Patents by Inventor Ayumu Kamakura

Ayumu Kamakura 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: 10396321
    Abstract: A battery pack spacer is divided into a first region and a second region, the first region includes an end portion in a first direction and occupies half of an entire region of the spacer in a second direction from the end portion in the first direction, the second region includes an end portion in the second direction and occupies half of the entire region of the spacer in the first direction from the end portion in the second direction, and the second region has higher compressibility in the single cell arrangement direction than the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya Ishihara, Jumpei Terashima, Ayumu Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20180315970
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a flat wound electrode body in which an elongated positive electrode, an elongated negative electrode, and an elongated separator (70) which electrically separates the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other overlap each other and are wound in a longitudinal direction; and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The separator (70) includes a substrate layer (90) which is formed of a resin substrate and a heat resistance layer (80) which is formed on one surface of the substrate layer (90), and an adhesion strength between the substrate layer (90) and the heat resistance layer (80) is 0.19 N/10 mm to 400 N/10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junpei TERASHIMA, Taira SAITO, Ayumu KAMAKURA, Harunari SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 9991499
    Abstract: A flat electrode body of a battery has a first-side curved end positioned on a first side of an electrode body width direction and a second-side curved end positioned on a second side. A positive electrode innermost curved portion of a positive electrode sheet is disposed inside the first-side curved end. When the dimension from a positive electrode connecting portion to the end on the first side of the electrode body is defined as a distance and the dimension from the positive electrode connecting portion to the end on the second side of the electrode body is defined as a distance, the positive electrode connecting portion being in the positive electrode protrusion wound portion and connected to a terminal connecting portion of a positive terminal member, the terminal connecting portion is connected to the positive electrode connecting portion at a position satisfying the condition Ha?1.1Hb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Taira Saito, Masato Kamiya, Junpei Terashima, Ayumu Kamakura, Shinji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160268573
    Abstract: A battery pack spacer is divided into a first region and a second region, the first region includes an end portion in a first direction and occupies half of an entire region of the spacer in a second direction from the end portion in the first direction, the second region includes an end portion in the second direction and occupies half of the entire region of the spacer in the first direction from the end portion in the second direction, and the second region has higher compressibility in the single cell arrangement direction than the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya ISHIHARA, Jumpei TERASHIMA, Ayumu KAMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20150325832
    Abstract: A flat electrode body of a battery has a first-side curved end positioned on a first side of an electrode body width direction and a second-side curved end positioned on a second side. A positive electrode innermost curved portion of a positive electrode sheet is disposed inside the first-side curved end. When the dimension from a positive electrode connecting portion to the end on the first side of the electrode body is defined as a distance and the dimension from the positive electrode connecting portion to the end on the second side of the electrode body is defined as a distance, the positive electrode connecting portion being in the positive electrode protrusion wound portion and connected to a terminal connecting portion of a positive terminal member, the terminal connecting portion is connected to the positive electrode connecting portion at a position satisfying the condition Ha?1.1Hb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taira SAITO, Masato KAMIYA, Junpei TERASHIMA, Ayumu KAMAKURA, Shinji SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 7663863
    Abstract: An electrode for an electric double layer capacitor including a current collector electrode and an active substance carried on the current collector electrode, wherein the active substance is composed of a carbon-based fiber and a conductive polymer fiber formed by the electrospinning method, whereby a high capacity capacitor electrode having of a larger specific surface area than a conventional capacitor electrode and an electric double layer capacitor using the same is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Maruyama, Ayumu Kamakura
  • Patent number: 7585433
    Abstract: A polyaniline/carbon composite composed of polyaniline or its derivative combined with a carbonaceous material, in which polyaniline/carbon composite, the polyaniline or its derivative is a conductive polyaniline or its derivative dispersed in a non polar organic solvent is undoped. This polyaniline/carbon composite is capable of providing an active substance for a polarizable electrode and the polarizable electrode is capable of providing an electric double-layer capacitor having a high electrostatic capacity, an excellent electric charge-discharge characteristics and an excellent cycle characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Kamakura, Tsukasa Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20080139742
    Abstract: A polyaniline/carbon composite composed of polyaniline or its derivative combined with a carbonaceous material, in which polyaniline/carbon composite, the polyaniline or its derivative is a conductive polyaniline or its derivative dispersed in a non polar organic solvent is undoped. This polyaniline/carbon composite is capable of providing an active substance for a polarizable electrode and the polarizable electrode is capable of providing an electric double-layer capacitor having a high electrostatic capacity, an excellent electric charge-discharge characteristics and an excellent cycle characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Kamakura, Tsukasa Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20080117562
    Abstract: An electrode for an electric double layer capacitor including a current collector electrode and an active substance carried on the current collector electrode, wherein the active substance is composed of a carbon-based fiber and a conductive polymer fiber formed by the electrospinning method, whereby a high capacity capacitor electrode having of a larger specific surface area than a conventional capacitor electrode and an electric double layer capacitor using the same is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Maruyama, Ayumu Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20080042110
    Abstract: A polyaniline/porous carbon composite composed of a conductive polyaniline or the derivative thereof dispersed, in a doped state, in a non-polar organic solvent and a porous carbonaceous material and an electric double layer capacitor having a superior conductivity and a high electrostatic capacity without using a binder using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Kamakura, Tsukasa Maruyama