Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Tomomori

Tatsuo Tomomori 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: 8097357
    Abstract: A battery can of the present invention ensures a stable and favorable contact with an electrode and thus makes it possible to obtain a highly reliable battery excellent in high rate discharge characteristics. The battery can having an opening, including a cylindrical side portion and a bottom portion, of the present invention is formed from a steel plate. The steel plate has an Ni—Fe alloy layer on the inner face side of the battery can. The Ni—Fe alloy layer has an oxide layer containing iron and having a thickness of 10 to 50 nm on the inner face side of the battery can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Mori, Kouhei Kitagawa, Masatoshi Hano, Toru Morimoto, Hideo Omura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Masao Suda, Hitoshi Omura
  • Patent number: 8043741
    Abstract: A battery case excellent in glossiness of appearance and working efficiency and a surface-plated steel plate which can be used preferably to manufacture the battery case. The battery case is produced by deep-drawing, DI-forming, DTR-forming a surface-treated steel plate having glossy nickel or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating on the outermost layer corresponding to the external face of a battery case of a plated original plate consisting of a steel plate. The glossy nickel plating or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating layer on the outermost layer has a high glossiness, and therefore the appearance is excellent. The runnability of a formed battery case is high as well as the working efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20110159355
    Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHMURA, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda
  • Patent number: 7923145
    Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda
  • Publication number: 20090269661
    Abstract: A battery can of the present invention ensures a stable and favorable contact with an electrode and thus makes it possible to obtain a highly reliable battery excellent in high rate discharge characteristics. The battery can having an opening, including a cylindrical side portion and a bottom portion, of the present invention is formed from a steel plate. The steel plate has an Ni—Fe alloy layer on the inner face side of the battery can. The Ni—Fe alloy layer has an oxide layer containing iron and having a thickness of 10 to 50 nm on the inner face side of the battery can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Mori, Kouhei Kitagawa, Masatoshi Hano, Toru Morimoto, Hideo Omura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Masao Suda, Hitoshi Omura
  • Publication number: 20080305392
    Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicants: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., Browdy and Neimark, P.L.L.C.
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHMURA, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda
  • Publication number: 20080292957
    Abstract: A bakery case-use surface-treated steel sheet excellent in battery performance, a battery case and a battery using it. The battery case is obtained by forming, on the Surface corresponding to a battery case of a inner surface of a steel sheet to be plated a surface-treated steel sheet having a nickel-plated layer as a lower layer and a nickel-phosphorus alloy plated layer or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy plated layer as an upper layer by a deep drawing method, a DI (drawing and ironing) method or a DTR (drawing thin and redraw) method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda, Eiji Yamane, Eiji Okamatsu, Hitoshi Ohmura
  • Patent number: 7150939
    Abstract: A battery container having an inner surface provided with a nickel-phosphorous alloy layer, optionally provided with a nickel-cobalt alloy layer as the lower layer thereof. The outer surface of the battery container is preferably provided with a nickel-cobalt alloy layer. Batteries made using the battery containers of the present invention have excellent performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura, Keiji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20060240274
    Abstract: A surface treated steel plate for battery cases having an improved electrical contact with the battery positive electrode active material, its manufacturing method, a battery case, and a battery are disclosed. The surface treated steel plate has a graphite-dispersed nickel plating layer in which graphite is dispersed or a graphite-dispersed nickel alloy plating layer at least on the inner surface of a battery case. The alloy plating layer is preferably of a nickel-cobalt alloy, a nickel-cobalt-iron alloy, a nickel-manganese alloy, a nickel-phosphorus alloy, or a nickel-bismuth alloy. The battery case is produced by forming the surface treated steel plate by drawing, DI, or DTR. The battery uses the battery case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda, Eiji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20060105234
    Abstract: A surface treated steep plate excellent in battery performance and a battery case comprising the same are disclosed. The battery case is produced by forming a surface treated steel sheet having an indium layer on the outermost side to serve as the inner surface of a battery case of a plating base steel plate by deep drawing, DI or DTR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Toyo Kohan Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda, Eiji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20060083981
    Abstract: A battery can having an opening, with a cylindrical side wall and a bottom, is formed from a steel plate having a carbon content of 0.004% by weight or less. The battery can has necessary and sufficient corrosion resistance and can be manufactured at low costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Mori, Kouhei Kitagawa, Akira Matsuo, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda, Eiji Yamane
  • Patent number: 6979515
    Abstract: A battery case excellent in glossiness of appearance and working efficiency and a surface-plated steel plate which can be used preferably to manufacture the battery case. The battery case is produced by deep-drawing, DI-forming, DTR-forming a surface-treated steel plate having glossy nickel or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating on the outermost layer corresponding to the external face of a battery case of a plated original plate consisting of a steel plate. The glossy nickel plating or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating layer on the outermost layer has a high glossiness, and therefore the appearance is excellent. The runnability of a formed battery case is high as well as the working efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20050112459
    Abstract: A battery case excellent in glossiness of appearance and working efficiency and a surface-plated steel plate which can be used preferably to manufacture the battery case. The battery case is produced by deep-drawing, DI-forming, DTR-forming a surface-treated steel plate having glossy nickel or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating on the outermost layer corresponding to the external face of a battery case of a plated original plate consisting of a steel plate. The glossy nickel plating or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating layer on the outermost layer has a high glossiness, and therefore the appearance is excellent. The runnability of a formed battery case is high as well as the working efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20050089752
    Abstract: A surface treated steel sheet for a battery case, which has a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy formed on the outermost layer of the inside surface of a plated steel sheet for a battery case; a battery case which is produced through forming the surface-treated steel sheet having a diffusion layer of a nickel-phosphorus alloy or a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus alloy by the deep drawing method, the DI forming or the DTR forming: and a battery using the battery case. The battery case can be used for producing a battery excellent in battery characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Tokyo Kohan Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Yoshitaka Honda
  • Patent number: 6692869
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to produce a surface treated steel sheet for a battery container of which electric contact to the positive electrode active material is improved, a method of surface treatment for a battery container, a battery container and a battery, wherein the surface treated steel sheet has a graphite dispersed nickel plating layer or a graphite dispersed nickel-alloy plating layer formed on the one side to be the inner surface of a battery container, in which nickel-cobalt alloy, nickel-cobalt-iron alloy, nickel-manganese alloy, nickel-phosphorus alloy, nickel-bismuth alloy or the like is preferable as an alloy plating layer, the battery container is manufactured from these surface treated steel sheets by DI forming or DTR forming, and the battery uses this battery container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura, Keiji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20040005499
    Abstract: A battery case excellent in glossiness of appearance and working efficiency and a surface-plated steel plate which can be used preferably to manufacture the battery case. The battery case is produced by deep-drawing, DI-forming, DTR-forming a surface-treated steel plate having glossy nickel or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating on the outermost layer corresponding to the external face of a battery case of a plated original plate consisting of a steel plate. The glossy nickel plating or glossy nickel-cobalt alloy plating layer on the outermost layer has a high glossiness, and therefore the appearance is excellent. The runnability of a formed battery case is high as well as the working efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20030077510
    Abstract: The object of present invention is to provide a battery container, of which the inner surface is provided with a surface-treated layer having low internal resistance and the outer surface is provided with a surface-treated layer having high quality and excellent continuous formability. Another object is to provide a surface-treated steel sheet suitably used for manufacturing the battery container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura, Keiji Yamane
  • Patent number: 6551721
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a surface treated steel sheet for a battery container having an excellent anti-alkaline characteristic and a performance for maintaining a discharging level for a long time, a battery container and a product method thereof. In the present invention, after forming a nickel-bismuth alloy layer on a steel sheet, the steel sheet is thermally treated at 300° C. to 650° C. in an inactive gas or a deoxidizing gas for 240 to 600 min so that an iron-nickel diffused layer and nickel-bismuth diffused layer are formed at each boundary surface. A battery is produced by utilizing a battery container made of a steel sheet on which one or more than layers selected from a group of an iron-nickel diffused layer, a nickel layer, a nickel-bismuth diffused layer, an iron-nickel-bismuth alloy layer is formed on the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura, Tatsuya Ohshima
  • Patent number: 6528181
    Abstract: A plated steel sheet and a connection terminal material using the plated steel sheet have low contact resistance and excellent corrosion resistance. The coated film, which has excellent adhesion, is formed by coating a stainless steel base sheet which is coated with a nickel-tin alloy with a solution/suspension of carbon black or graphite, carboxymethyl cellulose, and a water-borne organic resin which is acrylic resin, polyester resin, urethane resin, or phenol resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Yamane, Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura, Yuji Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6485863
    Abstract: A battery container is manufactured by forming, by the DI or DTR forming method, a surface-treated steel sheet obtained by plating the external and internal surfaces of an original steel sheet with a nickel-cobalt alloy. The nickel-cobalt alloy coating the punching load in a cupping process, because the powdering property is remarkably reduced. Therefore, the scratching of a die and a punch caused by metallic contact is suppressed and the service lives of the die and the punch are prolonged, thus providing improved continuous productivity of the battery case which has a good stripping property in the DI or DTR forming operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Toyo Kohan Co., LTD
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura