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).
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Publication number: 20260180098Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2025Publication date: June 25, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji BABA, Keita AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20260180071Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2025Publication date: June 25, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA, Keita AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20260135219Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2025Publication date: May 14, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji BABA
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Publication number: 20260061972Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2025Publication date: March 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji TAKAHASHI, Takenori Mikami, Kenji BABA
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Publication number: 20260038937Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA
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Publication number: 20250300291Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2024Publication date: September 25, 2025Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji Baba, Kenji Takahashi
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Publication number: 20250300304Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2025Publication date: September 25, 2025Inventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA, Toshio UCHIYAMA, Kenji TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20250300300Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2025Publication date: September 25, 2025Inventors: Kenji BABA, Kenji TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20250181283Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventor: Kenji Baba
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Publication number: 20240413454Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takenori MIKAMI, Kenji BABA, Haruhiko MURASE
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Publication number: 20240413510Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki NISHINO, Kenji BABA, Haruhiko MURASE
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Publication number: 20230059324Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Kenji BABA, Masahiro YAMADA
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Patent number: 10891580Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Kumagai, Toshiyuki Ono, Kenji Baba, Masaaki Tanizaki, Masataka Araki
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Patent number: 10239722Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: SEIKO LTD.Inventors: Kenji Baba, Chiaki Osada, Koutaro Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20180338290Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Taichi TASHIRO, Hiroyuki INAMURA, Kenji BABA, Atsushi SHIMADATE
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Publication number: 20180309856Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Taichi TASHIRO, Hiroyuki Inamura, Kenji Baba, Atsushi Shimadate
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Patent number: D896296Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Makoto Imamizu, Kenji Baba
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Patent number: D905783Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Kenji Baba, Yutaka Nikaido, Makoto Imamizu, Shota Nikaido
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Patent number: D908777Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Makoto Imamizu, Kenji Baba, Yutaka Nikaido
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Patent number: D925639Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Asano, Makoto Imamizu, Kenji Baba