Patents by Inventor Yusuke Ikeda

Yusuke Ikeda 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: 20250140993
    Abstract: A laminate type battery includes an electrode body, and a laminate film that covers and encloses the electrode body, in which: the laminate film includes a film body that covers four surfaces of the electrode body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and two lid members that cover two remaining side surfaces of the electrode body respectively; and each of the lid members has a concave shape that is constituted by one bottom plane and four wall planes, an outside surface of the concave shape at the bottom plane or an inside surface of the concave shape at the bottom plane faces the side surface of the electrode body, and outside surfaces of the concave shape at the wall planes are fused with the film body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, Kenichi KAKISHITA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Masashi UEDA, Shinji KOJIMA, Masataka OGUSHI, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250125402
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate-type battery is disclosed. The battery includes an electrode body, a side member disposed at a side face of the electrode body, and a laminate film covering the electrode body and a part of the side member, the side member being disposed at a position that is offset to a first side in a longitudinal direction of the side face relative to a center of the side face in the longitudinal direction. The method includes welding the laminate film so as to cover the electrode body and a part of the side member. The side member is shaped such that a thickness of the side member in a transverse direction of the side face increases continuously towards the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, Kenichi KAKISHITA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Masashi UEDA, Shinji KOJIMA, Masataka OGUSHI, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250125454
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate-type battery is disclosed. The laminate-type battery includes an electrode body, a side member disposed at a side surface of the electrode body, and a laminate film covering the electrode body and a part of the side member, the side member being disposed at a position offset to a first side in a longitudinal direction of the side surface. The method includes a welding step of welding the laminate film so as to cover the electrode body and the part of the side member. In the laminate film used in the welding step, an average thickness of a region contacting a first region of the side member is larger than an average thickness of a region contacting a second region of the side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Kenichi KAKISHITA, Yusuke IKEDA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Masashi UEDA, Shinji KOJIMA, Masataka OGUSHI, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250118878
    Abstract: A cell stack assembly, including: a plurality of stacked battery cells, each including an electrode assembly; a laminate exterior packaging that covers the electrode assembly and encloses the electrode assembly internally; and a fixing tape, including at least one of an inner fixing tape wound in a peripheral direction onto an outer peripheral face of the electrode assembly at an inner side of the laminate exterior packaging, or an outer fixing tape wound in a peripheral direction onto an outer peripheral face of the laminate exterior packaging, wherein: taking a direction in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked as a stacking direction, the fixing tape is wound such that winding positions of the fixing tape do not overlap in the stacking direction for at least one adjacent pair of the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, Kenichi KAKISHITA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Masashi UEDA, Shinji KOJIMA, Masataka OGUSHI, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250055167
    Abstract: A battery cell includes an electrode body in which a plurality of laminated structures having a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode are further laminated, and a tape wound around the outer periphery of the electrode body over one circumference, wherein the tape has an overlapping portion in which one side and the other end side in an outer peripheral direction overlap each other, and a direction in which a plurality of laminated structures are laminated in the electrode body is defined as a lamination direction, and in a case where an end surface in a lamination direction in the electrode body is defined as a lamination surface, the overlapping portion is disposed on a surface other than the lamination surface in the electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, Kenichi Kakishita, Tomofumi Hirukawa, Masashi Ueda, Shinji Kojima, Masataka Ogushi, Kosuke Yonekawa
  • Publication number: 20250055081
    Abstract: A laminated battery, a battery element, and a laminate film enclosing the battery element, wherein the laminate film has a fused portion in which end portions are overlapped and an inner surface is fused, and the laminate film has a fused portion side surface in which a fused portion is formed, an opposite side surface opposed to the fused portion side surface, and a pair of main surfaces orthogonal to the fused portion side surface and the opposite side surface and having an area larger than the fused portion side surface and the opposite side surface, and the laminate film has an uneven shape on at least one of the fused portion side surface and the opposite side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi KAKISHITA, Yusuke IKEDA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Masashi UEDA, Shinji KOJIMA, Masataka OGUSHI, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250015366
    Abstract: The power storage cell includes a case, an electrolyte solution, and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator, and an interposition film. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are alternately stacked. The separator separates the first electrode from the second electrode. The interposition film is interposed between the first electrode and the separator. The interposition film includes a first region and a second region in a plane orthogonal to the stacking direction of the first electrode and the second electrode. The first region includes the center of the interposition film in a plane. The second region surrounds the periphery of the first region. The interposition film satisfies the relationship of the formula (1) “T2<T1”. T1 represents the thickness of the interposition film in the first region. T2 represents the thickness of the interposition film in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, Kazuhito KATO, Takaaki GOTO, Masayoshi HAGA, Minehiro FUNATO, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Yuka YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20250007099
