Patents Examined by George Kim
  • Patent number: 10998588
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a cooling member that has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant; a power storage element that is stacked on the cooling members; and a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage elements with the cooling members therebetween. The sealing body is configured to form a bulging portion deformed by evaporation of the coolant in a region not overlapping the power storage element. The heat transfer plate has a folded portion with which the bulging portion is configured to abut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10930903
    Abstract: A battery holder is configured to appropriately hold a battery unit. The battery holder includes a first holding portion that supports a first end of a battery unit while in an installed state where the battery unit is held by the battery holder. The first holding portion includes a movable member and a first biasing member. The movable member includes a first support surface that contacts the first end of the battery unit while in the installed state. The movable member is movable relative to a frame of a human-powered vehicle while in a mounted state where the battery holder is mounted to the frame of the human-powered vehicle. The first biasing member biases the movable member toward the battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Kento Mitsuyasu, Shinichiro Noda
  • Patent number: 10910629
    Abstract: A current collector for an electrochemical device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The current collector has wrinkles formed spontaneously according to heat expansion and cold shrinking of a metal thin film. A method for manufacturing an electrode includes heating a metal thin film for a current collector, stretching the heated metal thin film, and cooling the heated metal thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Eun-Bee Kim, Jung-Pil Lee
  • Patent number: 10897031
    Abstract: A battery includes a safety valve configured to cause a deformation due to an increase in internal pressure of the battery; a restraining part including a plurality of first protrusions provided along a first circumference to serve as a restrainer against a lead part when the safety valve and the lead part are shut off due to deformation of the safety valve; and an insulating holder including a plurality of second protrusions provided along a second circumference to insulate the safety valve and the restraining part, where a number of the first protrusions and the second protrusions arranged on a diagonal line including the first circumference and the second circumference is 3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Suzuki, Noriaki Kokubu, Kunio Sodeyama, Takao Mori
  • Patent number: 10886508
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a device, including: a battery; and a tape strip comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface; and at least one elevatable section, wherein the at least one elevatable section comprises an area, situated in the top surface, containing an adhesive; wherein the top surface is composed of a non-adhesive substance on all portions of the top surface not associated with the area and wherein the bottom surface is composed of the adhesive on all portions of the bottom surface not associated with the at least one elevatable section; wherein the battery is adhered to the top surface of the tape strip via an adhesive connection between the area containing the adhesive and a bottom surface of the battery, wherein the tape strip is adhered to the device via another adhesive connection between the bottom surface of the tape strip and an inner portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes, Jeremy Robert Carlson
  • Patent number: 10879554
    Abstract: A thin film battery includes: a cathode body; and an anode body which is laminated on at least one of an upper portion or a lower portion of the abode body, in which the cathode body includes: a cathode plate on which a cathode active material is applied; a pair of separators which covers an upper surface and a lower surface of the cathode plate; and a polymer insulating film unit interposed between the pair of separators and a portion of the polymer insulating film unit which protrudes outwardly from an edge of the separator is bonded to an anode plate of the anode body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ROUTEJADE INC.
    Inventors: Ji Jun Hong, In Joong Kim, Young Ho Jung, Young Hun Jin, Taek Joo Jung
  • Patent number: 10818888
    Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery, and a case accommodating the battery. The case includes: a case body including: a bottom portion; and a side wall, which is erected from the bottom portion and defines an opening portion; and a lid covering the opening portion of the case body. The case body and the lid are fastened at flange portions thereof. The flange portion of the case body, the flange portion of the lid, and the case body are covered with an incombustible member containing a glass material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Kengo Aoki, Ryo Fujii
  • Patent number: 10790487
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes at least one battery module and a pack case for packaging the at least one battery module, and the battery pack includes a case base configured to support the at least one battery module, a case body coupled to the case base to accommodate the at least one battery module, and a case cover coupled to the case body to cover the case body, wherein the case base and the case body are sealed to each other and the case body and the case cover are sealed to each other, respectively, by means of a sealant member along a rim thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeon-Kyu Kim, Bum-Hyun Lee, Jae-Ki Lee, Yeo-Joo Choi