Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Ohnuma

Yoshikazu Ohnuma 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: 8947051
    Abstract: A storage capacity management system includes an upper limit terminal voltage inducing part for inducing an upper limit terminal voltage, a lower limit terminal voltage inducing part for inducing a lower limit terminal voltage, an upper and lower limit voltage width calculating part for calculating an upper and lower limit voltage width, an intermediate voltage difference calculating part for calculating an intermediate voltage difference, an upper and lower limit voltage ratio calculating part for calculating an upper and lower limit voltage difference, an intermediate determination voltage ratio inducing part, a voltage ratio comparing part, and an intermediate storage capacity inducing part for inducing an intermediate storage capacity based on the upper limit storage capacity, the lower limit storage capacity and the intermediate determination voltage ratio when the results of the comparison by the voltage ratio comparing part satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ogane, Naoki Maruno, Yoshikazu Ohnuma
  • Patent number: 8674664
    Abstract: There is provided a charge controller capable of charging a capacitor while suppressing the progress of deterioration of the capacitor without unnecessary charge/discharge of the capacitor. The charge controller includes a voltage sensor 133 that detects the voltage of a capacitor 101, a current sensor 135 that detects the charge/discharge current of the capacitor 101, a battery ECU 123 that estimates the SOC of the capacitor 101 based on the detected voltage, and a management ECU 117. The management ECU 117 calculates the charge/discharge amount from the start of charging of the capacitor 101 by integrating the charge/discharge currents detected by the current sensor 135 and controls the charging of the capacitor 101 based on the estimated SOC and the calculated charge/discharge amount. The management ECU 117 updates and sets the estimated SOC to an actual use upper limit SOC based on the state characteristics of the capacitor 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Yoshikazu Ohnuma, Mutsuji Suzuki, Yoshihiro Sunaga, Naoki Maruno, Satoru Komoda, Atsushi Shibutani, Yoshikazu Nishida
  • Patent number: 8390257
    Abstract: A battery capacity controller includes a battery capacity estimating part that estimates the battery capacity of a battery in which an internal resistance is increased in accordance with the decrease of the battery capacity in the vicinity of a prescribed lower limit battery capacity and a battery capacity correcting part that changes, during the discharge of the battery, an estimated battery capacity estimated by the battery capacity estimating part to a proper value in a lower limit side when an internal resistance difference as a difference between the internal resistance value of the battery and the internal resistance value of the battery at the time of the lower limit battery capacity is a prescribed value or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuya Inoue, Yoshikazu Ohnuma, Yuji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20120133332
    Abstract: A storage capacity management system includes an upper limit terminal voltage inducing part for inducing an upper limit terminal voltage which is a terminal voltage when the storage capacity of the battery is an upper limit storage capacity, a lower limit terminal voltage inducing part for inducing a lower limit terminal voltage which is a terminal voltage when the storage capacity of the battery is a lower limit storage capacity, an upper and lower limit voltage width calculating part for calculating an upper and lower limit voltage width by subtracting the lower limit terminal voltage from the upper limit terminal voltage, an intermediate voltage difference calculating part for calculating an intermediate voltage difference by subtracting the lower limit terminal voltage from a terminal voltage of the battery, an upper and lower limit voltage ratio calculating part for calculating an upper and lower limit voltage difference which is a ratio of the intermediate voltage difference to the upper and lower limit
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ogane, Naoki Maruno, Yoshikazu Ohnuma
  • Publication number: 20100052618
    Abstract: A battery capacity controller includes a battery capacity estimating part that estimates the battery capacity of a battery in which an internal resistance is increased in accordance with the decrease of the battery capacity in the vicinity of a prescribed lower limit battery capacity and a battery capacity correcting part that changes, during the discharge of the battery, an estimated battery capacity estimated by the battery capacity estimating part to a proper value in a lower limit side when an internal resistance difference as a difference between the internal resistance value of the battery and the internal resistance value of the battery at the time of the lower limit battery capacity is a prescribed value or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Inoue, Yoshikazu Ohnuma, Yuji Fujita