Patents by Inventor Eiji Mizutani
Eiji Mizutani 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: 20230170582Abstract: A power storage cell is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a spacer. The positive electrode has: a first current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer provided on a one surface of the first current collector. The negative electrode has: a second current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer provided on a one surface of the second current collector. The separator has a base material layer, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer. The one surface of the first current collector is adhered to the first adhesive layer in an edge portion of the separator. The spacer is adhered to the second adhesive layer in the edge portion of the separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hirokuni AKIYAMA, Shinji SUZUKI, Nobukiyo ITO, Yusuke YAMASHITA, Eiji MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20230097126Abstract: Provided are an electrolytic solution suitable for a lithium ion secondary battery that includes a positive electrode which has a positive electrode active material having an olivine structure, and includes a negative electrode having graphite as a negative electrode active material, and a superior lithium ion secondary battery having the electrolytic solution. The lithium ion secondary battery includes: a positive electrode that includes a positive electrode active material having an olivine structure; a negative electrode having graphite as a negative electrode active material; and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains LiPF6, a cyclic alkylene carbonate selected from ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate, methyl propionate, and an additive that starts reductive degradation at a potential higher than a potential at which the above components of the electrolytic solution start reductive degradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Kensuke YOTSUMOTO, Yuki ICHIKAWA, Satomi YOKOCHI, Hiroshi IWATA, Yuya SATO, Eiji MIZUTANI, Yushi KONDO, Takeshi MAKI, Yoshiyuki OGASAWARA, Takeshi KIMIJIMA, Yusuke WATANABE, Tatsuya EGUCHI, Shintaro YAMAOKA
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Patent number: 10118506Abstract: A slide rail includes a fixed-side rail, a movable-side rail, and a reinforcing structure that prevents detachment of the movable-side rail from the fixed-side rail. The reinforcing structure includes a fixed-side engaging portion attached to the fixed-side rail, and a movable-side engaging portion attached to the movable-side rail. The fixed-side and the movable-side engaging portions are configured, while allowing sliding of the movable-side rail, to come in contact with each other due to an action by a large load in a detaching direction input between the fixed-side rail and the movable-side rail, and to be engaged with each other to restrict movement of the movable-side rail in the detaching direction. A contact surface, that comes in contact with the movable-side engaging portion, of the fixed-side engaging portion includes surface regions that have mutually different positions in the detaching direction and are provided side by side in a sliding direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Hattori, Tomokazu Fukuda, Eiji Mizutani, Taro Fukuta, Akira Kaneko
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Patent number: 9991928Abstract: A communication system provided to a working vehicle includes: an information receiving unit that communicates with identification devices and receives identification information; a first area information storage that stores first area information indicating an area where use of the information receiving unit is permitted; a comparing unit that compares the first area information with second area information indicating an area where the working vehicle is used; and a communication control unit that prohibits the information receiving unit from outputting electric waves when the second area information is not included in the first area information.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Mizutani, Takayuki Koshi
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Publication number: 20170294057Abstract: A identification information acquisition system provided in a working vehicle includes: a plurality of identification devices; and a plurality of communication devices that communicate with the plurality of identification devices. The plurality of communication devices include a first communication device and a second communication device, an operation of which is controlled by the first communication device. The first communication device is disposed at a first position and the second communication device is disposed at a second position in a working vehicle, a temperature at the first position being lower than a temperature at the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Koshi, Eiji Mizutani
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Publication number: 20170294938Abstract: A communication system provided to a working vehicle includes: an information receiving unit that communicates with identification devices and receives identification information; a first area information storage that stores first area information indicating an area where use of the information receiving unit is permitted; a comparing unit that compares the first area information with second area information indicating an area where the working vehicle is used; and a communication control unit that prohibits the information receiving unit from outputting electric waves when the second area information is not included in the first area information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Mizutani, Takayuki Koshi
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Publication number: 20170277163Abstract: A communication system provided in a working vehicle includes: an identification device that stores identification information; a communication device that outputs electric waves to communicate with the identification device; an ambient temperature judging unit that judges whether or not an ambient temperature of the environment in which the identification device is disposed exceeds an operational temperature at which an operation of the identification device is ensured; and a communication controller that prohibits the communication device from outputting the electric waves when the ambient temperature judges that the ambient temperature exceeds the operational temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Takayuki KOSHI, Eiji MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20170197525Abstract: A slide rail includes a fixed-side rail, a movable-side rail, and a reinforcing structure that prevents detachment of the movable-side rail from the fixed-side rail. The reinforcing structure includes a fixed-side engaging portion attached to the fixed-side rail, and a movable-side engaging portion attached to the movable-side rail. The fixed-side and the movable-side engaging portions are configured, while allowing sliding of the movable-side rail, to come in contact with each other due to an action by a large load in a detaching direction input between the fixed-side rail and the movable-side rail, and to be engaged with each other to restrict movement of the movable-side rail in the detaching direction. A contact surface, that comes in contact with the movable-side engaging portion, of the fixed-side engaging portion includes surface regions that have mutually different positions in the detaching direction and are provided side by side in a sliding direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki HATTORI, Tomokazu FUKUDA, Eiji MIZUTANI, Taro FUKUTA, Akira KANEKO
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Patent number: 9296318Abstract: An actuating mechanism (release mechanism) includes an operating pin (operating mechanism) that is operated by an operating lever, a first link that is operated by the operating pin to release a lock of a longitudinal slide mechanism, and a second link that is operated to release a lock of a lateral slide mechanism. A transmitting portion that receives operating force of the lever transmitted from the operating pin and transmits the operating force to a lock portion of each slide mechanism, and an escape portion that allows the operating force transmitted from the operating pin to escape are formed side by side on each of the links, and power transmitted from the lever to each of the links via the operating pin is allowed to escape during operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taiyou Ootsuka, Tomokazu Igarashi, Eiji Mizutani, Keiichi Saito
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Publication number: 20140360301Abstract: An actuating mechanism (release mechanism) includes an operating pin (operating mechanism) that is operated by an operating lever, a first link that is operated by the operating pin to release a lock of a longitudinal slide mechanism, and a second link that is operated to release a lock of a lateral slide mechanism. A transmitting portion that receives operating force of the lever transmitted from the operating pin and transmits the operating force to a lock portion of each slide mechanism, and an escape portion that allows the operating force transmitted from the operating pin to escape are formed side by side on each of the links, and power transmitted from the lever to each of the links via the operating pin is allowed to escape during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Taiyou OOTSUKA, Tomokazu IGARASHI, Eiji MIZUTANI, Keiichi SAITO
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Patent number: 8708392Abstract: A retractable vehicle seat in which a seat main body disposed on a vehicle floor is flipped up laterally, so as to be retracted in a vehicle interior side wall of which the upper portion is inwardly inclined, may include a connection mechanism that is configured to rotatably connect the seat main body to a support stand. The connection mechanism includes a four-link mechanism having a stationary link integral with the support stand, an intermediate link integral with the seat main body, and a first link and a second link that connect these two links. The second link is configured to increase an angle between the first link and the intermediate link as the seat main body is flipped up.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Shatai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taiyou Otsuka, Toshio Araki, Eiji Mizutani, Ryo Hattori, Masashi Fujimoto, Shinji Yamada, Yasunori Takenaka
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Publication number: 20130057040Abstract: A retractable vehicle seat in which a seat main body disposed on a vehicle floor is flipped up laterally, so as to be retracted in a vehicle interior side wall of which the upper portion is inwardly inclined, may include a connection mechanism that is configured to rotatably connect the seat main body to a support stand. The connection mechanism includes a four-link mechanism having a stationary link integral with the support stand, an intermediate link integral with the seat main body, and a first link and a second link that connect these two links. The second link is configured to increase an angle between the first link and the intermediate link as the seat main body is flipped up.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicants: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taiyou Otsuka, Toshio Araki, Eiji Mizutani, Ryo Hattori, Masashi Fujimoto, Shinji Yamada, Yasunori Takenaka
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Patent number: 8365772Abstract: To cause a safety mechanism for an emergency to be activated at lower pressure in comparison with a rupture plate, an accumulator comprises an accumulator housing, a stay having a liquid passage provided in the end surface portion on an end of a stepped tubular portion of the stay, a bellows with a bellows cap, a safety mechanism for pressure drop, and a safety mechanism for an emergency which is structured such that, in an emergency such as a fire, the bellows cap or a member held by the bellows cap presses the stay by high pressure due to the fire in the housing, to buckle the stay at a step of the stepped tubular portion, and open a liquid chamber, wherein a thin portion is provided circumferentially partially at the step of the stay to readily incline the end surface portion of the stay when the stay is buckled.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd., ADVICS Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuhiro Arikawa, Takashi Ota, Eiji Mizutani, Noriyuki Hosoi
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Patent number: 8096324Abstract: To restrain abnormal deformation of a bellows due to a pressure difference between the inside and outside thereof, an outside gas type accumulator includes a pressure difference regulation mechanism (21) having a movable plate (22) supported by a coil spring (23) on the oil port (4) side of a bellows cap (8), the plate (22) moves together with the cap (8) in a state of being supported by the spring (23), during normal operation, the plate (22) moves together with the cap (8) to be brought into contact with a seal (13) at zero-down time, and the plate (22) keeps contact with the seal (13) and the cap (8) moves to a position where liquid pressure and gas pressure balances while compressing the spring (23) when the liquid and the charged gas expand thermally.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignees: NOK Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Nakaoka, Kuniaki Miyake, Tomonari Saito, Hiroyuki Nikamoto, Eiji Mizutani, Tomoo Ogura
