Patents by Inventor Hironori Deno

Hironori Deno 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: 11891001
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system, being mounted on a vehicle, includes: a main power supply system including a main low-voltage power supply and a normal load; and a backup power supply system including a backup low-voltage power supply and an emergency important load and connected to the main power supply system. A backup power supply control device of the backup power supply system is configured to execute a backup low-voltage power supply state estimation processing, and output a signal indicating that the backup low-voltage power supply is in a state allowing supplying electric power for operating the emergency important load based on an estimation result of the backup low-voltage power supply state estimation processing, in a case in which the state of the vehicle does not satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Toyooka, Yuhei Matsuo, Hayahito Ukai, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Hironori Deno
  • Publication number: 20230011332
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system, being mounted on a vehicle, includes: a main power supply system including a main low-voltage power supply and a normal load; and a backup power supply system including a backup low-voltage power supply and an emergency important load and connected to the main power supply system. A backup power supply control device of the backup power supply system is configured to execute a backup low-voltage power supply state estimation processing, and output a signal indicating that the backup low-voltage power supply is in a state allowing supplying electric power for operating the emergency important load based on an estimation result of the backup low-voltage power supply state estimation processing, in a case in which the state of the vehicle does not satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki TOYOOKA, Yuhei MATSUO, Hayahito UKAI, Yasuhiro IKEDA, Hironori DENO
  • Publication number: 20230001868
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system, mounted on a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, includes: a main power supply system including a main low-voltage power supply; and a backup power supply system including a backup low-voltage power supply. A starter motor that starts the internal combustion engine is connected to the main power supply system. At least one of a vehicle control device, configured to control the main power supply system, the backup power supply system, the internal combustion engine and the starter motor, and a backup power supply control device of the backup power supply system is configured to execute an abnormality determination processing of determining whether an abnormality occurs in the main power supply system, and does not execute the abnormality determination processing when the starter motor is in operation, or determines that no abnormality occurs in the main power supply system in the abnormality determination processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki TOYOOKA, Yuhei MATSUO, Hayahito UKAI, Yasuhiro IKEDA, Hironori DENO
  • Patent number: 11522371
    Abstract: A power-supply control device includes a processor that performs a battery abnormality recognizing process and a control process. In the control process, the processor performs a first power-supply control operation of enabling supply of electric power from a secondary battery to a first load by a first connection circuit and supply of electric power from a secondary battery to a second load by a second connection circuit and, when an abnormality of the secondary battery is recognized in the battery abnormality recognizing process, performs a second power-supply control operation of controlling the first relay into a disconnected state to stop the supply of electric power from the secondary battery to the first load by the first connection circuit and maintain the supply of electric power from the secondary battery to the second load by the second connection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sekiguchi, Takeshi Itagaki, Kazutaka Yoshimura, Kosuke Murata, Hironori Deno, Yuto Fukusho
  • Patent number: 11458861
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device that prevents a specific function of a traveling vehicle from being not able to operate due to a failure of a battery. The vehicle control device includes: a control section configured to execute predetermined function control for a vehicle system; a discharge performance determination section configured to determine whether or not a battery is able to discharge a predetermined amount of current in accordance with a predetermined function before the predetermined function control is started; and an execution availability determination section configured to permit the control section to execute the predetermined function when it is determined that the predetermined amount of current is able to be discharged and inhibit the control section from executing the predetermined function when it is determined that the predetermined amount of current is not able to be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayahito Ukai, Takehiro Horigome, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Hironori Deno, Shota Kawanaka
  • Publication number: 20210288508
    Abstract: A power-supply control device includes a processor that performs a battery abnormality recognizing process and a control process. In the control process, the processor performs a first power-supply control operation of enabling supply of electric power from a secondary battery to a first load by a first connection circuit and supply of electric power from a secondary battery to a second load by a second connection circuit and, when an abnormality of the secondary battery is recognized in the battery abnormality recognizing process, performs a second power-supply control operation of controlling the first relay into a disconnected state to stop the supply of electric power from the secondary battery to the first load by the first connection circuit and maintain the supply of electric power from the secondary battery to the second load by the second connection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi Sekiguchi, Takeshi Itagaki, Kazutaka Yoshimura, Kosuke Murata, Hironori Deno, Yuto Fukusho
  • Publication number: 20200298727
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device that prevents a specific function of a traveling vehicle from being not able to operate due to a failure of a battery. The vehicle control device includes: a control section configured to execute predetermined function control for a vehicle system; a discharge performance determination section configured to determine whether or not a battery is able to discharge a predetermined amount of current in accordance with a predetermined function before the predetermined function control is started; and an execution availability determination section configured to permit the control section to execute the predetermined function when it is determined that the predetermined amount of current is able to be discharged and inhibit the control section from executing the predetermined function when it is determined that the predetermined amount of current is not able to be discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hayahito Ukai, Takehiro Horigome, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Hironori Deno, Shota Kawanaka