Patents by Inventor Kenji Baba

Kenji Baba 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: 20260180098
    Abstract: An electric storage apparatus capable of suppressing an adverse effect of water entering the inside of a housing on an electric equipment is provided. In an electric storage apparatus, a housing includes: a frame being able to be assembled using a fastening member; a partition member fixable to the frame using a fastening member, the partition member being configured to partition an inside of the housing into a space in which an electric equipment is housed and another space; and a crown member fixed to the frame. The partition member includes a water stop part in each of right and left end parts of the partition member, and the water stop part is covered with the crown member in a state where the partition member is disposed above the electric equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji BABA, Keita AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20260180071
    Abstract: An electric storage apparatus capable of suppressing an adverse effect of water entering the inside of the electric storage apparatus on an electric equipment is provided. In an electric storage apparatus, a housing includes: a partition member including a support surface that supports a temperature control apparatus and a wall surface that rises from the support surface; and a first communication port and a second communication port each disposed in a part of the housing that faces the wall surface of the partition member. The support surface of the partition member is inclined so as to become lower toward a side of the second communication port of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA, Keita AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20260135219
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a battery pack provided with a relief valve; a pipe that is connected to the battery pack and through which a cooling medium for cooling the battery pack flows; a wire connected to the battery pack; and a bracket that supports either or both of the pipe and the wire. The bracket is fixed to the battery pack so as to be located adjacent to the relief valve. The bracket is provided with a shielding plate located between the relief valve and either or both of the pipe and the wire that are fixed to the bracket. The shielding plate is configured to block gas discharged from the relief valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji BABA
  • Publication number: 20260061972
    Abstract: To provide a battery replacement method for determining a suitable frequency of replacing the batteries mounted in a stationary power supply. A battery replacement method for a battery-mounted housing implemented by a computer in which the housing includes: a plurality of mounting spaces that are formed to be alternately stacked in a front side and a rear side of the battery-mounted housing, each of the plurality of mounting spaces having a battery mounted therein; and a take-out port formed in the front side of the battery-mounted housing, the method including: a state acquisition procedure for acquiring an estimated deterioration state of at least one of the plurality of batteries mounted in the battery mounted-housing; and a determining procedure for determining that the battery for which the estimated deterioration state has been acquired be replaced or re-arranged based on the estimated deterioration state and a mounting position of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji TAKAHASHI, Takenori Mikami, Kenji BABA
  • Publication number: 20260038937
    Abstract: To provide a battery pack replacement system adapted to enable easy replacement of battery packs that are densely-arranged inside a case. A battery pack replacement system includes: a battery unit including a battery pack and a pipe, a direction along one side of a bottom of the battery pack being a conveyance direction of the battery unit and the pipe being fixed along a lower surface or a side surface of the battery pack; a case for stacking and housing the battery unit therein; and a rod member that is configured to be inserted into the pipe along the conveyance direction of the battery unit and has a movable part configured to be elevatable in a stacking direction of the battery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA
  • Publication number: 20250300291
    Abstract: By supporting the storage battery with a metal plate, the support strength of the storage battery can be secured and the earthquake resistance can be secured. Further, a plate is provided on a lower surface of the storage battery, a plate is provided on an attachment that supports a plate provided in the storage battery in the storage battery storage equipment, and a plate in contact with the plate is provided on the storage battery placement table. By setting the lower surface of the plate and the upper surface of the plate in contact with each other, and the lower surface of the plate and the upper surface of the plate to be a so-called low friction surface, the storage battery can be stored or taken out in the storage battery storage equipment by a light-weight and simple mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji Baba, Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20250300304
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus accommodates plural rechargeable batteries at multiple levels, in a height direction, of the power supply apparatus, each rechargeable battery includes a first region and a second region, the first region is provided substantially in a horizontal direction at a rechargeable battery, and the second region is within the first region and is formed to be thicker, in the height direction, than the first region. A first rechargeable battery and a second rechargeable battery that is adjacent to the first rechargeable battery in the height direction are arranged to be offset in a front-rear direction of the power supply apparatus, and a distance, in the height direction, between a bottom face of the first rechargeable battery and a bottom face of the second rechargeable battery is less than a thickness dimension, in the height direction, of the second region of the first rechargeable battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA, Toshio UCHIYAMA, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250300300
    Abstract: A heavy object accommodation apparatus includes a frame assembly storing plural heavy objects at multiple levels in a height direction; plural pillar members extending in the height direction; and a pair of attachments extending substantially horizontally between pillar members arranged in a front-rear direction of the frame assembly and the pair of attachments supporting two end portions in a width direction of a heavy object, the width direction being substantially orthogonal to an insertion and removal direction of the heavy object at the apparatus. Each of the attachments includes a longer side portion and a shorter side portion extending in two directions, each of which is substantially orthogonal to the extension direction of the attachment, dimensions of the longer side portion and the shorter side portion in the two directions are different, and the longer and the shorter side portions are fixable to the pillar members and the heavy object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Kenji BABA, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250181283
