Patents by Inventor Shimpei Sakoda

Shimpei Sakoda 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: 20130057082
    Abstract: A non-contact power reception system comprising movable body equipment including a secondary-side coil for receiving, in a non-contact manner, electric power from a primary-side coil, which receives electric power from an AC power source, a rectifier, which rectifies electric power received by the secondary-side coil, and an electrical storage device, which is connected to rectifier, wherein the movable body equipment includes a matching unit located between the secondary-side coil and the rectifier, and the non-contact power reception system is configured to bring the matching unit into a mismatch state when electric power is being received from the primary-side coil in a state in which the movable body equipment should refuse power reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130057207
    Abstract: A power feeding system is provided, in which a detected value of reflected power at a power supply device in a power feeding installation is sent from the power feeding installation to a vehicle via a first communication device, the vehicle has an impedance matching device for adjusting an impedance at a resonance system that is constituted of a power transmission resonator, including a primary self-resonant coil and a primary coil in the power feeding installation, and a power receiving resonator, including a secondary self-resonant coil and a secondary coil in the vehicle, and the impedance matching device is controlled based on the detected value of the reflected power at the power supply device, which has been received from the power feeding installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura, Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120306439
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a power reception terminal, a charger and a non-contact power reception unit. The power reception terminal is configured to be electrically connectable to an AC power supply. The charger is configured to convert AC electric power inputted from the power reception terminal to a predetermined DC voltage. The non-contact power reception unit is configured to be magnetically coupled to a power transmission unit of an AC power supply to receive electric power from the AC power supply in a non-contact manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Kazuyoshi Takada, Shimpei Sakoda
  • Publication number: 20120242286
    Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging device includes a high frequency power source, a primary side resonant coil, a secondary side resonant coil, a charger, a secondary battery, and a stop control unit. The primary side resonant coil receives supply of high frequency electric power from the high frequency power source. The secondary side resonant coil is arranged apart from the primary side resonant coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary side resonant coil receives electric power from the primary side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance between the primary side resonant coil and the secondary side resonant coil. The charger receives supply of high frequency electric power from the secondary side resonant coil. The secondary battery is connected to the charger. The stop control unit stops the high frequency power source before stopping the charger when charging is to be stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi TAKADA, Sadanori SUZUKI, Kenichi NAKATA, Shimpei SAKODA, Yukihiro YAMAMOTO, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Tetsuhiro ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120242287
    Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging device includes a high frequency power source, a primary side resonant coil, a secondary side resonant coil, a charger, a secondary battery, and a stop control unit. The primary side resonant coil receives supply of high frequency electric power from the high frequency power source. The secondary side resonant coil is arranged apart from the primary side resonant coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary side resonant coil receives electric power from the primary side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance between the primary side resonant coil and the secondary side resonant coil. The charger receives supply of high frequency electric power from the secondary side resonant coil. The secondary battery is connected to the charger. The stop control unit stops the high frequency power source before stopping the charger when charging is to be stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi TAKADA, Sadanori SUZUKI, Kenichi NAKATA, Shimpei SAKODA, Yukihiro YAMAMOTO, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Tetsuhiro ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120230058
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus includes a high-frequency converting section, which converts input voltage to high-frequency voltage and outputs it, a primary coil, which receives high-frequency voltage from the high-frequency converting section, and a secondary coil, which receives electric power from the primary coil. The non-contact power transmission apparatus further includes a load to which the electric power received by the secondary coil is supplied, a rectifier located between the secondary coil and the load, and an output adjusting section, which supplies, as pulses, output voltage to the high-frequency converting section. The output adjusting section is configured to increase or reduce output to the load by adjusting a duty cycle of the pulse output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tadashi Kondo, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda
  • Patent number: 8248027
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus is disclosed. The non-contact power transmission apparatus includes an AC power source, a primary coil, a primary side resonance coil, a secondary side resonance coil, a secondary coil, a voltage measuring section, and a distance calculating section. AC voltage of the AC power source is applied to the primary coil. A load is connected to the secondary coil. The voltage measuring section measures the voltage of the primary coil. The distance calculating section calculates the distance between the primary side resonance coil and the secondary side resonance coil based on the voltage measured by the voltage measuring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata
  • Patent number: 8212520
    Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging device includes a high frequency power source, a primary side resonant coil, a secondary side resonant coil, a charger, a secondary battery, and a stop control unit. The primary side resonant coil receives supply of high frequency electric power from the high frequency power source. The secondary side resonant coil is arranged apart from the primary side resonant coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary side resonant coil receives electric power from the primary side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance between the primary side resonant coil and the secondary side resonant coil. The charger receives supply of high frequency electric power from the secondary side resonant coil. The secondary battery is connected to the charger. The stop control unit stops the high frequency power source before stopping the charger when charging is to be stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jikoshikki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120161900
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shielding member, an electric circuit, and a filter capacitor. The electric circuit has an output line and is arranged inside the shielding member. The filter capacitor is arranged outside the shielding member to be connected to the output line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Yasuhiro Koike, Hiroaki Asano, Kiminori Ozaki, Sergey Moiseev
  • Publication number: 20120161911
    Abstract: An induction device includes a casing, a coil retainer, a coil that is disposed in the casing and retained to the coil retainer and a core that is disposed in the casing. The coil extends spirally around the core. The core and the coil retainer are fixed to the casing separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Sergey MOISEEV, Yasuhiro KOIKE, Hiroaki ASANO, Kiminori OZAKI, Masanori TSUZAKA, Shimpei SAKODA
  • Publication number: 20120104998
