Patents by Inventor Seiji Kamata
Seiji Kamata 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).
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Patent number: 11894789Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device including an all-solid-state battery, a power converter that converts power between the all-solid-state battery and a load, and a thermal coupling member that thermally couples the all-solid-state battery and the power converter.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventor: Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 11513156Abstract: A voltage determinator which determines a battery voltage using a voltage determination circuit and is configured to output the determination voltage to a corrector in a separate body includes a characteristics signal generation circuit that is configured to output a characteristics signal indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit to the corrector.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Publication number: 20220255484Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device including an all-solid-state battery, a power converter that converts power between the all-solid-state battery and a load, and a thermal coupling member that thermally couples the all-solid-state battery and the power converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventor: Seiji KAMATA
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Patent number: 11280838Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, a plurality of first input terminals connected to a battery cell, a signal processing circuit having a plurality of second input terminals, and a switch unit, wherein the first input terminals and the second input terminals correspond to each other one-to-one, the switch unit electrically connects arbitrary second input terminals of the plurality of second input terminals to non-correspondence terminals, which are terminals that do not correspond to the arbitrary second input terminals, and the non-correspondence terminals are the second input terminals other than the arbitrary second input terminals, the first input terminals that do not correspond to any of the group consisting of the arbitrary second input terminals, the ground terminal, and the power supply terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 11223193Abstract: A circuit protection device is provided between a direct-current power supply and a protection object circuit connected to the direct-current power supply, and protects the protection object circuit from an overvoltage of the direct-current power supply by shutting off a connection between the direct-current power supply and the protection object circuit using a predetermined interrupting element. The circuit protection device includes a bypass circuit which suppresses an electric alternating-current component from flowing to the interrupting element.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 11211644Abstract: A vehicle battery device includes a plurality of battery cell groups in which battery cells are connected in series, connection switches which can switch an electrical connection between the plurality of battery cell groups to a series connection or a parallel connection, and current sensors which detect electric currents flowing in the respective battery cell groups in both of the series connection and the parallel connection, and the current sensor is provided in the vicinity of a positive electrode terminal or a negative electrode terminal of each of the battery cell groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 10935576Abstract: In a voltage detection apparatus for detecting voltage of battery modules, it is possible to detect that a shut-off element performed operation in a certain one of a plurality of battery modules connected in parallel. The voltage detection apparatus detects voltage of the plurality of battery modules each including a shut-off element and connected in parallel with respect to a load, and decides whether the shut-off elements are operating based on the cell voltage in a state that the plurality of battery modules are disconnected from a power supply line by switching wares.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 10877102Abstract: A voltage detection device is provided which includes: a plurality of wires that are connected to a plurality of battery cells of a battery; a voltage detection circuit that operates with supply of electric power from the battery and detects voltages of the plurality of battery cells via the plurality of wires; an overvoltage protection circuit that electrically connects one or more wires of the plurality of wires to a minus terminal of the battery when the voltage of the one or more wires is higher than a predetermined threshold value; and a breaker circuit that irreversibly breaks electrical connection between the minus terminal and the voltage detection circuit using a current flowing from the one or more wires to the minus terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata, Atsushi Hirokawa, Seigo Imai
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Patent number: 10845420Abstract: A voltage detecting apparatus includes: a voltage detecting unit configured to detect a voltage of a battery supplying power to a load; a discharge circuit configured to discharge the battery; a protection circuit disposed between the voltage detecting unit and the battery and between the discharge circuit and the battery; and a determination unit configured to estimate an internal resistance of the protection circuit on the basis of a first voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit when the discharge circuit is in a non-operating state and a second voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit when the discharge circuit is in an operating state and determine a half-cut state of the protection circuit on the basis of a result of the estimation.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventor: Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 10741817Abstract: A battery connection module is adapted to connect a battery pack, the battery connection module comprises: a carrying tray; a plurality of busbars mounted on the carrying tray and adapted to electrically connect a plurality of batteries of the battery pack; a flexible circuit board mounted on the carrying tray and mechanically and electrically connected to the plurality of busbars, the flexible circuit board having a frame-shaped portion with an opening, a flexible mating portion being provided in the opening of the frame-shaped portion; and a battery management system mounted on the carrying tray, positioned above the flexible circuit board and comprising a flexible circuit board connector; the flexible mating portion extending into the opening and being reversely bent and mated with the flexible circuit board connector on the battery management system. These components are integrated to an integrated module that facilitates subsequent assembling and use.