    Abstract: A power storage cell includes: an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes disposed side by side in a thickness direction, and a separator. The electrode assembly has a shape longer in a width direction. The electrode assembly includes an upper portion, a bottom portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion. A first welding portion is formed in the first end portion. A second welding portion is formed in the second end portion. A third welding portion in contact with the first welding portion and a fourth welding portion in contact with the second welding portion are formed in the bottom portion. The third welding portion and the fourth welding portion are disposed at an interval with a central portion of the bottom portion being interposed between the third welding portion and the fourth welding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, Kazuhito Kato, Takaaki Goto, Masayoshi Haga, Minehiro Funato, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Yuka Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20240396071
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes: a stacking step of stacking a plurality of positive electrode units and a plurality of negative electrodes such that the positive electrode units alternate respectively with the negative electrodes, each positive electrode unit including a first resin portion, a second resin portion, a positive electrode, and a bag separator; a first cutting step of cutting a plurality of the first resin portions together with the bag separator along a stacking direction; a second cutting step of cutting a plurality of the second resin portions together with the bag separator along the stacking direction; a first welding step of welding together a pair of the first resin portions adjacent to each other in the stacking direction; and a second welding step of welding together a pair of the second resin portions adjacent to each other in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Ikeda, Kazuhito Kato, Takaaki Goto, Masayoshi Haga, Minehiro Funato, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Yuka Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20240393525
    Abstract: To provide a vehicular laminated glass which can properly introduce light into the laminated glass. A vehicular laminated glass 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first glass plate 11 having a first main surface 21 and a second main surface 22, a second glass plate 12 having a third main surface 23 and a fourth main surface 24, an adhesive interlayer 13 disposed between the second main surface 22 and the third main surface 23, a light source 16 which faces the fourth main surface 24 and applies light toward the fourth main surface 24, and an optical element 15 which is disposed between the fourth main surface 24 and the light source 16 and refracts irradiation light from the light source 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori MATSUSHIMA, Kenichiro SHIMO, Yusuke IKEDA, Masanobu OGAWA, Hidenori TAKAI
  • Patent number: 12149839
    Abstract: Suppressing a dead period at the time of mode switching. A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels (300) that each outputs a luminance change of incident light; and a detection circuit (305) that outputs an event signal based on the luminance change output from each of the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion element (311) that generates a charge according to an incident light amount; a logarithmic conversion circuit (312, 313) that is connected to the photoelectric conversion element and converts a photocurrent flowing out of the photoelectric conversion element into a voltage signal corresponding to a logarithmic value of the photocurrent; and a first transistor (318) having a drain connected to a sense node of the logarithmic conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Imoto, Yusuke Ikeda, Atsumi Niwa, Atsushi Suzuki, Shinichirou Etou, Kenichi Takamiya, Takuya Maruyama, Ren Hiyoshi
  • Patent number: 12063446
    Abstract: A photodetection device according to the present disclosure includes: a first pixel that is configured to generate a first pixel signal; a reference signal generator that is configured to generate a reference signal; and a first comparator including a first power supply circuit and a first comparison circuit, the first power supply circuit configured to generate a first power supply voltage on the basis of a power supply voltage supplied from a first power supply node and a bias voltage and configured to output the first power supply voltage from an output terminal, and the first comparison circuit configured to operate on the basis of the first power supply voltage and configured to perform a comparison operation on the basis of the first pixel signal and the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Youhei Oosako, Yusuke Ikeda, Yosuke Ueno, Masahiro Segami
  • Publication number: 20240198467
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a bed, a column which is provided on the bed so as to be erected therefrom, a saddle which is a moving body supported by the column, and a tool spindle which is supported by the saddle and rotates a tool around a rotation center axis extending in a Z-axis direction parallel to a horizontal direction. The saddle has a frame portion which is provided so as to surround the tool spindle. The thickness of the frame portion in the Z-axis direction changes along a Y-axis direction parallel to a vertical direction, and becomes maximum at a first position-(Pa) closer to an upper end portion of the frame portion than a lower end portion of the frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko MORI, Mitsuru TAGA, Tadaharu MORIMOTO, Yoshinori YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya AIZAWA, Yusuke IKEDA, Naruhiro IRINO, Yosuke HIGUCHI, Hideki HARA
  • Publication number: 20240189954
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a bed, and a table that is provided on the bed and movable in a Z-axis direction. The table includes a workpiece holder, a table base including a first support portion and a second support portion for turnably supporting the workpiece holder at positions spaced from each other in an X-axis direction, the workpiece holder being mounted on the table base, and a turning device that is provided in the first support portion, and turns the workpiece holder around a turning center axis extending in the X-axis direction. The machine tool further includes a first feeding device and a second feeding device that are provided on the bed and are connected to the first support portion and the second support portion respectively to drive the table in the Z-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru TAGA, Tadaharu MORIMOTO, Yoshinori YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya AIZAWA, Yusuke IKEDA, Ryohei KUSAMA
