Patents by Inventor Sachiko Katsuno
Sachiko Katsuno 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).
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Publication number: 20210328298Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: a plurality of energy storage devices arranged in a first direction; an adjacent member arranged between adjacent energy storage devices; and a device that functionally acts on the energy storage devices, in which the device is fixed to the adjacent member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Kenta YOSHIOKA, Kazuto YAMANE, Sachiko KATSUNO, Toshiyuki IKEUCHI
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Patent number: 10418675Abstract: One embodiment provides a cooling structure of a battery, including: a battery; an intake port, from which air in an vehicle interior is taken in; and an intake duct, which is in communication with the intake port and from which the air in the vehicle interior is introduced to the battery, wherein the intake duct is connected with a discharge port of an air conditioning duct, which is connected with an air conditioning system, and from which air discharged from the air conditioning system is introduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Sachiko Katsuno, Yasushi Ogihara, Suguru Umetsu, Keishi Kosaka, Yoshiaki Arai
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Patent number: 10096872Abstract: A lower battery module includes lower batteries and lower cooling air passages. An upper battery module is provided at an downstream of the lower battery module in a flow direction of the cooling air. The upper battery module includes upper batteries and upper cooling air passages. An intermediate duct is provided between the upper battery module and the lower battery module to prevent leakage of the cooling air. The intermediate duct includes a cutwater portion. The cutwater portion is provided along an inner circumference of the intermediate duct to cut a continuous flow of water from an inside of the upper battery module to an inside of the lower battery module.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Nakano, Manabu Mitani, Sachiko Katsuno, Koichi Takahashi
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Patent number: 10000240Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a seat, an upper member, a lower member, and a high voltage equipment. The engine is provided at a rear in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The seat is provided in front of the engine in the front-rear direction. The upper member is provided between the seat and the engine in the front-rear direction and extends in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The lower member extends in the vehicle width direction and is provided between the seat and the engine below the upper member in a vehicle height direction of the vehicle perpendicular to the front-rear direction and the vehicle width direction. The high voltage equipment is provided between the seat and the engine and in a space surrounded by the upper member and the lower member.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Koichi Takahashi, Kazuya Nakano, Sachiko Katsuno
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Patent number: 9884535Abstract: A vehicle includes an air conditioning system, a high voltage equipment, a cooling fan, and an intake duct. The air conditioning system is to condition air in an interior of the vehicle which has a vehicle height direction. The cooling fan is to send cooling air which has passed through the air conditioning system to the high voltage equipment. The cooling fan has an intake port. The intake duct is connected to the intake port from upward in the vehicle height direction to supply the cooling air to the cooling fan. A lowermost part of the intake port in the vehicle height direction is positioned higher than a lowermost surface of a duct flow path of the intake duct in the vehicle height direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Nakano, Koichi Takahashi, Sachiko Katsuno
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Publication number: 20170106718Abstract: A vehicle includes an air conditioning system, a high voltage equipment, a cooling fan, and an intake duct. The air conditioning system is to condition air in an interior of the vehicle which has a vehicle height direction. The cooling fan is to send cooling air which has passed through the air conditioning system to the high voltage equipment. The cooling fan has an intake port. The intake duct is connected to the intake port from upward in the vehicle height direction to supply the cooling air to the cooling fan. A lowermost part of the intake port in the vehicle height direction is positioned higher than a lowermost surface of a duct flow path of the intake duct in the vehicle height direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya NAKANO, Koichi TAKAHASHI, Sachiko KATSUNO
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Publication number: 20170106910Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a seat, an upper member, a lower member, and a high voltage equipment. The engine is provided at a rear in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The seat is provided in front of the engine in the front-rear direction. The upper member is provided between the seat and the engine in the front-rear direction and extends in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The lower member extends in the vehicle width direction and is provided between the seat and the engine below the upper member in a vehicle height direction of the vehicle perpendicular to the front-rear direction and the vehicle width direction. The high voltage equipment is provided between the seat and the engine and in a space surrounded by the upper member and the lower member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu MITANI, Koichi TAKAHASHI, Kazuya NAKANO, Sachiko KATSUNO
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Publication number: 20170110774Abstract: A lower battery module includes lower batteries and lower cooling air passages. An upper battery module is provided at an downstream of the lower battery module in a flow direction of the cooling air. The upper battery module includes upper batteries and upper cooling air passages. An intermediate duct is provided between the upper battery module and the lower battery module to prevent leakage of the cooling air. The intermediate duct includes a cutwater portion. The cutwater portion is provided along an inner circumference of the intermediate duct to cut a continuous flow of water from an inside of the upper battery module to an inside of the lower battery module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya NAKANO, Manabu MITANI, Sachiko KATSUNO, Koichi TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20160301120Abstract: One embodiment provides a cooling structure of a battery, including: a battery; an intake port, from which air in an vehicle interior is taken in; and an intake duct, which is in communication with the intake port and from which the air in the vehicle interior is introduced to the battery, wherein the intake duct is connected with a discharge port of an air conditioning duct, which is connected with an air conditioning system, and from which air discharged from the air conditioning system is introduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Sachiko Katsuno, Yasushi Ogihara, Suguru Umetsu, Keishi Kosaka, Yoshiaki Arai