Patents by Inventor Kenta Fukatsu
Kenta Fukatsu 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: 20220352796Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a method, while supporting as end of an extension part of a coil segment by a flange of a forming jig from the radially outside and pressing an inclined, surface toward the other end surface in an axial direction of the stator core by a pressing part of the forming jig, rotating the stator core in a circumferential direction relative to the forming jig, in order to bend the extension part in the circumferential direction of the stator core such that the inclined surface is positioned to be substantially parallel to the other end surface. Thereafter, joining the inclined surfaces adjacent to each other is the radial direction of the stator core.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Mashahiro UCHIYAMA, Takahiro TOI, Kentaro MIYAZAKI, Kenta FUKATSU
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Patent number: 10702995Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible. A granular material is provided in an interior of the gripper. The gripping tool grips a workpiece by depressurizing the interior of the gripper in a state in which the gripper is caused to contact the workpiece. The gripper includes a first portion contacting the workpiece, a second portion opposing the first portion, and a fibrous membrane having a plurality of pores and being provided between the first portion and the second portion. A diameter of at least a portion of the pores is smaller than a diameter of the granular material. The granular material is provided between the fibrous membrane and the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Yoko Tokuno, Kenta Fukatsu, Emiko Ishida
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Publication number: 20190217486Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible. A granular material is provided in an interior of the gripper. The gripping tool grips a workpiece by depressurizing the interior of the gripper in a state in which the gripper is caused to contact the workpiece. The gripper includes a first portion contacting the workpiece, a second portion opposing the first portion, and a fibrous membrane having a plurality of pores and being provided between the first portion and the second portion. A diameter of at least a portion of the pores is smaller than a diameter of the granular material. The granular material is provided between the fibrous membrane and the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Yoko Tokuno, Kenta Fukatsu, Emiko Ishida
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Publication number: 20170237108Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing device for a battery, includes, an electrolyte supply unit which introduces an electrolyte into a cell, a chamber which accommodates the battery cell, a first pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure in the battery cell lower than a pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit, and a second pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure outside the battery cell in the chamber lower than the pressure in the battery cell, thereby increasing the capacity of the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kenta FUKATSU
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Patent number: 9692081Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing device for a battery, includes, an electrolyte supply unit which introduces an electrolyte into a cell, a chamber which accommodates the battery cell, a first pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure in the battery cell lower than a pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit, and a second pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure outside the battery cell in the chamber lower than the pressure in the battery cell, thereby increasing the capacity of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kenta Fukatsu
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Patent number: 9537172Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a manufacturing method of a sealed secondary battery of the embodiment, a first sealing body, which is configured to seal an opening portion of a lid body to cover the opening portion and is formed into a sheet-like shape by using a metal material, is placed on the lid body, and the first sealing body is welded to the lid body. The sealed secondary battery having the first sealing body welded thereto is charged, and the sealed secondary battery is discharged after the charge. A hole is bored in the first sealing body to form a hole portion after the discharge, a second sealing body is placed to cover the first sealing body, and the second sealing body is welded to the lid body through the first sealing body.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Naotada Okada, Kenta Fukatsu
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Patent number: 9379409Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing apparatus for a sealed secondary battery includes a chamber, pressure reduction unit, sealer transfer unit, and welding unit. The chamber accommodates therein a battery container injected with an electrolyte through an injection hole and is hermetically closed. The pressure reduction unit reduces pressure inside the chamber. The sealer transfer unit is configured to mount a sealer for sealing the injection hole on the injection hole of the battery container in the chamber decompressed by the pressure reduction unit. The welding unit is configured to laser-weld the sealer to the battery container by applying a laser beam to the peripheral edge portion of the sealer on the battery container through a laser transmission window formed in one surface of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro Matsui, Kenta Fukatsu, Hirokazu Okamoto
