Patents by Inventor Toshio Takeshita
Toshio Takeshita 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: 20140178733Abstract: 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: February 25, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko HARA, Toshio TAKESHITA, Yoichi MIYAJIMA, Hiroaki SATO, Tomonori WATANABE, Naoki KAMAYA
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Patent number: 8758933Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell and a battery housing. The battery cell includes arcuate portions wherein an outer circumference of the battery cell is formed at least in part to be arcuate. The battery housing includes angular portions respectively opposing the arcuate portions and for storing the battery cell therein. Support walls having substantially the same curvatures as the arcuate portions and supporting the arcuate portions are formed along an insertion direction of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Toshio Takeshita
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Publication number: 20140038033Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
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Publication number: 20140023902Abstract: A battery apparatus including a case, a battery cell, a battery-side terminal, and an engaging piece. The case has a width, a thickness, and a length. The battery cell is housed in an inside of the case. The battery-side terminal is disposed on a side surface at one end of the case in a length direction and electrically connected to the battery cell. The engaging piece is disposed at the one end of the case at which the battery-side terminal is positioned such that the engaging piece extends in a length direction a same distance as the case at the one end portion. The engaging piece is at an edge of the case in a width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Yoichi Miyajima
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Patent number: 8617741Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
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Publication number: 20130280592Abstract: A secondary battery for an electronic appliance, including a battery cell. The battery cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte in a pack. A positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are led out from the same side face of the pack. A metallic battery can accommodates the battery cell therein such that the side face from which the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are lead out is faced towards the opening side. A lid, made of a synthetic resin, in which terminal parts to be connected to the electrodes of the electronic appliance upon being connected to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are faced outwardly, plugs the opening of the battery can, the battery cell being accommodated in the battery can upon being adhered onto an inner face thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Hiroaki SATO, Yoichi MIYAJIMA, Shoichi SHINTANI, Toshio TAKESHITA, Atsushi TAKAHASHI, Kei TASHIRO, Hideki KAMIYA, Hisashi AOKI, Osamu NAGASHIMA
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Patent number: 8563167Abstract: A battery apparatus including a case, a battery cell, a battery-side terminal, and an engaging piece. The case has a width, a thickness, and a length. The battery cell is housed in an inside of the case. The battery-side terminal is disposed on a side surface at one end of the case in a length direction and electrically connected to the battery cell. The engaging piece is disposed at the one end of the case at which the battery-side terminal is positioned such that the engaging piece extends in a length direction a same distance as the case at the one end portion. The engaging piece is at an edge of the case in a width direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima
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Patent number: 8557424Abstract: A secondary battery for an electronic appliance, including a battery cell. The battery cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte in a pack. A positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are lead out from the same side face of the pack. A metallic battery can accommodates the battery cell therein such that the side face from which the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are lead out is faced towards the opening side. A lid, made of a synthetic resin, in which terminal parts to be connected to the electrodes of the electronic appliance upon being connected to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are faced outwardly, plugs the opening of the battery can, the battery cell being accommodated in the battery can upon being adhered onto an inner face thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Sato, Yoichi Miyajima, Shoichi Shintani, Toshio Takeshita, Atsushi Takahashi, Kei Tashiro, Hideki Kamiya, Hisashi Aoki, Osamu Nagashima
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Patent number: 8551643Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery housing, a battery cell having a tubular negative electrode having an opening part at one end and a positive electrode fixed to the negative electrode in such a way as to close the opening part, the battery cell being housed in the battery housing, and a protrusion disposed between the battery cell and the inner wall of the battery housing in an area other than an area where the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the battery cell are fixed.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Mieko Hara, Atsuhiro Kumagai, Yoichi Miyajima, Shoichi Shintani
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Patent number: 8470465Abstract: 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: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Tomonori Watanabe, Naoki Kamaya
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Patent number: 8461799Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
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Patent number: 8432127Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
