Patents by Inventor Shogo Shibai

Shogo Shibai 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).

  • Battery assembling apparatus and battery assembly manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9070906
    Abstract: A battery assembling apparatus is disclosed. The battery assembling apparatus comprises: first and second rotary tables arranged to face each other at points on respective outer circumferences and rotate in forward directions relative to each other; a battery holding part provided on the outer circumference of the first rotary table to hold a battery; a frame holding part provided on the outer circumference of the second rotary table to hold a frame; a battery supplying part for supplying batteries to the battery holding part at a position different from a facing position between the first and second rotary tables; a frame supplying part for supplying frames to the frame holding part at a position different from the facing position; and a discharging part for taking out an assembly of a battery and a frame assembled together from the facing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Syuto, Tsuyoshi Yano, Koji Tamaru, Yuta Nemoto, Shogo Shibai, Hirokuni Sasaki, Shigeki Ishii
  • BATTERY ASSEMBLING APPARATUS AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140096374
    Abstract: A battery assembling apparatus of one aspect of the invention comprises: first and second rotary tables arranged to face each other at points on respective outer circumferences and rotate in forward directions relative to each other; a battery holding part provided on the outer circumference of the first rotary table to hold a battery; a frame holding part provided on the outer circumference of the second rotary table to hold a frame; a battery supplying part for supplying batteries to the battery holding part at a position different from a facing position between the first and second rotary tables; a frame supplying part for supplying frames to the frame holding part at a position different from the facing position; and a discharging part for taking out an assembly of a battery and a frame assembled together from the facing position, the first and second rotary tables being rotated with a rotation speed ratio and in a phase relationship such that the battery holding part and the frame holding part face each
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Syuto, Tsuyoshi Yano, Koji Tamaru, Yuta Nemoto, Shogo Shibai, Hirokuni Sasaki, Shigeki Ishii