Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Higo

Hideyuki Higo 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: 8421278
    Abstract: In order to actualize a power feeding control apparatus and a charging system that are capable of efficiently charging plural storage batteries using a load-capacity controlled power source, the power feeding control apparatus 1 is configured so that a changeover control of the feeding of the alternating-current voltage to each charger will be performed monitoring the magnitude of the alternating current flowing in each of the plural chargers 4 to 6, therewith, the power feeding control apparatus performs the feeding changeover control comprising the steps of: feeding only to a predetermined one particular charger at the early stage of the start of charging, in which stage a large charging current flows into a storage battery; monitoring inflow current of the predetermined one particular charger; and switching power feeding to another charger to start feeding thereto when the inflow current reduces to the charging saturation current (a current still flowing even at the fully charged state).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzo Yamamoto, Kiichiro Uno, Hideyuki Higo, Mitsuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7840822
    Abstract: To make such an ordinary hub as works on the power fed through a power adapter connected to a commercial power supply be capable of maintaining its hub-function without interruption even when a commercial power supply failure occurs. The ordinary hub is connected to a line securement power supply unit 8 that is power-fed from a POE-compliant power-feeding hub 3 through a communication cable 5c, wherein a means for producing a power for an ordinary hub using a power fed through said communication cable 5c so as to feed produced power to an ordinary hub 2; and a storage battery 806, which stores power while power-receiving, to be used as the power source for producing a power for said ordinary hub when a power failure, are provided in said line securement power supply unit 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    Inventors: Yuzo Yamamoto, Kazunori Tobita, Toshio Sawahata, Hideyuki Higo, Mitsuo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100079000
    Abstract: In order to actualize a power feeding control apparatus and a charging system that are capable of efficiently charging plural storage batteries using a load-capacity controlled power source, the power feeding control apparatus 1 is configured so that a changeover control of the feeding of the alternating-current voltage to each charger will be performed monitoring the magnitude of the alternating current flowing in each of the plural chargers 4 to 6, therewith, the power feeding control apparatus performs the feeding changeover control comprising the steps of: feeding only to a predetermined one particular charger at the early stage of the start of charging, in which stage a large charging current flows into a storage battery; monitoring inflow current of the predetermined one particular charger; and switching power feeding to another charger to start feeding thereto when the inflow current reduces to the charging saturation current (a current still flowing even at the fully charged state).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Yuzo Yamamota, Kiichiro Uno, Hideyuki Higo, Mitsuo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20080155283
    Abstract: To make such an ordinary hub as works on the power fed through a power adapter connected to a commercial power supply be capable of maintaining its hub-function without interruption even when a commercial power supply failure occurs. The ordinary hub is connected to a line securement power supply unit 8 that is power-fed from a POE-compliant power-feeding hub 3 through a communication cable 5c, wherein a means for producing a power for an ordinary hub using a power fed through said communication cable 5c so as to feed produced power to an ordinary hub 2; and a storage battery 806, which stores power while power-receiving, to be used as the power source for producing a power for said ordinary hub when a power failure, are provided in said line securement power supply unit 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Yuzo YAMAMOTO, Kazunori TOBITA, Toshio SAWAHATA, Hideyuki HIGO, Mitsuo IKEDA