Patents by Inventor Yusuke Itakura
Yusuke Itakura 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).
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Publication number: 20250116712Abstract: In a battery abnormality detection system, a data acquirer acquires voltage data and current data of each cell of a battery pack having a plurality of cells connected in series or of each parallel cell block of a battery pack having serially connected parallel cell blocks having a plurality of cells connected in parallel. The abnormality detector detects a cell or parallel cell block in an abnormal state on the basis of a relative voltage change amount among the plurality of cells or among the plurality of parallel cell blocks in a constant voltage charging period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Yusuke ITAKURA, Changhui YANG, Shinya NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 12261271Abstract: In a management device that manages a power storage module in which a plurality of cell blocks in which a plurality of cells are connected in parallel are connected in series, a voltage detector detects a voltage of each of the plurality of cell blocks connected in series. The controller calculates a change value of a voltage of each of the plurality of cell blocks for a certain period of time, integrates absolute values of calculated voltage change values for each of the cell blocks, and determines presence or absence of a cell block including a separated cell that is electrically separated based on an integration value of voltage changes for each of the plurality of cell blocks.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Itakura
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Publication number: 20250052823Abstract: In a battery abnormality detection system, a data acquirer acquires a current flowing through a battery and a temperature of the battery. A determiner determines presence or absence of abnormal heat generation of the battery based on a relation between an amount of the current flowing through the battery in a certain period and a temperature rise of the battery in the certain period. The determiner determines the presence or absence of the abnormal heat generation of the battery based on the current and the temperature of the battery in a charging period in which the temperature of the battery exceeds a set temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Takashi MATSUDA, Yusuke ITAKURA, Shinya NISHIKAWA, Masaaki TAKEGATA, Hiroshi TAKAO, Takashi IIDA
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Publication number: 20250020731Abstract: A battery abnormality detection system includes the following constituents. A battery data acquisition unit acquires voltages of one of a plurality of cells and a plurality of parallel cell blocks in a battery pack and temperatures at a plurality of observation points respectively measured by a plurality of temperature sensors provided in the battery pack. A determination unit determines presence or absence of an abnormality in one of a specific cell and a specific parallel cell block, based on a transition of a voltage of the one of the specific cell and the specific parallel cell block in a predetermined period in the battery pack and on a difference between a temperature change at a first observation point and a temperature change at a second observation point in the predetermined period in the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: SHINYA NISHIKAWA, YUSUKE ITAKURA, MUTSUHIKO TAKEDA, TAKASHI IIDA
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Patent number: 12176737Abstract: An acquisition unit of management unit acquires monitoring data including at least one of voltage and state of charge of a plurality of power storage packs connected in parallel. A switch controller can individually control on/off of a plurality of switches based on a voltage difference between the plurality of power storage packs or an SOC difference between the plurality of power storage packs. When calculating the entire capacity of the plurality of power storage packs, a capacity calculator also adds the capacity of power storage pack connected to a switch in an off state in a case where the switch can be controlled to an on state in future.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei Ishii, Yusuke Itakura
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Patent number: 11949257Abstract: A controller executes an equalization process of equalizing capacities of a plurality of cells, and a cell abnormality determination process of, of detected voltages of the plurality of cells, calculating a voltage difference between a representative voltage based on the detected voltage of at least one cell to be compared and the detected voltage of one cell to be detected at a first time and a second time, and when a difference between the two voltage differences is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining that the cell to be detected is abnormal. In the case of executing the cell abnormality determination process during the equalization process, the controller provides the detected voltage of a target cell to be subjected to the equalization process with a compensation value corresponding to a voltage change based on energy transfer in the target cell due to the equalization process between the first time and the second time, and calculates the voltage difference at the second time.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Itakura, Changhui Yang, Shinya Nishikawa, Tohru Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240083283Abstract: In a battery abnormality prediction system, an acquisition unit acquires a current flowing through a battery and a temperature of the battery. A prediction unit predicts the occurrence of an abnormality in the battery, based on a relationship between the amount of the current flowing through the battery for a certain period of time and a rise in the temperature of the battery for the certain period of time. The prediction unit may compare the ratio of an integrated amount of current to the temperature rise for the certain period of time with a threshold determined based on data on the battery having caught fire and thereby predict a sign of fire to be caught by the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: YUSUKE ITAKURA, MUTSUHIKO TAKEDA, SHINYA NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11913998Abstract: Provided is a controller configured: to calculate, among voltages detected from a plurality of cells, a voltage difference between the voltage detected from one cell of the plurality of cells, the one cell to be detected, and a representative voltage at each of a first time and a second time, the representative voltage based on the voltage detected from at least one cell of the plurality of cells, the at least one cell to be compared; and when a discrepancy between the voltage difference at the first time and the voltage difference at the second time is equal to or more than a threshold, to determine that an abnormality has occurred in the one cell to be detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Itakura, Changhui Yang, Shinya Nishikawa, Tohru Watanabe
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Publication number: 20230307925Abstract: An acquisition unit of management unit acquires monitoring data including at least one of voltage and state of charge of a plurality of power storage packs connected in parallel. A switch controller can individually control on/off of a plurality of switches based on a voltage difference between the plurality of power storage packs or an SOC difference between the plurality of power storage packs. When calculating the entire capacity of the plurality of power storage packs, a capacity calculator also adds the capacity of power storage pack connected to a switch in an off state in a case where the switch can be controlled to an on state in future.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: YOHEI ISHII, YUSUKE ITAKURA
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Publication number: 20220294028Abstract: In a management device that manages a power storage module in which a plurality of cell blocks in which a plurality of cells are connected in parallel are connected in series, a voltage detector detects a voltage of each of the plurality of cell blocks connected in series. The controller calculates a change value of a voltage of each of the plurality of cell blocks for a certain period of time, integrates absolute values of calculated voltage change values for each of the cell blocks, and determines presence or absence of a cell block including a separated cell that is electrically separated based on an integration value of voltage changes for each of the plurality of cell blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventor: YUSUKE ITAKURA
