Patents by Inventor Tomoya AOKI

Tomoya AOKI 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: 20240264577
    Abstract: A machining condition management system includes: a cutting tool that includes a cutting edge and a sensor; a storage that stores a mechanical machining condition and a measurement value; and a processor that performs revision of the mechanical machining condition based on the mechanical machining condition and the measurement value stored in the storage. The processor determines a load on the cutting tool based on the measurement value in a first cutting process under the mechanical machining condition, calculates a revised value for revising the mechanical machining condition for at least one machining interval that has fulfilled a prescribed condition in the determination for the first cutting process, and updates the mechanical machining condition in a second cutting process, based on the calculated revised value, and outputs the mechanical machining condition in the second cutting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoya AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240217003
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a body portion having a bar shape extending from a first end, which is an end on a side where a cutting tip for cutting the workpiece is placed, to a second end, which is an end opposite to the first end, and a sensor unit arranged on a surface of the body portion. The sensor unit includes a first sensor arranged on the surface of the body portion to detect a first physical quantity of the body portion, a board arranged on the surface of the body portion and electrically connected to the first sensor, a wireless communication unit mounted on the board and transmitting a signal containing information on the first physical quantity detected by first sensor to the outside, and a battery arranged in body portion and electrically connected to the board. The first sensor is closer to first end than battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi HARADA, Hiromitsu KURIYAMA, Tomoya AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240198432
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a body portion having a bar shape extending from a first end to a second end, and a sensor unit arranged on a surface of the body portion. The surface of the body portion includes a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The sensor unit includes a first strain sensor arranged on any of the first surface, the second surface, and the third surface, a board module electrically connected to the first strain sensor, and a wireless communication unit mounted on the board module and transmitting a signal containing information on strain of the body portion detected by the first strain sensor to the outside. The board module includes a first portion arranged on the first surface, a second portion arranged on the second surface, and a connecting portion electrically connecting the first portion to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi HARADA, Hiromitsu KURIYAMA, Tomoya AOKI
  • Patent number: 11901146
    Abstract: A relay drive control device is configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply. The relay drive control device includes a controller configured to, when driving the relay, supply an output voltage of the battery to the relay after increasing the output voltage to a voltage value at which the relay is drivable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Narematsu, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Yasuyuki Morishita, Yu Shimizu, Fumiyoshi Kuribara, Ippei Takesue, Daiki Takayama, Tomoya Aoki, Daisuke Kamikihara
  • Publication number: 20230298837
    Abstract: A relay drive control device is configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply. The relay drive control device includes a controller configured to, when driving the relay, supply an output voltage of the battery to the relay after increasing the output voltage to a voltage value at which the relay is drivable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAREMATSU, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Yasuyuki MORISHITA, Yu SHIMIZU, Fumiyoshi KURIBARA, Ippei TAKESUE, Daiki TAKAYAMA, Tomoya AOKI, Daisuke KAMIKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230095211
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electrical component electrically connected to a transmission path of supply electric power, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the electrical component, a control device configured to suppress the supply electric power when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a threshold temperature, as compared with a case where the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is lower than the threshold temperature. The control device is configured to lower the threshold temperature when the external charging is executed again after the external charging is stopped, as compared with a case before the external charging is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI kAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Kamikihara, Tomoya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20220388419
    Abstract: A charging system includes: a main battery storing electric power for a vehicle to travel; an inlet connected to a charging connector; a charging relay that switches a path of electric power from the inlet to the main battery; a converter that steps down a voltage of the electric power from the inlet; and an ECU that controls the charging relay and the converter. The ECU: controls the converter so that the converter starts stepping down the voltage of the electric power from the inlet to the auxiliary voltage after receiving the electric power from the inlet; supplies, before the charging relay switches to the connected state, the charging relay with the electric power from the converter as operating power for switching to the connected state; and controls the charging relay so that the charging relay switches from the disconnected state to the connected state, using the operating power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Taiga DOI, Kenji MURASATO, Tomoya AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220281019
    Abstract: A rotating tool according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a rotating tool used in a state held by a tool holder, and the rotating tool includes a shaft portion having an end attached to the tool holder, a blade attaching portion or a blade portion provided at an end of the shaft portion opposite to the end, and a plurality of sensors attached to the shaft portion, and the plurality of sensors include an acceleration sensor and a strain sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke KOIKE, Tomoya AOKI