Patents by Inventor Katsuaki Kobayashi

Katsuaki Kobayashi 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: 20240136181
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a support substrate, a mask pattern located above the support substrate and including a mask portion, a seed portion locally located in a layer above the support substrate in a plan view, and a semiconductor part including a GaN-based semiconductor and located above the mask pattern to be in contact with the seed portion and the mask portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki MASAKI, Takeshi KAMIKAWA, Toshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yuichiro HAYASHI, Yuta AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240072198
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a heterogeneous substrate, a mask layer having an opening portion and a mask portion, a seed portion overlapping the opening portion, and a semiconductor layer including a GaN-based semiconductor and disposed on the seed portion and the mask portion. An upper surface of an effective portion of the semiconductor layer includes at least one low-level defective region with a size of 10 ?m in a first direction along a width direction of the opening portion and 10 ?m in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a line defect is not measured by a CL method in the low-level defective region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi KAMIKAWA, Katsuaki MASAKI, Toshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yuichiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8917060
    Abstract: A secondary cell control system includes a plurality of cells; a charging circuit section and a discharging circuit section. The charging circuit section charges cells selected from among said plurality of cells, and the discharging circuit section discharges cells selected from among said plurality of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Shigemizu, Takehiko Nishida, Katsuo Hashizaki, Hidehiko Tajima, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Adachi, Shinji Murakami, Yoshihiro Wada, Hiroyuki Shibata, Kouji Kurayama
  • Patent number: 8901893
    Abstract: It is an object to effectively output electrical energy of a storage battery to an electrical power system serving as a whole distributed power supply system by effectively utilizing the electrical energy within a charging ratio range that does not cause overcharging or overdischarging of the storage battery. In a hybrid distributed power supply system, the target supply electrical power is set based on the electrical power generation output of the electrical power generator and the charging state of the storage battery, and the target supply electrical power is restricted within a predetermined permissible supply electrical power range when the target supply electrical power deviates from the predetermined permissible supply electrical power range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Shigemizu, Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Hidehiko Tajima
  • Patent number: 8729861
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a battery system whose life can be extended. A cell pack having at least one lithium secondary battery that uses a manganese-based cathode material and a control unit that controls charging and discharging of the cell pack are provided, and the control unit controls charging and discharging within a low-degradation voltage range that is set on the basis of a target cell degradation rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Tomoh Akiyama, Katsuo Hashizaki, Hidehiko Tajima, Kazuyuki Adachi, Shinji Murakami, Yoshihiro Wada, Hiroyuki Shibata, Kouji Kurayama
  • Patent number: 8463564
    Abstract: An abnormality prediction system for secondary batteries according to the present invention includes: a parameter value detection portion that detects parameter values each corresponding to each of a plurality of secondary batteries to determine whether all the parameter values are normal or not; and a singular state determination portion that determines, if a difference between a reference value calculated by use of all the parameter values determined to be normal by the parameter value detection portion and at least one of the parameter values is not less than a threshold value, the secondary battery corresponding to the parameter value with the difference not less than the threshold value to be in a state different from those of the other secondary batteries out of the plurality of secondary batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsumura, Masazumi Ohishi, Masataka Uchida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Tetsuro Shigemizu, Hidehiko Tajima
  • Patent number: 8217624
    Abstract: An object is to improve safety. Provided is a power storage system including a battery apparatus 1; a power converter 2 provided between the battery apparatus 1 and a load 3 and that can control power supplied from the battery apparatus 1 to the load 3; and a battery monitoring circuit 4 that detects an abnormality in the battery apparatus 1. When an abnormality in the battery apparatus 1 is detected by the battery monitoring circuit 4, the power converter 2 supplies power stored in the battery apparatus 1 to the load 3 or to an internally provided internal load at or below a current value or power value that is set in advance, or alternatively, at a current value or power value that the load 3 demands, within a range that does not exceed an upper limit that is set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Industries, Ltd., Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Katsuo Hashizaki, Hidehiko Tajima, Kazuyuki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20110250477
    Abstract: Safety is ensured even when installed in mobile objects such as electric vehicles, deep-sea explorers, and so on. A battery module (10) provided with a plurality of battery packs (13) and a unit battery container (14) that houses these battery packs (13), wherein the unit battery container (14) includes a top-half housing (18), which is a lid, and a bottom-half housing (19) where the battery packs (13) are mounted, and wherein through-holes are formed in the bottom-half housing (19) so as to penetrate in the plate-thickness direction thereof at positions that face center portions of lower surfaces of the individual battery packs (13); branch pipes (23) are individually connected to the individual through-holes; these branch pipes (23) are connected to a single main pipe (25) that is provided with a liquid-leakage detecting sensor (24) at one end thereof; and the liquid-leakage detecting sensor (24) is connected to a liquid-leakage detecting device (27) via a signal cable (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Katsuo Hashizaki, Masazumi Ohishi, Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110221394
