Patents by Inventor Masahiro Otsuka

Masahiro Otsuka 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).

  • Patent number: 11264660
    Abstract: An electrical storage device includes a case having first and second opposed main walls which face one another and at least one side wall coupled the first and second main walls. The case having a generally rectangular shape with outer corners and includes a cutout part having inner corners. An integrated electrode body is located in the case and is joined to the first main wall. The integrated body includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed between the first and second electrodes. The electrode body has a bending strength which is higher than a bending strength of the first main wall. An electrolyte fills the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Otsuka, Toru Kawai, Masashi Higuchi, Takuya Kenko
  • Publication number: 20220045404
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and the exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode current collecting tab and a negative electrode current collecting tab protruding from the electrode assembly. The spacer includes a first recess for the positive electrode current collecting tab and a second recess for the negative electrode current collecting tab at an outer edge in plain view, and the first recess and the second recess are provided with a separation portion interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Naoto AKIZUKI, Masahiro OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220045407
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and an exterior case, and the electrode assembly includes current collecting tabs of a positive electrode and a negative electrode each protruding from the same end face. The spacer is positioned between an end face, of the electrode assembly, from which the current collecting tab protrudes and the exterior case, and at least one of the current collecting tabs of the positive electrode or the negative electrode has a bent shape between the electrode assembly and the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Naoto AKIZUKI, Masahiro OTSUKA, Morimichi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220045408
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the secondary battery, the electrode assembly includes current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode protruding from the same end face, and the current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode are positioned at different distances from a central axis along a direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Naoto AKIZUKI, Masahiro OTSUKA, Morimichi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220006129
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body having a winding structure, and an electrolyte solution. The electrode body and the electrolyte solution are accommodated in a case. The electrode body includes: a positive electrode that includes a positive electrode lead, and has a belt shape; a negative electrode that includes a negative electrode lead, and has the belt shape; and a separator that is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and has the belt shape. The positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead are led out from a first end face of the electrode body. The electrode body includes a molded part of the separator, and the molded part protrudes from a second end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Daiki NISHIIE, Hideaki TOKUGAWA, Masahiro OTSUKA, Naoto AKIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11191625
    Abstract: A method comprising: comparing each value of measured signals with a plurality of model tooth position measurement data groups, and storing the measured signal values and an indication value at the time when a fluctuation of the indication value which indicates a distance from a root apex position to a distal end of an electrode for position detection shows an apex in a convex shape, the indication value being indicated by a model tooth position measurement data group in a predetermined relationship; and comparing second-time measured signal values and an indication value with the stored first-time measured signal values and the stored indication value, respectively, if at least two of them correspond or fall within a predetermined error range, stopping the electrode and measuring a position of the distal end of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10998600
    Abstract: A laminated secondary battery that houses an electrode assembly and an electrolyte in an exterior body. In the electrode assembly, a positive and negative electrode laminate body including an electrode current collector and electrode multi-units having two or more electrode material layers formed on the electrode current collector with non-forming regions interposed between them is bent on the non-forming regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10964978
    Abstract: An electric storage device that includes a first electrode body and a second electrode body. The first electrode body includes a first wound body part and an extension part. The first wound body part includes a laminated body having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The second electrode body is on the extension part. The length of the second electrode body is different from that of the first wound body part of the first electrode body in a direction in which a central axis of the first wound body part extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20200368004
    Abstract: Provided is a lateral branch detection probe whereby the condition of a lateral branch can be detected merely by inserting the lateral branch detection probe to an apex. A lateral branch detection probe detects, after insertion thereof into a root canal of a tooth, the presence/absence of a lateral branch and the position of the lateral branch in the root canal axis direction, the lateral branch detection probe being provided with a plurality of measurement electrodes extending to different positions in the root canal axis direction at predetermined intervals. The measurement electrodes constitute a measurement terminal group in which each measurement electrode is covered with an insulator except for one end portion, and another end portion thereof is connectable to a detection-purpose power supply on a detection device side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicants: Toei Electric Co., Ltd., The Yoshida Dental Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro OTSUKA, Michizo YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 10780793
    Abstract: A power storage system that includes a first power storage pack and a second power storage pack. The second power storage pack is connected in parallel to the first power storage pack. The charge/discharge curve for the second power storage pack has a step passing through the open-circuit voltage of the first power storage pack at a SOC of 50%. The average discharge voltage on the lower SOC side of the start point of the step of the charge/discharge curve for the second power storage pack is ?25% or more of the open-circuit voltage of the first power storage pack at a SOC of 50%. The average charge voltage on the higher SOC side of the end point of the step of the charge/discharge curve for the second power storage pack is +25% or less of the open-circuit voltage of the first power storage pack at a SOC of 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Gaku Kamitani, Masahiro Otsuka, Ryoji Yamato
  • Patent number: 10720676
    Abstract: A power storage pack having a charge/discharge curve with a step passing through the range of (12.5×n) V to (12.8×n) V, where n is a natural number of 1 to 125. The average discharge voltage on the lower SOC side of the start point of the step of the charge/discharge curve for the power storage pack fails within the range of (9.0×n) V to (12.5×n) V. The average charge voltage on the higher SOC side of the end point of the step of the charge/discharge curve for the power storage pack falls within the range of (12.8×n) V to (14.8×n) V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Gaku Kamitani, Masahiro Otsuka, Ryoji Yamato
  • Publication number: 20200152959
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a secondary battery that includes coating a metal current collector sheet material with an electrode material layer raw material such that a shape of a coating surface of the electrode material layer raw material is changed based on a shape of a non-rectangular electrode to be formed to form an electrode precursor, and cutting the electrode precursor into a non-rectangular electrode shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Retsu Tahara, Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20200076003
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a secondary battery is provided to improve a manufacturing efficiency of a non-rectangular electrode. The manufacturing method is provided for a secondary battery and includes forming the non-rectangular electrode. The step of forming the electrode includes, prior to forming an electrode precursor by applying an electrode material layer raw material to a metal sheet material that becomes a current collector, controlling a wettability of a local portion of a surface of the metal sheet material to the electrode material layer raw material and forming a wettability control region in the local portion. The local portion becomes a cutaway region of the non-rectangular electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Retsu Tahara, Toru Kawai, Masato Fujioka, Takuya Kenko, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10547202
    Abstract: A power supplying system that includes a power supplying mechanism, an electric load, a power line, and a storage pack. The power supplying mechanism supplies a DC power. The electric load is connected to the power supplying mechanism by the power line. The storage pack is connected to the power line. The charging/discharging curve of the storage pack has a step difference that passes through the rated voltage of the power supplying mechanism. An average discharging voltage on a lower-SOC side of the start point of the step difference is ?20% or more of the rated voltage. An average charging voltage on a higher-SOC side of the end point of the step difference is +20% or less of the rated voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Gaku Kamitani, Masahiro Otsuka, Ryoji Yamato
  • Publication number: 20190348647
    Abstract: A secondary battery that includes an exterior body defining an interior space; an electrode assembly within the interior space of the exterior body, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte within the interior space of the exterior body, where at least one of the exterior body and the electrode assembly includes a surface that defines an adhesive layer recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190326646
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode winding body, formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a step shape as a three-dimensional outer shape. In this manufacturing method, positive and negative electrode precursors are stacked on each other with a separator interposed therebetween to form an electrode precursor laminate, and the electrode precursor laminate is wound to form the electrode winding body. Moreover, the electrode precursor laminate has a comb-teeth shape in planar view, and winding is performed such that a winding axis for winding is substantially parallel to an extending direction of a terminal element of the secondary battery, whereby a step portion is included in the electrode winding body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190326647
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery is provided for manufacturing a secondary battery that includes an electrode winding body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and having a non-rectangular shape in planar view. In this manufacturing method, a positive electrode precursor and a negative electrode precursor are stacked on each other with a separator interposed therebetween to form an electrode precursor laminate, which is wound to form the electrode winding body. Moreover, the electrode precursor laminate has a comb-teeth shape in planar view, and winding is performed such that a winding axis for winding is substantially parallel to an extending direction of a terminal element of the secondary battery, whereby the electrode winding body is made non-rectangular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190305353
    Abstract: A secondary battery in which an electrode assembly including positive electrodes, negative electrodes, and separators disposed between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes, and an electrolyte are housed in an exterior body. The electrode assembly has a step structure including a first region having a relatively high cross-sectional height and a second region having a relatively low cross-sectional height adjacent to the first region. The electrode assembly includes at least one of a positive electrode side connecting portion and a negative electrode side connecting portion in the first region. At least one of a positive electrode side extended portion and a negative electrode side extended portion in the second region is configured to be electrically connected to an external terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka, Yuji Mizuguchi
  • Publication number: 20190296399
    Abstract: A secondary battery particularly suitable for installation in combination with a substrate is provided. The secondary battery of the present invention includes an electrode assembly in which electrode constituent layers including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are laminated, and an exterior body enclosing the electrode assembly. In the secondary battery of the present invention, the electrode assembly has an assembly step configured with an assembly low surface at a relatively low level and an assembly high surface at a relatively high level, and the secondary battery has a battery step configured with a battery low surface at a relatively low level and a battery high surface at a relatively high level, and the battery low surface is a substrate placement surface with a margin of a position misalignment between the assembly step and the battery step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190288342
    Abstract: A laminated secondary battery that includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte accommodated in an exterior body. In the electrode assembly, a positive and negative electrode laminate body including an electrode current collector and electrode multi-units having two or more electrode material layers formed on the electrode current collector with non-forming regions interposed between them is bent in the non-forming regions of the electrode multi-unit, and the electrode multi-units have a collector tab extended from sides adjacent to the non-forming regions among all sides defining the two or more electrode material layers in a plan view thereof before being bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka