Patents by Inventor Koichi Itani

Koichi Itani 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: 9831671
    Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a switching element which switches the supply of power to the load from the capacitor, a DC-DC converter which enables a voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load and a control unit which enables power to be supplied to the load by pulse-controlling the switching element, controlling the DC-DC converter to output a pulse current alternately with the switching element and combining the alternately output pulse currents if the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Hiroshi Toyama, Noriaki Miyake
  • Patent number: 9627999
    Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a bypass switch which enables power to be directly supplied to the load from the capacitor by being switched to a connected state when a voltage of the capacitor is a voltage capable of driving the load, and a first DC-DC converter which enables the voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load when the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Hiroshi Toyama, Noriaki Miyake
  • Patent number: 9490710
    Abstract: A power supply device supplies power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery. The power supply device includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil configured such that an induction current flows thereinto from the primary coil by the accumulated energy, and a switching circuit configured to selectively connect the secondary coil in series to the capacitor in forward and opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Noriaki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20150333513
    Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a switching element which switches the supply of power to the load from the capacitor, a DC-DC converter which enables a voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load and a control unit which enables power to be supplied to the load by pulse-controlling the switching element, controlling the DC-DC converter to output a pulse current alternately with the switching element and combining the alternately output pulse currents if the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: YOSHIAKI YAMADA, TAKAYUKI TSUCHIYA, KUNIHIKO HIKIRI, KOICHI ITANI, HIROSHI TOYAMA, NORIAKI MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20150333632
    Abstract: A power supply device supplies power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery. The power supply device includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil configured such that an induction current flows thereinto from the primary coil by the accumulated energy, and a switching circuit configured to selectively connect the secondary coil in series to the capacitor in forward and opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: YOSHIAKI YAMADA, TAKAYUKI TSUCHIYA, KUNIHIKO HIKIRI, KOICHI ITANI, NORIAKI MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20150311831
    Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a bypass switch which enables power to be directly supplied to the load from the capacitor by being switched to a connected state when a voltage of the capacitor is a voltage capable of driving the load, and a first DC-DC converter which enables the voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load when the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Hiroshi Toyama, Noriaki Miyake