Patents by Inventor Kunihisa Shima

Kunihisa Shima 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: 20070087270
    Abstract: A subject for the invention is to provide an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery which are preventd from causing or suffering battery performance deterioration in high-temperature storage or high-temperature trickle charge. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery which comprises solute, phosphinic ester compound, and nonaqueous organic solvent containing these, characterized in that the content of the phosphinic ester compound has been regulated to a specific amount based on the total weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke NODA, Masamichi OONUKI, Kunihisa SHIMA
  • Patent number: 7169511
    Abstract: A subject for the invention is to provide an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery which are prevented from causing or suffering battery performance deterioration in high-temperature storage or high-temperature trickle charge. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery which comprises solute, phosphinic ester compound, and nonaqueous organic solvent containing these, characterized in that the content of the phosphinic ester compound has been regulated to a specific amount based on the total weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Noda, Masamichi Oonuki, Kunihisa Shima
  • Patent number: 7144660
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution that contains an organic solvent, and a lithium salt and an electrolyte, that is useful for the preparation of a secondary battery that is equipped with a negative electrode and a positive electrode, each of which is capable of storing and releasing lithium, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains partially hydrogenated terphenyl that is a mixture of two or more compounds of which one is diphenylcyclohexane that is present in an amount ranging from 10 to 65 wt % of the partially hydrogenated terphenyl and the partially hydrogenated terphenyl has a solubility of not less than 0.5 wt % in the electrolyte solution at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihisa Shima, Kenji Shizuka, Makoto Ue
  • Publication number: 20060172201
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium secondary battery, having both flame retardancy (self-extinguishing property) or nonflammability (having no flash point) and high conductivity and being electrochemically stable, and a lithium secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolyte. Specifically, the non-aqueous electrolyte of the present invention comprises a non-aqueous solvent which comprises (a) at least one phosphate selected from (a1) a chain state phosphate and (a2) a cyclic phosphate as an essential component, and which may contain (b1) a cyclic carboxylate and (b2) a cyclic carbonate. Further, the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises the above non-aqueous solvent which further comprises (c1) a vinylene carbonate compound and/or (c2) a vinylethylene carbonate compound, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (d1) a cyclic amide compound, (d2) a cyclic carbamate compound, and (d3) a heterocyclic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Yasukawa, Kunihisa Shima, Asao Kominato, Ken-ichi Ishigaki, Xianming Wang, Takashi Fujii, Minoru Kotato, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Tooru Fuse, Hideharu Satou
  • Patent number: 7083878
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide such a battery that has a high capacity, is excellent in storage characteristics, cycle characteristics and continuous charging characteristics, and is small in gas generation amount, whereby size reduction and improvement in performance of a lithium secondary battery can be attained. The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same, wherein the electrolytic solution contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF6 in a concentration of from 0.2 to 2 mole/L, and LiBF4 and/or a compound represented by the following formula (1) in a molar ratio of from 0.005 to 0.4 with respect to LiPF6, and the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises (1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate, (2-1) a symmetric linear carbonate, (2-2) an asymmetric linear carbonate, and (3) vinylene carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita, Kunihisa Shima
  • Publication number: 20050164094
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide such a battery that has a high capacity, is excellent in storage characteristics, cycle characteristics and continuous charging characteristics, and is small in gas generation amount, whereby size reduction and improvement in performance of a lithium secondary battery can be attained. The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same, wherein the electrolytic solution contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF6 in a concentration of from 0.2 to 2 mole/L, and LiBF4 and/or a compound represented by the following formula (1) in a molar ratio of from 0.005 to 0.4 with respect to LiPF6, and the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises (1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate, (2-1) a symmetric linear carbonate, (2-2) an asymmetric linear carbonate, and (3) vinylene carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita, Kunihisa Shima
  • Publication number: 20050014071
    Abstract: A subject for the invention is to provide an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery which are prevented from causing or suffering battery performance deterioration in high-temperature storage or high-temperature trickle charge. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery which comprises solute, phosphinic ester compound, and nonaqueous organic solvent containing these, characterized in that the content of the phosphinic ester compound has been regulated to a specific amount based on the total weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Noda, Masamichi Oonuki, Kunihisa Shima
  • Publication number: 20030180626
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, capable of securing safety of the battery in an overcharged state without affecting adversely to battery characteristics such as a low-temperature characteristics and storing characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa Shima, Kenji Shizuka, Makoto Ue