Patents by Inventor Mitsutoshi TAJIMA

Mitsutoshi TAJIMA 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: 20230155232
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side along a first direction; and a case having an inner space for accommodating the plurality of battery cells. The case includes a first member, a second member that forms the inner space together with the first member, and a sealing portion that seals a joining portion between the first member and the second member. The first member has a first portion in abutment with the sealing portion. The second member has a second portion facing the first portion with the sealing portion being interposed between the second portion and the first portion. When an expansion pressure of the inner space acts on the case, a force in a shearing direction acts on the sealing portion sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230085917
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage devices; a pair of end plates disposed at both ends of the plurality of power storage devices, the end plate including at least a first member and a second member separated from each other; and a binding member including a body part and coupling arms that extend from the body part and are coupled to the pair of end plates, the binding member binding the plurality of power storage devices. The first member includes fixing parts to which the coupling arms are fixed. The second member includes a pressure receiving part that is interposed between the first member and the power storage device and is in direct or indirect contact with the power storage device, and pressing parts that are in direct or indirect contact with base parts of the coupling arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230052085
    Abstract: A power storage module includes an array including power storage devices each having first and second surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction, a first restraint member facing the first surface of each power storage device, and a second restraint member facing the second surface of each power storage device. Dimensions of the power storage devices in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction are larger than respective dimensions of the power storage devices. The power storage devices are arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. The first restraint member extends in the third direction and restrains the array in the third direction. The second restraint member extends in the third direction and restrains the array in the third direction. At least one of the first and second restraint members has a hole therein. The hole is a recess falling in the first direction or a through-hole passing through the restraint member in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: KASUMI SATO, SHOTA NORIMINE, GORO FUJITA, KIYOMI KOZUKI, MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11563254
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery stack having a plurality of batteries; a plurality of first restraining members and a plurality of second restraining members; and connecting members. The first restraining members and the second restraining members define a housing space for the battery stack. Each of the first restraining members has a first housing part extending in a direction intersecting a planar direction in which the battery stack, the first restraining members, and the second restraining members are arranged, and each of the second restraining members has a second housing part extending in the planar direction. Each of the connecting members connects each of the first restraining members and each of the second restraining members to each other by being housed in the first housing part of each of the first restraining members and in the second housing part of each of the second restraining members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Norimine, Mitsutoshi Tajima, Hirotaka Ogino
  • Patent number: 11462790
    Abstract: A power supply device having a battery block with a terminal surface on which terminals of a plurality of battery cells are arranged side by side, and a side plate with an elastic part, a holding part and a body part that extends along the side surfaces of the battery block. The elastic part faces the terminal surface and the holding part faces the bottom surface of the battery block. An insulation part is disposed between the elastic part and the battery block and has a positioning region and a pressing region that are disposed on one surface of the insulation part so as to face the elastic part. The positioning region is provided at an end of the insulation part located at the body part side, and extends to a position that is separated farther away from the elastic part than the pressing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Omura, Mitsutoshi Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220294070
    Abstract: An electrical storage module includes: at least one electrical storage device; and a buffer member that is arranged in first direction X together with the electrical storage device and is configured to receive a load from the electrical storage device in first direction X. The buffer member includes a first layer portion and a second layer portion arranged in first direction X. The first layer portion has first softened portions each formed of a through hole or a recessed part. The second layer portion has second softened portion each formed of a through hole or a recessed part. The first softened portion and the second softened portion are at least partially displaced from each other as viewed in first direction X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: GORO FUJITA, SHOTA NORIMINE, TETSUJI OMURA, MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA, SHINGO KUME
  • Publication number: 20220294041
    Abstract: An exterior package, a main body portion, and a detection unit are provided. The main body portion is disposed inside the exterior package. The detection unit detects a state of a power storage cell and performs wireless communication, at least a portion of the detection unit being disposed inside the exterior package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Naotake YOSHIDA, Yusuke FUJII, Mitsutoshi TAJIMA, Wataru OKADA, Satoru MATSUYAMA, Kensaku FUKUMOTO, Junya YANO
  • Publication number: 20220294069
    Abstract: An electrical storage module includes at least one electrical storage device, and a buffer member that is arrayed in first direction X together with the electrical storage device and receives a load in first direction X from the electrical storage device. The buffer member has a soft part and a hard part, which is positioned closer to an outer edge part of the buffer member than the soft part, and the soft part is more easily deformed than the hard part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: SHOTA NORIMINE, GORO FUJITA, TETSUJI OMURA, MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA, SHINGO KUME
  • Publication number: 20220285773
    Abstract: A power storage module includes at least one power storage device, and a buffer member arranged with the power storage device in a first direction X. The buffer member includes a hard part having a predetermined hardness and a soft part softer than the hard part, the hard part and the soft part receiving a load in first direction X from the power storage device. The hard part changes its shape by receiving a load of a predetermined magnitude or more. The buffer member changes its state, by the hard part changing its shape, from a first state in which the load is received by the hard part to a second state in which the load is received by the soft part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: GORO FUJITA, SHOTA NORIMINE, TETSUJI OMURA, MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA, SHINGO KUME
  • Publication number: 20220190411
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode group, and a rectangular exterior casing that houses the electrode group and includes a tubular side wall, a bottom connected to a lower end of the side wall in a Z direction, and an opening provided at an upper end. An inner surface of the bottom of the exterior casing has a slope inclined with respect to a plane orthogonal to the Z direction. The electrode group is in thermal contact with the slope. The bottom may have a protrusion protruding inward in the Z direction of the exterior casing, and the slope may be formed on the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: TOSHIYA GOTOU, TOSHIYASU KITAMURA, MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220158306
