Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Takasaki

Hiroshi Takasaki 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: 20240170783
    Abstract: A power storage module includes at least one cylindrical power storage device, and a cell holder that houses the power storage device. The cell holder includes a retainer that holds a lower side in an axial direction of the power storage device, and a side wall that covers a side peripheral surface of the power storage device. The retainer includes a container which houses a lower end side of the power storage device, and a notch that is formed on a side surface of the retainer along an inner surface of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: HIROSHI TAKASAKI, SHINGO KUME, MOMOKO HIRANUMA
  • Publication number: 20240162546
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: at least one cylindrical power storage device; and an upper holder that holds the power storage device in an axial direction. The upper holder includes a container that houses the power storage device and a hole that penetrates the upper holder along an axial direction around the container. A distance between the container and the hole in plan view is smaller than a distance between the container and the adjacent container in plan view or a distance between the container and an edge of the upper holder in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: TATSUYA HIRANO, HIROSHI TAKASAKI, MOMOKO HIRANUMA, KEISUKE SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230369722
    Abstract: An electric power storage module includes at least one cylindrical electric power storage device. A positive-electrode terminal and a negative-electrode terminal are disposed at an upper end of the electric power storage device, the negative-electrode terminal is disposed on an outer side with respect to the positive-electrode terminal in a radial direction of the electric power storage device, a negative-electrode lead electrically connected to the negative-electrode terminal from an outer side in the radial direction is further provided, and the negative-electrode lead includes a contact part that is in contact with a side surface of the electric power storage device, and a shoulder that is formed on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the contact part and includes a joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: JIRO MURATSU, HIROTAKA OGINO, HIROSHI TAKASAKI, TATSUYA HIRANO, KEISUKE NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230344089
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: at least one cylindrical power storage device; and an upper holder that holds an upper end side of the power storage device; in which a positive-electrode terminal and a negative-electrode terminal are disposed at an end part on the upper end part of the power storage device, the negative-electrode terminal is disposed outside the positive-electrode terminal in a radial direction of the power storage device, the power storage module further includes a negative electrode lead connected to the negative-electrode terminal from an outer side in the radial direction, and the upper holder includes a restricting part located inside at least a part of the lead in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jiro MURATSU, Hirotaka OGINO, Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Tatsuya HIRANO, Keisuke NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230307773
    Abstract: At least one cylindrical electricity storage device, and an upper holder for holding an upper end side of the electricity storage device are included. A positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are disposed on an upper end part of the electricity storage device, and the negative electrode terminal is positioned in the outer side than the positive electrode terminal in a radial direction of the electricity storage device. A negative electrode lead connected to the negative electrode terminal from the outer side in the radial direction is further included. The upper holder includes a restriction part positioned in the inner side than at least a part of the negative electrode lead. A bottom surface of the restriction part protrudes toward the lower part than the surface facing an end part of one side of the electricity storage device in the upper holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: JIRO MURATSU, HIROTAKA OGINO, HIROSHI TAKASAKI, TATSUYA HIRANO, KEISUKE NAGATA
  • Patent number: 11651895
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film capacitor that includes a capacitive insulating film having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first capacitive electrode covering the first surface of the capacitive insulating film, and a second capacitive electrode covering the second surface of the capacitive insulating film and including a plurality of capacitor areas divided by a slit and a plurality of fuse areas connecting two of adjacent capacitor areas. The second capacitive electrode has a structure in which a plurality of conductor films including a first conductor film and a second conductor film lower in electrical resistivity than the first conductor film are laminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Andoh, Hiroshi Takasaki, Hitoshi Saita
  • Publication number: 20230068533
    Abstract: An electrical storage module includes electrical storage devices and a holder including housing parts housing the electrical storage devices therein. Each electrical storage device has an outer circumferential surface, a first end surface provided at a first end of the outer circumferential surface, and a second end surface which is provided at a second end of the outer circumferential surface and is opposite to the first end in a first direction. An inner circumferential surface of the housing part faces the outer circumferential surface of the electrical storage device. The inner circumferential surface includes a sealing member pressing the outer circumferential surface. A resin member is housed in a space demarcated by the inner circumferential surface of the housing part, the outer circumferential surface of the electrical storage device, and the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: TATSUYA HIRANO, HIROSHI TAKASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230017845
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a plurality of power storage devices (for example, secondary batteries) arranged side by side and a holder having a container that contains the plurality of power storage devices. The holder includes a first holder and a second holder. Each of the plurality of power storage devices includes a first end and a second end. The first end is contained in the first holder and the second end is contained in the second holder. In the holder, resin is disposed in at least one of a space between the plurality of power storage devices and a space between the power storage device and the holder. The holder is provided with a gap defined by at least the resin and the holder and communicating with the outside of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: HIROSHI TAKASAKI
  • Patent number: 11489239
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery includes an electrode unit configured as a roll of a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate with a separator in between. The first electrode plate is an electrode plate to which one end of a first electrode tab and one end of a second electrode tab are connected, and the second electrode plate has the opposite polarity from the first electrode plate. Additionally, a case houses the electrode unit and a sealing member seals an opening rim of the case. The first electrode tab and the second electrode tab are disposed to project out from the first electrode plate at opposite ends of a winding axis of the first electrode plate. The first electrode tab contacts at a bottom portion of the case and the second electrode tab is welded at the opening rim side opposite the bottom portion of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Funami, Izuru Nakai, Kazumichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Takasaki
  • Patent number: 11443900
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric substance disposed between the first electrode 10 and the second electrode. The second electrode has a first metallic layer, an intermediate layer, and a second metallic layer in sequence in this order from the side of the dielectric substance. The first metallic layer contains a metal element M1 as a main component, and the second metallic layer contains a metal element M2 different from the metal element M1 as a main component. The intermediate layer has one or more laminate structures each having a second metal sublayer containing the metal element M2 as a main component and a first metal sublayer containing the metal element M1 as a main component in sequence from the side of the first metallic layer toward the side of the second metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hiraoka, Hiroshi Takasaki, Hitoshi Saita
  • Publication number: 20220285775
    Abstract: A power storage module includes at least one cylindrical power storage device, and a lower holder that holds a lower end part of the power storage device, wherein at least one concave part is formed on one of a surface of the power storage device facing a holding part and a surface of the holding part facing the power storage device, and at least one convex part fitted in the concave part is formed on the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: SHINYA GESHI, HIROTAKA OGINO, CHIFUMI MURAYAMA, HIROSHI TAKASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220172894
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film capacitor that includes a capacitive insulating film having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first capacitive electrode covering the first surface of the capacitive insulating film, and a second capacitive electrode covering the second surface of the capacitive insulating film and including a plurality of capacitor areas divided by a slit and a plurality of fuse areas connecting two of adjacent capacitor areas. The second capacitive electrode has a structure in which a plurality of conductor films including a first conductor film and a second conductor film lower in electrical resistivity than the first conductor film are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Suguru ANDOH, Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Hitoshi SAITA
  • Publication number: 20220123395
    Abstract: A battery including: a battery can including a cylinder portion including an opening edge portion at one end portion of the cylinder portion and a bottom portion that closes the other end portion of the cylinder portion; an electrode body; a sealing member that seals an opening of the opening edge portion. The sealing member includes: a sealing plate; a cap connected to the sealing plate and electrically insulated from the sealing plate; and a sealing portion sealing a space between the cylinder portion and the cap. The cap includes: a ring-shaped top plate portion opposing the opening edge portion in an axial direction of the cylinder portion; and a side wall portion covering an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder portion. The sealing portion may be a gasket provided between the cap and the cylinder portion in a compressed state. The cap is electrically connected to the cylinder portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KOHIRA, Keisuke NAITO, Shinya GESHI, Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Kazumichi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220102789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery including: a battery can including a cylinder portion including an opening edge portion at one end portion thereof and a bottom portion closing the other end portion of the cylinder portion; an electrode body housed in the cylinder portion; and a sealing member fixed to the cylinder portion to seal an opening of an opening edge portion. The sealing member includes a lid portion covering the opening of the opening edge portion. A first engagement portion is formed in the end portion of the cylinder portion on the opening edge portion side, and a second engagement portion is formed in an end portion of the lid portion on an outer circumferential side. A first surface of the first engagement portion and a second surface of the second engagement portion are bonded, with the first surface and the second surface overlapping each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kazumichi SHIMIZU, Koji FUNAMI, Hiroshi TAKASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210252467
    Abstract: An environment-friendly granulation process which can be used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and involves fluidized bed granulation of a pharmaceutical ingredient with a granulation liquid in the presence of a water absorbing substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Atsushi SAKURAI, Takuma KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11069483
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor includes a first electrode layer (10), a dielectric layer (20) stacked on the first electrode layer (10), and a second electrode layer (30) stacked on the dielectric layer (20), wherein the dielectric layer (20) includes a layered void aggregation region (22) which extends in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takasaki, Masahiro Hiraoka, Hitoshi Saita
  • Publication number: 20210159019
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric substance disposed between the first electrode 10 and the second electrode. The second electrode has a first metallic layer, an intermediate layer, and a second metallic layer in sequence in this order from the side of the dielectric substance. The first metallic layer contains a metal element M1 as a main component, and the second metallic layer contains a metal element M2 different from the metal element M1 as a main component. The intermediate layer has one or more laminate structures each having a second metal sublayer containing the metal element M2 as a main component and a first metal sublayer containing the metal element M1 as a main component in sequence from the side of the first metallic layer toward the side of the second metallic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro HIRAOKA, Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Hitoshi SAITA
  • Patent number: 10943738
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric substance disposed between the first electrode 10 and the second electrode. The second electrode has a first metallic layer, an intermediate layer, and a second metallic layer in sequence in this order from the side of the dielectric substance. The first metallic layer contains a metal element M1 as a main component, and the second metallic layer contains a metal element M2 different from the metal element M1 as a main component. The intermediate layer has one or more laminate structures each having a second metal sublayer containing the metal element M2 as a main component and a first metal sublayer containing the metal element M1 as a main component in sequence from the side of the first metallic layer toward the side of the second metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hiraoka, Hiroshi Takasaki, Hitoshi Saita
  • Patent number: 10918595
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an oral disintegrating tablet comprising the antihypertensive telmisartan and the tablet obtained by the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Manabu Nakatani, Yohei Kawabata, Takeshi Sawada, Hiroshi Takasaki
  • Publication number: 20200176750
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery having improved strength against rotational torque includes: an electrode unit configured as a roll of a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate with a separator in between, the first electrode plate being an electrode plate to which one end of a first electrode tab and one end of a second electrode tab are connected, the second electrode plate having opposite polarity from the first electrode plate; a case housing the electrode unit; and a sealing member sealing an opening rim of the case. The first electrode tab and the second electrode tab are disposed to project out from the first electrode plate at opposite ends of a winding axis of the first electrode late. The first electrode tab is in contact with a bottom portion of the case by being welded thereto. The second electrode tab is welded at the opening rim side opposite the bottom portion of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: KOJI FUNAMI, IZURU NAKAI, KAZUMICHI SHIMIZU, HIROSHI TAKASAKI