Patents by Inventor Takaaki Sano

Takaaki Sano 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: 20220194257
    Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power adjustment resources electrically connected to a microgrid. The plurality of power adjustment resources include a plurality of EVSEs, each of EVSEs including a parking space. When any one of a plurality of power feeding vehicles is parked in the parking space, an EVSE enables power feeding from a vehicle parked in the parking space to the microgrid. A CEMS server manages the parking space. When a balance of power supply and demand in the microgrid is in an overdemand state, the CEMS server allocates the parking space to a power feeding vehicle that responds to a request for power feeding to the microgrid, of the plurality of power feeding vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka HAMADA, Haruka HIROSE, Yusuke HORII, Toru NAKAMURA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220200285
    Abstract: When electric power supply from a power grid to a microgrid is interrupted and the microgrid performs an isolated operation, a CEMS server reads various types of information (priority setting information, information on operating ratios of first power adjustment resources during a prescribed period, meteorological information, and resource information) from a storage, and creates an operation plan during the prescribed period using such information. The priority setting information includes a priority A being a priority that does not allow a stop of electric power supply. The CEMS server performs the isolated operation of the microgrid based on the operation plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka HAMADA, Haruka HIROSE, Yusuke HORII, Toru NAKAMURA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220200020
    Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power adjustment resources electrically connected to a microgrid, and a CEMS server that manages the plurality of power adjustment resources. The plurality of power adjustment resources include a plurality of FCEVs that supply electric power to the microgrid. Each of the plurality of FCEVs executes a refresh process that removes an oxide film formed on a catalyst electrode of an FC stack by causing the FC stack to generate electric power exceeding prescribed electric power. The CEMS server adjusts execution timings of the refresh process in the plurality of FCEVs during power supply to the microgrid, so as to respond to a request to adjust power supply and demand in the microgrid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka HAMADA, Haruka HIROSE, Yusuke HORII, Toru NAKAMURA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220200336
    Abstract: In switching of a microgrid from an isolated operation to an interconnected operation with a power grid, a CEMS server determines a first master DER and slaves based on a master plan and performs master-slave control. When the first master DER goes down, the CEMS server compares remaining capacities of power-storage-type DERs included in a DER group. The CEMS server then determines a DER with the highest remaining capacity as a second master DER among the power-storage-type DERs included in the DER group and performs master-slave control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka HAMADA, Haruka HIROSE, Yusuke HORII, Toru NAKAMURA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220200335
    Abstract: A first switching unit switches a first power grid from an isolated operation to a grid-connected operation. In switching the first power grid from the isolated operation to the grid-connected operation, the first switching unit determines a master and a slave among a plurality of power adjustment resources and allows the first power grid to be connected to the second power grid after master-slave control by means of the master and the slave such that electric power of the first power grid is in synchronization with electric power of the second power grid. The first switching unit preferentially selects as the master, a power adjustment resource close to a point of connection between the first power grid and the second power grid from among the plurality of power adjustment resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka HAMADA, Haruka HIROSE, Yusuke HORII, Toru NAKAMURA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220200021
    Abstract: A power management system includes power adjustment resources (including FCEVs) electrically connected to a microgrid, and a CEMS server that manages the power adjustment resources. Each of FCEVs includes: a supply valve that adjusts an amount of hydrogen supplied to an FC stack; a compressor that adjusts an amount of oxygen supplied to the FC stack; and an ECU. The ECU executes decrease control that temporarily decreases at least one of the amount of hydrogen supplied to the FC stack and the amount of oxygen supplied to the FC stack. The CEMS server determines execution timings of the decrease control in FCEVs during power supply to the microgrid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka HAMADA, Haruka HIROSE, Yusuke HORII, Toru NAKAMURA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220194251
    Abstract: A server that manages a plurality of power adjustment resources electrically connectable to a power network includes a determination unit and a first permission unit. The determination unit determines, before a vehicle including a power storage starts charging of the power storage by using the power network, whether or not electric power corresponding to charging power can be supplied to the power network by having at least one of the power adjustment resources respond to the charging of the power storage. When the determination unit determines that electric power can be supplied, the first permission unit permits supply of electric power from the power network to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetaka HAMADA, Haruka HIROSE, Yusuke HORII, Toru NAKAMURA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220056294
    Abstract: An ink set including an aqueous inkjet ink composition and a primer composition. The aqueous inkjet ink composition contains a pigment, an alkali-soluble resin, a resin emulsion, a surfactant, a water-soluble solvent, and water; the resin emulsion contains a polyurethane resin emulsion and/or a polyolefin resin emulsion; the surfactant contains an alkyl sulfonate and/or a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate; the aqueous inkjet ink composition has a content of the alkyl sulfonate and/or the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.5% by mass or less; and the primer composition contains an aggregation accelerator that accelerates aggregation of the aqueous inkjet ink composition. The ink set provides a printed matter having good print image quality and excellent abrasion resistance, and has good storage stability and ejection stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri UEDA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20220033669
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink composition including a pigment, an alkali-soluble resin, a surfactant, a water-soluble solvent, and water. The water-soluble solvent contains a solvent A having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and 200° C. or less at 1 atm and 4 or less carbon atoms and 2 or more hydroxy groups in a molecule, and a solvent B having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and 200° C. or less at 1 atm and 4 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, 1 or less hydroxy groups, and 1 or more methoxy groups in a molecule, and the aqueous inkjet ink composition has a total percentage of the solvent a and the solvent b of 20% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less. The aqueous inkjet ink composition has good storage stability, ejection stability, and drying property of the coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri UEDA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20210399650
    Abstract: A voltage supply system and a power source that, in a voltage supply system in which a plurality of power sources (e.g., DC-DC converters) are connected in parallel, enable each power source to be set at a desired load ratio. The power source is used in a voltage supply system including a power source configured to output a voltage in a constant voltage mode on the basis of a first target voltage, and is connected in parallel to the constant voltage power source, the power source including a voltage generation unit configured to output a voltage switchably between a constant voltage mode based on a second target voltage greater than the first target voltage and a constant current mode based on a current limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki UJIMARU, Seiji TAKAHASHI, Takaaki SANO, Takumi UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20210348011
    Abstract: An aqueous primer composition includes a water-soluble multivalent metal salt, a polyester-based polyurethane emulsion, and water. A set includes the aqueous primer composition and an inkjet recording ink composition. A printed matter obtained by using the set includes a base material layer, a primer layer containing the water-soluble multivalent metal salt and the polyester-based polyurethane, and a printing layer. The aqueous primer can offer excellent preservation stability, and can allow for formation of a printing layer having high adhesion, capable of forming high-quality images with little bleeding/mottled appearance when printing images, text, etc., to form a printing layer on a plastic film or other nonabsorbent medium using inkjet recording ink compositions, offering excellent water resistance and lamination suitability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri UEDA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20210237415
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an aqueous inkjet ink composition for lamination that can provide various advantages such as reduction of residual solvent, improvement of the printing work environment, prevention of air pollution, and fire safety, enables efficient adaptation to the recent decrease in lot size and increase in product variety, has high versatility that allows use for various types of base film, and enables production of a food packaging container that does not break at least during processes such as transportation and display and can be easily opened without causing the double bag state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri TAKAHASHI, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20200392360
    Abstract: An object is to improve the lamination strength and anti-blocking suitability of matters printed with an aqueous white inkjet ink composition containing titanium oxide, etc., on polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, nylon, and other resin films. As a means for achieving the object, an ink set is provided that includes a combination of: an aqueous primer composition containing an acrylic resin and/or vinyl acetate resin, and a calcium salt; and an aqueous white inkjet ink composition containing a polyester polyurethane resin emulsion with a rate of elongation of 500 to 1500% by 0.1 to 10.0 percent by mass in solids content in the aqueous white inkjet ink composition, a wax emulsion, and a titanium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri TAKAHASHI, Takaaki SANO
  • Patent number: 10523113
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus comprises a bidirectional conversion circuit that enables first conversion converting DC to AC and second conversion converting AC to DC and a filter circuit that is provided on an AC side of the bidirectional conversion circuit and that includes a capacitor. A control unit is provided for performing control such that the bidirectional conversion circuit makes the first conversion during the former stage of each half cycle of AC voltage, and such that the bidirectional conversion circuit makes the second conversion during the latter stage of each half cycle of AC voltage. The control unit performs control such that AC current of an opposite polarity to that of the AC voltage flows to the AC side during the former stage and AC current of the same polarity as that of the AC voltage flows to the AC side during the latter stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Sano, Takeshi Ariyoshi, Keiji Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20190181761
    Abstract: A multi-phase DC/DC converter comprises a current detection unit that is connected at a stage subsequent to a connection point to which an output end of each of the DC-DC converters is connected and that detects output current of each of the DC-DC converters, a control unit that controls the switching device of each of the DC-DC converters so as to turn on the switching device at a different timing, and an adjustment unit that adjusts an ON time period of the switching device upon ON-OFF operation based on the output current of each of the DC-DC converters detected by the current detection unit in a case where control is performed by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Takaaki Sano
  • Patent number: 10291115
    Abstract: A power factor correcting device that controls switching of a converter that converts AC voltage inputted via a circuit with a capacitor through which reactive current flows into DC voltage calculates the magnitude of the reactive current based on the magnitude of the AC voltage inputted to the converter and the capacitance of the capacitor and corrects a power factor including the circuit, calculates a target value for a phase delay of the AC current with respect to the AC voltage based on the calculated magnitude and the magnitude of the AC current inputted to the converter or the magnitude of the DC power outputted from the converter, and calculates an operation amount for delaying the phase of the switching based on the calculated target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Sano, Takeshi Ariyoshi, Keiji Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20180323701
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus comprises a bidirectional conversion circuit that enables first conversion converting DC to AC and second conversion converting AC to DC and a filter circuit that is provided on an AC side of the bidirectional conversion circuit and that includes a capacitor. A control unit is provided for performing control such that the bidirectional conversion circuit makes the first conversion during the former stage of each half cycle of AC voltage, and performing control such that the bidirectional conversion circuit makes the second conversion during the latter stage of each half cycle of AC voltage. The control unit performs control such that AC current of an opposite polarity to that of the AC voltage flows to an AC side of the bidirectional conversion circuit during the former stage and performs control such that AC current of the same polarity as that of the AC voltage flows to the AC side of the bidirectional conversion circuit during the latter stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Takaaki Sano, Takeshi Ariyoshi, Keiji Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20180278149
    Abstract: A power factor correcting device that controls switching of a converter that converts AC voltage inputted via a circuit with a capacitor through which reactive current flows into DC voltage calculates the magnitude of the reactive current based on the magnitude of the AC voltage inputted to the converter and the capacitance of the capacitor and corrects a power factor including the circuit, calculates a target value for a phase delay of the AC current with respect to the AC voltage based on the calculated magnitude and the magnitude of the AC current inputted to the converter or the magnitude of the DC power outputted from the converter, and calculates an operation amount for delaying the phase of the switching based on the calculated target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Takaaki Sano, Takeshi Ariyoshi, Keiji Tashiro