Patents by Inventor Tomo Nishikawa

Tomo Nishikawa 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: 8420243
    Abstract: Two batteries are made mountable like a cartridge in a housing to achieve the large capacity of a battery pack and to improve the facilitation of operation such as replacement of a battery. The battery pack includes covers 2, 3 having four circumferential lateral surfaces one of which is opened; a lid body 5 opening and closing the opened lateral surface 4 of the housings; and a plurality of batteries 6a, 6b attached into and removed from the inside of the housing. The housing are formed to be divided in two portions one of which is a top cover 2 having the open lateral surface, another one of the two portions being a rear cover 3 mounted with a control substrate mounted thereon. The inside of the top cover is vertically divided in two by a partition plate 8 to form battery-storing portions 9a and 9b which can store the battery cartridges 6a and 6b, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventors: Mikio Satake, Tomo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100310915
    Abstract: Two batteries are made mountable like a cartridge in a housing to achieve the large capacity of a battery pack and to improve the facilitation of operation such as replacement of a battery. The battery pack includes covers 2, 3 having four circumferential lateral surfaces one of which is opened; a lid body 5 opening and closing the opened lateral surface 4 of the housings; and a plurality of batteries 6a, 6b attached into and removed from the inside of the housing. The housing are formed to be divided in two portions one of which is a top cover 2 having the open lateral surface, another one of the two portions being a rear cover 3 mounted with a control substrate mounted thereon. The inside of the top cover is vertically divided in two by a partition plate 8 to form battery-storing portions 9a and 9b which can store the battery cartridges 6a and 6b, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Mikio Satake, Tomo Nishikawa