Nissan Motor Company Limited

Masayasu Ota

Ryuichi Amagai

Teruo Segawa

Masashi Watanabe

Yuuji Tanjou

Muneto Hayami

Tsuyoshi Enokida

Hiroaki Kishimoto

Takamasa Nakamura

Etsuo Oogami

Fumio Kishida

Taisuke Isonaga

Masaomi Umezawa

Teruo Takeshita

Yoshiyuki Takagi

Hitoshi Sekiguchi

A combined battery () comprising a plurality of flat-type cells (A toF) by laminating thereof so that polarity of electrode tabs (A toF andA toF) is alternately set, wherein welding parts to connect in series the flat cells themselves, to compose a set when all the flat-type cells (A toF) are laminated, are separated at a plurality of positions of the combined battery, and the flat-type cells having such a structure that all the flat-type cells are electrically connected in series by welding each of the welding parts.

Assembled battery and manufacturing method thereof

A trimming apparatus and method that can create plural trim shapes using one press die. The trimming apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying a pallet having a workpiece disposed thereon, a trimming device having a press die for trimming the workpiece in a trimming process area, a positioning device for determining the relative position of the press die with respect to the pallet and a position switching device provided in the positioning device to change operable to change the position of the press die with respect to the pallet in the trimming process area.

Apparatus and method for trimming

A battery module has stacked therein a plurality of flat cells each formed by sealing a power generating element with a package member and deriving to the exterior electrode tabs from the package member and has the electrode tabs of the flat cells connected electrically. The battery module includes electrically insulated spacers adapted to nip the electrode tab from the opposite surface sides of the electrode tab along the stacking direction of the plurality of flat cells. The paired spacers nipping the electrode tab include an engaging member adapted to fasten the electrode tab by being passed through the electrode tab along the stacking direction.

Battery module with insulating plates nipping electrode tabs

For a combination of a first movable body adaptive for an automatic motion to provide an equivalent service to a required service, and a second movable body capable of exercising a voluntary motion and to cooperate with the first movable body to provide the voluntary motion as one of assistance and teaching to the first movable body to sophisticate the automatic motion, there are provided a first controller operative in a first mode for controlling the first moving body to exercise the automatic motion and in a second mode for adapting the first movable body to cooperate with the second movable body so that the automatic motion is sophisticated to be capable of achieving an equivalent service to the required service in a sophisticated manner, and a second controller for selecting one of the first and second modes.

Production facility with automatic movable body for man-machine

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Yokohama, Japan

Masayasu Ota