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: a housing having a terminal arrangement part; a pair of output terminals provided in the terminal arrangement part; an electrode assembly housed in the housing; a pair of current collecting parts that electrically connect the electrode assembly and the pair of output terminals; and an insulating electrode assembly holder that has contact with a pair of first surfaces of the electrode assembly facing each other in first direction X in which the pair of current collecting parts are arranged, is fixed to the housing, and sandwiches the electrode assembly in first direction X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: AKIHIRO YONEYAMA, MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA, SHOTA NORIMINE
  • Publication number: 20220006138
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage devices arranged in a first direction; and a separator provided between two adjacent power storage devices and insulating the two power storage devices from each other. The power storage device includes an exterior can that have an opening, a sealing plate that blocks the opening, and a joint part between the exterior can and the sealing plate. The separator includes a contact area that abuts a surface of the exterior can facing the first direction and a separation area that overlaps the joint part as viewed in the first direction and concaved with respect to the contact area in a direction away from the exterior can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shota NORIMINE, Mitsutoshi TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11171355
    Abstract: A binding member includes a body part extending in stacking direction X of batteries, a supporting part extending in stacking direction X and projecting from the body part, the supporting part supporting a battery stack, and a plurality of pressing parts arranged to have a predetermined interval from the supporting part, the plurality of pressing parts being arranged in stacking direction X and projected from the body part to press the battery stack toward the supporting part. A first pressing part predetermined among the plurality of pressing parts provides a pressing force stronger than a pressing force provided by a second pressing part among the plurality of pressing parts, the second pressing part being closer to a fixing part fixing the battery stack and the binding member with respect to the first pressing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Tajima
  • Patent number: 11171380
    Abstract: A binding member includes a body part extending in stacking direction X of batteries, a supporting part extending in stacking direction X and projecting from the body part, the supporting part supporting a battery stack, and a plurality of pressing parts arranged to have a predetermined interval from the supporting part, the plurality of pressing parts being arranged in the stacking direction and projected from the body part to press the battery stack toward the supporting part. When the body part is divided into two regions that are a supporting part side region and a pressing part side region, a rigidity in the supporting part side region is smaller than a rigidity in the pressing part side region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Tajima
  • Publication number: 20210005856
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery stack having a plurality of batteries; a plurality of first restraining members and a plurality of second restraining members; and connecting members. The first restraining members and the second restraining members define a housing space for the battery stack. Each of the first restraining members has a first housing part extending in a direction intersecting a planar direction in which the battery stack, the first restraining members, and the second restraining members are arranged, and each of the second restraining members has a second housing part extending in the planar direction. Each of the connecting members connects each of the first restraining members and each of the second restraining members to each other by being housed in the first housing part of each of the first restraining members and in the second housing part of each of the second restraining members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: SHOTA NORIMINE, MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA, HIROTAKA OGINO
  • Publication number: 20200295321
    Abstract: A power supply device having a battery block with a terminal surface on which terminals of a plurality of battery cells are arranged side by side, and a side plate with an elastic part, a holding part and a body part that extends along the side surfaces of the battery block. The elastic part faces the terminal surface and the holding part faces the bottom surface of the battery block. An insulation part is disposed between the elastic part and the battery block and has a positioning region and a pressing region that are disposed on one surface of the insulation part so as to face the elastic part. The positioning region is provided at an end of the insulation part located at the body part side, and extends to a position that is separated farther away from the elastic part than the pressing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Omura, Mitsutoshi Tajima
  • Publication number: 20200251768
    Abstract: A binding member includes a body part extending in stacking direction X of batteries, a supporting part extending in stacking direction X and projecting from the body part, the supporting part supporting a battery stack, and a plurality of pressing parts arranged to have a predetermined interval from the supporting part, the plurality of pressing parts being arranged in stacking direction X and projected from the body part to press the battery stack toward the supporting part. A first pressing part predetermined among the plurality of pressing parts provides a pressing force stronger than a pressing force provided by a second pressing part among the plurality of pressing parts, the second pressing part being closer to a fixing part fixing the battery stack and the binding member with respect to the first pressing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200220131
    Abstract: A binding member includes a body part extending in stacking direction X of batteries, a supporting part extending in stacking direction X and projecting from the body part, the supporting part supporting a battery stack, and a plurality of pressing parts arranged to have a predetermined interval from the supporting part, the plurality of pressing parts being arranged in the stacking direction and projected from the body part to press the battery stack toward the supporting part. When the body part is divided into two regions that are a supporting part side region and a pressing part side region, a rigidity in the supporting part side region is smaller than a rigidity in the pressing part side region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150303509
    Abstract: A battery module has a stacked member including a plurality of batteries, separators provided at the batteries, and a pair of the end plates disposed at both ends of the stacked direction of the plurality of the batteries. Binding bars are fixed to the pair of the end plates so as to bind the plurality of the batteries. When temperature changes from 30° C. to ?30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: MITSUTOSHI TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20140014419
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a battery block that includes battery cells, and fasteners that securely hold the battery block. Each of the cells includes an exterior container, a wound electrode, a sealing plate, and a connector. The container has a rectangular exterior shape, and opens on one face. The electrode includes electrode and separator sheets that are wound so that the electrode and separator sheets are alternately superposed on each other. The sealing plate closes the opening of the container. The connector is fastened to the sealing plate and electrically connected to the electrode. The electrode has a thickness smaller than the opening width of the container. The electrode is suspended by connectors so that the electrode is spaced away from the bottom of the container. The fastener securely holds the battery block so that the electrodes are interposed between the interior surfaces of the containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuhiro FUJII, Takashi Seto, Mitsutoshi TAJIMA