Patents by Inventor Akihiko Miyazaki
Akihiko Miyazaki 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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Patent number: 10116005Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a core; and a wound body including, layered and wound around the core: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and two separators, one of which is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and each having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface has thermal bonding properties superior to thermal bonding properties of the second surface, and at least one of the two separators is bonded to the core via the first surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako
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Patent number: 9991563Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes graphite and non-graphitizable carbon, and a D50 particle size of the graphite at which a cumulative volume in a particle size distribution of a particle size reaches 50% is 2 ?m or more. A ratio of a mass of the non-graphitizable carbon to a total amount of a mass of the graphite and a mass of the non-graphitizable carbon is 5% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less and a ratio of the D50 particle size of the graphite to a D50 particle size of the non-graphitizable carbon is 1.02 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Tomonori Kako, Taro Yamafuku, Akihiko Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9905822Abstract: An energy storage unit having plural energy storage devices, each of which includes a container housing an electrode assembly and positive and negative electrode terminals electrically connected to the electrode assembly and extending from the container in the same direction, includes: a bus bar electrically connecting a first terminal, which is one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of a first energy storage device included in the plural energy storage devices, and a second terminal, which is one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of a second energy storage device included in the plural energy storage devices and opposite in polarity to the first terminal; a packing member interposed between the first terminal and the container of the first energy storage device; and an insulating member interposed between the bus bar and the container of the first energy storage device.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai
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Patent number: 9865878Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes an active material layer, and the active material layer has pores having a pore size of 0.1 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less, and a total volume of the pores is 0.26 cm3/g or more and 0.46 cm3/g or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Kenta Nakai, Akihiko Miyazaki, Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori
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Patent number: 9865855Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an insulating layer arranged between these electrodes to electrically insulate these electrodes. The negative electrode includes a composite layer containing active material particles. The composite layer of the negative electrode, and the positive electrode are arranged to face each other across the insulating layer. The insulating layer contains electrically insulating particles, and is made porous by a gap between these particles. The composite layer of the negative electrode is made porous by a gap between the active material particles, and “?0.8?Log B?Log A?1.0” is satisfied in which in a pore distribution of the composite layer, a pore peak diameter is represented by A (?m), and in a pore distribution of the insulating layer, a peak diameter is represented by B (?m).Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai, Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori
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Patent number: 9806376Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device including an electrolyte solution including a compound represented by the general formula (1), a compound represented by the general formula (2), and a compound represented by the general formula (3):Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori, Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai
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Patent number: 9793526Abstract: An electric storage device includes: a container; an electrode assembly contained in the container, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode having a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode active material layer that is formed on the positive electrode substrate and contains a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative electrode substrate and a negative electrode active material layer that is formed on the negative electrode substrate and contains a negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and an electrolyte contained in the container, wherein the separator is configured such that a stress caused at a specific compressed depth in the separator, which corresponds to 5% of the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer, is 0.5 MPa or more and 14 MPa or less. An electric storage apparatus includes a plurality of electric storage devices described above.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventor: Akihiko Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9761876Abstract: An energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer containing a non-graphitizable carbon as a negative electrode active material, and the negative electrode active material has a negative electrode active material weight per unit volume of the negative electrode active material layer of 0.92 g/cc or more and 1.13 g/cc or less and a particle size D90 of 4.3 ?m or more and 11.5 ?m or less, the particle size D90 being a particle size in particle size distribution in which a cumulative volume is 90%.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Sumio Mori, Kenta Nakai, Akihiko Miyazaki, Tomonori Kako
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Energy storage device, energy storage apparatus, vehicle, and method for using energy storage device
Patent number: 9705119Abstract: An energy storage device comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode has a negative substrate layer, and a negative composite layer arranged on the surface of the negative substrate layer. The separator has a separator substrate layer. The negative composite layer contains a non-graphitizable carbon having a particle diameter D50 of 2.0 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less. A corrected negative electrode density, which is defined as a value obtained by dividing, by a thickness of the separator substrate layer, a value obtained by multiplying a density of the negative composite layer by a thickness of the negative composite layer, is 1.2 (g/cm3) or more and 5.1 (g/cm3) or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Kenta Nakai -
Patent number: 9653714Abstract: An electric storage device is provided with an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a case for housing the electrode assembly; a positive-electrode external terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case and electrically connected to the positive electrode plate; a negative-electrode external terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case and electrically connected to the negative electrode plate; and a gas exhaust valve formed in a region of the case on the opposite side of a region where the positive-electrode external terminal and the negative-electrode external terminal are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai
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Publication number: 20160351967Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes graphite and non-graphitizable carbon, and a D50 particle size of the graphite at which a cumulative volume in a particle size distribution of a particle size reaches 50% is 2 ?m or more. A ratio of a mass of the non-graphitizable carbon to a total amount of a mass of the graphite and a mass of the non-graphitizable carbon is 5% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less and a ratio of the D50 particle size of the graphite to a D50 particle size of the non-graphitizable carbon is 1.02 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Tomonori KAKO, Taro YAMAFUKU, Akihiko MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 9490462Abstract: A separator for a battery according to the present disclosure (present separator) is held between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery and includes an inorganic layer formation part and an inorganic layer non-formation part formed at an end. In addition, a nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly including: a positive electrode having an active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode current collector foil exposure part; a negative electrode having an active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a negative electrode current collector foil exposure part; and the present separator held between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a case for housing the electrode assembly; and an electrolyte held between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Teshima, Sumio Mori, Akihiko Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9484565Abstract: In an energy storage device including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate that are insulated from each other with a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the separator includes a base material layer and a coating layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the base material layer, and the separator has an air permeability of the base material layer of 25 (sec/100 cc) or greater and 250 (sec/100 cc) or less, a porosity of the base material layer of 45% or greater, an air permeability of an interface between the base material layer and the coating layer of 15 (sec/100 cc) or less, and an air permeability of the coating layer of 15 (sec/100 cc) or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako
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Patent number: 9455091Abstract: An electric storage device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive substrate layer, a positive composite layer containing a positive active material, and an undercoat layer located between the positive substrate layer and the positive composite layer. A density of the positive composite layer is 2.1 g/cm3 or more and 2.7 g/cm3 or less. The positive electrode has the rate of increase in sheet resistance after a solvent immersion test of 30% or less. The undercoat layer contains a binder selected from the group consisting of chitosan derivatives, cellulose derivatives and acrylic acid derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Kenta Nakai
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Publication number: 20160276702Abstract: An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly which includes: an approximately rectangular positive electrode; an approximately rectangular negative electrode which is stacked alternately with the positive electrode; and a strip-like elongated separator having a base material layer and an inorganic layer which is made to overlap with the first base material layer, wherein the elongated separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the base material layer of the elongated separator faces the negative electrode in an opposed manner between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Kenta NAKAI, Tomonori KAKO, Akihiko MIYAZAKI, Sumio MORI
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Publication number: 20160276667Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes an active material layer, and the active material layer has pores having a pore size of 0.1 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less, and a total volume of the pores is 0.26 cm3/g or more and 0.46 cm3/g or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Kenta NAKAI, Akihiko MIYAZAKI, Tomonori KAKO, Sumio MORI
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Patent number: 9450222Abstract: Provided is an electric storage device provided with: a positive electrode including a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode mixture layer, the positive electrode mixture layer being formed on the positive electrode substrate and containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode substrate and a negative electrode mixture layer, the negative electrode mixture layer being formed on the negative electrode substrate and containing a negative electrode active material; and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the electric storage device, the separator yields a triple value of standard deviation of local air resistance, as measured within a 5-mm diameter circle, of at least 20 seconds/10 cc but not more than 350 seconds/10 cc.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori
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Publication number: 20160248065Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an insulating layer arranged between these electrodes to electrically insulate these electrodes. The negative electrode includes a composite layer containing active material particles. The composite layer of the negative electrode, and the positive electrode are arranged to face each other across the insulating layer. The insulating layer contains electrically insulating particles, and is made porous by a gap between these particles. The composite layer of the negative electrode is made porous by a gap between the active material particles, and “?0.8?Log B?Log A?1.0” is satisfied in which in a pore distribution of the composite layer, a pore peak diameter is represented by A (?m), and in a pore distribution of the insulating layer, a peak diameter is represented by B (?m).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Akihiko MIYAZAKI, Kenta NAKAI, Tomonori KAKO, Sumio MORI
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Patent number: 9397364Abstract: An electric storage device includes: an electrode assembly in which electrodes are wound such that paired curved portions and a straight portion connecting the paired curved portions are formed; a case which houses the electrode assembly, the case comprising a convex part protruding toward the straight portion of the electrode assembly to support the straight portion; and a support portion which supports the curved portion toward an inside of the electrode assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Kenta Nakai
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Publication number: 20160093860Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode provided with a positive composite layer containing a positive active material, a negative electrode provided with a negative composite layer containing a negative active material, and a separator partitioning between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the separator includes a substrate uniaxially drawn into a sheet shape and a coating layer coating at least one of surfaces of the substrate, and the coating layer has an anisotropic structure with orientation in a direction different from a drawing direction of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Akihiko MIYAZAKI, Sumio MORI, Tomonori KAKO