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Patent number: 8415045Abstract: A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance is disclosed, which includes a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated in a pack, and a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal from the positive electrode and the negative electrode, respectively are lead out from one side face of the pack; a metallic battery can in which an opening is formed in the both end sides in an insertion direction of the battery cell and which accommodates the battery cell therein such that one side face from which the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are lead out is faced towards the side of one of the openings; and a pair of lids made of a synthetic resin, each plugging the opening of the battery can, at least one of the lids plugging one of the openings towards which one side face from which the positive electrode termiType: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichi Miyajima, Toshio Takeshita, Hiroaki Sato, Atsushi Takahashi
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Patent number: 8409748Abstract: A battery and an electronic apparatus are disclosed by which it can be discriminated with a simple configuration whether or not the battery is of a thin type. The battery is configured such that a wall portion for discrimination of a battery characteristic which is swollen in a lengthwise direction and connects to a connector section is formed at a location of one of end faces positioned rather near to an end portion in a widthwise direction of a case of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideki Hagiwara, Michihito Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Konno, Shoichi Shintani, Yoichi Miyajima, Tsugio Sameshima, Tomohiro Tsumura, Kazuhiro Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Miyamori, Toshio Takeshita, Atsushi Takahashi, Naoto Hosoya, Yoshihisa Tsuchida, Seiya Amatatsu, Nobutatsu Takahashi
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Publication number: 20120295152Abstract: A battery apparatus of the type having a length, a width and a height, top and bottom surfaces substantially perpendicular to the height direction. First and second side surfaces, that include curved surfaces, are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear end portions are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces and also disposed between the first and second side surfaces. A plurality of electric contact portions are exposed through terminal windows; and a battery cell is electrically connected to at least one of the electric contact portions. The front end portion includes first and second level surfaces, with the second level surface being lower than the first level surface; and wherein the terminal windows are disposed in the second level surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
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Patent number: 8313856Abstract: To provide a thinner, lighter battery pack and to reduce the cost by eliminating the need for a battery case. A thin battery pack structure using an outer packaging film (battery pack) is constructed by a flat and rectangular shaped battery cell, a flat and rectangular shaped frame portion accommodating the battery cell, a circuit board unit disposed on the outer side surface of the frame portion, a cap portion mounted on one ends of the frame portion and the battery cell so as to sandwich the circuit board unit with the outer side surface of the frame portion, and an outer packaging film for integrally covering the rectangular battery cell and the frame portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Hiroaki Sato, Yoichi Miyajima, Hideyuki Sato
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Patent number: 8309251Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell and a battery housing. The battery cell includes arcuate portions wherein an outer circumference of the battery cell is formed at least in part to be arcuate. The battery housing includes angular portions respectively opposing the arcuate portions and for storing the battery cell therein. Support walls having substantially the same curvatures as the arcuate portions and supporting the arcuate portions are formed along an insertion direction of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Toshio Takeshita
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Patent number: 8304102Abstract: A battery pack for being slidably loaded on an electronic apparatus. The battery pack has a terminal case disposed on the battery case. Terminal grooves, in which are disposed terminal members, arc disposed on the terminal case. Guide grooves are provided in the terminal case. Positioning ribs are formed on the battery case; and a terminal pressing rib is formed on the battery case for pressing the terminal case in the battery case.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
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Publication number: 20120270086Abstract: A battery apparatus of the type having a length, a width and a height, top and bottom surfaces substantially perpendicular to the height direction. First and second side surfaces, that include curved surfaces, are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear end portions are disposed between the top and bottom surfaces and also disposed between the first and second side surfaces. A plurality of electric contact portions are exposed through terminal windows; and a battery cell is electrically connected to at least one of the electric contact portions. The front end portion includes first and second level surfaces, with the second level surface being lower than the first level surface; and wherein the terminal windows are disposed in the second level surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Nobuhito EBINE, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
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Patent number: D688198Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Takeshita, Yoichi Miyajima, Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroaki Sato