Patents by Inventor Yusuke Nishikawa
Yusuke Nishikawa 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).
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Patent number: 11949257Abstract: A controller executes an equalization process of equalizing capacities of a plurality of cells, and a cell abnormality determination process of, of detected voltages of the plurality of cells, calculating a voltage difference between a representative voltage based on the detected voltage of at least one cell to be compared and the detected voltage of one cell to be detected at a first time and a second time, and when a difference between the two voltage differences is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining that the cell to be detected is abnormal. In the case of executing the cell abnormality determination process during the equalization process, the controller provides the detected voltage of a target cell to be subjected to the equalization process with a compensation value corresponding to a voltage change based on energy transfer in the target cell due to the equalization process between the first time and the second time, and calculates the voltage difference at the second time.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Itakura, Changhui Yang, Shinya Nishikawa, Tohru Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240094015Abstract: A route generation system includes a diagnosis unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. The diagnosis unit performs a diagnosis to estimate a deterioration degree of a road surface from an image to be monitored. The generation unit generates a travel route based on the deterioration degree of the road surface for each point diagnosed by the diagnosis unit and information regarding a road environment affecting the diagnosis for each point, the travel route being generated for capturing another image used for another diagnosis. The output unit outputs the generated travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yusuke Mizukoshi, Chisato Sugawara, Yoshihiro Nishikawa, Yuta Shimizu
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Patent number: 11936217Abstract: An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kozuma, Shinpei Nishikawa, Shinji Kimura, Yusuke Hori, Goro Mikano, Yuuki Iwasaki, Shigetoshi Onitsuka
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Publication number: 20240083283Abstract: In a battery abnormality prediction system, an acquisition unit acquires a current flowing through a battery and a temperature of the battery. A prediction unit predicts the occurrence of an abnormality in the battery, based on a relationship between the amount of the current flowing through the battery for a certain period of time and a rise in the temperature of the battery for the certain period of time. The prediction unit may compare the ratio of an integrated amount of current to the temperature rise for the certain period of time with a threshold determined based on data on the battery having caught fire and thereby predict a sign of fire to be caught by the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: YUSUKE ITAKURA, MUTSUHIKO TAKEDA, SHINYA NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11913998Abstract: Provided is a controller configured: to calculate, among voltages detected from a plurality of cells, a voltage difference between the voltage detected from one cell of the plurality of cells, the one cell to be detected, and a representative voltage at each of a first time and a second time, the representative voltage based on the voltage detected from at least one cell of the plurality of cells, the at least one cell to be compared; and when a discrepancy between the voltage difference at the first time and the voltage difference at the second time is equal to or more than a threshold, to determine that an abnormality has occurred in the one cell to be detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Itakura, Changhui Yang, Shinya Nishikawa, Tohru Watanabe
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Patent number: 11897573Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, a first substrate, and a second substrate. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The first substrate is provided to one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is provided to the one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is separate from the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Ayako Takahashi, Takuma Sakai, Yasuyuki Komada, Yusuke Nishikawa, Kentaro Kosaka, Takaya Masuda, Katsuhiro Tachibana, Shun Kakehashi, Yuichiro Hidaka, Fumihide Numata
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Publication number: 20230303205Abstract: A hydraulic operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hydraulic operating device basically includes a base, an operating member and a handlebar mounting structure. The base includes a cylinder bore defining a cylinder axis. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The handlebar mounting structure is coupled to the base. The handlebar mounting structure defines a handlebar mounting axis that extends linearly along a handlebar in a mounted state. The cylinder axis is inclined towards the handlebar mounting axis as the cylinder bore extends away from the pivot axis as viewed in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The pivot axis is located in an area between the cylinder axis and the handlebar mounting axis as viewed in the pivot axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Kentaro KOSAKA, Yusuke NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11702169Abstract: A hydraulic operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hydraulic operating device basically includes a base, an operating member and a handlebar mounting structure. The base includes a cylinder bore defining a cylinder axis. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The handlebar mounting structure is coupled to the base. The handlebar mounting structure defines a handlebar mounting axis that extends linearly along a handlebar in a mounted state. The cylinder axis is inclined towards the handlebar mounting axis as the cylinder bore extends away from the pivot axis as viewed in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The pivot axis is located in an area between the cylinder axis and the handlebar mounting axis as viewed in the pivot axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Kentaro Kosaka, Yusuke Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220063755Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, a first substrate, and a second substrate. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The first substrate is provided to one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is provided to the one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is separate from the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Ayako TAKAHASHI, Takuma SAKAI, Yasuyuki KOMADA, Yusuke NISHIKAWA, Kentaro KOSAKA, Takaya MASUDA, Katsuhiro Tachibana, Shun Kakehashi, Yuichiro Hidaka, Fumihide Numata
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Patent number: 11221027Abstract: A hydraulic device is basically provided with a cylinder housing and a reservoir. The cylinder housing includes a cylinder bore. The reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with the cylinder bore. The reservoir includes a reservoir tank and a lid slidably attached to the reservoir tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventor: Yusuke Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11203396Abstract: A bicycle drive unit is basically provided with an input rotational shaft, an output part, a transmission mechanism, an assist motor and a switching mechanism. The transmission mechanism has at least two shift stages, and is configured to change a speed of a rotational input that is input from the input rotational shaft and output this rotational input to the output part. The assist motor is coupled to a power transmission path from the input rotational shaft to the output part, and is driven according to a manual drive force. The switching mechanism is configured to switch a gear changing state of the transmission mechanism by using a rotational force of the assist motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Urabe, Yusuke Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20210364016Abstract: A hydraulic device is basically provided with a cylinder housing and a reservoir. The cylinder housing includes a cylinder bore. The reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with the cylinder bore. The reservoir includes a reservoir tank and a lid slidably attached to the reservoir tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventor: Yusuke NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11072388Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member made of a resin material. The base member includes an outer surface, a cylinder bore, and at least one recess. The outer surface includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface. The cylinder bore has a cylinder center axis. The cylinder bore is provided between the first surface and the second surface and between the third surface and the fourth surface as viewed along the cylinder center axis. The at least one recess defines a cylinder wall between the cylinder bore and the at least one recess. The at least one recess is provided on at least two of the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, the fourth surface, the fifth surface, and the sixth surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Yusuke Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11072390Abstract: A bicycle control apparatus is basically provided with a controller and a communication unit. The controller includes a processor, a memory, and an I/O interface. The communication unit is connected to the controller and arranged to communicate with an external device. The controller is configured to communicate with an assist mechanism of a bicycle, where the assist mechanism includes an assist motor arranged to impart a supplemental drive force to the bicycle. The controller is programmed to set a control state and to adjust a response speed of the assist motor based on an operation of the external device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Nishikawa, Yasuhiro Tsuchizawa, Makoto Usui, Satoshi Shahana
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Patent number: 10994798Abstract: An operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, a user operating portion, and a restriction member. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a grip portion. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The grip portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The user operating portion is configured to receive a user input and provided at the second end portion of the base member. The restriction member is at least partly provided, as viewed along the pivot axis, between the user operating portion and the first end portion of the base member to restrict unintentional access to the user operating portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Hayata Mizutani, Yusuke Nishikawa, Natsuki Noma
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Publication number: 20210061407Abstract: A hydraulic operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hydraulic operating device basically includes a base, an operating member and a handlebar mounting structure. The base includes a cylinder bore defining a cylinder axis. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The handlebar mounting structure is coupled to the base. The handlebar mounting structure defines a handlebar mounting axis that extends linearly along a handlebar in a mounted state. The cylinder axis is inclined towards the handlebar mounting axis as the cylinder bore extends away from the pivot axis as viewed in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The pivot axis is located in an area between the cylinder axis and the handlebar mounting axis as viewed in the pivot axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Kentaro KOSAKA, Yusuke NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10800480Abstract: A hydraulic operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, a piston, and a mounting member. The base member includes a cylinder bore, a first hose-attachment hole, and a second hose-attachment hole. The first hose-attachment hole is configured to be in fluid communication with the cylinder bore. The second hose-attachment hole is configured to be in fluid communication with the cylinder bore. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The mounting member is configured to couple the base member to a handlebar. The mounting member includes a mount opening through which the handlebar is to extend. The first hose-attachment hole, the second hose-attachment hole, and the mount opening are provided on a reference plane perpendicular to the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yusuke Nishikawa, Takuma Sakai, Nobuyoshi Fujii, Yoshimitsu Miki, Masahiro Nakakura
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Patent number: 10773770Abstract: A bicycle control apparatus is basically provided with a controller. The controller includes a processor, a memory, and an I/O interface. The controller is arranged to communicate with an assist mechanism of a bicycle. The assist mechanism includes an assist motor arranged to impart a supplemental drive force to the bicycle to supplement a manual drive force of the bicycle. The controller is programmed to alternately set a first control state or a second control state. The controller controls the assist motor such that an output state of the assist motor with respect to a manual drive force of the bicycle is different in the first control state than in the second control state.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Nishikawa, Yasuhiro Tsuchizawa, Makoto Usui, Satoshi Shahana
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Publication number: 20200255088Abstract: A bicycle control apparatus is basically provided with a controller and a communication unit. The controller includes a processor, a memory, and an I/O interface. The communication unit is connected to the controller and arranged to communicate with an external device. The controller is configured to communicate with an assist mechanism of a bicycle, where the assist mechanism includes an assist motor arranged to impart a supplemental drive force to the bicycle. The controller is programmed to set a control state and to adjust a response speed of the assist motor based on an operation of the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Yusuke NISHIKAWA, Yasuhiro TSUCHIZAWA, Makoto USUI, Satoshi SHAHANA
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Publication number: 20200198725Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member made of a resin material. The base member includes an outer surface, a cylinder bore, and at least one recess. The outer surface includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface. The cylinder bore has a cylinder center axis. The cylinder bore is provided between the first surface and the second surface and between the third surface and the fourth surface as viewed along the cylinder center axis. The at least one recess defines a cylinder wall between the cylinder bore and the at least one recess. The at least one recess is provided on at least two of the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, the fourth surface, the fifth surface, and the sixth surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Yusuke NISHIKAWA