Patents by Inventor Masayoshi SAEKI

Masayoshi SAEKI 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).

  • Patent number: 10511066
    Abstract: A battery pack cooling system includes a plurality of cells disposed in an internal space of a battery pack case so as to form a cooling passage configured to cool the cell modules by cooling air flowing in the cooling passage. The cooling passage includes a cooling air inlet passage, a cooling air exhaust passage, and a plurality of cooling branch passages disposed to connect the cooling air inlet passage and the cooling air exhaust passage in parallel. A minimum temperature sensor is disposed in the upstream position to measure a lowest temperature region in a first cell module. A maximum temperature sensor is disposed in the downstream position which becomes a highest temperature region in the first cell module. Another temperature sensor is disposed in a second cell module to measure the temperature of either the highest temperature or the lowest temperature in the second cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoki Iguchi, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Masayoshi Saeki, Hiroaki Saitou, Shigeyuki Kiyota, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Iwata, Hiroshi Hoshi, Akira Kotaki, Nayuta Yamachi, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Chikara Kikkawa, Takeshi Haga
  • Publication number: 20190173135
    Abstract: A battery pack cooling system includes a plurality of cells disposed in an internal space of a battery pack case so as to form a cooling passage configured to cool the cell modules by cooling air flowing in the cooling passage. The cooling passage includes a cooling air inlet passage, a cooling air exhaust passage, and a plurality of cooling branch passages disposed to connect the cooling air inlet passage and the cooling air exhaust passage in parallel. A minimum temperature sensor is disposed in the upstream position to measure a lowest temperature region in a first cell module. A maximum temperature sensor is disposed in the downstream position which becomes a highest temperature region in the first cell module. Another temperature sensor is disposed in a second cell module to measure the temperature of either the highest temperature or the lowest temperature in the second cell module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Masayoshi SAEKI, Hiroaki SAITOU, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Hiroshi IWATA, Hiroshi HOSHI, Akira KOTAKI, Nayuta YAMACHI, Toshiyuki YOSHIDA, Chikara KIKKAWA, Takeshi HAGA
  • Patent number: 10249913
    Abstract: A battery pack cooling system includes a plurality of cells disposed in an internal space of a battery pack case so as to form a cooling passage configured to cool the cell modules by cooling air flowing in the cooling passage. A first temperature sensor is a minimum temperature sensor disposed in the upstream position which becomes a lowest temperature. A second temperature sensor is a maximum temperature sensor disposed in the downstream position which becomes a highest temperature. A third temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature of either the highest temperature or the lowest temperature disposed in a second cell module. A cooling passage includes a cooling air inlet passage, a cooling air exhaust passage, and a plurality of cooling branch passages disposed to connect the cooling air inlet passage and the cooling air exhaust passage in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoki Iguchi, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Masayoshi Saeki, Hiroaki Saitou, Shigeyuki Kiyota, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Iwata, Hiroshi Hoshi, Akira Kotaki, Nayuta Yamachi, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Chikara Kikkawa, Takeshi Haga
  • Patent number: 9902332
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding structure of a console installed in a passenger compartment of a vehicle has an electrical instrument installed in the console from which electromagnetic waves are radiated, a transmission including a metal member that receives the electromagnetic waves and transmits the electromagnetic waves to the passenger compartment and separated by a distance from the electrical instrument, and a shielding member located between the electrical instrument and the transmission to function as a shield against the electromagnetic waves radiated from the electrical instrument. The transmission is located in a shield region defined such that an electromagnetic wave radiating portion provided at the electrical instrument from which the electromagnetic waves are radiated is connected to a circumferential edge of the shielding member via a straight line, and the line is continuously moved along the circumferential edge of the shielding member around the electromagnetic wave radiating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Saeki, Kouta Terada, Hideaki Ootsuka, Akitomo Ootake
  • Patent number: 9893342
    Abstract: An electricity storage module in which a plurality of battery cells are electrically connected via conductive members, wherein: each of the conductive members has a pair of electrode connecting parts that are welded to respective electrode terminals of a pair of adjacent battery cells, a base part that is connected to the pair of electrode connecting parts via a pair of elastically deformable parts, and a voltage detecting terminal that is connected to the base part and detects a terminal voltage of a battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Sengoku, Hiroshi Hoshi, Takeshi Haga, Shigeyuki Kiyota, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Toyoki Iguchi, Hiroaki Saitou, Masayoshi Saeki
