Patents by Inventor Tetuzo Kojima

Tetuzo Kojima 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: 5595835
    Abstract: A sealed type battery is disclosed which can reduce variations in the operating pressure of a safety valve, improve the reliability for the airtightness of a battery vessel, remove the contact of electrode plates and the case due to the rightward or leftward deviation of a group of electrode plates in the direction of the winding shaft, remarkably reduce the internal short-circuiting production rate, and realize cost lowering or reduction in the number of working steps. The battery is equipped with a safety valve in which a cover plate having a hole, a metal thin plate and a holding plate of metal having a hole are stacked with the metal thin plate sandwiched and integrally fixed by laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyamoto, Hisashi Tukamoto, Tetuzo Kojima, Takao Maki, Masanori Kogure