Patents by Inventor Kazuo Togashi

Kazuo Togashi 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: 7989105
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided. For example, the battery pack includes a box-shaped or plate-shaped battery pack. The battery pack has a hard outer jacket member, a box-shaped or plate-shaped battery element, a cover, and a circuit board. The hard outer jacket member has a first opening and a second opening formed at both ends. The box-shaped or plate-shaped battery element is contained in the outer jacket member and has electrode terminals. The cover is molded from resin and is fitted to the first opening. The circuit board is connected to the electrode terminal leads and contained in the cover. At least the electrode terminal leads extends from the first opening. The cover has concave portions on both ends of one longer side. The outer jacket member has cut portions that expose at least the concave portions of the cover. At least a longer side of the cover and the outer jacket member are heat-adhered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiko Suzuki, Osamu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kazuo Togashi, Toru Ishii, Takayuki Yamahira
  • Patent number: 7556885
    Abstract: A battery pack which can increase of the volumetric efficiency of the battery pack without being contained in a resin mold case is provided. A first laminate material has a concave portion formed by drawing where a battery element is contained. A second laminate material is stacked so as to cover the opening of the concave portion to seal up the periphery of the opening. The first and second laminate materials are bend inwards so as to cover the battery element, and bonded and fixed together by heating. The first laminate material has three-layer structure including a polypropylene layer, a soft aluminum layer, and a nylon layer or PET layer. The second laminate material has a similar structure but includes a hard aluminum layer. Therefore, the second laminate material has enough strength to resist deformation without being contained a cell in a resin mold case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Kazuo Togashi, Toru Ishii, Takayuki Yamahira, Fumihiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060166089
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided. For example, the battery pack includes a box-shaped or plate-shaped battery pack. The battery pack has a hard outer jacket member, a box-shaped or plate-shaped battery element, a cover, and a circuit board. The hard outer jacket member has a first opening and a second opening formed at both ends. The box-shaped or plate-shaped battery element is contained in the outer jacket member and has electrode terminals. The cover is molded from resin and is fitted to the first opening. The circuit board is connected to the electrode terminal leads and contained in the cover. At least the electrode terminal leads extends from the first opening. The cover has concave portions on both ends of one longer side. The outer jacket member has cut portions that expose at least the concave portions of the cover. At least a longer side of the cover and the outer jacket member are heat-adhered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Fumihiko Suzuki, Osamu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kazuo Togashi, Toru Ishii, Takayuki Yamahira
  • Publication number: 20050136324
    Abstract: A battery pack which can increase of the volumetric efficiency of the battery pack without being contained in a resin mold case is provided. A first laminate material has a concave portion formed by drawing where a battery element is contained. A second laminate material is stacked so as to cover the opening of the concave portion to seal up the periphery of the opening. The first and second laminate materials are bend inwards so as to cover the battery element, and bonded and fixed together by heating. The first laminate material has three-layer structure including a polypropylene layer, a soft aluminum layer, and a nylon layer or PET layer. The second laminate material has a similar structure but includes a hard aluminum layer. Therefore, the second laminate material has enough strength to resist deformation without being contained a cell in a resin mold case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Kazuo Togashi, Toru Ishii, Takayuki Yamahira, Fumihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5418082
    Abstract: A sealed battery including a safety valve made of a metal plate which can be deformed by the increase of the inner pressure of the battery, and current cutting-off means which is actuated by the deformation of the safety valve, wherein the safety valve has a safety valve projection provided at its center to project toward an electric power generating element of the battery, a disk having a central aperture in which the safety valve projection is inserted and gas apertures through which gas is passed is fixed between the safety valve and the electric power generating element, a thin metal plate to which one of the leads of the electric power generating element is connected is attached to the element side of the disk to close the central aperture, and the safety valve projection is welded to the thin metal plate through the central aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Taki, Kazuo Togashi, Toshimitsu Masuko, Kiyoshi Katayama, Takeshi Yuda, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Ryoichi Yamane