Patents by Inventor Chihiro Ono

Chihiro Ono 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: 11936218
    Abstract: A charging control device is to charge a battery device including a battery group including storage battery systems, in which batteries are connected in series, connected in parallel, system switches and bypass switches. The charging control device includes a control device to control the system switches and the bypass switches to control charging of the battery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Patent number: 11843267
    Abstract: A battery control unit includes a switching unit, a system controller, and a control unit. The switching unit switches between a connection state in which the corresponding battery is discharged and a non-connection state in which the corresponding battery is not discharged. The system controller limits a discharge current flowing through the battery in the connection state so as not to exceed a minimum discharge current limitation value that is smallest among discharge current limitation values. The control unit switches to the non-connection state in order from the battery having the minimum discharge current limitation value before the discharge current limitation unit limits the discharge current. Further, the control unit switches all the batteries to the connection state after the batteries in the connection state becomes one, and then switch the battery to the non-connection state in order from the battery determined to reach a discharge termination state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20230396080
    Abstract: A storage battery control device for controlling a power storage system including storage battery modules and a bypass circuit executes a first process of causing the storage battery modules to discharge while switching the storage battery modules caused to be bypassed by the bypass circuit so as to reduce a difference between remaining discharge amounts until discharge completion of the storage battery modules; and a second process of completing the discharge of the storage battery modules after the first process. The first process is executed until an OCV or an SOC of the storage battery modules decreases to be equal to or smaller than a threshold value of the OCV or the SOC set for the storage battery modules. The first process is executed so that available output power of the storage battery module caused to discharge does not fall below minimum necessary power of a power supply destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20230395928
    Abstract: A storage battery connection module in which a plurality of storage battery modules are connected in series is provided. The storage battery connection module includes a base plate, a plurality of connection terminals provided on the base plate, a plurality of wire harnesses each connecting the connection terminal to a positive and negative electrode terminals of the storage battery module, and a plurality of bus bars provided on the base plate and connecting the plurality of the connection terminals in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20230396079
    Abstract: A storage battery control device constructed of a controller and a driver is provided so as to control a power storage system. The power storage system has storage battery strings including a plurality of power storage batteries connected in series and bypass circuits, power converters configured to convert input and output voltages of the storage battery strings, and a string switch configured to connect or disconnect the storage battery strings and the power converters. The string switch is brought into a disconnected state by the storage battery control device before execution of a bypass operation by the bypass circuits, and is brought into a connected state by the storage battery control device after the execution of the bypass operation by the bypass circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Patent number: 11616374
    Abstract: A battery control unit includes a plurality of battery units, a charger configured to charge a battery, a controller, and a charging controller. Each of the plurality of battery units includes a switching unit. The switching unit is configured to switch between a connected state where the battery configured to be located in the same battery unit as that of the switching unit is connected in series with the battery configured to be located in an adjacent battery unit, and a non-connected state where the battery in the same battery unit as that of the switching unit is disconnected from the series connection with the battery in the adjacent battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20230064887
    Abstract: A storage battery control device controls a power storage system including a plurality of storage batteries connected in series with a load, a bypass unit configured to bypass the storage battery, and a control device. The control device is configured to execute: a detection process of, during a first discharge period in which a voltage value at discharge is equal to or less than a first discharge threshold value, detecting a zero current state in which the current value detected by a current sensor becomes zero; and a first bypass process of, in response to detecting the zero current state in the detection process, bypassing a storage battery having a voltage value or a state of charge equal to or less than the first discharge threshold value by the bypass unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: YAZAKI Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro ONO, Takahiro SYOUDA
  • Publication number: 20230058561
    Abstract: A storage battery control device for controlling an energy storage system including storage batteries connected in series, bypass units that bypass the storage batteries respectively, and a current sensor that detects a charge and discharge current flowing from or into the storage batteries. Each of the bypass units includes a bypass line that bypasses the storage battery, a bypass switch that connects and cuts off the bypass line, and a cutoff switch that connects and cuts off the storage battery. The storage battery control device is configured to detect a zero current state in a case that both the bypass switch and the cutoff switch are in a cutoff state in at least one of the bypass units, and perform offset correction of the current sensor based on an output of the current sensor when the zero current state is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro ONO, Takahiro SYOUDA
  • Publication number: 20230032370
    Abstract: A storage battery control device for controlling an energy storage system including storage battery rows connected in parallel, each of the storage battery rows having a plurality of storage batteries connected in series and bypass units each of which bypasses corresponding one of the storage batteries, and a switching unit that switches connection and disconnection of the storage battery rows. The storage battery control device executes: charging processing of charging the storage battery rows connected in parallel, first detection processing of detecting a fully charged storage battery during execution of the charging processing, second detection processing of detecting a storage battery having a highest potential among the storage batteries being charged in another storage battery row different from the storage battery row including the fully charged storage battery, and bypass processing of bypassing the storage battery detected in the first detection processing and the second detection processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro ONO, Takahiro SYOUDA
  • Patent number: 11539222
    Abstract: A switching unit is provided for each of a plurality of batteries arranged in series, and switches between a connected state where the corresponding battery is connected in series with another battery and a non-connected state where series connection between the corresponding battery and the other battery is disconnected. A control unit controls the switching unit corresponding to the battery to switch to the non-connected state when it is determined that the corresponding battery reaches a charge end voltage during charging or a discharge end voltage during discharging, and determinates deterioration of the batteries. Further, the control unit changes the charge end voltage or the discharge end voltage for each of the plurality of batteries in accordance with a deterioration state of the plurality of batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Patent number: 11489349