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Publication number: 20210318386Abstract: Provided is a controller configured: to calculate, among voltages detected from a plurality of cells, a voltage difference between the voltage detected from one cell of the plurality of cells, the one cell to be detected, and a representative voltage at each of a first time and a second time, the representative voltage based on the voltage detected from at least one cell of the plurality of cells, the at least one cell to be compared; and when a discrepancy between the voltage difference at the first time and the voltage difference at the second time is equal to or more than a threshold, to determine that an abnormality has occurred in the one cell to be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: YUSUKE ITAKURA, CHANGHUI YANG, SHINYA NISHIKAWA, TOHRU WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210296911Abstract: A controller executes an equalization process of equalizing capacities of a plurality of cells, and a cell abnormality determination process of, of detected voltages of the plurality of cells, calculating a voltage difference between a representative voltage based on the detected voltage of at least one cell to be compared and the detected voltage of one cell to be detected at a first time and a second time, and when a difference between the two voltage differences is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining that the cell to be detected is abnormal. In the case of executing the cell abnormality determination process during the equalization process, the controller provides the detected voltage of a target cell to be subjected to the equalization process with a compensation value corresponding to a voltage change based on energy transfer in the target cell due to the equalization process between the first time and the second time, and calculates the voltage difference at the second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: YUSUKE ITAKURA, CHANGHUI YANG, SHINYA NISHIKAWA, TOHRU WATANABE
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Patent number: 10811889Abstract: A smoothing unit smoothes a detected voltage of each power storage block based on previous data during a certain period. A calculator calculates a difference between a smoothing voltage of one power storage block in the n power storage blocks and a representative value of the smoothing voltages of the other power storage blocks or all the power storage blocks. A determination unit determines a power storage block whose difference against the representative value enlarges more than or equal to a set value during a predetermined period as a power storage block containing an abnormal power storage cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Nishikawa, Yusuke Itakura, Takashi Iida
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Publication number: 20190181663Abstract: A smoothing unit smooths a detected voltage of each power storage block based on previous data during a certain period. A calculator calculates a difference between a smoothing voltage of one power storage block in the n power storage blocks and a representative value of the smoothing voltages of the other power storage blocks or all the power storage blocks. A determination unit determines a power storage block whose difference against the representative value enlarges more than or equal to a set value during a predetermined period as a power storage block containing an abnormal power storage cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: SHINYA NISHIKAWA, YUSUKE ITAKURA, TAKASHI IIDA
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Patent number: 7559405Abstract: The present invention provides a controller of an electric power steering device which does not apply an uncomfortable feeling to a operation of steering wheel while securing a fault determination confirming period enough long to prevent an erroneous detection of a torque sensor fault, and can secure a safety operation of steering wheel, even in the case that an output value of a torque sensor detecting a steering torque of a steering wheel becomes abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2004Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignees: NSK Ltd., NSK Steering Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kumaido, Yusuke Itakura, Yuho Aoki, Nobuhiro Kubo
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Publication number: 20090071745Abstract: The present invention provides a high-performance control unit for an electric power steering apparatus structured such as to improve a steering feeling at a time of a control stop of the control apparatus by calculating a steering torque correction short-amount without stopping a function of a motor control signal monitoring means and applying an electromagnetic brake to the motor in correspondence to the steering torque correction short-amount even in the case of stopping a motor control during generation of a steering assist torque, lighten a load applied to a driver due to a rapid release of a tire torsion force at a time of stopping the assist, and prevent a driver from feeling an uncomfortable feeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2006Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Itakura, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Tomonori Hisanaga, Osamu Miyoshi, Shinji Kanai
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Publication number: 20080067960Abstract: A drive control device of an unconnected motor capable of resolving power shortage and increasing motor output without using a boost circuit, and an electric power steering device using the unconnected motor. The drive control device comprises an unconnected motor (12) having a rotor in which permanent magnets are allocated and a stator opposing the rotor, in which armature winding Lu to Lw of a plurality (N number) of phases are independently arranged, a pair of inverter circuits (34a, 34b) individually connected to both ends of each armature winding, and a drive control circuit (15) which drives the pair of inverter circuits (34a, 34b) with a predetermined number (e.g. 2N) of PWM drive control signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2005Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: NSK, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Maeda, Tomohiro Miura, Yusuke Itakura
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Publication number: 20070068727Abstract: Generation of a steering assist force is allowed to continue by securing an appropriate control power without being affected by the fluctuation of a battery voltage. An electric power steering control device comprising steering torque detection means 17 for detecting a steering torque, an electric motor 5 allowed to generate a steering assist force for a steering system, and steering assist control means 3 for controlling the electric motor based on the steering torque detected by the steering torque detection means 17 comprises a control power generating circuit 20 for stepping up a battery voltage of an in-vehicle battery 1 to generate a control power and supplying the generated control power at least to the steering assist control means 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Miura, Masahiro Maeda, Yusuke Itakura
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Patent number: 7091684Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus which can continue control even if some of current detectors that detect phase currents of a three-phase motor break down. Phase currents of the failure current detectors are calculated by using detected signals from the normal current detectors, and the electric power steering apparatus can be continued to be controlled by using the current values.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Kobayashi, Yusuke Itakura
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Publication number: 20060022626Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus which can continue control even if some of current detectors that detect phase currents of a three-phase motor break down. Phase currents of the failure current detectors are calculated by using detected signals from the normal current detectors, and the electric power steering apparatus can be continued to be controlled by using the current values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventors: Hideyuki Kobayashi, Yusuke Itakura