Patents by Inventor Satoshi TABARA

Satoshi TABARA 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: 12683249
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes a plurality of electricity storage cells, a plurality of resin frames, and a bus bar module. Each of the electricity storage cells includes a pair of external terminals. The bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars and a bus bar case. The resin frame includes a retaining portion configured to retain the bus bar case. The bus bar case includes a retained portion that is configured to engage with the retaining portion, and a biasing portion that is configured to bias the bus bar toward a side of the retained portion, in a state in which the retained portion is engaged with the retaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEKTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Ohira, Satoshi Tabara, Shunsuke Tomita, Tsukasa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250293401
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cell stack having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a plurality of rectangular cells being stacked in the cell stack, and each of the rectangular cells including a terminal provided in an end face thereof in a longitudinal direction. The cell stack includes a plate-like bus bar configured to electrically connect the terminals of the adjacent rectangular cells to each other. The bus bar includes a first slit extending in a stacking direction of the rectangular cell so that at least a part of the first slit overlaps an area that straddles a pair of welded parts welded to the respective terminals of the adjacent rectangular cells, and a second slit extending in parallel with the first slit outside the area that straddles the pair of the welded parts. A width of the first slit is larger than a width of the second slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki SUGIYAMA, Hiroki OHTSUBO, Satoshi TABARA, Hiroaki IWATA, Motokuni MARUHASHI, Hiromasa TANAKA, Akio UOTANI, Kazuya KUMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230246303
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes a plurality of electricity storage cells, a plurality of resin frames, and a bus bar module. Each of the electricity storage cells includes a pair of external terminals. The bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars and a bus bar case. The resin frame includes a retaining portion configured to retain the bus bar case. The bus bar case includes a retained portion that is configured to engage with the retaining portion, and a biasing portion that is configured to bias the bus bar toward a side of the retained portion, in a state in which the retained portion is engaged with the retaining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki OHIRA, Satoshi TABARA, Shunsuke TOMITA, Tsukasa WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210242520
    Abstract: A laminate battery includes an electrode body, an exterior body consisting of a pair of exterior films, and an electrode terminal. The exterior body has a film welded portion in which the exterior films are welded to each other, and a terminal welded portion in which the exterior films are welded to the electrode terminal. The electrode terminal is covered with a thermally weldable film, and the thermally weldable film has a protruding portion that protrudes from a side face of the electrode terminal outward in a depth direction. The length of the protruding portion is equal to or larger than 50% of the thickness of the terminal welded portion, and is smaller than 100% of the length of the film welded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Seigo FUJISHIMA, Satoshi TABARA