Patents by Inventor Akira Umetani

Akira Umetani 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).

  • Module terminal including interference preventive member
    Patent number: 9099713
    Abstract: A module terminal includes a terminal main body which is made of a metal plate and an insulative interference preventive member which is mounted on the terminal main body. In the terminal main body, one end portion is connected electrically to an electrode of a battery pack, and a female screw portion is formed integrally on a terminal portion to penetrate therethrough. While a distal end of a male screw faces an end face of the battery pack when the male screw into the female screw portion, the interference preventive member is disposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: PIOLAX INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Umetani, Toshiyuki Motohashi, Ryuichi Amagai
  • MODULE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20130052495
    Abstract: A module terminal includes a terminal main body which is made of a metal plate and an insulative interference preventive member which is mounted on the terminal main body. In the terminal main body, one end portion is connected electrically to an electrode of a battery pack, and a female screw portion is formed integrally on a terminal portion to penetrate therethrough. While a distal end of a male screw faces an end face of the battery pack when the male screw into the female screw portion, the interference preventive member is disposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Akira Umetani, Toshiyuki Motohashi, Ryuichi Amagai