Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Ogata
Yoshiaki Ogata 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: 20150210596Abstract: A chopped strand for cement structure includes a plurality of glass fiber monofilaments; and a coating layer including a glass-fiber sizing agent. The plurality of glass fiber monofilaments is coated with the coating layer. The chopped strand has an ignition loss of 0.5-3.0% by mass. The glass-fiber sizing agent includes a vinyl acetate polymer having a crosslinked structure, and a plasticizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventor: Yoshiaki OGATA
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Patent number: 7666549Abstract: An alkaline storage battery of the present invention includes a battery case and a group of electrodes. The battery case is provided with a resin case and a coating layer made of a resin formed on at least one surface selected from an inner surface and an outer surface of the resin case. The hydrogen permeability coefficient of the resin that is the material of the coating layer is 1×10?15 mol·m/m2·sec·Pa or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maegawa, Noriyuki Fujioka, Haruyoshi Yamashita, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 7504799Abstract: A battery pack 100 has plural battery modules 110 each of which constituted with plural unit cells 120 arranged in a row. Furthermore, a spacer 130 intervenes between adjoining battery modules 110 to constitute a cooling passage 160 which makes cooling medium flow and cools down the unit cells 120. The spacer 130 is designed to flow the cooling medium in a row direction of unit cell cases 121 integrated in a battery module 110. The spacer 130 is structured such that touch area of the cooling medium and the unit cell cases 121 becomes lager as going from inlet side to outlet side of the cooling passage 160 with respect to each of the plural battery modules 110.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hamada, Toyohiko Eto, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Patent number: 7452629Abstract: A nickel metal hydride storage battery included a battery case, and a group of electrode plates arranged in the battery case, wherein the battery case includes a battery case main body having a hole and a lid for closing the hole. The battery case includes a first portion made of a metal or a laminate of a metal and a resin, and a second portion made of a resin; and an area of the first portion is 20% or more and 90% or less with respect to the entire battery case. Thus, a nickel metal hydride storage battery is capable of controlling the amount of hydrogen permeating the battery case and capable of suppressing the long-term deterioration.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maekawa, Noriyuki Fujioka
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Patent number: 7291421Abstract: A battery module is constructed of an integral battery case which is constituted by forming a plurality of prismatic cell cases into a unitized body, wherein positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates laminated alternately upon one another with intervening separators are respectively accommodated in each of the cell cases, thereby constituting a plurality of cells, these cells being electrically connected in series. A plurality of such battery modules are arranged in a direction in which the electrode plates within each cell are laminated in a condition with coolant passages formed between the battery modules, and bound tightly together with end plates arranged at both ends in the direction of adjacent arrangement of the battery modules.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadao Kimura, Shinji Hamada, Yoshiaki Ogata, Tomokazu Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Sekimori
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Publication number: 20070111092Abstract: An alkaline storage battery of the present invention includes a battery case and a group of electrodes. The battery case is provided with a resin case and a coating layer made of a resin formed on at least one surface selected from an inner surface and an outer surface of the resin case. The hydrogen permeability coefficient of the resin that is the material of the coating layer is 1×10?15 mol·m/m2·sec·Pa or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maegawa, Noriyuki Fujioka, Haruyoshi Yamashita, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 7166390Abstract: A group of electrodes are accommodated in a prismatic cell case of a rechargeable battery. Intervening separators are provided between positive and negative electrode plates arranged alternately in parallel to long lateral walls of the cell case. The positive electrode plates each include a lead portion having a surface on which at least one lead plate is attached. Lateral edges of the positive electrode plates protrude beyond the negative electrode plates on one side, and lateral edges of the negative electrode plates protrude beyond the group of positive electrode plates on the opposite side. The protruding portions form the lead portions. Upper open ends of the cell cases are closed by an integral lid member.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hamada, Hiroshi Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Nobuyasu Morishita, Noriyuki Fujioka, Munehisa Ikoma, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Publication number: 20060166087Abstract: A secondary battery comprises a case body member of a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a plurality of housing parts each accommodating each of a plurality of electrode plate groups, and a cover member that closes an insertion opening of the case body member, through which each electrode plate group is inserted in each housing part. The case body member is made integrally of resin by injection molding. The battery case is compartmentalized into the cover member and the case body member in a direction of depth (a direction of minimum dimension) which is the smallest in dimension among a direction of width, a direction of height, and a direction of depth, which are perpendicular to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Yoshiaki Ogata, Shinji Hamada, Toyohiko Eto
