Patents by Inventor Hirokazu OGUMA

Hirokazu OGUMA 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: 11831193
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery and a first power line; a second power circuit having a second battery and a second power line; a voltage converter; a power converter; a first voltage acquisition unit which acquires a first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 of the first battery; a second voltage acquisition unit which acquires a second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 of the second battery; and a power control unit which operates the second power circuit based on a requested power, in which the power control unit isolates the second battery from the second power lines, in a case of a voltage difference between the first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 and the second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 becoming less than a first voltage threshold value A while output limitation of the second battery is being requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Arata Ohishi, Hirokazu Oguma, Yasuo Yamada, Minoru Nagasawa, Yoshihiro Kanamaru
  • Patent number: 11658502
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery, a second power circuit having a second battery, a voltage converter which converts voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, a power converter which converts power between the first power circuit and the drive motor, a power control unit which controls charge/discharge of the first and second batteries by operating the voltage converter and the power converter, a first voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates an effective value for the closed circuit voltage of the first battery as a first voltage parameter, a second voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates the static voltage of the second battery as a second voltage parameter, in which the power control unit causes power to discharge from the second battery so that the second voltage parameter becomes no more than the first voltage parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Nagasawa, Hirokazu Oguma, Arata Ohishi, Yasuo Yamada, Yoshihiro Kanamaru
  • Patent number: 11535106
    Abstract: A power supply system includes power circuit which connects first and second batteries with a drive motor, and a management ECU which controls transfer of power between the batteries and the drive motor. The management ECU limits the output power of the second battery to no more than a second output upper limit, during combined output travel which drives the drive motor by way of the combined output of the first and second batteries. In addition, the management ECU sets the second output upper limit to a second maximum output of the second battery in the case of the first SOC of the first batter being greater than a remaining amount warning threshold, and sets the second output upper limit to a range extending upper limit which is smaller than the second maximum output, in the case of the first SOC being less than the remaining amount warning threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Oguma, Yasuo Yamada, Arata Ohishi, Minoru Nagasawa, Yoshihiro Kanamaru, Yoshihisa Kato
  • Patent number: 11524589
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first power circuit coupled to a capacity-type first battery and a drive motor, a second power circuit coupled to an output-type second battery, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, and a converter ECU and a management ECU that operate the voltage converter to control converter passing power in the voltage converter. The management ECU sets, when a first SOC that is a percentage of charge in the first battery is less than a predetermined lamp-on threshold and a first maximum output P1_lim that is a maximum output of the first battery is more them a predetermined output threshold Pe0 maximum converter passing power Pcnv_max corresponding to maximum power with respect to the converter passing power to 0 to prohibit discharging of the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kato, Hirokazu Oguma, Kenta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11485234
    Abstract: A power supply system 1 includes: first power lines (21p, 21n) to which a first battery (B1) is connected; second power lines (31p, 31n) to which a second battery (B2) is connected; a voltage converter (5) which converts voltage; a power converter which converts electric power; a management ECU (71) and converter ECU (73) which operates the voltage converter (5); a smoothing capacitor connected to the first power lines (21p, 21n); and a motor ECU (72) which executes system interruption processing of determining the existence of failure of the contactors (22m, 22s, 32m, 32s) based on a change in voltage of the smoothing capacitor. The management ECU (71) and converter ECU (73) operate the voltage converter (5) so that a state in which the static voltage of the first battery (B1) is higher by at least the determination potential difference than the static voltage of the second battery (B2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Tagaya, Hirokazu Oguma, Hiroki Sakamoto, Toshihiro Sone, Kenta Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220297573
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to acquiring a state of a first battery and a state of a second battery having lower capacity and higher power than the first battery, calculating a first upper power limit value based on the state of the first battery, calculating a second upper power limit value based on the state of the second battery, and calculating a power output ratio between amounts of electric power to be supplied from the first battery and the second battery to a motor that outputs motive power for traveling based on the first upper power limit value and the second upper power limit value, and controlling electric power to be output to the motor based on a traveling mode of a vehicle, a maximum driving force in the motor, and the power output ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu Oguma, Yoshihiro Kanamaru, Yasuo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220297571
