Patents by Inventor Takahisa Sugimoto

Takahisa Sugimoto 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: 10128474
    Abstract: A battery module includes a first battery stack, a second battery stack, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The first and second battery stacks each have a plurality of rechargeable batteries. The first battery stack has an end adjacent to the second battery stack, and the second battery stack has an end adjacent to the first battery stack. The first bracket is provided at the end of the first battery stack. The second bracket is provided at the end of the second battery stack and has the same shape as the first bracket. Each of the first bracket and the second bracket has insertion protrusions and receiving recesses that are alternately arranged. One of the insertion protrusions of the second bracket is inserted into the receiving recess formed between adjacent two of the insertion protrusions of the first bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromi Ueda, Takahisa Sugimoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Takashi Sakai, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 9595702
    Abstract: A battery module is provided with: battery holders, which have accommodation sections; rechargeable batteries arranged side-by-side while being respectively received in the accommodation sections; a metal plate member, which is provided at least between rechargeable batteries adjacent to each other in the direction in which the rechargeable batteries are arranged side-by-side; and a pressure application member, which presses the rechargeable batteries and the plate member in the direction of the side-by-side arrangement. The battery holders respectively have openings into which the plate members are fitted. The plate members are fitted into the openings to protrude from the battery holders in the direction in which the rechargeable batteries are arranged side-by-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shintaro Watanabe, Takahisa Sugimoto, Hidefumi Oishi, Takashi Sakai, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda, Takayuki Kato
  • Patent number: 9511984
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle is provided with a vehicle body, battery cells, which are the electric power source for the industrial vehicle and are located within the vehicle body, and a counterweight, which is located within the vehicle body. The counterweight has a weight portion and a weight body that extends from the weight portion. The battery cells are provided on both sides of the weight body and are thermally coupled to the weight body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takashi Sakai, Takahisa Sugimoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 9481556
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery pack, which is placed in the vehicle body. The battery pack includes a counterweight and at least one battery cell, which partially contacts the counterweight. The battery pack is arranged in the vehicle body such that a contact portion of the counterweight that contacts the at least one battery cell exchanges heat with relative wind by a greater amount than a non-contact portion of the at least one battery cell that have no contact with the counterweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hidefumi Oishi, Takahisa Sugimoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Takashi Sakai, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20150318520
    Abstract: A battery module is provided with: battery holders, which have accommodation sections; rechargeable batteries arranged side-by-side while being respectively received in the accommodation sections; a metal plate member, which is provided at least between rechargeable batteries adjacent to each other in the direction in which the rechargeable batteries are arranged side-by-side; and a pressure application member, which presses the rechargeable batteries and the plate member in the direction of the side-by-side arrangement. The battery holders respectively have openings into which the plate members are fitted. The plate members are fitted into the openings to protrude from the battery holders in the direction in which the rechargeable batteries are arranged side-by-side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shintaro WATANABE, Takahisa SUGIMOTO, Hidefumi OISHI, Takashi SAKAI, Hiromi UEDA, Naoto MORISAKU, Kazuki MAEDA, Takayuki KATO
  • Publication number: 20150249239
    Abstract: A battery module includes a first battery stack, a second battery stack, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The first and second battery stacks each have a plurality of rechargeable batteries. The first battery stack has an end adjacent to the second battery stack, and the second battery stack has an end adjacent to the first battery stack. The first bracket is provided at the end of the first battery stack. The second bracket is provided at the end of the second battery stack and has the same shape as the first bracket. Each of the first bracket and the second bracket has insertion protrusions and receiving recesses that are alternately arranged. One of the insertion protrusions of the second bracket is inserted into the receiving recess formed between adjacent two of the insertion protrusions of the first bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromi Ueda, Takahisa Sugimoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Takashi Sakai, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20150239719
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery pack, which is placed in the vehicle body. The battery pack includes a counterweight and at least one battery cell, which partially contacts the counterweight. The battery pack is arranged in the vehicle body such that a contact portion of the counterweight that contacts the at least one battery cell exchanges heat with relative wind by a greater amount than a non-contact portion of the at least one battery cell that have no contact with the counterweight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hidefumi Oishi, Takahisa Sugimoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Takashi Sakai, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20150203339
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle is provided with a vehicle body, battery cells, which are the electric power source for the industrial vehicle and are located within the vehicle body, and a counterweight, which is located within the vehicle body. The counterweight has a weight portion and a weight body that extends from the weight portion. The battery cells are provided on both sides of the weight body and are thermally coupled to the weight body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takashi Sakai, Takahisa Sugimoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda