Patents by Inventor Motohiro ITOU

Motohiro ITOU 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: 11394086
    Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells, a first chassis, and a connection member. The battery cells are aligned in a first direction. The first chassis includes a plurality of first compartments in which the battery cells are housed one by one, and at least one second compartment that is partitioned in the first direction. The connection member includes a body that is housed in the second compartment, a pair of connection terminals that is mounted on a first face of the body and is electrically connectable to the electrodes of the battery cells via a conductive member. The first face faces in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a conductor that extends across the pair of connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Morone, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Tatsumi Matsuo, Motohiro Itou, Shinya Sato, Kazuto Kuroda, Ryo Okabe, Norihiro Kaneko, Minoru Gyoda, Yuji Sasaki, Kota Asami, Nobuyasu Negishi
  • Patent number: 11336103
    Abstract: A storage battery system includes a cell module including storage battery cells, a battery management unit configured to maintain a contactor having a normally open contact in a closed state, while being supplied with power, and a power supply control circuit that DC to DC converts the power of the cell module for supply to the battery management unit. The power supply control circuit includes an SOC estimator that determines from a voltage of the cell module whether or not the cell module is in an overdischarge state, and after determining that the cell module is not in the overdischarge state, outputs a status signal to the power supply control circuit. In response to no receipt of the status signal from the SOC estimator, the power supply control circuit interrupts the power supply to the battery management unit from the cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kikuchi, Kota Asami, Motohiro Itou, Minoru Gyoda, Shinya Sato, Kazuto Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20200340530
    Abstract: A method for selecting a steel material for a rolling component to be used in an environment in which hydrogen enters steel. The method includes determining a maximum contact surface pressure Pmax acting on a rolling surface of the rolling component, and using, as a material for the rolling component, a material whose inclusion has a radius not greater than a radius d determined by the following formula (1) and not less than 1.0 ?m, d=64729(Pmax/4)?1.441 ??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki MIWA, Takayuki KAWAMURA, Yoshinori SUGISAKI, Motohiro ITOU
  • Publication number: 20200266644
    Abstract: A storage battery system includes a cell module including storage battery cells, a battery management unit configured to maintain a contactor having a normally open contact in a closed state, while being supplied with power, and a power supply control circuit that DC to DC converts the power of the cell module for supply to the battery management unit. The power supply control circuit includes an SOC estimator that determines from a voltage of the cell module whether or not the cell module is in an overdischarge state, and after determining that the cell module is not in the overdischarge state, outputs a status signal to the power supply control circuit. In response to no receipt of the status signal from the SOC estimator, the power supply control circuit interrupts the power supply to the battery management unit from the cell module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yusuke KIKUCHI, Kota ASAMI, Motohiro ITOU, Minoru GYODA, Shinya SATO, Kazuto KURODA
  • Publication number: 20190097202
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a battery module includes, for example, a plurality of battery cells, a first chassis, and a connection member. The battery cells are aligned in a first direction. The first chassis includes a plurality of first compartments in which the battery cells are housed one by one, and at least one second compartment that is partitioned in the first direction. The connection member includes a body that is housed in the second compartment; a pair of connection terminals that is mounted on a first face of the body and is electrically connectable to the electrodes of the battery cells via a conductive member, the first face facing in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a conductor that extends across the pair of connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Morone, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Tatsumi Matsuo, Motohiro Itou, Shinya Sato, Kazuto Kuroda, Ryo Okabe, Norihiro Kaneko, Minoru Gyoda, Yuji Sasaki, Kota Asami, Nobuyasu Negishi
  • Publication number: 20170146061
    Abstract: A rolling component material of the present invention is a steel material for a rolling component to be used in an environment in which hydrogen enters steel, and is a material used for a rolling component of a rolling bearing, for example, a bearing ring. In the rolling component material, a non-metallic inclusion of the steel material has a radius not greater than a radius d determined by the following formula (1) and not less than 1.0 ?m, where Pmax is defined as a maximum contact surface pressure acting on a rolling surface of the rolling component, d=64729(Pmax/4)?1.441??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki MIWA, Takayuki KAWAMURA, Yoshinori SUGISAKI, Motohiro ITOU