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to acquiring a state of a first battery and a state of a second battery, acquiring at least first actual output power of the first battery, calculating a first upper power limit value based on the state of the first battery, calculating a second upper power limit value based on the state of the second battery, and controlling a power conversion process of a power convertor based on the calculated upper power limit values, requested power from a vehicle to be output to a motor, and the first actual output power. The controlling of the power conversion process includes, when output instruction content for iteratively issuing an instruction is determined, calculating the second requested power obtained by correcting currently requested power based on a difference between previously requested power and the first actual output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu Oguma, Yasuo Yamada, Arata Ohishi, Minoru Nagasawa, Yoshihiro Kanamaru
  • Publication number: 20220302737
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery and a first power line; a second power circuit having a second battery and a second power line; a voltage converter; a power converter; a first voltage acquisition unit which acquires a first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 of the first battery; a second voltage acquisition unit which acquires a second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 of the second battery; and a power control unit which operates the second power circuit based on a requested power, in which the power control unit isolates the second battery from the second power lines, in a case of a voltage difference between the first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 and the second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 becoming less than a first voltage threshold value A while output limitation of the second battery is being requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Arata OHISHI, Hirokazu OGUMA, Yasuo YAMADA, Minoru NAGASAWA, Yoshihiro KANAMARU
  • Publication number: 20220297666
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to acquiring a state of a first battery and a state of a second battery, acquiring motor power that is consumed by a motor that outputs motive power for traveling, detecting a rotation state of a drive wheel driven by the motor, calculating a first upper power limit value on the basis of the state of the first battery, calculating a second upper power limit value on the basis of the state of the second battery, and controlling the amount of electric power that is supplied from each of the first battery and the second battery to the motor on the basis of the calculated first and second upper power limit values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu Oguma, Hisaya Oiwa, Kenta Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220302736
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery, a second power circuit having a second battery, a voltage converter which converts voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, a power converter which converts power between the first power circuit and the drive motor, a power control unit which controls charge/discharge of the first and second batteries by operating the voltage converter and the power converter, a first voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates an effective value for the closed circuit voltage of the first battery as a first voltage parameter, a second voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates the static voltage of the second battery as a second voltage parameter, in which the power control unit causes power to discharge from the second battery so that the second voltage parameter becomes no more than the first voltage parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Minoru NAGASAWA, Hirokazu OGUMA, Arata OHISHI, Yasuo YAMADA, Yoshihiro KANAMARU
  • Publication number: 20220185147
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first power circuit having a first battery; a second power circuit having a second battery which has a use voltage range relative to the closed circuit voltage which overlaps the first battery and a static voltage which Is lower than the first battery; and a management ECU, motor ECU and converter ECU which control the transfer of power between the first battery, second battery and a drive motor. The management ECU, in the case of a temperature Tbat2 of the second battery B2 being higher than a first temperature threshold T1, executes input limitation control of limiting the regeneration power supplied to the second battery B2 to within a range establishing a second regeneration power upper limit P2in_lim as the upper limit, and maxes the second regeneration power upper limit P2in_lim approach 0 as the temperature of the second battery B2 rises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu OGUMA, Kenta SUZUKI, Kenichi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220185116
    Abstract: A power supply system includes power circuit which connects first and second batteries with a drive motor, and a management ECU which controls transfer of power between the batteries and the drive motor. The management ECU limits the output power of the second battery to no more than a second output upper limit, during combined output travel which drives the drive motor by way of the combined output of the first and second batteries. In addition, the management ECU sets the second output upper limit to a second maximum output of the second battery in the case of the first SOC of the first batter being greater than a remaining amount warning threshold, and sets the second output upper limit to a range extending upper limit which is smaller than the second maximum output, in the case of the first SOC being less than the remaining amount warning threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu OGUMA, Yasuo YAMADA, Arata OHISHI, Minoru NAGASAWA, Yoshihiro KANAMARU, Yoshihisa KATO
  • Publication number: 20220176823
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a load circuit containing a drive motor coupled to a drive wheel; a first battery of capacity type; a second battery of output type; a power circuit connecting the load circuit, first battery and second battery; and a management ECU which controls flow of power between the first and second batteries and the drive motor, as well as flow of power from the first battery to the second battery, by operating the power circuit. The management ECU, in the case of a second SOC corresponding to the charge rate of the second battery being less than a second SOC lower limit value A, permits execution of power path control to supply the power outputted from the first battery to the second battery, and sets the second SOC lower limit value A to a greater value as the first SOC of the first battery becomes smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta SUZUKI, Hirokazu OGUMA
  • Patent number: 11318848
