Patents by Inventor Shunsuke KAWAKAMI

Shunsuke KAWAKAMI 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).

  • Fuel cell system
    Patent number: 11056701
    Abstract: A fuel cell system, including: an electric power generation control unit; an insulation-resistance measurement signal generation unit configured to generate a voltage-divided AC signal obtained by dividing an amplitude of a measurement AC signal; and an insulation resistance measurement unit configured to measure a resistance value of the insulation resistance, in which when the insulation resistance measurement unit detects, in a state where a voltage is maintained during an intermittent operation of the electric power generation control unit, an excessive noise state indicating a change in which a range of fluctuations of the peak value of the voltage-divided AC signal exceeds a predetermined allowable range of fluctuations, the insulation resistance measurement unit instructs the electric power generation control unit to change a fluctuation frequency of an output voltage of the fuel cell from a current frequency and then measures the resistance value of the insulation resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Toriumi, Shunsuke Kawakami
  • FUEL CELL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200328442
    Abstract: A fuel cell system, including: an electric power generation control unit; an insulation-resistance measurement signal generation unit configured to generate a voltage-divided AC signal obtained by dividing an amplitude of a measurement AC signal; and an insulation resistance measurement unit configured to measure a resistance value of the insulation resistance, in which when the insulation resistance measurement unit detects, in a state where a voltage is maintained during an intermittent operation of the electric power generation control unit, an excessive noise state indicating a change in which a range of fluctuations of the peak value of the voltage-divided AC signal exceeds a predetermined allowable range of fluctuations, the insulation resistance measurement unit instructs the electric power generation control unit to change a fluctuation frequency of an output voltage of the fuel cell from a current frequency and then measures the resistance value of the insulation resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Keiichi TORIUMI, Shunsuke KAWAKAMI