Patents by Inventor Masayuki Ihara

Masayuki Ihara 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: 20240105997
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte salt and a lithium fluorophosphate. The electrolyte salt includes an imide anion, and the imide anion includes at least one of an anion represented by Formula (1), an anion represented by Formula (2), an anion represented by Formula (3), or an anion represented by Formula (4). The lithium fluorophosphate includes lithium monofluorophosphate, lithium difluorophosphate, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Masayuki IHARA
  • Publication number: 20240085918
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a work plan creation apparatus capable of making an autonomous moving body perform a work without delay when the work needs to be adjusted and a work plan creation method. A work plan creation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an action planning unit previously creating a work plan in which a work to be performed by at least one autonomous moving body is allocated in a predetermined period; a plan change determination unit evaluating a degree of priority of a new work, which is a work newly occurring, upon receiving the new work, and determining whether or not to change the work plan in accordance with the degree of priority while the autonomous moving body performs the work plan; and a plan change unit changing the work plan while the autonomous moving body performs the work plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki IHARA, Shingo KOBORI, Hiroshi TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230231274
    Abstract: Provided is a battery having both high impact resistance and high heat resistance. Provided is a battery including: a battery element in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are laminated with a separator interposed therebetween; a fixing member disposed on an end face where a laminated surface of the battery element is exposed; and a tab led out from one end face of the battery element, wherein the separator protrudes from the end face of the battery element, the separator is mutually fused with at least a protruding portion of one of the one end face or another end face opposite to the one end face; and the separator positioned around the tab on the one end face is not mutually fused with the one end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi HORIUCHI, Masayuki IHARA
  • Patent number: 11695119
    Abstract: The secondary battery includes an electrolytic solution, a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and the negative electrode includes a plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials, a first negative electrode binder, and a plurality of second negative electrode binders with an average particle size smaller than the plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials. The plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials have an average particle size of 5 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less. The first negative electrode binder includes one or both of a styrene butadiene rubber and a derivative thereof. The plurality of second negative electrode binders include one or both of a polyvinylidene fluoride and a derivative thereof, and the plurality of second negative electrode binders have an average particle size of 0.1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Munaoka, Masayuki Ihara, Shigeru Fujita, Takuju Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11594758
    Abstract: A secondary battery capable of improving cycle characteristics, conservation characteristics, and load characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. A separator provided between the cathode and the anode is impregnated with an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes one or more of a dicarbonic ester compound, a dicarboxylic compound, a disulfonic compound, a monofluoro lithium phosphate, and difluoro lithium phosphate and one or more of fluorinated lithium phosphate, fluorinated lithium borate, and imide lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Yuko Hayakawa, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20230059279
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an outer package member, a battery device, a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal, and a fixing member. The outer package member has flexibility. The battery device has an elongated shape, and is contained inside the outer package member. The battery device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode terminal is coupled to the positive electrode, and is led out to an outside of the outer package member. The negative electrode terminal is coupled to the negative electrode, and is led out to the outside of the outer package member. The fixing member is disposed between the outer package member and the battery device, and is adhered to each of the outer package member and the battery device. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are opposed to each other and are wound in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi HORIUCHI, Masayuki IHARA
  • Patent number: 11228025
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution, in which the anode includes a plurality of first anode active material particles, a plurality of second anode active material particles, a first anode binder, and a second anode binder. The plurality of first anode active material particles include carbon, and an R value of the plurality of first anode active material particles is from 0.35 to 0.45, and a median diameter of the plurality of first anode active material particles is from 5 ?m to 14.5 ?m. The plurality of second anode active material particles include carbon, and the R value of the plurality of second anode active material particles is from 0.1 to 0.25, and a median diameter of the plurality of second anode active material particles is from 15 ?m to 25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Munaoka, Masayuki Ihara, Shigeru Fujita
  • Publication number: 20210210789
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a plurality of positive electrodes having a positive electrode active material layer including a fluorine-based binder having a melting point of 166° C. or less, a plurality of negative electrodes having a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer face each other and an edge of the positive electrode active material layer is located inside an edge of the negative electrode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi HORIUCHI, Nobuyuki IWANE, Masayuki IHARA
  • Patent number: 10897060
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution including a cyano compound, the cyano compound including a compound represented by R1-O—C(?O)—O—R2 (R1, R2, or both include a cyano-group-containing group), a compound represented by R3-C(?O)—O—R4 (R4 includes the cyano-group-containing group), or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 10833362
    Abstract: A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution, wherein the anode comprises an anode active material layer, wherein the anode active material layer comprises a carbon material, wherein the anode active material layer has a thickness from about 40 micrometers to about 100 micrometers, and wherein the electrolytic solution comprises an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate represented by Formula (2): where R5 and R6 are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen group, an alkyl group, an alkyne group, and an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 10680284
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution including a cyano compound. The cathode, the anode, and the electrolytic solution are provided inside a film-like outer package member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10665903
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution including a sulfuric acid compound represented by Xn+[M(Rf)a(CN)b(SO4)c]m?, where Xn+ is an ion such as a metal ion, M is an element such as a transition metal element, Rf is a group such as a fluorine group, a is an integer of 0 to 4, b is an integer of 0 to 5, c is an integer of 1 to 4, m is an integer of 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 1 or 2. The cathode, the anode, and the electrolytic solution are provided inside a film-like outer package member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10553895
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution including a cyano compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10550000
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode including a carbon material; and non-aqueous electrolytic solution. A photoelectron spectrum of oxygen 1s is obtained from an analysis of the anode by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. A first peak positioned in vicinity of 1360 reciprocal centimeters and a second peak positioned in vicinity of 1580 reciprocal centimeters are obtained from an analysis of the carbon material by Raman spectroscopy. A half band width ?W1 of the photoelectron spectrum is about 3 electron volts or more. A half band width ?W2 of the second peak is about 19 reciprocal centimeters or more. A ratio I1/I2 of intensity I1 of the first peak to intensity I2 of the second peak is from about 0.15 to about 0.3 both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Nishi, Masayuki Ihara, Hideki Nakai, Akinori Kita
  • Patent number: 10541449
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a material including Si, Sn, or both as constituent elements. The electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate represented by the following Formula (1), where X is a divalent group in which m-number of >C?CR1-R2 and n-number of >CR3R4 are bonded in any order; each of R1 to R4 is one of a hydrogen group, a halogen group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, a monovalent oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a monovalent halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group; any two or more of the R1 to the R4 are allowed to be bonded to one another; and m and n satisfy m?1 and n?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 10490845
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrolytic solution, the electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate represented by the following Formula (1), where X is a divalent group in which m-number of >C=CR1R2 and n-number of >CR3R4 are bonded in any order; each of R1 to R4 is one of a hydrogen group, a halogen group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, a monovalent oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a monovalent halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group; any two or more of the R1 to the R4 are allowed to be bonded to one another; and m and n satisfy m?1 and n?0, wherein a content of the unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate in the electrolytic solution is 5 wt % or less, wherein the electrolyte solution further includes one or more of propionate, halogenated ester carbonate, dioxane, sultone, and nitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190348670
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution, in which the anode includes a plurality of first anode active material particles, a plurality of second anode active material particles, a first anode binder, and a second anode binder. The plurality of first anode active material particles include carbon, and an R value of the plurality of first anode active material particles is from 0.35 to 0.45, and a median diameter of the plurality of first anode active material particles is from 5 ?m to 14.5 ?m. The plurality of second anode active material particles include carbon, and the R value of the plurality of second anode active material particles is from 0.1 to 0.25, and a median diameter of the plurality of second anode active material particles is from 15 ?m to 25 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Takatoshi MUNAOKA, Masayuki IHARA, Shigeru FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10411300
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains an electrolytic solution material together with a nonaqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt. The electrolytic solution material includes one or more of first unsaturated compounds and second unsaturated compounds represented, and one or more of phenol-type compounds, phosphorus-containing compounds, and sulfur-containing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10403926
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer provided on a negative electrode collector, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of sulfone compounds represented by the following formulae (1) and (2); and an inorganic phosphorus compound represented by the following formula (3) exists on the surface of a positive electrode active material: R1 represents CmH2m-n1Xn2; X represents a halogen; m represents an integer of from 2 to 7; each of n1 and n2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2m; R2 represents CjH2j-k1Zk2; Z represents a halogen; j represents an integer of from 2 to 7; each of k1 and k2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2j; each of R3, R4 and R5 independently represents H or OH; and a is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Wakita, Masayuki Ihara, Masanori Soma, Izaya Okae
  • Publication number: 20190260071
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrolytic solution, the electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate represented by the following Formula (1), where X is a divalent group in which m-number of >C=CR1R2 and n-number of >CR3R4 are bonded in any order; each of R1 to R4 is one of a hydrogen group, a halogen group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, a monovalent oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a monovalent halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group; any two or more of the R1 to the R4 are allowed to be bonded to one another; and m and n satisfy m?1 and n?0, wherein a content of the unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate in the electrolytic solution is 5 wt % or less, wherein the electrolyte solution further includes one or more of propionate, halogenated ester carbonate, dioxane, sultone, and nitrile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota