Patents by Inventor Kotaro Seki

Kotaro Seki 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: 11990785
    Abstract: A battery control device includes a plurality of voltage detection circuits that are provided so as to correspond to a plurality of battery modules constituting a battery and detect voltages of the battery modules; a plurality of communication cables that connect the voltage detection circuits in a daisy chain manner through coupling capacitors; and a control circuit that transmits and receives communication signals to and from the voltage detection circuits through the communication cables and controls the battery on the basis of the voltages received from the voltage detection circuits. Communication terminals connected to the communication cables in the voltage detection circuit are grounded through a predetermined passive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Kotaro Seki
  • Publication number: 20220123577
    Abstract: A battery control device includes a plurality of voltage detection circuits that are provided so as to correspond to a plurality of battery modules constituting a battery and detect voltages of the battery modules; a plurality of communication cables that connect the voltage detection circuits in a daisy chain manner through coupling capacitors; and a control circuit that transmits and receives communication signals to and from the voltage detection circuits through the communication cables and controls the battery on the basis of the voltages received from the voltage detection circuits. Communication terminals connected to the communication cables in the voltage detection circuit are grounded through a predetermined passive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Kotaro SEKI
  • Publication number: 20120015126
    Abstract: A bonding-material reel according to the present invention includes a tape for circuit connection having a tape-shaped base material and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the base material, and a core around which the tape for circuit connection is wound, wherein the tape for circuit connection has a region in which an adhesive layer is not formed over at least one reel length of the core toward the start end of the tape for circuit connection from the terminal end thereof, and an end tape which is bonded to the terminal end of the tape for circuit connection so as to cover the region, and extends toward the core from the terminal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tatsuzawa, Takashi Seki, Kouji Kobayashi, Tohru Fujinawa, Motohiro Arifuku, Kotaro Seki
  • Publication number: 20110300326
    Abstract: The bonding-material reel according to the present invention includes a tape for circuit connection having a tape-shaped base material and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the base material, and a core around which the tape for circuit connection is wound, wherein the tape for circuit connection has an end tape which has been bonded to the terminal end, a region in which the adhesive layer is not formed over at least one reel length of the core toward the start end of the tape for circuit connection from the terminal end thereof, and a cover tape which is provided so as to cover the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tatsuzawa, Takashi Seki, Kouji Kobayashi, Tohru Fujinawa, Motohiro Arifuku, Kotaro Seki