Patents by Inventor Kenya UCHIDA

Kenya UCHIDA 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: 20240110313
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an electrospinning apparatus includes a transfer unit, a spinning head and an air ejection unit. In the transfer unit, a transfer target is transferred along a transfer direction, and a spinning head is capable of ejecting a material liquid toward the transfer unit from a first direction, which intersects the transfer direction. The air ejection unit forms an air flow that flows across the transfer unit toward an area located on an opposite side across the transfer unit in a second direction, which intersects both the transfer direction and the first direction, by ejecting air against the transfer unit from one side of the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kanta SUGIMOTO, Kenichi OOSHIRO, Yoko TOKUNO, Kenya UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11795543
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a silicon-containing product forming apparatus includes a reaction chamber, an emission path, a process liquid tank, a supplier, and a flow path switcher. The emission path emits an emission material from the reaction chamber. The supplier includes a supply line configured to supply a process liquid to the emission path from the process liquid tank, and a byproduct generated by reaction is treated in the emission path by the supplied process liquid. The flow path switcher switches the communication state of the emission path with each of the reaction chamber and the supply line of the supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kenya Uchida, Hiroyuki Fukui, Ikuo Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20230265584
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a spinning head includes a head main body and a nozzle, and a storage cavity storing a material liquid is formed inside the head main body. The nozzle projects from an outer peripheral surface of the head main body, and an ejection port ejecting a material liquid is formed at a projection end. A flow path communicating with the storage cavity extends through an inside of the nozzle to the ejection port. The ejection port is located on an upper side of a vertical direction relative to the connecting part to the storage cavity, and at least a part of the flow path is tilted relative to a horizontal plane. An upper end of the connecting part of the flow path to the storage cavity is located at the same height as or on the upper side relative to an upper end of the storage cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kanta Sugimoto, Kenichi Ooshiro, Kenya Uchida
  • Patent number: 11655562
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electrospinning head includes a nozzle and an uneven surface. The nozzle is made from an electrically conductive material, and a flow path is formed inside the nozzle. On the outer surface of the nozzle, an ejection port capable of ejecting a material liquid supplied to the flow path is formed. The uneven surface is formed in the vicinity of the projection port on the outer surface of the nozzle, and an uneven shape of the uneven surface is formed around the entire circumference of the circumferential direction of the nozzle and is along the extending direction of the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichi Ooshiro, Kenya Uchida, Kanta Sugimoto, Shizuo Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11618974
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electrospinning apparatus includes an electrospinning head and a storage case. The electrospinning head includes a nozzle capable of ejecting a material liquid and is movable between a first move position and a second move position. In the storage case, a storage hollow capable of accommodating a nozzle is formed, and an opening to the outside of the storage hollow is formed in the storage case. The storage case causes the nozzle of the electrospinning head located at the first move position to be arranged at a position separate from the storage hollow and causes the nozzle of the electrospinning head located at the second move position to be accommodated inside the storage hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kanta Sugimoto, Kenichi Ooshiro, Kenya Uchida, Shizuo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20230077637
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode structure is provided. The electrode structure includes: the current collector; the active material-containing layer provided on at least one surface of the current collector; and the organic fiber layer provided on the active material-containing layer. The organic fiber layer includes: the first region facing the active material-containing layer; and the second region adjacent to the first region, present on the center side of the main surface of the organic fiber layer, and facing the active material-containing layer. The density D1 of the first region of the organic fiber layer is higher than the density D2 of the second region of the organic fiber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko SUGIZAKI, Kenya UCHIDA, Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Tomoe KUSAMA, Tetsuya SASAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230060240
    Abstract: According to a manufacturing method of an electrolytic capacitor according to an embodiment, a fiber film, which serves as a separator, is formed on a surface of a substrate, which serves as an electrode, by ejecting a material liquid against the substrate. When the fiber film is formed, thicker fiber is formed at end parts of the substrate in a width direction, compared to a center part of the substrate in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichi OOSHIRO, Kenya UCHIDA, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Masakuni IKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11559134
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cleaner head includes a first rotor, a second rotor, and a contact surface. The first rotor can be rotationally driven in a state where an outer peripheral surface of the first rotor is in contact with a sheet that includes organic fiber and is formed on a base, and can remove a part of the sheet from the base. The second rotor is arranged next to the first rotor in a direction along a rotation axis of the first rotor, and is rotated together with the first rotor in a state where the second rotor is not in contact with the sheet. The contact surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the second rotor at a position away from the sheet around the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenya Uchida, Yuma Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11486057
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electrospinning apparatus includes: a transport roll; and a head unit. The transport roll is a roll that transports a substrate. The transport has a transport surface that is in contact with the substrate when transporting the substrate. The transport surface of the transport roll has a surface roughness Ra of 1.6 or less. The head unit ejects a raw material liquid of fiber toward the substrate transported by the transport roll to form a film of the fiber on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenya Uchida, Yuma Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11414788
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a spinning apparatus includes a spinning head and a rotational brush. An organic material is filled up inside the spinning head, and the spinning head ejects the organic material on a surface of a base to form a sheet of the organic fiber on the surface of the base. The rotational brush includes a plurality of brush bristles and is rotated while the brush bristles are in contact with the sheet in the surface of the base. The rotational brush strips the organic fiber from a part of the sheet by the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuma Kikuchi, Tomomichi Naka, Kenya Uchida
