Patents by Inventor Ryo KAGAMI

Ryo KAGAMI 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: 20240120587
    Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of suppressing movement of an electrode body inside an exterior body. According to the technique disclosed herein, a sealed battery is provided, which includes an electrode body having a wide face having a rectangular shape, an exterior body made of a laminated film, and positive electrode and negative electrode current collector terminals. The exterior body includes a housing part housing the electrode body, and a sealed part formed around the housing part to isolate the inside and the outside of the exterior body from each other. The housing part has a flat face facing the wide face of the electrode body and four side walls corresponding to four sides of the wide face respectively, the four side walls being formed so as to rise from the sealed part toward the flat face. A pair of the side walls corresponding to long sides of the wide face curves toward the electrode body and inward of the exterior body so as to closely approach the electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20240063515
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to suppress the scratching of or damage to an exterior body or current collectors caused by displacement of terminals connected to electrode bodies when a battery expands or contracts. The displacement of terminals when a battery expands or contracts is prevented by arranging the protruding positions of the terminals side by side with at least one of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal formed in a crank-like shape, and supporting the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal by a holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Kagami
  • Publication number: 20230420808
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body, current collector tabs, a current collector terminal, and a laminate film. Each current collector tab includes a root portion that is an end portion on the electrode body side, a connection portion for connecting to the current collector terminal, and an intermediate portion connecting the root portion and the connection portion. The current collector tabs include a laminated connection portion in which the connection portions are laminated in a thickness direction. The current collector terminal includes an inner surface facing a side surface portion of the electrode body, and a side surface disposed along an outer edge of the inner surface. The laminate film is disposed on the side surface of the current collector terminal. A main surface of the laminated connection portion is joined to the inner surface. A spacer member is disposed between the inner surface and the side surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20230420809
    Abstract: In a battery, each current collector tab includes a root portion, a connection portion, and an intermediate portion. Current collector tabs include a laminated connection portion in which the connection portions are laminated. A current collector terminal includes an inner surface facing a side surface portion of an electrode body, and a side surface disposed along an outer edge of the inner surface. A laminate film is disposed on the side surface. A main surface of the laminated connection portion is joined to the inner surface. In a plan view in an electrode body laminating direction, the current collector terminal includes a base portion including a first end portion corresponding to the position of the inner surface and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, and a protruding portion protruding from the base portion to an opposite side of the base portion from the electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Patent number: 11843132
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to suppress the scratching of or damage to an exterior body or current collectors caused by displacement of terminals connected to electrode bodies when a battery expands or contracts. The displacement of terminals when a battery expands or contracts is prevented by arranging the protruding positions of the terminals side by side with at least one of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal formed in a crank-like shape, and supporting the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal by a holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Kagami
  • Publication number: 20230216119
    Abstract: A battery includes an outer encasement member configured to accommodate an electrode body that is quadrilateral in plan view. The outer encasement member has a recessed portion that is quadrilateral in plan view and configured to accommodate the electrode body, and is provided with a joint portion at an outer peripheral end portion. A corner portion of the recessed portion is provided with a projection extending toward the joint portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20230216114
    Abstract: To suppress formation of wrinkles at any corner of a joint portion of an exterior body to suppress the breakage of the exterior body, a battery includes: an electrode body that is a quadrilateral in a plan view; and an exterior body housing the electrode body therein, wherein the exterior body has a joint portion along at least three sides thereof in a circumferential end thereof, a spacer is arranged between each corner of the electrode body and an inner surface of the exterior body, and the spacer has a projection extending toward the joint portion of the exterior body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Ryo Kagami
  • Publication number: 20230207980
    Abstract: Provided is a battery that can suppress a short circuit that is caused by deformation of a current collector tab. The battery includes: an external body; a power generating element housed in the exterior body; and a filler placed between the power generating element and the exterior body, wherein the power generating element has the current collector tab extending outward, and the current collector tab has at least one depression, at least part of the depression being positioned on an inner side of the current collector tab than a center of a length of the current collector tab in an extending direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20230207863
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a battery with excellent bonding of tabs and current collecting terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20230207979
    Abstract: Provided is a battery that can improve structural reliability. The battery includes: a power generating element provided with plural current collector tabs aligning in a thickness direction; and a current collector terminal connected to the current collector tabs, wherein at least one of the current collector tabs has at least one slit by which an end portion of said at least one current collector tab is divided in a width direction, and portions into which the end portion of said at least one current collector tab is divided by said at least one slit therebetween are each electrically connected to another one of the current collector tabs that are adjacent to said at least one current collector tab in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Patent number: 11450915
