Patents by Inventor Kazuki FURUKAWA

Kazuki FURUKAWA 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: 10527681
    Abstract: It is an object of an embodiment to provide a degradation estimator for an energy storage device, configured to estimate degradation of the energy storage device, an energy storage apparatus, an input-output control device for the energy storage device, and a method for controlling input and output of the energy storage device. The embodiment includes estimating a temporary power decrease rate of the energy storage device in accordance with at least one of an average load, a maximum load, and a ?SOC obtained from detected current of the energy storage device and detected temperature of the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Furukawa, Hiroki Matsui, Seijiro Ochiai, Takaaki Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20190225275
    Abstract: A vehicle front pillar structure includes: a pillar lower portion that configures a lower portion of a front pillar; a first pillar frame that extends along an outer edge of a windshield of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction; a second pillar frame that extends in an extending direction of the first pillar frame; a transparent member straddling between the first pillar frame and the second pillar frame; and a load transmission member that can transmit a load applied from a vehicle front side to a front side portion of the upper portion of the pillar lower portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, to the second pillar frame, wherein a top surface of the second pillar frame is disposed continuously from a top surface of the load transmission member, and the top surface of the second pillar frame linearly extends in a vehicle rearward and upward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya MIURA, Motoya SAKABE, Kazuki FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190217899
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes a plurality of pillar frame structure portions, a transparent member, and a connection member. The pillar frame structure portions are disposed on an edge side of an upper half of a door opening as a portion of a columnar pillar. The pillar frame structure portions are provided in parallel with an interval, and have upper and lower end portions fixed to a frame member of the vehicle side portion. The transparent member is formed of a transparent material and is bridged between the pillar frame structure portions. The connection member is formed separately from the pillar frame structure portions, the frame member, and the transparent member, and connects the pillar frame structure portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Motoya SAKABE, Takuya MIURA, Kazuki FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190144042
    Abstract: A pillar structure for a vehicle including: a pillar main body portion that is provided at a vehicle front portion and extends in a vehicle vertical direction, the pillar main body portion including a pair of pillar framework portions with chamber structures and a plate-shaped transparent member, the pair of pillar framework portions being disposed spaced apart in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, and the transparent member being attached to vehicle outer sides of the pair of pillar framework portions and isolating a vehicle cabin interior from a vehicle cabin exterior; and a reinforcing member provided with a pair of base portions and a transparent bridging portion, the base portions being respectively attached to vehicle inner sides of the pair of pillar framework portions and extending in the vehicle vertical direction along the pillar framework portions, and the bridging portion partially bridging between the pair of base portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motoya SAKABE, Takuya MIURA, Koki IKEDA, Kazuki FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190126985
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes: a pair of frame components that extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle pillar; and a transparent component that is formed so as to be transparent, and that bridges a gap between the pair of frame components. Each of the pair of frame components is in a cylindrical shape having no seams in a cross-section thereof, and a planar transparent component joining surface to which the transparent component is joined is included as part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the pair of frame components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Motoya SAKABE, Kazuki FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180266919
    Abstract: In order to make it possible to perform exhaust gas analysis by a vehicle-mounted exhaust gas analyzer and the analysis, evaluation, and the like of results of the analysis in consideration of a running state of a surrounding vehicle during the exhaust gas analysis, the vehicle-mounted exhaust gas analyzer mounted in a test vehicle running on a road is adapted to include an exhaust gas data acquisition part adapted to acquire exhaust gas data on exhaust gas discharged from the test vehicle during the run of the test vehicle, and a surrounding vehicle information acquisition part adapted to, from surrounding vehicle sensing means mounted in the test vehicle, acquire surrounding vehicle information that is information on a vehicle running around the test vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: HORIBA, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki FURUKAWA, Hiroyuki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10006834
    Abstract: A vehicle testing system includes: an actuator for operating a vehicle or a part of a vehicle in a predetermined algorithm; an operating conditions calculating unit that calculates operating conditions being applied to a component of the vehicle or a component of the part of the vehicle during the operation of the vehicle or the part of the vehicle by the actuator; and a component testing device that connects to the component, in which the component testing device operates and applies to the component the operating conditions calculated by the operating conditions calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Tanaka, Kazuhiro Shiomi, Yoshifumi Sugihara, Yoku Hirose, Kazuki Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20180113174
    Abstract: It is an object of an embodiment to provide a degradation estimator for an energy storage device, configured to estimate degradation of the energy storage device, an energy storage apparatus, an input-output control device for the energy storage device, and a method for controlling input and output of the energy storage device. The embodiment includes estimating a temporary power decrease rate of the energy storage device in accordance with at least one of an average load, a maximum load, and a ?SOC obtained from detected current of the energy storage device and detected temperature of the energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuki FURUKAWA, Hiroki MATSUI, Seijiro OCHIAI, Takaaki IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150338313
    Abstract: A vehicle testing system includes: an actuator for operating a vehicle or a part of a vehicle in a predetermined algorithm; an operating conditions calculating unit that calculates operating conditions being applied to a component of the vehicle or a component of the part of the vehicle during the operation of the vehicle or the part of the vehicle by the actuator; and a component testing device that connects to the component, in which the component testing device operates and applies to the component the operating conditions calculated by the operating conditions calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kei TANAKA, Kazuhiro SHIOMI, Yoshifumi SUGIHARA, Yoku HIROSE, Kazuki FURUKAWA