Patents by Inventor Takahiro Aizawa

Takahiro Aizawa 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: 20230216155
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a battery includes an exterior unit, an electrode group, an electrode terminal, tab bundles and a lead. The electrode group is housed in an interior cavity of the exterior unit, and the electrode terminal is exposed to an outside. Current collecting tabs are stacked in the thickness direction of the electrode group in each of the tab bundles having the same polarity. The tab bundles protrude from the electrode group to the same side in the length direction of the electrode group. The lead establishes an electric connection between the respective tab bundles and the electrode terminal. The tab bundles are bonded to the lead at positions deviated from one another in the thickness direction, and are mounted on the lead from the same side in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro AIZAWA, Kuniaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220271399
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a battery includes an exterior container, a lid member, a plurality of electrode groups, a first lead, a second lead, and an electrode terminal. The lid member closes an opening of an inner cavity of the exterior container, and the plurality of electrode groups are stored in the inner cavity. A first current collecting tab protruding toward the lid member in a first electrode is joined with the first lead, and a second current collecting tab protruding toward the lid member in the second electrode different from the first electrode is joined with the second lead separate from the first lead. The first and second leads are together connected to the electrode terminal exposed on an outer surface of the lid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira TOJO, Takahiro AIZAWA, Takashi ITO, Masatoshi TANABE, Yasunari UKITA
  • Patent number: 11370180
    Abstract: An ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a sensor that detects vibration along a height direction in a bonding target member which vibrates by ultrasonic vibration. The ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a control device that changes control parameters associated with the driving of a bonding tool based on information related to the vibration along the height direction detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro Aizawa, Takashi Ito, Masatoshi Tanabe, Haruka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220105693
    Abstract: An ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a sensor that detects vibration along a height direction in a bonding target member which vibrates by ultrasonic vibration. The ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a control device that changes control parameters associated with the driving of a bonding tool based on information related to the vibration along the height direction detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro AIZAWA, Takashi ITO, Masatoshi TANABE, Haruka YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220105692
    Abstract: An ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a bonding target member arranged on an upper side of a stage. The ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a control device that changes a control parameter associated with the driving of a bonding tool based on information related to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi ITO, Takahiro AIZAWA, Masatoshi TANABE, Haruka YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11292211
    Abstract: An ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a bonding target member arranged on an upper side of a stage. The ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a control device that changes a control parameter associated with the driving of a bonding tool based on information related to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi Ito, Takahiro Aizawa, Masatoshi Tanabe, Haruka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210280840
    Abstract: An electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a current collecting tab. The current collecting tab is provided in one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and protrudes relative to the other of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The current collecting tab is formed with one or more slit parts penetrating the current collecting tab in a thickness direction intersecting a protruding direction of the current collecting tab. Each of the one or more slit parts extends along a width direction intersecting both the protruding direction and the thickness direction. At each of the one or more slit parts, a circular portion is formed at at least one of the two ends in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masatoshi TANABE, Kazuo SHIMOKAWA, Takahiro AIZAWA, Takashi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210280841
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a bundling method and a bundling apparatus of a plurality of band-shaped parts of a current collecting tab in an electrode group, in which the current collecting tab projects, are provided. In the bundling method and apparatus, the current collecting tab is deformed by moving a bundling tool, with the bundling tool being abutted to the current collecting tab from an outer side in a lamination direction of a plurality of band-shaped parts. At this time, the bundling tool is moved so that a moving direction of the bundling tool is inclined with respect to the lamination direction of the plurality of band-shaped parts, toward a side opposite to a side where the current collecting tab projects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro AIZAWA, Kazuo SHIMOKAWA, Takashi ITO, Masatoshi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20210280837
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode group including positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a current collecting tab, a clip plate, and a connection lead. The clip plate includes a first engagement part, and is attached to the current collecting tab. The connection lead includes a second engagement part engageable with the first engagement part of the clip plate, and is connected to the current collecting tab via the clip plate. Movement of the connection lead relative to the clip plate is restricted by engagement of the second engagement part with the first engagement part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi ITO, Takahiro AIZAWA, Kazuo SHIMOKAWA
  • Patent number: 10684673
    Abstract: A device includes a display panel configured to display an interface. The device includes a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion. The device includes circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes based on the hitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20180264513
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid discharge head includes, a circuit board including a drive IC, and a circulation flow path including a supply flow path that communicates with a liquid discharge unit that discharges liquid, and a collection flow path that is provided in a manner so that heat is transmittable to the circuit board, the collection flow path that communicates with the liquid discharge unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi TOGASAKI, Kumiko IOKA, Takahiro AIZAWA, Michinobu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180107265
    Abstract: A device includes a display panel configured to display an interface. The device includes a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion. The device includes circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes based on the hitting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9880613
    Abstract: A device includes a display panel configured to display an interface. The device includes a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion. The device includes circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes based on the hitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro Aizawa
  • Patent number: 9853279
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery including a container, an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, multiple current collecting tabs being extended from any one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the electrode group, and overlapped with one another; a lead bonded to at least one of the current collecting tabs by ultrasonic bonding, a lid configured to close an opening portion of the container, and an external terminal provided on the lid and connected to the at least one current collecting tab via the lead, in which the lead has a cross-sectional area that is increased in a middle of extension of the lead from an ultrasonic-bonded portion to the at least one of the current collecting tabs to the external terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro Aizawa, Yukihiro Ikeya, Taizo Tomioka
  • Patent number: 9501220
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects touch input at a touch panel disposed on or formed integrally with a display, extracts one or more character strings from a plurality of character strings displayed on the display based on the detected touch input, prioritizes the extracted one or more character strings, and controls the display to display the extracted one or more character strings in order based on the prioritizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20160077580
    Abstract: A device includes a display panel configured to display an interface. The device includes a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion. The device includes circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes based on the hitting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160035657
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first base portion, a second base portion, a third base portion, and a semiconductor element. A first end portion of the first base portion is positioned closer to a side on which the semiconductor element is provided than a second end portion of the first base portion. A third end portion of the second base portion is positioned closer to the side on which the semiconductor element is provided than a fourth end portion of the second base portion. A fifth end portion of the third base portion is positioned closer to the side on which the semiconductor element is provided than a sixth end portion of the third base portion in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Taizo TOMIOKA, Tomohiro IGUCHI, Takahiro AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9229529
    Abstract: A device includes a display panel configured to display an interface. The device includes a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion. The device includes circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes based on the hitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20150280275
    Abstract: A battery includes a container configured to contain therein an electrolytic solution, belt-like electrodes rolled up into a flattened shape in the longitudinal direction, and contained in the container, current collection tabs intermittently provided in the longitudinal direction in such a manner that a plurality of groups are formed by the rolling up, and extended in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the electrodes, and a plurality of junction parts at each of which current collection tabs belonging to an identical group of the plurality of groups are joined to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Takahiro AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150177826
    Abstract: A device includes a display panel configured to display an interface. The device includes a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion. The device includes circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes based on the hitting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro AIZAWA