Patents by Inventor Tetsu TODO

Tetsu TODO 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: 20260031625
    Abstract: In a specially equipped vehicle, a first relay is provided on the electrified vehicle side of a power supply line connecting a battery installed in an electrified vehicle and power loads (inverter and motor) provided in mounted electric equipment mounted on the electrified vehicle. A second relay is provided on the mounted electric equipment side of the power supply line. A mounted ECU provided in the mounted electric equipment turns on or off the second relay in response to an operation of an operation switch of the mounted electric equipment, and a control ECU provided in the electrified vehicle turns off the first relay when the mounted electric equipment is to be electrically disconnected from the electrified vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Tomohiro Shinagawa
  • Patent number: 11302945
    Abstract: The community system includes a hydrogen source, a hydrogen storage, an FC power generating facility, a hydrogen filler, a house group that uses electric power supplied from the FC power generating facility and hydrogen supplied from at least one of the hydrogen source and the hydrogen storage, and a management system that manages hydrogen in the community system. The hydrogen source is a hydrogen producing device that produces hydrogen using waste heat generated in a commercial and industrial installation or produces hydrogen from by-product gas produced in the commercial and industrial installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu Todo, Koichi Ikemoto, Motoki Hamazaki, Katsuhiko Hirose, Atsushi Mizutani, Shuntaro Kato, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11054086
    Abstract: The community system includes a hydrogen source, a hydrogen storage, an FC power generating facility, a house group that uses hydrogen supplied from at least one of the hydrogen source and the hydrogen storage, and a management system that manages hydrogen in the community system. The management system manages hydrogen possession allocated to each house in the house group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsu Todo, Koichi Ikemoto, Motoki Hamazaki, Katsuhiko Hirose, Atsushi Mizutani, Shuntaro Kato, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20200111138
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply and demand matching system comprises a plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts each including a hydrogen utilizing facility, and a management system configured to manage an amount of hydrogen in each of the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts. The management system (a) estimates a state of supply and demand of hydrogen in each of the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts, and (b) proposes exchange of hydrogen among the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts in accordance with the state of supply and demand in each of the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200096239
    Abstract: The community system includes a hydrogen source, a hydrogen storage, an FC power generating facility, a house group that uses electric power supplied from the FC power generating facility and hydrogen supplied from at least one of the hydrogen source and the hydrogen storage, and a management system that manages hydrogen in the community system. Each house in the house group is provided with a cooking-related appliance that uses hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200099074
    Abstract: The community system includes a hydrogen source, a hydrogen storage, an FC power generating facility, a hydrogen filler, a house group that uses electric power supplied from the FC power generating facility and hydrogen supplied from at least one of the hydrogen source and the hydrogen storage, and a management system that manages hydrogen in the community system. The hydrogen source is a hydrogen producing device that produces hydrogen using waste heat generated in a commercial and industrial installation or produces hydrogen from by-product gas produced in the commercial and industrial installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200096159
    Abstract: The community system includes a hydrogen source, a hydrogen storage, an FC power generating facility, a house group that uses hydrogen supplied from at least one of the hydrogen source and the hydrogen storage, and a management system that manages hydrogen in the community system. The management system manages hydrogen possession allocated to each house in the house group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200099075
    Abstract: The community system includes a hydrogen source, a hydrogen storage, an FC power generating facility, and multiple house groups that use hydrogen supplied from at least one of the hydrogen source and the hydrogen storage. The FC power generating facility is located at a position facing all the multiple house groups, or a position facing all the multiple existing house groups and a planned site where a new house group is to be built.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200097909
    Abstract: An FCV (fuel cell vehicle) dispatch system comprises a FCV management institution including an FCV management device configured to manage a plurality of FCVs, and a dispatch management system configured to manage dispatch of the plurality of FCVs. The dispatch management system (a) receives available FCV information about at least one FCV that is available for dispatch, from the FCV management device, (b) receives power shortage information indicating occurrence of a power shortage, from a power shortage area where the power shortage has occurred, (c) selects at least one FCV suitable for resolving the power shortage in the power shortage area, based on the available FCV information and the power shortage information, and (d) sends a dispatch request for dispatching the at least one selected FCV to the power shortage area, to the plurality of FCV management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200099073
    Abstract: A community system comprises a hydrogen source, a hydrogen storage, an FC power generating facility, a hydrogen filler, a house group that uses electric power supplied from the FC power generating facility and hydrogen supplied from at least one of the hydrogen source and the hydrogen storage, and a management system that manages hydrogen in the community system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200090260
    Abstract: A trailer rental system comprises a trailer station provided with a trailer mounted with a hydrogen tank and a management apparatus configured to manage the trailer, the management apparatus performing rental operation of the trailer in response to a trailer rental request being received from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA