Patents by Inventor Yasushi Tsuchida

Yasushi Tsuchida 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: 20230207939
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of units and a restraint member. The plurality of units are arranged side by side in a first direction. The restraint member restrains the plurality of units in the first direction. Each of the plurality of units includes a plurality of battery cells and a case. The plurality of battery cells are arranged side by side in the first direction and each of the plurality of battery cells has a prismatic shape. The case accommodates the plurality of battery cells and supports the plurality of battery cells in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosyo ABE, Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Takahide TAKEDA, Masaki KOIKE, Koji WATANABE, Seiichi SAKURAMOTO, Yasuo IKEDA, Makoto OCHI, Kosuke IWASE, Mio TAKENO, Yuzo SUZUKI, Yasushi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230170572
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of units includes a plurality of battery cells and a supporting member. The plurality of battery cells are arranged side by side in the first direction and each of the plurality of battery cells has a prismatic shape. The supporting member supports the plurality of battery cells. Each of the plurality of battery cells has a housing having an upper surface on which an electrode terminal is disposed and a lower surface facing the upper surface along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. When each of the plurality of units is placed on the first plane, the supporting member is capable of supporting the plurality of battery cells such that the second direction is substantially parallel to a normal direction of the first plane and the electrode terminal is oriented in a direction away from the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosyo ABE, Takahide TAKEDA, Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Makoto OCHI, Mio TAKENO, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Masaki KOIKE, Koji WATANABE, Seiichi SAKURAMOTO, Yuzo SUZUKI, Yasuo IKEDA, Kosuke IWASE
  • Publication number: 20230155228
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a first direction, each of the plurality of battery cells having a prismatic shape; and a partition wall portion provided between the plurality of battery cells to secure electrical insulation between the plurality of battery cells. The partition wall portion includes a first partition wall portion and a second partition wall portion, the first partition wall portion and the second partition wall portion being provided alternately, the second partition wall portion having a shape different from a shape of the first partition wall portion, the second partition wall portion forming a cooling space between the second partition wall portion and each of two battery cells located on both sides beside the second partition wall portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosyo ABE, Takahide TAKEDA, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Masaki KOIKE, Koji WATANABE, Yuzo SUZUKI, Makoto OCHI, Kosuke IWASE, Yasuo IKEDA, Mio TAKENO, Seiichi SAKURAMOTO, Keiichiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230155255
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked in a predetermined direction; a restraint member that applies, to the plurality of battery cells, restraint force along the predetermined direction; and a plurality of bus bars that electrically connects the plurality of battery cells together, the plurality of bus bars including a first bus bar and a second bus bar. The first bus bar has a first joining portion that joins separated members to each other by a first joining form, and connects, via the first joining portion, between battery cells adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction. The second bus bar has a second joining portion that joins separated members to each other by a second joining form different from the first joining form, and connects, via the second joining portion, between battery cells adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosyo ABE, Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Takahide TAKEDA, Masaki KOIKE, Koji WATANABE, Seiichi SAKURAMOTO, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Yuzo SUZUKI, Yasuo IKEDA, Makoto Ochi, Kosuke Iwase, Mio Takeno
  • Publication number: 20230155197
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked in a predetermined direction and electrically connected together; a plurality of bus bars that electrically connect the plurality of battery cells together; and a plurality of voltage detection wires each connected to one set of two or more battery cells electrically connected together. According to the battery module, the number of the voltage detection wires is reduced, thereby attaining reduced sizes of the bus bars, productivity improved by improved workability, and reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosyo ABE, Takahide TAKEDA, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Makoto OCHI, Mio TAKENO, Masaki KOIKE, Koji WATANABE, Yuzo SUZUKI, Seiichi SAKURAMOTO, Yasuo IKEDA, Kosuke IWASE
  • Publication number: 20230155254
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked in a predetermined direction; and a plurality of bus bars that electrically connect the plurality of battery cells together. The plurality of bus bars include a first bus bar extending between a first battery cell and a second battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, the first battery cell and the second battery cell being adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction. The first bus bar has a first base portion connected to the first battery cell, a second base portion connected to the second battery cell, and a rising portion that has a shape to rise from the first base portion and the second base portion and that connects between the first base portion and the second base portion. A fragile portion is provided in a root region of the rising portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosyo ABE, Takahide TAKEDA, Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Yuzo SUZUKI, Masaki KOIKE, Koji WATANABE, Seiichi SAKURAMOTO, Makoto OCHI, Kosuke IWASE, Mio TAKENO, Yasuo IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230155198
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a first direction, each of the plurality of battery cells having a prismatic shape; a restraint mechanism that restrains the plurality of battery cells in the first direction; and a restraint force adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting a restraint load in the first direction, the restraint load being applied by the restraint mechanism. The restraint force adjustment mechanism includes an operation portion to be operated when adjusting the restraint load. The operation portion is provided on the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosyo ABE, Takahide TAKEDA, Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Makoto OCHI, Mio TAKENO, Masaki KOIKE, Koji WATANABE, Yuzo SUZUKI, Seiichi SAKURAMOTO, Yasuo IKEDA, Kosuke IWASE
  • Patent number: 11552285
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including electrode body having structure in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated with separator and non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes positive electrode current collector, positive electrode active material layer which is disposed on positive electrode current collector and contains first positive electrode active material, and insulating layer which is disposed along one end of positive electrode active material layer in predetermined width direction, and contains inorganic filler and second positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu Yamada, Yasushi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20210066705
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including electrode body having structure in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated with separator and non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes positive electrode current collector, positive electrode active material layer which is disposed on positive electrode current collector and contains first positive electrode active material, and insulating layer which is disposed along one end of positive electrode active material layer in predetermined width direction, and contains inorganic filler and second positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu YAMADA, Yasushi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210043979
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including positive and negative electrodes, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode current collector except for the positive electrode current collector's exposed part, and an insulating layer formed at a boundary part between the positive electrode current collector's exposed part and the positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a main body part and an end having a smaller thickness than the main body part. The insulating layer is between the positive electrode current collector and the end and covers the end. A width La of the positive electrode active material layer and a width Lb of a part of the insulating layer between the positive electrode current collector and the end satisfy the formula: 0.02×10?2?(Lb/La)?2.1×10?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori KUDO, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Masaki KATO
  • Patent number: 10193185
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with high Li ion conductivity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an ion conductor with an ortho-composition, and LiI, characterized in that the sulfide solid electrolyte material is glass with a glass transition point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamasa Ohtomo, Koji Kawamoto, Shigenori Hama, Yasushi Tsuchida, Yuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10026950
    Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery of one configuration has a current disconnection mechanism, and a distance from a first conductive member to a second conductive member along a surface of a first insulation member and passing an outer periphery of the first insulation member is greater than or equal to 2.4 mm. At least one of the first insulation member and a second insulation member is formed from a material having a weight reduction percentage of 100% in thermo gravimetric measurement under conditions of a measurement temperature of 25° C.-600° C., a temperature increase rate of 5° C.±0.5° C./min, a measurement atmosphere of inert gas flow, and an amount of measurement sample of 10 mg±5 mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yokoyama, Naoya Tada, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Toshihiro Takada, Hiroshi Inukai, Yasushi Tsuchida, Takashi Tokunaga, Akira Kiyama
  • Patent number: 10026989
    Abstract: An Object of the invention is to obtain an all solid lithium battery having an excellent output performance. To achieve the object, a sulfide based solid electrolyte is used as an electrolyte; an oxide containing lithium, a metal element that acts as a redox couple, and a metal element that forms an electron-insulating oxide is used as a cathode active material; and the concentration of the metal element that forms the electron-insulating oxide on the surface of the cathode active material (oxide) that is in contact with the sulfide solid electrolyte is made high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori Takada, Xiaoxiong Xu, Tsuyoshi Ohnishi, Isao Sakaguchi, Ken Watanabe, Yasushi Tsuchida, Yukiyoshi Ueno, Koji Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 9680179
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material which copes with both the restraint of the increase in interface resistance and the restraint of the increase in bulk resistance. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material characterized by containing at least one of Cl and Br.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Tsuchida, Noriaki Nishino, Takamasa Ohtomo
  • Patent number: 9537137
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a cathode active material capable of reducing the initial interface resistance against a solid electrolyte material. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a cathode active material comprising a cathode active substance exhibiting strong basicity and a coat layer formed so as to cover the surface of the above-mentioned cathode active substance and provided with a polyanionic structural part exhibiting acidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Tsuchida, Hiroshi Nagase, Shigeki Sato, Masashi Kodama, Haruhisa Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 9391328
    Abstract: A composite positive electrode active material includes: a positive electrode active material which includes a transition metal; and a reaction suppressor which is formed so as to cover a surface of the positive electrode active material, and which is made of a polyanion structure-containing compound having a cation moiety composed of a metal atom that becomes a conducting ion and having a polyanion structural moiety composed of a center atom that is covalently bonded to a plurality of oxygen atoms. A transition metal-reducing layer which has self-assembled on the surface of the positive electrode active material in contact with the reaction suppressor owing to reaction of the transition metal with the polyanion structure-containing compound, has a thickness of 10 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Tsuchida, Toshihiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20160181589
    Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery of one configuration has a current disconnection mechanism, and a distance from a first conductive member to a second conductive member along a surface of a first insulation member and passing an outer periphery of the first insulation member is greater than or equal to 2.4 mm. At least one of the first insulation member and a second insulation member is formed from a material having a weight reduction percentage of 100% in thermo gravimetric measurement under conditions of a measurement temperature of 25° C.-600° C., a temperature increase rate of 5° C.±0.5° C./min, a measurement atmosphere of inert gas flow, and an amount of measurement sample of 10 mg±5 mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinori YOKOYAMA, Naoya TADA, Yasuhiro YAMAUCHI, Toshihiro TAKADA, Hiroshi INUKAI, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Takashi TOKUNAGA, Akira KIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9356315
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with high Li ion conductivity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an ion conductor with an ortho-composition, and LiI, characterized in that the sulfide solid electrolyte material is glass with a glass transition point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamasa Ohtomo, Koji Kawamoto, Shigenori Hama, Yasushi Tsuchida, Yuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20160028109
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with high Li ion conductivity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an ion conductor with an ortho-composition, and LiI, characterized in that the sulfide solid electrolyte material is glass with a glass transition point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Takamasa OHTOMO, Koji KAWAMOTO, Shigenori HAMA, Yasushi TSUCHIDA, Yuki KATO
  • Patent number: 9246161
    Abstract: An all-solid battery is formed so that an electrode active material layer of at least one of positive and negative electrodes has a composition distribution such that a local volume ratio, expressed by a ratio of a volume of an electrode active material contained in a part of the electrode active material layer with respect to a volume of a solid electrolyte material contained in the part of the electrode active material layer, increases as the part of the electrode active material layer approaches from an interface of the solid electrolyte layer toward an interface of a current collector in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer, and a voidage of the electrode active material layer increases as the part of the electrode active material layer approaches from the interface of the solid electrolyte layer toward the interface of the current collector in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Ueno, Noriaki Nishino, Yasushi Tsuchida