Patents by Inventor Kenta KOBAYASHI

Kenta KOBAYASHI 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).

  • BATTERY CONTROL IC AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORE
    Publication number: 20140129165
    Abstract: A battery control IC includes a voltage measurement unit that measures, in a normal current mode, a voltage value of each of a plurality of unit battery cells forming a battery pack, and measures, in a short-time large-current mode, a voltage value of a unit battery cell that has exhibited a lowest voltage value in the normal current mode, and a calculation unit that calculates an available power value of the battery pack in the short-time large-current mode based on a voltage value, measured in the short-time large-current mode, of the unit battery cell that has exhibited the lowest voltage value in the normal current mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu NAGATO, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masaki KOMATSU, Kenta KOBAYASHI