Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Hamasaki

Ryoichi Hamasaki 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: 6933076
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of cells (2) stacked on top of one another in tiers; a heat collecting plate (4, 7) made of a wave-like metal sheet and interposed between tiers of the cells so as to make contact with outer peripheral surfaces of upper and lower tiers of the cells alternately; a heat pipe (10) having its heating portion (10a) fitted into a fitting groove (8, 9) formed in the heat collecting plate; a pack case (1) for accommodating the cells, the heat collecting plate, and the heat pipe; and a heat dissipating member (3) attached to the pack case so as to close an opening of the pack case and having on its inner-surface side a concavely-formed receiving groove (11) into which a heat dissipating portion (10b) of the heat pipe is fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Ura, Hiroki Takeshima, Ryoichi Hamasaki, Osamu Aoya, Takehiro Chinen
  • Publication number: 20030017383
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of cells (2) stacked on top of one another in tiers; a heat collecting plate (4, 7) made of a wave-like metal sheet and interposed between tiers of the cells so as to make contact with outer peripheral surfaces of upper and lower tiers of the cells alternately; a heat pipe (10) having its heating portion (10a) fitted into a fitting groove (8, 9) formed in the heat collecting plate; a pack case (1) for accommodating the cells, the heat collecting plate, and the heat pipe; and a heat dissipating member (3) attached to the pack case so as to close an opening of the pack case and having on its inner-surface side a concavely-formed receiving groove (11) into which a heat dissipating portion (10b) of the heat pipe is fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Hironori Ura, Hiroki Takeshima, Ryoichi Hamasaki, Osamu Aoya, Takehiro Chinen