Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Kawano
Shinichiro Kawano 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: 9694700Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a charging management system. Based on an estimated duration from a time when an electric vehicle having arrived at each of a charging facilities starts charging until the charging is complete, the system determines the charging facility a charging facility utilization of which is to be recommended to be one of the charging facilities related to a path to a destination which has a shortest maximum wait time from a time when a plurality of electric vehicles arrive at the charging facility until the charging is complete, and reports information indicative of the determined charging facility to the electric vehicle not having arrived at the charging facility.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Makoto Kano, Yasuomi Une, Junichi Yamamoto, Norikazu Hosaka, Satoshi Sekine, Tsuyoshi Shimada
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Patent number: 9682627Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a consumed power amount estimation apparatus including an estimation unit configured to estimate a power amount necessary for an electric vehicle having a similar power consumption tendency to run, based on a parameter used to compensate for information affecting power consumption by running of the electric vehicle based on consumed power amount information of each of a plurality of electric vehicles having similar power consumption tendencies.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Junichi Yamamoto, Norikazu Hosaka, Satoshi Sekine, Makoto Kano, Shinichiro Kawano, Yasuomi Une
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Publication number: 20150158393Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a charging management system. Based on an estimated duration from a time when an electric vehicle having arrived at each of a charging facilities starts charging until the charging is complete, the system determines the charging facility a charging facility utilization of which is to be recommended to be one of the charging facilities related to a path to a destination which has a shortest maximum wait time from a time when a plurality of electric vehicles arrive at the charging facility until the charging is complete, and reports information indicative of the determined charging facility to the electric vehicle not having arrived at the charging facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro KAWANO, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Makoto KANO, Yasuomi UNE, Junichi YAMAMOTO, Norikazu HOSAKA, Satoshi SEKINE, Tsuyoshi SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20150151637Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a consumed power amount estimation apparatus including an estimation unit configured to estimate a power amount necessary for an electric vehicle having a similar power consumption tendency to run, based on a parameter used to compensate for information affecting power consumption by running of the electric vehicle based on consumed power amount information of each of a plurality of electric vehicles having similar power consumption tendencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Junichi YAMAMOTO, Norikazu HOSAKA, Satoshi SEKINE, Makoto KANO, Shinichiro KAWANO, Yasuomi UNE
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Publication number: 20080191648Abstract: In a closed loop control method of a linear vibration actuator which vibrates linearly and energized by a switching element driven in a PWM control method, a crest or peak point (Bc, Bp) of the back electromotive force occurring in the linear vibration actuator is detected (S14). The detected crest or peak point (Bc, Bp) is compared with a reference value (Bcr, Bpr) (S15), and adjusting the PWM duty (?) applied to the switching element and controlling the operating frequency of the linear vibration actuator to resonant frequency (S16 to S19), thereby keeping the crest or peak point (Bc, Bp) of the back electromotive force always constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2003Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Yoshiteru Ito, Subrata Saha, Taro Kishibe, Shinichiro Kawano, Koji Kameda, Kazushige Narazaki, Yasufumi Ikkai, Noriyoshi Nishiyama
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Patent number: 7071584Abstract: A linear motor includes tubular outer yoke (4), tubular inner yoke (3) disposed in outer yoke (4), coil (2) provided to inner yoke (3), permanent magnet (5a, 5b) vibrating following a magnetic flux produced by coil (2), and vibrator (6) made of magnetic material and supporting permanent magnets (5a, 5b). Magnetic loop produced by outer yoke (4) and inner yoke (3) travels through vibrator (6) free from interference by vibrator (6) because vibrator (6) is made of magnetic material. As a result, the linear motor vibrates efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami
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Patent number: 7049925Abstract: Plural magnetic sheets (22) are laminated in circumference direction to form a cylindrical laminated core. Magnetic sheets (22) adjacent to each other have coupling point (25) at an upper section or a lower section and gap (26) on an opposite side of coupling point (25). Coupling point (25) is prepared at upper section (23), then lower section (24), and upper section (23) then lower section (24) alternately. This structure allows assembling a radial laminated core with ease.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Hiroshi Ueda, Mikio Hirano, Masami Wada
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Patent number: 6979924Abstract: The invention relates to a motor comprising a stator core having plural teeth and slots provided among the teeth, a winding applied on the teeth by a single turn, and a rotor incorporating plural permanent magnets, which is rotated and driven by utilizing reluctance torque in addition to magnet torque. By turning thus divided teeth by a single winding, the occupation rate of the winding in the slots can be raised. As a result, a motor of small size and large output can be presented.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yasufumi Ikkai, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami, Shinichiro Kawano
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Patent number: 6836045Abstract: An electric motor is equipped with a rotor having multiple rows of slits arranged along a radial direction. A permanent magnet is buried only in some of the slits, namely the ones closest to the center of the rotor or the innermost slits, to drive the motor using both magnet torque and reluctance torque. This improves the torque output.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Murakami, Yuichiro Sadanaga, Yasufumi Ikkai, Taro Kishibe, Shinichiro Kawano, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Haruhiko Kado, Yukihiro Okada
