Patents by Inventor Kanae Ohkuma
Kanae Ohkuma 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).
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Publication number: 20140127553Abstract: An electric storage device includes a first connection plate, a second connection plate, a fastening member, and a plurality of storage modules. The plurality of storage modules are provided between the first connection plate and the second connection plate in a stacking direction. Each of the plurality of storage modules includes a plurality of rectangular storage cells stacked in the stacking direction to provide a stack of storage cells. The plurality of storage modules are arranged next to each other in a direction that crosses the stacking direction. The plurality of storage modules are clamped between the first connection plate and the second connection plate and fastened together by the fastening member. At least one of the first connection plate and the second connection plate is fastened to the plurality of storage modules in the stacking direction by the fastening member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki ISHIBASHI, Kanae OHKUMA
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Publication number: 20140127548Abstract: An electric storage device includes at least first to third storage modules and storage-module busbars. The at least first to third storage modules each include a plurality of storage cells. The at least first to third storage modules are arranged next to each other. Storage-module terminals of the at least first to third storage modules are adjacent to each other. The storage-module terminals of the at least first to third storage modules are electrically connected to each other with the storage-module busbars. The storage-module busbars includes a long storage-module busbar and a short storage-module busbar. The long storage-module busbar is provided at a first side of the at least first to third storage modules. The short storage-module busbar is provided at a second side of the at least first to third storage modules. The long storage-module busbar is longer than the short storage-module busbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki ISHIBASHI, Kanae OHKUMA, Makoto WADA, Tomomi KURITA, Tetsuya SUGIZAKI
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Publication number: 20140127555Abstract: An electric storage device includes a plurality of storage modules and a first storage-module busbar. The plurality of storage modules each include a storage-cell busbar and a plurality of storage cells. The storage-cell busbar includes a first storage-module terminal at a first end of the storage-cell busbar. The plurality of storage cells are electrically connected to each other with the storage-cell busbar. The first storage-module terminal provided in one of the plurality of storage modules is electrically connected to the first storage-module terminal provided in another of the plurality of storage modules with the first storage-module busbar. The first storage-module terminal includes a first stud bolt which extends through a bolt hole provided in the first storage-module busbar and to which a nut is fastened.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki ISHIBASHI, Tomomi KURITA, Kanae OHKUMA
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Patent number: 8717761Abstract: A high-voltage apparatus includes a battery device, a high-voltage control device, a housing, and a cooling structure. The cooling structure includes a first cooling channel to cool the battery device, a second cooling channel to cool the high-voltage control device, a connection channel connecting the first cooling channel to the second cooling channel, and a ventilator. The connection channel has a first opening portion connected to the first cooling channel, a second opening portion connected to the second cooling channel, and an inner flow path to communicate the first opening portion to the second opening portion. A sectional area of the first opening portion and a sectional area of the second opening portion are each set to be smaller than a sectional area of the inner flow path.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Kanae Ohkuma
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Publication number: 20120181827Abstract: A high-voltage apparatus includes a battery device, a high-voltage control device, a housing, and a cooling structure. The cooling structure includes a first cooling channel to cool the battery device, a second cooling channel to cool the high-voltage control device, a connection channel connecting the first cooling channel to the second cooling channel, and a ventilator. The connection channel has a first opening portion connected to the first cooling channel, a second opening portion connected to the second cooling channel, and an inner flow path to communicate the first opening portion to the second opening portion. A sectional area of the first opening portion and a sectional area of the second opening portion are each set to be smaller than a sectional area of the inner flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kengo AOKI, Kanae Ohkuma
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Patent number: 7654351Abstract: A battery box housing a battery is mounted between left and right side frames extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body so that the battery box is offset to a left side of the vehicle body, and an intake duct and an exhaust duct for cooling air for cooling the battery are connected to an end of the battery box on a right side of the vehicle body. Therefore, it is possible not only to protect the battery between the left and right frames from a shock caused upon a side collision, but also to ensure a space for disposition of the intake duct and the exhaust duct while ensuring a volume of the battery box to the maximum. Moreover, the battery box is connected at its left and right ends to the left and right side frames.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Koike, Harumi Takedomi, Satoyoshi Oya, Kanae Ohkuma, Seiichi Sato
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Publication number: 20080251246Abstract: A cooling structure for batteries and electrical units, that cools the batteries being driving sources of a motor mounted in a vehicle capable of traveling by a driving force of the motor and electrical units for driving the motor, the cooling structure including: a plurality of battery boxes that each contain one of the batteries; cooling passages that are each formed in each of the battery boxes, through which cooling air flows; a merging part where downstream ends of the cooling passages of the battery boxes are merged with each other; and cooling portions of the electrical units, that are provided on a downstream side of the merging part, wherein the electrical units are disposed on a downstream side of the battery boxes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kanae OHKUMA, Koichi HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20080196957Abstract: A battery box housing a battery is mounted between left and right side frames extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body so that the battery box is offset to a left side of the vehicle body, and an intake duct and an exhaust duct for cooling air for cooling the battery are connected to an end of the battery box on a right side of the vehicle body. Therefore, it is possible not only to protect the battery between the left and right frames from a shock caused upon a side collision, but also to ensure a space for disposition of the intake duct and the exhaust duct while ensuring a volume of the battery box to the maximum. Moreover, the battery box is connected at its left and right ends to the left and right side frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2006Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Koike, Harumi Takedomi, Satoyoshi Oya, Kanae Ohkuma, Seiichi Sato
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Patent number: 7396075Abstract: A rear seat is foldable by moving downward a seat cushion and folding forward a seat back. A power source unit is disposed below a rear floor to the rear of the rear seat. When the rear seat is in an unfolded state, cooling air can be introduced from inside a vehicle compartment, through a space between a lower surface of the seat cushion and an upper surface of an underseat floor, into a cooling-air introduction port in the power source unit. When the rear seat is in a folded state, the cooling air is introduced from inside the vehicle compartment, through cooling-air introduction passages, into the cooling-air introduction port. Thus, the power source unit can be cooled irrespective of whether the rear seat is in the folded state, without reducing the foldability of the rear seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kanae Ohkuma, Harumi Takedomi, Eiji Koike, Masao Kawata
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Publication number: 20070040418Abstract: A rear seat is foldable by moving downward a seat cushion and folding forward a seat back. A power source unit is disposed below a rear floor to the rear of the rear seat. When the rear seat is in an unfolded state, cooling air can be introduced from inside a vehicle compartment, through a space between a lower surface of the seat cushion and an upper surface of an underseat floor, into a cooling-air introduction port in the power source unit. When the rear seat is in a folded state, the cooling air is introduced from inside the vehicle compartment, through cooling-air introduction passages, into the cooling-air introduction port. Thus, the power source unit can be cooled irrespective of whether the rear seat is in the folded state, without reducing the foldability of the rear seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanae Ohkuma, Harumi Takedomi, Eiji Koike, Masao Kawata