Patents by Inventor Shuntaro Igari

Shuntaro Igari 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: 20240027535
    Abstract: A device is capable of evaluating the degree of deterioration of a secondary battery by executing regression analysis processing using, as a target variable, the degree of deterioration of the secondary battery. Multiple regression analysis is executed by using, as explanatory variables, respective values of plural model parameters that define a secondary battery model based on a measurement result of complex impedance of each reference secondary battery, and a degree of deterioration evaluated according to the secondary battery model as a target variable. Then, a degree of deterioration of a target secondary battery is evaluated according to a multiple regression equation obtained as a result of the multiple regression analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYO SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro MUNAKATA, Shuntaro IGARI, Satoshi TANNO, Hideki SHOJI
  • Patent number: 11774511
    Abstract: Provided is a device or the like that can improve the accuracy of battery performance evaluation of a rechargeable battery. Parameter values of a rechargeable battery model are identified on the basis of a measurement result of a complex impedance Z of a first rechargeable battery 221. The rechargeable battery model expresses an impedance of an internal resistance of the first rechargeable battery 221 with transfer functions representing IIR and FIR systems, respectively. Performance of a second rechargeable battery 222 is evaluated on the basis of a result of contrast between a voltage response characteristic V(t) that is output from a rechargeable battery 220 as the second rechargeable battery 222 when an impulse current I(t) is input to the second rechargeable battery 222, and a model voltage response characteristic Vmodel(t) when the impulse current is input to the rechargeable battery model having the parameter values identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Munakata, Shuntaro Igari, Hideki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20220349944
    Abstract: Provided is a device and the like capable of increasing the convenience in performance evaluation of a secondary battery. A battery performance evaluation device 100 evaluates the performance of a secondary battery 240 installed in an electronic apparatus 200 based on mutual communication between the electronic apparatus 200 and/or a charger 400, to which the electronic apparatus 200 is connected, and the battery performance evaluation device 100. Then, battery performance information Info(D) corresponding to the evaluation result is output to an output interface 204 of the electronic apparatus 200. Thus, a user can ascertain the performance evaluation result of the secondary battery 240 without the need to take the electronic apparatus 200 or the secondary battery 240 in a specialized institution or the like, thereby increasing the convenience for the user of the electronic apparatus 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ichiro Munakata, Shuntaro Igari, Hideki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20220317191
    Abstract: Provided is a device or the like that can improve the accuracy of battery performance evaluation of a rechargeable battery. Parameter values of a rechargeable battery model are identified on the basis of a measurement result of a complex impedance Z of a first rechargeable battery 221. The rechargeable battery model expresses an impedance of an internal resistance of the first rechargeable battery 221 with transfer functions representing IIR and FIR systems, respectively. Performance of a second rechargeable battery 222 is evaluated on the basis of a result of contrast between a voltage response characteristic V(t) that is output from a rechargeable battery 220 as the second rechargeable battery 222 when an impulse current I(t) is input to the second rechargeable battery 222, and a model voltage response characteristic Vmodel(t) when the impulse current is input to the rechargeable battery model having the parameter values identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ichiro Munakata, Shuntaro Igari, Hideki Shoji