Patents by Inventor Taku Inoue

Taku Inoue 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: 12080840
    Abstract: The power storage device includes a power storage module and a conductive plate. The power storage module includes an electrode laminate including current collectors stacked on each other in a first direction. At least one of the positive electrode terminal electrode, the negative electrode terminal electrode, and the bipolar electrode includes an active material layer including grooves arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the grooves extend in a third direction crossing the second direction. The conductive plate includes an outer surface including depressions depressed in the first direction and extending in the second direction, the current collector arranged at the stack end of the electrode laminate includes an exposed face in contact with the outer surface, the exposed surface includes protrusions overlapping the active material layer in the first direction, and the protrusions protrude in the first direction and extend in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamaoka, Taku Inoue, Junichi Iida, Ryuji Oide, Satoshi Morioka, Motoyoshi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20240142483
    Abstract: Disclosed is a specimen measurement apparatus comprising: a measurement unit configured to suction a specimen from a specimen container and measure the suctioned specimen; and a specimen transport unit configured to transport the specimen container to the measurement unit, wherein the specimen transport unit includes a first transport part including a first placement surface configured to allow a specimen rack to be placed thereon, the first transport part being configured to transport a plurality of the specimen racks, each holding the specimen container, on the first placement surface, and a second transport part disposed above the first transport part and including a second placement surface configured to allow the specimen rack to be placed thereon, the second transport part being configured to transport a plurality of the specimen racks on the second placement surface, and at least one of the first transport part and the second transport part is configured to allow the specimen rack to be taken out there
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Tada, Taku INOUE, Hironori KATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240142482
    Abstract: Disclosed is a specimen measurement apparatus comprising: a measurement unit configured to suction a specimen from a specimen container and measure the suctioned specimen; and a specimen transport unit configured to transport the specimen container to the measurement unit, wherein the specimen transport unit includes a rack setting part configured to allow a specimen rack to be set thereon, the specimen rack holding the specimen container that has not been subjected to specimen suction by the measurement unit, a rack collection part configured to collect the specimen rack holding the specimen container that has been subjected to specimen suction by the measurement unit, and an interruption specimen setting part configured to allow the specimen rack to be set thereon, the specimen rack holding the specimen container that is to be subjected to specimen suction by the measurement unit in preference to the specimen container held by the specimen rack having been set on the rack setting part, and the interruption
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Tada, Taku INOUE, Hironori Katsumi, Takaaki Nagai
  • Patent number: 11909064
    Abstract: A pressure control valve structure includes a wall portion having a plurality of communication holes communicating with their associated internal spaces, a plurality of projections protruding outwardly from a wall surface of the wall portion so as to surround their associated communication holes, a plurality of elastic valve bodies closing their associated communication holes in contact with the projections, an outer peripheral wall portion protruding from the wall surface so as to surround the plurality of projections collectively, and a cover made of a resin and fixed to the outer peripheral wall portion, the cover compressing the elastic valve bodies towards their associated projections. The cover has a thick-walled portion where the cover is made partially thick in an outer surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamaoka, Taku Inoue, Hiromi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11715843
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a power storage module, a conductive plate, and a sealing member. The power storage module includes an electrode laminate and a sealing body. The sealing body includes a plurality of resin portions. Metal plates at laminate ends of the electrode laminate each have an exposed surface exposed from the resin portion. The exposed surface includes a contact region and a non-contact region. The sealing member includes a first sealing portion. The first sealing portion is provided along an inner edge of the resin portion to be in contact with the resin portion. The first sealing portion adheres to the conductive plate and the non-contact region and fills a portion between the conductive plate and the non-contact region. The first sealing portion seals a portion between the conductive plate and the exposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamaoka, Taku Inoue, Shimpei Mune, Hiromi Ueda, Junichi Iida, Satoshi Morioka, Motoyoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11552359
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a plurality of power storage modules laminated, a conductive plate and a sealing member. The conductive plate and the sealing member are provided between the power storage modules adjacent to each other in a laminating direction of the power storage modules. The plurality of power storage modules each have an electrode laminate, an electrolytic solution, and a sealing body. The electrode laminate has electrode exposed portions exposed from the sealing body at one end and the other end in the laminating direction. Between the power storage modules adjacent to each other in the laminating direction, the conductive plate is disposed between the electrode exposed portions opposing each other to be in contact with the electrode exposed portions, and at least a portion between the sealing bodies opposing each other is filled with the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamaoka, Taku Inoue, Hiromi Ueda, Kojiro Tamaru, Satoshi Morioka, Motoyoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11476538
