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).

  • 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