Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Haruna

Hiroshi Haruna 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: 20130344365
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to examine a novel core material for a lithium secondary battery and to provide a battery in which there is minimal variation from initial battery characteristics over time during long-term storage of the battery. In order to enhance the high-temperature storage characteristics of a lithium battery, a resin composed primarily of a cellulose-containing polypropylene is used as a winding core material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Shingo Ito
  • Patent number: 8192871
    Abstract: To provide a lithium secondary battery which suppresses a decrease in the charge and discharge efficiency during a battery storage test and which is excellent in maintaining the battery capacity after the storage test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Kazushige Kohno, Eiji Seki, Yoshiaki Kumashiro
  • Patent number: 8029934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that experiences a small degree of temporal change from the initial battery properties over the long term storage period of the battery. Specifically, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery, in which a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium and a negative electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium are formed via an electrolyte, wherein: the electrolyte comprises a cyclic solvent and a chain-type solvent and contains a compound having a boron-oxygen bond (B—O) and a carbon-carbon double bond (C?C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Eiji Hoshi, Kazushige Kohno
  • Patent number: 7659037
    Abstract: Using a positive electrode active material including spinel type manganese oxide as the main constituent, a novel low cost and high output power flat type nonaqueous secondary cell for HEVs that has increased safety at overcharge, and superior storage properties and cycle life is provided. A flat type nonaqueous secondary cell that has increased safety and is superior in storage and cycle properties even though the cell is a laminate type cell which does not have a blocking mechanism can be obtained by blending the spinel type lithium manganese oxide of the positive electrode and 5 wt % to 40 wt % of layered type lithium manganese oxide, to suppress storage deterioration at a high temperature and to simultaneously achieve safety when overcharged, and further, by adding a Li compound having a structure as shown in Formula (1) structure, to suppress deterioration of a mixed positive electrode active material during a high temperature cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukunaga, Youshin Yagi, Shuichi Wada, Kenji Hara, Kazushige Kohno, Hiroshi Haruna
  • Publication number: 20090263721
    Abstract: To provide a lithium secondary battery which suppresses a decrease in the charge and discharge efficiency during a battery storage test and which is excellent in maintaining the battery capacity after the storage test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Kazushige Kohno, Eiji Seki, Yoshiaki Kumashiro
  • Publication number: 20080020286
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that experiences a small degree of temporal change from the initial battery properties over the long term storage period of the battery. Specifically, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery, in which a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium and a negative electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium are formed via an electrolyte, wherein: the electrolyte comprises a cyclic solvent and a chain-type solvent and contains a compound having a boron-oxygen bond (B—O) and a carbon-carbon double bond (C?C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Eiji Hoshi, Kazushige Kohno
  • Publication number: 20070196740
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery small in time variation of the battery properties from the initial battery properties over a long term storage period of the battery. The battery is a lithium secondary battery in which a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions and a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions are formed through the intermediary of an electrolyte, wherein: the negative electrode active material is a carbon material having a crystallinity of the surface thereof lower than the crystallinity of the carbon material; and the electrolyte contains an organic compound having a carboxylic anhydride group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Eiji Hoshi, Kenji Hara
  • Publication number: 20070134558
    Abstract: Using a positive electrode active material including spinel type manganese oxide as the main constituent, a novel low cost and high output power flat type nonaqueous secondary cell for HEVs that has increased safety at overcharge, and superior storage properties and cycle life is provided. A flat type nonaqueous secondary cell that has increased safety and is superior in storage and cycle properties even though the cell is a laminate type cell which does not have a blocking mechanism can be obtained by blending the spinel type lithium manganese oxide of the positive electrode and 5 wt % to 40 wt % of layered type lithium manganese oxide, to suppress storage deterioration at a high temperature and to simultaneously achieve safety when overcharged, and further, by adding a Li compound having a structure as shown in Formula (1) structure, to suppress deterioration of a mixed positive electrode active material during a high temperature cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukunaga, Youshin Yagi, Shuichi Wada, Konji Hara, Kazushige Kohno, Hiroshi Haruna