Patents by Inventor Maho KIMURA

Maho KIMURA 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: 9894714
    Abstract: An electrical heating device electrically heats a material to be heated by supplying an electric current flowing between a plurality of electrodes. The electrical heating device includes a temperature detection device which detects temperature information of a plurality of areas of the material to be heated, a supplemental heating device which heats each of the plurality of areas of the material to be heated, and a controller for controlling heating of the material to be heated. During the electrical heating, the controller controls, based on the temperature of each of the plurality of areas of the material to be heated detected by the temperature detection device, the supplemental heating device so that the supplemental heating device heats at least one area or all of areas having a temperature lower than the temperature of an area having a highest temperature among the plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Sakui, Hirokazu Morishita, Asahiko Hasebe, Maho Kimura, Yusuke Matsumoto, Kenichi Morita, Hisanori Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170019950
    Abstract: An electrical heating device electrically heats a material to be heated by supplying an electric current flowing between a plurality of electrodes. The electrical heating device includes temperature detection means for detecting temperature information of a plurality of areas of the material to be heated, supplemental heating means for heating each of the plurality of areas of the material to be heated, and control means for controlling heating of the material to be heated. During the electrical heating, the control means controls, based on the temperature of each of the plurality of areas of the material to be heated detected by the temperature detection means, the supplemental heating means so that the supplemental heating means heats at least one area or all of areas having a temperature lower than the temperature of an area having a highest temperature among the plurality of areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi SAKUI, Hirokazu MORISHITA, Asahiko HASEBE, Maho KIMURA, Yusuke MATSUMOTO, Kenichi MORITA, Hisanori NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170019953
    Abstract: An electrical heating device includes supplemental heating means for supplementarily heating each of areas defined in advance in the material to be heated, and control means. A supplemental heating quantity for each of the areas is obtained by calculating a necessary heating quantity for heating each of the areas to a predefined target temperature and an electrical heating quantity generated in each of the areas by the electrical heating based on cross-sectional area information on the material to be heated and temperature information on the material to be heated and subtracting the calculated electrical heating quantity from the calculated necessary heating quantity. The control means controls, in addition to the control of an electrical heating, the supplemental heating means so that each of the areas is supplementarily heated based on the obtained supplemental heating quantity for each of the areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisanori NAKAMURA, Asahiko HASEBE, Maho KIMURA, Takashi SAKUI, Kenichi MORITA