Patents by Inventor Seigo FUJISHIMA
Seigo FUJISHIMA 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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Patent number: 11909075Abstract: A technology capable of sealing a target with higher airtightness is provided. The plug attaching device disclosed herein is for attaching, to a through hole of a target, a cylindrical plug having therein a non-through hole that has an opening in one end surface. The device includes an insertion pin, and a guide portion. The guide portion is slidable in the axial direction of the insertion pin. This device is configured such that the plug is disposed inside the through hole, the insertion pin is pushed into the non-through hole with the guide portion disposed on the periphery of the opening to attach the plug into the through hole, and after the attachment, the insertion pin is moved in an opposite direction to the non-through hole to remove the insertion pin from the non-through hole, and the guide portion is then detached from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Seigo Fujishima
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Patent number: 11894522Abstract: A manufacturing method of a laminated power storage device disclosed herein includes a step A of preparing an electrode body to which an electrode terminal is connected, a step B of preparing a laminated film, a step C of building a power storage device assembly in which the electrode body is covered with the laminated film and is sealed, and a step D of placing the power storage device assembly in a predetermined reduced-pressure atmosphere. The power storage device assembly has a welding portion in which the laminated films are stacked and welded together in a state in which part of the electrode terminal is protruded to the outside from between the laminated films around the electrode body. A pressure of the reduced-pressure atmosphere in the step D is set so as to guarantee that a weld strength of the welding portion is not less than a predetermined strength.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Seigo Fujishima
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Publication number: 20240030459Abstract: A manufacturing method of a power storage device includes: an arrangement step of arranging a first resin member on a first surface of a metal foil and arranging a second resin member on a second surface of the metal foil; and a welding step of arranging a first pressurizing member and a second pressurizing member on a surface on an opposite side of the first resin member and the second resin member, respectively, from a surface on the metal foil side, and irradiating the end portion of the metal foil with an electromagnetic wave from the first pressurizing member side while pressurizing the end portion with the first pressurizing member and the second pressurizing member so as to weld the first resin member and the second resin member to the metal foil such that the end portion of the metal foil is covered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seigo FUJISHIMA
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Publication number: 20230299428Abstract: A manufacturing method for a welded structure includes preparing a stack in which a plate-shaped first welded member made of a first metal and a plate-shaped second welded member made of a second metal are stacked, and applying a laser beam to the first welded member such that multiple loop weld marks with the same central axis are provided. In applying the laser beam, the laser beam is applied such that irradiation energy gradually reduces from a predetermined one of the weld marks, located on an inner side, toward an outermost periphery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiko KUBOTA, Akio SATO, Seigo FUJISHIMA
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Publication number: 20230073131Abstract: A manufacturing method of a welded structure in which metal members are welded to each other includes bringing the metal members into contact with each other so as to form a space surrounded by the metal members, a pressure reducing port is formed between the metal members or in at least one metal member of the metal members, the manufacturing method of the welded structure further includes performing a suction operation on the space through the pressure reducing port to depressurize the space so as to bring the first portion of the metal member into contact with the second portion of the metal member, or to make a distance between the first portion and the second portion smaller than that when the space is not depressurized; and welding the first portion and the second portion to each other in a state where the space is depressurized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seigo Fujishima
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Publication number: 20220376370Abstract: A technology capable of sealing a target with higher airtightness is provided. The plug attaching device disclosed herein is for attaching, to a through hole of a target, a cylindrical plug having therein a non-through hole that has an opening in one end surface. The device includes an insertion pin, and a guide portion. The guide portion is slidable in the axial direction of the insertion pin. This device is configured such that the plug is disposed inside the through hole, the insertion pin is pushed into the non-through hole with the guide portion disposed on the periphery of the opening to attach the plug into the through hole, and after the attachment, the insertion pin is moved in an opposite direction to the non-through hole to remove the insertion pin from the non-through hole, and the guide portion is then detached from the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventor: Seigo FUJISHIMA
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Publication number: 20220359938Abstract: Provided are a cell pack having a restraint mechanism which is unlikely to be loosened or broken even when a restraining pressure is applied which is higher than, for example, in the related art, and also a method for producing and a method for disassembling the cell pack. A cell pack includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in an arrangement direction and a restraint mechanism for restraining these unit cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Seigo FUJISHIMA, Masayuki KITAURA
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Patent number: 11431050Abstract: A cell pack includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in an arrangement direction and a restraint mechanism for restraining these unit cells. The restraint mechanism includes: a first end plate portion disposed at an end portion in a first direction of the arrangement direction of the plurality of unit cells; a second end plate portion disposed at an end portion in a second direction of the arrangement direction of the plurality of unit cells; and a ring-shaped restraining hoop portion. A dimension in the arrangement direction between the first end plate portion and the second end plate portion of the restraining hoop portion is set such that a predetermined restraining pressure is applied in a direction of compressing the plurality of unit cells along the arrangement direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seigo Fujishima, Masayuki Kitaura
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Publication number: 20220123355Abstract: A manufacturing method of a laminated power storage device disclosed herein includes a step A of preparing an electrode body to which an electrode terminal is connected, a step B of preparing a laminated film, a step C of building a power storage device assembly in which the electrode body is covered with the laminated film and is sealed, and a step D of placing the power storage device assembly in a predetermined reduced-pressure atmosphere. The power storage device assembly has a welding portion in which the laminated films are stacked and welded together in a state in which part of the electrode terminal is protruded to the outside from between the laminated films around the electrode body. A pressure of the reduced-pressure atmosphere in the step D is set so as to guarantee that a weld strength of the welding portion is not less than a predetermined strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventor: Seigo FUJISHIMA
