Patents by Inventor Masato OCHI

Masato OCHI 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: 20230049098
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an exterior body that houses the electrode assembly. In the secondary battery, the exterior body includes a metal plate joined via an insulating material interposed therebetween, and the exterior body has a cavity, and one of a peripheral edge of the cavity and an outer edge of the metal plate is bent so as to be separated from the insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masato OCHI, Kenta EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230048086
    Abstract: A secondary battery that includes an electrode assembly; an exterior body defining a housing space that houses the electrode assembly; a positive electrode terminal that includes a first metal layer made of nickel and a second metal layer made of a metal other than nickel, the first metal layer of the positive electrode terminal is exposed from the exterior body, and the first metal layer has a fixing face; and an insulating material positioned so as to fix the fixing face of the first metal layer to an inner wall of the exterior body, and the insulating material abuts against a face of the positive electrode terminal other than the fixing face of the first metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta EGUCHI, Naoto AKIZUKI, Yasuhito MINAMISHIMA, Masato OCHI
  • Publication number: 20230037438
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an exterior body that houses the electrode assembly. In the secondary battery, the exterior body includes a metal plate joined via an insulating material interposed therebetween, and the exterior body has a cavity, and one of a peripheral edge of the cavity and an outer edge of the metal plate is bent toward the insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Masato OCHI
  • Publication number: 20230040384
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an outer case configured to house the electrode assembly. The secondary battery includes a terminal member provided on the outer case with an insulating material interposed therebetween and connected to a tab of the electrode assembly. The outer case is provided with a cavity through which the tab passes, the terminal member is bonded onto a surface of the outer case with the insulating material interposed therebetween, the surface being positioned around the cavity, and a part of a width dimension of a bonding region provided to surround the cavity for the bonding is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta EGUCHI, Masato OCHI, Masahiro OTSUKA