Patents by Inventor Takahiko Miki

Takahiko Miki 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 of binding a plurality of sealed battery cells
    Patent number: 7060116
    Abstract: The combined battery of the present invention includes two end plates and a plurality of general cells stacked adjacent each other and bound by two end plates. The general cells are provided with a battery container made of resin, and bound by two end plates with a binding force equal to or lower than a threshold value determined based on the number and the compressibility of the cells and the stiffness of the battery container, in such a manner that no more than a predetermined amount of irreversible deformation will be caused in the battery container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidoshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuhei Marukawa, Ko Watanabe, Toyohiko Eto, Masayoshi Iwase, Tomokazu Yamauchi, Takahiko Miki
  • Combined battery
    Publication number: 20050186470
    Abstract: The combined battery of the present invention includes two end plates and a plurality of general cells stacked adjacent each other and bound by two end plates. The general cells are provided with a battery container made of resin, and bound by two end plates with a binding force equal to or lower than a threshold value determined based on the number and the compressibility of the cells and the stiffness of the battery container, in such a manner that no more than a predetermined amount of irreversible deformation will be caused in the battery container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuhei Marukawa, Ko Watanabe, Toyohiko Eto, Masayoshi Iwase, Tomokazu Yamauchi, Takahiko Miki
  • Combined battery
    Publication number: 20020006545
    Abstract: The combined battery of the present invention includes two end plates and a plurality of general cells stacked adjacent each other and bound by two end plates. The general cells are provided with a battery container made of resin, and bound by two end plates with a binding force equal to or lower than a threshold value determined based on the number and the compressibility of the cells and the stiffness of the battery container, in such a manner that no more than a predetermined amount of irreversible deformation will be caused in the battery container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Shuhei Marukawa, Ko Watanabe, Toyohiko Eto, Masayoshi Iwase, Tomokazu Yamauchi, Takahiko Miki