  • Publication number: 20220106710
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electrospinning head includes a nozzle and an uneven surface. The nozzle is made from an electrically conductive material, and a flow path is formed inside the nozzle. On the outer surface of the nozzle, an ejection port capable of ejecting a material liquid supplied to the flow path is formed. The uneven surface is formed in the vicinity of the projection port on the outer surface of the nozzle, and an uneven shape of the uneven surface is formed around the entire circumference of the circumferential direction of the nozzle and is along the extending direction of the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichi OOSHIRO, Kenya UCHIDA, Kanta SUGIMOTO, Shizuo KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220106709
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electrospinning apparatus includes an electrospinning head and a storage case. The electrospinning head includes a nozzle capable of ejecting a material liquid and is movable between a first move position and a second move position. In the storage case, a storage hollow capable of accommodating a nozzle is formed, and an opening to the outside of the storage hollow is formed in the storage case. The storage case causes the nozzle of the electrospinning head located at the first move position to be arranged at a position separate from the storage hollow and causes the nozzle of the electrospinning head located at the second move position to be accommodated inside the storage hollow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kanta SUGIMOTO, Kenichi OOSHIRO, Kenya UCHIDA, Shizuo KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 11268211
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electrospinning head has a nozzle unit and a control body. The nozzle unit is arranged opposite to a base material, is applied with a voltage, and thereby is capable of discharging a raw material liquid of fiber. The control body is arranged in the vicinity of the nozzle unit so as to extend to an outside of a spinning space between the base material and the nozzle unit. Further, the control body is applied with a voltage of the same polarity as the voltage to be applied to the nozzle unit, and thereby is capable of making an electric field to be generated at the periphery of the nozzle unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shizuo Kinoshita, Kenya Uchida, Satomi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210341384
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a determination method is provided. The determination method determines progress of a treatment of a side-product produced in a process of reacting a substance containing a halogen and silicon or reacting a substance containing silicon and a substance containing a halogen. The treatment of the side-product includes bringing the side-product into contact with a treatment fluid containing water to obtain a first solid matter. The determination method includes determining the progress of the treatment of the side-product based on a signal according to a chemical analysis of at least one of an Si-? bond (? is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I) and an Si—H bond, of the first solid matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Kioxia Corporation, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Hiroyuki FUKUI, Ikuo UEMATSU, Takeaki IWAMOTO, Eunsang KWON
  • Publication number: 20210331018
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a process apparatus performs processing on a byproduct generated in a reaction of a raw material including silicon and a halogen element or in a reaction between a raw material including silicon and a raw material including a halogen element. The apparatus includes a process liquid tank, a processing tank, a supplier and an exhauster. A process target member including the byproduct is introduced into the processing tank. The supplier supplies the process liquid from the process liquid tank to the processing tank and performs processing on the byproduct with the supplied process liquid. The exhauster exhausts a gas generated by reaction between the process liquid and the byproduct from the processing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Kioxia Corporation, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Hiroyuki FUKUI, Ikuo UEMATSU, Takeaki IWAMOTO, Eunsang KWON
  • Publication number: 20210091357
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a battery unit is provided. The battery unit includes an electrode structure and a substrate. The electrode structure includes a first electrode and an organic fiber film. The first electrode includes an active material-containing layer. The organic fiber film is provided on the active material-containing layer. The substrate is in contact with the organic fiber film. A coefficient of kinetic friction between the electrode structure and the substrate is 0.8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Ikuo Uematsu, Wataru Nitta
  • Publication number: 20210071319
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrospinning head includes a head main body and a nozzle. The nozzle projects from the head main body. A flow passage is formed inside the nozzle, and an ejection port of the flow passage is formed at a projecting end of the nozzle. A first extending portion constitutes a connecting portion of the nozzle to the head main body, and a second extending portion further projects from the first extending portion and constitutes the projecting end of the nozzle. A volume in the second extending portion excluding the flow passage is smaller than that in the first extending portion, and a dimension of the second extending portion along a projection direction is smaller than that of the first extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomomichi NAKA, Kenya UCHIDA, Shizuo KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 10920341
    Abstract: An electrospinning apparatus according to an embodiment is configured to deposit a fiber on a collector or a member. The electrospinning apparatus includes a first nozzle head provided on one side of the collector or the member, and a second nozzle head provided on the side opposite to the first nozzle head with the collector or the member interposed. The first nozzle head and the second nozzle head are at a section where the collector or the member moves in a direction tilted with respect to a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenya Uchida, Ikuo Uematsu, Tomomichi Naka, Yoko Tokuno, Yuma Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10906266
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a structural body including a core composed of fiber and a support, which is a component of the core and is in contact with the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ikuo Uematsu, Naoya Hayamizu, Kenya Uchida
  • Publication number: 20210008399
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a treatment solution is provided. The treatment solution is used for treating a byproduct stemming from a process of depositing a silicon-containing material on a member using a gas which includes silicon and halogen. The treatment solution includes at least one of an inorganic base or an organic base and being basic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Hiroyuki FUKUI, Ikuo UEMATSU, Takeaki IWAMOTO, Eunsang KWON