Patents by Inventor Hiroya Andoh

Hiroya Andoh 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: 10000503
    Abstract: A power supply system and a connector, which can suppress occurrence of crosstalk between a power supply wire, and a control wire and an earth wire in a charging cable that includes the power supply wire, the control wire and the earth wire at the time of connecting a power supplying device with a vehicle having a power storage device to be supplied with power from the power supplying device via the power supply wire and the earth wire to be used for supplying power and the control wire for transmitting a control signal to be used for power supply control of the power storage device, are provided. The ratio of the winding number of a primary coil connected with at least one of the control wire and the earth wire to the winding number of a secondary coil connected with a communication unit that sends and receives a communication signal is set at 1/N (N>1) in a system which satisfies VnC>VnL or is set at N (N>1) in a system which satisfies VnC<VnL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Hagihara, Ryou Okada, Yousuke Takata, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Yukihiro Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9735832
    Abstract: An output circuit sends a control pilot signal generated in a voltage generator to an input circuit. A communication unit is connected between an earthed wire and a control pilot wire on the output side of the output circuit via a bandpass filter. A communication unit is connected between the earthed wire and the control pilot wire on the input side of the input circuit via a bandpass filter. A low-pass filter is interposed between the output circuit and the communication unit. A low-pass filter is interposed between the input circuit and the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Hagihara, Yutaka Komatsu, Tatsuya Izumi, Kazuhiko Nii, Ryou Okada, Yousuke Takata, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9577709
    Abstract: An output circuit sends out, to an input circuit, a control pilot signal generated by a voltage source. A voltage transformer is provided to a control pilot line on the output side of the output circuit, and a communication unit transmits and receives communication signals via the voltage transformer. A voltage transformer is provided to the control pilot line on the input side of the input circuit, and a communication unit transmits and receives the communication signals via the voltage transformer. A low-pass filter is provided to the control pilot line between the input circuit and the voltage transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryou Okada, Takeshi Hagihara, Yutaka Komatsu, Tatsuya Izumi, Kazuhiko Nii, Yousuke Takata, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9511727
    Abstract: Provided are a power line communication system, a connector device, and a power line communication device that allow downsizing of a device for power line communication in a vehicle that performs power line communication with a feeding device via a charging cable. An electromagnetic induction type signal converter and a filter necessary for power line communication are provided in a connector device 3, and a power line communication section which performs power line communication with the electromagnetic induction type signal converter is provided in an ECU. A capacitor 16, a signal wire 17, and a capacitor 16 are connected in series between AC lines 11 and 12 extending from a tubular part 32 of the connector device 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yousuke Takata, Takeshi Hagihara, Yutaka Komatsu, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Yukihiro Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9240821
    Abstract: A charging station performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by connecting a capacitor, a coupling transformer and a capacitor to branch lines branching out respectively from a control cable and a grounded cable. An electric vehicle performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by providing a coupling transformer to the control cable. A capacitor is also connected between the control cable and the grounded cable. Communications are allowed by the configuration of a closed loop circuit comprising the control cable, the branch line, the capacitor, a primary coil of the coupling transformer, the capacitor, the branch line, the grounded cable, the capacitor, and a primary coil of the coupling transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yousuke Takata, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Hagihara, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9197290
    Abstract: Provided are a communication system and a communication device capable of suppressing attenuation of a communication signal superimposed upon a control pilot line. This output circuit (20) sends a control pilot signal which has been generated at a voltage generation source (21) to an input circuit (60). Between the control pilot line (4) and the ground line (3) of the output side of the output circuit (20), a communication unit (30) is connected via a transformer (31). Between the control pilot line (4) and the ground line (3) of the input side of the input circuit (60), a communication unit (70) is connected via a transformer (71). Between the output circuit (20) and the transformer (31), a lowpass filter (33) is interposed. Between the input circuit (60) and the transformer (71), a lowpass filter (73) is interposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Hagihara, Ryou Okada, Yousuke Takata, Tatsuya Izumi, Kazuhiko Nii, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9174592
    Abstract: A coupling transformer 15 necessary for power line communication is provided in a connector device 3. The coupling transformer 15 is formed by winding an AC line 11 and a signal wire 13 around an annular toroidal core 15a, which is to be fitted on a tubular part 32 of the connector device 3. Cutouts for housing the AC line 11 and the signal wire 13 wound around the toroidal core 15a are formed in the tubular part 32 of the connector device 3. Further, a coil 17a is connected to the AC line 11, a capacitor 17b is connected to an AC line 12, and the coil 17a and the capacitor 17b are connected to each other with a wire 17c provided along the AC lines 11 and 12, whereby a filter circuit is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yousuke Takaka, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Hagihara, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Yukihiro Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20140312840
    Abstract: A power supply system and a connector, which can suppress occurrence of crosstalk between a power supply wire, and a control wire and an earth wire in a charging cable that includes the power supply wire, the control wire and the earth wire at the time of connecting a power supplying device with a vehicle having a power storage device to be supplied with power from the power supplying device via the power supply wire and the earth wire to be used for supplying power and the control wire for transmitting a control signal to be used for power supply control of the power storage device, are provided. The ratio of the winding number of a primary coil connected with at least one of the control wire and the earth wire to the winding number of a secondary coil connected with a communication unit that sends and receives a communication signal is set at 1/N (N>1) in a system which satisfies VnC>VnL or is set at N (N>1) in a system which satisfies VnC<VnL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD, UMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hagihara, Ryou Okada, Yousuke Takata, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Yukihiro Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20140292069
    Abstract: An output circuit sends a control pilot signal generated in a voltage generator to an input circuit. A communication unit is connected between an earthed wire and a control pilot wire on the output side of the output circuit via a bandpass filter. A communication unit is connected between the earthed wire and the control pilot wire on the input side of the input circuit via a bandpass filter. A low-pass filter is interposed between the output circuit and the communication unit. A low-pass filter is interposed between the input circuit and the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHIA, AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hagihara, Yutaka Komatsu, Tatsuya Izumi, Kazuhiko Nii, Ryou Okada, Yousuke Takata, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140254695
    Abstract: A charging station performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by connecting a capacitor, a coupling transformer and a capacitor to branch lines branching out respectively from a control cable and a grounded cable. An electric vehicle performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by providing a coupling transformer to the control cable. A capacitor is also connected between the control cable and the grounded cable. Communications are allowed by the configuration of a closed loop circuit comprising the control cable, the branch line, the capacitor, a primary coil of the coupling transformer, the capacitor, the branch line, the grounded cable, the capacitor, and a primary coil of the coupling transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHIA, AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Takata, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Hagihara, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140254694
    Abstract: This output circuit sends a control pilot signal which has been generated at a voltage generation source to an input circuit. Between the control pilot line and the ground line of the output side of the output circuit, a communication unit is connected via a transformer. Between the control pilot line and the ground line of the input side of the input circuit, a communication unit is connected via a transformer. Between the output circuit and the transformer, a lowpass filter is interposed. Between the input circuit and the transformer, a lowpass filter is interposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHIA, AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryou Okada, Takeshi Hagihara, Yutaka Komatsu, Tatsuya Izumi, Kazuhiko Nii, Yousuke Takata, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140247893
    Abstract: Provided are a communication system and a communication device capable of suppressing attenuation of a communication signal superimposed upon a control pilot line. This output circuit (20) sends a control pilot signal which has been generated at a voltage generation source (21) to an input circuit (60). Between the control pilot line (4) and the ground line (3) of the output side of the output circuit (20), a communication unit (30) is connected via a transformer (31). Between the control pilot line (4) and the ground line (3) of the input side of the input circuit (60), a communication unit (70) is connected via a transformer (71). Between the output circuit (20) and the transformer (31), a lowpass filter (33) is interposed. Between the input circuit (60) and the transformer (71), a lowpass filter (73) is interposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Hagihara, Ryou Okada, Yousuke Takata, Tatsuya Izumi, Kazuhiko Nii, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140192910
    Abstract: An output circuit sends out, to an input circuit, a control pilot signal generated by a voltage source. A voltage transformer is provided to a control pilot line on the output side of the output circuit, and a communication unit transmits and receives communication signals via the voltage transformer. A voltage transformer is provided to the control pilot line on the input side of the input circuit, and a communication unit transmits and receives the communication signals via the voltage transformer. A low-pass filter is provided to the control pilot line between the input circuit and the voltage transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicants: Sumitomo Kitahama 4-chome, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring
    Inventors: Ryou Okada, Takeshi Hagihara, Yutaka Komatsu, Tatsuya Izumi, Kazuhiko Nii, Yousuke Takata, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Ryuichi Kamaga, Atsushi Iwai, Yukihiro Miyashita, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20130342008
    Abstract: Provided are a power line communication system, a connector device, and a power line communication device that allow downsizing of a device for power line communication in a vehicle that performs power line communication with a feeding device via a charging cable. An electromagnetic induction type signal converter and a filter necessary for power line communication are provided in a connector device 3, and a power line communication section which performs power line communication with the electromagnetic induction type signal converter is provided in an ECU. A capacitor 16, a signal wire 17, and a capacitor 16 are connected in series between AC lines 11 and 12 extending from a tubular part 32 of the connector device 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHIA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Takata, Takeshi Hagihara, Yutaka Komatsu, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Yukihiro Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20130154362
    Abstract: A coupling transformer 15 necessary for power line communication is provided in a connector device 3. The coupling transformer 15 is formed by winding an AC line 11 and a signal wire 13 around an annular toroidal core 15a, which is to be fitted on a tubular part 32 of the connector device 3. Cutouts for housing the AC line 11 and the signal wire 13 wound around the toroidal core 15a are formed in the tubular part 32 of the connector device 3. Further, a coil 17a is connected to the AC line 11, a capacitor 17b is connected to an AC line 12, and the coil 17a and the capacitor 17b are connected to each other with a wire 17c provided along the AC lines 11 and 12, whereby a filter circuit is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Takaka, Yutaka Komatsu, Takeshi Hagihara, Hiroya Andoh, Yuta Ochiai, Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Yukihiro Miyashita