Patents by Inventor Teruhisa Miura
Teruhisa Miura 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).
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Patent number: 11502338Abstract: A winding-type battery includes a battery case, a power generating element, a cap for blocking an opening of the battery case, and a gasket for insulating the battery case from the cap. The power generating element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator interposed between them, and an electrolyte. The first electrode and the second electrode are wound via the separator to form an electrode group, and the first electrode is connected to the cap via a first current collecting lead, and the second electrode is connected to the battery case via a second current collecting lead. A groove is formed near the opening end of the battery case. The gasket includes: an annular seal portion interposed between a rim of the cap and the region from the groove to the end; and a tubular portion that is integrated with the seal portion, and is disposed closer to the electrode group than the seal portion is. The first current collecting lead is connected to the cap through a hollow in the tubular portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruhisa Miura, Koki Inoue, Akira Kakinuma, Katsuhisa Wadasaki, Yasutaka Kogetsu, Yuki Suehiro
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Publication number: 20200212503Abstract: A winding-type battery includes a battery case, a power generating element, a cap for blocking an opening of the battery case, and a gasket for insulating the battery case from the cap. The power generating element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator interposed between them, and an electrolyte. The first electrode and the second electrode are wound via the separator to form an electrode group, and the first electrode is connected to the cap via a first current collecting lead, and the second electrode is connected to the battery case via a second current collecting lead. A groove is formed near the opening end of the battery case. The gasket includes: an annular seal portion interposed between a rim of the cap and the region from the groove to the end; and a tubular portion that is integrated with the seal portion, and is disposed closer to the electrode group than the seal portion is. The first current collecting lead is connected to the cap through a hollow in the tubular portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Teruhisa MIURA, Koki INOUE, Akira KAKINUMA, Katsuhisa WADASAKI, Yasutaka KOGETSU, Yuki SUEHIRO
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Patent number: 10637102Abstract: A winding-type battery includes a battery case, a power generating element, a cap for blocking an opening of the battery case, and a gasket for insulating the battery case from the cap. The first electrode is connected to the cap via a first current collecting lead, and the second electrode is connected to the battery case via a second current collecting lead. A groove is formed near the opening end of the battery case. The gasket includes: an annular seal portion interposed between a rim of the cap and the region from the groove to the end; and a tubular portion that is integrated with the seal portion, and is disposed closer to the electrode group than the seal portion is. The first current collecting lead is connected to the cap through a hollow in the tubular portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhisa Miura, Koki Inoue, Akira Kakinuma, Katsuhisa Wadasaki, Yasutaka Kogetsu, Yuki Suehiro
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Publication number: 20190363330Abstract: A wound battery includes: a battery case having an opening; an electrode group and electrolyte; a sealing body for blocking the opening of the battery case; and a gasket for insulating the sealing body from the battery case. The first electrode is connected to the sealing body via a first current collecting lead, and the second electrode is connected to the battery case via a second current collecting lead. One end of the second current collecting lead is connected to the second electrode, and the other end is pulled out from the end surface of the opening side of the electrode group and is connected to the side-wall inner surface on the opening side of the battery case. The second current collecting lead includes at least one of stainless steel and nickel, and the breaking elongation is 15% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: YUKI SUEHIRO, TERUHISA MIURA
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Publication number: 20180183109Abstract: A winding-type battery includes a battery case, a power generating element, a cap for blocking an opening of the battery case, and a gasket for insulating the battery case from the cap. The first electrode is connected to the cap via a first current collecting lead, and the second electrode is connected to the battery case via a second current collecting lead. A groove is formed near the opening end of the battery case. The gasket includes: an annular seal portion interposed between a rim of the cap and the region from the groove to the end; and a tubular portion that is integrated with the seal portion, and is disposed closer to the electrode group than the seal portion is. The first current collecting lead is connected to the cap through a hollow in the tubular portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: TERUHISA MIURA, KOKI INOUE, AKIRA KAKINUMA, KATSUHISA WADASAKI, YASUTAKA KOGETSU, YUKI SUEHIRO
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Patent number: 9287059Abstract: In an electric storage device, a terminal plate includes an element-connecting part electrically connected to a first electrode at a first end of an electric storage element, and an external terminal connected to this element-connecting part. A sealing member is on the element-connecting part, and includes a hole where the external terminal is inserted. The sealing member and the external terminal seal an opening of an outer jacket. The external terminal includes a tapered part on its outer periphery at a tip, and is partially exposed from the sealing member. The tapered part includes a first end and a second end farther away from the element-connecting part than the first end. An edge of a side wall at the opening of the outer jacket is between the first and second ends of the tapered part in a first direction extending from the bottom to the opening of the outer jacket.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhisa Miura, Ikufumi Oshima, Kazuhiro Murakami, Hideki Shimamoto, Shusaku Kawasaki, Susumu Nomoto, Motohiro Sakata, Kouji Ueoka, Masayuki Shinjou
