Patents by Inventor Yuya KIHIRA

Yuya KIHIRA 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: 11828809
    Abstract: A storage battery monitoring apparatus includes: monitoring units attached to storage batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; and a management unit capable of wireless communication connection with the monitoring units. By using identification information of a specific monitoring unit included in a message broadcasted from the management unit to the monitoring units, communication between the management unit and the specific monitoring unit is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Yoshimoto, Shuichi Takemoto, Hirokazu Ito, Yuya Kihira
  • Publication number: 20230223776
    Abstract: A storage battery monitoring device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a plurality of monitoring units attached to a plurality of storage batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; and a management unit capable of wirelessly communicating with the plurality of monitoring units. The management unit sequentially selects identification information about the plurality of monitoring units stored previously, and transmits a connection request message including identification information about a selected monitoring unit to the plurality of monitoring units through wireless communication in order to establish communication with the selected monitoring unit. The management unit further updates identification information about another monitoring unit to identification information about one monitoring unit through the wireless communication when the another monitoring unit is replaced with the one monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu ITO, Yuya KIHIRA, Kazuo HARUKI, Ibuki WATANO
  • Patent number: 11677253
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding whether a learning model is in a first mode or in a second mode, the learning model configured to detect a state of an energy storage device; and a change unit configured to change an operation of a balancer circuit from a predetermined state in a case where the learning model is in the first mode, the balancer circuit configured to balance a voltage of the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Inoue, Kayo Yamasaki, Yuya Kihira, Hitoshi Matsushima, Keita Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230176132
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery monitoring device includes a plurality of sensor units 20 attached to a plurality of lead-acid batteries 1 connected in series and/or in parallel and a control unit 10 that sequentially establishes wireless communication connection with the plurality of monitoring units 20. The lead -acid battery monitoring device executes a first monitoring operation in which the management unit 10 sequentially receives monitoring data including an internal resistance and a temperature of each lead-acid battery 1 from the plurality of monitoring units 20 and a second monitoring operation in which the management unit 10 sequentially receives monitoring data including the temperature of each lead-acid battery 1 from the plurality of monitoring units 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu ITO, Yuya KIHIRA, Kazuo HARUKI, Ibuki WATANO
  • Patent number: 11391782
    Abstract: An energy storage device managing apparatus that estimates a degradation amount of a full charge capacity of an energy storage device, the energy storage device managing apparatus includes: a measurement unit that measures a temperature of the energy storage device in a power supply state; a timing unit that measures time in a power non-supply state; and a controller. The controller performs interpolation based on a first temperature measured immediately before the energy storage device becomes the power non-supply state, and a second temperature initially measured after the energy storage device returns to the power supply state, decides a temperature of the energy storage device from a measurement time of the first temperature to a measurement time of the second temperature, and estimates the degradation amount of the full charge capacity based on the decided temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Inoue, Yuya Kihira
  • Publication number: 20220137140
    Abstract: A storage battery monitoring apparatus includes: monitoring units attached to storage batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; and a management unit capable of wireless communication connection with the monitoring units. By using identification information of a specific monitoring unit included in a message broadcasted from the management unit to the monitoring units, communication between the management unit and the specific monitoring unit is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta YOSHIMOTO, Shuichi TAKEMOTO, Hirokazu ITO, Yuya KIHIRA
  • Publication number: 20220137142
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery monitoring apparatus includes: sensor units attached to lead-acid batteries connected in series and/or in parallel; and a control unit capable of wireless communication connection with the sensor units. The control unit receives a setting as to whether to prohibit or permit alarm output for each of the lead-acid batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu ITO, Hiroaki SONE, Yuya KIHIRA, Kazuo HARUKI
  • Publication number: 20200403415
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding whether a learning model is in a first mode or in a second mode, the learning model configured to detect a state of an energy storage device; and a change unit configured to change an operation of a balancer circuit from a predetermined state in a case where the learning model is in the first mode, the balancer circuit configured to balance a voltage of the energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya INOUE, Kayo YAMASAKI, Yuya KIHIRA, Hitoshi MATSUSHIMA, Keita NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20190317155
    Abstract: An energy storage device managing apparatus that estimates a degradation amount of a full charge capacity of an energy storage device, the energy storage device managing apparatus includes: a measurement unit that measures a temperature of the energy storage device in a power supply state; a timing unit that measures time in a power non-supply state; and a controller. The controller performs interpolation based on a first temperature measured immediately before the energy storage device becomes the power non-supply state, and a second temperature initially measured after the energy storage device returns to the power supply state, decides a temperature of the energy storage device from a measurement time of the first temperature to a measurement time of the second temperature, and estimates the degradation amount of the full charge capacity based on the decided temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya INOUE, Yuya KIHIRA