Patents by Inventor Tomo Fukami

Tomo Fukami 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).

  • Publication number: 20240039028
    Abstract: An assembled battery includes a plurality of battery cells stacked in a first direction, each battery cell including a terminal on a surface facing a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a busbar being welded to the terminal. A manufacturing device includes: a plurality of pressing pieces arranged along the first direction, a tip of each of the pressing pieces in the second direction facing the respective terminal with the busbar interposed between the pressing piece and the terminal; a rotor that extends along the first direction and that is rotated by an actuator, the rotor being engaged with the pressing pieces and being configured to press the pressing pieces against the busbars when rotated about an axis; and a welder that welds the busbars and the terminals. The welder welds the busbars to the terminals while the rotor presses the busbars against the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shintaro MIYATA, Yoshinori SHIBATA, Tomo FUKAMI, Hiroki KITOH
  • Publication number: 20230198103
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a battery pack in which multiple battery cells are stacked, and electrodes of adjacent battery cells of the battery cells are connected by a bus bar, the bus bar having two holes that are smaller than the electrodes, and the bus bar being disposed such that the holes overlap the electrodes respectively. The manufacturing method includes welding the bus bar and one of the electrodes, then welding the bus bar and another one of the electrodes in an intermediate region between the two holes of the bus bar, and subsequently welding the bus bar and the other one of the electrodes in an end region adjacent to the intermediate region of the bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Shintaro MIYATA, Nobuyuki YAMAZAKI, Tomo FUKAMI, Yoshinori SHIBATA, Yuki OHIRA, Taketoshi YOSHIKANE
  • Publication number: 20170246840
    Abstract: A clad material for a cooler is provided by executing production of a tensile strain of 3 to 10% or rolling at a finish rolling ratio of 10 to 25%, and optionally performing a heat treatment for 1 to 8 hours at a temperature within a range from 150 to 400° C., on a clad raw material having a three layer structure of a core material, a first brazing filler metal layer that covers one side (the surface on the side of a cooling water passage) of this core material, and a second brazing filler metal layer that covers the other side (the surface on the opposite side from the cooling water passage). Specific ranges are prescribed for certain properties before and after brazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu KURODA, Michihide YOSHINO, Kazutaka OHNO, Tomo FUKAMI, Yuji SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20140158335
    Abstract: A clad material for a cooler is provided by executing production of a tensile strain of 3 to 10% or rolling at a finish rolling ratio of 10 to 25%, and optionally performing a heat treatment for 1 to 8 hours at a temperature within a range from 150 to 400° C., on a clad raw material having a three layer structure of a core material, a first brazing filler metal layer that covers one side (the surface on the side of a cooling water passage) of this core material, and a second brazing filler metal layer that covers the other side (the surface on the opposite side from the cooling water passage). Specific ranges are prescribed for certain properties before and after brazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Kuroda, Michihide Yoshino, Kazutaka Ohno, Tomo Fukami, Yuji Sugino
  • Publication number: 20140158330
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a clad thin sheet material, a clad thick sheet material that is disposed so as to define a passage between the clad thick sheet material and the clad thin sheet material, and that has a sheet thickness greater than that of the clad thin sheet material, and an inner fin held between the clad materials. The clad thick sheet material and the clad thin sheet material have Zn-containing brazing filler metal layers on their passage sides, respectively, and the post-brazing surface Zn amounts are set so as to satisfy specific conditions. Further, certain conditions concerning the compositions of each of the layers that constitute the clad materials, and the inner fin are set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Kuroda, Michihide Yoshino, Kazutaka Ohno, Tomo Fukami, Yuji Sugino