Patents by Inventor Nozomi Asano

Nozomi Asano 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).

  • Externally-attached PTC element and tubular battery
    Patent number: 10797419
    Abstract: An externally-attached PTC element attachable to one electrode terminal of a tubular battery with electrode terminals on both end surfaces, the externally-attached PTC element including: a bottom plate made of a metal plate; a plate-shaped PTC element; and a top panel made of a metal plate, the plate-shaped PTC element and the top panel being stacked in that order above the bottom plate disposed below, the PTC element being disposed in an opposed area between the top panel and the bottom plate, the top panel projecting and extending in one direction with respect to a planar area of the bottom plate, the top panel having a distal end formed into a lead terminal shape mountable to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Sakaguchi, Nozomi Asano
  • Externally-attached PTC element and tubular battery
    Patent number: 10658777
    Abstract: An externally-attached PTC element attachable to one electrode terminal of a tubular battery with electrode terminals on both end surfaces, the externally-attached PTC element including: a bottom plate made of a metal plate; a plate-shaped PTC element; and a top panel made of a metal plate, the plate-shaped PTC element and the top panel being stacked in that order above the bottom plate disposed below, the PTC element being disposed in an opposed area between the top panel and the bottom plate, the top panel projecting and extending in one direction with respect to a planar area of the bottom plate, the top panel having a distal end formed into a lead terminal shape mountable to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Sakaguchi, Nozomi Asano
  • EXTERNALLY-ATTACHED PTC ELEMENT AND TUBULAR BATTERY
    Publication number: 20190221954
    Abstract: An externally-attached PTC element attachable to one electrode terminal of a tubular battery with electrode terminals on both end surfaces, the externally-attached PTC element including: a bottom plate made of a metal plate; a plate-shaped PTC element; and a top panel made of a metal plate, the plate-shaped PTC element and the top panel being stacked in that order above the bottom plate disposed below, the PTC element being disposed in an opposed area between the top panel and the bottom plate, the top panel projecting and extending in one direction with respect to a planar area of the bottom plate, the top panel having a distal end formed into a lead terminal shape mountable to a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto SAKAGUCHI, Nozomi ASANO
  • EXTERNALLY-ATTACHED PTC ELEMENT AND TUBULAR BATTERY
    Publication number: 20180166817
    Abstract: An externally-attached PTC element attachable to one electrode terminal of a tubular battery with electrode terminals on both end surfaces, the externally-attached PTC element including: a bottom plate made of a metal plate; a plate-shaped PTC element; and a top panel made of a metal plate, the plate-shaped PTC element and the top panel being stacked in that order above the bottom plate disposed below, the PTC element being disposed in an opposed area between the top panel and the bottom plate, the top panel projecting and extending in one direction with respect to a planar area of the bottom plate, the top panel having a distal end formed into a lead terminal shape mountable to a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto Sakaguchi, Nozomi Asano