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Patent number: 9030805Abstract: Two electrodes are drawn out from a wound capacitor element by a pair of leads. Each of electrodes forming the capacitor element includes a sheet-like collector, an electrode layer formed on the surface of the collector, and an exposed part provided on one edge of the collector. The electrode layer is not formed on the exposed part. The electrodes are wound such that the exposed parts come to both ends of the capacitor element. Two or more points of at least one of the exposed parts are connected together.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhisa Miura, Hideki Shimamoto, Shusaku Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20140293510Abstract: In an electric storage device, a terminal plate includes an element-connecting part electrically connected to a first electrode at a first end of an electric storage element, and an external terminal connected to this element-connecting part. A sealing member is on the element-connecting part, and includes a hole where the external terminal is inserted. The sealing member and the external terminal seal an opening of an outer jacket. The external terminal includes a tapered part on its outer periphery at a tip, and is partially exposed from the sealing member. The tapered part includes a first end and a second end farther away from the element-connecting part than the first end. An edge of a side wall at the opening of the outer jacket is between the first and second ends of the tapered part in a first direction extending from the bottom to the opening of the outer jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Teruhisa MIURA, Ikufumi OSHIMA, Kazuhiro MURAKAMI, Hideki SHIMAMOTO, Shusaku KAWASAKI, Susumu NOMOTO, Motohiro SAKATA, Kouji UEOKA, Masayuki SHINJOU
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Publication number: 20130258553Abstract: A pair of electrodes are drawn out from a wound capacitor element by a pair of leads. Each of electrodes forming the capacitor element includes a sheet-like collector, an electrode layer formed on the surface of the collector, and an exposed part provided on one edge of the collector. The electrode layer is not formed on the exposed part. The pair of electrodes are wound such that the exposed parts come to both ends of the capacitor element. Two or more points of at least one of the exposed parts are connected together.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Teruhisa MIURA, Hideki SHIMAMOTO, Shusaku KAWASAKI
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Patent number: 8233267Abstract: The capacitor includes element (1) provided with electrodes at its both ends; metal case (2) with cathode electrode (1c) of element (1) joined to a joint part on the inner bottom surface of metal case (2), containing cathode electrode (1c); and a terminal plate with anode electrode (1b) of element (1) joined to a joint part on the inner surface of the terminal plate, sealing the opening of metal case (2). S1<S2<S3 holds, where S1 is the area of joint part (2a) of metal case (2); S2 is the area of joint part (3a) of the terminal plate; S3 is the touching area of the inner bottom surface and element (1), excluding joint part (2a) of metal case (2). When the terminal plate arranged on element (1) inside metal case (2) is pressurized, joint part (2a) of metal case (2) crushes cathode electrode (1c) of element (1), and then joint part (3a) of the terminal plate crushes anode electrode (1b) of element (1).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Teruhisa Miura, Shusaku Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8050013Abstract: A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator placed between the first and second electrodes, and an electrolyte. The first electrode includes a first collector made of metal foil, a first electrode layer containing carbon formed on the surface of the first collector, and a first protector covering the cross section of the first collector. The second electrode includes a second collector made of metal foil, a second electrode layer containing carbon formed on the surface of the second collector, and a second protector covering the cross section of the second collector.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Teruhisa Miura, Susumu Nishimoto, Nario Kawakita
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Patent number: 7995328Abstract: A capacitor for use in a hybrid vehicle and the like has a structure contrived to achieve reduction in size, increase in capacitance and decrease in resistance. An element has a pair of positive and negative electrodes, each comprising a collector made of a metallic foil having a carbon-containing electrode layer formed thereon, the electrodes rolled up with a separator interposed therebetween to form a pair of electrode terminations at opposite sides of the element. A dimension of one of the electrode terminations is set shorter than that of the other electrode termination. This structure achieves an increase in capacitance and decrease in resistance since it can increase an effective area of electrode surfaces under a restricted condition of keeping the same height of the element as it is placed inside a casing of given dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Teruhisa Miura
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Patent number: 7843680Abstract: A capacitor is provided to overcome the following problem: when plural capacitors are linked, a large coupling space is required because an anode and a cathode are brought out through the opposite ends, so that downsizing of the capacitor is difficult. The capacitor also allows easy electrical and mechanical coupling, reducing the required coupling space and unnecessary resistance. According to a structure of the capacitor, capacitor element (2) is enclosed in mechanical housing (3) having an opening sealed by terminal plate (4). Terminal slip (5), which includes rib (5b) to be coupled to one of the anode and the cathode of capacitor element (2) and terminal (5a), is insert-molded into terminal plate (4). The other of the anode and the cathode is coupled to an inner bottom face of metal housing (3). The one of the anode and the cathode is brought out through terminal (5a), and the other of the anode and the cathode is brought out through metal housing (3), thus a lower resistance is expected.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Teruhisa Miura, Hideki Simamoto, Tatehiko Inoue, Tsuyoshi Yoshino
