Patents by Inventor Hiroki Oguro

Hiroki Oguro 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).

  • Patent number: 11961754
    Abstract: A substrate fixing device includes a baseplate, an electrostatic attraction member, and an electrode pin. The baseplate includes a metallic member in which a through hole is famed. The electrostatic attraction member is over a surface of the baseplate and includes an attraction electrode. The electrode pin is inserted through the through hole to be connected to the attraction electrode. A recess communicating with the through hole is formed in the surface of the metallic member with the through hole being within the recess in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the metallic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguro, Yusuke Kinoshita, Yuichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11742489
    Abstract: A binder composition for a secondary battery positive electrode contains a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl monomer unit, a hydrophilic group-containing monomer unit, a conjugated diene monomer unit, and a linear alkylene structural unit having a carbon number of 4 or more. The aromatic vinyl monomer unit is included in the polymer in a proportion of not less than 30.0 mass % and not more than 60.0 mass %. The polymer has an iodine value of not less than 60 mg/100 mg and not more than 150 mg/100 mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Hiroki Oguro, Maki Mesuda
  • Publication number: 20230060253
    Abstract: A substrate fixing device includes a baseplate, an electrostatic attraction member, and an electrode pin. The baseplate includes a metallic member in which a through hole is famed. The electrostatic attraction member is over a surface of the baseplate and includes an attraction electrode. The electrode pin is inserted through the through hole to be connected to the attraction electrode. A recess communicating with the through hole is formed in the surface of the metallic member with the through hole being within the recess in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the metallic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki OGURO, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Yuichi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11362362
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel cell apparatus in which a stable installation state may be maintained even when a size thereof is reduced. A fuel cell apparatus according to the present disclosure may include a fuel cell module including fuel cells housed in a housing; a plurality of auxiliary machines which operate the fuel cell module; and an exterior case, shaped in a rectangular prism, which houses the fuel cell module and the auxiliary machines. A gravity center of the fuel cell apparatus may be located below a level equal to half a height of the exterior case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: DAINICHI CO., LTD., KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguro, Shintaro Yanagiuchi, Tomohiro Fukagawa, Kentaro Tanaka, Takashi Ono
  • Patent number: 11245115
    Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains an organic solvent and a binder that includes a polymer A including an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 1.00 mass % and not more than 10.00 mass %. The polymer A has a viscosity of 10,000 mPa·s or less at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 when mixed with the organic solvent in a concentration of 8 mass % to obtain a mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Takafumi Sekimoto, Maki Mesuda, Hiroki Oguro
  • Patent number: 11228046
    Abstract: A fuel cell device may be realized by including a fuel cell module including a container and a fuel cell housed in the container; a plurality of auxiliary machines for operating the fuel cell module; and an exterior case that houses the fuel cell module and the auxiliary machines, wherein at least one auxiliary machine of the plurality of auxiliary machines may be an upper auxiliary machine which is located on an upper side of the fuel cell module, and the fuel cell device may further include a fan located on the upper side of the fuel cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: DAINICHI CO., LTD., KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguro, Shintaro Yanagiuchi, Tomoki Oyanagi, Shinpei Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11145866
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for an all-solid-state battery with which an all-solid-state battery having excellent capacity characteristics can be obtained. The binder composition contains: a copolymer including an alkylene structural unit and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit; and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher. The copolymer includes the nitrile group-containing monomer unit with a percentage content of at least 10 mass % and not more than 30 mass % and has an iodine value of at least 40 mg/100 mg and not more than 130 mg/100 mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichirou Maeda, Hiroki Oguro
  • Patent number: 11038158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a binder composition for a lithium-ion secondary battery electrode. The method comprises a step of dissolving a polymer having a melting point in a range of 50° C. to 150° C. in a monomer and obtaining a monomer solution in which the polymer is dissolved in the monomer; and a step of obtaining a composite polymer particle by subjecting the monomer solution to suspension polymerization or emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium. The binder composition contains the composite polymer particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azusa Masuda, Hiroki Oguro, Kouichirou Maeda
  • Publication number: 20210066720
    Abstract: A binder composition for a secondary battery positive electrode contains a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl monomer unit, a hydrophilic group-containing monomer unit, a conjugated diene monomer unit, and a linear alkylene structural unit having a carbon number of 4 or more. The aromatic vinyl monomer unit is included in the polymer in a proportion of not less than 30.0 mass % and not more than 60.0 mass %. The polymer has an iodine value of not less than 60 mg/100 mg and not more than 150 mg/100 mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya SONOBE, Hiroki OGURO, Maki MESUDA
  • Publication number: 20200395623
    Abstract: A fuel cell device may be realized by including a fuel cell module including a container and a fuel cell housed in the container; a plurality of auxiliary machines for operating the fuel cell module; and an exterior case that houses the fuel cell module and the auxiliary machines, wherein at least one auxiliary machine of the plurality of auxiliary machines may be an upper auxiliary machine which is located on an upper side of the fuel cell module, and the fuel cell device may further include a fan located on the upper side of the fuel cell module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki OGURO, Shintaro YANAGIUCHI, Tomoki OYANAGI, Shinpei SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 10862128
