Patents by Inventor Setsuko Koura

Setsuko Koura 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).

  • Method for manufacturing external cladding for laminate battery
    Patent number: 9257682
    Abstract: In method for manufacturing an external cladding for a laminate battery according to the present invention, austenitic stainless steel foil having a thermoplastic resin layer on one of a front surface and a rear surface and a lubricating film on the other surface is used as a material, the stainless steel foil is disposed such that the surface provided with the thermoplastic resin layer opposes a punch, and drawing is implemented on the stainless steel foil without using lubricating oil in a condition where an annular region of the stainless steel foil, which is contacted by a shoulder portion of the punch, is set at a temperature of 20° C. or lower, and an exterior region on an exterior of the annular region is set at a temperature between 40° C. and 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunari Norita, Norimasa Miura, Setsuko Koura
  • EXTERNAL PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR LAMINATED BATTERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR EXTERNAL PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR LAMINATED BATTERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LAMINATED BATTERY, AND LAMINATED BATTERY
    Publication number: 20140370371
    Abstract: Provided is an external packaging material for a laminated battery, which is one of two external packaging materials constituting a battery case accommodating a battery element, and each configured by a stainless steel sheet provided with a resin layer, the battery case being formed by fusing together the resin layers in a state in which tabs connected to the battery element are disposed between the two external packaging materials, wherein a stepped portion conforming to the cross-sectional shape of each of the tabs at a position where the tab is inserted between the two external packaging materials is formed in advance before the tab is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kazunori OZAWA, Yasunori OZAWA, Yusuke HONMA, Norihiro KON, Yoshie YOSHIDA, Norimasa MIURA, Katsunari NORITA, Setsuko KOURA
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EXTERNAL CLADDING FOR LAMINATE BATTERY
    Publication number: 20140013590
    Abstract: In method for manufacturing an external cladding for a laminate battery according to the present invention, austenitic stainless steel foil having a thermoplastic resin layer on one of a front surface and a rear surface and a lubricating film on the other surface is used as a material, the stainless steel foil is disposed such that the surface provided with the thermoplastic resin layer opposes a punch, and drawing is implemented on the stainless steel foil without using lubricating oil in a condition where an annular region of the stainless steel foil, which is contacted by a shoulder portion of the punch, is set at a temperature of 20° C. or lower, and an exterior region on an exterior of the annular region is set at a temperature between 40° C. and 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Katsunari Norita, Norimasa Miura, Setsuko Koura