Patents by Inventor Shuta Ito
Shuta Ito 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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Publication number: 20260058232Abstract: An abnormality determination system includes: a battery pack; a first acquisition device that acquires a first temperature indicating a temperature of a first region of the battery pack; a second acquisition device that acquires a second temperature indicating a temperature of a second region different from the first region; and a control device that determines whether an abnormality has occurred inside or outside the battery pack using information about a history of the first temperature and a history of the second temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Manabu SASAKI, Yasuhiro KURODA, Issei FUTAMI, Takashi ANDO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Katsumasa YOSHIDA, Daisuke KAMESAKI, Shuta ITO, Ryoma OMAE, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20260054575Abstract: A battery system includes: a battery stack; a housing that houses the battery stack and that is installed in a vehicle; a first thermistor that detects a first temperature of the housing; a second thermistor that detects a second temperature in the housing; and a battery ECU that compares a result of detection by the first thermistor with a result of detection by the second thermistor to determine whether a temperature increase in the battery stack is due to a change in an external environment of a battery pack or due to a malfunction in a battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: Manabu SASAKI, Yasuhiro KURODA, Issei FUTAMI, Takashi ANDO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Katsumasa YOSHIDA, Shuta ITO, Daisuke KAMESAKI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20250368089Abstract: A power storage device replacement system includes a charging device and a replacement device. The replacement device is configured to replace a power storage device of the target vehicle. The target vehicle includes a plurality of the power storage devices and a first switching circuit. The first switching circuit is configured to be capable of switching between a series state in which the power storage devices are connected in series and a parallel state in which the power storage devices are connected in parallel. In the power storage device replacement system, when a first power storage device and a second power storage device mounted on the target vehicle are replaced with a third power storage device and a fourth power storage device, the charging device performs charging of at least one of the third power storage device and the fourth power storage device before the replacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Akio UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Publication number: 20250346149Abstract: The display system displays information on the vehicle including the switching circuit capable of switching the series connection/the parallel connection of the plurality of power storage devices. The display system includes a display device. The display device is configured to display an average SOC when a first condition is established, the average SOC indicating an average value of an SOC of each of the power storage devices, and the display device is configured to display a minimum SOC when a second condition is established, the minimum SOC indicating a smallest value among the SOCs of the power storage devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2025Publication date: November 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Akio UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Publication number: 20250332947Abstract: A battery is a swappable battery for driving an electrified vehicle. Charging of the battery is not started until a specific time (for example, elimination time, certain time) elapses from when the battery is connected to the charging device after being removed from the electrified vehicle. Thus, even when the battery is connected to the charging device after being removed from the electrified vehicle, the charging of the battery is not started until the specific time elapses. The specific time may be a time until high-rate degradation is eliminated. The high-rate degradation is a state in which the battery has an increased internal resistance due to an uneven lithium-ion concentration distribution in an electrolyte solution of the battery caused by charging or discharging including charging or discharging performed at a current value higher than a predetermined current value when the battery is connected to the electrified vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2025Publication date: October 30, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Aki UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Publication number: 20250303914Abstract: The battery swap apparatus includes a battery swap processing unit that executes a battery swap process for swapping a battery pack (battery) mounted on an electrified vehicle, and an inspection unit that inspects a status of a battery swap portion of electrified vehicle prior to the battery swap process. The position (first position) at which the battery swap process is executed by the battery swap processing unit is different from the position (second position) at which the inspection is executed by the inspection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2024Publication date: October 2, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Akio UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Publication number: 20250291002Abstract: An abnormality detection system includes a vehicle and an abnormality detection device. The vehicle body 0 includes a current sensor (first sensor). Each of the plurality of battery packs (power storage modules) includes a current sensor (second sensor). The abnormality detection device performs abnormality determination based on a difference between the sum of the detection values of the current sensors of the plurality of battery packs and the detection value of the current sensor, and performs abnormality determination based on a deviation between the detection values of the current sensors of the plurality of battery packs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2024Publication date: September 18, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro KURODA, Shinji Ichikawa, Taro Matsushita, Tsubasa Migita, Shuta Ito, Akio Uotani
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Publication number: 20250269758Abstract: A battery replacing system includes: a battery replacing apparatus including at least one battery pack replaceable with a battery pack mounted on a vehicle; a heater that raises a temperature of the battery pack; and a controller. The controller sets a start-of-raising-temperature time, at which the heater starts raising the temperature of the battery pack, based on usage status information of the battery replacing apparatus and information regarding an outdoor air temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2025Publication date: August 28, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsubasa Migita, Shinji Ichikawa, Taro Matsushita, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Shuta Ito, Akio Uotani
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Publication number: 20250114490Abstract: To reduce the time required to start a drink filling operation or the time interval between productions. In a method of sterilizing a drink filling apparatus that includes drink supply piping that feeds a drink into a filling machine through a heating sterilization part, a heated liquid or heated steam is fed to the drink supply piping, temperatures of the drink supply piping at a plurality of positions are detected at predetermined time intervals, a lowest temperature is selected from the detected temperatures, an F value is calculated for the selected lowest temperature, the calculated F value is integrated, and a sterilization step is ended when the integrated F value reaches a target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Patent number: 11993503Abstract: Provided is an aseptic filler that includes no other sterilization apparatus for producing aseptic water than a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing a content, and a method for cleaning the same. An aseptic water supply apparatus that supplies aseptic water, which is sterilized by a content sterilization apparatus that sterilizes a content, to at least a filling portion chamber is provided, and rinsing aseptic water for washing away a sterilizer when performing an SOP treatment of each chamber is supplied to each chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
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Patent number: 11569551Abstract: A busbar module includes a case to be attached to a battery assembly, busbars and electric wires having a connection end to be connected to the busbars. The case includes busbar accommodation portions to accommodate the busbars and an electric wire routing groove portion to accommodate the electric wires. The electric wire routing groove portion includes a connection end accommodation portion to accommodate the connection end, an accommodation portion cover and an electric wire lead-out portion configured such that the electric wires are drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion toward a direction. An outer surface of the accommodation portion cover is to form a bottom surface of a routing path configured such that the electric wires drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion extend in the routing path.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masamichi Doi, Shinichi Yanagihara, Masaki Shimada, Shuta Ito
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Patent number: 11535502Abstract: A trouble recovering method of an aseptic filling machine and an aseptic filling machine which can resume operation at an early stage if a trouble occurs in any of portions during an operation of the aseptic filling machine are provided. A door of a chamber in which the trouble occurred is opened while a pressure in the chamber other than the chamber in which the trouble occurred is kept positive, the trouble is removed and then, the door is closed, an inside of the chamber in which the trouble occurred is cleaned as necessary, the inside of the chamber is sterilized and then, the operation of the aseptic filling machine is resumed.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
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Publication number: 20220226516Abstract: To reduce the time required to start a drink filling operation or the time interval between productions. In a method of sterilizing a drink filling apparatus that includes drink supply piping that feeds a drink into a filling machine through a heating sterilization part, a heated liquid or heated steam is fed to the drink supply piping, temperatures of the drink supply piping at a plurality of positions are detected at predetermined time intervals, a lowest temperature is selected from the detected temperatures, an F value is calculated for the selected lowest temperature, the calculated F value is integrated, and a sterilization step is ended when the integrated F value reaches a target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Publication number: 20220166111Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of secondary batteries arranged side by side in one direction; a bus bar via which secondary batteries adjacent to each other in the one direction from among the secondary batteries are electrically connected to each other; and a voltage detecting terminal connected to the bus bar. Each of the secondary batteries includes a pair of external terminals. The bus bar includes connecting portions connected to corresponding external terminals, and a protrusion portion protruding upward from the connecting portions. The voltage detection terminal is connected to the protrusion portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Toyoda, Masaki Shimada, Shuta Ito, Yusuke Kuruma
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Publication number: 20210403304Abstract: A trouble recovering method of an aseptic filling machine and an aseptic filling machine which can resume operation at an early stage if a trouble occurs in any of portions during an operation of the aseptic filling machine are provided. A door of a chamber in which the trouble occurred is opened while a pressure in the chamber other than the chamber in which the trouble occurred is kept positive, the trouble is removed and then, the door is closed, an inside of the chamber in which the trouble occurred is cleaned as necessary, the inside of the chamber is sterilized and then, the operation of the aseptic filling machine is resumed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Publication number: 20210313655Abstract: A busbar module includes a case to be attached to a battery assembly, busbars and electric wires having a connection end to be connected to the busbars. The case includes busbar accommodation portions to accommodate the busbars and an electric wire routing groove portion to accommodate the electric wires. The electric wire routing groove portion includes a connection end accommodation portion to accommodate the connection end, an accommodation portion cover and an electric wire lead-out portion configured such that the electric wires are drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion toward a direction. An outer surface of the accommodation portion cover is to form a bottom surface of a routing path configured such that the electric wires drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion extend in the routing path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masamichi Doi, Shinichi Yanagihara, Masaki Shimada, Shuta Ito
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Publication number: 20210269298Abstract: Provided is an aseptic filler that includes no other sterilization apparatus for producing aseptic water than a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing a content, and a method for cleaning the same. An aseptic water supply apparatus that supplies aseptic water, which is sterilized by a content sterilization apparatus that sterilizes a content, to at least a filling portion chamber is provided, and rinsing aseptic water for washing away a sterilizer when performing an SOP treatment of each chamber is supplied to each chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
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Patent number: 10384240Abstract: Hot water or heated steam is fed to a drink supply pipe line for simultaneously supplying drink to a plurality of filling nozzles, while exhausting the hot water or heated steam from all the filling nozzles, F-values are calculated by detecting temperatures at a plurality of predetermined portions of the drink supply pipe line and all the filling nozzles at every predetermined time interval, and a sterilizing process is ended at a time when a minimum F-value reaches an aimed value. According to such method, the sterilization to the drink supply pipe line can be smoothly performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
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Patent number: 9751742Abstract: In a sterilizing method for a drink filling system provided with a drink supply pipe line (7) for feeding drink into a filling machine (2) through a heating sterilizing section (18), wherein hot water or heated steam is fed to the drink supply pipe line (7), F-values are calculated while detecting temperature at a plurality portions of the drink supply pipe line at every predetermined time interval, and a sterilizing process is ended at a time when a minimum F-value reaches an aimed value. According to such method, a working time till the starting of drink filling work or a producing interval time can be shortened.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
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Publication number: 20160121376Abstract: Hot water or heated steam is fed to a drink supply pipe line 7 for simultaneously supplying drink to a plurality of filling nozzles 2a, while exhausting the hot water or heated steam from all the filling nozzles, F-values are calculated by detecting temperatures at a plurality of predetermined portions of the drink supply pipe line and all the filling nozzles at every predetermined time interval, and a sterilizing process is ended at a time when a minimum F-value reaches an aimed value. According to such method, the sterilization to the drink supply pipe line can be smoothly performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO