Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Tanimura

Toshiyuki Tanimura 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: 20240385254
    Abstract: Described are a lead-acid battery system and a lead-acid battery life estimation method capable of accurately estimating a remaining life of a lead-acid battery by calculating a capacity turnover (CT) value during operation in consideration of at least one of an upper limit state of charge (SOC) or an upper limit voltage. A CT value calculation unit calculates the CT value during operation using at least one of an upper-limit-SOC-based correction coefficient (KHSOC) calculated based on the upper limit SOC, which is an SOC having the largest value when the lead-acid battery is charged, or an upper-limit-voltage-based correction coefficient (KHV) calculated based on the upper limit voltage, which is the highest voltage when the lead-acid battery is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ayaka Kutsuma, Hideto Nakamura, Yudai Tanimura, Toshiyuki Sato, Hideaki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240377464
    Abstract: Described are a lead-acid battery system and a lead-acid battery life estimation method capable of accurately estimating a remaining life of a lead-acid battery by calculating a capacity turnover value during operation in consideration of the number of equalization charges of the lead-acid battery or an overcharge rate integrated value of the equalization charge of the lead-acid battery. The lead-acid battery system estimates the remaining life of the lead-acid battery by comparing a capacity turnover value from the beginning of life to the end of life with the capacity turnover value during operation. A capacity turnover value calculation unit in the lead-acid battery system calculates the capacity turnover value during operation by using an equalization-charge-number-based correction coefficient KCN calculated based on the number of equalization charges or a charge-rate-based correction coefficient KCP calculated based on the overcharge rate integrated value of the equalization charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ayaka Kutsuma, Hideto Nakamura, Yudai Tanimura, Toshiyuki Sato, Hideaki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240377470
    Abstract: Described are a lead-acid battery system and life estimation method capable of accurately estimating a remaining life of a lead-acid battery by calculating a capacity turnover (CT) value during operation in consideration of at least one of a lower limit state of charge (SOC) or a low SOC dwell time. A capacity turnover value calculation unit calculates the CT value using at least one of a lower-limit-SOC-based correction coefficient KLSOC calculated based on a lower limit SOC, which is an SOC having the smallest value when the lead-acid battery is charged and discharged once, respectively, or a low-SOC-dwell-time-based correction coefficient Kt_LSOC calculated based on a low SOC dwell time tLSOC, which is an elapsed time until the next discharge or charge starts when a discharge ends below a reference SOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ayaka Kutsuma, Hideto Nakamura, Yudai Tanimura, Toshiyuki Sato, Hideaki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240377463
    Abstract: Described are a lead-acid battery system and a lead-acid battery life estimation method capable of accurately estimating a remaining life of a lead-acid battery by calculating a capacity turnover value during operation in consideration of a magnitude of a depth of discharge (DOD). The lead-acid battery system estimates the remaining life by comparing a capacity turnover value from the beginning to the end of life with the capacity turnover value during operation. The lead-acid battery system includes a capacity turnover value calculation unit that calculates the capacity turnover value during operation. The capacity turnover value calculation unit calculates the capacity turnover value during operation using a DOD-based correction coefficient calculated based on the DOD, which is calculated by dividing an integrated discharge capacity after the start of the discharge of the lead-acid battery by a rated capacity of the lead-acid battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hideto Nakamura, Yudai Tanimura, Ayaka Kutsuma, Toshiyuki Sato, Hideaki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240329150
    Abstract: Described are a lead-acid battery system and life estimation method that can improve reliability by more accurately estimating degradation of a lead-acid battery regardless of its cause. A transition determination unit determines switching of charging/discharging process of the battery, and a current value determination unit detects a change in a discharge current value during a discharge period, When a change is detected, a calculation unit calculates a capacitance turn-over (CT) value on the basis of a discharge current value acquired for each section divided by the change, and a degradation determination unit determines a degradation degree of the battery using the CT value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Yudai Tanimura, Hideto Nakamura, Ayaka Kutsuma, Toshiyuki Sato, Hideaki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240329149
    Abstract: Described are a lead-acid battery system and life estimation method that can contribute to improvement of reliability by more accurately estimating a degradation degree of a, e.g., lead-acid) storage battery regardless of a degradation cause. A transition determination unit determines switching of a charging/discharging process of a battery. A calculation unit calculates a CT value on the basis of a discharge current value during a discharge period of the battery, and a degradation determination unit determines a degradation degree of the battery using the CT value calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Yudai Tanimura, Hideto Nakamura, Ayaka Kutsuma, Toshiyuki Sato, Hideaki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9103970
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical layered body that has multiple laminated layers of which the refractive indexes are greatly different. The optical layered body can suitably prevent interfacial reflection and interference fringes attributed to the reflection in the interfaces between the layers. The optical layered body has a light-transmitting substrate, and at least an optical functional layer (1) on one surface of the substrate, wherein the refractive index of the optical functional layer (1) in the thickness direction continuously increases from the surface on the light-transmitting substrate side to the surface opposite to the light-transmitting substrate side to show a sigmoid curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tanimura, Keiko Tazaki, Yu Morioka, Koji Hashimoto, Kenji Ueno
  • Publication number: 20140071529
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical layered body that has multiple laminated layers of which the refractive indexes are greatly different. The optical layered body can suitably prevent interfacial reflection and interference fringes attributed to the reflection in the interfaces between the layers. The optical layered body has a light-transmitting substrate, and at least an optical functional layer (1) on one surface of the substrate, wherein the refractive index of the optical functional layer (1) in the thickness direction continuously increases from the surface on the light-transmitting substrate side to the surface opposite to the light-transmitting substrate side to show a sigmoid curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tanimura, Keiko Tazaki, Yu Morioka, Koji Hashimoto, Kenji Ueno
  • Patent number: 7074847
    Abstract: There are provided a resin composition, which has optical properties such as a high refractive index, has excellent restorability and scratch resistance, and has good adhesion to a substrate, and, when utilized as an optical member (lens) used, for example, in screens for projection televisions or the like, can satisfy various property requirements, and a cured product of the resin composition. The resin composition comprises: an epoxy (meth)acrylate oligomer having an average molecular weight of not more than 1500, a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic ester with styrene or ?-methylstyrene, a thermoplastic urethane elastomer, a (meth)acrylic ester monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Toshiyuki Tanimura, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20050148676
    Abstract: There are provided a resin composition, which has optical properties such as a high refractive index, has excellent restorability and scratch resistance, and has good adhesion to a substrate, and, when utilized as an optical member (lens) used, for example, in screens for projection televisions or the like, can satisfy various property requirements, and a cured product of the resin composition. The resin composition comprises: an oligomer component comprising urethane (meth)acrylate, produced by reacting a bisphenol A polyalkoxydiol, an organic diisocyanate and a hydroxyl-containing mono(meth)acrylate, and a bisphenol A epoxy (meth) acrylate; a monomer component comprising a phenoxy polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate and a bisphenol A polyethoxydiol di(meth)acrylate; and a photopolymerization initiator. The resin composition has a refractive index of not less than 1.55 after resin curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Toshiyuki Tanimura, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20050118430
    Abstract: There are provided a resin composition, which has optical properties such as a high refractive index, has excellent restorability and scratch resistance, and has good adhesion to a substrate, and, when utilized as an optical member (lens) used, for example, in screens for projection televisions or the like, can satisfy various property requirements, and a cured product of the resin composition. The resin composition comprises: an epoxy (meth)acrylate oligomer having an average molecular weight of not more than 1500, a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic ester with styrene or ?-methylstyrene, a thermoplastic urethane elastomer, a (meth)acrylic ester monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Toshiyuki Tanimura, Nobuaki Nakao