Patents by Inventor Satoru Komoda

Satoru Komoda 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: 9438059
    Abstract: It is intended to prevent degradation of battery cells (cells). A battery control apparatus obtains a cell voltage value of each of the cells (201) (S1), calculates a cell SOC at each of the cells based on the measured cell voltage value (S2), calculates an integrated current value (Ah) by integrating current values of a battery pack (2) configured with a plurality of the cells (201), calculates a cell capacity value of each of the cells (201) based on the integrated current value and the cell SOC (S3), calculates a dischargeable cell capacity value from the cell capacity value and the cell SOC (S4), and controls charging/discharging of the battery pack (2) based on the dischargeable cell capacity value (S5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Komoda, Naoki Maruno
  • Publication number: 20140176085
    Abstract: This battery controller of a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a generator; a battery; a battery state detector that detects a battery state including the remaining capacity of the battery; a degree-of-deterioration determination unit that determines the degree of deterioration of the battery based on the battery state; a neglect state detector; a monitoring time setting unit that sets a monitoring time to monitor the remaining capacity based on the degree of deterioration and the current remaining capacity of the battery when the neglect state of the vehicle is detected by the neglect state detector; and a charging necessity determination unit that determines whether or not the battery needs to be charged after the monitoring time set by the monitoring time setting unit passes. Charging of the battery by the generator is started when the charging necessity determination unit determines that the battery needs to be charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Maruno, Satoru Komoda
  • Patent number: 8674664
    Abstract: There is provided a charge controller capable of charging a capacitor while suppressing the progress of deterioration of the capacitor without unnecessary charge/discharge of the capacitor. The charge controller includes a voltage sensor 133 that detects the voltage of a capacitor 101, a current sensor 135 that detects the charge/discharge current of the capacitor 101, a battery ECU 123 that estimates the SOC of the capacitor 101 based on the detected voltage, and a management ECU 117. The management ECU 117 calculates the charge/discharge amount from the start of charging of the capacitor 101 by integrating the charge/discharge currents detected by the current sensor 135 and controls the charging of the capacitor 101 based on the estimated SOC and the calculated charge/discharge amount. The management ECU 117 updates and sets the estimated SOC to an actual use upper limit SOC based on the state characteristics of the capacitor 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Yoshikazu Ohnuma, Mutsuji Suzuki, Yoshihiro Sunaga, Naoki Maruno, Satoru Komoda, Atsushi Shibutani, Yoshikazu Nishida
  • Publication number: 20130271068
    Abstract: It is intended to prevent degradation of battery cells (cells). A battery control apparatus obtains a cell voltage value of each of the cells (201) (S1), calculates a cell SOC at each of the cells based on the measured cell voltage value (S2), calculates an integrated current value (Ah) by integrating current values of a battery pack (2) configured with a plurality of the cells (201), calculates a cell capacity value of each of the cells (201) based on the integrated current value and the cell SOC (S3), calculates a dischargeable cell capacity value from the cell capacity value and the cell SOC (S4), and controls charging/discharging of the battery pack (2) based on the dischargeable cell capacity value (S5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Komoda, Naoki Maruno
  • Publication number: 20110221400
    Abstract: There is provided a charge controller capable of charging a capacitor while suppressing the progress of deterioration of the capacitor without unnecessary charge/discharge of the capacitor. The charge controller includes a voltage sensor 133 that detects the voltage of a capacitor 101, a current sensor 135 that detects the charge/discharge current of the capacitor 101, a battery ECU 123 that estimates the SOC of the capacitor 101 based on the detected voltage, and a management ECU 117. The management ECU 117 calculates the charge/discharge amount from the start of charging of the capacitor 101 by integrating the charge/discharge currents detected by the current sensor 135 and controls the charging of the capacitor 101 based on the estimated SOC and the calculated charge/discharge amount. The management ECU 117 updates and sets the estimated SOC to an actual use upper limit SOC based on the state characteristics of the capacitor 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Yushikazu Ohnuma, Mutsuji Suzuki, Yoshihiro Sunaga, Naoki Maruno, Satoru Komoda, Atsushi Shibutani, Yoshikazu Nishida