Patents by Inventor Hiromi Ueda

Hiromi Ueda 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: 10483517
    Abstract: A bus bar assembly structure includes an electrode terminal and a plate-shaped bus bar that is assembled to the electrode terminal. The bus bar has a burr along an edge of one of openings of an insertion hole. A threaded portion of a nut has a tapered portion at an edge of one of openings of the threaded portion, and a largest diameter of the tapered portion is greater than a bore diameter of the insertion hole. A flat portion of the bus bar is held between a bolt and a nut while the burr is located within a space created by the tapered portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Naoto Morisaku, Fumihiko Ishiguro, Hiromi Ueda, Hirokuni Akiyama, Takayuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10461300
    Abstract: A battery module includes an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arranged, a plurality of harnesses extending in an array direction of the battery cells in the array body and having connecting terminals of tips connected to electrode terminals of the predetermined battery cells, and a binding member configured to bind the plurality of harnesses in a harness bundle, wherein the harnesses branched off from the binding member have flexure between a position at which the harnesses are bound by the binding member and connecting positions of the electrode terminals and the connecting terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Hiromi Ueda, Takayuki Kato, Naoto Morisaku
  • Publication number: 20190280278
    Abstract: A bus bar assembly structure includes an electrode terminal and a plate-shaped bus bar that is assembled to the electrode terminal. The bus bar has a burr along an edge of one of openings of an insertion hole. A threaded portion of a nut has a tapered portion at an edge of one of openings of the threaded portion, and a largest diameter of the tapered portion is greater than a bore diameter of the insertion hole. A flat portion of the bus bar is held between a bolt and a nut while the burr is located within a space created by the tapered portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Naoto MORISAKU, Fumihiko ISHIGURO, Hiromi UEDA, Hirokuni AKIYAMA, Takayuki KATO
  • Patent number: 10403870
    Abstract: A battery module is provided and includes an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed, an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body, a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween, a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member, and a metal joining member joining the pair of the end plates each other, in which the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted, and a metal collar is inserted through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki Chujo, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 10388934
    Abstract: A battery module 1 includes an array body including a plurality of battery cells held by cell holders and arranged along a predetermined array direction, and elastic members disposed between adjacent battery cells, and a restraint member applying a restraining load to the array body in the array direction. The cell holder has a protrusion protruding in the array direction, and a compression amount of the elastic member between the battery cells is regulated by the protrusion abutting on a cell holder of an adjacent battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Taku Inoue, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10319977
    Abstract: A fastening member includes a column member, a first screw, and a second screw. The column member has a first end and a second end in the axial direction. The first screw is provided at the first end. The second screw is provided at the second end. The column member is configured so that a jig is axially fitted thereover from the second end, and so that rotating the jig having been fitted over the column member engages the first screw with a first body to be fastened. The first screw and the second screw have different axial lengths. The column member has a protrusion which prevents the jig from being fitted from the first end over the column member up to a position at which the jig can rotate the column member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromi Ueda, Takayuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10319968
    Abstract: A battery pack has a sealed case. Battery modules are housed in the sealed case. Each battery module contains multiple battery cells. The sealed case has a main body having an opening. The opening in the main body is closed by a rectangular plate-shaped lid member. The lid member has a first releasing portion and a second releasing portion, which are opened when the internal pressure of the sealed case increases. The second releasing portion is arranged below the first releasing portion in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki Chujo, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Fumihiko Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20190097191
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module, which includes an array for battery cells; an elastic body disposed with respect to the array, a restraining member that restrains the array via the elastic body in an arranging direction of the battery cells, a plurality of harnesses that extend in the arranging direction and have connecting terminals of tips thereof connected to electrode terminals of the predetermined battery cells, and a binding member that binds the plurality of harnesses into a harness bundle. A binding position of the harnesses which is caused by the binding member is located at a side opposite to the elastic body relative to a connecting position between the electrode terminal and the connecting terminal, and the harness that branches off from the binding member has a flexure between the binding position and the connecting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMADA, Hiromi UEDA, Hirokuni AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190097284
    Abstract: A power storage device pack includes a housing and a power storage device module fixed to the housing. The power storage device module includes a plurality of power storage devices arranged in one direction, a pair of binding members configured to bind the power storage devices at both ends in the one direction, an elastic member arranged between one of the binding members and one of the power storage devices and configured to absorb expansion of the power storage devices, and a plurality of heat-transfer plates arranged so as to respectively make contact with the power storage devices. A plurality of heat-conduction members are configured to respectively conduct heat from the heat-transfer plates to the housing, and a plurality of sliding members respectively joined to first ends of the heat-conduction members and relatively slidable in the one direction, are arranged between the heat-transfer plates and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumihiko ISHIGURO, Takayuki KATO, Hiromi UEDA, Kazuki MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10186694
    Abstract: A power storage module is provided with: a pair of end plates for clamping a plurality of secondary cells arranged in parallel in one direction; first and second cover members fixed to one end plate of the pair of end plates, the first and second cover members being arranged facing the top surface of an enclosure, an electrode terminal being provided on the top surface; through-holes formed in the first and second cover members, the through-holes extending in the one direction; and engaging protrusions provided to first cell holders, the engaging protrusions protruding in the direction in which the first and second cover members are arranged, and being engaged with the first and second cover members, with the engaging protrusions passed through the through-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Takayuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10177352
    Abstract: A battery module has battery cells. The battery cells are arranged side by side while being separately held by battery holders. The battery cells are connected in series with bus bars. Each bus bar has a bent portion. Each battery holder includes a protruding wall that is provided between connection terminals adjacent to each other in the direction in which the battery cells are arranged. The protruding walls protrude further than the connection terminals in the direction in which the connection terminals protrude from the cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takashi Sakai, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku
  • Patent number: 10135042
    Abstract: A battery module unit for a power supply device is designed so that the value of the adhesive strength between an end plate and an outermost tape and the value of the adhesive strength between a battery module and the outermost tape are greater than or equal to the minimum required strength for holding the battery module and around the minimum required strength. As a result, the battery module does not fall off in a normally held state and the end plate can be easily peeled off from the battery module at the time of reworking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Naoto Morisaku, Hiromi Ueda, Takayuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10128474
    Abstract: A battery module includes a first battery stack, a second battery stack, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The first and second battery stacks each have a plurality of rechargeable batteries. The first battery stack has an end adjacent to the second battery stack, and the second battery stack has an end adjacent to the first battery stack. The first bracket is provided at the end of the first battery stack. The second bracket is provided at the end of the second battery stack and has the same shape as the first bracket. Each of the first bracket and the second bracket has insertion protrusions and receiving recesses that are alternately arranged. One of the insertion protrusions of the second bracket is inserted into the receiving recess formed between adjacent two of the insertion protrusions of the first bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromi Ueda, Takahisa Sugimoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Takashi Sakai, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 10062929
    Abstract: A vehicle body includes an accommodating portion that accommodates a battery pack. A communication hole, which connects the outside and the inside the accommodating portion, is formed in one of the side walls of the vehicle body. The battery pack includes battery cells and a sealed case that accommodates the battery cells. The sealed case includes a case main body having an opening and a lid member fixed to the case main body. The lid member has a first releasing portion and a second releasing portion. A connecting portion for connecting a charging plug to the battery pack is inserted in the communication hole. The connecting portion is connected to the battery cells via wires. The first releasing portion and the second releasing portion are arranged to face a wall of an accommodating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki Chujo, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Fumihiko Ishiguro, Naoto Morisaku
  • Patent number: 10056601
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a casing having an inner surface and a battery module accommodated in the casing. The battery module includes a battery unit and two end plates. The battery unit includes battery cells that are arranged side by side. The end plates hold the battery unit in between. At least one of the end plates has a projection that projects further toward the inner surface of the casing than the battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takashi Sakai, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku
  • Patent number: 10003050
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell, a heat transfer plate, and a holder. The heat transfer plate is arranged side by side with the battery cell and has an edge and is thermally coupled to the battery cell. The holder holds the battery cell and that has a cutout section to which the heat transfer plate is fitted. The edge of the heat-transmitting plate has a first engagement section that is at least one of a first recess and a first protrusion. The holder has a second engagement section that is at least one of a second protrusion, which is fitted to the first recess and a second protrusions, which is fitted to the first protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Naoto Morisaku, Takayuki Kato, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Takashi Sakai, Yuki Chujo, Hiromi Ueda, Kazuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 9972870
    Abstract: A battery module includes battery cells arranged side by side, two end plates sandwiching the battery cells, an elastic body, and a cover. The cover includes a first cover member and a second cover member. The battery module includes a cable that electrically connects a first electronic component and a second electronic component to each other. The cable has a bent portion capable of being deformed in accordance with relative movement between the first cover member and the second cover member in the arrangement direction. The cover includes support portions that support the cable to maintain the shape of the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuki Maeda, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Hidefumi Oishi, Naoto Morisaku
  • Patent number: 9954209
    Abstract: This battery pack is provided with a housing, a case, a battery cell, a sealing material and a spacer. The case includes a lid member fixed to the housing so as to close a through-hole in the housing. The lid member is bolted to a through-hole peripheral part of the housing. When the internal pressure of the case rises, part of the lid member deforms in a direction away from the through-hole peripheral part, releasing the internal pressure of the case. The battery cell is accommodated inside of the case. The sealing material is arranged between the lid member and the through-hole peripheral part so as to ensure the air-tightness of the case. The spacer is arranged between the lid member and the through-hole peripheral part so as to maintain the interval between the lid member and the through-hole peripheral part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki Chujo, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Fumihiko Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 9917338
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module including a plurality of cells, a housing that accommodates the battery module and is thermally coupled to the battery module, and a temperature adjuster that is thermally coupled and attached to the housing. The temperature adjuster changes a temperature of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hidefumi Oishi, Takayuki Kato, Hirohisa Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Fumihiko Ishiguro, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda, Takashi Sakai, Shintaro Watanabe, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yuki Chujo
  • Publication number: 20180069219
    Abstract: A battery module is provided and includes an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed, an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body, a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween, a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member, and a metal joining member joining the pair of the end plates each other, in which the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted, and a metal collar is inserted through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki CHUJO, Takayuki KATO, Hiromi UEDA, Naoto MORISAKU, Masahiro YAMADA