Patents by Inventor Hideki Uchida

Hideki Uchida 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: 20240413410
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery and an ECU. The ECU executes polarization cancellation control for canceling polarization of the battery and calculation processing for calculating SOC of the battery after the polarization cancellation control. When the polarization cancellation control is executed after the battery is discharged, the polarization cancellation control is charging control for charging the battery. When the polarization cancellation control is executed after the battery is charged, the polarization cancellation control is discharging control for discharging the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki HAGIWARA, Hiroshi NAGASE, Yasumasa OGUMA, Jun YOSHIDA, Tsubasa MIGITA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240413415
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery unit, a heater unit, and a sensor unit. The battery unit is accommodated in a battery case and includes sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries. The heater unit is configured to heat the battery unit. The sensor unit is configured to measure a hydrogen sulfide gas concentration inside the battery case. The heater unit is started to be driven when a measured value of the sensor unit becomes greater than the first threshold value. After starting the driving of the heater unit, when the measured value becomes greater than the second threshold value that is higher than the first threshold value, a responsive control is executed to deal with generation of the hydrogen sulfide gas from the sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki HAGIWARA, Hiroshi NAGASE, Yasumasa OGUMA, Jun YOSHIDA, Tsubasa MIGITA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 12152166
    Abstract: This wet coating agent for fine particles comprises a latex including particles that comprises a (meth)acrylate copolymer and have a 50% diameter of 10 nm to 150 nm in a volume-based particle size distribution, said (meth)acrylate copolymer being obtained by including a monomer unit derived from ethyl acrylate, a monomer unit derived from methyl methacrylate, and a monomer unit derived from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd., KOBE GAKUIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hideki Ichikawa, Tooru Andoh, Yuki Uchida, Takato Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240380233
    Abstract: The ECU performs a step of determining whether charging/discharging control is being executed, a step of acquiring the temperature of the terminal portion when it is determined that charging/discharging control is being executed, and a step of determining the charging power limit value, a step of setting a discharge power limit value, and a step of performing charge/discharge control using the set charge power limit value and the set discharge power limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki HAGIWARA, Hiroshi Nagase, Yasumasa Oguma, Jun Yoshida, Tsubasa Migita, Yoshihiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 12140430
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor element, a supporting member, a substrate, and a bonding wire. The supporting member is electrically connected to the sensor element. The substrate is electrically connected to the supporting member. The bonding wire forms at least part of a connection path that electrically connects the sensor element and the supporting member together. The substrate and an installation member on which the sensor element is installed intersect with each other. The sensor element and the supporting member are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ueda, Yusuke Nakamura, Koichiro Nakashima, Takashi Uchida, Toshio Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Fujii, Chikara Nara
  • Publication number: 20240372611
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio communication device that performs communication with a terminal-side communication device having an antenna using an analog signal for transmitting information by a waveform of an amplitude or a phase of light to receive a signal received by the antenna and transmit a signal radiated by the antenna, the terminal-side communication device and the radio communication device being included in a radio communication system that performs radio communication with a communication target terminal via the antenna using time division duplex (TDD), the radio communication device including: an uplink delay adjustment unit configured to adjust a delay caused by propagation of an uplink signal that is a signal flowing from the terminal to the radio communication device via the antenna; and a downlink delay adjustment unit configured to adjust a delay caused by propagation of a downlink signal that is a signal flowing from the radio communication de
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuto ARAI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Naoki KITA, Yushi SHIRATO, Daisei UCHIDA, Mizuki SUGA, Kota ITO
  • Publication number: 20240361117
    Abstract: A battery system includes at least one pack in which an all-solid-state battery cell is sealed, and a sensing unit configured to sense deformation of the at least one pack due to change in internal pressure of the at least one pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki HAGIWARA, Hiroshi NAGASE, Yasumasa OGUMA, Jun YOSHIDA, Tsubasa MIGITA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 12119712
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotor includes a rotor core including magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction around a central axis, each magnetic pole including at least two magnet holding slots opposed to each other at intervals in the circumferential direction, a first core portion between the two magnet holding slots, a second core portion between the two magnet holding slots and the central axis, and a bridge connecting the first core portion and the second core portion, and permanent magnets each arranged in the magnet holding slot. The bridge includes first center bridges located between the two magnet holding slots and separated from each other in the circumferential direction, and a coupling element that connects the first center bridges to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Hisada, Hiroaki Makino, Hidenori Uchida
  • Publication number: 20240300298
    Abstract: A vehicle on which an all-solid-state battery is mounted includes the all-solid-state battery, and a case that accommodates the all-solid-state battery. The vehicle is configured such that, when gas is generated in the case, a blocking process is executed to separate a vehicle cabin from outside air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki HAGIWARA, Hiroshi NAGASE, Yasumasa OGUMA, Jun YOSHIDA, Tsubasa MIGITA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 12078618
    Abstract: A gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer includes a gas chromatograph having a column that separates a sample into components, a mass spectrometer provided in a vacuum housing, and an interface that introduces a sample that has been separated into components in the gas chromatograph into the mass spectrometer, and the interface includes a partition wall fixed to the vacuum housing to close an opening formed in the vacuum housing, a line pipe that is fixed to the partition wall to penetrate the partition wall, includes a sample outlet line of the column and introduces the sample into the mass spectrometer, a heater that heats the line pipe in an axial direction, and a fixer that fixes the heater being in contact with the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Takeshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20240266630
    Abstract: A battery system includes: a battery case; a battery housed in the battery case, the battery being composed of a sulfide-based all-solid-state battery; a first detection unit located on a bottom surface of the battery case inside the battery case and configured to detect hydrogen sulfide; a second detection unit located vertically above the bottom surface inside the battery case and configured to detect hydrogen sulfide; and a control device. The control device includes an abnormality processing unit configured to perform an abnormality process based on detection results from the first detection unit and the second detection unit. The abnormality processing unit is configured to perform a first abnormality process when hydrogen sulfide is detected only by the first detection unit, and to perform a second abnormality process when hydrogen sulfide is detected by the second detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Hagiwara, Hiroshi Nagase, Yasumasa Oguma, Jun Yoshida, Tsubasa Migita, Yoshihiro Uchida
  • Publication number: 20240247990
    Abstract: A battery system includes a unit cell including a sulfide-based all-solid-state battery, a battery module in which a plurality of the unit cells is stacked between a pair of restraining members, an intermediate plate disposed between the stacked unit cells, a detection unit configured to detect a load applied to the intermediate plate, and an estimation unit configured to estimate generation of hydrogen sulfide in the unit cell, based on a change in load applied to the intermediate plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki HAGIWARA, Hiroshi NAGASE, Yasumasa OGUMA, Jun YOSHIDA, Tsubasa MIGITA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240164212
    Abstract: It would be helpful to provide a sheet-form thermoelectric conversion module with excellent thermoelectric conversion characteristics. A thermoelectric conversion module according to the disclosure is a thermoelectric conversion module formed in sheet form, the thermoelectric conversion module being disposed in contact or proximity to a heat source and generating power based on a temperature difference between a portion close to the heat source and a portion away from the heat source, the thermoelectric conversion module including an incision penetrating in a sheet thickness direction, wherein by stretching the thermoelectric conversion module in a predetermined direction, mutually opposite edges of the incision are separated, and the thermoelectric conversion module is transformed from a sheet form A into a three-dimensional structural form B protruding in the sheet thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, Tokyo University of Science Foundation
    Inventors: Hideki UCHIDA, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Masahiro MOTOSUKE, Takahiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240113549
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a power generation element that converts external energy into electrical energy and outputs the electrical energy as a voltage (VEH), a secondary battery that is connected in series with the power generation element and outputs a voltage (VBAT), and a power conversion unit that receives the voltage (VEH) and the voltage (VBAT) and outputs power (POUT) to a load circuit. The power conversion unit includes a voltage conversion unit connected in series with the power generation element and the secondary battery, a power storage unit connected to the voltage conversion unit, an output terminal for connecting the power storage unit to the load circuit, and an output terminal for connecting the power storage unit to the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Toru TANZAWA, Hideki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230389429
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes an electrically insulating sheet substrate having opposite front and rear surfaces, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements, and a connector. The plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements have an elongated shape extending along a first direction. The connector electrically connects the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements in series at a lengthwise end of each thermoelectric conversion element from a first electrode to a second electrode. Odd-numbered thermoelectric conversion elements among the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements electrically connected in series through the connector, as counted from the first electrode, are located at the front surface side and lined up along a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230371379
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes an electrically insulating sheet substrate having a front surface and a rear surface, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements, and a wiring layer. The plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements have an elongated shape extending in a first direction and are arranged such as to be lined up along a second direction intersecting the first direction at the front surface of the sheet substrate. The wiring layer includes a plurality of wires that electrically connect adjacent thermoelectric conversion elements in series at both lengthwise ends. The plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements are all p-type thermoelectric conversion elements or are all n-type thermoelectric conversion elements. A thermal resistance value of the wires is not less than a thermal resistance value of the thermoelectric conversion elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11453042
    Abstract: A forging roll device includes, a pair of roll axes which are provided so that an axis center of each of the roll axes are parallel to each other and in which a die is attached to each of the roll axes; and a material holder/conveyer which conveys a held shaping target material between the pair of roll axes, wherein, each one of the pair of roll axes includes a plurality of die attaching surfaces positioned in a circumferential direction, and an outer circumferential surface between any of two of the plurality of die attaching surfaces in each one of the pair of roll axes is closer to a planar surface than a cylindrical surface with the axis center as the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Kamoto, Koichi Kondo, Yusaku Kobayashi, Hideki Uchida, Yugo Matsui, Daisuke Hirota, Shunji Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10826021
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device according to one aspect of the disclosure includes a base material including a recessed portion on an upper face, and a light emitting element including a reflective layer, a filling layer having optical transparency, a first electrode having optical transparency, an organic layer including at least a light emitting layer, and a second electrode having optical transparency. The reflective layer is disposed at least on a surface of the recessed portion. The filling layer is disposed at an inside of the recessed portion with the reflective layer interposed between the recessed portion and the filling layer. The first electrode is disposed at least on an upper-layer side of the filling layer. The organic layer is disposed on an upper layer of the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed on an upper-layer side of the organic layer. The organic electroluminescence device includes a display region that is divided into a plurality of unit regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Uchida, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Yoshiyuki Isomura, Masanori Ohara, Satoshi Inoue, Eiji Koike, Yuto Tsukamoto, Asae Ito
  • Patent number: 10651253
    Abstract: A light emitting element including at least a first trench portion having an indented shape within a single light emitting region. The first trench portion includes a first electrode, an EL layer, and a second electrode. The first electrode, the EL layer, and the second electrode are layered in this order and in contact with each other. At least one of the first electrode or the second electrode includes a reflective electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ohara, Hideki Uchida, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Satoshi Inoue, Yuto Tsukamoto, Kazuki Matsunaga, Eiji Koike
  • Patent number: 10614757
    Abstract: An organic EL panel 10 is a bendable display panel including a plurality of pixel circuits 60 each having a light emitting element and a drive element. A data line drive circuit 15 performs, by driving data lines, an operation of writing a voltage to a control terminal of the drive element and an operation of measuring a current flowing through the drive element for the pixel circuits 60 selected by a scanning line drive circuit 14. A bending detection unit 90 detects a bending state of the organic EL panel 10 based on a measurement result of the current flowing through the drive element. A correction unit 80 corrects a video signal VS1 based on the detected bending state. With this, the bending state of a screen is detected and a change in brightness or color when the screen is bent is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Takizawa, Noritaka Kishi, Naoko Gotoh, Hideki Uchida, Katsuhiro Kikuchi