Patents by Inventor Masaei Arai

Masaei Arai 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: 20240347759
    Abstract: A pressurizing structure for a storage battery applies pressure in a thickness direction to a structure including a storage battery cell with an electrode portion packaged with a laminate exterior material or including a laminate in which a plurality of storage battery cells are laminated. The pressurizing structure includes a pair of end plates disposed at corresponding ends of the structure in the thickness direction, and a fastening member configured to fasten the pair of end plates to each other. An elastic body is disposed at at least one position sandwiched between the end plate and the structure. A rigid body is disposed at a position sandwiched between the elastic body and the structure, and any one of the end plate, the elastic body, and the rigid body further includes a deformation preventing portion configured to prevent deformation of the elastic body in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Shotaro Doi, Yoshitaka Ono, Masaei Arai, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kenzo Oshihara