Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Moriwaki

Tsutomu Moriwaki 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).

  • Cylindrical battery and method and device for manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 6830845
    Abstract: In the process of manufacturing a cylindrical battery, when a tubular separator (3) and bottom separator (5) are inserted into a battery casing (1) in which are accommodated positive electrode mixture pellets (2), by inserting the bottom separator (5) such that it is pushed into the battery casing (1) at the leading end of the tubular separator (3), the peripheral portion of the bottom separator (5) is raised up, so that both separators (3,5) are inserted into the battery casing (1) in a condition with the leading end of the tubular separator (3) surrounded from the outside by this peripheral raised-up portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Shoji, Seiji Wada, Shigeto Noya, Tadahiro Sawada, Takayuki Aoi, Minoru Koda, Saburo Nakatsuka, Tsutomu Moriwaki
  • Cylindrical battery and method and device for manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 6541152
    Abstract: In the process of manufacturing a cylindrical battery, when a tubular separator (3) and bottom separator (5) are inserted into a battery casing (1) in which are accommodated positive electrode mixture pellets (2), by inserting the bottom separator (5) such that it is pushed into the battery casing (1) at the leading end of the tubular separator (3), the peripheral portion of the bottom separator (5) is raised up, so that both separators (3,5) are inserted into the battery casing (1) in a condition with the leading end of the tubular separator (3) surrounded from the outside by this peripheral raised-up portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Shoji, Seiji Wada, Shigeto Noya, Tadahiro Sawada, Takayuki Aoi, Minoru Koda, Saburo Nakatsuka, Tsutomu Moriwaki
  • Cylindrical battery and method and device for manufacturing thereof
    Publication number: 20030013011
    Abstract: In the process of manufacturing a cylindrical battery, when a tubular separator (3) and bottom separator (5) are inserted into a battery casing (1) in which are accommodated positive electrode mixture pellets (2), by inserting the bottom separator (5) such that it is pushed into the battery casing (1) at the leading end of the tubular separator (3), the peripheral portion of the bottom separator (5) is raised up, so that both separators (3,5) are inserted into the battery casing (1) in a condition with the leading end of the tubular separator (3) surrounded from the outside by this peripheral raised-up portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Shoji, Seiji Wada, Shigeto Noya, Tadahiro Sawada, Takayuki Aoi, Minoru Koda, Saburo Nakatsuka, Tsutomu Moriwaki