Patents by Inventor Hitoshi NISHIMORI

Hitoshi NISHIMORI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240258608
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including: a first battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces face each other; a second battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces are face each other; and a case housing the first battery group and the second battery group, wherein the facing surfaces of the first battery group and the second battery group are directly or indirectly thermally connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Masanari ODA, Hirofumi TAKAHASHI, Shigeki MAKINO, Wataru SATO, Hitoshi NISHIMORI
  • Publication number: 20240145331
    Abstract: The power semiconductor module includes a base plate, a semiconductor chip mounted on a first main surface of the base plate, and a heat sink connected to a second main surface of the base plate, wherein: a chamfered part is provided at an end portion of at least one side of the second main surface; and, when the cross section of the base plate is viewed in a state in which the base plate is fixed to the heat sink, the slope of the second main surface of the base plate is discontinuous at the boundary between the chamfered part and an area of the second main surface other than the chambered part, and the angle between the bottom surface of the chamfered part of the base plate and the surface on the side of the heat sink where the base plate is fixed is 5° to 30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Keisuke HORIUCHI, Norio NAKAZATO, Daisuke KAWASE, Koji SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11843101
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including: a first battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces face each other; a second battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces are face each other; and a case housing the first battery group and the second battery group, wherein the facing surfaces of the first battery group and the second battery group are directly or indirectly thermally connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Masanari Oda, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
  • Patent number: 11699818
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack capable of improving load resistance of a reinforcing part and protecting battery cells inside a case. The battery pack 100 includes a reinforcing part 30 that is in contact with a bottom wall 10e of the case 10. The reinforcing part 30 extends in one direction D1 along the bottom wall 10e, and has dimensions d1, d2 in directions orthogonal to the one direction D1 that are larger than thickness t of side walls 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d of the case 10 and of the bottom wall 10e. The reinforcing part 30 has a pair of end fixed parts 31 that are fixed to both ends of the battery module 20 in the one direction D1, and an intermediate fixed part 32 between the pair of end fixed parts 31 and fixed to the battery module 20 or the case 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimori, Takayuki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11394088
    Abstract: A secondary battery module incudes a secondary battery, a secondary battery laminate, a busbar, and one pair of lashing plates. The one pair of lashing plates is provided on either end of the secondary battery laminate in a laminating direction. The one pair of lashing plates is connected via a cell block provided so as to face the narrow surface of the secondary battery. The secondary battery laminate is lashed in a state of being pressed in the laminating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20220013828
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including: a first battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces face each other; a second battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces are face each other; and a case housing the first battery group and the second battery group, wherein the facing surfaces of the first battery group and the second battery group are directly or indirectly thermally connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Masanari Oda, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20220013829
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including: a first battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces face each other; a second battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces are face each other; and a case housing the first battery group and the second battery group, wherein the facing surfaces of the first battery group and the second battery group are directly or indirectly thermally connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Masanari ODA, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
  • Patent number: 11133541
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including: a first battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces face each other; a second battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces are face each other; and a case housing the first battery group and the second battery group, wherein the facing surfaces of the first battery group and the second battery group are directly or indirectly thermally connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Masanari Oda, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20210036280
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack capable of improving load resistance of a reinforcing part and protecting battery cells inside a case. The battery pack 100 includes a reinforcing part 30 that is in contact with a bottom wall 10e of the case 10. The reinforcing part 30 extends in one direction D1 along the bottom wall 10e, and has dimensions d1, d2 in directions orthogonal to the one direction D1 that are larger than thickness t of side walls 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d of the case 10 and of the bottom wall 10e. The reinforcing part 30 has a pair of end fixed parts 31 that are fixed to both ends of the battery module 20 in the one direction D1, and an intermediate fixed part 32 between the pair of end fixed parts 31 and fixed to the battery module 20 or the case 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Takayuki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200350548
    Abstract: The secondary battery module comprises a secondary battery, a secondary battery laminate in which a plurality of the secondary batteries are laminated, and a busbar case, a plurality of a terminal of the secondary battery laminate are inserted into a plurality of hole of the busbar case, and a length M of a sum in the laminating direction of a gap E, is a gap on an outside in the laminating direction among gaps between the secondary batteries and inner walls of the holes and which are provided on one end of the secondary batteries in the laminating direction, and a gap F, which is a gap on an outside in the laminating direction among gaps between the secondary batteries and inner walls of the holes which are provided on another end of the secondary batteries in the laminating direction, satisfies M>(A?B)×(N?1), where A is a length from an end of one side of the terminal of the secondary battery, in a state in which the secondary battery laminate has not been pressed, in the laminating direction, to one sid
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoshi NISHIMORI
  • Patent number: 10651442
    Abstract: An assembled cell is formed by laminating a plurality of rectangular secondary batteries in a thickness direction and interposing a spacer between the rectangular secondary batteries. The rectangular secondary battery includes an electrode group in which positive and negative electrodes are wound, and the electrode group is housed in the battery container formed in a flat box shape. The spacer includes a contact part which contacts with a width direction end region of a wide side surface of the battery container, a facing part which faces a width direction intermediate region of the wide side surface, and an inclined surface which is adjacent to both ends of the facing part in a width direction of the wide side surface. The inclined surface is inclined such that a thickness of the spacer becomes asymptotically smaller in a direction toward the width direction intermediate region from the width direction end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimori, Tadashi Yoshida, Jun Oya
  • Patent number: 10608286
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary cell which is resistant to vibration and impact. The secondary cell includes a flat wound group supported, through an insulator, at a lid on which external terminals are arranged, and a cell case for housing the flat wound group. In the secondary cell, a flat portion of the flat wound group has a gap between the flat portion and a wide surface of the cell case, and is held on the wide surface near a cell case bottom through a holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kubota, Masaaki Iwasa, Hitoshi Nishimori, Akihide Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190207279
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including: a first battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces face each other; a second battery group in which a plurality of storage batteries having a battery can side surface and a battery can bottom surface linked to the battery can side surface are laminated so that the battery can side surfaces are face each other; and a case housing the first battery group and the second battery group, wherein the facing surfaces of the first battery group and the second battery group are directly or indirectly thermally connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Masanari ODA, Hirofumi TAKAHASHI, Shigeki MAKINO, Wataru SATO, Hitoshi NISHIMORI
  • Publication number: 20180219262
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary cell which is resistant to vibration and impact. The secondary cell includes a flat wound group supported, through an insulator, at a lid on which external terminals are arranged, and a cell case for housing the flat wound group. In the secondary cell, a flat portion of the flat wound group has a gap between the flat portion and a wide surface of the cell case, and is held on the wide surface near a cell case bottom through a holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Osamu KUBOTA, Masaaki IWASA, Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Akihide TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160218339
    Abstract: An assembled cell is formed by laminating a plurality of rectangular secondary batteries in a thickness direction and interposing a spacer between the rectangular secondary batteries. The rectangular secondary battery includes an electrode group in which positive and negative electrodes are wound, and the electrode group is housed in the battery container formed in a flat box shape. The spacer includes a contact part which contacts with a width direction end region of a wide side surface of the battery container, a facing part which faces a width direction intermediate region of the wide side surface, and an inclined surface which is adjacent to both ends of the facing part in a width direction of the wide side surface. The inclined surface is inclined such that a thickness of the spacer becomes asymptotically smaller in a direction toward the width direction intermediate region from the width direction end region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Tadashi YOSHIDA, Jun OYA