Patents by Inventor Kenichi Funamoto

Kenichi Funamoto 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: 10490824
    Abstract: This cladding material for a battery collector consists of a cladding material having a two-layer structure formed by bonding a first layer arranged on a first surface and constituted of an Al-based alloy and a second layer arranged on a second surface and constituted of a Cu-based alloy to each other by rolling. The ratio of the thickness of the first layer to the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer is not more than 35%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Ryoji Inoue, Kenichi Funamoto
  • Patent number: 10381650
    Abstract: This cladding material for a battery collector consists of a cladding material having a two-layer structure formed by bonding a first layer arranged on a first surface and constituted of an Al-based alloy and a second layer arranged on a second surface and constituted of a Cu-based alloy to each other by rolling. The ratio of the thickness of the first layer to the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer is not more than 35%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Ryoji Inoue, Kenichi Funamoto
  • Publication number: 20170162877
    Abstract: This cladding material for a battery collector consists of a cladding material having a two-layer structure formed by bonding a first layer arranged on a first surface and constituted of an Al-based alloy and a second layer arranged on a second surface and constituted of a Cu-based alloy to each other by rolling. The ratio of the thickness of the first layer to the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer is not more than 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Ryoji Inoue, Kenichi Funamoto
  • Publication number: 20150349347
    Abstract: This cladding material for a battery collector consists of a cladding material having a two-layer structure formed by bonding a first layer arranged on a first surface and constituted of an Al-based alloy and a second layer arranged on a second surface and constituted of a Cu-based alloy to each other by rolling. The ratio of the thickness of the first layer to the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer is not more than 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: NEOMAX MATERIALS CO., LTD., HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Ryoji Inoue, Kenichi Funamoto
  • Publication number: 20060025688
    Abstract: A blood flow visualizing diagnostic apparatus characterized by having an ultrasonic measurement unit 120 which emits an ultrasonic beam toward a blood vessel inside a human body to receive the reflected ultrasonic signal, an analysis processing unit 220 which obtains a blood vessel shape and a blood flow velocity in the blood vessel by the received signal, a simulation unit 244 which sets computational lattices on the basis of the blood vessel shape obtained by the analysis processing unit 220 to simulate the blood flow velocity and a pressure distribution, a feedback unit 246 which computes an error between the blood flow velocity obtained by the analysis processing unit and the blood flow velocity obtained by the simulation unit 244 to feed back the error to the simulation unit 244, and display units 260 and 140 which display the blood flow velocity and the pressure distribution output from the simulation unit after the feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hayase, Kenichi Funamoto, Atsushi Shirai, Tomoyuki Yambe, Yoshifumi Saijo
  • Patent number: 6974635
    Abstract: A lid material is provided which comprises: a core layer composed of an Fe—Ni alloy or an Fe—Ni—Co alloy; a nickel-based (Ni-based) metal layer press- and diffusion-bonded onto the core layer and composed of a Ni-based metal, such as pure Ni, mainly comprising Ni; and a brazing material layer press-bonded onto the Ni-based metal layer. The Ni-based metal layer has a maximum-to-minimum thickness ratio T1/T2 of 1.4 to 15. The lid material is produced by press-bonding a Ni-based metal foil onto a core sheet for formation of the Ni-based metal layer on the core layer, then diffusion-annealing the Ni-based metal layer and the core layer, and press-bonding a brazing material foil onto the Ni-based metal layer with a reduction ratio of 30 to 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Neomax Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Funamoto, Hidetoshi Noda, Masaaki Ishio