Patents by Inventor Weng Leong Loo

Weng Leong Loo 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: 9876215
    Abstract: To provide an electric-connector attachment structure of a battery pack for an electric vehicle, which can attach an electric connector to a battery pack even when the height of the battery pack for an electric-vehicle is set low, the electric-connector attachment structure includes: a battery pack 3 for an electric vehicle including a tray 4 of a box-like shape which accommodates a battery and has an opening on an upper side, and a cover 5 of a box-like shape having an opening on a lower side, the tray 4 and the cover 5 being joined at a horizontal plane; and an electric connector 6 to which an electrical cable 61 is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Seiichi Takasaki
  • Patent number: 9531091
    Abstract: A cable connecting structure of a battery pack, the battery pack which is provided in a vehicle, the cable connecting structure includes: a plurality of cable side connectors which are provided at ends of a plurality of cables, respectively, and which are connected to the battery pack; and a plurality of battery pack side connectors to which the cable side connectors are detachably mounted, and which are arranged in parallel along a peripheral direction of a peripheral wall of the battery pack. In a state where the cable side connectors are mounted to the battery pack side connectors, portions of the cables which are respectively withdrawn from the cable side connectors are extended along the peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Seiichi Takasaki, Satoshi Miyanaga
  • Publication number: 20160006147
    Abstract: A cable connecting structure of a battery pack, the battery pack which is provided in a vehicle, the cable connecting structure includes: a plurality of cable side connectors which are provided at ends of a plurality of cables, respectively, and which are connected to the battery pack; and a plurality of battery pack side connectors to which the cable side connectors are detachably mounted, and which are arranged in parallel along a peripheral direction of a peripheral wall of the battery pack. In a state where the cable side connectors are mounted to the battery pack side connectors, portions of the cables which are respectively withdrawn from the cable side connectors are extended along the peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Weng Leong LOO, Seiichi TAKASAKI, Satoshi MIYANAGA
  • Publication number: 20150255764
    Abstract: To provide a battery pack for an electric vehicle capable of enhancing the strength of the entire side wall of a tray, a battery pack for an electric vehicle includes: a tray 3; and at least one outer frame 6 disposed on an outer side of a side wall surface of the tray 3, the outer frame 6 extending along the side wall surface and being welded thereto so as to cover the side wall surface. The at least one outer frame 6 includes: a first protruding section 61 welded to an outer bottom surface of the tray 3; a second protruding section 62 positioned above the first protruding section 61 and formed to protrude outwardly from the tray 3; an outer section 64 connecting the first protruding section 61 and the second protruding section 62 at a position outwardly spaced from the side wall surface of the tray 3; and an inner section 63 extending from the second protruding section 62 toward the first protruding section 61 and being welded to the outer surface of the tray 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Weng Leong LOO, Seiichi TAKASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150243956
    Abstract: To provide an electric-connector attachment structure of a battery pack for an electric vehicle, which can attach an electric connector to a battery pack even when the height of the battery pack for an electric-vehicle is set low, the electric-connector attachment structure includes: a battery pack 3 for an electric vehicle including a tray 4 of a box-like shape which accommodates a battery and has an opening on an upper side, and a cover 5 of a box-like shape having an opening on a lower side, the tray 4 and the cover 5 being joined at a horizontal plane; and an electric connector 6 to which an electrical cable 61 is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Weng Leong LOO, Seiichi TAKASAKI
  • Patent number: 8980458
    Abstract: A battery casing for receiving a battery for driving an electric vehicle, including: a tray member made from a resin and supporting the battery; a support member provided under a lower face of the tray member and supporting the tray member from a bottom thereof; a standing wall provided so as to stand in the tray member; and a sheet metal tray member made from a sheet metal and placed on the tray member. The sheet metal tray member includes a plurality of sheet metal recesses that receive the battery and a sheet metal flange placed on an upper face of the standing wall. The standing wall includes a through hole formed through the standing wall in a standing direction of the standing wall. The support member and the sheet metal flange are fastened to the tray member by a sheet metal fastening member provided through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Honjo, Weng Leong Loo, Masanori Inagaki, Seiichi Takasaki, Takanori Yamamoto, Takeshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 8900744
