Patents by Inventor Hiromichi Namikoshi

Hiromichi Namikoshi 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: 9269989
    Abstract: There is provided an electric power supply system comprising a secondary battery unit which stores electric power generated by a solar cell module, a charge switch circuit which disconnects and connects a charge path between the solar cell module and the secondary battery unit, and a charge and discharge control unit which controls the disconnection and the connection of the charge path by the charge switch circuit, wherein, in the charge switch circuit, the disconnection and the connection of the charge path is controlled by an output voltage of the solar cell module when the charge switch circuit cannot be controlled by the charge and discharge control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakashima, Hiromichi Namikoshi
  • Publication number: 20130293198
    Abstract: The battery assembly control system comprises a master controller, a power converter management unit, and power converters. Five battery units are connected in parallel to the charging and discharging main bus of one of the power converters. A switch board, including a plurality of second protection resistors, a plurality of switches, and a first protection resistor, is provided between each of the battery units and the charging and discharging main bus. The second protection resistors have a positive temperature coefficient and have a function of reducing the voltage difference among the four battery pack columns connected in parallel to the sub-bus of each of the battery units. The first protection resistor has a function of preventing excess current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi NAKASHIMA, Hiromichi NAMIKOSHI
  • Patent number: 8281763
    Abstract: A connecting member coupled to four pistons that reciprocate within cylinder bores is coupled to a crankpin of a crankshaft, and a pinion member which integrally rotates with a crankshaft portion is capable of rolling along the inner periphery of an internal gear member and has an outer diameter equal to ½ of an inner diameter of the internal gear member. The crankpin executes a reciprocating rectilinear motion through the rotation and revolution of the pinion member, and a journal support member has a bearing for supporting a crank journal so as to rotate positioned between the pinion member and a crank arm, and which is supported by a case member so as to rotate coaxially with an output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Hiromichi Namikoshi
  • Publication number: 20120228943
    Abstract: There is provided an electric power supply system comprising a secondary battery unit which stores electric power generated by a solar cell module, a charge switch circuit which disconnects and connects a charge path between the solar cell module and the secondary battery unit, and a charge and discharge control unit which controls the disconnection and the connection of the charge path by the charge switch circuit, wherein, in the charge switch circuit, the disconnection and the connection of the charge path is controlled by an output voltage of the solar cell module when the charge switch circuit cannot be controlled by the charge and discharge control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi NAKASHIMA, Hiromichi NAMIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20120090571
    Abstract: A connecting member coupled to four pistons that reciprocate within cylinder bores is coupled to a crankpin of a crankshaft, and a pinion member which integrally rotates with a crankshaft portion is capable of rolling along the inner periphery of an internal gear member and has an outer diameter equal to 1/2 of an inner diameter of the internal gear member. The crankpin executes a reciprocating rectilinear motion through the rotation and revolution of the pinion member, and a journal support member has a bearing for supporting a crank journal so as to rotate positioned between the pinion member and a crank arm, and which is supported by a case member so as to rotate coaxially with an output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Hiromichi Namikoshi