Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Akutsu

Nobuaki Akutsu 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: 10121999
    Abstract: A degassing hole is formed in a casing in which a storage element is housed. Prior to forming the degassing hole, the casing is clamped in a region between the outer peripheral edge of the casing and the storage element where the degassing hole is to be formed such that overlapped films of the casing are pressed tightly together. By displacing the acting position of the clamping force toward the storage element while reducing the clamping force gradually toward the storage element prevent, liquid spill in a degassing process is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Automotive Energy Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzo Kato, Nobuaki Akutsu
  • Patent number: 9847556
    Abstract: A film-packaged cell has a flat rectangular shape where power-generating element is housed in packaging body together with an electrolytic solution, the film-packaged cell being sealed along four edges of the packaging body in a state where terminals are led out through one edge thereof. In an electrolyte injection step, the electrolytic solution is injected into bag-shaped body where three edges excluding the upper edge of the packaging body are sealed in an orientation where the terminals are protruding laterally, the electrolytic solution being injected from the side of the opening upper edge. In a partial sealing step performed before the electrolyte injection step, only one section of opening upper edge of the bag-shaped body near edge through which terminals are led out is partially sealed, thereby preventing the electrolytic solution from leaking out during electrolyte injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Automotive Energy Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shirai, Nobuaki Akutsu, Takuya Takatsuka
  • Patent number: 9722274
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a secondary battery includes a first sealing process that stores a power generation element inside an exterior body formed by overlapped exterior films and that seals the exterior body at a first sealing part, the power generation element being arranged with a space from at least a part of the first sealing part, a conditioning process that performs conditioning, an hole forming process that forms a degassing hole between the first sealing part and the power generation element, and a second sealing process that seals the degassing hole, in which the hole forming process includes a pressing process that presses, from both sides of the exterior body, a portion where the degassing hole is formed in the exterior body so that the overlapped exterior films are brought into contact with each other, before the degassing hole is formed in the exterior body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Akutsu, Masaaki Tsukano, Akira Okahata
  • Publication number: 20160308181
    Abstract: A degassing hole is formed in a casing in which a storage element is housed. Prior to forming the degassing hole, the casing is clamped in a region between the outer peripheral edge of the casing and the storage element where the degassing hole is to be formed such that overlapped films of the casing are pressed tightly together. By displacing the acting position of the clamping force toward the storage element while reducing the clamping force gradually toward the storage element prevent, liquid spill in a degassing process is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzo Kato, Nobuaki Akutsu
  • Publication number: 20160294014
    Abstract: A film-packaged cell has a flat rectangular shape where power-generating element is housed in packaging body together with an electrolytic solution, the film-packaged cell being sealed along four edges of the packaging body in a state where terminals are led out through one edge thereof. In an electrolyte injection step, the electrolytic solution is injected into bag-shaped body where three edges excluding the upper edge of the packaging body are sealed in an orientation where the terminals are protruding laterally, the electrolytic solution being injected from the side of the opening upper edge. In a partial sealing step performed before the electrolyte injection step, only one section of opening upper edge of the bag-shaped body near edge through which terminals are led out is partially sealed, thereby preventing the electrolytic solution from leaking out during electrolyte injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIRAI, Nobuaki AKUTSU, Takuya TAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20150171461
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a secondary battery includes a first sealing process that stores a power generation element inside an exterior body formed by overlapped exterior films and that seals the exterior body at a first sealing part, the power generation element being arranged with a space from at least a part of the first sealing part, a conditioning process that performs conditioning, an hole forming process that forms a degassing hole between the first sealing part and the power generation element, and a second sealing process that seals the degassing hole, in which the hole forming process includes a pressing process that presses, from both sides of the exterior body, a portion where the degassing hole is formed in the exterior body so that the overlapped exterior films are brought into contact with each other, before the degassing hole is formed in the exterior body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuaki Akutsu, Masaaki Tsukano, Akira Okahata