    Abstract: A secondary cell control system includes a plurality of cells; a charging circuit section and a discharging circuit section. The charging circuit section charges cells selected from among said plurality of cells, and the discharging circuit section discharges cells selected from among said plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Shigemizu, Takehiko Nishida, Katsuo Hashizaki, Hidehiko Tajima, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Adachi, Shinji Murakami, Yoshihiro Wada, Hiroyuki Shibata, Kouji Kurayama
  • Publication number: 20110077881
    Abstract: An abnormality prediction system for secondary batteries according to the present invention includes: a parameter value detection portion that detects parameter values each corresponding to each of a plurality of secondary batteries to determine whether all the parameter values are normal or not; and a singular state determination portion that determines, if a difference between a reference value calculated by use of all the parameter values determined to be normal by the parameter value detection portion and at least one of the parameter values is not less than a threshold value, the secondary battery corresponding to the parameter value with the difference not less than the threshold value to be in a state different from those of the other secondary batteries out of the plurality of secondary batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsumura, Masazumi Ohishi, Masataka Uchida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Tetsuro Shigemizu, Hidehiko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20100207580
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a battery system whose life can be extended. A cell pack having at least one lithium secondary battery that uses a manganese-based cathode material and a control unit that controls charging and discharging of the cell pack are provided, and the control unit controls charging and discharging within a low-degradation voltage range that is set on the basis of a target cell degradation rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Tomoh Akiyama, Katsuo Hashizaki, Hidehiko Tajima, Kazuyuki Adachi, Shinji Murakami, Yoshihiro Wada, Hiroyuki Shibata, Kouji Kurayama
  • Publication number: 20100196749
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cell container offering improved vibration resistance and improved shock resistance as well as maintaining the battery performance and ensuring the reliability. Specifically disclosed is a cell container comprising: an insulative case (31) in which a plurality of unit cells are placed side by side; insulative wall portions (34) for partitioning between the plurality of unit cells; and support projections (35) projecting from at least either one of the case (31) or the wall portions (34) toward the unit cells to support the unit cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Katsuo Hashizaki, Masazumi Ohishi, Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Adachi, Shinji Murakami, Yoshihiro Wada, Kouji Kurayama
  • Publication number: 20100176765
    Abstract: It is an object to effectively output electrical energy of a storage battery to an electrical power system serving as a whole distributed power supply system by effectively utilizing the electrical energy within a charging ratio range that does not cause overcharging or overdischarging of the storage battery. In a hybrid distributed power supply system, the target supply electrical power is set based on the electrical power generation output of the electrical power generator and the charging state of the storage battery, and the target supply electrical power is restricted within a predetermined permissible supply electrical power range when the target supply electrical power deviates from the predetermined permissible supply electrical power range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Shigemizu, Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Hidehiko Tajima
  • Publication number: 20100033135
    Abstract: An object is to improve safety. Provided is a power storage system including a battery apparatus 1; a power converter 2 provided between the battery apparatus 1 and a load 3 and that can control power supplied from the battery apparatus 1 to the load 3; and a battery monitoring circuit 4 that detects an abnormality in the battery apparatus 1. When an abnormality in the battery apparatus 1 is detected by the battery monitoring circuit 4, the power converter 2 supplies power stored in the battery apparatus 1 to the load 3 or to an internally provided internal load at or below a current value or power value that is set in advance, or alternatively, at a current value or power value that the load 3 demands, within a range that does not exceed an upper limit that is set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Katsuo Hashizaki, Hidehiko Tajima, Kazuyuki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20020046036
    Abstract: It is to provide a business work administration support system which is able to support users A, B, C and D by doing the all or part of their works as utilizing a web hosting. As a method to provide the above, the business work administration support system comprises a client machine 1 and a main server S; and these are connected by a communication network 5. The main server S stores data necessary for business work processing sent from the client machine 1 and also contains programs for business work processing that are made to execute the business work processing. The client machine 1 has a browser that can display the process and result of the business work processing. Through the browser, the users A, B, C and D can observe the results of business work processing done by the main server S. The programs for business work processing are prepared by an architecture neutral language. Moreover, the client machine 1 and the main server S are designed to support to the program language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventor: Katsuaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6280854
    Abstract: The polymer electrode has a high energy density which is required in a secondary battery having a large charge capability. The polymer electrode includes an electrode composite material containing an active material containing at least three components of polyaniline, polypyrrole and a quinone compound, a conducting agent and a binder, and a collecting body in which the electrode composite material is carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tasaka, Katsuhiro Hashitsume, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Kazumasa Kasagi