Patents by Inventor Makito MURAMATSU

Makito MURAMATSU 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: 20240067285
    Abstract: A battery frame is fixed to a chassis and a battery pack is assembled to the battery frame. The battery frame includes a pair of crossbars and a pair of side bars. The crossbars extend in the vehicle width direction while being spaced apart in the vehicle front-rear direction, and have both ends in the vehicle width direction fixed to the side members. The side bars extend in the vehicle front-rear direction while being spaced apart in the vehicle width direction, and have front ends and rear ends detachably fixed to the crossbars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira ICHIKAWA, Yusuke KAMIJO, Atsuo TAKEUCHI, Makito MURAMATSU, Kayo KIMURA, Hiroshi OGIHARA, Nana TAIE
  • Publication number: 20240070792
    Abstract: A VGI system is a system in which electric power is exchanged between a power grid of an electric power utility company and a BEV, and includes a plurality of BEVs, EVSE, and a management server that manages exchange of electric power. The EVSE includes specific EVSE available to a specific vehicle among BEVs, the specific vehicle being permanently permitted to use the EVSE. The management server performs processing for temporarily permitting use of the specific EVSE by a non-specific vehicle different from the specific vehicle on condition that the non-specific vehicle uses the specific EVSE to exchange electric power with the electric power utility company and performs processing for granting an incentive to a user of the non-specific vehicle or a manager of the specific EVSE on condition that the non-specific vehicle has exchanged electric power with the electric power utility company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Maiko HAYASHI, Miyako SAKAI, Makito MURAMATSU, Hirohiko TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230350367
    Abstract: The server (power management device) is a power management device that acquires information on a power state of an accommodation facility. The server includes a communication unit (acquiring unit) for acquiring the information, and a processor (control unit) for requesting a user of the electrified vehicle to perform power control on EVSE using the electrified vehicle based on the information acquired by the communication unit. Then, when a predetermined condition related to power control is satisfied by the user, the processor gives a privilege related to the accommodation facility to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Makito MURAMATSU, Miyako SAKAI, Maiko HAYASHI, Hirohiko TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220308120
    Abstract: The battery cellar includes a storage cabinet that stores a plurality of used batteries, a power converter (an AC/DC converter and a DC/DC converter) electrically connected between the plurality of used batteries stored in the storage cabinet and a power system, and a server that controls the power converter to charge or discharge the plurality of batteries in response to a demand response request from the power system. The server selects, from the plurality of used batteries, a first battery, the degradation degree of which has reached a reference value, and a second battery, the degradation degree of which does not reach the reference value but is predicted to reach the reference value within a predetermined period, as replacement target batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Masakazu HABU, Masanosuke SUFU, Makito MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220311261
    Abstract: The battery cellar includes a storage cabinet that stores a plurality of batteries, a power converter (an AC/DC converter and a DC/DC converter) electrically connected between the plurality of batteries stored in the storage cabinet and a power system to perform a bidirectional power conversion operation, and a server that controls the power converter to charge or discharge the plurality of batteries in response to a DR request from the power system. The server, based on a level of demand determined in accordance with a rank related to a degradation degree of a battery, suppresses the charging/discharging of a battery with a higher demand rank among the plurality of batteries as compared with the charging/discharging of a battery with a lower demand rank among the plurality of batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Masakazu HABU, Masanosuke SUFU, Makito MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220311248
    Abstract: A battery cellar includes: battery groups each including a plurality of batteries; a power converter (AC/DC converter and DC/DC converter) electrically connected between the plurality of batteries and an electric power system; and a server that controls operation of the power converter in accordance with a DR request from the electric power system, to cause charging and discharging of the plurality of batteries. The battery groups include a low operating group and a high operating group that is less than or equal to the low operating group in terms of the number of types of ranks of batteries included in each battery group, where the ranks each represent a degree of battery degradation. The server suppresses charging and discharging of the plurality of batteries included in the low operating group, relative to charging and discharging of the plurality of batteries included in the high operating group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Masakazu HABU, Masanosuke SUFU, Makito MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220305925
    Abstract: A battery cellar includes: battery groups each including a plurality of batteries; a power converter (AC/DC converter and DC/DC converter) electrically connected between the plurality of batteries and an electric power system, the power converter being capable of bidirectional power conversion; and a server that controls operation of the power converter in accordance with a DR request from the electric power system, to cause charging and discharging of a plurality of batteries. The server suppresses charging and discharging of batteries of a rank representing a smaller degree of battery degradation, relative to charging and discharging of batteries of a rank representing a greater degree of battery degradation. Proper inventory of batteries of a higher rank can thus be ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Masakazu HABU, Masanosuke SUFU, Makito MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220311063
