Patents by Inventor Hideyuki FUKUI

Hideyuki FUKUI 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: 20240299961
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic film formation device including a powder feeder feeding powder, a substrate on which a powder film is to be formed from the powder, and a DC power supply applying voltage to the powder feeder and the substrate. The DC power supply applies the voltage to draw the powder from the powder feeder to the substrate with electrostatic force. The electrostatic film formation device further includes a masking member disposed between the powder feeder and the substrate. The masking member is formed with a passing port allowing the powder to pass from the powder feeder to the substrate. The masking member is disposed in the state where the masking member is not in contact with the powder film to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Patent number: 12055424
    Abstract: A powder supply apparatus includes a measuring shaft having a recess to be filled with powder, and a powder filling mechanism for filling the recess of the measuring shaft with the powder. The powder supply apparatus includes a rotary cylinder for sliding the measuring shaft along an axis of the measuring shaft, and a distal-end cover plate of a cylinder where the powder in the recess is leveled off by a slide of the measuring shaft. The rotary cylinder directs the recess downward by rotating the measuring shaft about the axis of the measuring shaft and supplies the leveled powder in the recess downward from the recess to a lifting plate at a predetermined position by dropping the powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki Fukui
  • Patent number: 12051744
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of reducing a parasitic capacitance in a semiconductor device with high accuracy. A semiconductor device includes: a base region; a source region; a second trench passing through the base region to reach the drift layer; a second protective layer disposed in a bottom portion of the second trench; a source electrode, at least part of which is disposed in the second trench, to be electrically connected to a first protective layer, the base region, and the source region; and a source side connection layer of a second conductivity type constituting at least part of a lateral portion of the second trench and connected to the base region and the second protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Sugawara, Yutaka Fukui, Rina Tanaka, Hideyuki Hatta
  • Publication number: 20230411702
    Abstract: An all-solid state secondary cell comprises a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode collector, and a powder laminate disposed between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The powder laminate has a positive electrode powder layer, a negative powder layer, a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer, and an absorption layer covering an outer periphery of the positive electrode powder layer or the negative electrode powder layer. The absorption layer includes at least one of a hydrogen sulfide adsorption layer and a moisture adsorption layer. The powder laminate comprises a peripheral edge part and a center part surrounded by the peripheral edge part. A thickness of the peripheral edge part of the powder laminate is greater than a thickness of the center part of the powder laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Patent number: 11848421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an all-solid-state battery and a method for manufacturing the same. In an example of an embodiment of the all-solid-state battery and the method for manufacturing the same according to the present invention, a positive current collector is folded to electrically connect positive layers while a negative current collector is folded to electrically connect negative layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20230352724
    Abstract: The present invention includes an outer package and contents accommodated in the outer package. The contents include an electrode body. The outer package substantially uniformly applies pressing force to each of the front surface and the rear surface of the contents due to the elastic force of the outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Tsuyoshi NISHIMURA, Hideyuki FUKUI, Yoshifumi OHKITA, Kouji OHKITA
  • Patent number: 11784353
    Abstract: The present invention provides an all-solid state secondary cell equipped with: a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode collector; and a powder laminate placed between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The powder laminate has: a positive electrode powder layer; a negative electrode powder layer; and solid electrolyte layers that are placed between the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer, and also cover the outer periphery of the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer. The powder laminate comprises a peripheral edge part, and a center part surrounded by this peripheral edge part. The thickness of the peripheral edge part is the thickness of the center part or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Hideyuki Fukui
  • Patent number: 11426760
    Abstract: A powder film forming method includes the steps of: filling an opening with a powder, the opening being formed in a screen plate; and forming the powder film by generating an electric potential difference between the screen plate and a substrate so as to cause the powder, which is filling the opening, to move to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sousuke Nishiura, Takeshi Sugiyo, Hideyuki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20220268616
    Abstract: A powder supply apparatus includes a measuring shaft having a recess to be filled with powder, and a powder filling mechanism for filling the recess of the measuring shaft with the powder. The powder supply apparatus includes a rotary cylinder for sliding the measuring shaft along an axis of the measuring shaft, and a distal-end cover plate of a cylinder where the powder in the recess is leveled off by a slide of the measuring shaft. The rotary cylinder directs the recess downward by rotating the measuring shaft about the axis of the measuring shaft and supplies the leveled powder in the recess downward from the recess to a lifting plate at a predetermined position by dropping the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20220102760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an all-solid-state battery and a method for manufacturing the same. In an example of an embodiment of the all-solid-state battery and the method for manufacturing the same according to the present invention, a positive current collector is folded to electrically connect positive layers while a negative current collector is folded to electrically connect negative layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20210280843
    Abstract: Provided is an installation for manufacturing an all-solid secondary battery provided with a powder laminate including stacked powder films. The manufacturing installation includes a mixer for mixing multiple kinds of powder materials and a conveying device for conveying a powder material mixed by the mixer. The manufacturing installation also includes an electrostatic film-forming device for forming the powder films from the powder material conveyed by the conveying device, by using at least an electrostatic force. In the manufacturing installation, a process of forming the powder laminate from the multiple kinds of powder materials is a dry process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi SUGIYO, Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Patent number: 11101497
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an all-solid state secondary battery including a plurality of provisional battery bodies, the method including: forming each of the plurality of provisional battery bodies by pressing a positive-electrode mixture, a solid electrolyte, and a negative-electrode mixture that are stacked between a pair of electrode current collectors and pressure-molding the stacked provisional battery bodies with the electrode current collectors facing each other. The electrode current collectors facing each other have rough surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Hideyuki Fukui, Yasushi Takano, Hirokazu Kawase
  • Publication number: 20210057777
    Abstract: The present invention prevents edge collapse of an electrode layer of a laminated body included in an all-solid-state battery. A method of producing an all-solid-state battery includes: a laminated body forming step of forming a laminated body (310) including (i) a positive electrode layer (302), (ii) a negative electrode layer (304) having a polarity opposite of a polarity of the positive electrode layer (302); and (iii) a solid-electrolyte layer (303) disposed between the positive electrode layer (302) and the negative electrode layer (304); and a cutoff step of cutting off an outer peripheral edge of the laminated body (310) so as to form a laminated body containing a powder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi SUGIYO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Patent number: 10651506
    Abstract: The present invention provides an all-solid-state secondary battery and a method for producing the same that can prevent the collapse of a laminate due to a shearing force occurring in the peripheral portion of the laminate when the laminate is pressed, and the occurrence of an internal short circuit can be prevented. The all-solid-state secondary battery includes a laminate and a plate-shaped insulating member both arranged between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The laminate includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer. The plate-shaped insulating member is arranged around the laminate and contacted at least with the solid electrolyte layer to electrically insulate the positive electrode layer from the negative electrode layer. In the insulating member, a contact inner edge portion contacted with the laminate is thicker than a plate-shaped portion on the outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Fukui, Shiken Ryou, Yasushi Takano
  • Publication number: 20200076002
    Abstract: The present invention provides an all-solid state secondary cell equipped with: a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode collector; and a powder laminate placed between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The powder laminate has: a positive electrode powder layer; a negative electrode powder layer; and solid electrolyte layers that are placed between the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer, and also cover the outer periphery of the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer. The powder laminate comprises a peripheral edge part, and a center part surrounded by this peripheral edge part. The thickness of the peripheral edge part is the thickness of the center part or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20200009607
    Abstract: A powder film forming method includes the steps of: filling an opening with a powder, the opening being formed in a screen plate; and forming the powder film by generating an electric potential difference between the screen plate and a substrate so as to cause the powder, which is filling the opening, to move to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Sousuke NISHIURA, Takeshi SUGIYO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20190140249
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery includes a first electrode body having a first current collector and a first electrode layer, a second electrode body having a second current collector and a second electrode layer, and a solid-electrolyte layer disposed between the electrode layers. On the edge of the first current collector, a first insulating member is provided via a first bonding layer. On the edge of the second current collector, a second insulating member is provided via a second bonding layer. The side end face of the solid-electrolyte layer is disposed outside at least one of the side end faces of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The bonding layers are separated from the respective inner side ends of the insulating members such that each of the current collectors has a deformable distortion buffering area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Hideyuki FUKUI, Shiken RYOU, Yasushi TAKANO, Kenji OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190051935
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an all-solid state secondary battery including a plurality of provisional battery bodies, the method including: forming each of the plurality of provisional battery bodies by pressing a positive-electrode mixture, a solid electrolyte, and a negative-electrode mixture that are stacked between a pair of electrode current collectors and pressure-molding the stacked provisional battery bodies with the electrode current collectors facing each other. The electrode current collectors facing each other have rough surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI, Yasushi TAKANO, Hirokazu KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20180198169
    Abstract: The present invention provides an all-solid-state secondary battery and a method for producing the same, wherein it is possible to prevent the collapse of a laminate due to a shearing force occurring in the peripheral portion of the laminate when the laminate is pressed, and the occurrence of an internal short circuit can be prevented. The all-solid-state secondary battery includes a laminate and a plate-shaped insulating member both arranged between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The laminate includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer. The plate-shaped insulating member is arranged around the laminate and contacted at least with the solid electrolyte layer to electrically insulate the positive electrode layer from the negative electrode layer. In the insulating member, a contact inner edge portion contacted with the laminate is thicker than a plate-shaped portion on the outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki FUKUI, Shiken RYOU, Yasushi TAKANO
  • Patent number: 9950508
    Abstract: An electrostatic screen printer includes: an electrically conductive screen arranged in non-contact with a printing medium; sponges for rubbing a powder into the screen; and a direct current power source for applying a voltage to the printing medium and the powder, wherein the powder rubbed into the screen is adhered to the printing medium by electrostatic induction. The electrostatic screen printer includes a rotation mechanism for rotating the sponges, a parent revolution mechanism for parent revolution of the sponges, and a child revolution mechanism for child revolution of the sponges. The revolution speed ratio of the child revolution to the parent revolution may preferably be 4.0 or greater, a scraper is provided on the parent revolution mechanism so as to be interlocked with the revolution of the sponges, and the scraper is arranged so as to scrape the powder on the screen toward an axis of the parent revolution because of the interlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Fukui, Kenji Okamoto, Yasushi Takano