Patents by Inventor Yu Kojima

Yu Kojima 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: 20230399141
    Abstract: A transport structure (1) for a lead-acid battery (10) includes: a packing box (20) in which a lead-acid battery (10) is packed, in which an upper wall portion (23) is formed by two flaps (24) extending from two first side wall portions (21) facing each other of the packing box (20), and in which a distal end portion (26) of at least one of the flaps (24) is bent and inserted into the packing box (20); and an upper buffer body (42A) disposed outside the upper wall portion (23), the upper buffer body (42A) including an upper wall portion (51) facing the upper wall portion (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yuya NAKAMURA, Yu KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230142685
    Abstract: Provided is a buffer body 5 for a lead-acid battery 1 having two terminals 12, the buffer body 5 being made of pulp mold, the buffer body 5 including, in a state where the buffer body 5 is disposed outside a first wall portion 22 facing the two terminals 12 among wall portions of a packing box 2 in which the lead-acid battery 1 is packed: a second wall portion 50 facing the first wall portion 22; and a first recessed portion 53A formed at a position facing the terminal 12 in the second wall portion 50 and recessed in a direction away from the first wall portion 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yuya NAKAMURA, Yu KOJIMA, Kazunari ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220344763
    Abstract: A lid (15) of a lead-acid battery (100) includes a projecting portion (20) projecting from a base portion (19). The projecting portion (20) includes a shaft portion (27) serving as a rotation shaft of a handle (23), and an opposing wall (28) intersecting an imaginary line passing through an axial center of the shaft portion (27). A grip portion (90) of the handle (23) is located on an outer periphery of a first projecting portion (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yu KOJIMA, Shinsuke OKI, Tatsuya MORII
  • Publication number: 20220344769
    Abstract: A vent plug (18) includes a head portion (35), a cylindrical portion (36) extending from the head portion (35), and a filter (34) provided inside the cylindrical portion (36). The cylindrical portion (36) has a through hole (43) that allows an inside and an outside of the cylindrical portion (36) to communicate with each other. The through hole (43) has an opening portion on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion (36). The filter (34) is provided so as to close the opening portion of the through hole (43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya MORII, Shinsuke OKI, Yu KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220336912
    Abstract: A vent plug (18) includes a head portion (35), a cylindrical portion (36), and a filter (34). The cylindrical portion (36) includes a cylinder portion (40), a screw thread portion (42), a slit (45), and a through hole (43). The filter (34) is disposed at a position where the through hole (43) is provided in a central axis (L) direction. The screw thread portion (42) intersects the slit (45) only at a first-peripheral screw thread portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya MORII, Shinsuke OKI, Yu KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11145847
    Abstract: Provided is a lead-acid battery where a positive electrode shelf and a negative electrode shelf are electrically connected to each other through a penetrating connection body including a welded portion filled in a penetration hole in a partition wall. A distance A between upper end surfaces of the positive and negative electrode shelves and a lower end portion of the penetration hole is 3-5 mm, a distance B between an upper end portion of the penetration hole and an upper end portion of the penetrating connection body is 3-5 mm, a distance C between the upper end portion of the penetrating connection body and a level of the electrolyte solution is 0 mm or more, and a height of the positive and negative electrode grid portions is 100 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Kojima, Mikihito Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10714739
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lead-acid battery including: a battery container; an electrolyte and an electrode plate group in the battery container; and a battery container cover that hermetically seals an opening of the battery container, wherein the electrode plate group includes a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, the battery container cover is provided with a liquid port, a liquid port plug that closes the liquid port, and a sleeve that hangs down from the liquid port to a prescribed liquid surface height of the electrolyte, a sodium ion concentration contained in the electrolyte is 1 mmol/L to 90 mmol/L, and a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material is 5 m2/g to 9 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yu Kojima, Mikihito Hasegawa, Shinsuke Ooki
  • Publication number: 20190058180
    Abstract: Provided is a lead-acid battery where a positive electrode shelf of one of two elements accommodated in cell chambers disposed adjacently to each other and a negative electrode shelf of the other element are electrically connected to each other through a penetrating connection body penetrating a partition wall, the penetrating connection body includes a positive electrode side member continuously formed with the positive electrode shelf and a negative electrode side member continuously formed with the negative electrode shelf, and the positive electrode side member and the negative electrode side member form a welded portion filled in a penetration hole formed in the partition wall for forming cell chambers by partitioning and are brought into close contact with a periphery of the penetration hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yu KOJIMA, Mikihito HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10211445
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery includes an electrode plate assembly, a battery case, a positive electrode strap, a negative electrode strap, a positive electrode post, a negative electrode post, a cover, and an electrolyte solution. A negative electrode bushing provided in the cover and the negative electrode post together constitute a negative electrode terminal. A maximum value of a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the negative electrode post and an inner circumferential surface of the negative electrode bushing in the negative electrode terminal is 0.5 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less. A rib is provided in a lower part of the negative electrode bushing, and a minimum value of a protrusion height of the rib is 1.5 mm or more and 4.0 mm or less. A distance between a surface of the electrolyte solution and a lowermost portion of the negative electrode bushing is 15 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikihito Hasegawa, Shinsuke Oki, Yu Kojima
  • Patent number: 10205193
    Abstract: A lead acid battery including: a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode grid and a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode grid and a negative electrode active material; an electrode plate group including the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a battery container including a plurality of cell chambers each accommodating the electrode plate group and an electrolyte; and a lid sealing an opening of the battery container. A ratio P/N of mass P of the positive electrode active material to mass N of the negative electrode active material is 1.25 or more and 1.65 or less. The negative electrode grid contains bismuth in an amount of 1 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yoshinobu Sato, Etsuko Ogasawara, Takeshi Chiba, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugie
  • Publication number: 20190006660
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lead-acid battery including: a battery container; an electrolyte and an electrode plate group in the battery container; and a battery container cover that hermetically seals an opening of the battery container, wherein the electrode plate group includes a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, the battery container cover is provided with a liquid port, a liquid port plug that closes the liquid port, and a sleeve that hangs down from the liquid port to a prescribed liquid surface height of the electrolyte, a sodium ion concentration contained in the electrolyte is 1 mmol/L to 90 mmol/L, and a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material is 5 m2/g to 9 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji IZUMI, Yu KOJIMA, Mikihito HASEGAWA, Shinsuke OOKI
  • Patent number: 10164295
    Abstract: A lead acid battery including: a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode grid and a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode grid and a negative electrode active material; an electrode plate group including the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a battery container including a plurality of cell chambers each accommodating the electrode plate group and an electrolyte; and a lid sealing an opening of the battery container. A ratio P/N of mass P of the positive electrode active material to mass N of the negative electrode active material is 1.25 or more and 1.65 or less. The negative electrode grid contains bismuth in an amount of 1 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yoshinobu Sato, Etsuko Ogasawara, Takeshi Chiba, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugie
  • Publication number: 20180205072
    Abstract: A lead acid storage battery including: positive electrode plates each including a positive electrode grid and a positive electrode active material, and negative electrode plates each including a negative electrode grid and a negative electrode active material. The positive and negative electrode plates are stacked alternately with a separator therebetween to form an electrode plate group. The battery further includes: a battery container having cell chambers each containing the electrode plate group and electrolyte, and a cover sealing an opening of the battery container. The positive electrode active material has a pore distribution having a peak in region A from 0.03 ?m to 0.1 ?m and a peak in region B from 0.2 ?m to 1.0 ?m, and a ratio AM/BM of peak AM in region A to peak BM in region B is 0.34 or more and 0.70 or less. The negative electrode grid contains bismuth in an amount of 1 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SUGIE, Yoshinobu SATO, Takeshi CHIBA, Yu KOJIMA, Etsuko OGASAWARA, Kenji IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180026310
    Abstract: A lead acid battery including: a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode grid and a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode grid and a negative electrode active material; an electrode plate group including the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a battery container including a plurality of cell chambers each accommodating the electrode plate group and an electrolyte; and a lid sealing an opening of the battery container. A ratio P/N of mass P of the positive electrode active material to mass N of the negative electrode active material is 1.25 or more and 1.65 or less. The negative electrode grid contains bismuth in an amount of 1 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji IZUMI, Yoshinobu SATO, Etsuko OGASAWARA, Takeshi CHIBA, Yu KOJIMA, Kazuhiro SUGIE
  • Publication number: 20170263913
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery includes an electrode plate assembly, a battery case, a positive electrode strap, a negative electrode strap, a positive electrode post, a negative electrode post, a cover, and an electrolyte solution. A negative electrode bushing provided in the cover and the negative electrode post together constitute a negative electrode terminal. A maximum value of a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the negative electrode post and an inner circumferential surface of the negative electrode bushing in the negative electrode terminal is 0.5 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less. A rib is provided in a lower part of the negative electrode bushing, and a minimum value of a protrusion height of the rib is 1.5 mm or more and 4.0 mm or less. A distance between a surface of the electrolyte solution and a lowermost portion of the negative electrode bushing is 15 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Mikihito HASEGAWA, Shinsuke OKI, Yu KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 9356321
    Abstract: In a lead-acid battery including an electrode plate group housed in a cell chamber 6 with an electrolyte, each positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode grid made of lead or a lead alloy containing no antimony, and a positive electrode active material with which the positive electrode grid is filled. Each negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode grid made of lead or a lead alloy containing no antimony, a surface layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode grid and made of a lead alloy containing antimony, and a negative electrode active material with which the negative electrode grid is filled. A mass ratio MN/MP falls within a range of 0.70 to 1.10, where MP represents the mass of the positive electrode active material per cell chamber, and MN represents the mass of the negative electrode active material per cell chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuko Ogasawara, Misaki Harada, Kazuhiro Sugie, Kenji Izumi, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiko Shimoda, Kazunari Ando
  • Publication number: 20150200424
    Abstract: In a lead-acid batter including an electrode plate group housed in a cell chamber with an electrolyte, each positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode grid made of lead or a lead alloy containing no antimony, and a positive electrode active material with which the positive electrode grid is filled. Each negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode grid made of lead or a lead alloy containing no antimony, a surface layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode grid and made of a lead alloy containing antimony, and a negative electrode active material with which the negative electrode grid is filled. A mass ratio MN/MP falls within a range of 0.70 to 1.10, where MP represents the mass of the positive electrode active material per cell chamber, and MN represents the mass of the negative electrode active material per cell chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuko Ogasawara, Misaki Harada, Kazuhiro Sugie, Kenji Izumi, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiko Shimoda, Kazunari Ando
  • Publication number: 20150180040
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery grid used for an electrode of a lead-acid battery, wherein the lead-acid battery grid is made of a Pb alloy containing at least one of Sn or Ca, and includes an upper frame constituting an upper side of the lead-acid battery grid, a lower frame constituting a lower side of the lead-acid battery grid, and a meshed part being present between the upper frame and the lower frame and including intersecting strands, a ratio Wu/W of a mass Wu of an upper half of the meshed part to a total mass W of the meshed part is 62.5% or higher and 67% or lower, and a cover layer containing a larger amount of Sn than the strands is formed on at least part of a surface of the strands, and the cover layer is not formed on a surface of the lower frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Kohei Sano, Kenji Izumi, Kazuhiro Sugie, Etsuko Ogasawara, Misaki Harada, Yu Kojima
  • Patent number: 8749464
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a display device which performs high grayscale display in accordance with display contents and a game machine with an improved realistic sensation. The invention is a display device characterized by including a pixel portion which performs display based on a video signal and a driver circuit portion inputted with the video signal, wherein the driver circuit portion has a unit for controlling a grayscale in accordance with display of the pixel portion. In a liquid crystal display device, luminance of a lighting unit is controlled based on a signal from the unit for controlling a grayscale whereas a current supplied to a light emitting element is controlled in a light emitting device. By applying such a display device to a game machine, a realistic sensation can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Kojima, Yuko Tachimura, Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Tanada
  • Patent number: 8319714
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a display device which performs high grayscale display in accordance with display contents and a game machine with an improved realistic sensation. The invention is a display device characterized by including a pixel portion which performs display based on a video signal and a driver circuit portion inputted with the video signal, wherein the driver circuit portion has a unit for controlling a grayscale in accordance with display of the pixel portion. In a liquid crystal display device, luminance of a lighting unit is controlled based on a signal from the unit for controlling a grayscale whereas a current supplied to a light emitting element is controlled in a light emitting device. By applying such a display device to a game machine, a realistic sensation can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Kojima, Yuko Tachimura, Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Tanada