    Abstract: The battery cellar includes a storage cabinet that stores a plurality of batteries, an AC/DC converter and a DC/DC converter electrically connected between the plurality of used batteries stored in the storage cabinet and a power system, and a server that controls the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter. The server controls the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter in response to a demand response request from the power system, and evaluates a degradation degree of each of the plurality of used batteries based on a voltage and a current of each of the plurality of used batteries charged or discharged by the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Masakazu HABU, Masanosuke SUFU, Makito MURAMATSU
  • Patent number: 11315140
    Abstract: A charging processing system includes: a power supply facility that supplies CO2 free power generated using renewable energy; a vehicle in which CO2 free charging is able to be performed to charge an onboard power storage device using the CO2 free power supplied from the power supply facility; a mobile terminal portable by a user of the vehicle; and a server. The server issues, when the CO2 free charging is performed in the vehicle, a coupon to the user of the vehicle in which the CO2 free charging is performed, the coupon being usable at a shop located around the power supply facility. When a timing to perform the CO2 free charging is included in a specific time period, the server increases the number of issued coupons and a usage value of each coupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Makito Muramatsu, Takumi Shibano, Masashi Tanaka, Takashi Ochiai, Takeharu Fukui, Yoshihiro Takamura, Takahiro Yokogawa, Masashi Ohgashira
  • Patent number: 11285837
    Abstract: A charging processing system includes: a power supply facility that supplies CO2 free power; electrically powered vehicles that each perform CO2 free charging to charge an onboard power storage device using the CO2 free power supplied from the power supply facility; mobile terminals portable by users who own the electrically powered vehicles; and a server. The server issues a coupon to a user of an electrically powered vehicle in which the CO2 free charging is performed, the coupon being usable at a shop located around the power supply facility. The server includes: a storage device that stores user attribute information in which a user ID and an attribute of each user are associated with each other; and a control device that extracts a user who has a specific attribute by making reference to the user attribute information and that notifies coupon advance-notice information to the extracted user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Makito Muramatsu, Takumi Shibano, Masashi Tanaka, Takashi Ochiai, Takeharu Fukui, Yoshihiro Takamura, Takahiro Yokogawa, Masashi Ohgashira
  • Patent number: 11279251
    Abstract: A charging system includes a vehicle, a power supply facility, a mobile terminal, and a server. The power supply facility performs external charging by supplying power to the vehicle. The mobile terminal receives a user input from a user of the vehicle and provides a notification to the user. The server communicates with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal sets a first notification condition in the server in response to the user input. A second notification condition is set in the server in advance. The server determines whether or not each of the first notification condition and the second notification condition is satisfied during the external charging. When the first notification condition is satisfied, the server provides a first notification to the user through the mobile terminal. When the second notification condition is satisfied, the server provides a second notification to the user through the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Makito Muramatsu, Takumi Shibano, Masashi Tanaka, Takashi Ochiai, Takeharu Fukui, Yoshihiro Takamura, Takahiro Yokogawa, Masashi Ohgashira
  • Publication number: 20200198493
    Abstract: A charging processing system includes: a power supply facility that supplies CO2 free power; electrically powered vehicles that each perform CO2 free charging to charge an onboard power storage device using the CO2 free power supplied from the power supply facility; mobile terminals portable by users who own the electrically powered vehicles; and a server. The server issues a coupon to a user of an electrically powered vehicle in which the CO2 free charging is performed, the coupon being usable at a shop located around the power supply facility. The server includes: a storage device that stores user attribute information in which a user ID and an attribute of each user are associated with each other; and a control device that extracts a user who has a specific attribute by making reference to the user attribute information and that notifies coupon advance-notice information to the extracted user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Makito MURAMATSU, Takumi SHIBANO, Masashi TANAKA, Takashi OCHIAI, Takeharu FUKUI, Yoshihiro TAKAMURA, Takahiro YOKOGAWA, Masashi OHGASHIRA
  • Publication number: 20200198487
    Abstract: A charging system includes a vehicle, a power supply facility, a mobile terminal, and a server. The power supply facility performs external charging by supplying power to the vehicle. The mobile terminal receives a user input from a user of the vehicle and provides a notification to the user. The server communicates with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal sets a first notification condition in the server in response to the user input. A second notification condition is set in the server in advance. The server determines whether or not each of the first notification condition and the second notification condition is satisfied during the external charging. When the first notification condition is satisfied, the server provides a first notification to the user through the mobile terminal. When the second notification condition is satisfied, the server provides a second notification to the user through the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Makito MURAMATSU, Takumi SHIBANO, Masashi TANAKA, Takashi OCHIAI, Takeharu FUKUI, Yoshihiro TAKAMURA, Takahiro YOKOGAWA, Masashi OHGASHIRA
  • Publication number: 20200198492
    Abstract: A charging processing system includes: a power supply facility that supplies CO2 free power generated using renewable energy; a vehicle in which CO2 free charging is able to be performed to charge an onboard power storage device using the CO2 free power supplied from the power supply facility; a mobile terminal portable by a user of the vehicle; and a server. The server issues, when the CO2 free charging is performed in the vehicle, a coupon to the user of the vehicle in which the CO2 free charging is performed, the coupon being usable at a shop located around the power supply facility. When a timing to perform the CO2 free charging is included in a specific time period, the server increases the number of issued coupons and a usage value of each coupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Makito MURAMATSU, Takumi SHIBANO, Masashi TANAKA, Takashi OCHIAI, Takeharu FUKUI, Yoshihiro TAKAMURA, Takahiro YOKOGAWA, Masashi OHGASHIRA