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Publication number: 20060049799Abstract: A battery pack 100 has plural battery modules 110 each of which constituted with plural unit cells 120 arranged in a row. Furthermore, a spacer 130 intervenes between adjoining battery modules 110 to constitute a cooling passage 160 which makes cooling medium flow and cools down the unit cells 120. The spacer 130 is designed to flow the cooling medium in a row direction of unit cell cases 121 integrated in a battery module 110. The spacer 130 is structured such that touch area of the cooling medium and the unit cell cases 121 becomes lager as going from inlet side to outlet side of the cooling passage 160 with respect to each of the plural battery modules 110.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Shinji Hamada, Toyohiko Eto, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Patent number: 6982131Abstract: On the opposite end walls of a flat, prismatic battery case of a battery module where electrode terminals are attached, protruding components are formed such as to protrude further than the electrode terminals. Terminal holes are formed in the end walls in which the electrode terminals are fitted, and the thickness of the end walls of the integral battery case in the vicinity of the terminal holes is not the same on both sides of each of the terminal holes. Also, one or a plurality of vertical and horizontal ribs are formed on the end walls between the electrode terminals and the protruding components. Further, a sealing structure is included for a battery.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hamada, Izumi Yamamura, Noriyuki Fujioka, Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohiko Eto, Keiji Shukuya, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Patent number: 6821673Abstract: In each of the cells that constitute an battery module, a plurality of positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are layered parallel to the long lateral walls of prismatic cell cases with intervening separators therebetween, wherein lateral edge portions of the positive electrode plates protrude beyond the negative electrode plates on one side, and lateral edge portions of the negative electrode plates protrude beyond the group of positive electrode plates on the opposite side, the protruding portions forming lead portions.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hamada, Hiroshi Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Nobuyasu Morishita, Noriyuki Fujioka, Munehisa Ikoma, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Publication number: 20040229121Abstract: A group of electrodes are accommodated in a prismatic cell case of a rechargeable battery. Intervening separators are provided between positive and negative electrode plates arranged alternately in parallel to long lateral walls of the cell case. The positive electrode plates each include a lead portion having a surface on which at least one lead plate is attached. Lateral edges of the positive electrode plates protrude beyond the negative electrode plates on one side, and lateral edges of the negative electrode plates protrude beyond the group of positive electrode plates on the opposite side. The protruding portions form the lead portions. Upper open ends of the cell cases are closed by an integral lid member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Hamada, Hiroshi Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Nobuyasu Morishita, Noriyuki Fujioka, Munehisa Ikoma, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Publication number: 20040191619Abstract: A nickel metal hydride storage battery included a battery case, and a group of electrode plates arranged in the battery case, wherein the battery case includes a battery case main body having a hole and a lid for closing the hole. The battery case includes a first portion made of a metal or a laminate of a metal and a resin, and a second portion made of a resin; and an area of the first portion is 20% or more and 90% or less with respect to the entire battery case. Thus, a nickel metal hydride storage battery is capable of controlling the amount of hydrogen permeating the battery case and capable of suppressing the long-term deterioration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maekawa, Noriyuki Fujioka