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first drive motor, a second drive motor, a first power line to which a first inverter and a first battery are connected, a second power line to which a second inverter and a second battery are connected, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between the first power line and the second power line, and an ECU that operates the first and second inverters and the voltage converter and controls charging and discharging of the first and second batteries. In a case where total required power is larger than first outputtable power of the first battery, the ECU discharges a shortage of power from the second battery to the second power line, wherein the shortage of power is obtained by excluding an amount that is output by the first battery from the total required power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Oyama, Yuto Otsuki, Hirokazu Oguma
  • Patent number: 11260771
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system is provided. The system includes a first power line connected by a first inverter and a first battery, a second power line connected by a second inverter and a second battery, a voltage converter, and a charging and discharging control device operating the inverters and the voltage converter. The control device charges the second battery with second regenerative electric power that is power supplied from the second inverter to the second power line in a case where a second SOC is equal to or less than the second regeneration permission upper limit during regenerative deceleration, and prohibits the second battery from being charged and supplies at least a portion of the second regenerative electric power to the first battery through the voltage converter and the first power line when the second SOC is larger than the second regeneration permission upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Oyama, Yuto Otsuki, Hirokazu Oguma
  • Patent number: 11203274
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an inverter, a first battery, a first power line, a second battery, a second power line, and a voltage converter. Ranges of use with respect to open circuit voltages of the first battery and the second battery do not overlap each other, and ranges of use with respect to closed circuit voltages of the first and the second batteries overlap each other. When a regenerative power output from the inverter to the first power line is supplied to the second power line via the voltage converter, and the second battery is charged, an ECU calculates a maximum regenerative power with respect to the regenerative power output from the inverter to the first power line based on the open circuit voltage of the first battery and controls the inverter and the voltage converter such that the regenerative power does not exceed the maximum regenerative power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Oguma
  • Patent number: 11203272
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes two drive motors, a first power line to which a first inverter and a first battery are connected, a second power line to which a second inverter and a second battery are connected, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between these power lines, and a charging and discharging control device that controls charging and discharging of the batteries by operating the inverters and the voltage converter. In a case where a second SOC is equal to or greater than a second normal upper limit, the charging and discharging control device discharges power from the second battery to the second power line, and discharges a shortage of power from the first battery through the voltage converter to the second power line, wherein the shortage of power is obtained by excluding power discharged by the second battery from power required in the second power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Oyama, Hirokazu Oguma
  • Patent number: 11180050
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first energy storage, a second energy storage, a power transmission circuit, and circuitry. The first energy storage outputs first output power to an electric load. The second energy storage outputs second output power to the electric load. The circuitry is configured to acquire a demand power to be supplied to the electric load. The circuitry is configured to acquire a remaining capacity value indicating remaining capacity in the second energy storage. The circuitry is configured to control the power transmission circuit to change a ratio of the first output power to the second output power to supply the demand power in accordance with the demand power and the remaining capacity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Oguma, Daijiro Takizawa
  • Patent number: 11167660
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system is provided. The vehicle power supply system includes a first power line to which a first inverter and a first battery are connected, a second power line to which a second inverter and a second battery are connected, a voltage converter, a charging and discharging control device that operates the inverters and the voltage converter, and a second regeneration permission upper limit setting unit that sets a threshold for a second SOC of the second battery. The charging and discharging control device prohibits the second battery from being charged in a case where the second SOC is larger than the threshold during regenerative deceleration, and the second regeneration permission upper limit setting unit changes the threshold to a second regeneration permission upper limit or a second normal upper limit on the basis of a state of the first battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Oyama, Hirokazu Oguma
  • Publication number: 20210300188
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first power circuit coupled to a capacity-type first battery and a drive motor, a second power circuit coupled to an output-type second battery, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, and a converter ECU and a management ECU that operate the voltage converter to control converter passing power in the voltage converter. The management ECU sets, when a first SOC that is a percentage of charge in the first battery is less than a predetermined lamp-on threshold and a first maximum output P1_lim that is a maximum output of the first battery is more them a predetermined output threshold Pe0, maximum converter passing power Pcnv_max corresponding to maximum power with respect to the converter passing power to 0 to prohibit discharging of the second battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KATO, Hirokazu OGUMA, Kenta SUZUKI