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Publication number: 20110226370Abstract: To cause a safety mechanism for an emergency to be activated at lower pressure in comparison with a rupture plate, an accumulator comprises an accumulator housing, a stay having a liquid passage provided in the end surface portion on an end of a stepped tubular portion of the stay, a bellows with a bellows cap, a safety mechanism for pressure drop, and a safety mechanism for an emergency which is structured such that, in an emergency such as a fire, the bellows cap or a member held by the bellows cap presses the stay by high pressure due to the fire in the housing, to buckle the stay at a step of the stepped tubular portion, and open a liquid chamber, wherein a thin portion is provided circumferentially partially at the step of the stay to readily incline the end surface portion of the stay when the stay is buckled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Tatsuhiro Arikawa, Takashi Ota, Eiji Mizutani, Noriyuki Hosoi
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Patent number: 7810522Abstract: To prevent abnormal deformation of a bellows, an accumulator has a regulation mechanism for reducing a pressure difference generated when liquid sealed in a liquid chamber and charged gas are thermally expanded at a zero-down time, a seal plate is arranged in an inner peripheral side of a bellows floating end, an elastically deformable thin plate is bonded to the seal plate, an outer peripheral portion of the thin plate is bonded to the bellows floating end, the seal plate is away from a seal at a time of a steady operation, the seal plate contacts with the seal at a zero-down time, and the thin plate is elastically deformed to make liquid pressure balance with gas pressure while the seal plate being kept in contact with the seal when the liquid and gas are thermally expanded.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignees: NOK Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Nakaoka, Kuniaki Miyake, Taisuke Yamada, Takeshi Watanabe, Tomonari Saito, Eiji Mizutani, Tomoo Ogura
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Patent number: 7770599Abstract: To prevent plastic deformation of a bellows due to a pressure difference between inner and outer sides of the bellows in an outside gas type or inside gas type accumulator, a disc-like gasket is held in a floatable state to a surface close to a stay in a bellows cap by a gasket holder, so that, the disc-like gasket moves together with the bellows cap at a steady operation time, the disc-like gasket moves together with the bellows cap to contact with an end surface portion of the stay, thereby closing the liquid chamber at a zero-down time, and the bellow cap moves toward a position where liquid pressure and gas pressure balance while the disc-like gasket keeps contacting with the stay due to a difference of pressure receiving areas in both the surfaces when the liquid in the liquid chamber is thermally expanded at a zero-down time.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignees: NOK Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Ota, Tatsuhiro Arikawa, Kuniaki Miyake, Kenji Sasaki, Shinya Nakaoka, Eiji Mizutani, Noriyuki Hosoi, Tomoo Ogura
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Patent number: 7770957Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle, which includes an inner slide rail, an outer slide rail including an outer upper rail and an outer lower rail, a seat cushion provided slidably in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to be flipped up to a wall portion of the vehicle compartment to be in a storage position, a hinge mechanism fixing the outer upper rail to the seat cushion, a bearing smoothly sliding the outer upper rail relative to the outer lower rail, a spring provided around a rotational shaft of the hinge mechanism for biasing the seat cushion in a direction to be flipped up, and at least one rotating member provided between the outer upper rail and the outer lower rail so as to receive a load in a lateral direction of the vehicle applied to the outer upper rail by the spring.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Maeda, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Katsuaki Suzuki, Motohisa Nakamura, Takashi Mukoujima, Eiji Mizutani, Toshio Araki
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Publication number: 20100193059Abstract: To restrain abnormal deformation of a bellows due to a pressure difference between the inside and outside thereof, an outside gas type accumulator includes a pressure difference regulation mechanism (21) having a movable plate (22) supported by a coil spring (23) on the oil port (4) side of a bellows cap (8), the plate (22) moves together with the cap (8) in a state of being supported by the spring (23), during normal operation, the plate (22) moves together with the cap (8) to be brought into contact with a seal (13) at zero-down time, and the plate (22) keeps contact with the seal (13) and the cap (8) moves to a position where liquid pressure and gas pressure balances while compressing the spring (23) when the liquid and the charged gas expand thermally.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicants: NOK CORPORATION, ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Nakaoka, Kuniaki Miyake, Tomonari Saito, Hiroyuki Nikamoto, Eiji Mizutani, Tomoo Ogura
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Publication number: 20100108168Abstract: To prevent plastic deformation of a bellows due to a pressure difference between inner and outer sides of the bellows in an outside gas type or inside gas type accumulator, a disc-like gasket is held in a float able state to a surface close to a stay in a bellows cap by a gasket holder, so that, the disc-like gasket moves together with the bellows cap at a steady operation time, the disc-like gasket moves together with the bellows cap to contact with an end surface portion of the stay, thereby closing the liquid chamber at a zero-down time, and the bellow cap moves toward a position where liquid pressure and gas pressure balance while the disc-like gasket keeps contacting with the stay due to a difference of pressure receiving areas in both the surfaces when the liquid in the liquid chamber is thermally expanded at a zero-down time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicants: NOK CORPORATION, ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Ota, Tatsuhiro Arikawa, Kuniaki Miyake, Kenji Sasaki, Shinya Nakaoka, Eiji Mizutani, Noriyuki Hosoi, Tomoo Ogura