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Patent number: 6780538Abstract: A battery module is provided which includes multiple rechargeable batteries coupled together. The battery module includes multiple prismatic cell cases having short lateral walls and long lateral walls arranged side by side. Adjacent short lateral walls are integral with each other. The battery module includes holes extending through the short lateral walls of the cell cases at upper edge portions. The battery module also includes a pair of frame fittings that have base ends and protruding portions in each of the cell cases for connecting two adjacent cell cases. The protruding portions of the pair of frame fittings extend into the through holes in the upper edge portions of the short lateral walls of the cell cases from both sides and are welded together. Positive and negative electrode collector plates in the cell cases are respectively attached to the base ends of the frame fittings.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hamada, Hiroshi Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Nobuyasu Morishita, Noriyuki Fujioka, Munehisa Ikoma, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Publication number: 20040137320Abstract: An alkaline storage battery of the present invention includes a battery case and a group of electrodes. The battery case is provided with a resin case and a coating layer made of a resin formed on at least one surface selected from an inner surface and an outer surface of the resin case. The hydrogen permeability coefficient of the resin that is the material of the coating layer is 1×10−15 mol·m/m2·sec·Pa or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maegawa, Noriyuki Fujioka, Haruyoshi Yamashita, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 6709783Abstract: In a battery pack 1 wherein prismatic battery modules 2 are arranged parallel with each other, cooling passages 7 are formed by interposing spacers 6 made of metallic material between mutually facing long side faces 2a, 2a of the battery modules 2, 2.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Ogata, Shinji Hamada
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Publication number: 20030203278Abstract: In each of the cells of a battery module, multiple positive electrode plates and multiple negative electrode plates are layered, each of the cells has short lateral walls and long lateral walls intervening separators are provided between the positive and negative electrodes, parallel to the long lateral walls of prismatic cell cases. Lateral edge portions of the positive electrode plates protrude beyond the group of negative electrode plates on one side, and lateral edge portions of the negative electrode plates protrude beyond the group of positive electrode plates on the opposite side. The cells are arranged side by side with adjacent short lateral walls that are integral with each other. Upper open ends of the cell cases are integrally closed with a single lid member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Hamada, Hiroshi Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Nobuyasu Morishita, Noriyuki Fujioka, Munehisa Ikoma, Yoshiaki Ogata
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Patent number: 6586132Abstract: In a sealed battery pack comprising a plurality of serially disposed cells in which power generating elements are housed in prismatic cell cases and the openings thereof are sealed, the plurality of serially disposed cells are housed in a cooling box, and the top openings in the cooling box and the openings in the various cell cases of the cells are sealed by integrating lids. Coolant passages on both sides between the side surfaces of the cells and the side walls on both sides of the cooling box in the cell arrangement direction, and coolant passages between the cases of the cells are formed so as to communicate with each other, so that all of the side surfaces of the cells are forcibly cooled by a coolant.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2000Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinsuke Fukuda, Yoshiaki Ogata, Mitsugu Takaki, Yasunori Uchida, Joji Kasugai
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Publication number: 20030118898Abstract: A battery module is constructed of an integral battery case which is constituted by forming a plurality of prismatic cell cases into a unitized body, wherein positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates laminated alternately upon one another with intervening separators are respectively accommodated in each of the cell cases, thereby constituting a plurality of cells, these cells being electrically connected in series. A plurality of such battery modules are arranged in a direction in which the electrode plates within each cell are laminated in a condition with coolant passages formed between the battery modules, and bound tightly together with end plates arranged at both ends in the direction of adjacent arrangement of the battery modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2003Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadao Kimura, Shinji Hamada, Yoshiaki Ogata, Tomokazu Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Sekimori
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Patent number: 6569561Abstract: A battery module is constructed of an integral battery case which is constituted by forming a plurality of prismatic cell cases into a unitized body, wherein positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates laminated alternately upon one another with intervening separators are respectively accommodated in each of the cell cases, thereby constituting a plurality of cells, these cells being electrically connected in series. A plurality of such battery modules are arranged in a direction in which the electrode plates within each cell are laminated in a condition with coolant passages formed between the battery modules, and bound tightly together with end plates arranged at both ends in the direction of adjacent arrangement of the battery modules.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadao Kimura, Shinji Hamada, Yoshiaki Ogata, Tomokazu Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Sekimori