Patents by Inventor Kotaro Horiguchi

Kotaro Horiguchi 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: 20230095497
    Abstract: The power storage device includes a plurality of power storage stacks, a case, and a protective structure that protects a plurality of power storage cells from a load applied to the case in the vertical direction. The case has a bottom wall, a top wall, and a circumferential wall. The protective structure has a cross member, and a load transfer member located on the cross member. The load transfer member has at least one contact portion that is compressible and deformable in an orthogonal direction, and contacts a pair of power storage stacks adjacent to each other in the orthogonal direction when being in a compressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Mori, Tatsuma Yahara, Shigeyuki Inoue, Kotaro Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20230101177
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: a power storage stack including a first cell group, a second cell group, and a middle plate; a lower case having a bottom wall portion; a first heat conduction member disposed between the first cell group and the bottom wall portion; and a second heat conduction member disposed between the second cell group and the bottom wall portion. The lower case includes a pedestal portion supporting the middle plate, and the first heat conduction member and the second heat conduction member are provided to contact the pedestal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Horiguchi, Ryota Aoki, Shinichiro Mori, Kazunari Hiromori
  • Publication number: 20230018745
    Abstract: A power storage device comprises: a power storage stack; an accommodation case that has a bottom wall portion and accommodates the power storage stack therein; and an adhesive layer that has thermal conductivity and fixes the power storage stack to the bottom wall portion. The bottom wall portion includes a receiving portion that has a receiving surface on which the power storage stack is received, a lower wall portion located at a position lower in level than the receiving surface, and a connecting portion that interconnects the receiving portion and the lower wall portion. The adhesive layer includes a portion disposed between the receiving surface and the power storage stack, and a protruding portion that protrudes from the receiving surface to the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Horiguchi, Shigeyuki Inoue, Shinichiro Mori