Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki SUMIMURA

Hiroyuki SUMIMURA 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: 10343539
    Abstract: A power supply device including vehicle connecting portions, a load connecting portion, a power supply portion, a memory portion for storing the number of charges and discharges for each storage-battery-equipped vehicle, and a supply control portion for performing control such that the power supply portion performs a discharge operation only on a selected supply vehicle. The supply control portion selects as the supply vehicle one of the storage-battery-equipped vehicles that satisfies a first condition that an SOC of a storage battery is greater than or equal to a prescribed value and a second condition that the number of charges and discharges is not the highest among the storage-battery-equipped vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NICHICON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sumimura, Shigeo Ohkuma, Yuki Katayama
  • Patent number: 10300802
    Abstract: A charging system 1 including a charging apparatus 10 and a data base 20, the charging apparatus 10 including a power supply unit 11, a control unit 12, and a plurality of charging connectors 13-1 to 13-3 compliant with different charging standards. When authentication of identification information succeeds, the control unit 12 determines a charging standard on the basis of vehicle information of the data base 20 and when the authentication of the identification information fails, determines a charging standard on the basis of vehicle information input by a user. Further, the control unit 12 unlocks a charging connector compliant with the determined charging standard and notifies of unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NICHICON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Katayama, Ryosuke Koguchi, Hiroyuki Sumimura, Masaya Nishi
  • Publication number: 20170334305
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of switching power sources and thereby continuously supplying electricity to a load. Included are vehicle connecting portions 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3, a load connecting portion 2, a power supply portion 3, a memory portion 12 for storing the number of charges and discharges for each storage-battery-equipped vehicle, A, B, or C, and a supply control portion 13 for performing control such that the power supply portion 3 performs a discharge operation only on a selected supply vehicle. The supply control portion 13 selects as the supply vehicle one of the storage-battery-equipped vehicles A to C that satisfies a first condition that an SOC of a storage battery is greater than or equal to a prescribed value and a second condition that the number of charges and discharges is not the highest among the storage-battery-equipped vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NICHICON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SUMIMURA, Shigeo OHKUMA, Yuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170182902
    Abstract: A charging system 1 including a charging apparatus 10 and a data base 20, the charging apparatus 10 including a power supply unit 11, a control unit 12, and a plurality of charging connectors 13-1 to 13-3 compliant with different charging standards. When authentication of identification information succeeds, the control unit 12 determines a charging standard on the basis of vehicle information of the data base 20 and when the authentication of the identification information fails, determines a charging standard on the basis of vehicle information input by a user. Further, the control unit 12 unlocks a charging connector compliant with the determined charging standard and notifies of unlocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: NICHICON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KATAYAMA, Ryosuke KOGUCHI, Hiroyuki SUMIMURA, Masaya NISHI