    Abstract: A pressure control valve structure includes a wall portion having a plurality of communication holes communicating with the internal space, a plurality of tubular portions surrounding the communication holes and extending outwardly from a wall surface of the wall portion as a proximal end, an elastic valve body disposed in each of the tubular portions and having a first end surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, an outer peripheral wall surrounding the plurality of tubular portions collectively, and a cover fixed to the outer peripheral wall. The tubular portions are spaced from the cover. The tubular portions has an inner wall surface that includes an inclined surface that is inclined downwardly in a gravity direction from the proximal end of the tubular portion to a distal end of the tubular portion with a compression direction of the elastic valve body set extending horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamaoka, Taku Inoue, Hiromi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11404742
    Abstract: A battery module includes an electrode laminate including a plurality of electrodes that are laminated, and a sealing body sealing a side surface of the electrode laminate. The sealing body is provided with a communication hole communicating an internal space between the electrodes adjacent in a laminating direction in the electrode laminate. The communication hole includes an opening end on an outer surface of the sealing body. A length of the opening end in the laminating direction is longer than a length of the internal space in the laminating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kojiro Tamaru, Taku Inoue, Hiroki Maeda, Tsuyoshi Mariya
  • Patent number: 11355785
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a laminate constituted of a plurality of laminated bipolar electrodes, each of the bipolar electrodes including an electrode plate, a positive electrode provided on one surface of the electrode plate, and a negative electrode provided on the other surface of the electrode plate, wherein a plurality of internal spaces is formed between the bipolar electrodes adjacent to each other in the laminate; a frame body holding an edge portion of the electrode plate and provided with an opening communicating with at least one of the plurality of internal spaces; and a pressure regulating valve attached to the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamaoka, Taku Inoue, Akihito Tsuge, Hirokazu Kotake
  • Publication number: 20220069333
    Abstract: The power storage device includes a power storage module and a conductive plate. The power storage module includes an electrode laminate including current collectors stacked on each other in a first direction. At least one of the positive electrode terminal electrode, the negative electrode terminal electrode, and the bipolar electrode includes an active material layer including grooves arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the grooves extend in a third direction crossing the second direction. The conductive plate includes an outer surface including depressions depressed in the first direction and extending in the second direction, the current collector arranged at the stack end of the electrode laminate includes an exposed face in contact with the outer surface, the exposed surface includes protrusions overlapping the active material layer in the first direction, and the protrusions protrude in the first direction and extend in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi HAMAOKA, Taku INOUE, Junichi IIDA, Ryuji OIDE, Satoshi MORIOKA, Motoyoshi OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 11189858
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes: a laminate including a plurality of bipolar electrodes, each bipolar electrode including an electrode plate, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode; a frame body holding an edge portion of the electrode plate and including an opening that communicates with internal spaces; and a pressure regulating valve connected to the opening. Each internal space is provided between the bipolar electrodes. Each internal space accommodates an electrolytic solution. An exhaust port and a communication space are provided in the pressure regulating valve. The exhaust port is provided for exhausting gas to an external space. The communication space communicates with the exhaust port. The communication space includes a space portion positioned below a lower end of the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku Inoue, Takayuki Hirose, Motoyoshi Okumura, Takuro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20210234221
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a plurality of power storage modules laminated, a conductive plate and a sealing member. The conductive plate and the sealing member are provided between the power storage modules adjacent to each other in a laminating direction of the power storage modules. The plurality of power storage modules each have an electrode laminate, an electrolytic solution, and a sealing body. The electrode laminate has electrode exposed portions exposed from the sealing body at one end and the other end in the laminating direction. Between the power storage modules adjacent to each other in the laminating direction, the conductive plate is disposed between the electrode exposed portions opposing each other to be in contact with the electrode exposed portions, and at least a portion between the sealing bodies opposing each other is filled with the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi HAMAOKA, Taku INOUE, Hiromi UEDA, Kojiro TAMARU, Satoshi MORIOKA, Motoyoshi OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210234187
