Patents by Inventor Kuniaki Ikui

Kuniaki Ikui 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: 20230378783
    Abstract: A battery exchanger that holds a mobile battery, and includes a male connector that is connected to a female connector of the mobile battery held in a slot sleeve for holding the mobile battery, and a connector unit that moves the male connector in a direction toward the female connector. The slot sleeve includes a bottom cover having a bottom part, and the male connector and the connector unit are attached to the bottom cover, and supported by the bottom cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Tsutomu Takahashi, Hidefumi Nikawa, Kuniaki Ikui
  • Publication number: 20230365022
    Abstract: A battery use system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device, a charging device configured to charge the battery, and a server configured to communicate with the charging device. The charging device is configured to transmit the identification information of the battery accommodated in the accommodation unit to the server via a first communicator and control charging of the battery and/or detachment of the battery on the basis of reception information received by the first communicator from the server. The server is configured to determine whether or not the charging of the battery and/or the detachment of the battery accommodated in the accommodation unit are available on the basis of the identification information received by a second communicator from the charging device and provision information provided from an information provider and transmit transmission information on an availability determination result to the charging device via the second communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ikui, Tatsuo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11581752
    Abstract: A battery charging system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power, a charging device configured to charge the battery using renewable power which is electric power generated from renewable energy, and a server configured to communicate with the charging device. The charging device is configured to control charging of the battery accommodated in an accommodation unit on the basis of reception information received from the server. The server is configured to compare receivable power, which is the renewable power capable of being received by the charging device, with a threshold value and configured to transmit transmission information for causing the charging device to control the charging of the battery to the charging device on the basis of a result of comparing the receivable power with the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ikui, Tatsuo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220329092
    Abstract: A control device comprises: a first identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire first identification information which is identification information for identifying the power accumulation device; a second identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire second identification information which is identification information for identifying the power device; and a determining unit configured to determine, when the first identification information and the second identification information do not match, (i) to prohibit or limit power exchange between the power accumulation device and the power device, (ii) to output an identification abnormality signal indicating that the first identification information and the second identification information do not match, or (iii) not to output an identification normality signal indicating that the first identification information and the second identification information match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Kuniaki IKUI
  • Publication number: 20220230111
    Abstract: A power storage device management system includes a storage device configured to store power storage devices that are removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power and a server device communicatively connected to the storage device. The server device includes a first storage unit storing identification information of a power storage device shared by a plurality of users among the power storage devices as storage identification information. The storage device includes a second storage unit storing the storage identification information received from the server device and a determiner configured to determine whether or not reception of the power storage device is possible on the basis of the storage identification information stored in the second storage unit when the power storage device has been received from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Kuniaki Ikui
  • Patent number: 11315057
    Abstract: A power storage device management system includes a storage device configured to store power storage devices that are removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power and a server device communicatively connected to the storage device. The server device includes a first storage unit storing identification information of a power storage device shared by a plurality of users among the power storage devices as storage identification information. The storage device includes a second storage unit storing the storage identification information received from the server device and a determiner configured to determine whether or not reception of the power storage device is possible on the basis of the storage identification information stored in the second storage unit when the power storage device has been received from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuniaki Ikui
  • Patent number: 11299050
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a pair of left and right batteries (26a); a pair of left and right battery-holding portions (28d) which respectively hold the left and right batteries (26a); and a pair of left and right battery connection terminals (28c1) which are provided on inner sides of the left and right battery-holding portions (28d) in a vehicle width direction and connected respectively to the left and right batteries (26a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirukawa, Masaru Nakayama, Kuniaki Ikui
  • Publication number: 20220045546
    Abstract: A battery charging system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power, a charging device configured to charge the battery using renewable power which is electric power generated from renewable energy, and a server configured to communicate with the charging device. The charging device is configured to control charging of the battery accommodated in an accommodation unit on the basis of reception information received from the server. The server is configured to compare receivable power, which is the renewable power capable of being received by the charging device, with a threshold value and configured to transmit transmission information for causing the charging device to control the charging of the battery to the charging device on the basis of a result of comparing the receivable power with the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ikui, Tatsuo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220024340
    Abstract: A battery use system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device, a charging device configured to charge the battery, and a server configured to communicate with the charging device. The charging device is configured to transmit the identification information of the battery accommodated in the accommodation unit to the server via a first communicator and control charging of the battery and/or detachment of the battery on the basis of reception information received by the first communicator from the server. The server is configured to determine whether or not the charging of the battery and/or the detachment of the battery accommodated in the accommodation unit are available on the basis of the identification information received by a second communicator from the charging device and provision information provided from an information provider and transmit transmission information on an availability determination result to the charging device via the second communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ikui, Tatsuo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11203266
    Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ikui, Toshiya Zaitsu, Hiromitsu Ebisu, Hiroki Shinohara, Masashi Takemura, Kenichiro Shibasaki, Koji Aoto, Yoshihiko Ishida
  • Publication number: 20210248535
    Abstract: A power storage device management system includes a storage device configured to store power storage devices that are removably mounted on an electric power device using electric power and a server device communicatively connected to the storage device. The server device includes a first storage unit storing identification information of a power storage device shared by a plurality of users among the power storage devices as storage identification information. The storage device includes a second storage unit storing the storage identification information received from the server device and a determiner configured to determine whether or not reception of the power storage device is possible on the basis of the storage identification information stored in the second storage unit when the power storage device has been received from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Kuniaki Ikui
  • Publication number: 20200391602
    Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki IKUI, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiromitsu EBISU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO, Yoshihiko ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200231050
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a pair of left and right batteries (26a); a pair of left and right battery-holding portions (28d) which respectively hold the left and right batteries (26a); and a pair of left and right battery connection terminals (28c1) which are provided on inner sides of the left and right battery-holding portions (28d) in a vehicle width direction and connected respectively to the left and right batteries (26a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirukawa, Masaru Nakayama, Kuniaki Ikui
  • Patent number: 10053153
    Abstract: The four wheel vehicle uses an electric motor (142) for driving the vehicle and a battery unit (160) for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The lower chassis (5) of the vehicle includes a pair of front side frames (10) extending linearly in a fore and aft direction with an upward slant and a progressively increasing lateral mutual spacing from a front part thereof to a rear part thereof and a plurality of cross members (14, 16, 18) connecting the front side frames to each other. The battery unit is positioned between the two front side frames such that the battery unit overlaps with the front side frames in side view. Thereby, the battery unit can be effectively protected from side impacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kobayashi, Kuniaki Ikui, Takahiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20170225715
    Abstract: The four wheel vehicle uses an electric motor (142) for driving the vehicle and a battery unit (160) for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The lower chassis (5) of the vehicle includes a pair of front side frames (10) extending linearly in a fore and aft direction with an upward slant and a progressively increasing lateral mutual spacing from a front part thereof to a rear part thereof and a plurality of cross members (14, 16, 18) connecting the front side frames to each other. The battery unit is positioned between the two front side frames such that the battery unit overlaps with the front side frames in side view. Thereby, the battery unit can be effectively protected from side impacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki KOBAYASHI, Kuniaki IKUI, Takahiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20150331472
    Abstract: A dual power supply system includes a first power storage battery, a second power storage battery, and a power controller. The first power storage battery is to supply power to a load and has a first internal resistance. The second power storage battery is to supply power to the load and has a second internal resistance higher than the first internal resistance. The power controller is configured to control the second power storage battery to be charged and discharged. The power controller is configured to prohibit the second power storage battery from being charged while the load is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun IWAMOTO, Kuniaki IKUI, Takashi SONE, Katsunori OKUBO, Atsushi OTSU
  • Patent number: 7926608
    Abstract: An electric-motor three-wheeled vehicle includes a motor for applying a drive force to drive wheels, a motor control unit for controlling the motor, a secondary battery for storing electric power generated by a fuel cell, a rear body supporting a pair of left and right rear wheels and a connecting mechanism for connecting the rear body with a front body so as to tilt the front body while the rear wheels are in contact with the ground. The secondary battery is housed in the inside of a luggage carrier above the rear wheels. The motor and the motor control unit, including a motor driver and a main CPU, are mounted between the left and right rear wheels. The voltage converter increases or decreases the voltage of the electric power supplied from the fuel cell. The control drivers controls a supercharger of reaction gas and a electric pump of cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Horii, Katsumi Sahoda, Naoki Kobayashi, Koji Aoki, Kuniaki Ikui, Takashi Sone
  • Patent number: 7851953
    Abstract: A generator has a rotor boss engaged with a crankshaft with a rotor core engaged with the outer circumference of the rotor boss. A stator core is provided around the outer circumference of the rotor core with a bus ring opposed to one end surface of the rotor core. The outer circumference of the bus ring is engaged with a plurality of insulating components surrounding the teeth. The stator core has a split structure composed of a plurality of stator core blocks connected together. Each stator core block is fixed to a generator cover by a bolt. The generator cover is fixed to the outer surface of a crankcase. The rotor core is formed with a plurality of holes for respectively supporting a plurality of rotor magnets. The bus ring includes a plurality of terminals and grommets connected through bus bars to the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kobayashi, Kazumi Shibata, Kuniaki Ikui, Tomohiro Tsukamoto, Koji Aoki
  • Patent number: 7798269
    Abstract: The motorcycle is provided with a pipeline 84 for supplying at least hydrogen and oxygen. A fuel cell 12 is disposed below a seat 22 on which a driver sits. A connection port 80 between the fuel cell 12 and the pipe line 84 is disposed rearward of a foot step 82 on which the driver can set his foot. Accordingly, a space A necessary and sufficient for the foot step 82 is guaranteed, thereby improving a foot setting property at the time of traveling and a foot setting property at the time of stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Makuta, Yoshiyuki Horii, Kuniaki Ikui
  • Publication number: 20090085418
    Abstract: A generator has a rotor boss engaged with a crankshaft with a rotor core engaged with the outer circumference of the rotor boss. A stator core is provided around the outer circumference of the rotor core with a bus ring opposed to one end surface of the rotor core. The outer circumference of the bus ring is engaged with a plurality of insulating components surrounding the teeth. The stator core has a split structure composed of a plurality of stator core blocks connected together. Each stator core block is fixed to a generator cover by a bolt. The generator cover is fixed to the outer surface of a crankcase. The rotor core is formed with a plurality of holes for respectively supporting a plurality of rotor magnets. The bus ring includes a plurality of terminals and grommets connected through bus bars to the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki KOBAYASHI, Kazumi SHIBATA, Kuniaki IKUI, Tomohiro TSUKAMOTO, Koji AOKI