Patents by Inventor Toru OGAKI

Toru OGAKI 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: 20220016958
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a first temperature adjustment circuit, a battery, a second temperature adjustment circuit a heat exchange part, and a control device. During charging of the battery by the external power supply, the control device is configured to cool the battery by controlling the second temperature adjustment circuit. During charging of the battery by the external power supply, the control device is configured to cool the vehicle interior by controlling the first temperature adjustment circuit when a state of charge of the battery is equal to or greater than a predetermined value and a vehicle interior temperature-related value related to a temperature of the vehicle interior is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki KOMAZAWA, Toru OGAKI
  • Publication number: 20210408616
    Abstract: A battery management support device that is configured to acquire information on an electric vehicle including a battery that is rechargeable with electric power received from an external power supply. The information includes at least information when the electric vehicle is parked indicating a temperature of the battery, information when the electric vehicle is parked indicating an electrical connection state between the electric vehicle and the external power supply, and information when the electric vehicle is parked indicating an operation state of a cooling device for the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Haruki KOMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210402845
    Abstract: A temperature adjustment circuit for a vehicle includes a first temperature adjustment circuit for vehicle interior air conditioning or heating, a second temperature adjustment circuit that is configured to transfer heat with a battery, a connection path that is configured to connect the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit to form a connection circuit, and a first valve and a second valve that are configured to switch between an independent state where the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit are independent and a connection state where the connection circuit is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ONO, Toru OGAKI, Seiji ISOTANI, Kazumi YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11075417
    Abstract: There is provided a battery cooling control system capable of efficiently and effectively controlling the cooling of a battery. While an electric powered vehicle travels and/or stops, it is determined whether or not there is an indication of a battery being charged, and if it has been determined that there is the indication of charging being performed, it is determined whether or not there is a necessity for cooling the battery, and if it has been determined that there is the necessity for cooling the battery, the battery is cooled to a predetermined value during traveling. In addition, based on at least a state of charge of the battery and/or a driving range, it is determined whether or not there is an indication of charging being executed, and based on a real-time battery temperature, an increase in battery temperature caused by charging, and an upper limit value for a predetermined allowable battery temperature range, it is determined whether or not there is a necessity for cooling the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ogaki, Manabu Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210126292
    Abstract: A power consumption control device includes: a storage battery; a heating unit; a storage unit storing a combination of a temperature of the storage battery and a remaining capacity of the storage battery in association with an increase amount in an effective capacity of the storage battery when the storage battery is heated by the heating unit which is supplied with each of the heating powers; a control unit configured to determine a first power which can be charged to the storage battery and to distribute the first power to the storage battery and the heating unit so that the increase amount in the effective capacity of the storage battery is maximized based on the first power, the increase amount for each of heating powers corresponding to the temperature of the storage battery and the remaining capacity of the storage battery, and the heating powers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Naoya OKADA, Keisuke FUJIMAKI, Kodai KASAI
  • Patent number: 10919391
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes: a cooling circuit that includes three flow passages intersecting at an intersection point and allows a cooling liquid to circulate therethrough; a three-way valve that is disposed at the intersection point and is switchable such that any two of the three flow passages communicate with each other; and a controller that controls switching of the three-way valve. The controller includes an intermediate fixation determination unit. The intermediate fixation determination unit determines that the three-way valve is in an intermediate fixation state in which the three flow passages simultaneously communicate with one another, when a cooling liquid temperature difference between one of the two flow passages that are controlled to communicate with each other, and a remaining flow passage of the three flow passages that is not controlled to communicate, is smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ogaki, Takashi Ogane, Naoto Doi, Keisuke Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20210013564
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle equipped with a battery mounted on a vehicle and capable of being charged by supplying electric power from outside of the vehicle; a temperature adjuster configured to adjust a temperature of the battery; and an air conditioner configured to control air-conditioning in a passenger compartment by a predetermined schedule, in which, if both an operating condition of the temperature adjuster and an operating condition of the air conditioner are established, the air conditioner operates after the temperature adjuster operates for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Yoshikazu Onuma, Noriyasu Hakuta, Kodai Kasai, Toru Ogaki
  • Publication number: 20200215931
    Abstract: A charging system for a storage battery, includes: a storage battery which supplies power to a motor which is a drive source for a plug-in electric vehicle; a power conversion unit which converts power supplied from an external power source and supplies the converted power to at least the storage battery; a flow path which is attached to the storage battery and the power conversion unit and through which heat medium for adjusting temperatures of the storage battery and the power conversion unit flows; a heating unit for heating the heat medium; a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the storage battery; and a control unit which performs control to supply the converted power to the storage battery and the heating unit when the temperature of the storage battery is below a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Eiki KAMAYA
  • Patent number: 10647211
    Abstract: A power consumption control device includes: a storage battery configured to supply power to an electric motor of a plug-in electric motor vehicle; a heating unit configured to heat the storage battery using heat generated through current flowing; a power conversion unit configured to convert power supplied from an external power supply; an estimation unit configured to estimate a change in effective capacity of the storage battery when the heating unit generates heat through current flowing by the power supplied from the external power supply and raises the temperature of the storage battery to a target temperature, based on an effective capacity corresponding to the temperature and SOC of the storage battery; and a controller configured to control usage of the power converted by the power conversion unit according to the change of the effective capacity, estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ogaki, Eiki Kamaya, Yoshikazu Kemmoku, Keisuke Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10583746
    Abstract: A vehicle power source system includes a plurality of module groups each including a plurality of battery modules and disposed separately from each other, and a cooling circuit including a plurality of module group cooling units which are configured to respectively cool the plurality of module groups. The plurality of module group cooling units are connected in series. Each of the plurality of module group cooling units includes a plurality of module cooling units, each of which is configured to cool one or more of the battery modules. In each of the plurality of module group cooling units, the plurality of module cooling units are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ogaki, Masanori Matsuda, Shinji Wada, Ryu Tate, Yasutomo Kashiwakura
  • Publication number: 20200076020
    Abstract: There is provided a battery cooling control system capable of efficiently and effectively controlling the cooling of a battery. While an electric powered vehicle travels and/or stops, it is determined whether or not there is an indication of a battery being charged, and if it has been determined that there is the indication of charging being performed, it is determined whether or not there is a necessity for cooling the battery, and if it has been determined that there is the necessity for cooling the battery, the battery is cooled to a predetermined value during traveling. In addition, based on at least a state of charge of the battery and/or a driving range, it is determined whether or not there is an indication of charging being executed, and based on a real-time battery temperature, an increase in battery temperature caused by charging, and an upper limit value for a predetermined allowable battery temperature range, it is determined whether or not there is a necessity for cooling the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Manabu MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10476117
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes: a plurality of battery modules each having a plurality of high-voltage batteries; a case for accommodating the plurality of battery modules; and a cooling circuit having a radiator, a cooling pump, a plurality of battery cooling units for cooling the plurality of battery modules, the case being disposed below a floor panel. In the cooling circuit, the plurality of battery module cooling units are disposed in parallel; and a branch portion which is provided to an upstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units and a merging portion which is provided to a downstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units are provided inside the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoko Ito, Daijiro Takizawa, Toru Ogaki
  • Publication number: 20190326652
    Abstract: A power supply device for a vehicle includes a battery, an air conditioning device, a battery temperature regulating device, and a control device. The control device includes an air conditioning control part that starts operation of the air conditioning device at an air conditioning start time preset by a user, and a battery temperature control part that sets a battery temperature regulation start time at which operation of the battery temperature regulating device is started based on the air conditioning start time and a battery temperature. Therefore, not only is it possible to alleviate burden on the battery by shortening a state in which both the air conditioning device and the battery temperature regulating device are operating, but it is also possible to eliminate inconvenience for a user to set both the air conditioning start time and the battery temperature regulation start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ogaki, Yoshikazu Onuma, Akira Saita, Keisuke Fujimaki, Kodai Kasai, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10252636
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric device, a cover which is configured to cover the electric device, and a cooling circuit which is configured to cool the electric device with a refrigerant. An air-venting member is provided in the cooling circuit. A cover through portion is provided in the cover. The air-venting member is disposed to the cover through portion from an inner side of the cover and is configured such that an air discharging operation is performed from an outer side of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Wada, Masanori Matsuda, Toru Ogaki, Yasutomo Kashiwakura
  • Publication number: 20180321000
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus 1 includes: a cooling circuit 100 that includes three flow passages intersecting at an intersection point and allows a cooling liquid to circulate therethrough; a three-way valve 8 that is disposed at the intersection point and is switchable such that any two of the three flow passages communicate with each other; and a controller 9 that controls switching of the three-way valve 8. The controller includes an intermediate fixation determination unit. The intermediate fixation determination unit determines that the three-way valve is in an intermediate fixation state in which the three flow passages simultaneously communicate one another, when a cooling liquid temperature difference between one of the two flow passages that are controlled to communicate with each other, and a remaining flow passage of the three flow passages that is not controlled to communicate, is smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Takashi OGANE, Naoto DOI, Keisuke FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180281618
    Abstract: A power consumption control device includes: a storage battery configured to supply power to an electric motor of a plug-in electric motor vehicle; a heating unit configured to heat the storage battery using heat generated through current flowing; a power conversion unit configured to convert power supplied from an external power supply; an estimation unit configured to estimate a change in effective capacity of the storage battery when the heating unit generates heat through current flowing by the power supplied from the external power supply and raises the temperature of the storage battery to a target temperature, based on an effective capacity corresponding to the temperature and SOC of the storage battery; and a controller configured to control usage of the power converted by the power conversion unit according to the change of the effective capacity, estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Eiki KAMAYA, Yoshikazu KEMMOKU, Keisuke FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180111500
    Abstract: A vehicle power source system includes a plurality of module groups each including a plurality of battery modules and disposed separately from each other, and a cooling circuit including a plurality of module group cooling units which are configured to respectively cool the plurality of module groups. The plurality of module group cooling units are connected in series. Each of the plurality of module group cooling units includes a plurality of module cooling units, each of which is configured to cool one or more of the battery modules. In each of the plurality of module group cooling units, the plurality of module cooling units are connected in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Masanori MATSUDA, Shinji WADA, Ryu TATE, Yasutomo KASHIWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20180111499
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric device, a cover which is configured to cover the electric device, and a cooling circuit which is configured to cool the electric device with a refrigerant. An air-venting member is provided in the cooling circuit. A cover through portion is provided in the cover. The air-venting member is disposed to the cover through portion from an inner side of the cover and is configured such that an air discharging operation is performed from an outer side of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji WADA, Masanori MATSUDA, Toru OGAKI, Yasutomo KASHIWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20170271727
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes: a plurality of battery modules each having a plurality of high-voltage batteries; a case for accommodating the plurality of battery modules; and a cooling circuit having a radiator, a cooling pump, a plurality of battery cooling units for cooling the plurality of battery modules, the case being disposed below a floor panel. In the cooling circuit, the plurality of battery module cooling units are disposed in parallel; and a branch portion which is provided to an upstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units and a merging portion which is provided to a downstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units are provided inside the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Satoko ITO, Daijiro TAKIZAWA, Toru OGAKI