Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Sugawara

Tatsuo Sugawara 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: 11969803
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges by being inserted into the prepared hole. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Ryohei Ono, Tatsuo Nakahata, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Shinya Matsuo, Hideharu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240075538
    Abstract: A collet bush includes a tapered cylindrical outer surface, a cylindrical inner surface and a flow path. The collet bush is to be inserted into a concentric collet that is attached to a handheld tool driving device in order to position the tool driving device to a workpiece. The tool driving device holds, rotates and feeds a tool. The tool driving device has a function to suck chips. The outer surface is for expanding the concentric collet. The inner surface forms a through hole for slidably fitting the tool. The flow path is for taking in air used for sucking the chips inside the collet bush. The tool driving device includes the above-mentioned collet bush and the concentric collet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei ONO, Masao WATANABE, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Rei NAKAMOTO, Tatsuo NAKAHATA
  • Publication number: 20230275307
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery body, a plurality of battery cells stacked in the battery body in a stacking direction, a pair of end components, including insulating material, each disposed at an end of the battery body in the stacking direction, and a pair of side plates, including metal, disposed on opposite sides of the battery cells and connecting to the end components. A first end component of the pair of end components includes a fixing portion, which accommodates a fixing body, to install the battery assembly to an installing body. The fixing portion and the side plates are not connected electrically to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Eisuke SENGOKU, Takuro TSUNAKI, Takashi SUZUKI, Tatsuo SUGAWARA, Tatsuhiko KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210218082
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack capable of preventing a damage to the insulation layer on the bottom face of each of battery cells and improving the cooling performance for the battery cells as compared with the conventional configuration. A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells 10, a plurality of cell holders 20, a plurality of plates 30, an insulation layer 40 on the entire bottom face 10b of each battery cell 10, a heat-transfer sheet 50, and a cooler 60 to cool the battery cells 10 via the heat-transfer sheet 50. The lower end 30b of each plate 30 protrudes downward from the lower face 40b of each insulation layer 40. The cell holder 20 has supports that support the side faces of the battery cell 10 and an opening 22 that exposes the entire lower face 40b of the insulation layer 40 to the heat-transfer sheet 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu KUBOTA, Sadayuki AOKI, Kazunori OJIMA, Yoshitaka WATAHIKI, Akira IRIE, Tatsuo SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 10366851
    Abstract: First guide supports and second guide supports are integrally formed on an external base material to which external terminals are fixed. Guide protrusions and guide concave parts, which extend vertically, are formed on the housing of a switch device. When each guide protrusion and its corresponding guide concave part are guided by a first guide support and a second guide support during the attachment of the switch device to the external base material, the switch device can be easily attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaki Tanaka, Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10305076
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a case which includes at least one battery module having a plurality of battery cells, a bottom plate where the battery module is placed, side plates and erected around the bottom plate, and a top plate provided in the upper ends of the side plates and to face the bottom plate, and a bracket provided in the side plates and to fix the case to a vehicle loading portion, and a partitioning member which is provided in the case and transfers a force added to the top plate to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10153108
    Abstract: A spring piece is formed integrally as part of a drive arm that presses an operational body. The spring piece is disposed between a pressing part at which the drive arm presses the operational body and a linkage part that acts a swinging fulcrum. A contact part between the spring piece and a case is positioned closer to the linkage part than the bend bottom end is. When the drive arm swings from an initial orientation to a completely swung orientation, the spring piece can generate an elastic return force. The elastic return force does not largely increase even when the drive arm swings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaki Tanaka, Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20180068814
    Abstract: A spring piece is formed integrally as part of a drive arm that presses an operational body. The spring piece is disposed between a pressing part at which the drive arm presses the operational body and a linkage part that acts a swinging fulcrum. A contact part between the spring piece and a case is positioned closer to the linkage part than the bend bottom end is. When the drive arm swings from an initial orientation to a completely swung orientation, the spring piece can generate an elastic return force. The elastic return force does not largely increase even when the drive arm swings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Takaki Tanaka, Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20180047529
    Abstract: First guide supports and second guide supports are integrally formed on an external base material to which external terminals are fixed. Guide protrusions and guide concave parts, which extend vertically, are formed on the housing of a switch device. When each guide protrusion and its corresponding guide concave part are guided by a first guide support and a second guide support during the attachment of the switch device to the external base material, the switch device can be easily attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: TAKAKI TANAKA, TATSUO SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20170237053
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a case which includes at least one battery module having a plurality of battery cells, a bottom plate where the battery module is placed, side plates and erected around the bottom plate, and a top plate provided in the upper ends of the side plates and to face the bottom plate, and a bracket provided in the side plates and to fix the case to a vehicle loading portion, and a partitioning member which is provided in the case and transfers a force added to the top plate to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems ,Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 9550425
