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).
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Publication number: 20240110313Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kanta SUGIMOTO, Kenichi OOSHIRO, Yoko TOKUNO, Kenya UCHIDA
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Patent number: 11795543Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Kioxia CorporationInventors: Kenya Uchida, Hiroyuki Fukui, Ikuo Uematsu
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Publication number: 20230265584Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kanta Sugimoto, Kenichi Ooshiro, Kenya Uchida
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Patent number: 11655562Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenichi Ooshiro, Kenya Uchida, Kanta Sugimoto, Shizuo Kinoshita
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Patent number: 11618974Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kanta Sugimoto, Kenichi Ooshiro, Kenya Uchida, Shizuo Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20230077637Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko SUGIZAKI, Kenya UCHIDA, Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Tomoe KUSAMA, Tetsuya SASAKAWA
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Publication number: 20230060240Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenichi OOSHIRO, Kenya UCHIDA, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Masakuni IKAGAWA
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Patent number: 11559134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenya Uchida, Yuma Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11486057Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenya Uchida, Yuma Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11414788Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuma Kikuchi, Tomomichi Naka, Kenya Uchida
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Publication number: 20220106710Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenichi OOSHIRO, Kenya UCHIDA, Kanta SUGIMOTO, Shizuo KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20220106709Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kanta SUGIMOTO, Kenichi OOSHIRO, Kenya UCHIDA, Shizuo KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 11268211Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shizuo Kinoshita, Kenya Uchida, Satomi Sakai
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Publication number: 20210341384Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Kioxia Corporation, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Hiroyuki FUKUI, Ikuo UEMATSU, Takeaki IWAMOTO, Eunsang KWON
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Publication number: 20210331018Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Kioxia Corporation, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Hiroyuki FUKUI, Ikuo UEMATSU, Takeaki IWAMOTO, Eunsang KWON
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Publication number: 20210091357Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Ikuo Uematsu, Wataru Nitta
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Publication number: 20210071319Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomomichi NAKA, Kenya UCHIDA, Shizuo KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 10920341Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenya Uchida, Ikuo Uematsu, Tomomichi Naka, Yoko Tokuno, Yuma Kikuchi
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Patent number: 10906266Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ikuo Uematsu, Naoya Hayamizu, Kenya Uchida
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Publication number: 20210008399Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Kenya UCHIDA, Hiroyuki FUKUI, Ikuo UEMATSU, Takeaki IWAMOTO, Eunsang KWON