    Abstract: A battery case comprises a tray member (20), a cover member (22), a first holding member (24) of a metal arranged to contact a tray flange (32) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the tray flange by a predetermined length, a second holding member (26) of a metal arranged to contact a cover flange (36) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the cover flange by a predetermined length, and a fastening means (28, 29) fastening the first and second holding members together at a predetermined location outwardly away from the tray and cover flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Yutaka Fujiwara, Hideki Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Inoue, Fumihiro Ogata, Seiichi Takasaki, Hideki Honjo
  • Publication number: 20120321927
    Abstract: A battery case for a vehicle includes a tray member (22) made of resin and configured to hold a battery (38), one or more beam members (30) arranged so as to extend in at least one of width and longitudinal directions of the tray member, the one or more beam members supporting the tray member and having a recess (50) formed therein, and a bottom wall (58) interposed between the tray member and the one or more beam members and closing an aperture plane of the recess of the one or more beam members to form a closed cross-section, the bottom wall being constituted by a continuous metal plate underlying a bottom plate of the tray member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Yutaka Fujiwara, Hideki Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Inoue, Fumihiro Ogata, Seiichi Takasaki, Hideki Honjo
  • Publication number: 20120301765
    Abstract: A battery case for a vehicle includes a tray member of resin, configured to hold batteries and having a plurality of projections formed on a bottom thereof, and a tray reinforcing member arranged so as to face the outer surface of the tray member and having at least one reinforcing member constituted by a metal plate, the reinforcing member being arranged on one side of the tray reinforcing member facing the tray member and raised from the one side of the tray reinforcing member. A recess is formed at least in the outer surface of one of the projections so as to correspond in position to the reinforcing member, and the reinforcing member is received in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Yutaka Fujiwara, Hideki Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Inoue, Fumihiro Ogata, Seiichi Takasaki, Hideki Honjo
  • Publication number: 20120164500
    Abstract: A battery case comprises a tray member (20), a cover member (22), a first holding member (24) of a metal arranged to contact a tray flange (32) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the tray flange by a predetermined length, a second holding member (26) of a metal arranged to contact a cover flange (36) with its outer circumferential edge portion projecting outward from the cover flange by a predetermined length, and a fastening means (28, 29) fastening the first and second holding members together at a predetermined location outwardly away from the tray and cover flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Yutaka Fujiwara, Hideki Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Inoue, Fumihiro Ogata, Seiichi Takasaki, Hideki Honjo
  • Publication number: 20120156539
    Abstract: A battery casing for receiving a battery for driving an electric vehicle, including: a tray member made from a resin and supporting the battery; a support member provided under a lower face of the tray member and supporting the tray member from a bottom thereof; a standing wall provided so as to stand in the tray member; and a sheet metal tray member placed on the tray member. The sheet metal tray member includes a plurality of sheet metal recesses that receive the battery and a sheet metal flange placed on an upper face of the standing wall. The standing wall includes a through hole formed through the standing wall in a standing direction of the standing wall. The support member and the sheet metal flange are fastened to the tray member by means of a sheet metal fastening member provided through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki HONJO, Weng Leong LOO, Masanori INAGAKI, Seiichi TAKASAKI, Takanori YAMAMOTO, Takeshi FUJII
  • Patent number: 7988453
    Abstract: A vehicle charge inlet structure includes a first socket; a second socket; an electric power storage charged with power supplied from a first charge facility through the first charge connector or from a second charge facility through the second charge connector; a panel opening formed in a panel member defining a vehicle surface of the vehicle; and a box-shaped accommodating member positioned correspondingly to a position of the panel opening, wherein the accommodating member comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion, and the first wall portion extends in parallel with the vehicle surface and is provided with the first socket while the second wall portion extends diagonally toward the vehicle surface from an end of the first wall portion and is provided with the second socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Yutaka Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20110151693
    Abstract: A vehicle charge inlet structure includes a first socket; a second socket; an electric power storage charged with power supplied from a first charge facility through the first charge connector or from a second charge facility through the second charge connector; a panel opening formed in a panel member defining a vehicle surface of the vehicle; and a box-shaped accommodating member positioned correspondingly to a position of the panel opening, wherein the accommodating member comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion, and the first wall portion extends in parallel with the vehicle surface and is provided with the first socket while the second wall portion extends diagonally toward the vehicle surface from an end of the first wall portion and is provided with the second socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Weng Leong Loo, Yutaka Fujiwara