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, provided is a battery pack that can prevent the surface pressure applied to a cell group at the time of restraint from being uneven, and can stably demonstrate a high level of battery performance. The battery pack disclosed herein includes a cell group in which a plurality of single cells is arranged, and a restraining member that restrains the cell group. Each of the single cells of this battery pack is an all-solid-state cell including a stacked electrode body in which sheet materials composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer are stacked, and an outer package body that accommodates the stacked electrode body. The cell group of the battery pack disclosed herein is configured such that the ratio of the maximum value K1 of spring constant to the minimum value K2 of spring constant along the arrangement direction (K1/K2) is 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Kagami
  • Publication number: 20220094026
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to suppress the scratching of or damage to an exterior body or current collectors caused by displacement of terminals connected to electrode bodies when a battery expands or contracts. The displacement of terminals when a battery expands or contracts is prevented by arranging the protruding positions of the terminals side by side with at least one of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal formed in a crank-like shape, and supporting the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal by a holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Kagami
  • Publication number: 20210399374
    Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of suppressing movement of an electrode body inside an exterior body. According to the technique disclosed herein, a sealed battery is provided, which includes an electrode body having a wide face having a rectangular shape, an exterior body made of a laminated film, and positive electrode and negative electrode current collector terminals. The exterior body includes a housing part housing the electrode body, and a sealed part formed around the housing part to isolate the inside and the outside of the exterior body from each other. The housing part has a flat face facing the wide face of the electrode body and four side walls corresponding to four sides of the wide face respectively, the four side walls being formed so as to rise from the sealed part toward the flat face. A pair of the side walls corresponding to long sides of the wide face curves toward the electrode body and inward of the exterior body so as to closely approach the electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200313126
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, provided is a battery pack that can prevent the surface pressure applied to a cell group at the time of restraint from being uneven, and can stably demonstrate a high level of battery performance. The battery pack disclosed herein includes a cell group in which a plurality of single cells is arranged, and a restraining member that restrains the cell group. Each of the single cells of this battery pack is an all-solid-state cell including a stacked electrode body in which sheet materials composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer are stacked, and an outer package body that accommodates the stacked electrode body. The cell group of the battery pack disclosed herein is configured such that the ratio of the maximum value K1 of spring constant to the minimum value K2 of spring constant along the arrangement direction (K1/K2) is 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Ryo KAGAMI
  • Patent number: 10763483
    Abstract: The battery pack disclosed herein includes a plurality of unit cells. The plurality of unit cells is connected to each other by a bus bar. The bus bar has two terminal connection portions and a linking portion. A linear welded portion is formed in a portion where the terminal connection portions and the external terminals overlap with each other. The linear welded portion is non-annular in the plane of the terminal connection portions and has a straight linear portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction, and two circular arc portions that extend from respective ends of the straight linear portion and are curved toward a side opposite to the side where the linking portion is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Nagai, Koji Tamaru, Ryo Kagami, Yuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10490800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery pack that has a plurality of single cells arranged in an array direction, and a bus bar that electrically connects the plurality of single cells. The bus bar has a first bent portion that is bent in a direction away from each of the single cells, and a second bent portion that is bent in a direction opposite to the direction in which the first bent portion is bent. The first bent portion and the second bent portion are disposed side by side in the array direction, and extend from one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same so as to intersect with the array direction. The first bent portion is configured to expand gradually from the one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same. The second bent portion is configured to narrow gradually from the one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Nagai, Koji Tamaru, Ryo Kagami, Yuki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180294465
    Abstract: The battery pack disclosed herein includes a plurality of unit cells. The plurality of unit cells is connected to each other by a bus bar. The bus bar has two terminal connection portions and a linking portion. A linear welded portion is formed in a portion where the terminal connection portions and the external terminals overlap with each other. The linear welded portion is non-annular in the plane of the terminal connection portions and has a straight linear portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction, and two circular arc portions that extend from respective ends of the straight linear portion and are curved toward a side opposite to the side where the linking portion is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki NAGAI, Koji TAMARU, Ryo KAGAMI, Yuki OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180277818
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery pack that has a plurality of single cells arranged in an array direction, and a bus bar that electrically connects the plurality of single cells. The bus bar has a first bent portion that is bent in a direction away from each of the single cells, and a second bent portion that is bent in a direction opposite to the direction in which the first bent portion is bent. The first bent portion and the second bent portion are disposed side by side in the array direction, and extend from one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same so as to intersect with the array direction. The first bent portion is configured to expand gradually from the one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same. The second bent portion is configured to narrow gradually from the one end of the bus bar to the other end of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki NAGAI, Koji TAMARU, Ryo KAGAMI, Yuki OKAMOTO