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a solid electrolyte battery having excellent processability in solid electrolyte battery production and with which a solid electrolyte battery having excellent battery performance can be obtained. The binder composition for a solid electrolyte battery contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure and an organic solvent. A mass ratio of content of a polymer forming a core portion of the particulate polymer relative to content of a polymer forming a shell portion of the particulate polymer (i.e., a ratio of “polymer forming core portion/polymer forming shell portion”) is 1/0.3 to 1/5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichirou Maeda, Hiroki Oguro
  • Publication number: 20200235398
    Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains an organic solvent and a binder that includes a polymer A including an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 1.00 mass % and not more than 10.00 mass %. The polymer A has a viscosity of 10,000 mPa·s or less at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 when mixed with the organic solvent in a concentration of 8 mass % to obtain a mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya SONOBE, Takafumi SEKIMOTO, Maki MESUDA, Hiroki OGURO
  • Patent number: 10651447
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-sensitive layer for a lithium ion secondary battery that can efficiently block rising temperature during abnormal heating by increasing battery internal resistance and thereby reducing current. The heat-sensitive layer for a lithium ion secondary battery is formed from a heat-sensitive layer composition containing particles in each of which a second component is substantially partially disposed at the outside of a particle formed from a first component. The heat-sensitive layer composition has a storage modulus at 60° C. of 10 kPa or more and a storage modulus at 150° C. of 1 kPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguro, Kouichirou Maeda, Naoki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10622633
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a copolymer including alkylene structure units and nitrile-group-containing monomer units; and a carbonate compound and/or an ester compound having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher and a molecular weight of 550 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguro, Kouichirou Maeda
  • Patent number: 10593949
    Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery-use that can efficiently prevent a temperature increase by reducing current through an increase in the battery internal resistance during abnormal overheating. The electrode for lithium ion secondary battery-use of the present disclosure comprises a binder composition containing particles formed by a second component being located substantially on a portion of the outside of particles comprising a first component. The initial adhesive force of the binder composition is at least 1. The storage elastic modulus of the binder composition at 150° C. is no greater than 1,000 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguro, Kouichirou Maeda, Naoki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190334159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a binder composition for a lithium-ion secondary battery electrode. The method comprises a step of dissolving a polymer having a melting point in a range of 50° C. to 150° C. in a monomer and obtaining a monomer solution in which the polymer is dissolved in the monomer; and a step of obtaining a composite polymer particle by subjecting the monomer solution to suspension polymerization or emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium. The binder composition contains the composite polymer particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azusa MASUDA, Hiroki OGURO, Kouichirou MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20190312278
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a solid electrolyte battery having excellent processability in solid electrolyte battery production and with which a solid electrolyte battery having excellent battery performance can be obtained. The binder composition for a solid electrolyte battery contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure and an organic solvent. A mass ratio of content of a polymer forming a core portion of the particulate polymer relative to content of a polymer forming a shell portion of the particulate polymer (i.e., a ratio of “polymer forming core portion/polymer forming shell portion”) is 1/0.3 to 1/5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichirou MAEDA, Hiroki OGURO
  • Publication number: 20190229339
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for an all-solid-state battery with which an all-solid-state battery having excellent capacity characteristics can be obtained. The binder composition contains: a copolymer including an alkylene structural unit and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit; and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher. The copolymer includes the nitrile group-containing monomer unit with a percentage content of at least 10 mass % and not more than 30 mass % and has an iodine value of at least 40 mg/100 mg and not more than 130 mg/100 mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichirou MAEDA, Hiroki OGURO
  • Publication number: 20190181474
    Abstract: A fuel cell apparatus may include a fuel cell module; a heat exchanger; a circulation line connected to the heat exchanger; a heat dissipator located in the circulation line; and an exterior case which houses the fuel cell module, the heat exchanger, the heat dissipator, and at least part of the circulation line. The heat dissipator may be provided with two openings, and includes at least a duct which defines an air flow channel between the two openings; a fan located on first opening side of the two openings in the air flow channel; and a radiator located on the second opening side of the two openings in the air flow channel. The exterior case may be provided with two ventilation holes to which the two openings are connected directly or via an air passageway, respectively, and the duct includes a plurality of separable parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Shintaro YANAGIUCHI, Tomohiro FUKAGAWA, Hiroki OGURO, Nao HAYAKAWA, Tatsuya KANBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190173118
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel cell apparatus in which a stable installation state may be maintained even when a size thereof is reduced. A fuel cell apparatus according to the present disclosure may include a fuel cell module including fuel cells housed in a housing; a plurality of auxiliary machines which operate the fuel cell module; and an exterior case, shaped in a rectangular prism, which houses the fuel cell module and the auxiliary machines. A gravity center of the fuel cell apparatus may be located below a level equal to half a height of the exterior case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: Dainichi Co., Ltd., Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki OGURO, Shintaro YANAGIUCHI, Tomohiro FUKAGAWA, Kentaro TANAKA, Takashi ONO