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).
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Publication number: 20240258608Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Masanari ODA, Hirofumi TAKAHASHI, Shigeki MAKINO, Wataru SATO, Hitoshi NISHIMORI
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Publication number: 20240145331Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Keisuke HORIUCHI, Norio NAKAZATO, Daisuke KAWASE, Koji SASAKI
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Patent number: 11843101Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.Inventors: Masanari Oda, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
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Patent number: 11699818Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimori, Takayuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 11394088Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.Inventor: Hitoshi Nishimori
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Publication number: 20220013828Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Masanari Oda, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
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Publication number: 20220013829Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Masanari ODA, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
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Patent number: 11133541Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.Inventors: Masanari Oda, Hirofumi Takahashi, Shigeki Makino, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Nishimori
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Publication number: 20210036280Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Takayuki NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200350548Abstract: 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 sidType: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventor: Hitoshi NISHIMORI
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Patent number: 10651442Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimori, Tadashi Yoshida, Jun Oya
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Patent number: 10608286Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kubota, Masaaki Iwasa, Hitoshi Nishimori, Akihide Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190207279Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Masanari ODA, Hirofumi TAKAHASHI, Shigeki MAKINO, Wataru SATO, Hitoshi NISHIMORI
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Publication number: 20180219262Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Osamu KUBOTA, Masaaki IWASA, Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Akihide TANAKA
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Publication number: 20160218339Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIMORI, Tadashi YOSHIDA, Jun OYA