Patents by Inventor Sumiko KITO

Sumiko KITO 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20240154175
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: a conveying section that conveys a laminate-type secondary battery having a laminate outer package; plural contact rollers provided on a conveying path of the conveying section, the plural contact rollers having different contact angles with respect to an edge seal part of the laminate outer package being conveyed; and opposition rollers respectively disposed in opposition to the contact rollers, which, together with the contact rollers, fold the edge seal part of the laminate outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi CHIHARA, Norihiro OSE, Kenichi KAKISHITA, Sumiko KITO
  • Secondary battery module and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 11322808
    Abstract: A secondary battery module showing excellent packing efficiency which makes it possible to connect a secondary battery and a charge/discharge device with a stably low resistance without any unnecessary deformation of the secondary battery or an electrode terminal is disclosed. The secondary battery module includes a plurality of stack units, each of the stack units including: at least one non-conductive plate member; at least one conductive member fixed to the plate member; a secondary battery stacked on the plate member; and at least one electrode terminal sticking out of a side face of the secondary battery, and held by the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Yamashita, Hirokazu Kawaoka, Sumiko Kito, Nagato Nakajima
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING SECONDARY BATTERY MODULE
    Publication number: 20220115754
    Abstract: A secondary battery module showing excellent packing efficiency which makes it possible to connect a secondary battery and a charge/discharge device with a stably low resistance without any unnecessary deformation of the secondary battery or an electrode terminal is disclosed. The secondary battery module includes a plurality of stack units, each of the stack units including: at least one non-conductive plate member; at least one conductive member fixed to the plate member; a secondary battery stacked on the plate member; and at least one electrode terminal sticking out of a side face of the secondary battery, and held by the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji YAMASHITA, Hirokazu KAWAOKA, Sumiko KITO, Nagato NAKAJIMA
  • SECONDARY BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200335764
    Abstract: A secondary battery module showing excellent packing efficiency which makes it possible to connect a secondary battery and a charge/discharge device with a stably low resistance without any unnecessary deformation of the secondary battery or an electrode terminal is disclosed. The secondary battery module includes a plurality of stack units, each of the stack units including: at least one non-conductive plate member; at least one conductive member fixed to the plate member; a secondary battery stacked on the plate member; and at least one electrode terminal sticking out of a side face of the secondary battery, and held by the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yuji YAMASHITA, Hirokazu KAWAOKA, Sumiko KITO, Nagato NAKAJIMA