Patents by Inventor Akinori Tani

Akinori Tani 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).

  • Publication number: 20120183867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solvent for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution enabling a lithium secondary battery to exhibit an excellent discharge capacity, load characteristics, and cycle characteristics even under high voltages, as well as a nonaqueous electrolyte solution that uses this solvent and a lithium secondary battery. This solvent for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution is a solvent for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the solvent for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains a fluorine-free cyclic carbonate (I), a fluorine-free chain carbonate (II), and a 1,1-di(fluorinated alkyl)ethylene carbonate (III), and wherein with a sum of (I), (II), and (III) being 100 volume %, the fluorine-free cyclic carbonate (I) is 10 to 50 volume %, the fluorine-free chain carbonate (II) is 49.9 to 89.9 volume %, and the 1,1-di(fluorinated alkyl)ethylene carbonate (III) is from at least 0.1 volume % to not more than 30 volume %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Meiten Koh, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Akinori Tani, Hideo Sakata, Hitomi Nakazawa, Toshiki Ichisaka, Hiroyuki Arima, Tomoyo Sanagi
  • Patent number: 8104282
    Abstract: A power generation complex plant has a control switch, an overall control unit and a steam bypass facility. The overall control unit determines that a desired steam volume has reached a limit value of the volume of steam to be generated by a steam generating facility. A steam bypass facility control unit adds a bias value B1 to a control command value V4 of the steam bypass facility to generate a new control command value V5 when the desired steam volume is determined to have reached the limit value. The steam bypass facility control unit then controls the volume and pressure of steam passing through the steam bypass facility on the basis of the new control command value V5 so that no switch of control may be made in the control switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akinori Tani, Akimasa Nakai, Masuo Yamasaki, Kazuo Nogami, Yoji Kubo
  • Publication number: 20110009644
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing fluorinated 1,3-dioxolan-2-one by reacting a derivative of 1,3-dioxolan-2-one having halogen atom other than fluorine with an amine hydrofluoride in an organic solvent, and in this preparation process, fluorinated 1,3-dioxolane-2-on can be prepared in a short period of time by liquid-liquid reaction while maintaining high yield, by using a derivative of 1,3-dioxolan-2-one having halogen atom other than fluorine as a starting material and fluorinating the derivative with a fluorinating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Meiten Koh, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Masahiro Tomita, Akinori Tani
  • Publication number: 20110008682
    Abstract: There is provided a solvent for non-aqueous electrolytic solution of lithium secondary battery comprising a non-fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate (I), a non-fluorine-containing chain carbonate (II) and 1,2-dialkyl-1,2-difluoroethylene carbonate (III), wherein assuming that the total amount of (I), (II) and (III) is 100% by volume, the non-fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate (I) is contained in an amount of 10 to 50% by volume, the non-fluorine-containing chain carbonate (II) is contained in an amount of 49.9 to 89.9% by volume and the 1,2-dialkyl-1,2-difluoroethylene carbonate (III) is contained in an amount of not less than 0.1% by volume and less than 30% by volume. Also, there are provided a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising the mentioned solvent and a lithium secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Meiten Koh, Hideo Sakata, Hitomi Nakazawa, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Akinori Tani
  • Publication number: 20100310943
    Abstract: There are provided a solvent for dissolving an electrolyte salt of lithium secondary battery comprising at least one fluorine-containing solvent (I) selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing ether, a fluorine-containing ester and fluorine-containing chain carbonate, 1,2-dialkyl-1,2-difluoroethylene carbonate (II) and other carbonate (III), a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising the solvent and an electrolyte salt, and a lithium secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The solvent for dissolving an electrolyte salt provides a lithium secondary battery being excellent particularly in discharge capacity, rate characteristic and cycle characteristic and has enhanced incombustibility (safety) and the non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprises the solvent and an electrolyte salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Meiten Koh, Hideo Sakata, Hitomi Nakazawa, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Akinori Tani
  • Publication number: 20090211252
    Abstract: A power generation complex plant has a control switch, an overall control unit and a steam bypass facility. The overall control unit determines that a desired steam volume has reached a limit value of the volume of steam to be generated by a steam generating facility. A steam bypass facility control unit adds a bias value B1 to a control command value V4 of the steam bypass facility to generate a new control command value V5 when the desired steam volume is determined to have reached the limit value. The steam bypass facility control unit then controls the volume and pressure of steam passing through the steam bypass facility on the basis of the new control command value V5 so that no switch of control may be made in the control switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Akinori Tani, Akimasa Nakai, Masuo Yamasaki, Kazuo Nogami, Yoji Kubo