Patents by Inventor Naotake YOSHIDA

Naotake YOSHIDA 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: 10446890
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells; a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells; and a heat conductive material arranged in a manner contacting the connecting terminal portion. The heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance. The heat conductive materials are distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotake Yoshida, Tsutomu Aoyama, Tatsuya Adachi, Hiroaki Ono, Noritsugu Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20190305287
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery unit including rectangular secondary batteries, each including a sealing plate and positive and negative electrode terminals attached to the sealing plate; a bus bar that connects the rectangular secondary batteries together in parallel; an insulating plate disposed between the sealing plates of the rectangular secondary batteries and the bus bar; and a short-circuit breaking portion that interrupts an electric conduction path between the rectangular secondary batteries connected in parallel by allowing each sealing plate to bulge outward in response to an internal pressure rise of the battery to push up the insulating plate and the bus bar. A portion of each sealing plate that bulges most protrudes outward by greater than or equal to 1.5 mm from an outer peripheral edge of the sealing plate when a pressure in the corresponding rectangular secondary battery reaches the operating pressure of a gas release valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Matsui, Takashi Hosokawa, Kyohei Kobayashi, Naotake Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180248161
    Abstract: An electric storage device is provided. The electric storage device includes a case, first and second terminals, a conduction state switch, an electronic component and a cover member including a connecting portion. The case has a first opening and a second opening on a first surface of the case and is configured to house a battery unit including a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion. The conduction state switch is provided between the first terminal portion of the battery unit and the first terminal of the case. The conduction state switch is in a conducting state when the connecting portion of the cover member is connected with the conduction state switch and the cover member is attached to the first surface of the case and covers the first opening, the second opening, the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Naotake YOSHIDA, Tatsuya ADACHI, Hiroaki ONO, Yasuhiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170352931
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells; a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells; and a heat conductive material arranged in a manner contacting the connecting terminal portion. The heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance. The heat conductive materials are distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: NAOTAKE YOSHIDA, TSUTOMU AOYAMA, TATSUYA ADACHI, HIROAKI ONO, NORITSUGU YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170008417
    Abstract: A battery module, a power storage device, a power storage system, an electronic appliance, an electric vehicle, and a power system that can detect the voltage of a plurality of battery cells more accurately are provided. The power storage device includes a connection terminal portion which is coupled with terminal planes of a plurality of battery cells constituting battery columns. The connection terminal portion includes a coupling portion including a first coupling portion configured to couple at least with a first battery column and a second coupling portion configured to couple at least with a second battery column adjacent to the first battery column, and an extension portion extended from an end of the coupling portion in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is provided at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Naotake YOSHIDA, Tsutomu AOYAMA, Tatsuya ADACHI, Hiroaki ONO, Munenori INDEN
  • Publication number: 20160336572
    Abstract: There is provided a power storage system comprising a plurality of battery lines and a connection terminal unit. Each battery line comprises a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction. The connection terminal unit is electrically connected to terminal faces of each battery cell of a group of the battery cells, and the group of the battery cells is disposed in a second direction. At least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit. There are also provided a power storage system for a house, a power storage system for a vehicle, an electronic device and an electric vehicle including the power storage device. There is also provided a connection terminal unit for electrically connecting a plurality of battery cells, in which at least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Naotake YOSHIDA, Hiroaki ONO, Tsutomu AOYAMA, Tatsuya ADACHI, Naoyuki SUGENO, Munenori INDEN