Patents by Inventor Hironobu Shimosawa

Hironobu Shimosawa 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: 11022653
    Abstract: A deterioration degree estimation device includes an internal resistance detection unit, a deterioration management unit and a deterioration degree estimation unit. The internal resistance detection unit detects an internal resistance of a battery. The deterioration management unit manages a cycle deterioration of the battery. The deterioration degree estimation unit estimates a deterioration degree of the battery as an estimated deterioration degree based on an increase rate of the internal resistance. The deterioration degree estimation unit estimates the estimated deterioration degree such that the estimated deterioration degree decreases as the cycle deterioration increases, or such that the estimated deterioration degree increases as the cycle deterioration degree decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimosawa, Kenichi Sakai, Kenji Hosaka, Tomoyuki Shiratsuchi
  • Publication number: 20180246174
    Abstract: A deterioration degree estimation device includes an internal resistance detection unit, a deterioration management unit and a deterioration degree estimation unit. The internal resistance detection unit detects an internal resistance of a battery. The deterioration management unit manages a cycle deterioration of the battery. The deterioration degree estimation unit estimates a deterioration degree of the battery as an estimated deterioration degree based on an increase rate of the internal resistance. The deterioration degree estimation unit estimates the estimated deterioration degree such that the estimated deterioration degree decreases as the cycle deterioration increases, or such that the estimated deterioration degree increases as the cycle deterioration degree decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Hironobu SHIMOSAWA, Kenichi SAKAI, Kenji HOSAKA, Tomoyuki SHIRATSUCHI
  • Patent number: 9590882
    Abstract: A fault diagnostic system (1) of the present invention includes a first fault diagnostic device (3) and a second fault diagnostic device (5). The first fault diagnostic device (3) acquires the voltage value of a battery (2) in accordance with a synchronization signal, and sends the voltage value and the synchronization signal. The second fault diagnostic device (5) acquires the voltage value of an inverter (4) in accordance with the received synchronization signal, matches the acquisition timings of the voltage value of the battery (2) and the voltage value of the inverter (4) on the basis of the received synchronization signal, and performs a fault diagnosis by comparing these voltage values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Sato, Shinsuke Yonetani, Yoshinori Ando, Hironobu Shimosawa
  • Publication number: 20150180754
    Abstract: A fault diagnostic system (1) of the present invention includes a first fault diagnostic device (3) and a second fault diagnostic device (5). The first fault diagnostic device (3) acquires the voltage value of a battery (2) in accordance with a synchronization signal, and sends the voltage value and the synchronization signal. The second fault diagnostic device (5) acquires the voltage value of an inverter (4) in accordance with the received synchronization signal, matches the acquisition timings of the voltage value of the battery (2) and the voltage value of the inverter (4) on the basis of the received synchronization signal, and performs a fault diagnosis by comparing these voltage values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Sho Sato, Shinsuke Yonetani, Yoshinori Ando, Hironobu Shimosawa