Patents by Inventor Masamitsu Tononishi

Masamitsu Tononishi 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: 11489234
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device including an electrode terminal which protrudes in a first direction, an outer housing containing the energy storage device, an outer electrode attached to an outside of the outer housing and protruding in the first direction, an electrical device disposed inside the outer housing, a first electrical conductor connecting the outer electrode and the electrical device, and a second electrical conductor connecting the electrical device and the electrode terminal. When viewed from the first direction, the electrical device is disposed between the electrode terminal and the outer electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Nishikawa, Masamitsu Tononishi, Osamu Ushijima, Shogo Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20220123421
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device including a case in which a joining portion is formed; and a support member which is arranged so as to extend in an elongated shape along the joining portion at a position outside the case and along the joining portion in a side surface portion of the case, and supports the side surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Masamitsu TONONISHI, Makoto YODA
  • Patent number: 11114718
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus which includes an energy storage device, an outer case, and an adhesive material which is injected between at least one surface out of a first surface and a second surface which are two surfaces of the energy storage device disposed adjacently to each other and an inner surface of the outer case thus making the at least one surface and the inner surface of the outer case adhere to each other by surface adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Nishikawa, Yuta Kawai, Masamitsu Tononishi, Shogo Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11101078
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device, an outer covering, an end plate which is disposed on a side of the energy storage device, and a binding member which is mounted on the end plate and applies a binding force to the energy storage device. The end plate includes a region where the binding member is mounted, another region which differs from the region and has a higher rigidity than the region, a first plate member which includes the region, and a second plate member which includes a part of the another region. The first plate member is disposed between the energy storage device and the second plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: 10971713
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate that are insulated from each other; a pair of current collectors each of which includes a connecting portion and is connected to a corresponding one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate at the connecting portion; a case that houses the electrode assembly and the pair of current collectors, the electrode assembly being supported by the pair of current collectors in the case; and a distance retaining member that retains a distance between portions more distal than the respective connecting portions of the pair of current collectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Naganawa, Tomonori Kishimoto, Masamitsu Tononishi, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Yasunori Okuno
  • Patent number: 10763469
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: one or more energy storage devices; an outer case; and a plate-like spacer disposed between the energy storage device at an end among the above-mentioned one or more energy storage devices and the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: 10734655
    Abstract: An electric storage device according to the present invention includes: an electrode assembly including positive and negative electrode plates that are insulated from each other, at least one of the electrode plates having an active material layer formed part and an active material layer non-formed part; positive and negative current collectors; and a metal material abutted against the active material layer non-formed part, wherein the metal material includes a curled part in which an edge of the metal material is curved in a direction away from the active material layer non-formed part, and the active material layer non-formed part, each of the current collectors, and the metal material are integrally coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Murakami, Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: 10720621
    Abstract: A battery module has a cell unit including battery cells and a battery monitoring element attached to the cell unit. The battery cells are arranged in a first direction. The battery cell includes pressure release section for releasing a pressure in the battery cell. The cell unit has side surfaces including at least one internal pressure release section surface which is a surface where the internal pressure release section is disposed. The battery monitoring element is disposed on a non internal pressure release section surface which is different from the internal pressure release section surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Tsuruta, Masamitsu Tononishi, Ryutaro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10665837
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an outer case, and an energy storage device housed in an inside of the outer case. The outer case includes a ventilation chamber which makes the inside and an outside of the outer case communicate with each other. The ventilation chamber includes a front wall in which a through hole communicating with the outside is formed, a back wall disposed at a position where the back wall opposedly faces the front wall, a first wall disposed between the through hole and the back wall, and a first side wall disposed in an extending manner along a first direction which intersects with the front wall with a gap formed between the first side wall and the first wall. The gap is formed over a distance from the front wall to the back wall along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Tononishi, Yuta Kawai
  • Publication number: 20200144578
