Patents by Inventor Akifumi MIZUTANI

Akifumi MIZUTANI 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).

  • Battery module and battery module manufacturing method
    Patent number: 11677117
    Abstract: A battery module includes a box-shaped housing case that is open at an upper side and that does not include a hole formed in a side wall, a battery stack that includes plural battery cells stacked along a horizontal direction and that is housed inside the housing case, and a shim that is disposed between the battery stack and the housing case so as to press the battery stack along the stacking direction of the battery cells in a state in which the battery stack is housed inside the housing case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akifumi Mizutani
  • BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210273287
    Abstract: A battery module includes a box-shaped housing case that is open at an upper side and that does not include a hole formed in a side wall, a battery stack that includes plural battery cells stacked along a horizontal direction and that is housed inside the housing case, and a shim that is disposed between the battery stack and the housing case so as to press the battery stack along the stacking direction of the battery cells in a state in which the battery stack is housed inside the housing case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akifumi MIZUTANI
  • METHOD OF OBTAINING A CELL POPULATION CONTAINING CANCER STEM CELLS
    Publication number: 20150079626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a cell population containing cancer stem cells, which comprises culturing iPS cells in the presence of culture supernatant of cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: LSIP, LLC, National University Corporation Okayama University
    Inventors: Masaharu SENO, Akifumi MIZUTANI, Tomonari KASAI