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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150291406
    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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Shuta Ito