Patents by Inventor IZURU SASAKI

IZURU SASAKI 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: 20240145725
    Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a mixture of a positive electrode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive material. The conductive material contains a first conductive material having an average major axis diameter of greater than or equal to 1 ?m and a second conductive material having an average particle diameter of less than or equal to 100 nm. A ratio of a volume of the positive electrode active material to a total volume of the positive electrode active material and the solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 60% and less than or equal to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: YUSUKE NISHIO, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240145726
    Abstract: A cathode includes a mixture of a cathode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive material. The conductive material includes carbon black having an average particle size of less than or equal to 100 nm. When a cross-section of the cathode is observed using a scanning electron microscope, an area in which the carbon black is concentrated is found between the cathode active material and the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: YUSUKE NISHIO, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240136571
    Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The oxidation potential of the solid electrolyte is higher than or equal to 3.9 V versus Li/Li+. The ratio of the volume of the solid electrolyte to the volume of the positive electrode material is in a range of greater than or equal to 8% and less than or equal to 25%. A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode containing the positive electrode material, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: KENTA NAGAMINE, IZURU SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11955599
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative electrode material that can improve the charge-discharge efficiency of a battery. A negative electrode material includes a reduced form of a first solid electrolyte material and a conductive auxiliary. The first solid electrolyte material is denoted by Formula (1): Li60M?X?. Herein, in Formula (1), each of ?, ?, and ? is a value greater than 0, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal elements except Li and semimetals, and X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oshima, Izuru Sasaki, Seiji Nishiyama, Akira Kawase
  • Publication number: 20240113294
    Abstract: The positive electrode active material includes a complex oxide represented by Formula (1): LiNixMe1-xO2 where x satisfies 0.5?x<1, and Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Al, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, B, Ga, Y, Ce, Sm, Gd, Er, Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Ta, Sb, Bi, Cr, Mo, and W. In an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement of the positive electrode active material using Cu-K? rays, the ratio of the value of the full width at half maximum of a peak having the highest intensity within a diffraction angle 2? range of 40° or more and 50° or less to the value of the full width at half maximum of a peak corresponding to the (111) plane of a crystalline Si powder measured under the same conditions is less than or equal to 2.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: YUSUKE NISHIO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11949064
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative electrode material that can improve the cycle characteristics of a battery. The negative electrode material according to the present disclosure contains a reduced form of a solid electrolyte material. The solid electrolyte material is denoted by Formula (1): Li?M?X?. Herein, in Formula (1), each of ?, ?, and ? is a value greater than 0, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal dements except Li and semimetals, and X represents at least one dement selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oshima, Izuru Sasaki, Yuta Sugimoto, Seiji Nishiyama, Masashi Sakaida, Akira Kawase
  • Publication number: 20240097131
    Abstract: A coated positive electrode active material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. A positive electrode material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes the coated positive electrode active material and a first solid electrolyte. A battery according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode including the positive electrode material; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Izuru SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240088360
    Abstract: The coated active material of the present disclosure includes an active material and a coating layer coating at least a part of the surface of the active material. The coated active material has a supernatant transmittance of greater than 64% and less than 93%. The supernatant transmittance is a transmittance of light with a wavelength of 550 nm measured for a supernatant liquid obtained by dispersing and precipitating the coated active material in a solvent. The supernatant liquid is placed in a quartz cell with a 10 mm optical path length and devoted to measurement of the transmittance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, YUTA SUGIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240088435
    Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material, a coating layer, and a second solid electrolyte. The coating layer contains a first solid electrolyte and coats at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The second solid electrolyte is in indirect contact with the positive electrode active material with the coating layer disposed therebetween. A ratio of a volume of the first solid electrolyte to a total volume of the first solid electrolyte and the second solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 4% and less than or equal to 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240079646
    Abstract: A coated active material includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coating layer includes a first coating layer and a second coating layer. The first coating layer is located outside of the second coating layer. A percentage of change in specific surface area from a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the second coating layer to a specific surface area of the coated active material is greater than or equal to ?62.8% and less than or equal to +3.79%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KENJI NAGAO, YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240079570
    Abstract: A coated active material includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coating layer includes a first coating layer, which contains a first solid electrolyte, and a second coating layer, which contains a base material. The first coating layer is located outside of the second coating layer. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A ratio of a specific surface area of the coated active material to a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the second coating layer is less than or equal to 42%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240079571
    Abstract: A coated active material of the present disclosure includes an active material and a coating layer coating at least a part of the surface of the active material. The coating layer includes a first coating material. The coated active material has a supernatant NV rate of less than 23%, where the supernatant NV rate is a ratio of the NV value of a supernatant liquid to the mass content ratio of the first coating material in a dispersing liquid obtained by dispersing the coated active material in a solvent, and the NV value of the supernatant liquid is a ratio of the mass of a non-volatile component to the mass of the supernatant liquid obtained by precipitating the coated active material by leaving the dispersing liquid to stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, YUTA SUGIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240079569
    Abstract: A coated active material including: a positive electrode active material; a second coating layer; and a first coating layer outside the second coating layer, in which a percentage of change from S1 to S2 is ?78.0% or greater and ?15.0% or less and/or a percentage of change from S3 to S4 is ?77.0% or greater and ?12.0% or less, where S1 is a sum of dV/dD over a range of pore diameters of 2 nm to 100 nm of the active material coated with the second coating layer; S2 is a sum of dV/dD over a range of pore diameters of 2 nm to 100 nm of the coated active material; S3 is dV/dD at a pore diameter of 3 nm of the active material coated with the second coating layer; and S4 is dV/dD at a pore diameter of 3 nm of the coated active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KENJI NAGAO, YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240063374
    Abstract: A coated active material of the present disclosure includes an active material and a coating layer coating at least a part of the surface of the active material. The log differential pore volume of the coated active material at a pore diameter of 1.2 ?m is within a range of greater than or equal to 55 ?L/g and less than 152 ?L/g. The electrode material of the present disclosure includes a coating material and a solid electrolyte. A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode including the electrode material, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240063375
    Abstract: The coated active material of the present disclosure includes an active material and a coating layer coating at least a part of the surface of the active material. The coating layer includes a first coating material. When a coarse powder and a fine powder included in the powder of the coated active material are classified by airflow classification such that the mass ratio of the coarse powder and the fine powder is 9:1, the value of R2/R1 is less than 7.1, where R1 represents the mass content ratio of the first coating material in the coarse powder, and R2 represents the mass content ratio of the first coating material in the fine powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240047656
    Abstract: An electrode includes an active material layer. The active material layer includes a composite particle and an imidazoline-based compound. The composite particle includes a core particle and a covering layer. The covering layer covers at least part of a surface of the core particle. The core particle includes an active material. The covering layer includes a first layer and a second layer. At least part of the first layer is interposed between the core particle and the second layer. The first layer includes a first solid electrolyte. The second layer includes a second solid electrolyte. The first solid electrolyte is a fluoride. The second solid electrolyte is a sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya HASHIMOTO, Hiroki YABE, Izuru SASAKI, Hiroki KAMITAKE, Yuta SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240038972
    Abstract: An electrode material comprises a composite particle. The composite particle includes a core particle and a covering layer. The covering layer covers at least part of a surface of the core particle. The core particle includes an active material. The covering layer includes a first layer and a second layer. At least part of the first layer is interposed between the core particle and the second layer. The first layer includes a first solid electrolyte. The second layer includes a second solid electrolyte. The first solid electrolyte is a fluoride. The second solid electrolyte is a sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Izuru Sasaki, Kazuya Hashimoto, Yuta Sugimoto, Yusuke Nishio
  • Publication number: 20240030487
    Abstract: An electrode for an all-solid state battery contains composite particles of 100 parts by mass and an imidazoline-based compound of more than 0 parts by mass and 0.3 parts by mass or less. The composite particle includes a core particle and a coating layer. The coating layer covers at least a part of a surface of the core particle. The core particle contains an active material. The coating layer contains a fluoride solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Kazuya HASHIMOTO, Izuru SASAKI, Yuta SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240006577
    Abstract: An active material, a solid electrolyte, and a solvent are hard-kneaded to prepare a first electrode material. A dispersion promotion component is added to the first electrode material to prepare a second electrode material. Slurry containing the second electrode material is prepared. An electrode is produced by applying the slurry to a surface of a base material. A composite body is formed by the solid electrolyte adhering to a surface of the active material. The dispersion promotion component promotes dispersion of the solid electrolyte in the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro OSE, Kazuki MURAISHI, Hiroki YABE, Izuru SASAKI, Hiroki KAMITAKE
  • Publication number: 20230402607
    Abstract: An electrode material includes an electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte material, and a coating material. The first solid electrolyte material includes Li, M, and X and does not include sulfur, where M includes at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements other than Li and metalloid elements, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I. The coating material is located on the surface of the electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya OSHIMA, Yuta SUGIMOTO, Izuru SASAKI, Akinobu MIYAZAKI