Patents by Inventor Kazuharu Yanagihara

Kazuharu Yanagihara 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: 10389142
    Abstract: Provided is an electric storage system including: a plurality of electric storage devices including a plurality of modules, a battery management unit, and a line concentrator connected with the battery management unit; wherein the plurality of modules include a battery unit, a voltage measurement unit, a temperature measurement unit and a current measurement unit, and wherein the battery management unit is configured to control at least one of the plurality of electric storage devices based on an instruction transmitted from the line concentrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sugeno, Kohki Watanabe, Kazuharu Yanagihara, Noritoshi Imamura, Yusuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9966759
    Abstract: A battery monitor circuit includes a first monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a first group, a second monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a second group, and a current cancellation unit for canceling a difference between first and second currents that flow through the first and second monitoring units, respectively. One terminal of a series connection of the battery cells in the first and second groups and one terminal of the first monitoring unit are connected, the other terminal of the first monitoring unit and one terminal of the second monitoring unit are connected, and the other terminal of the second monitoring unit and the other terminal of the series connection are connected. The current cancellation unit is disposed between a connection point between the first and second monitoring units and a middle connection point in the middle of the series connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kumagai, Akira Sampei, Kazuharu Yanagihara
  • Publication number: 20170207637
    Abstract: Provided is an electric storage system including: a plurality of electric storage devices including a plurality of modules, a battery management unit, and a line concentrator connected with the battery management unit; wherein the plurality of modules include a battery unit, a voltage measurement unit, a temperature measurement unit and a current measurement unit, and wherein the battery management unit is configured to control at least one of the plurality of electric storage devices based on an instruction transmitted from the line concentrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Naoyuki SUGENO, Kohki WATANABE, Kazuharu YANAGIHARA, Noritoshi IMAMURA, Yusuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160072282
    Abstract: A battery monitor circuit includes a first monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a first group, a second monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a second group, and a current cancellation unit for canceling a difference between first and second currents that flow through the first and second monitoring units, respectively. One terminal of a series connection of the battery cells in the first and second groups and one terminal of the first monitoring unit are connected, the other terminal of the first monitoring unit and one terminal of the second monitoring unit are connected, and the other terminal of the second monitoring unit and the other terminal of the series connection are connected. The current cancellation unit is disposed between a connection point between the first and second monitoring units and a middle connection point in the middle of the series connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Eiji Kumagai, Akira Sampei, Kazuharu Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 9178366
    Abstract: A battery monitor circuit includes a first monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a first group, a second monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a second group, and a current cancellation unit for canceling a difference between first and second currents that flow through the first and second monitoring units, respectively. One terminal of a series connection of the battery cells in the first and second groups and one terminal of the first monitoring unit are connected, the other terminal of the first monitoring unit and one terminal of the second monitoring unit are connected, and the other terminal of the second monitoring unit and the other terminal of the series connection are connected. The current cancellation unit is disposed between a connection point between the first and second monitoring units and a middle connection point in the middle of the series connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Kumagai, Akira Sampei, Kazuharu Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 8847550
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller causing a plurality of cell blocks each configured of one or plurality of secondary battery cells and connected in series to be charged with a cell balance, and the controller includes a detector detecting a voltage of each of the cell blocks, an updater sequentially updating a maximum voltage of the detected voltage of each of the cell blocks, and a discharger discharging a cell block among the plurality of cell blocks, the cell block with a voltage range between the detected voltage and the updated maximum voltage within a discharge target voltage range defined in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuharu Yanagihara, Akira Sanpei
  • Publication number: 20130002030
    Abstract: A battery monitor circuit includes a first monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a first group, a second monitoring unit for detecting voltages of battery cells in a second group, and a current cancellation unit for canceling a difference between first and second currents that flow through the first and second monitoring units, respectively. One terminal of a series connection of the battery cells in the first and second groups and one terminal of the first monitoring unit are connected, the other terminal of the first monitoring unit and one terminal of the second monitoring unit are connected, and the other terminal of the second monitoring unit and the other terminal of the series connection are connected. The current cancellation unit is disposed between a connection point between the first and second monitoring units and a middle connection point in the middle of the series connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Kumagai, Akira Sampei, Kazuharu Yanagihara
  • Publication number: 20120056594
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller causing a plurality of cell blocks each configured of one or plurality of secondary battery cells and connected in series to be charged with a cell balance, and the controller includes a detector detecting a voltage of each of the cell blocks, an updater sequentially updating a maximum voltage of the detected voltage of each of the cell blocks, and a discharger discharging a cell block among the plurality of cell blocks, the cell block with a voltage range between the detected voltage and the updated maximum voltage within a discharge target voltage range defined in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuharu Yanagihara, Akira Sanpei
  • Patent number: RE45919
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller causing a plurality of cell blocks each configured of one or plurality of secondary battery cells and connected in series to be charged with a cell balance, and the controller includes a detector detecting a voltage of each of the cell blocks, an updater sequentially updating a maximum voltage of the detected voltage of each of the cell blocks, and a discharger discharging a cell block among the plurality of cell blocks, the cell block with a voltage range between the detected voltage and the updated maximum voltage within a discharge target voltage range defined in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuharu Yanagihara, Akira Sanpei