Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Yashiro

Nobuyoshi Yashiro 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: 11929463
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20240047761
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Takanobu YAMADA, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11824155
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery includes: a positive active material layer; a solid electrolyte layer; and a negative active material layer, which is capable of forming an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is between the positive active material layer and the negative active material layer, and wherein the negative active material layer comprises silver (Ag).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Naoki Suzuki, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11764407
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20230238510
    Abstract: A solid secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative active material layer between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte, the negative active material layer includes a particulate carbon and a negative active material that forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, a content of the negative active material per unit area of the negative active material layer is about 0.01 milligram per square centimeter or to about 1 milligram per square centimeter, and a film strength of the negative active material layer is about 50 megapascals to about 250 megapascals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Shoichi SUGATA
  • Publication number: 20230187705
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01 <(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Takanobu YAMADA, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230155109
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery, including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; a solid electrolyte layer; and an anode including an anode active material layer, which forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the cathode, the solid electrolyte is between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode active material layer includes about 33 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of an amorphous carbon with respect to the total mass of an anode active material in the anode active material layer, and a ratio of the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer to the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer satisfies 0.01<b/a<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11611109
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11594717
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery, including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer; and an anode including an anode active material layer, which forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the cathode, the solid electrolyte is between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode active material layer includes about 33 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of an amorphous carbon with respect to the total mass of an anode active material in the anode active material layer, and a ratio of the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer to the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer satisfies 0.01<b/a<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20230024868
    Abstract: A coated cathode active material, a method of preparing the same, and a cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, each including the same, the coated cathode active material including: a cathode active material particle and a coating layer on a surface of the cathode active material particle, the coating layer including LiAlF4, LiF, and Li3AlF6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Itaru HOMMA, Tomoyuki TSUJIMURA, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Guohao YUAN
  • Publication number: 20220311047
    Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery includes a cathode layer, an anode layer having an anode current collector and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the solid electrolyte is an oxide, phosphate, borate, sulfate, an oxynitride, or a combination thereof, and a binding strength between the anode and the solid electrolyte layer is in a range of about 14 millinewtons per millimeter to about 100 millinewtons per millimeter, and a film strength of the anode active material layer is in a range of about 16 megapascals to about 85 megapascals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Shoichi SUGATA
  • Patent number: 11437643
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a sacrificial positive electrode material having an oxidation-reduction potential which is less than a discharge voltage of the positive electrode active material; and a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material including an element alloyable with lithium or that forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the sacrificial positive electrode material includes a sacrificial active material and a conductive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Seitaro Ito, Tomoyuki Shiratsuchi, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20220263120
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte material is represented by Formula 1 (Li3?xM1x)aYbM2c??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M1 includes at least one of Na, K, Rb, Cs, or Fr, M2 includes at least one of F, Cl, Br, or I, 0<x<3, 0.9?a?1.1, 0.9?b?1.1, and 5?c?7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya SUZUKI, Tomoyuki TSUJIMURA, Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210210791
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Takanobu YAMADA, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 10985407
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20200373609
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery includes: a positive active material layer; a solid electrolyte layer; and a negative active material layer, which is capable of forming an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is between the positive active material layer and the negative active material layer, and wherein the negative active material layer comprises silver (Ag).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Naoki Suzuki, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20200313164
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery, including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer; and an anode including an anode active material layer, which forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the cathode, the solid electrolyte is between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode active material layer includes about 33 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of an amorphous carbon with respect to the total mass of an anode active material in the anode active material layer, and a ratio of the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer to the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer satisfies 0.01<b/a<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190260065
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a sacrificial positive electrode material having an oxidation-reduction potential which is less than a discharge voltage of the positive electrode active material; and a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material including an element alloyable with lithium or that forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the sacrificial positive electrode material includes a sacrificial active material and a conductive agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Seitaro ITO, Tomoyuki SHIRATSUCHI, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190157723
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Takanobu YAMADA, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 10100432
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for producing an SiC single crystal is used in the solution growth includes a seed shaft (28) and a crucible (14). The seed shaft (28) has a lower end surface (28S) to which an SiC seed crystal (32) is to be attached. The crucible (14) holds an Si—C solution (15). The seed shaft (28) includes a cylinder part (28A), a bottom part (28B), and a low heat conductive member (28C). The bottom part (28B) is located at the lower end of the cylinder part (28A) and has the lower end surface (28S). The low heat conductive member (28C) is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom part (28B) and has a thermal conductivity lower than that of the bottom part (28B). This production apparatus can make the temperature within the crystal growth surface of the SiC seed crystal less liable to vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Okada, Kazuhito Kamei, Kazuhiko Kusunoki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Koji Moriguchi, Hironori Daikoku, Motohisa Kado, Hidemitsu Sakamoto