Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Oba

Hirotsugu Oba 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).

  • Patent number: 11901502
    Abstract: An electrode stack is described. The electrode stack may include an anode electrode having an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The anode electrode may define one or more first apertures through the anode electrode. The electrode stack may also include a cathode electrode having a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The cathode electrode may define one or more second apertures through the cathode electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dapeng Wang, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Publication number: 20240006692
    Abstract: An electronic enclosure includes walls that extend crosswise from one another to define a portion of an internal volume of the electronic enclosure. The walls extend from one another via an interface formed between the walls. The interface includes a notch, such as an arcuate portion, configured to concentrate stress caused by pressure buildup within the internal volume such that an amount of stress at the notch is greater than an amount of stress at other portions of the electronic enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Abhishek P. Shiwalkar, Karthick Chandraseker, Yuli Huang, Christopher R. Pasma, Hirotsugu Oba, Dhaval D. Lokagariwar
  • Publication number: 20230147007
    Abstract: Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include a pouch, a battery cell housed in the pouch, and an electrolyte. The battery cell may include an anode having an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The anode may define one or more first apertures through the anode. The battery cell may also include a cathode having a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The cathode may define one or more second apertures through the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dapeng Wang, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Publication number: 20230136634
    Abstract: An electrode stack is described. The electrode stack may include an anode electrode having an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The anode electrode may define one or more first apertures through the anode electrode. The electrode stack may also include a cathode electrode having a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The cathode electrode may define one or more second apertures through the cathode electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dapeng Wang, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Publication number: 20230116906
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a battery pack configured to be structurally mounted to a portable electronic device. The battery pack may comprise an enclosure configured to enclose a plurality of layers. One or more primary brackets may be connected to at least one wall of the enclosure. Each of the one or more primary brackets may be configured to be coupled to a device. The battery pack may be configured to provide at least one component of the device with power when the one or more primary brackets are coupled to the device. A protector may be interposed between at least one of the one or more primary brackets and the at least one wall of the enclosure. The protector may be configured to provide a layer of protection between the at least one primary bracket and the plurality of layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael P. Zhang, Hirotsugu Oba, Tyler S. Atura Bushnell, Brad G. Boozer, Woojin Jung
  • Publication number: 20230102315
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a battery pack configured to be structurally mounted to a portable electronic device. The battery pack comprises a plurality of layers and an enclosure. The enclosure comprises a first surface and a plurality of walls that extend from the first surface in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. A portion of the first surface extends past at least one wall of the plurality of walls. The enclosure comprises a second surface configured to be connected to the plurality of walls to form a body configured to enclose the plurality of layers. The portion of the first surface is configured to be coupled to a device and the battery pack is configured to provide at least one component of the device with power when the portion of the first surface is coupled to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael P. Zhang, Hirotsugu Oba, Tyler S. Atura Bushnell, Brad G. Boozer, Woojin Jung
  • Publication number: 20230092789
    Abstract: Battery systems according to embodiments of the present technology may include a battery including a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal accessible along a first surface of the battery. The battery may define a recessed portion of the battery along the first surface of the battery between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal. The battery systems may include a module electrically coupled with the battery. The module may include a circuit board. The module may include a first conductive tab extending from a second surface of the circuit board opposite the first surface of the circuit board. The first conductive tab may be electrically coupling the module with the first electrode terminal. The module may include a second conductive tab extending from the second surface of the circuit board. The second conductive tab may be electrically coupling the module with the second electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Oba, Brian K. Shiu, Michael P. Zhang, Xiao Liu, Christopher R. Pasma, Steven M. Labovitz, Katharine R. Chemelewski, Erik D. Gillow, Joshua Walter, Junhua Liu, Michael H. Tsai, Stephan P. Abdo
  • Patent number: 11552327
    Abstract: Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electrode stack. The electrode stack may include an anode electrode having an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The anode electrode may define one or more first apertures through the anode electrode. The electrode stack may also include a cathode electrode having a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The cathode electrode may define one or more second apertures through the cathode electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dapeng Wang, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Publication number: 20210218118
    Abstract: Energy storage devices, battery cells, and rechargeable batteries according to some embodiments of the present technology may include an enclosure, and an electrode stack housed within the enclosure. The batteries may include a negative electrode terminal electrically coupled with the electrode stack and disposed on an external surface of the enclosure. The batteries may include a positive electrode terminal electrically coupled with the electrode stack and disposed on an external surface of the enclosure. The batteries may include an electrolyte incorporated within the enclosure. The batteries may also include a reference electrode at least partially in contact with the electrolyte. The reference electrode may be disposed on an external surface of the enclosure, and may be electrically isolated from the negative electrode terminal and the positive electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Pasma, Ankur Gupta, Katharine R. Chemelewski, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Publication number: 20210091405
    Abstract: Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electrode stack. The electrode stack may include an anode electrode having an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The anode electrode may define one or more first apertures through the anode electrode. The electrode stack may also include a cathode electrode having a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The cathode electrode may define one or more second apertures through the cathode electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dapeng Wang, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Publication number: 20200403210
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to an electrical feedthrough for a battery cell. The electrical feedthrough may include a pin configured to form an external battery terminal, an insulator surrounding the pin and configured to electrically isolate the pin, a channel, and a serpentine tab electrically coupled to the pin at a first end. The serpentine tab is nested within the channel to minimize use of space within an enclosure of the battery cell thereby increasing energy capacity of the battery cell by eliminating the need to allot space within the enclosure to accommodate the tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle Tse, Abhishek P. Shiwalkar, Shawn G. Fink, Christopher R. Pasma, Hirotsugu Oba, Brian K. Shiu
  • Patent number: 7532830
    Abstract: A development station that improves toner halftone dot development over a wide range of environmental conditions includes a developer housing for retaining semi-conductive carrier particles and toner particles, a first magnetic roll having a stationary core with at least one magnet and a sleeve having longitudinal grooves that rotates about the stationary core of the first magnetic roll, a second magnetic roll having a stationary core with at least one magnet and a sleeve having longitudinal grooves that rotates about the stationary core of the second magnetic roll, an environmental sensor for generating an environmental condition signal, a variable voltage supply coupled to the first magnetic roll and the second magnetic roll, and a control circuit for adjusting an output level for the variable voltage supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Hirotsugu Oba, Keith Allan Nau, David Antwone Reed, Cory Joseph Winters, Michael Donald Thompson, Allen T. Retzlaff, Jennifer Rea Wagner, Paul W. Morehouse, Jr., Rasin Moser, Song Feng Mo, Rachael L. McGrath, John Franklyn Knapp
  • Patent number: 7389073
    Abstract: A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine supports longer operational life without undue variation in the mass of developer on roll parameter. The development station includes a developer housing, for retaining a quantity of developer having semi-conductive carrier particles and toner particles, a first magnetic roll having a stationary core with at least one magnet and a sleeve having longitudinal grooves that rotates about the stationary core of the first magnetic roll to transport developer to a photoreceptor, a second magnetic roll having a stationary core with at least one magnet and a sleeve having longitudinal grooves that rotates about the stationary core of the second magnetic roll to receive developer from the first magnetic roll and present the developer to the photoreceptor, the sleeve of the second magnetic roll being fabricated from a material that is softer than the sleeve of the first magnetic roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Keith Allan Nau, David Antwone Reed, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Patent number: 7356292
    Abstract: A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine impedes the flow of carrier particles out of the development station as the developer moves from an upper to a lower magnetic roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Keith Allan Nau, David A. Reed, Hirotsugu Oba, Jonathan David Sadik, Richard L. Kjar
  • Publication number: 20080025739
    Abstract: A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine may be controlled to improve toner halftone dot development over a wide range of environmental conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Hirotsugu Oba, Keith Allan Nau, David Antwone Reed, Cory Joseph Winters, Michael Donald Thompson, Allen T. Retzlaff, Jennifer Rea Wagner, Paul W. Morehouse, Rasin Moser, Song Feng Mo, Rachael L. McGrath, John Franklyn Knapp
  • Publication number: 20070292166
    Abstract: A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine impedes the flow of carrier particles out of the development station as the developer moves from an upper to a lower magnetic roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Keith Allan Nau, David A. Reed, Hirotsugu Oba, Jonathan David Sadik, Richard L. Kjar
  • Publication number: 20070231018
    Abstract: A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine supports longer operational life without undue variation in the mass of developer on roll parameter. The development station includes a developer housing, for retaining a quantity of developer having semi-conductive carrier particles and toner particles, a first magnetic roll having a stationary core with at least one magnet and a sleeve having longitudinal grooves that rotates about the stationary core of the first magnetic roll to transport developer to a photoreceptor, a second magnetic roll having a stationary core with at least one magnet and a sleeve having longitudinal grooves that rotates about the stationary core of the second magnetic roll to receive developer from the first magnetic roll and present the developer to the photoreceptor, the sleeve of the second magnetic roll being fabricated from a material that is softer than the sleeve of the first magnetic roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Keith Nau, David Reed, Hirotsugu Oba
  • Publication number: 20060239710
    Abstract: A seal device for a developer system in an electrophotographic printing machine, including: a developer housing containing toner particles; a donor member rotatably mounted in the housing for transferring toner particles to a latent image on a photoreceptive member moving in a process direction; a toner emission system for collecting toner particles with a vacuum; and a seal member, mounted to each end of the housing and in contact with the photoreceptive member, to retain side ways migrating toner particles from escaping each end of the housing thereby substantially reducing toner particles from being emitted past the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Keith Nau, Hirotsugu Oba, Jonathan Sadik, David Reed