  • Publication number: 20240189953
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a table, a first guide portion and a second guide portion that guide the table in the Z-axis direction and are arranged apart from each other in an X-axis direction, and a bed that includes a first guide mounting portion and a second guide mounting portion on which the first guide portion and the second guide portion are mounted respectively, and is provided with an opening portion which is located between the first guide mounting portion and the second guide mounting portion and penetrates in a Y-axis direction. The first guide mounting portion and the second guide mounting portion are respectively provided with a first facing surface and a second facing surface which face each other across the opening portion. The bed further includes a rib portion which is located in the opening portion and connected to the first facing surface and the second facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko MORI, Mitsuru TAGA, Tadaharu MORIMOTO, Yoshinori YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya AIZAWA, Yusuke IKEDA, Naruhiro IRINO, Yosuke HIGUCHI, Hideki HARA
  • Publication number: 20240187754
    Abstract: Event detection devices are disclosed. in one example, an event detection device includes a photodiode that generates a photoelectric conversion current, a conversion transistor that converts the photoelectric conversion current into a voltage and outputs the voltage from a gate, an amplification transistor that amplifies a voltage between a gate having a potential according to the photoelectric conversion current and a source having a reference potential and outputs the voltage from a drain, a potential supply unit that supplies a predetermined potential lower than the reference potential to an anode of the photodiode, a back gate of the conversion transistor, and a back gate of the amplification transistor, and a potential controller that controls the predetermined potential based on a temperature affectable to a threshold voltage of at least one of the conversion transistor or the amplification transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Makigawa, Norio Shoji, Yusuke Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11950007
    Abstract: Solid-state imaging devices are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a conversion circuit connected to a vertical signal line of a pixel array, a voltage generation circuit that outputs a predetermined voltage, and a reference voltage generation circuit that receives the predetermined voltage and outputs a reference voltage. The reference voltage generation circuit includes an operational amplifier that amplifies the predetermined voltage and outputs the reference voltage, a capacitive element having one end connected to an input of the operational amplifier that is different from an input that receives the predetermined voltage, a first switching circuit that connects the other end of the capacitive element to either the predetermined voltage output from the voltage generation circuit or a feedback loop of the operational amplifier, and a second switching circuit that selectively connects the one end of the capacitive element to the feedback loop of the operational amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichirou Etou, Yusuke Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240076537
    Abstract: The disclosure is a cold storage material containing: a cold storage material main agent formed from water and a melting point adjuster; and a freezing point adjuster. The melting point adjuster includes a plurality of types of inorganic salts and an organic compound. Anions of the plurality of types of inorganic salts are all chlorine, and cations of the plurality of types of inorganic salts include at least sodium. The freezing point adjuster is a salt having a functional group that is identical to a cation included in any of the plurality of types of inorganic salts, and the salt has a temperature dependence of saturated solubility in pure water that decreases by 30% or more at a water temperature from 20° C. to 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, YUKA UTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240072241
    Abstract: An electrode for a battery includes a laminate including an active material layer and a current collector, and a sealing portion covering an end portion surface of the laminate. The laminate includes two principal faces facing each other, and an end face. The end portion surface includes the end face, and an adjacent face on each of the two principal faces. The adjacent face includes one or more asperities. The sealing portion includes a first sealing portion covering the end face, and a second sealing portion covering at least part of the adjacent face. The second sealing portion is present in one or more recessed portions of the one or more asperities of the adjacent face and does not include a portion higher than a height position of the one or more asperities that is highest. The first sealing portion and the second sealing portion are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIK KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi KAKISHITA, Yusuke IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240027585
    Abstract: A light receiving device according to an embodiment includes: a light receiving element (1000) using an SPAD; a current source (1001) that supplies a recharge current to the SPAD; a detection section (1002) that detects a voltage based on a current, inverts an output signal in a case where a voltage value of the detected voltage exceeds a threshold value, shapes the inverted output signal into a pulse signal, and outputs the pulse signal; a plurality of counters (201(1) to 201(N)) that each counts the pulse signal output from the detection section; and a distribution section (1101) that selects a target counter to which the pulse signal is to be supplied from the plurality of counters, in which distribution section selects the target counter by a plurality of control signals corresponding to the plurality of counters on a one-to-one basis, the plurality of control signals including a state of simultaneously selecting two or more counters among the plurality of counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: YUKI MORIKAWA, YUSUKE IKEDA