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission device includes an alternating current power supply, a resonant system, a load, an impedance measuring section and an analyzing section. The resonant system has a primary coil connected to the alternating current power supply, a primary-side resonant coil, a secondary-side resonant coil and a secondary coil. The load is connected to the secondary coil. The impedance measuring section can measure the input impedance of the resonant system. The analyzing section analyzes the measurement results obtained from the impedance measuring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetshuhiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120062172
    Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging device includes a high frequency power source, a primary side resonant coil, a secondary side resonant coil, a charger, a secondary battery, and a stop control unit, The primary side resonant coil receives supply of high frequency electric power from the high frequency power source. The secondary side resonant coil is arranged apart from the primary side resonant coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary side resonant coil receives electric power from the primary side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance between the primary side resonant coil and the secondary side resonant coil. The charger receives supply of high frequency electric power from the secondary side resonant coil. The secondary battery is connected to the charger. The stop control unit stops the high frequency power source before stopping the charger when charging is to be stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120025761
    Abstract: A resonance type non-contact power supply system is provided that includes power supplying equipment and an electric vehicle. The power supply equipment includes an alternating-current power source and a primary-side resonance coil for receiving power from the alternating-current power source. The electric vehicle includes power receiving equipment and a vehicle height control device mounted on the electric vehicle. The power receiving equipment includes a secondary-side resonance coil that receives power from the primary-side resonance coil, a rectifier that rectifies the power received by the secondary-side resonance coil, and an electrical storage device, to which the power rectified by the rectifier is supplied. A resonance system that includes the primary-side resonance coil and the secondary-side resonance coil is configured such that impedance thereof is adjusted by the use of the vehicle height control device when the electrical storage device is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Toru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110298294
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission device is disclosed. The resonant system includes a primary coil connected to the AC power source, a primary resonance coil, a secondary resonance coil, and a secondary coil is connected to the load. When the relationship between an input impedance of the resonant system and a frequency of an AC voltage of the AC power source is shown in a graph, the frequency of the AC voltage of the AC power source is set between a first frequency at which the input impedance has a local maximum value, and a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency and at which the input impedance has a local minimum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110241440
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-contact power transmission apparatus provided with an AC power source and a resonant system. The resonant system has a primary coil that is connected with the AC power source, a primary-side resonance coil, a secondary-side resonance coil, a secondary coil and a load that is connected with the secondary coil. In addition, the non-contact power transmission apparatus is provided with a state detection unit and a variable-impedance circuit. The state detection unit detects the state of the resonant system. The variable-impedance circuit is constructed so as to adjust its own impedance in accordance with the state of the resonant system detected by the state detection unit, in such a way that the input impedance and the output impedance at the resonant frequency of the resonant system are matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Sadanori Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Takada, Kenichi Nakata, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110227421
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus is disclosed. The non-contact power transmission apparatus includes an alternating-current power source and a resonant system. The resonant system includes a primary coil connected to the alternating-current power source, a primary-side resonance coil, a secondary-side resonance coil, and a secondary coil is connected to a load. The apparatus also has a first capacitor and a second capacitor. A first resonant frequency, which is a resonant frequency of the primary-side resonance coil and the first capacitor, and a second resonant frequency, which is a resonant frequency of the secondary-side resonance coil and the second capacitor, are set to be equal to each other. The frequency of an alternating voltage of the alternating-current power source is set to match with the first resonant frequency and the second resonant frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Sadanori Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Takada, Keinichi Nakata, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110109263
    Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging system is disclosed that includes a resonance system. The resonance system has a primary side resonance coil, a secondary side resonance coil, a power converting section having a DC/DC converter, and a battery. The charging system has a controlling section that controls the DC/DC converter. The controlling section controls the duty cycle of the DC/DC converter such that the input impedance of the resonance system at the resonant frequency and the output impedance of a high-frequency power source match each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Kazuyoshi Takada
  • Publication number: 20100201316
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus having an AC power source and a resonance system is disclosed. The resonance system has a primary coil connected to the AC power source, a primary side resonance coil, a secondary side resonance coil, a secondary coil, and a load connected to the secondary coil. The primary side resonance coil is separated from the primary coil in an axial direction by a first distance, and the secondary coil is separated from the secondary side resonance coil in the axial direction by a second distance. At least one of the first distance and the second distance is adjusted to be a distance that is determined in advance in accordance with the impedance of the load so that the power transmission efficiency is maintained at a proper value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Shimpei Sakoda, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20100201204
    Abstract: A non-contact power transmission apparatus is disclosed. The non-contact power transmission apparatus includes an AC power source, a primary coil, a primary side resonance coil, a secondary side resonance coil, a secondary coil, a voltage measuring section, and a distance calculating section. AC voltage of the AC power source is applied to the primary coil. A load is connected to the secondary coil. The voltage measuring section measures the voltage of the primary coil. The distance calculating section calculates the distance between the primary side resonance coil and the secondary side resonance coil based on the voltage measured by the voltage measuring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20100156346
    Abstract: A resonance type non-contact charging apparatus is disclosed. A charger of the apparatus receives the high frequency power from a secondary side resonance coil of the apparatus. A power ratio detecting section of the apparatus detects the ratio of the reflected power from a primary side resonance coil to the high frequency power source with respect to the output power from the high frequency power source to the primary side resonance coil. A stop control section of the apparatus stops the high frequency power source when the ratio detected by the power ratio detecting section becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takada, Sadanori Suzuki, Kenichi Nakata, Shimpei Sakoda, Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Ichikawa, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa