Patents by Inventor Hiroaki SONE

Hiroaki SONE 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).

  • LEAD-ACID BATTERY MONITORING APPARATUS AND LEAD-ACID BATTERY MONITORING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220137142
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery monitoring apparatus includes: sensor units attached to lead-acid batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; and a control unit capable of wireless communication connection with the sensor units. The control unit receives a setting as to whether to prohibit or permit alarm output for each of the lead-acid batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu ITO, Hiroaki SONE, Yuya KIHIRA, Kazuo HARUKI
  • Controller, energy storage apparatus, energy storage system, moving object, backup power supply, and controller method
    Patent number: 10693198
    Abstract: A control device (90) equipped with: switches (91) provided in each charging or discharging current path in each of one or more power storage units (40); a control unit (92) that supplies a control signal to the switch (91); and an external input terminal (83) that supplies an external input signal to the switch (91). Each switch (91) has a function for turning off when the control signal and/or the external input signal is a signal for turning off that switch, or a function for turning on when both the control signal and the external input signal are a signal for turning on that switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ito, Hiroaki Sone, Tatsuya Inoue, Yasutaka Miyawaki
  • CONTROLLER, ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS, ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, MOVING OBJECT, BACKUP POWER SUPPLY, AND CONTROLLER METHOD
    Publication number: 20180309172
    Abstract: A control device (90) equipped with: switches (91) provided in each charging or discharging current path in each of one or more power storage units (40); a control unit (92) that supplies a control signal to the switch (91); and an external input terminal (83) that supplies an external input signal to the switch (91). Each switch (91) has a function for turning off when the control signal and/or the external input signal is a signal for turning off that switch, or a function for turning on when both the control signal and the external input signal are a signal for turning on that switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hirokazu ITO, Hiroaki SONE, Tatsuya INOUE, Yasutaka MIYAWAKI