Patents by Inventor Yurio Hatta

Yurio Hatta 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).

  • Vehicle power source device wherein cooling air is introduced into battery casing through opening formed through vehicle floor
    Patent number: 6662891
    Abstract: An electric power source device including a plurality of battery cells accommodated within a battery casing installed on an automotive vehicle, such that the battery cells are cooled air introduced from a compartment of the vehicle into the battery casing, wherein the battery casing is disposed adjacent to the vehicle compartment and is generally isolated from the compartment by a floor or covering member which partially defines the compartment or covers the battery casing, and the floor or covering member has an inlet of an air intake passage, through which the air is introduced into the battery casing, for cooling the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Misu, Keiji Shukuya, Yurio Hatta, Yuji Tanigawa, Hideto Minekawa
  • Vehicle power source device wherein cooling air is introduced into battery casing through opening formed through vehicle floor
    Publication number: 20010030069
    Abstract: An electric power source device including a plurality of battery cells accommodated within a battery casing installed on an automotive vehicle, such that the battery cells are cooled air introduced from a compartment of the vehicle into the battery casing, wherein the battery casing is disposed adjacent to the vehicle compartment and is generally isolated from the compartment by a floor or covering member which partially defines the compartment or covers the battery casing, and the floor or covering member has an inlet of an air intake passage, through which the air is introduced into the battery casing, for cooling the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Misu, Keiji Shukuya, Yurio Hatta, Yuji Tanigawa, Hideto Minekawa