Patents by Inventor Munenori Inden

Munenori Inden 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: 10953763
    Abstract: A battery module, a power storage device, a power storage system, an electronic appliance, an electric vehicle, and a power system that can detect the voltage of a plurality of battery cells more accurately are provided. The power storage device includes a connection terminal portion which is coupled with terminal planes of a plurality of battery cells constituting battery columns. The connection terminal portion includes a coupling portion including a first coupling portion configured to couple at least with a first battery column and a second coupling portion configured to couple at least with a second battery column adjacent to the first battery column, and an extension portion extended from an end of the coupling portion in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is provided at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotake Yoshida, Tsutomu Aoyama, Tatsuya Adachi, Hiroaki Ono, Munenori Inden
  • Patent number: 10862083
    Abstract: A battery unit includes a box-shaped case in which a plurality of secondary batteries are stored and that includes a front face, a back face, a first lateral face, a second lateral face, a first main face, and a second main face, a first heat-transfer face that is provided on one faces of the first and second main faces of the case, a second heat-transfer face that is formed on at least one faces of the first and second lateral faces and is continued to the first heat-transfer face, and an insulating face that is formed on the front face, the back face, the other faces of the first and second main faces, and an inner face of the second heat-transfer face. In the battery unit, a battery element of the secondary batteries is stored in an outer package member and positive and negative electrode tabs are led out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tonomura, Ryo Tanabe, Munenori Inden
  • Patent number: 10483515
    Abstract: There is provided a power storage system comprising a plurality of battery lines and a connection terminal unit. Each battery line comprises a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction. The connection terminal unit is electrically connected to terminal faces of each battery cell of a group of the battery cells, and the group of the battery cells is disposed in a second direction. At least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit. There are also provided a power storage system for a house, a power storage system for a vehicle, an electronic device and an electric vehicle including the power storage device. There is also provided a connection terminal unit for electrically connecting a plurality of battery cells, in which at least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotake Yoshida, Hiroaki Ono, Tsutomu Aoyama, Tatsuya Adachi, Naoyuki Sugeno, Munenori Inden
  • Patent number: 10355329
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module including a plurality of stacked battery units. Each of the battery units is arranged in a manner that a face of a heat-transfer plate held by a battery support body formed from an insulating material and a main face of a battery cell oppose each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Isshiki, Tetsuo Inakawa, Munenori Inden, Ryo Tanabe, Yasuhiro Tonomura, Naruhiko Endo, Hiroaki Ono, Junpei Ikeno, Noritsugu Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 10164222
    Abstract: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery module comprising a plurality of battery units comprising a pair of terminals respectively; and a connector comprising insertion portions, wherein the pair of terminals are inserted into the insertion portions and the plurality of terminals are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tonomura, Tsutomu Aoyama, Tatsuya Adachi, Ryota Isshiki, Tetsuo Inakawa, Munenori Inden, Ryo Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Toukairin
  • Publication number: 20170008417
    Abstract: A battery module, a power storage device, a power storage system, an electronic appliance, an electric vehicle, and a power system that can detect the voltage of a plurality of battery cells more accurately are provided. The power storage device includes a connection terminal portion which is coupled with terminal planes of a plurality of battery cells constituting battery columns. The connection terminal portion includes a coupling portion including a first coupling portion configured to couple at least with a first battery column and a second coupling portion configured to couple at least with a second battery column adjacent to the first battery column, and an extension portion extended from an end of the coupling portion in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is provided at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Naotake YOSHIDA, Tsutomu AOYAMA, Tatsuya ADACHI, Hiroaki ONO, Munenori INDEN
  • Publication number: 20160351867
    Abstract: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery module comprising a plurality of battery units comprising a pair of terminals respectively; and a connector comprising insertion portions, wherein the pair of terminals are inserted into the insertion portions and the plurality of terminals are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tonomura, Tsutomu Aoyama, Tatsuya Adachi, Ryota Isshiki, Tetsuo Inakawa, Munenori Inden, Ryo Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Toukairin
  • Publication number: 20160336572
    Abstract: There is provided a power storage system comprising a plurality of battery lines and a connection terminal unit. Each battery line comprises a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction. The connection terminal unit is electrically connected to terminal faces of each battery cell of a group of the battery cells, and the group of the battery cells is disposed in a second direction. At least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit. There are also provided a power storage system for a house, a power storage system for a vehicle, an electronic device and an electric vehicle including the power storage device. There is also provided a connection terminal unit for electrically connecting a plurality of battery cells, in which at least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Naotake YOSHIDA, Hiroaki ONO, Tsutomu AOYAMA, Tatsuya ADACHI, Naoyuki SUGENO, Munenori INDEN
  • Patent number: 9419256
    Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery cell that charges and discharges electric power; and a bracket that has an outer peripheral wall portion surrounding an outer peripheral side of the battery cell, and a support body which is provided inside the outer peripheral wall portion and supports the battery cell, wherein two battery cells are inserted from a front surface side and a back surface side of the bracket into the outer peripheral wall portion and are mounted on both side surfaces of the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tonomura, Tsutomu Aoyama, Tatsuya Adachi, Ryota Isshiki, Tetsuo Inakawa, Munenori Inden, Ryo Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Toukairin
  • Publication number: 20150017504
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module including a plurality of stacked battery units. Each of the battery units is arranged in a manner that a face of a heat-transfer plate held by a battery support body formed from an insulating material and a main face of a battery cell oppose each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Isshiki, Tetsuo Inakawa, Munenori Inden, Ryo Tanabe, Yasuhiro Tonomura, Naruhiko Endo, Hiroaki Ono, Junpei Ikeno, Noritsugu Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20120301763
    Abstract: A battery unit includes a box-shaped case in which a plurality of secondary batteries are stored and that includes a front face, a back face, a first lateral face, a second lateral face, a first main face, and a second main face, a first heat-transfer face that is provided on one faces of the first and second main faces of the case, a second heat-transfer face that is formed on at least one faces of the first and second lateral faces and is continued to the first heat-transfer face, and an insulating face that is formed on the front face, the back face, the other faces of the first and second main faces, and an inner face of the second heat-transfer face. In the battery unit, a battery element of the secondary batteries is stored in an outer package member and positive and negative electrode tabs are led out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tonomura, Ryo Tanabe, Munenori Inden
  • Publication number: 20120064383
    Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery cell that charges and discharges electric power; and a bracket that has an outer peripheral wall portion surrounding an outer peripheral side of the battery cell, and a support body which is provided inside the outer peripheral wall portion and supports the battery cell, wherein two battery cells are inserted from a front surface side and a back surface side of the bracket into the outer peripheral wall portion and are mounted on both side surfaces of the support body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tonomura, Tsutomu Aoyama, Tatsuya Adachi, Ryota Isshiki, Tetsuo Inakawa, Munenori Inden, Ryo Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Toukairin