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Publication number: 20040207272Abstract: A linear motor includes tubular outer yoke (4), tubular inner yoke (3) disposed in outer yoke (4), coil (2) provided to inner yoke (3), permanent magnet (5a, 5b) vibrating following a magnetic flux produced by coil (2), and vibrator (6) made of magnetic material and supporting permanent magnets (5a, 5b). Magnetic loop produced by outer yoke (4) and inner yoke (3) travels through vibrator (6) free from interference by vibrator (6) because vibrator (6) is made of magnetic material. As a result, the linear motor vibrates efficiently.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami
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Patent number: 6777895Abstract: A vibrating linear actuator includes a mover having a permanent magnet, a stator having coils, a base on which the stator is mounted, a cover, and lands electrically coupled to the coils. The lands are provided on the surface of one of the base or the cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Shimoda, Shinichiro Kawano, Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Toshiyuki Iwahori
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Publication number: 20040150282Abstract: An electric motor is equipped with a rotor having multiple rows of slits arranged along a radial direction. A permanent magnet is buried only in some of the slits, namely the ones closest to the center of the rotor or the innermost slits, to drive the motor using both magnet torque and reluctance torque. This improves the torque output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Hiroshi Murakami, Yuichiro Sadanaga, Yasufumi Ikkai, Taro Kishibe, Shinichiro Kawano, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Haruhiko Kado, Yukihiro Okada
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Patent number: 6759778Abstract: The invention relates to a motor comprising a stator core having plural teeth and slots provided among the teeth, a winding applied on the teeth by a single turn, and a rotor incorporating plural permanent magnets, which is rotated and driven by utilizing reluctance torque in addition to magnet torque. By turning thus divided teeth by a single winding, the occupation rate of the winding in the slots can be raised. As a result, a motor of small size and large output can be presented.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yasufumi Ikkai, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami, Shinichiro Kawano
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Publication number: 20040025325Abstract: Plural magnetic sheets (22) are laminated in circumference direction to form a cylindrical laminated core. Magnetic sheets (22) adjacent to each other have coupling point (25) at an upper section or a lower section and gap (26) on an opposite side of coupling point (25). Coupling point (25) is prepared at upper section (23), then lower section (24), and upper section (23) then lower section (24) alternately. This structure allows assembling a radial laminated core with ease.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Hiroshi Ueda, Mikio Hirano, Masami Wada
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Patent number: 6653753Abstract: A linear motor includes tubular outer yoke (4), tubular inner yoke (3) disposed in outer yoke (4), coil (2) provided to inner yoke (3), permanent magnet (5a, 5b) vibrating following a magnetic flux produced by coil (2), and vibrator (6) made of magnetic material and supporting permanent magnets (5a, 5b). Magnetic loop produced by outer yoke (4) and inner yoke (3) travels through vibrator (6) free from interference by vibrator (6) because vibrator (6) is made of magnetic material. As a result, the linear motor vibrates efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami
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Publication number: 20030173835Abstract: A slim and efficient vibrating linear actuator includes a stator which sandwiches a coil generating vibrating magnetic field, and a first teeth section and a second teeth section. A mover, including a permanent magnet, is linked to the stator by elastic bodies and energized substantially to a midpoint between the first and second teeth sections. When the mover faces both of the first teeth section and the second teeth section, electric current is supplied to the coil, and when the mover faces only one of the first teeth section or the second teeth section, no electric current is supplied to the coil. This structure allows the vibrating linear actuator to be slimmed down and operate efficiently. A portable information apparatus employing this actuator can be slimmed down and work efficiently.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Shimoda, Shinichiro Kawano, Toshiyuki Iwahori
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Publication number: 20030124990Abstract: A vibrating linear actuator includes a mover formed of an outer yoke having a heavy body, and a magnet. The actuator also includes a stator formed of an inner yoke having a coil and generating vibrating magnetic field to the outer yoke, and leaf springs, i.e., an elastic body, that couple the inner yoke to the outer yoke. The outer yoke is placed outside the inner yoke. This structure allows adjusting a magnitude of vibration of the actuator by simply changing a size of the outer yoke.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Shimoda, Toshiyuki Iwahori, Nobukazu Sugano
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Publication number: 20030117223Abstract: A linear actuator includes a mover equipped with an outer yoke and a magnet, a stator equipped with coils and an inner yoke, and leaf springs for linking the movable section and the stator. The actuator is assembled such that the leaf springs are deformed when the mover stays at a balanced position. This structure can maximize a vibration stroke of the mover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventors: Kazuhiro Shimoda, Shinichiro Kawano, Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Toshiyuki Iwahori
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Publication number: 20030114999Abstract: A vibrating linear actuator includes a mover having a permanent magnet, a stator having coils, a base on which the stator is mounted, a cover, and lands electrically coupled to the coils. The lands are provided on the surface of one of the base or the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2002Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventors: Kazuhiro Shimoda, Shinichiro Kawano, Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Toshiyuki Iwahori
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Publication number: 20020070619Abstract: The invention relates to a motor comprising a stator core having plural teeth and slots provided among the teeth, a winding applied on the teeth by a single turn, and a rotor incorporating plural permanent magnets, which is rotated and driven by utilizing reluctance torque in addition to magnet torque. By turning thus divided teeth by a single winding, the occupation rate of the winding in the slots can be raised. As a result, a motor of small size and large output can be presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2001Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventors: Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yasufumi Ikkai, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami, Shinichiro Kawano