Patents by Inventor Manabu Kobari

Manabu Kobari 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: 20230155222
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an outer package member and a battery device. The outer package member has flexibility. The battery device has an elongated shape and is contained inside the outer package member. The battery device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are stacked on each other in a thickness direction of the battery device, with a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are each a sheet having a substantially rectangular shape. The battery device includes compression-bonding regions and a non-compression-bonding region other than the compression-bonding regions. The positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are compression-bonded to each other in the compression-bonding regions that are provided at least at two respective positions opposed to each other in a peripheral edge part of the substantially rectangular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya HORIE, Manabu KOBARI
  • Patent number: 7216934
    Abstract: In a seat back of automotive seat with an inflatable cushion device, an inflatable cushion element and a pair of air supply units are provided as constituent elements of the inflatable cushion device. In particular, a pair of support wire elements are provided to a seat back frame in the seat back so as to supportively receive the two air supply units, respectively. Specifically, those two support wire elements are fixedly connected with respective two upper portions respectively of two lateral frame portions of the seat back frame. Each of the two air supply units is covered with an elastic cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Manabu Kobari