Patents by Inventor Takayuki Tsuchiya
Takayuki Tsuchiya 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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Publication number: 20170352855Abstract: An electric storage cell has an electric storage element and a covering film package. The covering film package houses the electric storage element and includes: a metal layer having a first principle face on the electric storage element side and a second principle face on the opposite side of the first principle face, an internal resin layer made of synthetic resin and laminated to the first principle face, and an external resin layer made of synthetic resin and laminated to the second principle face, with a slit formed at least in the external resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Takayuki TSUCHIYA, Hiromi SATO, Shinji ISHII
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Patent number: 9831671Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a switching element which switches the supply of power to the load from the capacitor, a DC-DC converter which enables a voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load and a control unit which enables power to be supplied to the load by pulse-controlling the switching element, controlling the DC-DC converter to output a pulse current alternately with the switching element and combining the alternately output pulse currents if the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Hiroshi Toyama, Noriaki Miyake
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Patent number: 9627999Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a bypass switch which enables power to be directly supplied to the load from the capacitor by being switched to a connected state when a voltage of the capacitor is a voltage capable of driving the load, and a first DC-DC converter which enables the voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load when the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Hiroshi Toyama, Noriaki Miyake
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Publication number: 20170098873Abstract: An electric storage module includes a first electric storage cell, second electric storage cell, frame, first plate, and second plate. The first/second electric storage cell has a first/second electric storage element having positive and negative electrodes, as well as a first/second covering film that, together with electrolyte, seals the first/second electric storage element, wherein the second electric storage cell is stacked with the first electric storage cell either directly or indirectly. The frame forms a housing space in which the first electric storage cell and second electric storage cell are housed. The first/second plate is made of metal and attached to the frame, and the second plate together with the first plate, sandwiches the first electric storage cell and second electric storage cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Takayuki TSUCHIYA, Shinji ISHII
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Publication number: 20170005506Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a plurality of storage cells connected in series. Each storage cell comprises a storage element that stores a charge, a container that houses the storage element, a reception antenna capable of receiving power transmitted from a transmission antenna of a feeding facility provided in a wireless power transfer system, and a charging control circuit that charges the storage element using the power received by the reception antenna. The plurality of storage cells are charged concurrently and wirelessly, and therefore charging can be performed on all of the storage cells without overcharging or undercharging.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Shigemi KOBAYASHI, Masayuki NAKANE, Takayuki TSUCHIYA
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Patent number: 9520806Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil connected in series to the capacitor and configured such that an induction current flows therein by the accumulated energy from the primary coil.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Kouichi Itani, Noriaki Miyake
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Patent number: 9496721Abstract: A storage apparatus comprises a plurality of storage cells connected in series. Each storage cell comprises a storage element that stores a charge, a container that houses the storage element, a reception antenna capable of receiving power transmitted from a transmission antenna of a feeding facility provided in a wireless power transfer system, and a charging control circuit that charges the storage element using the power received by the reception antenna. The plurality of storage cells are charged concurrently and wirelessly, and therefore charging can be performed on all of the storage cells without overcharging or undercharging.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: UD TRUCKS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigemi Kobayashi, Masayuki Nakane, Takayuki Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 9490710Abstract: A power supply device supplies power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery. The power supply device includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil configured such that an induction current flows thereinto from the primary coil by the accumulated energy, and a switching circuit configured to selectively connect the secondary coil in series to the capacitor in forward and opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Noriaki Miyake
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Publication number: 20160293915Abstract: An electric storage module includes an electric storage cell and a heat-conducting sheet. The heat-conducting sheet is layered with the electric storage cell and has insulation property, wherein the heat-conducting sheet has a relief structure constituted by convex parts and concave parts at least on one principle surface, and elasticity due to the elastic deformation of the concave parts. The electric storage module allows for size reduction and uses fewer parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Takayuki TSUCHIYA, Shinji ISHII
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Publication number: 20160288663Abstract: A charge/discharge system is capable of supplying electric power to an electric motor generator and capable of charging with regenerative electric power from the electric motor generator. The charge/discharge system includes: a capacitor connected to the electric motor generator; a secondary battery connected in parallel to the capacitor; an electric power converter placed between the capacitor and the secondary battery to increase/decrease the charge/discharge voltage of the secondary battery; and a controller to control the electric power converter. If the SOC of the secondary battery is equal to or greater than a preset first setting value, the controller controls so that regenerative electric power of the electric motor generator is stored in the capacitor only, and if the SOC of the secondary battery falls below the first setting value, a part or an entire of the regenerative electric power of the electric motor generator is stored in the secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AKTIEBOLAGInventors: Kunihiko HIKIRI, Takayuki TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20160288662Abstract: A charge/discharge system includes a controller to control an electric power converter placed between a capacitor and a secondary battery connected in parallel. The controller includes: a request power calculation unit configured to calculate request input/output power for the electric motor generator based on current and voltage of the capacitor and input output current of the electric power converter; a capacitor discharging bias factor map configured to specify a ratio of electric power to be supplied from the capacitor to the electric motor generator to the request input power of the electric motor generator; a capacitor charging bias factor map configured to specify a ratio of electric power to be stored in the capacitor from the electric motor generator to the request output power of the electric motor generator; and a subtraction unit configured to calculate charge/discharge power of the secondary battery by subtracting, from the request input/output power, the charge/discharge power of the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AKTIEBOLAGInventors: Kunihiko HIKIRI, Takayuki TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20160086142Abstract: An information provision apparatus according to an embodiment includes a detection information acquisition unit, a user information acquisition unit, and an information provision unit. The detection information acquisition unit acquires information on an identification target provided at a place corresponding to a business operator from a user terminal that detects the information on the identification target. The user information acquisition unit acquires, among pieces of user information corresponding to the user terminal that detects the information on the identification target, user information corresponding to business operator information on the business operator associated with the place corresponding to the information on the identification target detected by the user terminal. The information provision unit provides information to the user terminal that detects the information on the identification target, based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Takashi ANDO, Hidehito GOMI, Hiroshi OTA, Takayuki TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20160085815Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an information acquisition unit, a user information extraction unit, and a grouping processing unit. The information acquisition unit acquires information on an identification target provided in a place corresponding to a business operator from a user terminal that detects the information on the identification target. The user information extraction unit, when the information on the identification target is acquired by the information acquisition unit, extracts from the business operator information database user information corresponding to the user terminal among pieces of user information of the business operator corresponding to the place in which the identification target is provided. The grouping processing unit assigns the user terminal to one or more groups based on the user information extracted by the user information extraction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Takayuki TSUCHIYA, Hidehito GOMI, Hiroshi OTA, Takashi ANDO
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Publication number: 20150343909Abstract: A charge/discharge system includes first and second electric chargers that supplies electric power to a motor generator and charges electric power generated by the motor generator, an electric power converter that complementarily performs charging/discharging between the first and second electric chargers, and a controller. The controller controls the electric power converter based on charging conditions of the first and second electric chargers such that electric power charged in the first electric charger is charged in the second electric charger, or electric power charged in the second electric charger is charged in the first electric charger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: KUNIHIKO HIKIRI, TAKAYUKI TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20150333632Abstract: A power supply device supplies power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery. The power supply device includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil configured such that an induction current flows thereinto from the primary coil by the accumulated energy, and a switching circuit configured to selectively connect the secondary coil in series to the capacitor in forward and opposite directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: YOSHIAKI YAMADA, TAKAYUKI TSUCHIYA, KUNIHIKO HIKIRI, KOICHI ITANI, NORIAKI MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20150333513Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a switching element which switches the supply of power to the load from the capacitor, a DC-DC converter which enables a voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load and a control unit which enables power to be supplied to the load by pulse-controlling the switching element, controlling the DC-DC converter to output a pulse current alternately with the switching element and combining the alternately output pulse currents if the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2012Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: YOSHIAKI YAMADA, TAKAYUKI TSUCHIYA, KUNIHIKO HIKIRI, KOICHI ITANI, HIROSHI TOYAMA, NORIAKI MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20150326066Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil connected in series to the capacitor and configured such that an induction current flows therein by the accumulated energy from the primary coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2012Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki YAMADA, Takayuki TSUCHIYA, Kunihiko HIKIRI, Kouichi ITANI, Noriaki MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20150311831Abstract: A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a bypass switch which enables power to be directly supplied to the load from the capacitor by being switched to a connected state when a voltage of the capacitor is a voltage capable of driving the load, and a first DC-DC converter which enables the voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load when the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Kunihiko Hikiri, Koichi Itani, Hiroshi Toyama, Noriaki Miyake
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Patent number: 9142361Abstract: An electric storage cell includes a film-like casing configured to house a layered charge collector and electrolyte, and an electrode terminal connected to the charge collector and exposed to an outside of the film-like casing, the electric storage cell being chargeable/dischargeable using the electrode terminal, wherein bending portions of the film-like casing are formed in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: UD TRUCKS CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Tsuchiya, Shigemi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20150142512Abstract: A user information providing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a business operator information database, an information acquiring unit, a user information extracting unit, and a user information output unit. The business operator information database stores user information of a business operator. The information acquiring unit acquires information on an identification target provided in a place corresponding to the business operator from a user terminal. The user information extracting unit extracts user information of the business operator corresponding to the place where the identification target is provided from the business operator information database based on the information on the identification target acquired by the information acquiring unit. The user information output unit outputs the user information extracted by the user information extracting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Takayuki TSUCHIYA, Hiroshi OTA, Nobuyuki AKASHI