Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Endo

Hirotaka Endo 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060826
    Abstract: A management server, which is a temperature-monitoring device, monitors the temperature of a battery that is removably attached to an apparatus. The management server includes: a server-side acquisition unit that acquires the temperature of the battery when the battery is not in use after discharging electricity to the apparatus; and a determination process unit that performs a temperature determination process for determining whether or not the temperature while the battery is not in use is in a predetermined temperature range. The determination process unit excludes, from items on which the temperature determination process is to be performed, the temperature during an initial period from when the non-use of the battery has started to when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Hirotaka Endo, Kojiro Takasu, Shigeki Edamatsu, Yuka Kuramochi
  • Publication number: 20240037644
    Abstract: A management system includes a management server that can communicate information with a battery station that houses a battery that is lent based on a usage agreement. The management server acquires the lending date and time at which the battery is lent from the battery station, and the return date and time at which the battery is returned to the battery station during the usage agreement period of an existing contract user. When a prescribed period has elapsed from the lending date and time without the battery being returned, or when a prescribed period has elapsed from the return date and time without the battery being lent, the management server determines that the battery is in an idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kojiro Takasu, Shigeki Edamatsu, Hirotaka Endo, Yuka Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 11607896
    Abstract: A medium cutter includes a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction, a cutter configured to cut the medium from one end of medium in a cutting direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a first holder movable to contact a first surface of the one end of medium, and a second holder configured to contact a second surface of the one end of medium opposite the first surface. The first holder is disposed downstream of the cutter in the conveyance direction, and the first holder moves to the one end of medium to pinch and hold the one end of medium between the first holder and the second holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Endo
  • Patent number: 11545829
    Abstract: A power prediction system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power, a charging device configured to charge the battery, and a power prediction device configured to predict an amount of electric power capable of being supplied by the charging device to outside of the charging device through machine learning on the basis of usage information indicating at least one of the usage state and the usage environment of the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kawamura, Hirotaka Endo
  • Publication number: 20220109308
    Abstract: A selecting device configured to select a combination of a plurality of secondary batteries that is used in a facility of a user is configured to acquire (A) period information about a period of time desired by the user, (B) facility consumption information about power consumption of the facility, and (C) output information including information of current peak power and information about a temporal change of future peak power of each secondary battery in a secondary battery group that becomes a candidate for the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Hidefumi NIKAWA, Hirotaka ENDO, Takashi SONE
  • Publication number: 20220021220
    Abstract: A battery utilization system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power and including a memory in which information is stored and a storing device configured to store the battery. The storing device includes an acquirer configured to acquire update information including control information for controlling the battery and a controller configured to cause the memory of the stored battery to store the update information acquired by the acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Matsumoto, Hirotaka Endo
  • Patent number: 11079441
    Abstract: Provided is an internal resistance estimating method capable of estimating the internal resistance of a secondary battery, taking account of conditions when the secondary battery is being charged, without requiring progress information when the secondary battery is being used. The internal resistance estimating method for estimating the internal resistance of a secondary battery includes estimating an internal resistance Rd (Ts, Is, Va) on the basis of an internal resistance calculating formula, from an acquired internal resistance Rd (Ta, la, Va) of a battery, and estimating an internal resistance Rd (Ts, Is, Vs) from the estimated internal resistance Rd (Ts, Is, Va).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Endo, Terumi Furuta, Mitsumoto Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210234388
    Abstract: A charging system includes: a battery which is detachably attached to a moving body which is movable utilizing electric power; a charging device which charges a plurality of batteries; and an acquisition unit which acquires the number of batteries to be charged and/or the number of batteries not to be charged among the plurality of batteries on the basis of battery usage information indicating a usage state of the batteries of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki Kawamura, Hirotaka Endo
  • Patent number: 11056422
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a die pad frame; a semiconductor chip disposed in a chip region on an upper surface of the die pad frame, the semiconductor chip having an upper surface on which a first electrode is disposed and a lower surface on which a second electrode is disposed; a conductive connection member for die pad disposed between the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame, the conductive connection member for die pad electrically connecting the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame; and a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor chip, the die pad frame, and the conductive connection member for die pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KATOH ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Urushihata, Takashi Shigeno, Eiki Ito, Wataru Kimura, Hirotaka Endo, Toshio Koike, Toshiki Kouno
  • Publication number: 20210194244
    Abstract: A power prediction system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power, a charging device configured to charge the battery, and a power prediction device configured to predict an amount of electric power capable of being supplied by the charging device to outside of the charging device through machine learning on the basis of usage information indicating at least one of the usage state and the usage environment of the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki Kawamura, Hirotaka Endo
  • Publication number: 20210192645
    Abstract: A server device is a server device configured to provide a service in which a battery detachably mounted on a moving body that is movable using electric power is commonly used by a plurality of users, the server device including an acquisition part configured to acquire information related to a power consumption rate for each user when the battery is used by each of the plurality of users, and a calculation part configured to calculate a result which is an improvement in the power consumption rate for each user on the basis of the power consumption rate of the plurality of users acquired by the acquisition part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki Kawamura, Hirotaka Endo
  • Publication number: 20210181256
