Patents by Inventor Hiroki TADAUCHI

Hiroki TADAUCHI 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 assembled battery
    Patent number: 10062938
    Abstract: An assembled battery is formed by combining battery modules. Each battery module includes at least one battery cell and a rectangular box-shaped case that accommodates the at least one battery cell. The battery modules include a first battery module and a second battery module located adjacent to each other. The case of each of the first battery module and the second battery module includes an opposing side surface that is opposed to one of the first battery module and the second battery module. Each opposing side surface includes projections, which are laid out in rows, and ribs, which extend parallel to the layout direction of the projections. The ribs are smaller in height than the first projections. The ribs include connection ribs that connect the projections located in a predetermined range in the layout direction of the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Hada, Hiroki Tadauchi, Yasuhiro Otsuka, Hirotaka Watanabe
  • BATTERY MODULE AND ASSEMBLED BATTERY
    Publication number: 20170092998
    Abstract: An assembled battery is formed by combining battery modules. Each battery module includes at least one battery cell and a rectangular box-shaped case that accommodates the at least one battery cell. The battery modules include a first battery module and a second battery module located adjacent to each other. The case of each of the first battery module and the second battery module includes an opposing side surface that is opposed to one of the first battery module and the second battery module. Each opposing side surface includes projections, which are laid out in rows, and ribs, which extend parallel to the layout direction of the projections. The ribs are smaller in height than the first projections. The ribs include connection ribs that connect the projections located in a predetermined range in the layout direction of the projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki HADA, Hiroki TADAUCHI, Yasuhiro OTSUKA, Hirotaka WATANABE
  • SEAL STRUCTURE USING GASKET
    Publication number: 20120086176
    Abstract: A gasket arranged between two sealed subject surfaces includes a plurality of segments. A recess is arranged in one of the two sealed subject surfaces at a portion corresponding to a clearance between adjacent segments. A seal is filled in the recess and deformed in accordance with the shape of the clearance between the segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya KONDOU, Kenji FUKUMOTO, Hiroki TADAUCHI, Shuhei MARUKAWA