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignees: Molex, LLC, Keihin CorporationInventors: Siow-Pheng Goh, Kian Heng Lim, Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Publication number: 20200124674Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, a plurality of first input terminals connected to a battery cell, a signal processing circuit having a plurality of second input terminals, and a switch unit, wherein the first input terminals and the second input terminals correspond to each other one-to-one, the switch unit electrically connects arbitrary second input terminals of the plurality of second input terminals to non-correspondence terminals, which are terminals that do not correspond to the arbitrary second input terminals, and the non-correspondence terminals are the second input terminals other than the arbitrary second input terminals, the first input terminals that do not correspond to any of the group consisting of the arbitrary second input terminals, the ground terminal, and the power supply terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20200067302Abstract: A circuit protection device is provided between a direct-current power supply and a protection object circuit connected to the direct-current power supply, and protects the protection object circuit from an overvoltage of the direct-current power supply by shutting off a connection between the direct-current power supply and the protection object circuit using a predetermined interrupting element. The circuit protection device includes a bypass circuit which suppresses an electric alternating-current component from flowing to the interrupting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20200057112Abstract: A voltage determinator which determines a battery voltage using a voltage determination circuit and is configured to output the determination voltage to a corrector in a separate body includes a characteristics signal generation circuit that is configured to output a characteristics signal indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit to the corrector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20190305385Abstract: A vehicle battery device includes a plurality of battery cell groups in which battery cells are connected in series, connection switches which can switch an electrical connection between the plurality of battery cell groups to a series connection or a parallel connection, and current sensors which detect electric currents flowing in the respective battery cell groups in both of the series connection and the parallel connection, and the current sensor is provided in the vicinity of a positive electrode terminal or a negative electrode terminal of each of the battery cell groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20190293693Abstract: In a voltage detection apparatus for detecting voltage of battery modules, it is possible to detect that a shut-off element performed operation in a certain one of a plurality of battery modules connected in parallel. The voltage detection apparatus detects voltage of the plurality of battery modules each including a shut-off element and connected in parallel with respect to a load, and decides whether the shut-off elements are operating based on the cell voltage in a state that the plurality of battery modules are disconnected from a power supply line by switching wares.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Keihin CorporationInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Publication number: 20190293725Abstract: A voltage detection device is provided which includes: a plurality of wires that are connected to a plurality of battery cells of a battery; a voltage detection circuit that operates with supply of electric power from the battery and detects voltages of the plurality of battery cells via the plurality of wires; an overvoltage protection circuit that electrically connects one or more wires of the plurality of wires to a minus terminal of the battery when the voltage of the one or more wires is higher than a predetermined threshold value; and a breaker circuit that irreversibly breaks electrical connection between the minus terminal and the voltage detection circuit using a current flowing from the one or more wires to the minus terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA, Atsushi HIROKAWA, Seigo IMAI
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Publication number: 20190267605Abstract: An electric power supply system for supplying a load device with driving electric power includes an electric power storage device and an ECU. The electric power storage device includes a CID configured to interrupt an electrical conduction path of the electric power storage device in response to the electric power storage device having an internal pressure exceeding a rated value. The controller calculates a voltage variation length corresponding to an integral of an amount by which a voltage applied to the load device varies in magnitude and a current variation length corresponding to an integral of an amount by which a current input/output to/from the electric power storage device varies in magnitude for each sampling period for a predetermined period of time. Then, the ECU determines whether or not the CID has been operated, based on the voltage variation length and the current variation length.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventor: Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20190088918Abstract: A battery connection module is adapted to connect a battery pack, the battery connection module comprises: a carrying tray; a plurality of busbars mounted on the carrying tray and adapted to electrically connect a plurality of batteries of the battery pack; a flexible circuit board mounted on the carrying tray and mechanically and electrically connected to the plurality of busbars, the flexible circuit board having a frame-shaped portion with an opening, a flexible mating portion being provided in the opening of the frame-shaped portion; and a battery management system mounted on the carrying tray, positioned above the flexible circuit board and comprising a flexible circuit board connector; the flexible mating portion extending into the opening and being reversely bent and mated with the flexible circuit board connector on the battery management system. These components are integrated to an integrated module that facilitates subsequent assembling and use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicants: Molex, LLC, Keihin CorporationInventors: Siow-Pheng GOH, Kian Heng LIM, Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Patent number: 10006966Abstract: A battery voltage detection device includes a battery; a voltage detection circuit; and a low-pass filter provided between the battery and the voltage detection circuit. The low-pass filter includes a capacitor of which one end is connected to a terminal of the battery and the other end is connected to a voltage source outputting a voltage higher than a terminal voltage of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 9978550Abstract: A current sensor and contactor apparatus reduces the space required for arranging a current sensor and a contactor. This current sensor and contactor apparatus comprises a current sensor, a contactor and a substrate. The current sensor has a current sensor element, the current sensor detects a current value of power inputted from the outside and outputs a detection signal indicating the current value from the current sensor element. The contactor turns on and off a power line through which the power flows based on a control signal inputted from the outside. On the substrate, the current sensor element of the current sensor is installed and also a plurality of signal lines connecting the current sensor element and the contactor are formed. The current sensor, the contactor and the substrate are integrated.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji Kamata, Yoichi Kawaguchi, Kenichi Takebayashi