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).

  • Patent number: 11894789
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Kamata
  • Patent number: 11513156
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Publication number: 20220255484
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Seiji KAMATA
  • Patent number: 11280838
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Patent number: 11223193
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Patent number: 11211644
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Patent number: 10935576
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Patent number: 10877102
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata, Atsushi Hirokawa, Seigo Imai
  • Patent number: 10845420
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiji Kamata
  • Patent number: 10741817
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: Molex, LLC, Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Siow-Pheng Goh, Kian Heng Lim, Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Publication number: 20200124674
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20200067302
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20200057112
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20190305385
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20190293725
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA, Atsushi HIROKAWA, Seigo IMAI
  • Publication number: 20190293693
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Publication number: 20190267605
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Seiji KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20190088918
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: Molex, LLC, Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Siow-Pheng GOH, Kian Heng LIM, Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
  • Patent number: 10006966
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
  • Patent number: 9978550
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Kamata, Yoichi Kawaguchi, Kenichi Takebayashi