Patents by Inventor Atsushi Hosokibara

Atsushi Hosokibara 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: 20220285790
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayered porous membrane that comprises a porous membrane containing polyolefin resin as the main component thereof, and that comprises a porous layer layered on at least one surface of the porous membrane and containing inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The total thickness of the porous layer is 0.5-3.0 ?m; the number of pores in the porous layer having an area for the individual pore of at least 0.001 ?m2 is 65-180 per 10 ?m2 of the field of observation; of the pores in the porous layer that have an area of at least 0.001 ?m2, the proportion therein of pores in the range from 0.001 ?m2 to 0.05 ?m2 is at least 90%; the proportion taken up by the inorganic particles in the porous layer is from 90-99 mass %; and the aspect ratio of the inorganic particles is from 1.0-3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Naoki Machida, Atsushi Hosokibara, Ryoma Kawaguchi, Takeshi Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10886533
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium power storage element that can suppress excessive decomposition of a lithium compound remaining in a positive electrode, can suppress gas generation at high voltages, and can suppress capacity declines during high-load charge/discharge cycling. The nonaqueous lithium power storage element according to the present embodiment has a positive electrode that contains a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and a lithium ion-containing nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein in the elemental map provided by SEM-EDX of the surface of the positive electrode, the area overlap ratio U1 of the fluorine map relative to the oxygen map, as provided by binarization based on the average value of the brightness values, is 40% to 99%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Koichi Hiraoka, Atsushi Hosokibara, Taku Suetomi
  • Patent number: 10468199
    Abstract: This nonaqueous lithium power storage element contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions. The positive electrode has a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on one surface or both surfaces of the positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material that contains a carbon material. When the pore distribution of the positive electrode active material layer is measured by mercury intrusion, the pore distribution curve for the relationship between the pore diameter and log differential pore volume has at least one peak having a peak value of 1.0-5.0 mL/g for the log differential pore volume in the pore diameter range of 0.1-50 ?m, and the total cumulative pore volume Vp in the pore diameter range of 0.1-50 ?m is 0.7-3.0 mL/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Kusuzaka, Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Tekeshi Kamijo, Atsushi Hosokibara, Tadashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20190027321
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a nonaqueous lithium power storage element containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Kusuzaka, Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Tekeshi Kamijo, Atsushi Hosokibara, Tadashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20190020030
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium power storage element that can suppress excessive decomposition of a lithium compound remaining in a positive electrode, can suppress gas generation at high voltages, and can suppress capacity declines during high-load charge/discharge cycling. The nonaqueous lithium power storage element according to the present embodiment has a positive electrode that contains a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and a lithium ion-containing nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein in the elemental map provided by SEM-EDX of the surface of the positive electrode, the area overlap ratio U1 of the fluorine map relative to the oxygen map, as provided by binarization based on the average value of the brightness values, is 40% to 99%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Koichi Hiraoka, Atsushi Hosokibara, Taku Suetomi