Patents by Inventor Kenta YOSHIMOTO

Kenta YOSHIMOTO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240402255
    Abstract: A management device includes: a first communication unit that receives state data of an energy storage device; a second communication unit that receives identification data transmitted from a host device; an external terminal to which a switch is connected and which receives an input from the switch; a state detection unit that detects a state of the switch via the external terminal; and a processing unit that stores the identification data in a storage unit when the second communication unit receives the identification data and the state detection unit detects that the switch is in a specific state, in which the state data received by the first communication unit is transmitted to the host device or another device in association with the identification data stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hirokazu ITO, Syuichi TAKEMOTO, Kenta YOSHIMOTO, Masayuki IWASAKI, Kazuo HARUKI, Tatsuya INOUE, Tsutomu UENO, Takafumi AKAGI, Yuya YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11828809
    Abstract: A storage battery monitoring apparatus includes: monitoring units attached to storage batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; and a management unit capable of wireless communication connection with the monitoring units. By using identification information of a specific monitoring unit included in a message broadcasted from the management unit to the monitoring units, communication between the management unit and the specific monitoring unit is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Yoshimoto, Shuichi Takemoto, Hirokazu Ito, Yuya Kihira
  • Publication number: 20220137140
    Abstract: A storage battery monitoring apparatus includes: monitoring units attached to storage batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; and a management unit capable of wireless communication connection with the monitoring units. By using identification information of a specific monitoring unit included in a message broadcasted from the management unit to the monitoring units, communication between the management unit and the specific monitoring unit is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta YOSHIMOTO, Shuichi TAKEMOTO, Hirokazu ITO, Yuya KIHIRA