Patents by Inventor Kazuki Honda

Kazuki Honda 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: 12095118
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a wound electrode body. The wound electrode body includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked on each other with the separator interposed therebetween and are wound about a winding axis. The wound electrode body has a section perpendicular to the winding axis. The section has an elongated shape that includes a flat part and a pair of curved parts. The curved parts oppose each other with the flat part interposed therebetween. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector. A width of the wound electrode body, a wound-layer number of the wound electrode body, and a ratio of a second distance to a first distance satisfy at least one of Condition A and Condition B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Matsui, Kazuki Honda, Rikako Imoto, Hideki Nakai, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 12062787
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-cobalt composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes graphite. An open circuit potential of the negative electrode measured in a full charge state is from 19 mV to 86 mV. A potential variation of the negative electrode is greater than or equal to 1 mV when the secondary battery is discharged from the full charge state by a capacity corresponding to 1% of a maximum discharge capacity. The maximum discharge capacity is obtained when the secondary battery is discharged with a constant current from the full charge state until the closed circuit voltage reaches 3.00 V, following which the secondary battery is discharged with a constant voltage of the closed circuit voltage of 3.00 V for 24 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keitaro Kitada, Futoshi Sato, Takaaki Matsui, Taichi Kogure, Aya Mashiko, Yoshifumi Shimizu, Kazuki Honda, Yuta Hirano, Shinji Hatake, Naoko Yamakawa, Moriaki Okuno, Masahiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12040480
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-cobalt composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes graphite. A potential variation of the positive electrode is greater than or equal to 2 mV when the secondary battery is discharged from a full charge state by a capacity corresponding to 1% of a maximum discharge capacity. The maximum discharge capacity is a discharge capacity obtained when the secondary battery is discharged with a constant current from the full charge state until the closed circuit voltage reaches 3.00 V, following which the secondary battery is discharged with a constant voltage of the closed circuit voltage of 3.00 V for 24 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Futoshi Sato, Yoshifumi Shimizu, Taichi Kogure, Aya Mashiko, Takaaki Matsui, Kazuki Honda, Keitaro Kitada, Yuta Hirano, Masayuki Iwama, Asuki Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 12015895
    Abstract: A speaker includes: a diaphragm having a dome shape; a tubular member having the diaphragm disposed inside, and having an inner diameter increasing toward a front; and a phase plug. The phase plug includes: a front surface, a rear surface facing a central portion on a front surface of the diaphragm at a constant interval in parallel, and a side surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface. A front surface of the phase plug is larger than a rear surface of the phase plug as viewed in a front-rear direction of a speaker. At least a part of a side surface of the phase plug has an inclined surface extending outward while extending forward, faces an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member and a front surface of the diaphragm, and directs a sound wave generated from the diaphragm toward an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Masashi Nishida, Junichi Ikeda, Ippei Kiyama
  • Patent number: 11969151
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a distal end rigid member including a distal end-side end portion and a proximal end-side end portion in the longitudinal axis direction of an insertion portion and a hole provided in the longitudinal axis direction; an objective optical unit inserted into and attached to an inside of the hole in the longitudinal axis direction; a camera unit; and a projecting portion projecting from at least a part of a periphery of the hole, from the proximal end-side end portion to a proximal end side in the longitudinal axis direction, by a length that is equal to or greater than a length up to a gravity center position of the camera unit in the longitudinal axis direction exceeding a connecting portion connecting the objective optical unit and the camera unit, so as to cover a part of an outer peripheral portion of the camera unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji Suzuki, Kazuki Honda, Mikio Inomata
  • Patent number: 11764408
    Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode having a first strip shape and a positive electrode lead, and a negative electrode having a second strip shape and a negative electrode lead. First ends of the positive electrode and the negative electrode in a longitudinal direction are on an inner peripheral side, and second ends of the positive electrode and the negative electrode in the longitudinal direction are on an outer peripheral side. The positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead are extended out from a first end side in a width direction of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a first thickness of the positive electrode on the first end side is thinner than a second thickness of the positive electrode on a second end side in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Matsui, Takashi Kokubun, Taichi Kogure, Kazuki Honda, Masumi Fukuda, Naoko Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20230216115
