Patents by Inventor Hiroo Nishiyama

Hiroo Nishiyama 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: 11031600
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode: a separator; and an electrolytic solution containing lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) as a lithium salt, wherein the cathode includes a current collector and a cathode mixture formed on the current collector, and wherein the cathode mixture contains an aluminum oxide, a part or an entirety of a surface of the aluminum oxide being coated with carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Konno, Eisuke Haba, Hiroo Nishiyama, Kouichi Takei, Hiroki Mikuni
  • Publication number: 20180006309
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode: a separator; and an electrolytic solution containing lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) as a lithium salt, wherein the cathode includes a current collector and a cathode mixture formed on the current collector, and wherein the cathode mixture contains an aluminum oxide, a part or an entirety of a surface of the aluminum oxide being coated with carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kaoru KONNO, Eisuke HABA, Hiroo NISHIYAMA, Kouichi TAKEI, Hiroki MIKUNI
  • Patent number: 9406929
    Abstract: A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. In a lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery being 30 Ah or more, the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector, and the positive electrode composite has following configuration. The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm3 or more and 2.7 g/cm3 or less, and a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less. Furthermore, a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) of the mixed active materials is set to 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimura, Takefumi Okumura, Hiroo Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9306214
    Abstract: In a lithium ion battery having a discharge capacity of 30 Ah or more and 125 Ah or less, the positive electrode composite has the following configuration: The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and olivine lithium iron phosphate (LFP), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.0 g/cm3 or more and 2.6 g/cm3 or less, and an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 100 g/m2 or more and 200 g/m2 or less. Furthermore, a weight ratio (NMC/LFP) of the mixed active materials is set to 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less. Alternatively, when a discharge capacity is defined as X and the weight ratio is defined as Y, the relation of Y<?0.0067X+1.84 (30?X?125) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroo Nishiyama, Takefumi Okumura, Takayuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9246150
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery in which formation of a flame retardant layer formed on the surface of an electrode or the like hardly affects the discharge characteristics is provided. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery 1 includes a positive electrode 3, a negative electrode 5, and a separator 7. A porous layer having ion permeability is formed using a flame retardant material on a surface of the positive electrode 3. The porous layer is formed by applying a hot melt, which is a fused flame retardant material made of a thermoplastic resin, to the surface of the positive electrode 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonobu Tsujikawa, Masayasu Arakawa, Hiroo Nishiyama, Katsuhide Aichi
  • Publication number: 20160006077
    Abstract: A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. As a composition of an electrolytic solution, a composition ratio of ethylene carbonate (EC) is 20 vol % or more and 30 vol % or less, and a composition ratio of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is 36 vol % or more and 50 vol % or less, and a composition ratio ? (DMC/EMC) of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) is 1.0???1.7. Furthermore, a composition ratio of an additive is 0.1 wt. % or more and 1.0 wt. % or less, and a concentration of lithium salt is 1.0 mol/L or more and 1.5 mol/L or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Takefumi OKUMURA, Takayuki KIMURA, Hiroo NISHIYAMA, Tadashi YOSHIURA, Sho HIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150044534
    Abstract: A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. In a lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery being 30 Ah or more, the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector, and the positive electrode composite has following configuration. The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm3 or more and 2.7 g/cm3 or less, and a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less. Furthermore, a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) of the mixed active materials is set to 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimura, Takefumi Okumura, Hiroo Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20150017499
    Abstract: In a lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery being 30 Ah or more and 125 Ah or less, the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector, and the positive electrode composite has following configuration. The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and olivine lithium iron phosphate (LFP), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.0 g/cm3 or more and 2.6 g/cm3 or less, and an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 100 g/m2 or more and 200 g/m2 or less. Furthermore, a weight ratio (NMC/LFP) of the mixed active materials is set to 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroo Nishiyama, Takefumi Okumura, Takayuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140370346
    Abstract: A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. In a lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery being 30 Ah or more, the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector, and the positive electrode composite has following configuration. The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm3 or more and 2.7 g/cm3 or less, and an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 175 g/m2 or more and 250 g/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takefumi Okumura, Takayuki Kimura, Hiroo Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20140363708
    Abstract: In a lithium ion battery provided with a cleavage valve that discharges gas in accordance with an internal pressure rise, and a discharge capacity X of the battery being 30 Ah or more and less than 100 Ah, a positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn). A density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 to 2.7 g/cm3, an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 175 to 250 g/cm2, and when a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) is defined as Y, a relation of Y<?0.0062X+1.05 is satisfied. Also, a working pressure of the cleavage valve is 1.0 to 5.0 MPa when the discharge capacity X is 30 Ah or more and 40 Ah or less, and 1.0 to 4.0 MPa when X is more than 40 Ah and 80 Ah or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd,
    Inventors: Shingo Ito, Takefumi Okumura, Takayuki Kimura, Hiroo Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20140322576
    Abstract: A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. As a composition of an electrolytic solution, a composition ratio of ethylene carbonate (EC) is 20 vol % or more and 30 vol % or less, and a composition ratio of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is 36 vol % or more and 50 vol % or less, and a composition ratio ? (DMC/EMC) of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) is 1.05???1.7. Furthermore, a composition ratio of an additive is 0.1 wt. % or more and 1.0 wt. % or less, and a concentration of lithium salt is 1.0 mol/L or more and 1.5 mol/L or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takefumi Okumura, Takayuki Kimura, Hiroo Nishiyama, Tadashi Yoshiura, Sho Hiyama
  • Publication number: 20130230773
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery capable of securing safety at a time of battery abnormality and restricting a drop in a charge/discharge property or lowering in an energy density at a time of battery use is provided. The lithium-ion secondary battery 1 has an electrode group 5 formed by winding a positive electrode plate 2 that a positive electrode mixture layer including an active material is formed at a collector, a negative electrode plate 3 that a negative electrode mixture layer including an active material is formed at a collector via a porous separator 4. A flame retardant layer is disposed at one side or both sides of at least one kind of the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate and the separator. The flame retardant layer contains a non-fluorinated organic polymer, a flame retardant and a thickener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Tomonobu Tsujikawa, Masayasu Arakawa, Katsuhide Aichi, Yoshiki Miyamoto, Hiroo Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20130209870
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery providing high safety and having stable battery characteristics in which a flame retardant has little effect on the battery characteristics when the battery is in a use environment and in which flame retardance is imparted to a non-aqueous electrolyte when the battery generates an abnormal amount of heat is provided. The battery includes a non-aqueous electrolyte and a large number of flame retardant particles added to the electrolyte as the flame retardant is formed. The particles are made of a material that exists as a solid and does not perform a function of suppressing ignition when the temperature of the electrolyte is equal to or less than a reference temperature at which the electrolyte is likely to start combustion and that is at least partially liquefied and performs a function of suppressing combustion when the temperature of the non-aqueous electrolyte is more than the reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO LTD
    Inventors: Tomonobu Tsujikawa, Masayasu Arakawa, Hiroo Nishiyama, Katsuhide Aichi
  • Publication number: 20130209860
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery in which formation of a flame retardant layer formed on the surface of an electrode or the like hardly affects the discharge characteristics is provided. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery 1 includes a positive electrode 3, a negative electrode 5, and a separator 7. A porous layer having ion permeability is formed using a flame retardant material on a surface of the positive electrode 3. The porous layer is formed by applying a hot melt, which is a fused flame retardant material made of a thermoplastic resin, to the surface of the positive electrode 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonobu Tsujikawa, Masayasu Arakawa, Hiroo Nishiyama, Katsuhide Aichi