Patents by Inventor Koichi Tanimoto
Koichi Tanimoto 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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Patent number: 12173970Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes a core formed such that a pair of adjacent passages are folded on top of one another while being adjacent. At least one passage of the pair of adjacent passages has a pair of adjacent passage portions between which the other passage is not interposed in a direction in which the passages lie on top of one another. The core has a heat insulation layer between the pair of passage portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shunsaku Eguchi, Nobuhide Hara, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Masaya Hatanaka, Takuo Oda, Koichi Tanimoto
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Patent number: 12038235Abstract: A heat exchange core according to one embodiment includes: a header flow path that extends in a first direction; and a plurality of branching flow paths that are connected to the header flow path and extend in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. A first angle formed by the header flow path with respect to a virtual connection plane between the header flow path and the plurality of branching flow paths is less than a second angle formed by the branching flow paths with respect to the connection plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Koichi Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Koichiro Iida, Nobuhide Hara, Masaya Hatanaka, Masashi Kitamura, Shunsaku Eguchi
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Patent number: 12031756Abstract: A heat exchanger passage switching device according to an embodiment includes: a communication tube having an internal passage communicating with a heat exchange passage for performing heat exchange inside a heat exchanger, and one or more communication holes communicating with the internal passage; and at least one chamber having an insertion hole into which the communication tube is inserted to slidably support the communication tube inserted in the insertion hole. The communication tube is capable of switching a communication state between the one or more communication holes and the at least one chamber by a relative position of the communication tube to the at least one chamber in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuaki Kaneko, Nobuhide Hara, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Masaya Hatanaka, Koichi Tanimoto, Toshiyuki Ishida, Takuo Oda, Shunsaku Eguchi
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Patent number: 12013197Abstract: A cleaning method for a heat exchanger is a cleaning method for a heat exchanger which includes a header passage and a plurality of internal passages connected to the header passage, that includes: a step of supplying a cleaning fluid, via the header passage, to some of the plurality of internal passages connected to the header passage, selectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koichi Tanimoto, Nobuhide Hara, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Takuo Oda, Shunsaku Eguchi, Masaya Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20240079742Abstract: A battery includes a current collecting member connected to a power generating element housed in an outer casing with a lid, and a rivet placed outside the outer casing. The current collecting member includes a plate-shaped portion placed along the lid. The rivet includes a through part extending through the lid, and a contact part contacting a first surface of the plate-shaped portion. A part of a peripheral end portion of the contact part is joined to the first surface. An edge portion of a non-joined portion of the peripheral end portion, facing the first surface, includes a tapered surface generating a gap smaller at a position closer to the through part. The tapered surface has a maximum size of 0.1 mm or more in a direction from the peripheral end portion to the through part and 0.03 mm or more in a thickness direction of the peripheral end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicants: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Keitaro MACHIDA, Masaya OGURA, Akinori KOKUBO, Yuya TANAKA, Koichi TANIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240079741Abstract: In a battery, a terminal member includes: a columnar portion; a head portion, outside an outer casing, having a larger diameter than a through hole of a lid; and an umbrella-shaped portion, more inside than a current collecting member, having a larger diameter than a through hole of the current collecting member to closely contact an inside surface thereof. A gasket includes: a plate-shaped portion between the lid and the head portion; and a cylindrical portion between a wall surface of the through hole of the lid and the columnar portion. An insulator includes: a plate-shaped portion between the lid and the current collecting member; and a cylindrical portion between the wall surface of the through hole of the lid and the columnar portion. Leading ends of the cylindrical portions close contact each other between the wall surface of the through hole of the lid and the columnar portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicants: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keitaro MACHIDA, Tomoki MIZUNO, Koichi TANIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240075765Abstract: To provide a holder housing tool with high general-purpose properties and favorable usability, and a file including the holder housing tool. A holder housing tool includes a first restriction part and a second restriction part. The first restriction part is hooked on one edge portion of an opening part of a holder by being inserted into the opening part. The second restriction part restricts the position of the holder at a position where the first restriction part is hooked by coming into contact with the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: KING JIM CO., LTD.Inventors: Natsuki GOTO, Koichi TANIMOTO
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Patent number: 11913383Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal barrier coated component, monitoring or evaluation of the soundness of which is able to be adequately carried out on the basis of the thermal boundary conditions that are detected by a sensor. A thermal barrier coated component according to the present invention comprises: a base material; a first bond coat layer that is a metal bonding layer formed on the base material; a sensor unit that comprises a sensor and a conductive wire, which are formed on the first bond coat layer; a second bond coat layer that is formed on the first bond coat layer so as to cover at least the sensor unit, while having a surface roughness higher than that of the first bond coat layer; and a top coat layer that is formed on the second bond coat layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Okajima, Masahiko Mega, Taiji Torigoe, Atsushi Moriwaki, Hiroshi Makigano, Koichi Tanimoto
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Patent number: 11874076Abstract: A heat exchanger core according to an embodiment includes: a first header space; a plurality of first layered header passages; a plurality of first communication port rows; and a plurality of first passages. The plurality of first layered header passages are stacked in a perpendicular direction to a reference plane so as to each extend along the reference plane. Each first layered header passage has an open end at a first edge adjacent to the first header space and communicates with the first header space through the open end. The plurality of first communication port rows are arranged in the perpendicular direction so as to correspond to the plurality of first layered header passages, respectively. Each first communication port row is formed by a plurality of first communication ports arranged along the reference plane. The plurality of first passages communicate with any of the first layered header passages through the plurality of first communication ports.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shunsaku Eguchi, Minemasa Omura, Yoichi Uefuji, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Koichi Tanimoto, Masaya Hatanaka, Nobuhide Hara, Takuo Oda
