Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Adachi

Kazuyuki Adachi 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: 20100196749
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cell container offering improved vibration resistance and improved shock resistance as well as maintaining the battery performance and ensuring the reliability. Specifically disclosed is a cell container comprising: an insulative case (31) in which a plurality of unit cells are placed side by side; insulative wall portions (34) for partitioning between the plurality of unit cells; and support projections (35) projecting from at least either one of the case (31) or the wall portions (34) toward the unit cells to support the unit cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Katsuo Hashizaki, Masazumi Ohishi, Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Adachi, Shinji Murakami, Yoshihiro Wada, Kouji Kurayama
  • Publication number: 20100159315
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery that is capable of preventing thermal runaway inside the battery due to a short circuit. Included are cathodes (3) having cathode active material that stores and discharges lithium ions, anodes (4) that store and discharge lithium ions, and a dummy laminated body (9) in which dummy cathodes (6) connected to a cathode terminal and dummy anodes (7) connected to an anode terminal are alternately laminated and that has short circuit separators (8) for insulating the dummy cathodes (6) and the dummy anodes (7); and the dummy laminated body (9) is laminated on the outside of the alternately laminated cathodes (3) and anodes (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Koji Imasaka, Hidehiko Tajima, Kazuyuki Adachi, Yoshihiro Wada, Yoshinori Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20100106631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery charger capable of charging a plurality of secondary batteries which are used in different types of apparatuses, such as an electric vehicle and a mobile power supply unit, in a simultaneous or concurrent manner without largely occupying an installation space on the ground. A DC power supply section 22 includes a plurality of DC stabilized power supply circuits each operable to supply an output according to required electric power, therefrom in an independent manner. Specifically, based on information from each of a plurality of secondary batteries, and information set up/input through a setup/input section, one of or a combination of two or more of the DC stabilized power supply circuits is selected for each of the secondary batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Koji Kurayama, Kazuyuki Adachi, Shinji Murakami, Yoshihiro Wada, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20100033135
    Abstract: An object is to improve safety. Provided is a power storage system including a battery apparatus 1; a power converter 2 provided between the battery apparatus 1 and a load 3 and that can control power supplied from the battery apparatus 1 to the load 3; and a battery monitoring circuit 4 that detects an abnormality in the battery apparatus 1. When an abnormality in the battery apparatus 1 is detected by the battery monitoring circuit 4, the power converter 2 supplies power stored in the battery apparatus 1 to the load 3 or to an internally provided internal load at or below a current value or power value that is set in advance, or alternatively, at a current value or power value that the load 3 demands, within a range that does not exceed an upper limit that is set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Takehiko Nishida, Katsuaki Kobayashi, Katsuo Hashizaki, Hidehiko Tajima, Kazuyuki Adachi