    Abstract: An estimation system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power, a charging device, and an estimation device. The charging device includes a charger configured to charge the battery, an acquirer configured to acquire first information about deterioration of the battery from the battery, and a transmitter configured to transmit the first information acquired by the acquirer. The estimation device includes a receiver configured to receive the first information transmitted by the transmitter and an estimator configured to estimate performance of the battery when the first information received by the receiver is input to a model, the model having been learned to output second information about the performance of the battery at a certain point in time when the first information of the battery is input at the point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki Kawamura, Hirotaka Endo
  • Publication number: 20210134709
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a die pad frame; a semiconductor chip disposed in a chip region an an upper surface of the die pad frame, the semiconductor chip having an upper surface on which a first electrode is disposed and a lower surface on which a second electrode is disposed; a conductive connection member for die pad disposed between the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame, the conductive connection member for die pad electrically connecting the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame; and a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor chip, the die pad frame, and the conductive connection member for die pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicants: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KATOH ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi URUSHIHATA, Takashi SHIGENO, Eiki ITO, Wataru KIMURA, Hirotaka ENDO, Toshio KOIKE, Toshiki KOUNO
  • Publication number: 20210088596
    Abstract: Provided is an internal resistance estimating method capable of estimating the internal resistance of a secondary battery, taking account of conditions when the secondary battery is being charged, without requiring progress information when the secondary battery is being used. The internal resistance estimating method for estimating the internal resistance of a secondary battery includes estimating an internal resistance Rd (Ts, Is, Va) on the basis of an internal resistance calculating formula, from an acquired internal resistance Rd (Ta, la, Va) of a battery, and estimating an internal resistance Rd (Ts, Is, Vs) from the estimated internal resistance Rd (Ts, Is, Va).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hirotaka Endo, Terumi Furuta, Mitsumoto Kawai
  • Patent number: 10852358
    Abstract: This battery capacity estimation device is provided with: a condition variable acquisition unit which acquires standard variable values (Tstd, Istd, V1std, V2std) indicating a standard charging condition in a secondary battery and measurement variable values (Tmes, Imes, V1mes, V2mes) indicating an actual charging condition obtained by measurement; and a capacity estimation unit which estimates the maximum capacity from a relationship between the standard variable values and the measurement variables acquired by the condition variable acquisition unit, wherein the capacity estimation unit calculates an apparent capacity (?Qmes/?SOC) by using a uniform calculation method regardless of a change in charging condition, and estimates the maximum capacity (Qmax) by adding, to the apparent capacity, a correction amount obtained by using the differences between the measurement variables and the standard variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Endo, Mitsumoto Kawai, Tetsuya Koido
  • Patent number: 10784186
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a die pad frame; a semiconductor chip disposed in a chip region on an upper surface of the die pad frame, the semiconductor chip having an upper surface on which a first electrode is disposed and a lower surface on which a second electrode is disposed; a conductive connection member for die pad disposed between the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame, the conductive connection member for die pad electrically connecting the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame; a first clip frame disposed on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip; a first clip conductive connection member disposed between the first electrode on the semiconductor chip and a lower surface of the first clip frame, the first clip conductive connection member electrically connecting the first electrode of the semiconductor chip and the lower surface of the first clip frame; and a sealing resin for sealing the semic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: KATOH ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Urushihata, Takashi Shigeno, Eiki Ito, Wataru Kimura, Hirotaka Endo, Toshio Koike, Toshiki Kouno
  • Patent number: 10777489
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a die pad frame; a semiconductor chip disposed in a chip region on an upper surface of the die pad frame, the semiconductor chip having an upper surface on which a first electrode is disposed and a lower surface on which a second electrode is disposed; a conductive connection member for die pad disposed between the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame, the conductive connection member for die pad electrically connecting the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame; and a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor chip, the die pad frame, and the conductive connection member for die pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KATOH ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Urushihata, Takashi Shigeno, Eiki Ito, Wataru Kimura, Hirotaka Endo, Toshio Koike, Toshiki Kouno
  • Publication number: 20200284842
    Abstract: This battery capacity estimation device is provided with: a condition variable acquisition unit which acquires standard variable values (Tstd, Istd, V1std, V2std) indicating a standard charging condition in a secondary battery and measurement variable values (Tmes, Imes, V1mes, V2mes) indicating an actual charging condition obtained by measurement; and a capacity estimation unit which estimates the maximum capacity from a relationship between the standard variable values and the measurement variables acquired by the condition variable acquisition unit, wherein the capacity estimation unit calculates an apparent capacity (?Qmes/?SOC) by using a uniform calculation method regardless of a change in charging condition, and estimates the maximum capacity (Qmax) by adding, to the apparent capacity, a correction amount obtained by using the differences between the measurement variables and the standard variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hirotaka Endo, Mitsumoto Kawai, Tetsuya Koido
  • Publication number: 20200198379
    Abstract: A medium cutter includes a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction, a cutter configured to cut the medium from one end of medium in a cutting direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a first holder movable to contact a first surface of the one end of medium, and a second holder configured to contact a second surface of the one end of medium opposite the first surface. The first holder is disposed downstream of the cutter in the conveyance direction, and the first holder moves to the one end of medium to pinch and hold the one end of medium between the first holder and the second holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Endo
  • Patent number: 10600725
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a die pad frame; a semiconductor chip disposed in a chip region on an upper surface of the die pad frame, a conductive connection member for die pad disposed between the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame, the conductive connection member for die pad electrically connecting the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die pad frame; a first clip frame disposed on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip; a first clip conductive connection member disposed between the first electrode on the semiconductor chip and a lower surface of the first clip frame, the first clip conductive connection member electrically connecting the first electrode of the semiconductor chip and the lower surface of the first clip frame; and a sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KATOH ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Urushihata, Takashi Shigeno, Eiki Ito, Wataru Kimura, Hirotaka Endo, Toshio Koike, Toshiki Kouno