Patents by Inventor Fumihiro TERASAWA

Fumihiro TERASAWA 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: 20230046202
    Abstract: A thickness meter detects a thickness of an electrode plate of a secondary battery at three or more points in a width direction of the electrode plate. A calculator calculates three feature amounts of a first deviation between the thickness target value and a thickness measurement value of a point closest to a first compression mechanism among the three or more points, a second deviation between the thickness target value and a thickness measurement value of a point closest to a second compression mechanism among the three or more points, and a secondary component of a thickness profile of the electrode plate from thickness measurement values at the three or more points and the thickness target value, and adaptively changes the setting values of the first compression mechanism, the second compression mechanism, a first bend mechanism, and a second bend mechanism on the basis of the three feature amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: Fumihiro TERASAWA
  • Publication number: 20230033169
    Abstract: In a roll press device, rolling is performed by sandwiching an electrode plate of a secondary battery to be continuously conveyed by a first pressure roller and a second pressure roller. A controller controls loads of a first compression mechanism, a second compression mechanism, a first bend mechanism, and a second bend mechanism on the basis of setting values calculated by a calculator. The calculator previously changes the setting values of the first compression mechanism and the second compression mechanism such that a thickness change of the electrode plate according to a speed change of a conveyance line of the electrode plate decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Fumihiro TERASAWA
  • Publication number: 20210394246
    Abstract: In a roll press device, a thickness meter is provided on the exit side of first and second pressure rollers and detects the thickness of an electrode plate of a secondary battery at three or more points in the width direction of the electrode plate. From thickness measurement values at the three or more points and a thickness target value, a calculation unit calculates three feature amounts: the deviation between a thickness measurement value at the central point among the three or more points and the thickness target value, the quadratic component of the thickness profile of the electrode plate, and the linear component of the thickness profile of the electrode plate, and adaptively changes the respective pressure setting values of the first press mechanism, the second press mechanism, the first bend mechanism, and the second bend mechanism based on the three feature amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Fumihiro TERASAWA, Yoshihiro MIYOSHI, Naoyuki KOIDE