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Publication number: 20220102816Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery case and a plurality of electrode assemblies housed in the battery case. The plurality of electrode assemblies are aligned in the battery case in a predetermined orderly arrangement. Positive electrode sheets of adjacent two of the electrode assemblies are electrically connected to each other by joining one of first and second positive electrode tabs of the adjacent two of the electrode assemblies to another one, and negative electrode sheets of the adjacent two of the electrode assemblies are electrically connected to each other by joining one of first and second negative electrode tabs of the adjacent two of the electrode assemblies to another one.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Seigo FUJISHIMA
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Patent number: 11217855Abstract: A cell pack includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in an arrangement direction and a restraint mechanism for restraining these unit cells. The restraint mechanism includes: a first end plate portion disposed at an end portion in a first direction of the arrangement direction of the plurality of unit cells; a second end plate portion disposed at an end portion in a second direction of the arrangement direction of the plurality of unit cells; and a ring-shaped restraining hoop portion. A dimension in the arrangement direction between the first end plate portion and the second end plate portion of the restraining hoop portion is set such that a predetermined restraining pressure is applied in a direction of compressing the plurality of unit cells along the arrangement direction. A method for disassembling the cell pack is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seigo Fujishima, Masayuki Kitaura
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Patent number: 11171381Abstract: A cell pack includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in an arrangement direction and a restraint mechanism for restraining these unit cells. The restraint mechanism includes: a first end plate portion disposed at an end portion in a first direction of the arrangement direction of the plurality of unit cells; a second end plate portion disposed at an end portion in a second direction of the arrangement direction of the plurality of unit cells; and a ring-shaped restraining hoop portion A dimension in the arrangement direction between the first end plate portion and the second end plate portion of the restraining hoop portion is set such that a predetermined restraining pressure is applied in a direction of compressing the plurality of unit cells along the arrangement direction. A method for assembling the cell pack is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seigo Fujishima, Masayuki Kitaura
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Publication number: 20210328295Abstract: Provided are a cell pack having a restraint mechanism which is unlikely to be loosened or broken even when a restraining pressure is applied which is higher than, for example, in the related art, and also a method for producing and a method for disassembling the cell pack. A cell pack includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in an arrangement direction and a restraint mechanism for restraining these unit cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Seigo FUJISHIMA, Masayuki KITAURA
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Publication number: 20210242523Abstract: Provided are a cell pack having a restraint mechanism which is unlikely to be loosened or broken even when a restraining pressure is applied which is higher than, for example, in the related art, and also a method for producing and a method for disassembling the cell pack. A cell pack includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in an arrangement direction and a restraint mechanism for restraining these unit cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Seigo FUJISHIMA, Masayuki KITAURA
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Publication number: 20210242520Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Seigo FUJISHIMA, Satoshi TABARA
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Patent number: 10938004Abstract: A displacement adjustment member provided in a battery module disclosed herein has at least a first elastic body and a second elastic body capable of undergoing elastic deformation in the stacking direction of unit cells. The first elastic body is made of an elastic body in which an elastic deformation extent, with respect to a predetermined load, is relatively larger than that of the second elastic body.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seigo Fujishima
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Patent number: 10720663Abstract: Provided is a laminated battery module that is capable of imparting a minimum required restraining load to a battery laminate at a low temperature and a low charging rate, while also withstanding the load on the battery laminate at a high temperature and a high charging rate, without increasing the size of the restraining member. A laminated battery module 100 includes a battery laminate 15 containing one or more unit cells, a restraining member 20 containing a pair of end plates 21 located on both ends of the battery laminate 15 in the direction of lamination and tensioning members 22 that fasten the pair of end plates 21 mutually, and an elastic member 30 located between the pair of end plates 21; wherein, the elastic member 30 is composed of a material that undergoes a decrease in the elastic modulus thereof accompanying a rise in temperature from ?30° C. to 80° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOHO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Kitaura, Seigo Fujishima, Yukihiro Isogai, Masanori Kodera
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Patent number: 10707453Abstract: [PURPOSE] To provide a method for producing a pouch battery that can reduce formation of creases on the main sides and the lateral sides of the laminate film exterior body.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seigo Fujishima
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Patent number: 10625589Abstract: A battery mounting structure to enhance rigidity of a vehicle body without increasing a vehicle weight is provided. The battery mounting structure comprises a pair of frame members extending longitudinally and a battery pack an all-solid battery having a cell stack. The battery pack is disposed between the frame members. The battery pack is connected to the frame member through a connection member.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Seigo Fujishima, Masayoshi Ishikawa, Masayuki Kitaura
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Publication number: 20190229310Abstract: A displacement adjustment member provided in a battery module disclosed herein has at least a first elastic body and a second elastic body capable of undergoing elastic deformation in the stacking direction of unit cells. The first elastic body is made of an elastic body in which an elastic deformation extent, with respect to a predetermined load, is relatively larger than that of the second elastic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventor: Seigo FUJISHIMA