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a power storage module, a conductive plate, and a sealing member. The power storage module includes an electrode laminate and a sealing body. The sealing body includes a plurality of resin portions. Metal plates at laminate ends of the electrode laminate each have an exposed surface exposed from the resin portion. The exposed surface includes a contact region and a non-contact region. The sealing member includes a first sealing portion. The first sealing portion is provided along an inner edge of the resin portion to be in contact with the resin portion. The first sealing portion adheres to the conductive plate and the non-contact region and fills a portion between the conductive plate and the non-contact region. The first sealing portion seals a portion between the conductive plate and the exposed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi HAMAOKA, Taku INOUE, Shimpei MUNE, Hiromi UEDA, Junichi IIDA, Satoshi MORIOKA, Motoyoshi OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 11029766
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a recognition unit which recognizes an irradiation position of laser light by a laser pointer to a projection image; an acquisition unit which acquires movement information of the laser pointer; and an output unit which outputs a control signal for causing display of an object within a projection image corresponding to the irradiation position to be changed in accordance with the movement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Narita, Taku Inoue, Takehiro Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20210159475
    Abstract: A pressure control valve structure includes a wall portion having a plurality of communication holes communicating with their associated internal spaces, a plurality of projections protruding outwardly from a wall surface of the wall portion so as to surround their associated communication holes, a plurality of elastic valve bodies closing their associated communication holes in contact with the projections, an outer peripheral wall portion protruding from the wall surface so as to surround the plurality of projections collectively, and a cover made of a resin and fixed to the outer peripheral wall portion, the cover compressing the elastic valve bodies towards their associated projections. The cover has a thick-walled portion where the cover is made partially thick in an outer surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi HAMAOKA, Taku INOUE, Hiromi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210159570
    Abstract: A pressure control valve structure includes a wall portion having a plurality of communication holes communicating with the internal space, a plurality of tubular portions surrounding the communication holes and extending outwardly from a wall surface of the wall portion as a proximal end, an elastic valve body disposed in each of the tubular portions and having a first end surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, an outer peripheral wall surrounding the plurality of tubular portions collectively, and a cover fixed to the outer peripheral wall. The tubular portions are spaced from the cover. The tubular portions has an inner wall surface that includes an inclined surface that is inclined downwardly in a gravity direction from the proximal end of the tubular portion to a distal end of the tubular portion with a compression direction of the elastic valve body set extending horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi HAMAOKA, Taku INOUE, Hiromi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200403200
    Abstract: A battery module includes an electrode laminate including a plurality of electrodes that are laminated, and a sealing body sealing a side surface of the electrode laminate. The sealing body is provided with a communication hole communicating an internal space between the electrodes adjacent in a laminating direction in the electrode laminate. The communication hole includes an opening end on an outer surface of the sealing body. A length of the opening end in the laminating direction is longer than a length of the internal space in the laminating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kojiro TAMARU, Taku INOUE, Hiroki MAEDA, Tsuyoshi MARIYA
  • Publication number: 20200300879
    Abstract: Disclosed is a specimen measurement device including a nozzle having an area on a distal end side being covered by a hydrophobic coating; a measurement unit that measures a specimen dispensed into a container by the nozzle; and a drive unit that moves the nozzle so as to abut on a bottom surface of the container, in which the nozzle having a distal end surface on a discharge port side being exposed from the hydrophobic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Masato KUZE, Masaki SHIBA, Taku INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200243913
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a laminate constituted of a plurality of laminated bipolar electrodes, each of the bipolar electrodes including an electrode plate, a positive electrode provided on one surface of the electrode plate, and a negative electrode provided on the other surface of the electrode plate, wherein a plurality of internal spaces is formed between the bipolar electrodes adjacent to each other in the laminate; a frame body holding an edge portion of the electrode plate and provided with an opening communicating with at least one of the plurality of internal spaces; and a pressure regulating valve attached to the frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi HAMAOKA, Taku INOUE, Akihito TSUGE, Hirokazu KOTAKE
  • Publication number: 20200227772
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes: a laminate including a plurality of bipolar electrodes, each bipolar electrode including an electrode plate, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode; a frame body holding an edge portion of the electrode plate and including an opening that communicates with internal spaces; and a pressure regulating valve connected to the opening. Each internal space is provided between the bipolar electrodes. Each internal space accommodates an electrolytic solution. An exhaust port and a communication space are provided in the pressure regulating valve. The exhaust port is provided for exhausting gas to an external space. The communication space communicates with the exhaust port. The communication space includes a space portion positioned below a lower end of the exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku INOUE, Takayuki HIROSE, Motoyoshi OKUMURA, Takuro KIKUCHI