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an outer package member, an electrode terminal, and a battery device. The outer package member has a flat and columnar shape and includes a first bottom part and a second bottom part opposed to each other. The electrode terminal is supported by the first bottom part and is insulated from the first bottom part. The battery device is contained inside the outer package member and includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first bottom part has a recess around the electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Moriaki OKUNO, Rie WATANABE, Kazuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20230142560
    Abstract: A speaker includes: a diaphragm having a dome shape; a tubular member having the diaphragm disposed inside, and having an inner diameter increasing toward a front; and a phase plug. The phase plug includes: a front surface, a rear surface facing a central portion on a front surface of the diaphragm at a constant interval in parallel, and a side surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface. A front surface of the phase plug is larger than a rear surface of the phase plug as viewed in a front-rear direction of a speaker. At least a part of a side surface of the phase plug has an inclined surface extending outward while extending forward, faces an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member and a front surface of the diaphragm, and directs a sound wave generated from the diaphragm toward an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki HONDA, Masashi NISHIDA, Junichi IKEDA, Ippei KIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11399708
    Abstract: An endoscope illumination unit includes: an incident part into which illuminating light guided via a light guide enters; a light guide body that includes an annular section having an inner peripheral surface and that guides the illuminating light having entered via the incident part and emits the illuminating light from an outer surface of the annular section; and a reflective sheet that has opposite end portions and that is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the annular section and scatters the illuminating light, having entered the light guide body, within the annular section. The opposite end portions of the reflective sheet bent in conformity to the inner peripheral surface of the annular section is positioned at a portion of the inner peripheral surface remote from the incident part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Takada, Hiromasa Okano, Kazuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20220231384
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a power generation element including a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are stacked on each other in a stacking direction with a separator interposed therebetween. Each of the electrodes includes a current collector led out in a first direction intersecting the stacking direction. Each of a plurality of current collectors led out in the first direction includes an end part, and the end part includes a first bent part that is bent in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of a plurality of first bent parts overlaps and is in contact with an adjacent first bent part in the second direction. At least one of the first bent parts terminates at a middle point on an end face along the second direction of the power generation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Moriaki OKUNO, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Taichi KATSUMOTO, Kazuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20220216546
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery device (100), a first containing member (110), and a second containing member (120). The first containing member (110) has a handleless mug-shaped structure having a first bottom part (111), a first sidewall part (112), and a first opening (110K). The first containing member (110) contains the battery device (100). The second containing member (120) has a handleless mug-shaped structure having a second bottom part (121), a second sidewall part (122), and a second opening (120K). The second containing member (120) is attached to the first containing member (110) in a state in which the second bottom part (121) is opposed to the first opening (110K) and the second sidewall part (122) is pressed against the first sidewall part (112) from an outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki HONDA, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI
  • Patent number: 11317784
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion; a first projecting portion; a second projecting portion; an illumination window disposed on an outer peripheral surface side of the first projecting portion, the illumination window being disposed about an axis along a longitudinal axis direction of the insertion portion, the illumination window having a light emitting surface from which an illumination light for illuminating an inside of a subject is emitted in a direction which includes a sideward direction of the insertion portion; and a mask configured to restrict sideward emission of the illumination light from the illumination window, wherein the mask has a shape inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis direction so as to increase a quantity of the illumination light emitted toward the second projecting portion from a distal end side toward a proximal end side of a distal end portion of the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Takada, Hiromasa Okano, Kazuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20210288322
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-cobalt composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes graphite. An open circuit potential of the negative electrode measured in a full charge state is from 19 mV to 86 mV. A potential variation of the negative electrode is greater than or equal to 1 mV when the secondary battery is discharged from the full charge state by a capacity corresponding to 1% of a maximum discharge capacity. The maximum discharge capacity is obtained when the secondary battery is discharged with a constant current from the full charge state until the closed circuit voltage reaches 3.00 V, following which the secondary battery is discharged with a constant voltage of the closed circuit voltage of 3.00 V for 24 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Keitaro KITADA, Futoshi SATO, Takaaki MATSUI, Taichi KOGURE, Aya MASHIKO, Yoshifumi SHIMIZU, Kazuki HONDA, Yuta HIRANO, Shinji HATAKE, Naoko YAMAKAWA, Moriaki OKUNO, Masahiro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210288308
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer including a lithium-cobalt composite oxide. The lithium-cobalt composite oxide has a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer including graphite. When the secondary battery is charged and discharged with an upper limit of a closed circuit voltage being set to 4.42 V or higher, a unit capacity (mAh/g) satisfies a condition represented by 168 mAh/g?unit capacity (mAh/g)?(?0.28Ă—area rate (%)+178) mAh/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takaaki Matsui, Futoshi Sato, Keitaro Kitada, Taichi Katsumoto, Takuma Kawahara, Yuta Hirano, Taichi Kogure, Kazuki Honda, Shinji Hatake, Takashi Sato, Naoko Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20210265622
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-cobalt composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes graphite. A potential variation of the positive electrode is greater than or equal to 2 mV when the secondary battery is discharged from a full charge state by a capacity corresponding to 1% of a maximum discharge capacity. The maximum discharge capacity is a discharge capacity obtained when the secondary battery is discharged with a constant current from the full charge state until the closed circuit voltage reaches 3.00 V, following which the secondary battery is discharged with a constant voltage of the closed circuit voltage of 3.00 V for 24 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Futoshi SATO, Yoshifumi SHIMIZU, Taichi KOGURE, Aya MASHIKO, Takaaki MATSUI, Kazuki HONDA, Keitaro KITADA, Yuta HIRANO, Masayuki IWAMA, Asuki YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210257663
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes graphite. An open circuit potential, versus a lithium reference electrode, of the negative electrode measured in a full charge state is from 19 mV to 86 mV. A potential variation of the negative electrode is greater than or equal to 1 mV when the secondary battery is discharged from the full charge state by a capacity corresponding to 1% of a maximum discharge capacity. The maximum discharge capacity is obtained when the secondary battery is discharged with a constant current from the full charge state until the closed circuit voltage reaches 2.00 V, following which the secondary battery is discharged with a constant voltage of the closed circuit voltage of 2.00 V for 24 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yuta HIRANO, Takaaki MATSUI, Kazuki HONDA, Keitaro KITADA, Futoshi SATO, Shinji HATAKE, Taichi KOGURE
  • Publication number: 20210167470
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a wound electrode body. The wound electrode body includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked on each other with the separator interposed therebetween and are wound about a winding axis. The wound electrode body has a section perpendicular to the winding axis. The section has an elongated shape that includes a flat part and a pair of curved parts. The curved parts oppose each other with the flat part interposed therebetween. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector. A width of the wound electrode body, a wound-layer number of the wound electrode body, and a ratio of a second distance to a first distance satisfy at least one of Condition A and Condition B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Takaaki MATSUI, Kazuki HONDA, Rikako IMOTO, Hideki NAKAI, Takashi SATO
  • Patent number: 11022740
    Abstract: An illumination unit for endoscope is provided with: a light guiding layer, an illumination lens, light guides and a positioning member; and the positioning member is provided with: a barrel body on which arrangement grooves are formed, the barrel body being configured to perform inward positioning of the light guides in the radial direction by distal end sides of the light guides being arranged in the arrangement grooves; and a cylindrical member configured to perform outward positioning of the light guides in the radial direction by covering an outer circumference of the barrel body in an intersection direction to block the distal end sides of the light guides arranged in the arrangement grooves, between the cylindrical member and the barrel body in the intersection direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20210100434
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope and a distal end hood. The endo scope includes an insertion portion, a first optical system, a second optical system, an optical component, and a protruding member. The distal end hood includes a frame and a filter including a light transmission body and a support member provided at a non-contact position with the protruding member to support the light transmission body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Maeda, Kazuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20210085157
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a distal end rigid member including a distal end-side end portion and a proximal end-side end portion in the longitudinal axis direction of an insertion portion and a hole provided in the longitudinal axis direction; an objective optical unit inserted into and attached to an inside of the hole in the longitudinal axis direction; a camera unit; and a projecting portion projecting from at least a part of a periphery of the hole, from the proximal end-side end portion to a proximal end side in the longitudinal axis direction, by a length that is equal to or greater than a length up to a gravity center position of the camera unit in the longitudinal axis direction exceeding a connecting portion connecting the objective optical unit and the camera unit, so as to cover a part of an outer peripheral portion of the camera unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji SUZUKI, Kazuki HONDA, Mikio INOMATA