Patents by Inventor Erika Ido

Erika Ido 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).

  • Positive electrode lead and alkaline secondary battery
    Patent number: 9935307
    Abstract: A positive electrode lead of the present invention comprises: a strip-shaped first lead half body electrically connected to a sealing body of a nickel-hydrogen secondary battery; a strip-shaped second lead half body electrically connected to a positive electrode of an electrode group of the nickel-hydrogen secondary battery; a PTC thermistor joined between the first lead half body and the second lead half body; and a protective member covering a portion of the positive electrode lead where the PTC thermistor is joined. The second lead half body includes a portion to be bent on the outer side of the portion covered with the protective member. A recessed groove is formed in the portion covered with the protective member and has a shape elongated in a direction intersecting with a bend line of the portion to be bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: FDK CORPORATION, Littelfuse Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Erika Ido, Koji Izumi, Satoshi Wada, Hideaki Kitazume, Yohei Mizukami, Masatoshi Sakamoto, Toshikazu Yamaoka
  • POSITIVE ELECTRODE LEAD AND ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20150303445
    Abstract: A positive electrode lead of the present invention comprises: a strip-shaped first lead half body electrically connected to a sealing body of a nickel-hydrogen secondary battery; a strip-shaped second lead half body electrically connected to a positive electrode of an electrode group of the nickel-hydrogen secondary battery; a PTC thermistor joined between the first lead half body and the second lead half body; and a protective member covering a portion of the positive electrode lead where the PTC thermistor is joined. The second lead half body includes a portion to be bent on the outer side of the portion covered with the protective member. A recessed groove is formed in the portion covered with the protective member and has a shape elongated in a direction intersecting with a bend line of the portion to be bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: FDK CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Erika Ido, Koji Izumi, Satoshi Wada, Hideaki Kitazume, Yohei Mizukami, Masatoshi Sakamoto, Toshikazu Yamaoka