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Patent number: 11824168Abstract: A first angle (?1) formed between a second straight line (L2) and a third straight line (L3) is more than 55°. A first length (D1) represents a straight line distance between a first point (A) and a second point (B), and a second length (D2) represents a length of a first electrode core body between the first point (A) and the second point (B). On this occasion, the second length (D2) is 1 time or more and 1.1 times or less as large as the first length (D1).Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Koichi Tanimoto, Kohji Umemura, Tomokazu Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20230349641Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes: a plurality of internal passages; and a header passage communicating with the plurality of internal passages. An inner wall of the header passage has greater surface roughness than passage walls of the plurality of internal passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masaya HATANAKA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Nobuhide HARA, Yoichi UEFUJI, Shunsaku EGUCHI, Takuo ODA, Koichi TANIMOTO, Masashi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20230299394Abstract: Provided is a technique improving assemblability when a sealing plate is attached to an opening of a case body. The battery case disclosed here includes: a case body in bottomed rectangular parallelopiped shape having a substantially rectangular opening; and a sealing plate attached to the opening. The opening of the case body has long side portions, short side portions, R portions, and steps protruding from the inner surfaces of the short side portions. The R portions are each provided with a gradual change region where a shape of each the steps changes to be gradually close to the shape of each of the inner surfaces of the long side portions toward the long side portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Koichi TANIMOTO, Kohji UMEMURA
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Publication number: 20230251041Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pipe main body forming a flow path to which a first fluid is supplied, a pair of partition plates defining a closed space, a plurality of heat transfer tubes, a supply portion configured to supply a second fluid into the closed space, a discharge portion configured to discharge the second fluid in the closed space, and a flow path forming portion forming a plurality of small flow path portions between the heat transfer tubes adjacent to each other. The second fluid flows between the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the closed space in a direction opposite to the flow direction of the first fluid. The plurality of small flow path portions are disposed at positions different from each other when viewed from a position where the discharge portion is disposed in an extension direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Koichi Tanimoto, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroyuki Nakaharai
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Patent number: 11710878Abstract: An all solid state battery in which positional displacement of a plurality of cells arranged along a thickness direction can be prevented is provided. The all solid state battery includes a plurality of cells connected in series, wherein the all solid state battery includes a cell unit A and a cell unit B, a first current collector A in the cell A and a second current collector B in the cell B are arranged to face each other, the first current collector A includes a tab A, the second current collector B includes a tab B, and the tab A and the tab B are fixed by a fixing portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime Hasegawa, Takumi Tanaka, Satomi Yamamoto, Koichi Tanimoto
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Publication number: 20230197999Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cell includes the steps of: preparing a housing portion having an opening; preparing a lid portion that includes a plate portion, a first external terminal located on the plate portion, and a second external terminal located on the plate portion at a position away from the first external terminal; placing the lid portion in the housing portion in such a manner that the plate portion closes the opening; placing a jig on an inter-terminal region of the plate portion that is located between the first external terminal and the second external terminal; and sealing the opening by joining the plate portion with the jig placed thereon and the housing portion together by welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., Primearth EV Energy Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro SUZUKI, Koichi TANIMOTO, Yuki MIZUNO
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Patent number: 11664553Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an exterior body wherein the thickness at corner of the convex structure is suppressed from being thinned. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an exterior body for a laminated battery, and the exterior body comprises a convex structure with a space for enclosing a power generation element, the convex structure includes a top surface, in plan view, the top surface includes a first side, a second side extending in a direction crossing the first side, and a corner C12 connecting the first side and the second side, and in plan view, the corner C12 includes a curved portion 1A, a straight portion L12, and a curved portion 2B, from the first side toward the second side.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi Tanimoto, Satomi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11638957Abstract: An additive manufactured object according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first base portion made of a metal, and a plurality of wall portions each having a thickness thinner than the first base portion and provided upright on the first base portion so as to be aligned in a wall thickness direction. A first end portion of each of the wall portions is connected to the first base portion via a first connection portion having a width greater than the thickness of each of the wall portions in the wall thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masaya Hatanaka, Masashi Kitamura, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Koichi Tanimoto, Nobuhide Hara, Takuo Oda, Yoichi Uefuji, Shunsaku Eguchi
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Patent number: 11635260Abstract: A heat exchanger according to one embodiment includes: a heat exchange core; a shell provided to surround the heat exchange core; and a first partition wall that is provided in a space surrounded by an outer surface of the heat exchange core and an inner surface of the shell, and partitions the space into a first header space communicating with the heat exchange core and a second header space communicating with the heat exchange core. The first header space and the second header space are adjacent to each other, separated by the first partition wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Kaneko, Koichi Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Nobuhide Hara, Kenji Kirihara, Masahiko Nagai, Koichiro Iida, Yuta Takahashi, Shunsaku Eguchi
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Patent number: D1030867Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: KING JIM CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Fudo, Koichi Tanimoto, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
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Patent number: D1030868Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: KING JIM CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Fudo, Koichi Tanimoto, Tomoyuki Kuriyama