Patents by Inventor Masakazu TAKANO

Masakazu TAKANO 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: 10661658
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric motor; a battery that is detachable from a body of the vehicle; a connector that electrically connects the battery with the vehicle body; and a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the connector. In accordance with an electric power supplied from the battery via the connector, the electric motor generates a driving force to cause the vehicle to move. During movement of the vehicle and when the detected temperature is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, a controller performs control to lower power consumption of the vehicle compared to when the detected temperature is less than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomosada Anma, Shinji Tsuji, Masakazu Takano
  • Patent number: 10266066
    Abstract: In an electric vehicle, two or more batteries are able to be independently mountable on and demountable from the vehicle body. Power received from a first charger via an inlet is supplied to the two batteries via a power line. Each of the two batteries includes a connector for connection to a second charger when the batteries are demounted from the vehicle body, and a controller that controls charging of the battery by the second charger such that it is possible to facilitate charging of a battery when the battery is demounted from the vehicle body and when the battery is mounted on the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Tsuji, Masakazu Takano
  • Publication number: 20180244165
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric motor; a battery that is detachable from a body of the vehicle; a connector that electrically connects the battery with the vehicle body; and a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the connector. In accordance with an electric power supplied from the battery via the connector, the electric motor generates a driving force to cause the vehicle to move. During movement of the vehicle and when the detected temperature is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, a controller performs control to lower power consumption of the vehicle compared to when the detected temperature is less than the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Tomosada ANMA, Shinji TSUJI, Masakazu TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170021739
    Abstract: In an electric vehicle, two or more batteries are able to be independently mountable on and demountable from the vehicle body. Power received from a first charger via an inlet is supplied to the two batteries via a power line. Each of the two batteries includes a connector for connection to a second charger when the batteries are demounted from the vehicle body, and a controller that controls charging of the battery by the second charger such that it is possible to facilitate charging of a battery when the battery is demounted from the vehicle body and when the battery is mounted on the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji TSUJI, Masakazu TAKANO
  • Patent number: 9421872
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of detachable battery packs that accommodate a rechargeable battery module and a battery management system (BMS) in a case. In a state where the battery pack is installed in the vehicle, the BMS performs information communication with another BMS, and one BMS is a master and communicates with another BMS which is a slave and combines information of the battery packs. In a state where the battery pack is detached from the vehicle, a control of a charging state is independently performed by the BMS with respect to the rechargeable battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Tsuji, Masakazu Takano, Junichi Inami, Toshinori Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20150127206
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of detachable battery packs that accommodate a rechargeable battery module and a battery management system (BMS) in a case. In a state where the battery pack is installed in the vehicle, the BMS performs information communication with another BMS, and one BMS is a master and communicates with another BMS which is a slave and combines information of the battery packs. In a state where the battery pack is detached from the vehicle, a control of a charging state is independently performed by the BMS with respect to the rechargeable battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Shinji TSUJI, Masakazu TAKANO, Junichi INAMI, Toshinori MIYAZAKI