Terminal structure for use in power feeding

    公开(公告)号:US11031716B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16663916

    申请日:2019-10-25

    发明人: Kunihiko Arai

    摘要: A terminal structure for use in power feeding includes a first terminal that includes a base portion and a tip portion, that has a shape extending from the base portion to the tip portion along an axis of the first terminal, and that is insertable into and removable from a second terminal, which is tubular. At a predetermined temperature, the first terminal has a first form in which an outer dimension of the tip portion is smaller than that of the base portion when viewed in a direction of a central axis of the first terminal. When a temperature of the first terminal exceeds the predetermined temperature, the first terminal deforms into a second form in which an outer dimension of the tip portion is larger than that of the tip portion of the first form when viewed in a direction of the central axis of the first terminal.

    TERMINAL STRUCTURE
    2.
    发明申请
    TERMINAL STRUCTURE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200099157A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16578843

    申请日:2019-09-23

    发明人: Kunihiko Arai

    摘要: Provided is a terminal structure in which a first terminal is insertable in a second terminal. The first terminal includes a pin and a first rotor provided at an end of the pin. The second terminal includes a female pin, a hollow elastic member rotatable along the inner circumferential face of the receptacle in the female pin, and a second rotor provided at an end of the elastic member. The second rotor and the elastic member are configured to rotate circumferentially when the first rotor is moved in the insertion direction.

    Electric power supply system
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10040355B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US15073750

    申请日:2016-03-18

    发明人: Kunihiko Arai

    IPC分类号: B60L3/00 B60L11/18

    摘要: A converter can selectively use reactors through an ON-OFF control on relays by an electronic control unit. The first reactor is disposed as a component of the converter separately from a main battery. On the other hand, the second reactor is so disposed as to have a heat transfer path between the second reactor and the main battery. At least based on the output from the temperature sensor, in a low temperature state of the main battery, the electronic control unit turns off the first relay, and turns on the second relay, thereby configuring a reactor of the converter by using the second reactor.

    Connector
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10953761B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16405182

    申请日:2019-05-07

    发明人: Kunihiko Arai

    IPC分类号: B60L53/16 B60L53/302

    摘要: A connector includes: a terminal including a base portion and a cylindrical portion, an outer circumferential surface thereof contacting a counterpart terminal; and a heat transfer member which contacts an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, absorbs a portion of heat generated at the cylindrical portion, and transports the absorbed heat to a base portion side. The heat transfer member is configured to satisfy Q1>Q2, where Q1 is defined as a heat transfer amount transported to the base portion side during conduction, using the heat transfer member, and Q2 is defined as a heat transfer amount transported to the base portion side during the conduction, using another heat transfer member constituted of a member having a heat conductivity identical to that of the cylindrical portion, when the other one is arranged to fill a space formed on an inner circumferential surface side of the cylindrical portion.

    CONNECTOR
    5.
    发明申请
    CONNECTOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190322186A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16390161

    申请日:2019-04-22

    发明人: Kunihiko Arai

    摘要: A connector includes: an outer circumferential wall forming a recessed portion inside thereof, a counterpart connector being to be fitted into the recessed portion; a cylindrical portion provided inside the outer circumferential wall, having an inner circumferential surface, and configured to receive a counterpart terminal of the counterpart connector inside the inner circumferential surface; a terminal having a contact portion arranged inside the inner circumferential surface, the terminal being to be electrically connected to the counterpart terminal when the contact portion contacts the counterpart terminal; and a cooling mechanism having a heat absorption portion and a heat dissipation portion, the heat absorption portion being provided at a position opposite to the contact portion with respect to the inner circumferential surface. The cooling mechanism dissipates heat generated at the contact portion and transferred to the heat absorption portion through the inner circumferential surface, at the heat dissipation portion.

    Temperature controller for battery

    公开(公告)号:US10403941B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US14913118

    申请日:2014-08-13

    摘要: A temperature controller, for a battery, includes: a temperature control part configured to control a temperature of the battery by a phase change of a heat medium between a liquid phase and a gas phase; a gas phase flow passage through which a gas phase heat medium that flows out of the temperature control part flows; a heat medium cooling part configured to condense the gas phase heat medium that flows in from the gas phase flow passage; and a liquid phase flow passage through which the liquid phase heat medium flows from the heat medium cooling part to the temperature control part, the temperature control part and the heat medium cooling part being arranged such that a liquid surface of the liquid phase heat medium in the heat medium cooling part is positioned on an upper side than a liquid surface of the liquid phase heat medium in the temperature control part.

    POWER STORAGE MODULE
    7.
    发明申请
    POWER STORAGE MODULE 审中-公开
    电源存储模块

    公开(公告)号:US20160111760A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-21

    申请号:US14886588

    申请日:2015-10-19

    发明人: Kunihiko Arai

    摘要: A power storage module includes a plurality of power storage elements extending in a predetermined direction; a holder in which a plurality of openings into each of which each of the plurality of power storage elements is inserted is arranged within a plane perpendicular to the predetermined direction; a heater provided at an end portion in a first direction in the plane of the holder, and disposed linearly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the plane so as to increase a temperature of the power storage elements through the holder; and a busbar unit including a first busbar dividing the plurality of power storage elements in the first direction into a plurality of blocks along the second direction and connecting the plurality of power storage elements in each block in parallel to one another, and a second busbar connecting adjacent blocks in the first direction in series to one another.

    摘要翻译: 蓄电模块包括沿预定方向延伸的多个蓄电元件; 其中插入多个蓄电元件中的每一个的多个开口布置在垂直于预定方向的平面内的支架; 设置在所述保持体的平面中的第一方向的端部的加热器,并且在与所述平面中的所述第一方向正交的第二方向上直线地配置,以便通过所述保持器增加所述蓄电元件的温度; 以及母线单元,其包括:第一母线,其沿着所述第二方向将所述多个蓄电元件沿所述第一方向分割成多个块,并且将每个块中的所述多个蓄电元件彼此并联连接;以及第二母线,连接 相邻的块在第一方向上彼此串联。

    Connector
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11312252B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US16390161

    申请日:2019-04-22

    发明人: Kunihiko Arai

    摘要: A connector includes: an outer circumferential wall forming a recessed portion inside thereof, a counterpart connector being to be fitted into the recessed portion; a cylindrical portion provided inside the outer circumferential wall, having an inner circumferential surface, and configured to receive a counterpart terminal of the counterpart connector inside the inner circumferential surface; a terminal having a contact portion arranged inside the inner circumferential surface, the terminal being to be electrically connected to the counterpart terminal when the contact portion contacts the counterpart terminal; and a cooling mechanism having a heat absorption portion and a heat dissipation portion, the heat absorption portion being provided at a position opposite to the contact portion with respect to the inner circumferential surface. The cooling mechanism dissipates heat generated at the contact portion and transferred to the heat absorption portion through the inner circumferential surface, at the heat dissipation portion.