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device including an electrode terminal which protrudes in a first direction, an outer housing containing the energy storage device, an outer electrode attached to an outside of the outer housing and protruding in the first direction, an electrical device disposed inside the outer housing, a first electrical conductor connecting the outer electrode and the electrical device, and a second electrical conductor connecting the electrical device and the electrode terminal. When viewed from the first direction, the electrical device is disposed between the electrode terminal and the outer electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ryutaro NISHIKAWA, Masamitsu Tononishi, Osamu Ushijima, Shogo Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20200136108
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: a plurality of energy storage devices stacked and arranged in a first direction; end-plates, disposed at both ends in the first direction of the plurality of energy storage devices; and a restraint element that restrains positions in the first direction of the plurality of energy storage devices. The restraint element includes a porous member having a plurality of cylindrical portions that are arranged two-dimensionally in the first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction. An axis L of each of the cylindrical portions of the porous member extends in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Masamitsu TONONISHI
  • Patent number: 10541402
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device including an electrode terminal, an outer housing containing the energy storage device, an outer electrode attached to an outside of the outer housing, an electrical device disposed inside the outer housing, a first electrical conductor connecting the outer electrode and the electrical device, and a second electrical conductor connecting the electrical device and the electrode terminal. In a plane along a surface of the energy storage device, the electrical device is disposed between the electrode terminal and the outer electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Nishikawa, Masamitsu Tononishi, Osamu Ushijima, Shogo Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 10529963
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus including: an energy storage device; and an outer housing including a bottom surface, a side wall extending from the bottom surface in a first direction that intersects the bottom surface, and a support member that supports the side wall. An end of the side wall in the first direction is positioned in a first region that is further in the first direction than an end of a case of the energy storage device in the first direction. The support member is connected to the side wall in at least the first region and supports the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Nishikawa, Masamitsu Tononishi, Osamu Ushijima, Shogo Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20190272957
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device, an outer covering, an end plate which is disposed on a side of the energy storage device, and a binding member which is mounted on the end plate and applies a binding force to the energy storage device. The end plate includes a region where the binding member is mounted, another region which differs from the region and has a higher rigidity than the region, a first plate member which includes the region, and a second plate member which includes a part of the another region. The first plate member is disposed between the energy storage device and the second plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventor: Masamitsu TONONISHI
  • Patent number: 10388916
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus including: an energy storage device; an outer covering; electric equipment disposed in the outer covering; and a housing part which houses the electric equipment, wherein a drain passage, which is disposed in a region covered by the electric equipment and through which water is discharged to outside of the region, is formed on a lower wall surface below the electric equipment in the housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: 10361037
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device; an outer covering; an end plate which is disposed on a side of the energy storage device and is fixed to the outer covering; and a binding member which is mounted on the end plate and applies a binding force to the energy storage device. The end plate includes a first region on which the binding member is mounted, a second region which is fixed to the outer covering, and a third region which differs from the first region and the second region and has higher rigidity than the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: 10333114
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: an outer case formed of a body, and a lid body which covers an opening of the body; an energy storage device which is accommodated in the outer case; and a handle which is mounted on the lid body. The lid body has a first surface, and a second surface which is disposed adjacently to the first surface. The handle is formed of a handle body extending from one end side toward the other end side, and slide portions which are respectively formed on both end sides of the handle body. The handle body is disposed on the first surface. Slide receiving portions which hold the slide portions in a slidable manner are formed on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: 10276840
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device, an outer covering. The energy storage apparatus further includes an external connection terminal having a connecting portion to which external equipment is connected; and a conductive member assembled to the external connection terminal, and electrically connected to the energy storage device. The external connection terminal and the conductive member assembled to each other are sealed by the outer covering, the connecting portion of the external connection terminal is exposed from the outer covering, and a portion of the external connection terminal other than the connecting portion is sealed by the outer covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: D845890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: GY Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi
  • Patent number: D846493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tononishi