Patents by Inventor Takumi KUSANO

Takumi KUSANO 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: 20240092337
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes front-wheel and rear-wheel driving systems, and a control system. The front-wheel driving system includes a first travel motor mechanically coupled to a front wheel of a vehicle and a first accumulator electrically coupled to the first travel motor. The rear-wheel driving system includes a second travel motor mechanically coupled to a rear wheel of the vehicle and a second accumulator electrically coupled to the second travel motor. The control system includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors, and controls the first and second travel motors. When a difference between an SOC of the first accumulator and an SOC of the second accumulator is greater than a threshold value, the one or more processors change a torque distribution ratio between the first and second travel motors from a reference distribution ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUSANO, Yoshinobu YAMAZAKI, Masami OGURI, Akihiro NABESHIMA, Yoshiyuki JIN, Takeshi YONEDA, Fumiya SATO, Keigo YAMADA, Takumi ARAKI, Shuntaro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20230114471
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has a sealing plate includes a flange portion which is secured by crimping to the opening portion of the outer can, a terminal portion formed on the radially inner side of the flange portion, and a thin-walled portion which is formed on the radially outer side of the sealing plate, and which connects the flange portion and the terminal portion; and the thin-walled portion is formed in such a way as to be inclined upward toward the outside from the radially inner side of the sealing plate, and is formed in such a way as to connect a part below the central portion of an outer circumferential surface of the terminal portion to a part above the central portion of an inner circumferential surface of the flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takumi Kusano
  • Patent number: 10661699
    Abstract: In a lighting tool for a vehicle, a first incident section has a first condensing incident surface disposed at a center of a portion facing a first light source and into which a part of light emitted from the first light source enters, and a protrusion protruding from a position surrounding the first condensing incident surface toward the first light source, a second incident section has a second condensing incident surface disposed at a portion facing a second light source and into which light emitted from the second light source enters, and the second condensing incident surface is provided adjacent to the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Furubayashi, Takumi Kusano, Junpei Kido
  • Patent number: 10598335
    Abstract: In a lighting tool for a vehicle, a part of light emitted from a light source which is either one of a first light source and a second light source enters from an incident section which is one of a first incident section and a second incident section, passes through the light guide body at a side closer to a light guide section than an abutting section, and is emitted from another incident section toward another light source and then reflected by the another light source, and a part of light reflected by the another light source enters from the another incident section and then is reflected toward the light guide section by an inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Furubayashi, Takumi Kusano
  • Publication number: 20190353323
    Abstract: In a lighting tool for a vehicle, a part of light emitted from a light source which is either one of a first light source and a second light source enters from an incident section which is one of a first incident section and a second incident section, passes through the light guide body at a side closer to a light guide section than an abutting section, and is emitted from another incident section toward another light source and then reflected by the another light source, and a part of light reflected by the another light source enters from the another incident section and then is reflected toward the light guide section by an inclined surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuya FURUBAYASHI, Takumi KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20190351814
    Abstract: In a lighting tool for a vehicle, a first incident section has a first condensing incident surface disposed at a center of a portion facing a first light source and into which a part of light emitted from the first light source enters, and a protrusion protruding from a position surrounding the first condensing incident surface toward the first light source, a second incident section has a second condensing incident surface disposed at a portion facing a second light source and into which light emitted from the second light source enters, and the second condensing incident surface is provided adjacent to the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuya FURUBAYASHI, Takumi KUSANO, Junpei KIDO