  • Publication number: 20170232903
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding structure of a console installed in a passenger compartment of a vehicle has an electrical instrument installed in the console from which electromagnetic waves are radiated, a transmission including a metal member that receives the electromagnetic waves and transmits the electromagnetic waves to the passenger compartment and separated by a distance from the electrical instrument, and a shielding member located between the electrical instrument and the transmission to function as a shield against the electromagnetic waves radiated from the electrical instrument. The transmission is located in a shield region defined such that an electromagnetic wave radiating portion provided at the electrical instrument from which the electromagnetic waves are radiated is connected to a circumferential edge of the shielding member via a straight line, and the line is continuously moved along the circumferential edge of the shielding member around the electromagnetic wave radiating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Saeki, Kouta Terada, Hideaki Ootsuka, Akitomo Ootake
  • Patent number: 9627151
    Abstract: An electrical storage module in which a plurality of electricity storage elements are electrically connected by conductive member, includes: a voltage detection board having voltage detection conductor that detects terminal voltage of the electricity storage element; a first external threaded component that connects the voltage detection conductor of the voltage detection board to the conductive member; and a cover that covers the voltage detection board; wherein: the cover is made from an insulating material; the conductive member has a first internal threaded portion into which the first external threaded component is to be screwingly engaged; and the distance between the inside surface of the cover that faces a head portion of the first external threaded component and an upper surface of the head portion of the first external threaded component is shorter than the distance between an end portion of the first internal threaded portion towards the cover side and an end of shaft portion of the first external
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Sengoku, Toshikazu Maeshima, Hiroshi Hoshi, Akira Kotaki, Shigeyuki Kiyota, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Toyoki Iguchi, Hiroaki Saitou, Masayoshi Saeki
  • Publication number: 20160204478
    Abstract: A battery pack cooling system includes a plurality of cells disposed in an internal space of a battery pack case so as to form a cooling passage configured to cool the cell modules by cooling air flowing in the cooling passage. A first temperature sensor is a minimum temperature sensor disposed in the upstream position which becomes a lowest temperature. A second temperature sensor is a maximum temperature sensor disposed in the downstream position which becomes a highest temperature. A third temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature of either the highest temperature or the lowest temperature disposed in a second cell module. A cooling passage includes a cooling air inlet passage, a cooling air exhaust passage, and a plurality of cooling branch passages disposed to connect the cooling air inlet passage and the cooling air exhaust passage in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO, Masayoshi SAEKI, Hiroaki SAITOU, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Hiroshi IWATA, Hiroshi HOSHI, Akira KOTAKI, Nayuta YAMACHI, Toshiyuki YOSHIDA, Chikara KIKKAWA, Takeshi HAGA
  • Publication number: 20160190542
    Abstract: An electricity storage module in which a plurality of battery cells are electrically connected via conductive members, wherein: each of the conductive members has a pair of electrode connecting parts that are welded to respective electrode terminals of a pair of adjacent battery cells, a base part that is connected to the pair of electrode connecting parts via a pair of elastically deformable parts, and a voltage detecting terminal that is connected to the base part and detects a terminal voltage of a battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke SENGOKU, Hiroshi HOSHI, Takeshi HAGA, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki SAITOU, Masayoshi SAEKI
  • Publication number: 20160035497
    Abstract: An electrical storage module in which a plurality of electricity storage elements are electrically connected by conductive member, includes: a voltage detection board having voltage detection conductor that detects terminal voltage of the electricity storage element; a first external threaded component that connects the voltage detection conductor of the voltage detection board to the conductive member; and a cover that covers the voltage detection board; wherein: the cover is made from an insulating material; the conductive member has a first internal threaded portion into which the first external threaded component is to be screwingly engaged; and the distance between the inside surface of the cover that faces a head portion of the first external threaded component and an upper surface of the head portion of the first external threaded component is shorter than the distance between an end portion of the first internal threaded portion towards the cover side and an end of shaft portion of the first external
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Eisuke SENGOKU, Toshikazu MAESHIMA, Hiroshi HOSHI, Akira KOTAKI, Shigeyuki KIYOTA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Toyoki IGUCHI, Hiroaki SAITOU, Masayoshi SAEKI