Patents by Inventor Takahiro AKABA

Takahiro AKABA 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: 20230249584
    Abstract: A charging control system includes: a rechargeable battery; a battery temperature control device; and a controller. The controller includes processing circuitry configured to: acquire a scheduled travel plan of a vehicle; create a charging plan in a case where charging is included in the plan; predict a battery temperature in the plan based on a cooling capacity of the battery temperature control device; and perform a power saving control for restricting a charging output of an external power supply when the temperature of the battery exceeds a predetermined temperature during the charging. The processing circuitry is configured to create, when at least two times of charging are included in the plan and it is predicted that the charging output is restricted by the power saving control in a second and subsequent charging, the charging plan such that a total time required for the charging included in the plan is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Takahiro AKABA, Shizuki KINO
  • Patent number: 11565569
    Abstract: A heater apparatus includes a base member, a cover member supported by the base member, a cloth member provided between the base member and the cover member to hold a heater wire, and a heater temperature sensor brought into contact with the cloth member, covered on a base member side facing the base member and a cover member side facing the cover member with the cloth member, and configured to detect a temperature of the heater wire. The cover member has a cover recessed portion recessed towards the base member in an overlapping region where the cloth member on the base member side and the cloth member on the cover member side of the heater temperature sensor overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yo Masuda, Ryoma Okazumi, Isao Nakagawa, Takahiro Akaba, Takuya Takashima, Ringo Shimada, Shogo Yoshida, Hiroto Asai
  • Patent number: 10978984
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes drive systems, a control apparatus that controls the drive systems, and wheels. Each drive system includes a motor and an inverter coupled by wires. The wires of the drive systems are coupled by first bypass lines. Each inverter converts direct current power supplied from a corresponding power supply into alternating current power and supplies the alternating current power to the corresponding motor. Each motor drives the corresponding wheel. When an abnormality occurs in the supply of the alternating current power from the inverter to the motor in one drive system, the control apparatus performs control (i) to stop the supply of the alternating current power from the inverter of the one drive systems, and (ii) to supply the alternating current power supplied from the inverter to the motor in another drive system, to the motor of the one drive system via the first bypass lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Yoshida, Naohiro Imamura, Misako Kuwahara, Takahito Fujino, Takahiro Akaba, Suguru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200091853
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes drive systems, a control apparatus that controls the drive systems, and wheels. Each drive system includes a motor and an inverter coupled by wires. The wires of the drive systems are coupled by first bypass lines. Each inverter converts direct current power supplied from a corresponding power supply into alternating current power and supplies the alternating current power to the corresponding motor. Each motor drives the corresponding wheel. When an abnormality occurs in the supply of the alternating current power from the inverter to the motor in one drive system, the control apparatus performs control (i) to stop the supply of the alternating current power from the inverter of the one drive systems, and (ii) to supply the alternating current power supplied from the inverter to the motor in another drive system, to the motor of the one drive system via the first bypass lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo YOSHIDA, Naohiro IMAMURA, Misako KUWAHARA, Takahito FUJINO, Takahiro AKABA, Suguru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190315187
    Abstract: A heater apparatus includes a base member, a cover member supported by the base member, a cloth member provided between the base member and the cover member to hold a heater wire, and a heater temperature sensor brought into contact with the cloth member, covered on a base member side facing the base member and a cover member side facing the cover member with the cloth member, and configured to detect a temperature of the heater wire. The cover member has a cover recessed portion recessed towards the base member in an overlapping region where the cloth member on the base member side and the cloth member on the cover member side of the heater temperature sensor overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yo MASUDA, Ryoma OKAZUMI, Isao NAKAGAWA, Takahiro AKABA, Takuya TAKASHIMA, Ringo SHIMADA, Shogo YOSHIDA, Hiroto ASAI