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).

  • Publication number: 20260058232
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu SASAKI, Yasuhiro KURODA, Issei FUTAMI, Takashi ANDO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Katsumasa YOSHIDA, Daisuke KAMESAKI, Shuta ITO, Ryoma OMAE, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20260054575
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Manabu SASAKI, Yasuhiro KURODA, Issei FUTAMI, Takashi ANDO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Katsumasa YOSHIDA, Shuta ITO, Daisuke KAMESAKI, Daiki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250368089
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Akio UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Publication number: 20250346149
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Akio UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Publication number: 20250332947
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Aki UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Publication number: 20250303914
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa MIGITA, Taro MATSUSHITA, Yasuhiro KURODA, Akio UOTANI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Publication number: 20250291002
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KURODA, Shinji Ichikawa, Taro Matsushita, Tsubasa Migita, Shuta Ito, Akio Uotani
  • Publication number: 20250269758
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa Migita, Shinji Ichikawa, Taro Matsushita, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Shuta Ito, Akio Uotani
  • Publication number: 20250114490
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Patent number: 11993503
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
  • Patent number: 11569551
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masamichi Doi, Shinichi Yanagihara, Masaki Shimada, Shuta Ito
  • Patent number: 11535502
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
  • Publication number: 20220226516
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Publication number: 20220166111
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Toyoda, Masaki Shimada, Shuta Ito, Yusuke Kuruma
  • Publication number: 20210403304
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Publication number: 20210313655
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masamichi Doi, Shinichi Yanagihara, Masaki Shimada, Shuta Ito
  • Publication number: 20210269298
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO
  • Patent number: 10384240
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
  • Patent number: 9751742
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito
  • Publication number: 20160121376
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Shuta ITO