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).
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Publication number: 20230399141Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Yuya NAKAMURA, Yu KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20230142685Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Yuya NAKAMURA, Yu KOJIMA, Kazunari ANDO
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Publication number: 20220344763Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Yu KOJIMA, Shinsuke OKI, Tatsuya MORII
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Publication number: 20220344769Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Tatsuya MORII, Shinsuke OKI, Yu KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20220336912Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Tatsuya MORII, Shinsuke OKI, Yu KOJIMA
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Patent number: 11145847Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Yu Kojima, Mikihito Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10714739Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yu Kojima, Mikihito Hasegawa, Shinsuke Ooki
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Publication number: 20190058180Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Yu KOJIMA, Mikihito HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 10211445Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Mikihito Hasegawa, Shinsuke Oki, Yu Kojima
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Patent number: 10205193Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yoshinobu Sato, Etsuko Ogasawara, Takeshi Chiba, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugie
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Publication number: 20190006660Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Kenji IZUMI, Yu KOJIMA, Mikihito HASEGAWA, Shinsuke OOKI
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Patent number: 10164295Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yoshinobu Sato, Etsuko Ogasawara, Takeshi Chiba, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugie
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Publication number: 20180205072Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiro SUGIE, Yoshinobu SATO, Takeshi CHIBA, Yu KOJIMA, Etsuko OGASAWARA, Kenji IZUMI
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Publication number: 20180026310Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Kenji IZUMI, Yoshinobu SATO, Etsuko OGASAWARA, Takeshi CHIBA, Yu KOJIMA, Kazuhiro SUGIE
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Publication number: 20170263913Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Mikihito HASEGAWA, Shinsuke OKI, Yu KOJIMA
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Patent number: 9356321Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsuko Ogasawara, Misaki Harada, Kazuhiro Sugie, Kenji Izumi, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiko Shimoda, Kazunari Ando
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Publication number: 20150200424Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsuko Ogasawara, Misaki Harada, Kazuhiro Sugie, Kenji Izumi, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiko Shimoda, Kazunari Ando
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Publication number: 20150180040Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Kohei Sano, Kenji Izumi, Kazuhiro Sugie, Etsuko Ogasawara, Misaki Harada, Yu Kojima
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Patent number: 8749464Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Kojima, Yuko Tachimura, Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Tanada
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Patent number: 8319714Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Kojima, Yuko Tachimura, Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Tanada