Patents by Inventor Katsuaki Inoue

Katsuaki Inoue 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: 10547080
    Abstract: A cell stack includes a plurality of battery cell units, in which an anode, an electrolyte, an inter connector, and a cathode are stacked on a surface of a substrate tube of a cylinder, and a plurality of battery cells is formed in an axis direction of the substrate tube, and a connection mechanism that connects an end portion of the substrate tube of the battery cell unit in the axis direction, and an end portion of the adjacent battery cell unit. The connection mechanism includes a connection jig including a cylindrical portion facing a cylindrical shape of the battery cell unit, and a protruding portion formed on a surface of the cylindrical portion and having a protruding shape in a radial direction, and an adhesive layer applied between the cylindrical portion of the connection jig and the cell unit, and joining the connection jig and the cell unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Suemori, Yasuhiko Tsuru, Katsuaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20160233537
    Abstract: A cell stack includes a plurality of battery cell units, in which an anode, an electrolyte, an inter connector, and a cathode are stacked on a surface of a substrate tube of a cylinder, and a plurality of battery cells is formed in an axis direction of the substrate tube, and a connection mechanism that connects an end portion of the substrate tube of the battery cell unit in the axis direction, and an end portion of the adjacent battery cell unit. The connection mechanism includes a connection jig including a cylindrical portion facing a cylindrical shape of the battery cell unit, and a protruding portion formed on a surface of the cylindrical portion and having a protruding shape in a radial direction, and an adhesive layer applied between the cylindrical portion of the connection jig and the cell unit, and joining the connection jig and the cell unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Suemori, Yasuhiko Tsuru, Katsuaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150171458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell module capable of properly supporting many cell stacks. A plurality of thin plate holes (21-1 to 21-n), through which a plurality of cell stacks (5-1 to 5-n) respectively penetrate, are formed in a tube plate (2) supporting the plurality of cell stacks (5-1 to 5-n). The tube plate (2) is formed of a plurality of thin plate portions (22-1 to 22-n) forming the plurality of thin plate holes (21-1 to 21-n) and a thick plate portion (23) disposed surrounding the plurality of thin plate portions (22-1 to 22-n) and having a larger plate thickness than the plurality of thin plate portions (22-1 to 22-n). Such a tube plate (2) is less likely to deform compared with other tube plates having a generally uniform plate thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Miyamoto, Masahiro Mihara, Norihisa Matake, Takeshi Matsuo, Shunsaku Matsumoto, Katsuaki Inoue, Masaki Yasunaga, Tomonori Souda
  • Publication number: 20130078330
    Abstract: A precision press device and a press load control method is provided for downsizing a vacuum chamber in press work in the vacuum chamber, shortening a time required to reach a vacuum and performing high accuracy pressure control. A pressure sensor is set up outside the chamber 16 and a cylinder chamber 17 is formed to allow a tubular plunger 7 to slide up and down. A negative pressure 22 in the chamber 16 attracts the pressurized section 2 and the pressurizing section 1, but by injecting an equivalent pressure 19 of a fluid into the cylinder chamber 17, pushing out the tubular plunger 7, the attractive forces are canceled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimao, Katsuaki Inoue, Takashi Kurata
  • Patent number: 8387526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a precision press device and a press load control method thereof for downsizing a vacuum chamber in press work in the vacuum chamber, shortening a time required to reach a vacuum and further performing high accuracy pressure control. To downsize a chamber 16, a pressure sensor is set up outside the chamber 16 and a cylinder chamber 17 is formed to allow a tubular plunger 7 to slide up and down using the tubular shape of the chamber 16. A negative pressure 22 in the chamber 16 attracts the pressurized section 2 and the pressurizing section 1 to each other, but by injecting an equivalent pressure 19 of a fluid into the cylinder chamber 17, pushing out the tubular plunger 7, the attractive forces are canceled out. It is possible to control the load on the substrate or the like transferred by the press stage with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimao, Katsuaki Inoue, Takashi Kurata
  • Publication number: 20120277082
    Abstract: A cutting device of the present invention includes an upper blade, an upper blade fixing plate, a lower blade and a lower blade fixing plate, the upper blade is attached by being bolt-clamped and fixed to the upper blade fixing plate from the outer side and the lower blade is attached by being bolt-clamped and fixed to the lower blade fixing plate from the outer side in a direction opposite to an upper blade attaching direction, thereby to solve problems that cutting of an amorphous sheet material is adversely affected by worn-out upper and lower blades and a time is taken to insert a spacer for adjustment of a clearance between the upper and lower blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Kazutaka NISHIMURA, Junichi ISHIZUKI, Eisuke MARUYAMA, Katsuaki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20100089255
    Abstract: The present invention provides a precision press device and a press load control method thereof for downsizing a vacuum chamber in press work in the vacuum chamber, shortening a time required to reach a vacuum and further performing high accuracy pressure control. To downsize a chamber 16, a pressure sensor is set up outside the chamber 16 and a cylinder chamber 17 is formed to allow a tubular plunger 7 to slide up and down using the tubular shape of the chamber 16. A negative pressure 22 in the chamber 16 attracts the pressurized section 2 and the pressurizing section 1 to each other, but by injecting an equivalent pressure 19 of a fluid into the cylinder chamber 17, pushing out the tubular plunger 7, the attractive forces are canceled out. It is possible to control the load on the substrate or the like transferred by the press stage with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimao, Katsuaki Inoue, Takashi Kurata
  • Patent number: 6528177
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cladding material, which has high joining strength and excellent productivity, and a manufacturing method therefor; in order to attain this object, the present invention provides a cladding material comprising: a first material to be joined which is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a second material to be joined which is made of a single metal or an alloy and which is join the first material to be joined; and an intermediate layer which is provided between the first and second materials to be joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawano, Yoshiaki Inoue, Katsuaki Inoue, Kawaichi Katsumi, Hiroshi Iwabuchi, Kazumasa Nishio, Shizuo Mukae, Masahiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20020168540
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cladding material, which has high joining strength and excellent productivity, and a manufacturing method therefor; in order to attain this object, the present invention provides a cladding material comprising: a first material to be joined which is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a second material to be joined which is made of a single metal or an alloy and which is join the first material to be joined; and an intermediate layer which is provided between the first and second materials to be joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawano, Yoshiaki Inoue, Katsuaki Inoue, Kawaichi Katsumi, Hiroshi Iwabuchi, Kazumasa Nishio, Shizuo Mukae, Masahiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 4718655
    Abstract: Paper sheets transported from a transporting line are stacked successively into a receiving station by a vane-wheel type receiving and guiding device. The paper sheets stacked in the receiving station are taken out to a subsequent transporting line one by one by a friction pick-up and separating and feeding device. The friction pick-up and/or the vane-wheel type receiving and guiding device are rotatable. The friction pick-up is retracted from the surface of the stacked paper sheets when the paper sheets are stacked and when the paper sheets are taken out and is moved to abut the surface of the stacked paper sheets to thereby permit the taking out of the paper sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Okayama, Masataka Kawauchi, Tamio Innami, Tsuyoshi Ogasawara, Yutaka Nagasawa, Shigeru Sasaki, Yoshio Fukudome, Yasuo Shiragai, Katsuaki Inoue