Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro NIIMURA

Kazuhiro NIIMURA 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: 20240014524
    Abstract: A power storage module comprises an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrode plates stacked in a stacking direction, a resin sealing body for sealing an internal space formed between two adjacent electrode plates of the plurality of electrode plates, and a terminal member provided to the electrode assembly so as to protrude from the resin sealing body toward outside, wherein the terminal member is provided with one or more through holes penetrating along the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Shintaro YAMAOKA, Kazuhiro NIIMURA, Takayuki HIROSE, Fumihiko ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20230086351
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a negative electrode active material includes: an alloying step of causing an Na source and an Si source to react to produce an Na—Si alloy containing Na and Si; and a silicon clathrate production step of heating the Na—Si alloy and reducing an amount of Na in the Na—Si alloy to produce a type-II silicon clathrate. Porous Si with a BET specific surface area of 20 m2/g or more is used as the Si source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Harata, Kazuhiro Niimura, Kota Urabe, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Eguchi, Mitsutoshi Otaki, Jun Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9766292
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnostic for a MOSFET switch element in a rechargeable battery pack for determining a short circuit abnormality (fusion) in a MOSFET switch element that causes a charge current to flow in. An on/off controller turns off a MOSFET causing a charge current to flow into a battery module, a start-of-charge instruction unit transmits to a charger an instruction signal to start a charging operation, and a short circuit abnormality diagnostic unit determines, based on a current sensor output, whether current is flowing through the MOSFET due to the charging operation to diagnose a short circuit abnormality in the MOSFET. After diagnosis of the MOSFET, a diagnosis of a short circuit abnormality in a MOSFET that causes a discharge current to flow out of the battery module is performed, and then a diagnosis of a short circuit abnormality in a charge relay is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinji Hirose, Mamoru Kuraishi, Tomoyuki Ito, Kazuhiro Niimura, Kenji Nishigaki, Junichi Hatano, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yusuke Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20160231382
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnostic for a MOSFET switch element in a rechargeable battery pack for determining a short circuit abnormality (fusion) in a MOSFET switch element that causes a charge current to flow in. An on/off controller turns off a MOSFET causing a charge current to flow into a battery module, a start-of-charge instruction unit transmits to a charger an instruction signal to start a charging operation, and a short circuit abnormality diagnostic unit determines, based on a current sensor output, whether current is flowing through the MOSFET due to the charging operation to diagnose a short circuit abnormality in the MOSFET. After diagnosis of the MOSFET, a diagnosis of a short circuit abnormality in a MOSFET that causes a discharge current to flow out of the battery module is performed, and then a diagnosis of a short circuit abnormality in a charge relay is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinji HIROSE, Mamoru KURAISHI, Tomoyuki ITO, Kazuhiro NIIMURA, Kenji NISHIGAKI, Junichi HATANO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Yusuke TSUTSUI