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Patent number: 7830647Abstract: The capacitor has a capacitor element, a tubular metallic case, an electrolyte, and a terminal plate. The case contains the capacitor element and is joined to a first electrode of the capacitor element at its inner bottom surface. The terminal plate is joined to the second electrode of the capacitor element and seals the opening of the case. At least one of the terminal plate and the case is provided with a through hole, into which a hermetic plug made of a rubber-like elastic body and having an external diameter larger than a diameter of the through hole is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Teruhisa Miura, Hideki Shimamoto, Shusaku Kawasaki, Masayuki Shinjou
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Patent number: 7817404Abstract: A capacitor includes a metal case having an opening, a capacitor element accommodated in the metal case, an electrolyte accommodated in the metal case, and a sealing rubber sealing the opening of the metal case. The sealing rubber seals the opening of the metal case while the sealing rubber is compressed to have a stress applied thereto. The stress is not lower than 0.5 MPa and not higher than a predetermined maximum value. This capacitor prevents the electrolyte from leaking, thus having high reliability.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Teruhisa Miura, Kazuhiro Murakami, Masayuki Shinjou, Toshiyuki Kitagawa, Shusaku Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20100149727Abstract: In a capacitor, a capacitor elements of which positive and negative electrodes are drawn out in reverse directions is put in a metal case, and one electrode is bonded to the inner bottom of the metal case, and other electrode of the capacitor element is bonded to the inner side, and on the surface of a terminal plate sealing the opening of the metal case, a junction part of flat plate projecting to a position higher than the metal case is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruhisa Miura, Shusaku Kawasaki, Hideki Shimamoto, Tatehiko Inoue
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Patent number: 7706127Abstract: A capacitor includes a metal case and a terminal plate. The metal case accommodates a capacitor element together with a driving electrolyte and is joined to one of the electrodes of the capacitor element at its inner bottom surface. The terminal plate is joined to the other electrode at its inner surface so as to seal the opening of the metal case. The terminal plate is provided with a pressure regulating valve also functioning as a driving-electrolyte filling hole. The pressure regulating valve includes a ring-shaped elastic member which is pressed into the wall formed on the terminal plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Teruhisa Miura, Hideki Shimamoto, Motohiro Sakata, Shusaku Kawasaki, Kouji Ueoka, Shinji Nakano
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Publication number: 20100046144Abstract: A capacitor for use in a hybrid vehicle and the like has a structure contrived to achieve reduction in size, increase in capacitance and decrease in resistance. An element has a pair of positive and negative electrodes, each comprising a collector made of a metallic foil having a carbon-containing electrode layer formed thereon, the electrodes rolled up with a separator interposed therebetween to form a pair of electrode terminations at opposite sides of the element. A dimension of one of the electrode terminations is set shorter than that of the other electrode termination. This structure achieves an increase in capacitance and decrease in resistance since it can increase an effective area of electrode surfaces under a restricted condition of keeping the same height of the element as it is placed inside a casing of given dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Teruhisa Miura
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Publication number: 20100033900Abstract: The capacitor includes element (1) provided with electrodes at its both ends; metal case (2) with cathode electrode (1c) of element (1) joined to a joint part on the inner bottom surface of metal case (2), containing cathode electrode (1c); and a terminal plate with anode electrode (1b) of element (1) joined to a joint part on the inner surface of the terminal plate, sealing the opening of metal case (2). S1<S2<S3 holds, where S1 is the area of joint part (2a) of metal case (2); S2 is the area of joint part (3a) of the terminal plate; S3 is the touching area of the inner bottom surface and element (1), excluding joint part (2a) of metal case (2). When the terminal plate arranged on element (1) inside metal case (2) is pressurized, joint part (2a) of metal case (2) crushes cathode electrode (1c) of element (1), and then joint part (3a) of the terminal plate crushes anode electrode (1b) of element (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Teruhisa Miura, Shusaku Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20090273886Abstract: The capacitor has a capacitor element, a tubular metallic case, an electrolyte, and a terminal plate. The case contains the capacitor element and is joined to a first electrode of the capacitor element at its inner bottom surface. The terminal plate is joined to the second electrode of the capacitor element and seals the opening of the case. At least one of the terminal plate and the case is provided with a through hole, into which a hermetic plug made of a rubber-like elastic body and having an external diameter larger than a diameter of the through hole is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Teruhisa Miura, Hideki Shimamoto, Shusaku Kawasaki, Masayuki Shinjou