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Patent number: 9246157Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sealed secondary battery is provided with a container body having an opening and accommodating an electrode assembly and an electrolyte, a sealing plate which seals the opening of the container body, the sealing plate having an injection hole which is formed penetrating the sealing plate and through which the electrolyte is injected into the container body, and a sealing body positioned with an annular vacant space above a surface region of the sealing plate around the injection hole therein and welded at a peripheral edge portion thereof to the sealing plate, thereby sealing the injection hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenta Fukatsu, Tomohiro Matsui, Tatsuya Nishi
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Patent number: 9050618Abstract: According to one embodiment, a double-sided coating apparatus includes a first coating head arranged on one side of a raw material to coat the one side with a coating liquid by alternately forming a coating region and a non-coating region in a direction crossing a delivery direction, a second coating head arranged on the other side of the raw material to coat the other side with the coating liquid by alternately forming the coating region and the non-coating region in the direction crossing the delivery direction, and a coating roller arranged near a position on the one side of the raw material and opposite to the second coating head across the raw material and having a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion with different diameters along an axial direction with the small-diameter portion opposite to the coating region and the large-diameter portion opposite to the non-coating region.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ikuo Uematsu, Masaomi Nakahata, Hideaki Morishima, Kenta Fukatsu
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Publication number: 20140287300Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a manufacturing method of a sealed secondary battery of the embodiment, a first sealing body, which is configured to seal an opening portion of a lid body to cover the opening portion and is formed into a sheet-like shape by using a metal material, is placed on the lid body, and the first sealing body is welded to the lid body. The sealed secondary battery having the first sealing body welded thereto is charged, and the sealed secondary battery is discharged after the charge. A hole is bored in the first sealing body to form a hole portion after the discharge, a second sealing body is placed to cover the first sealing body, and the second sealing body is welded to the lid body through the first sealing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Naotada OKADA, Kenta FUKATSU
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Publication number: 20130247364Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing device for a battery, includes, an electrolyte supply unit which introduces an electrolyte into a cell, a chamber which accommodates the battery cell, a first pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure in the battery cell lower than a pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit, and a second pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure outside the battery cell in the chamber lower than the pressure in the battery cell, thereby increasing the capacity of the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kenta FUKATSU
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Patent number: 8530781Abstract: An processing apparatus comprises a laser oscillator, an overall control device which controls an operation of the laser oscillator, and a plurality of processing units. The processing unit comprises a holding part which movably holds a processed object, an optical system which guides the laser beam, oscillated from the laser oscillator, toward the processed object, a shutter which selectively prevents the laser beam from reaching the processed object, and an individual control device which controls an operation of the holding part, and transmits a laser request signal to the overall control device. When at least one of the plurality of individual control devices transmits the request signal, the overall control device controls the shutter of the processing unit, which has transmitted the laser request signal, to enable the laser beam to reach the processed object, and drives the laser oscillator to allow the laser oscillator to oscillate the laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenta Fukatsu, Tsubasa Kusaka, Daisuke Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20120076933Abstract: According to one embodiment, a double-sided coating apparatus includes a first coating head arranged on one side of a raw material to coat the one side with a coating liquid by alternately forming a coating region and a non-coating region in a direction crossing a delivery direction, a second coating head arranged on the other side of the raw material to coat the other side with the coating liquid by alternately forming the coating region and the non-coating region in the direction crossing the delivery direction, and a coating roller arranged near a position on the one side of the raw material and opposite to the second coating head across the raw material and having a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion with different diameters along an axial direction with the small-diameter portion opposite to the coating region and the large-diameter portion opposite to the non-coating region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Ikuo UEMATSU, Masaomi NAKAHATA, Hideaki MORISHIMA, Kenta FUKATSU
