Patents by Inventor Kousuke Kusaba

Kousuke Kusaba 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).

  • Power source apparatus having cooling path and gas discharge path
    Patent number: 9112249
    Abstract: A power source apparatus having an assembled battery including a plurality of batteries of cylindrical shape arranged in a diameter direction of the battery within a case includes a holding member which holds the plurality of batteries from the diameter direction and is in contact with the inner face of the case to divide the internal space of the case into a cooling path in which a coolant flows and a gas discharge path in which gas is discharged from the battery in a battery abnormality, wherein the holding member is a solid plate member conducting heat of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Murata, Kenji Kimura, Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, Kousuke Kusaba, Kazuhiro Gotou
  • POWER STORAGE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140038020
    Abstract: A power source apparatus having an assembled battery including a plurality of batteries of cylindrical shape arranged in a diameter direction of the battery within a case includes a holding member which holds the plurality of batteries from the diameter direction and is in contact with the inner face of the case to divide the internal space of the case into a cooling path in which a coolant flows and a gas discharge path in which gas is discharged from the battery in a battery abnormality, wherein the holding member is a solid plate member conducting heat of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Murata, Kenji Kimura, Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, Kousuke Kusaba, Kazuhiro Gotou