Patents by Inventor Akira Takano
Akira Takano 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: 11949100Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery which has a large charge-discharge capacity, and excels in charge-discharge cycle properties, output properties and productivity, and, a lithium ion secondary battery using the same. The cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following Formula (1); Li1+aNibCocMndMeO2+?, where, in the formula (1), M is at least one metal element other than Li, Ni, Co, and Mn; and a, b, c, d, e, and ? satisfy the following conditions: ?0.04?a?0.04, 0.80?b<1.00, 0?c?0.04, 0<d<0.20, b+c+d+e=1, ?0.2<?<0.2, and c and d in the Formula (1) satisfy c/d?0.75.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Toyama, Shin Takahashi, Hisato Tokoro, Genei Nakajima, Shuichi Takano, Akira Gunji, Akihiko Noie
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Publication number: 20240092541Abstract: A lid having an excellent sealability of an opening part of a container is for attaching to an opening part of a container in a removable manner, characterized in including a cover wall and a side wall which surrounds the circumference of the cover wall, which is tapered from an upper end towards an lower end and which is made of a paper material, wherein the cover wall and the side wall are integrated with each other by a standing part formed on the circumference of the cover wall being joined to an inner surface of an upper wall of the side wall, wherein an engaging part for engaging with the opening part of the container is provided on an inner circumferential side of a lower wall of the side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: KY7 INC.Inventor: Akira TAKANO
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Patent number: 11888176Abstract: A battery module includes a battery and a covering put over a surface of the battery. The surface of the battery is provided with a valve to release gas produced inside the battery. The covering includes a thin-walled part and a thick-walled part disposed in a region contiguous to the thin-walled part. The thin-walled part is formed thinner in thickness than the thick-walled part.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuji Omura, Akira Takano
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Patent number: 11876245Abstract: A sealed battery including a battery case that includes a cylindrical exterior can having a bottom and an opening sealing body that closes an opening of the outer can; a gasket that is arranged between the exterior can and the opening sealing body; and an electrode body. The opening sealing body includes: a metal plate with an annular part to which an electrode lead is electrically connected, and a disconnecting part that is separated from the annular part when the inner pressure of the battery case exceeds a predetermined threshold; a valve body that is arranged further to the outside of the battery case than the metal plate; and an insulating plate that is arranged between the metal plate and the valve body. The insulating plate or the gasket is provided with an elastic deformation part that deforms in the direction of the valve body.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Yoshida, Oose Okutani, Takahiro Nogami, Akira Takano
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Publication number: 20240006726Abstract: A secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized by comprising a metal case main body, and an electrode body that is accommodated in the case main body and formed by winding a positive electrode and negative electrode with a separator interposed therebetween, wherein: the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer formed on the negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode current collector exposed section where the negative electrode current collector is exposed; the negative electrode current collector exposed section is disposed on a winding ending section of the electrode body and makes more than one lap circling in the winding starting direction L from the winding ending section of the electrode body, thereby forming a laminated part comprising the negative electrode exposed section, the laminated part and the case main body being welded together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Takano, Oose Okutani
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Patent number: 11817547Abstract: A wound-type battery includes a wound electrode group having a first electrode and a second electrode with polarity opposite to the first electrode, an electrolyte, a battery case, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the battery case, an insulating plate that is disposed between the electrode group and the sealing plate and that has a hole, and a first tab that passes through the hole to electrically connect the first electrode and the sealing plate to each other. At least a part of a region of the first tab that extends through the hole to a sealing plate side is covered with a tab tape on a side facing the insulating plate. The tab tape includes at least a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer on a side opposite the first adhesive layer and is in contact with the first tab through the first adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Yoshida, Oose Okutani, Takeshi Enomoto, Akira Takano
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Patent number: 11811100Abstract: A cell module includes a plurality of battery cells each having a safety valve at a first end in a height direction, a first current collector plate including a main body having a through hole that at least partly overlaps the safety valve when viewed along the height direction and a lead extending into the through hole from the main body and being electrically connected to a first terminal of each of the battery cells, an exhaust duct disposed over a surface of the first current collector plate remote from the battery cells, and an insulating film being made of an insulating material and covering an area of the first current collector plate facing the exhaust duct. The safety valve opens when an internal pressure of any of the battery cells reaches or exceeds a predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Motokawa, Daisuke Kishii, Keisuke Shimizu, Akira Takano