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Publication number: 20120076619Abstract: A transport mechanism that exchanges a workpiece between a processing chamber and a transport box arranged by mutually opposing openings while maintaining an airtight state, includes a processing chamber cap that freely opens/closes the opening of the processing chamber and also airtightly caps the opening and includes a recess in a side of the transport box, a guide mechanism that guides the processing chamber cap into the processing chamber, a workpiece support portion provided inside the processing chamber, a transport box cap that freely opens/closes the opening of the transport box and also airtightly caps the opening and is airtightly fitted into the recess, and a coupling portion that airtightly couples a front portion around the opening of the processing chamber and a front portion around the opening of the transport box.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Masahiko TAKAHASHI, Kenta Fukatsu, Shuichi Kimura, Kazuhiro Teraguchi
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Publication number: 20120070722Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sealed secondary battery is provided with a container body having an opening and accommodating an electrode assembly and an electrolyte, a sealing plate which seals the opening of the container body, the sealing plate having an injection hole which is formed penetrating the sealing. plate and through which the electrolyte is injected into the container body, and a sealing body positioned with an annular vacant space above a surface region of the sealing plate around the injection hole therein and welded at a peripheral edge portion thereof to the sealing plate, thereby sealing the injection hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Kenta Fukatsu, Tomohiro Matsui, Tatsuya Nishi
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Publication number: 20120070723Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing apparatus for a sealed secondary battery includes a chamber, pressure reduction unit, sealer transfer unit, and welding unit. The chamber accommodates therein a battery container injected with an electrolyte through an injection hole and is hermetically closed. The pressure reduction unit reduces pressure inside the chamber. The sealer transfer unit is configured to mount a sealer for sealing the injection hole on the injection hole of the battery container in the chamber decompressed by the pressure reduction unit. The welding unit is configured to laser-weld the sealer to the battery container by applying a laser beam to the peripheral edge portion of the sealer on the battery container through a laser transmission window formed in one surface of the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUI, Kenta Fukatsu, Hirokazu Okamoto
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Publication number: 20110215763Abstract: According to one embodiment, a serial charging and discharging system includes a cell connected in series to a power source for charging and discharging the cell, a diode provided upstream of the cell, a first switch connected in parallel to the diode, a second switch connected in series between the diode and the cell, a bypass circuit which bypasses the upstream of the diode and the downstream of the cell, a third switch connected to the bypass circuit; and a controller which controls the make and break of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasuhiko SAWADA, Kenta Fukatsu, Momoyo Sekiya, Yukihisa Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20100140229Abstract: An processing apparatus comprises a laser oscillator, an overall control device which controls an operation of the laser oscillator, and a plurality of processing units. The processing unit comprises a holding part which movably holds a processed object, an optical system which guides the laser beam, oscillated from the laser oscillator, toward the processed object, a shutter which selectively prevents the laser beam from reaching the processed object, and an individual control device which controls an operation of the holding part, and transmits a laser request signal to the overall control device. When at least one of the plurality of individual control devices transmits the request signal, the overall control device controls the shutter of the processing unit, which has transmitted the laser request signal, to enable the laser beam to reach the processed object, and drives the laser oscillator to allow the laser oscillator to oscillate the laser beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Kenta Fukatsu, Tsubasa Kusaka, Daisuke Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20060087613Abstract: A defective-pixel repairing method is applied to a liquid crystal display. The method applies pulse laser beam to a signal line adjacent to a defective pixel, so as to generate an air bubble. The air bubble is to cover substantially the entirety of the defective pixel and is located at the position corresponding to the defective pixel. The method also applies pulse laser beam to substantially the entirety of the defective pixel where the air bubble is generated, thereby repairing the defective pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventors: Ryuichi Togawa, Yoshitaka Kawada, Kenta Fukatsu
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Patent number: 6528870Abstract: In a stacked-type semiconductor unit having a plurality of semiconductor devices stacked on a base board including a base electrode, each semiconductor device has a wiring board including an external electrode provided in an end portion thereof. The semiconductor devices are stacked on the base board such that the external electrodes are aligned with one another. Then, the external electrodes are electrically connected to the base board by solder.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenta Fukatsu, Yasuhito Saito, Masayuki Arakawa, Tomohiro Iguchi, Naotake Watanabe, Yoshitoshi Fukuchi, Tetsuro Komatsu