Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kawase

Hiroaki Kawase 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: 20240128611
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a flat wound electrode body, a case, and a positive terminal ultrasonically welded to a positive current collecting part of the electrode body. A surface-welded portion of a welded portion formed on a laminated current collecting part of the positive current collecting part has an outer periphery of a rectangular shape and corresponds to a virtual surface-welded portion configured such that the virtual surface-welded portion is rotated by 45 degrees or less in a rotation direction in which a closest virtual corner is moved away from an electrode body main part. A distance from a reference position to a closest corner is longer than a virtual distance from the reference position to the closest virtual corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroaki KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20240128612
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a flat wound electrode body, a case, and a positive terminal ultrasonically welded to a positive current collecting part of the electrode body. A surface-welded portion of a welded portion formed on a laminated current collecting part of the positive current collecting part has an outer periphery including an inner side, an outer side, a closer side and a far side. An outside close endpoint of the outer side is positioned on one side toward a reference position in an electrode widthwise direction with respect to an inside close endpoint of the inner side, and the closer side forms a straight line or a line passing through a region farther from the reference position than the straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroaki KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20230130915
    Abstract: Better joining between a wound electrode body and an electrode terminal is implemented. In a cross section orthogonal to a winding axis of a wound electrode body of the secondary battery herein disclosed, two separators respectively extend more inward of the wound electrode body than electrode sheets. A portion of one separator forming an innermost circumference of the wound electrode body is bound in a first curved part. An inner circumferential side end of the one separator is between a junction part of an electrode sheet and an electrode terminal, and a first top around the winding axis. A portion of the other separator forming the innermost circumference is bent in a second curved part, and the inner circumferential side end of the other separator is between the junction part and a second top around the winding axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroaki KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20220344723
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a laminated assembly. The laminated assembly includes a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate. Each of the positive electrode plate, the separator, and the negative electrode plate has a strip-like planar shape. The laminated assembly is spirally wound. In a cross section orthogonal to a winding axis of the laminated assembly, the electrode assembly includes a first curved portion, a flat portion, and a second curved portion. Winding of the positive electrode plate is terminated in the second curved portion. A winding- terminated position of the positive electrode plate is located beyond a peak of the second curved portion. The negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode substrate and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode substrate includes an exposed portion on each of both sides of the negative electrode plate in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroaki KAWASE
  • Patent number: 7437621
    Abstract: In order to rapidly specify a failed apparatus in such an environment at a data center that handles a large number of electronic devices exemplified by servers with ease so that maintainability can be improved, when each configuration retaining apparatus receives information concerning an apparatus specified by a management terminal, a configuration retaining apparatus displaying controller displays the information concerning the specified apparatus on the configuration retaining apparatus monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kawase
  • Publication number: 20060190768
    Abstract: In order to rapidly specify a failed apparatus in such an environment at a data center that handles a large number of electronic devices exemplified by servers with ease so that maintainability can be improved, when each configuration retaining apparatus receives information concerning an apparatus specified by a management terminal, a configuration retaining apparatus displaying controller displays the information concerning the specified apparatus on the configuration retaining apparatus monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kawase