Patents by Inventor Hirotatsu Matsuo

Hirotatsu Matsuo 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
    Patent number: 8808907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module which comprises a cell unit that comprises cells, and a case that contains the cell unit. The case comprises: a first member which has a first guide portion, and a second member which has a second guide portion that is fitted into the first guide portion by being slid on the first guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotatsu Matsuo, Ryoichi Takatsu, Kaoru Ishii, Naoto Todoroki
  • BATTERY MODULE
    Publication number: 20130108909
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module which comprises a cell unit that comprises cells, and a case that contains the cell unit. The case comprises: a first member which has a first guide portion, and a second member which has a second guide portion that is fitted into the first guide portion by being slid on the first guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotatsu Matsuo, Ryoichi Takatsu, Kaoru Ishii, Naoto Todoroki
  • Clip
    Patent number: 8113756
    Abstract: Provided is a clip which can be easily detached from a mounting hole solely by pulling a base portion thereof in any one direction. A clip (10) is equipped with a base portion (20) to engage with a front-side peripheral edge of a mounting hole (5), and a locking leg (30) to engage with a back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). The locking leg (30) has a stem portion (40) and a pair of elastic engagement members (50) extending in an anchor-fluke-like fashion from the forward ends of the stem portion (40) and having at their forward ends engagement portions (51) to engage with the back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). An axis (C) of the stem portion (30) and a line (L) connecting the centers of the engagement portions (51) of the pair of elastic engagement members (50) are offset from each other as seen in an axial direction of the stem portion (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Piolax Inc., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuki Wakabayashi, Hirotatsu Matsuo, Kiyotaka Itou, Tetsutaro Nakagawa, Yusuke Arai, Naoki Aizawa
  • Clip
    Publication number: 20080008560
    Abstract: Provided is a clip which can be easily detached from a mounting hole solely by pulling a base portion thereof in any one direction. A clip (10) is equipped with a base portion (20) to engage with a front-side peripheral edge of a mounting hole (5), and a locking leg (30) to engage with a back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). The locking leg (30) has a stem portion (40) and a pair of elastic engagement members (50) extending in an anchor-fluke-like fashion from the forward ends of the stem portion (40) and having at their forward ends engagement portions (51) to engage with the back-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole (5). An axis (C) of the stem portion (30) and a line (L) connecting the centers of the engagement portions (51) of the pair of elastic engagement members (50) are offset from each other as seen in an axial direction of the stem portion (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicants: PIOLAX, INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuki Wakabayashi, Hirotatsu Matsuo, Kiyotaka Itou