Patents by Inventor Kohtaro Ikeda

Kohtaro Ikeda 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: 9722218
    Abstract: A plating layer 4 is formed on a surface of a battery cover 3, and a peripheral edge part 37b of a cover case 37 is arranged on an upper surface of the plating layer 4. A welding part 40 is formed at a tip part of the peripheral edge part 37b. The welding part 40 includes a melted part 41 in which the tip of the peripheral edge part 37b is melted, and an elution part 42 flowing from the tip onto the plating layer 4, and the melted part 41 and the elution part 42 are welded to the plating layer 4 in the upper surface of the plating layer 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohtaro Ikeda, Eiichi Isono, Shin Onose, Hayato Koguchi
  • Publication number: 20160181577
    Abstract: In a secondary battery (C1), a collector plate (4A) and an external terminal (8A) are caulked/fixed to a battery lid (6) by a connection terminal (12A), and the connection terminal (12A) includes a caulking portion (16A), and the caulking portion (16) includes a pressure-contact portion (18A) for forming a contact surface (162A, 44A, 84A) by pressurization between the collector plate (4A) and/or the external terminal (8A), and a contact portion (CP) between the collector plate (4A) and/or the external terminal (8A) and an outer peripheral side wall (161A) of the caulking portion (16A) is welded at least along the pressure-contact portion (18A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi KAJIWARA, Kohtaro IKEDA, Hiroaki EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140349148
    Abstract: A plating layer 4 is formed on a surface of a battery cover 3, and a peripheral edge part 37b of a cover case 37 is arranged on an upper surface of the plating layer 4. A welding part 40 is formed at a tip part of the peripheral edge part 37b. The welding part 40 includes a melted part 41 in which the tip of the peripheral edge part 37b is melted, and an elution part 42 flowing from the tip onto the plating layer 4, and the melted part 41 and the elution part 42 are welded to the plating layer 4 in the upper surface of the plating layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Kohtaro Ikeda, Eiichi Isono, Shin Onose, Hayato Koguchi
  • Publication number: 20110223472
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery cell according to the present invention includes: a generating unit; a battery cell container that contains the generating unit; and a sealing lid, disposed in an open end portion of the battery cell container, and that seals the battery cell container via an insulating gasket; wherein a sealing point of the insulating gasket is established at a region that is spaced by a predetermined distance in radially outward direction of the cylindrical battery cell from an inner peripheral edge of a folded over portion that is formed at the open end portion of the cylindrical battery cell container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Kohtaro Ikeda, Hideki Shinohara, Akira Unno