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Patent number: 11768299Abstract: To provide a radiation analyzer that can perform analyses by a long-term stable and high energy resolution without correcting a current flowing through a transition edge sensor (hereinafter referred to as TES) or a pulse height value of a signal pulse. The radiation analyzer includes: a TES 1 configured to detect radiation; a current detection mechanism 4 configured to detect a current flowing through the TES 1; a pulse height analyzer 5 configured to measure a pulse height value based on the current detected by the current detection mechanism 4; a baseline monitor mechanism 6 configured to detect a baseline current flowing through the TES 1; a first heater 13 whose output is adjusted to stabilize a temperature of a first thermometer 12 disposed in a cold head that cools the TES 1; and a second heater 14 that is disposed fairly close to the TES 1 and whose output is adjusted to stabilize a baseline current.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech CorporationInventors: Akira Takano, Keiichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11699834Abstract: A sealed battery, which is an exemplary embodiment, comprises a battery case including a bottomed cylindrical outer can and a sealing body that closes an opening of the outer can, a gasket disposed between the outer can and the sealing body, and an electrode body including an electrode and housed in the battery case. The sealing body includes a metal plate, and the metal plate has a thin portion formed in an annular shape, a valve portion having a convex shape inside the battery case, and an annular portion to which the electrode lead is connected. The gasket is provided with an elastically deformable portion that abuts against the inner surface of the valve portion and urges the valve portion to the outside of the battery case.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Yoshida, Oose Okutani, Takahiro Nogami, Akira Takano
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Patent number: 11685576Abstract: A lid is capable of easily taking out contents from an opening portion thereof, while securing sealability of a container. The lid includes a top lid made of a paper-based material, the top lid including: an opening portion communicating between the inside and the outside of the top lid; a lid piece formed to be capable of opening or closing the opening portion; and a holding portion for holding the lid piece in a state where the opening portion is opened; and the lid includes a holding reception portion configured to hold the holding portion in a state where the opening portion is opened.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: KY7 INC.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: 11664549Abstract: A metal case has a cylindrical body section, an opening section at one end of the body section, the opening section having an opening, and a bottom section closing the other end of the body section. At least one of the body section and the opening section has a protrusion sticking outward in the direction of the radius of the body section.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Takano, Oose Okutani, Takeshi Enomoto, Masayoshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230161053Abstract: This radiation analysis system comprises a transition edge sensor that detects radiation, a current detection mechanism that detects a current flowing in the transition edge sensor, and a computer sub-system that processes a current detection signal from the current detection mechanism. The computer sub-system is characterized by executing: a process for calculating a baseline current of the current detection signal; a process for calculating a wave height value of a signal pulse produced in the detection signal when the transition edge sensor has detected radiation; a process for acquiring correlation data based on the baseline current and the wave height value; and a process for correcting the wave height value of the signal pulse, or an energy value calculated from the wave height value, on the basis of the correlation data and the baseline current from before production of the signal pulse when radiation having unknown energy is detected by the transition edge sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Akira TAKANO, Keiichi TANAKA
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Patent number: D983657Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: KY7 Ltd.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: D983658Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: KY7 Ltd.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: D1017398Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: KY7 Inc.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: D1017399Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: KY7 Inc.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: D1018285Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KY7 Inc.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: D1018286Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KY7 Inc.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: D1018287Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KY7 Inc.Inventor: Akira Takano
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Patent number: D1018288Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KY7 Inc.Inventor: Akira Takano