    Abstract: A battery control unit includes a plurality of switching units, a first controller, and a plurality of bidirectional voltage converters including a ground terminal, a first, and a second input-output terminal. Each of a plurality of battery packs connected in parallel to each other includes a plurality of batteries connected in series with each other. The plurality of switching units are disposed corresponding to the plurality of batteries respectively, and are configured to switch between a connected state where a corresponding battery among the plurality of batteries is connected in series with non-corresponding battery among the plurality of batteries and a non-connected state where the corresponding battery is disconnected from series connection with the non-corresponding battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Patent number: 11469601
    Abstract: A battery control unit includes a plurality of switching units, a control unit, a charger configured to charge batteries, and a charging control unit. The plurality of switching units is respectively provided for a plurality of batteries connected in series, and are configured to switch between a connected state and a non-connected state. The connected state is a state that a corresponding battery is connected in series with other batteries and the non-connected state is a state that the corresponding battery is disconnected from a series connection with the other batteries. The control unit is configured to determine whether each voltage of the plurality of batteries reaches a charge end voltage during charging, and to control the switching unit corresponding to the battery which is determined to reach the charge end voltage to switch to the non-connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20220294235
    Abstract: A storage battery control device is configured to control a storage battery system including storage batteries connected in series and a bypass circuit configured to selectively bypass each of the storage batteries. The storage battery control device includes: a processor; and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the storage battery control device to perform operations including: performing a first process of causing the bypass circuit to preferentially bypass, among the storage batteries, a storage battery having a smaller remaining charge amount until completion of charging than those of the other storage batteries, and charging at least one of the storage batteries such that a difference in remaining charge amounts of the storage batteries until completion of charging is reduced; and performing, after the first process, a second process of charging the storage batteries until the charging is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro Syouda, Chihiro Ono
  • Patent number: 11277012
    Abstract: A plurality of switching units is provided for each of a plurality of batteries. The switching units switch between a connected state where the corresponding battery is connected in series with another battery and a non-connected state where series connection between the corresponding battery and the other battery is disconnected. A control unit controls the switching unit corresponding to the battery to switch to the non-connected state when it is determined that the corresponding battery reaches a charge end voltage during charging or a discharge end voltage during discharging. The control unit changes the charge end voltage such that the charge end voltage of the battery deteriorated is lower than the charge end voltage of the battery not deteriorated, or changes the discharge end voltage such that the discharge end voltage of the battery deteriorated is higher than the discharge end voltage of the battery not deteriorated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20220077694
    Abstract: A charging control device is to charge a battery device including a battery group including storage battery systems, in which batteries are connected in series, connected in parallel, system switches and bypass switches. The charging control device includes a control device to control the system switches and the bypass switches to control charging of the battery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20220060029
    Abstract: A battery control device controls a battery system including a plurality of battery cells connected in series and a bypass circuit that bypasses each of the battery cells. Discharge is performed from each of the battery cells until remaining quantity of the battery cell deceases to a predetermined value. When the remaining quantity of the battery cell is decreased to the predetermined value, each of the battery cells is bypassed by the bypass circuit. When the remaining quantity of all of the plurality of battery cells is decreased to the predetermined value, discharge is performed from all of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Syouda, Chihiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20220060030
    Abstract: A power feeding control device controls a power feeding system including a plurality of battery cells feeding power to a load, a bypass lines which connects or disconnects each of the battery cells and the load, an external power feeding unit which is connected in parallel with the load and feeds power to the load. Before the bypass line starts switching of a connection state between each of the battery cells and the load, supply voltage from the external power feeding unit to the load is increased. Further, after the bypass line switches the connection state between each of the battery cells and the load, the supply voltage from the external power feeding unit to the load is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20220045524
    Abstract: A charging control device charges a battery device, and a control unit that is configured to control a switch and to control charging of the battery device. The control unit estimates a total voltage when each battery is not bypassed in each of the plurality of storage battery systems, selects the storage battery system having a low voltage among the estimated total voltages, and then repeatedly executes selective charging of charging the selected storage battery system so that an estimated total voltage difference between the storage battery system having the low voltage in the estimated. total voltage and the storage battery system having a. high voltage in the estimated total voltage is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro Syouda, Chihiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20210399558
    Abstract: A battery control unit includes a switching unit and a control unit. The switching unit is provided for each of a plurality of batteries connected to in series to each other, and switches a connection state in which the corresponding battery is discharged and a non-connection state in which the corresponding battery is not discharged. The control unit switches the battery to the non-connection state in order from the battery whose remaining dischargeable capacity reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro ONO, Takahiro SYOUDA
  • Publication number: 20210399557
    Abstract: A battery control unit includes a switching unit, a system controller, and a control unit. The switching unit switches between a connection state in which the corresponding battery is discharged and a non-connection state in which the corresponding battery is not discharged. The system controller limits a discharge current flowing through the battery in the connection state so as not to exceed a minimum discharge current limitation value that is smallest among discharge current limitation values. The control unit switches to the non-connection state in order from the battery having the minimum discharge current limitation value before the discharge current limitation unit limits the discharge current. Further, the control unit switches all the batteries to the connection state after the batteries in the connection state becomes one, and then switch the battery to the non-connection state in order from the battery determined to reach a discharge termination state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Ono, Takahiro Syouda