    Abstract: An upper chamber and a lower chamber are provided in a housing of an electric storage device for vehicle deployment by a middle base plate. The lower chamber is sealed with respect to the upper chamber by the middle base plate. A battery module is disposed in the lower chamber. A control device, such as a cell controller, and electrical parts, such as a junction box and a service disconnect switch, are mounted in the upper chamber. Strong and weak current system wiring that connect the battery module and the electrical parts respectively penetrate strong and weak current system openings of the middle base plate, and are routed to the upper chamber. The openings, which are penetrated by the strong and the weak current system wiring, are each provided with a sealing member, and thus the lower chamber is sealed with respect to the upper chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9368771
    Abstract: An electric storage module includes: a plurality of electric storage units; a casing that houses the plurality of electric storage units, and includes a pair of resin side plates that hold and support at least the plurality of electric storage units from opposite sides; a plurality of conductive members for electrically connecting the plurality of electric storage units; a metal cover member that covers the casing on an outside of each of the side plates; and a peripheral wall protruding from each of the side plates so as to surround each of the plurality of conductive members, wherein: a height of the peripheral wall from each of the side plates is higher than a height of the conductive members from each of the side plates, and smaller than a distance from each of the side plates to the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadashi Seto, Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9362545
    Abstract: An electricity storage device comprises a plurality of electricity storage cells, a casing which stores the electricity storage cells, a plurality of conductive members for electrically connecting the electricity storage cells together, a control device which controls the electricity storage cells, and voltage detection lines for electrically connecting the electricity storage cells with the control device. The casing includes at least a pair of side plates made of resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20150291045
    Abstract: An upper chamber and a lower chamber are provided in a housing of an electric storage device for vehicle deployment by a middle base plate. The lower chamber is sealed with respect to the upper chamber by the middle base plate. A battery module is disposed in the lower chamber. A control device, such as a cell controller, and electrical parts, such as a junction box and a service disconnect switch, are mounted in the upper chamber. Strong and weak current system wiring that connect the battery module and the electrical parts respectively penetrate strong and weak current system openings of the middle base plate, and are routed to the upper chamber. The openings, which are penetrated by the strong and the weak current system wiring, are each provided with a sealing member, and thus the lower chamber is sealed with respect to the upper chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8865338
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a casing in which the plurality of battery cells are housed; a plurality of conductive members that electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; and a voltage detection conductor that detects voltages at each of the plurality of battery cells. The casing includes at least a pair of resin side plates that sandwich and support the plurality of battery cells from both sides. The voltage detection conductor is formed in a predetermined shape and integrated with the side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Sugawara, Shinichi Fujino, Hideki Honma, Sadashi Seto
  • Publication number: 20130337299
    Abstract: An electricity storage device comprises a plurality of electricity storage cells, a casing which stores the electricity storage cells, a plurality of conductive members for electrically connecting the electricity storage cells together, a control device which controls the electricity storage cells, and voltage detection lines for electrically connecting the electricity storage cells with the control device. The casing includes at least a pair of side plates made of resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8353374
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a casing in which the plurality of battery cells are housed; a plurality of conductive members used to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; a first chamber, formed in the casing, in which the plurality of battery cells are disposed; and a second chamber, formed in the casing and isolated from the first chamber, into which emitted matter from the battery cells is released, wherein: the conductive members and the battery cells are connected together within the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Sugawara, Seiichi Satoh, Yoshihisa Tsurumi, Masato Isogai, Sadashi Seto
  • Publication number: 20110244282
    Abstract: An electric storage module includes: a plurality of electric storage units; a casing that houses the plurality of electric storage units, and includes a pair of resin side plates that hold and support at least the plurality of electric storage units from opposite sides; a plurality of conductive members for electrically connecting the plurality of electric storage units; a metal cover member that covers the casing on an outside of each of the side plates; and a peripheral wall protruding from each of the side plates so as to surround each of the plurality of conductive members, wherein: a height of the peripheral wall from each of the side plates is higher than a height of the conductive members from each of the side plates, and smaller than a distance from each of the side plates to the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd
    Inventors: Sadashi SETO, Tatsuo Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20100248008
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a casing in which the plurality of battery cells are housed; a plurality of conductive members that electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; and a voltage detection conductor that detects voltages at each of the plurality of battery cells. The casing includes at least a pair of resin side plates that sandwich and support the plurality of battery cells from both sides. The voltage detection conductor is formed in a predetermined shape and integrated with the side plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo SUGAWARA, Shinichi FUJINO, Hideki HONMA, Sadashi SETO
  • Publication number: 20100116570
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a casing in which the plurality of battery cells are housed; a plurality of conductive members used to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; a first chamber, formed in the casing, in which the plurality of battery cells are disposed; and a second chamber, formed in the casing and isolated from the first chamber, into which emitted matter from the battery cells is released, wherein: the conductive members and the battery cells are connected together within the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicants: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo SUGAWARA, Seiichi Satoh, Yoshihisa Tsurumi, Masato Isogai, Sadashi Seto