Patents by Inventor Naoya Tada
Naoya Tada 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: 11927189Abstract: In a compression unit, an upper compression unit suction tube is connected to an upper suction hole of an upper cylinder, and a lower compression unit suction tube is connected to a lower suction hole of a lower cylinder. In an accumulator shell of an accumulator vessel, an accumulator suction tube, an upper gas-liquid separation tube, and a lower gas-liquid separation tube penetrate a side wall of the accumulator shell, and are fixed by welding to a first through hole, a second through hole, and a third through hole of the accumulator shell, respectively. The upper gas-liquid separation tube is connected to the upper compression unit suction tube via an upper connecting tube outside the accumulator shell. The lower gas-liquid separation tube is connected to the lower compression unit suction tube via a lower connecting tube outside the accumulator shell.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi, Naoto Tada
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Publication number: 20230198064Abstract: The herein-disclosed sealed battery includes a battery case, a terminal member (negative electrode external terminal) including an opposed surface opposed to the battery case, and an insulating member (negative side gasket) disposed between the sealing plate and the negative electrode external terminal. Then, the surface of the battery case and/or an opposed surface of the negative electrode external terminal includes a 1st rough surface area on at least a part of a portion contacting with the negative side gasket, and an arithmetic average roughness Sa of the 1st rough surface area is equal to or more than 1 ?m. By doing this, it is possible to suppress a liquid leakage of an electrolyte caused by degradation of the negative side gasket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Kazuki OSHIMA, Hiroshi TAKABAYASHI, Naoya TADA
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Publication number: 20230198074Abstract: A power storage device is provided with a movement restricting member including: an electrode-body bonding portion bonded to a fixing surface of a thickness-direction outside surface of outer surfaces of an electrode body; and an extended portion extending from the electrode-body bonding portion and protruding more than the electrode body in a movement restricting direction. When the electrode body moves in the movement restricting direction, the extended portion contacts an inner peripheral surface of a can, thereby restricting the electrode body from moving in the movement restricting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Naoya TADA
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Publication number: 20230198065Abstract: The herein-disclosed sealed battery includes a sealing plate, a sealing plug comprising a flange part opposed to an outer surface of the sealing plate, and a sealing member disposed between the sealing plate and the flange part of the sealing plug. Then, regarding the herein-disclosed sealed battery, the outer surface of the sealing plate and an opposed surface of the flange part include a rough surface area R on at least a part of a portion contacting with the sealing member and an arithmetic average roughness Sa of the rough surface area is equal to or more than 1 ?m. By doing this, it is possible to suppress a liquid leakage of an electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Naoya TADA, Hiroshi TAKABAYASHI, Kazuki OSHIMA
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Patent number: 11308337Abstract: An image capturing device that detects a change in lane width for a vehicle without using information on an adjacent lane is mounted in the vehicle and includes a first camera which captures a first image and a control device which recognizes, in the first image, first and second compartment line L1 and L2 that regulate lanes. The control device determines the presence or absence of a change in lane width on the basis of relationships among the widths of the first compartment line L1 at two points PV1, PV2 at which the distances from a vehicle on the first image are different, the widths of the second compartment line L2 at the two points PV1, PV2 on the first image, and the distances between the first compartment line L1 and the second compartment line L2 at the two points PV1, PV2 on the first image.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Maho Horinaga, Naoya Tada, Yuji Otsuka
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Publication number: 20210117698Abstract: The present invention provides an image capturing device which can detect a change in lane width for an own vehicle without using information on an adjacent lane. The present invention relates to an image capturing device 100 which is mounted in a vehicle and is provided with: a first camera 11 which captures a first image; and a control device 1 which recognizes, in the first image, a first compartment line L1 and a second compartment line L2 that regulate lanes, wherein the control device 1 is provided with a lane width determination unit 15 which determines the presence or absence of a change in lane width on the basis of relationships among the widths of the first compartment line L1 at two points PV1, PV2 at which the distances from a vehicle on the first image are different, the widths of the second compartment line L2 at the two points PV1, PV2 on the first image, and the distances between the first compartment line L1 and the second compartment line L2 at the two points PV1, PV2 on the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Maho HORINAGA, Naoya TADA, Yuji OTSUKA
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Patent number: 10938057Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, an outer package including an opening and housing the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening, a negative electrode terminal attached to the sealing plate, a negative electrode tab portion provided in the negative electrode plate, and a negative electrode collector electrically connecting the negative electrode tab portion and the negative electrode terminal to each other, the method including welding a flange portion of the negative electrode terminal and the negative electrode collector together by projecting an energy ray, the negative electrode collector includes, before the welding, a rough surface portion, and in the welding, the flange portion of the negative electrode terminal and the negative electrode collector are connected by welding by projecting an energy ray onto the rough surface portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada
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Publication number: 20200411835Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and a positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The first positive electrode current collector has a through-hole. The deformation plate is disposed to face the through-hole. A portion of the first positive electrode current collector distant from the through-hole is welded to the deformation plate to form a weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20200403215Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The deformation plate has a thick portion, which has a larger thickness than the surrounding area, in a central part. The thick portion of the deformation plate is welded to the first positive electrode current collector to form a weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10811668Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and a positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The first positive electrode current collector has a through-hole. The deformation plate is disposed to face the through-hole. A portion of the first positive electrode current collector distant from the through-hole is welded to the deformation plate to form a weld.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10797297Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The deformation plate has a thick portion, which has a larger thickness than the surrounding area, in a central part. The thick portion of the deformation plate is welded to the first positive electrode current collector to form a weld.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10659762Abstract: The present invention provides a stereo camera in which it is possible to improve the precision of correcting vertical offset between a first image captured by a first image-capture unit and a second image captured by a second image-capture unit. In the present invention, an image-capture system unit 100a captures a benchmark image. An image-capture system unit 100b captures a reference image. A geometry correction unit 125 generates a plurality of geometry-corrected reference images having differing amounts of vertical-direction movement from the reference image. A parallax calculation unit 126 generates a plurality of parallax images from the combination of the benchmark image and each of the reference images. A parallax image evaluation unit 131 calculates evaluation values pertaining to the reliability of each of the parallax images.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Aoki, Takuma Osato, Takeshi Nagasaki, Naoya Tada
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Publication number: 20200068186Abstract: The present invention provides a stereo camera in which it is possible to improve the precision of correcting vertical offset between a first image captured by a first image-capture unit and a second image captured by a second image-capture unit. In the present invention, an image-capture system unit 100a captures a benchmark image. An image-capture system unit 100b captures a reference image. A geometry correction unit 125 generates a plurality of geometry-corrected reference images having differing amounts of vertical-direction movement from the reference image. A parallax calculation unit 126 generates a plurality of parallax images from the combination of the benchmark image and each of the reference images. A parallax image evaluation unit 131 calculates evaluation values pertaining to the reliability of each of the parallax images.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki AOKI, Takuma OSATO, Takeshi NAGASAKI, Naoya TADA
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Publication number: 20190140250Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The deformation plate has a thick portion, which has a larger thickness than the surrounding area, in a central part. The thick portion of the deformation plate is welded to the first positive electrode current collector to form a weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20190140251Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and a positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The first positive electrode current collector has a through-hole. The deformation plate is disposed to face the through-hole. A portion of the first positive electrode current collector distant from the through-hole is welded to the deformation plate to form a weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20190115611Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, an outer package including an opening and housing the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening, a negative electrode terminal attached to the sealing plate, a negative electrode tab portion provided in the negative electrode plate, and a negative electrode collector electrically connecting the negative electrode tab portion and the negative electrode terminal to each other, the method including welding a flange portion of the negative electrode terminal and the negative electrode collector together by projecting an energy ray, the negative electrode collector includes, before the welding, a rough surface portion, and in the welding, the flange portion of the negative electrode terminal and the negative electrode collector are connected by welding by projecting an energy ray onto the rough surface portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada
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Publication number: 20190088977Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes welding a first negative-electrode current collector and a second negative-electrode current collector together by irradiation with an energy ray. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, a rectangular exterior body having an opening and containing the electrode assembly, a sealing plate that seals the opening in the rectangular exterior body, and a negative electrode terminal electrically connected to the negative electrode plate and attached to the sealing plate. The negative electrode plate is electrically connected to the negative electrode terminal by the first and second negative-electrode current collectors. At least one of the first and second negative-electrode current collectors is provided with a rough surface portion. The first and second negative-electrode current collectors are welded together by irradiating the rough surface portion with an energy ray.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada
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Patent number: 10026950Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery of one configuration has a current disconnection mechanism, and a distance from a first conductive member to a second conductive member along a surface of a first insulation member and passing an outer periphery of the first insulation member is greater than or equal to 2.4 mm. At least one of the first insulation member and a second insulation member is formed from a material having a weight reduction percentage of 100% in thermo gravimetric measurement under conditions of a measurement temperature of 25° C.-600° C., a temperature increase rate of 5° C.±0.5° C./min, a measurement atmosphere of inert gas flow, and an amount of measurement sample of 10 mg±5 mg.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Yokoyama, Naoya Tada, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Toshihiro Takada, Hiroshi Inukai, Yasushi Tsuchida, Takashi Tokunaga, Akira Kiyama
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Publication number: 20160181589Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery of one configuration has a current disconnection mechanism, and a distance from a first conductive member to a second conductive member along a surface of a first insulation member and passing an outer periphery of the first insulation member is greater than or equal to 2.4 mm. At least one of the first insulation member and a second insulation member is formed from a material having a weight reduction percentage of 100% in thermo gravimetric measurement under conditions of a measurement temperature of 25° C.-600° C., a temperature increase rate of 5° C.±0.5° C./min, a measurement atmosphere of inert gas flow, and an amount of measurement sample of 10 mg±5 mg.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Yoshinori YOKOYAMA, Naoya TADA, Yasuhiro YAMAUCHI, Toshihiro TAKADA, Hiroshi INUKAI, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Takashi TOKUNAGA, Akira KIYAMA
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Patent number: 8374803Abstract: A damage detection apparatus and method which detect a damage occurring in a specimen include energizing an inspection area on a specimen into a predetermined energized condition, measuring a potential difference at predetermined intervals in the inspection area, and analyzing an existence or otherwise of a damage, and a shape thereof, based on a plurality of items of potential difference data. Parameters specifying a hypothetical damage are hypothesized in advance and, based on the potential difference data, calculation is executed using a maximum likelihood estimation method on a double body in which hypothetical specimens are doubled by bringing together their front surfaces, and furthermore on a quadruple body quadrupled by bringing rear surfaces of hypothetical specimens together, a maximum likelihood estimation value of the parameters is calculated.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: National University Corporation Okayama UniversityInventor: Naoya Tada