    Abstract: A printing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a printing unit configured to execute printing on a continuous sheet; and a control unit configured to control the printing unit based on a print job including a first job for test printing and a second job for final printing. In a case where a plurality of the print jobs are input, the control unit controls the printing unit so as to collectively print the plurality of first jobs in the input plurality of print jobs on a first region on the continuous sheet, and collectively print the plurality of second jobs in the input plurality of print jobs on a second region present on a rear side in a conveyance direction of the continuous sheet relative to the first region on the continuous sheet on which the first jobs have been printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventor: Kenji Baba
  • Publication number: 20240413454
    Abstract: The battery device includes a plurality of battery pack assemblies vertically stacked and accommodated in a support member. Each of the plurality of battery pack assemblies includes a battery pack and a tray. The tray is positioned below the battery pack and includes a frame and a bottom plate connected to the frame. The frame includes an upper face that supports the battery pack, and a lower face that is supported by the support member. The bottom plate is disposed upward from the lower face of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA, Haruhiko MURASE
  • Publication number: 20240413510
    Abstract: The battery device includes a battery pack assembly mounted on a support member. The battery pack assembly includes a battery pack and a tray positioned below the battery pack. The tray includes a frame and a bottom plate leading to the frame. The frame has an upper surface that supports the battery pack and a lower surface that is supported by the support member. The bottom plate has a drain hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki NISHINO, Kenji BABA, Haruhiko MURASE
  • Publication number: 20230059324
    Abstract: A battery pack according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is configured to be installed in a vehicle, and includes a battery stack including a plurality of battery modules stacked in a first direction, an air supply member of which a position with respect to the battery stack is fixed, and that defines an internal space extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction along a first side face of the battery stack, and a partition member that divides the internal space of the air supply member in the first direction, into a plurality of air supply passages configured to each extend in the second direction and be connected to a blower device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Kenji BABA, Masahiro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10891580
    Abstract: A service design assistance apparatus includes an input apparatus, a storage, a display, and an arithmetic apparatus. The arithmetic apparatus, in response to a specific request received via an input apparatus, placing objects for a service of a new design target in corresponding areas on the design screen, the objects representing a relevant business, a problem with the business, a value to be obtained by solving the problem, a service to provide the value, and an apparatus or technology needed for the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kumagai, Toshiyuki Ono, Kenji Baba, Masaaki Tanizaki, Masataka Araki
  • Patent number: 10239722
    Abstract: The invention provides a punching system that has a relatively simple structure to provide an apparatus reduced in overall size and having a low profile, and can produce a high-quality punched hole while conveying a sheet. The punching system includes a punching device that has a punching member moving back and forth perpendicularly to the sheet being conveyed, a frame, and a sheet conveyance mechanism. The punching device is attached to the frame by an attachment unit in such a manner that it is movable in the sheet conveyance direction. The sheet conveyance mechanism includes carry-out rollers that sandwich the downstream end of the sheet at the start of sheet punching motion of the punching member and that are installed at positions downstream from and transversely corresponding to the punching position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Baba, Chiaki Osada, Koutaro Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20180338290
    Abstract: A control system of an embodiment includes a plurality of communication devices capable of wirelessly communicating with each other via a plurality of communication paths, and a terminal device wirelessly communicating with the plurality of communication devices. The communication device includes a communication unit and a relay unit. The communication unit transmits and receives a packet by wireless communication with the terminal device and other communication device. The relay unit relays the packet received via the communication unit to the other communication device on the basis of a predetermined condition. The terminal device includes a terminal communication unit. The terminal communication unit transmits and receives the packet by the wireless communication with the plurality of communication devices. The terminal communication unit transmits the packet so that the packet is directly received by at least one communication device among the plurality of communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi TASHIRO, Hiroyuki INAMURA, Kenji BABA, Atsushi SHIMADATE
  • Publication number: 20180309856
    Abstract: The communication device of the embodiments is a communication device which, in a communication system having a management apparatus for acquiring device information on a device to be managed, transmits the device information to the management apparatus. The communication device includes a device information classifier and a unique information transmitter. The device information classifier classifies the device information into common information which is device information essential to the device related to the communication device and unique information which is device information unique to the device related to the communication device. The unique information transmitter transmits the unique information classified by the device information classifier to the management apparatus when there is a request from the management apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi TASHIRO, Hiroyuki Inamura, Kenji Baba, Atsushi Shimadate
  • Patent number: D896296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Imamizu, Kenji Baba
  • Patent number: D905783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Baba, Yutaka Nikaido, Makoto Imamizu, Shota Nikaido
  • Patent number: D908777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Imamizu, Kenji Baba, Yutaka Nikaido
  • Patent number: D925639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Asano, Makoto Imamizu, Kenji Baba