impedance conversion unit is variably controlled when an electrical property that is dependent on a relative position of the primary coil and the secondary coil varies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki Tsunekawa, Tadashi Kondo, Tsuyoshi Koike, Hiroshi Katsunaga, Keisuke Matsukura, Yuichi Taguchi, Hiroki Togano, Keisuke Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150229132
    Abstract: A power-receiving device includes a secondary coil, which wirelessly receives AC power from a power-supply device having a primary coil, a variable load, in which an impedance changes in accordance with the power value of the input power, a PFC circuit having a first switching element, and a DC/DC converter having a second switching element. The PFC circuit rectifies the AC power received by the secondary coil and improves the power factor by adjusting the duty cycle in switching operation of the first switching element in accordance with the impedance fluctuation of the variable load. The DC/DC converter is configured to convert the voltage of the DC power to a different voltage and output the converted voltage to the variable load, and to adjust the duty cycle in switching operation of the second switching element in accordance with the impedance fluctuation of the variable load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katsunaga, Tsuyoshi Koike, Yuichi Taguchi, Hiroki Togano, Keisuke Matsukura, Yuki Tsunekawa, Takuma Ono
  • Publication number: 20150171820
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission device equipped with a ground-side device and a vehicle-side device. The ground-side device has a primary-side coil to which alternating-current power is input. The vehicle-side device includes a secondary-side coil, a battery, a secondary-side matching device, and a charging device. The secondary-side coil receives alternating-current power from the primary-side coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary-side matching device is provided between the secondary-side coil and the battery, and has a predetermined fixed inductance and fixed capacitance. The charging device has a switching element that performs a switching operation with a prescribed cycle. The charging device adjusts the duty ratio of the switching operation in accordance with the impedance of a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Koike, Tadashi Kondo, Hiroshi Katsunaga, Yuichi Taguchi, Hiroki Togano, Keisuke Matsukura, Keisuke Inoue, Yuki Tsunekawa, Takuma Ono
  • Publication number: 20150028804
    Abstract: A contactless power transmission device includes a switching unit that switches a power transmission line so that a first power is transmitted through the first line when an AC power supply outputs a first AC power and so that a second power is transmitted through a second line when the AC power supply outputs a second AC power. An impedance conversion unit is arranged on the second line that converts an impedance from an output of the AC power supply to a variable load when the second power is transmitted through the second line to approach an impedance from the output of the AC power supply to the variable load when the first power is transmitted through the first line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakashima, Tsuyoshi Koike, Hiroshi Katsunaga, Yuichi Taguchi, Hiroki Togano, Keisuke Matsukura, Yuki Tsunekawa, Takuma Ono