Patents by Inventor Mieko Hara
Mieko Hara 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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Patent number: 11196121Abstract: A battery is provided. The battery includes a battery enclosure that includes opposing top and bottom sides in a height direction, opposing left and right sides in a width direction, and opposing front and rear sides in a length direction. A first engaging portion extends in the length direction. A first lower surface is positioned on a plane between the top side and the bottom side in the height direction. A first rib is provided between a plane of the first engaging portion and the plane of the first lower surface in the height direction. A first upper surface is positioned on a plane between the top side and the bottom side in the height direction. A first wall is provided between the plane of the first lower surface and the plane of the first upper surface in the height direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Patent number: 11101512Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to centre lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Publication number: 20190326566Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko HARA, Toshio TAKESHITA, Yoichi MIYAJIMA, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Patent number: 10326116Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Publication number: 20190140219Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to centre lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Patent number: 10217972Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to center lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Publication number: 20170288178Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to centre lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Patent number: 9716254Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to center lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Patent number: 9455426Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mieko Hara, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Publication number: 20160190524Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko HARA, Toshio TAKESHITA, Yoichi MIYAJIMA, Hiroaki SATO, Tomonori WATANABE, Naoki KAMAYA
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Publication number: 20160028055Abstract: Erroneous insertion of a battery into an imaging device is prevented. In a battery loading and unloading mechanism, a battery 2 is formed with projecting portions at longitudinal both ends of a back surface and along the back surface, the back surface being a surface opposite to an insertion surface of the battery, whereby even the battery formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped and having the almost-square main surface can be prevented from being erroneously inserted into the device. The projecting portion has an inclined surface acutely inclined with respect to the back surface, and when the battery is unloaded from the device, unloading of the battery from the device is accelerated by the inclined surface undergoing contact pressure of the retaining means.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Takayoshi Yamasaki, Hiroaki Sato, Toshiaki Ueda, Tomonori Watanabe, Yoichi Miyajima, Osamu Nagashima, Mieko Hara
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Patent number: 9178195Abstract: Erroneous insertion of a battery into an imaging device is prevented. In a battery loading and unloading mechanism, a battery is formed with projecting portions at longitudinal both ends of a back surface and along back surface, the back surface being a surface opposite to an insertion surface of the battery, whereby even the battery formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped and having the almost-square main surface can be prevented from being erroneously inserted into the device. The projecting portion has an inclined surface acutely inclined with respect to the back surface, and when the battery is unloaded from the device, unloading of the battery from the device is accelerated by the inclined surface undergoing contact pressure of the retaining means.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Yamasaki, Hiroaki Sato, Toshiaki Ueda, Tomonori Watanabe, Yoichi Miyajima, Osamu Nagashima, Mieko Hara
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Patent number: 8945745Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Publication number: 20150030914Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko HARA, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Patent number: 8883334Abstract: A battery to hold a battery cell can include a first surface, an end surface forming a corner edge with the first surface along an edge of the first surface in a lateral direction, and an output terminal provided at the corner edge formed by the end surface and the first surface. The output terminal can include electrode slits that are opened to both the end surface and the first surface, and the electrode slits include electrodes to output power from the battery cell. First and second grooves can be provided in the first surface that extend away from the corner edge, where the output terminal is provided between the grooves in the lateral direction. Step surfaces can be provided that are stepped with respect to the first surface, and that include chamfered portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Publication number: 20140329123Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to centre lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Patent number: 8828601Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to center lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Patent number: 8790807Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Publication number: 20140205880Abstract: Erroneous insertion of a battery into an imaging device resulting from downsizing of the battery is prevented. In a battery loading and unloading mechanism for loading and unloading a battery 2 formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped and having an almost square main surface to and from a device (an imaging device 1) to be detachably equipped with the battery 2, the battery 2 is formed with projecting portions 26, 27 at longitudinal both ends of a back surface thereof and along the back surface, the back surface being a surface opposite to an insertion surface of the battery inserted into the device, whereby even the battery formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped and having the almost-square main surface can be prevented from being erroneously inserted into the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Yamasaki, Hiroaki Sato, Toshiaki Ueda, Tomonori Watanabe, Yoichi Miyajima, Osamu Nagashima, Mieko Hara
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Publication number: 20140199576Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first groove, and a second groove formed in the second step surface and the second engaging portion, and a recess is provided in at least one of the first step surface and the second step surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko HARA, Toshio TAKESHITA, Yoichi MIYAJIMA, Hiroaki SATO, Tomonori WATANABE, Naoki KAMAYA