Patents by Inventor Shinya SHIOTANI

Shinya SHIOTANI 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: 11973183
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte is capable of suppressing a decrease in Li ion conductivity due to moisture. A sulfide solid electrolyte includes a Li element, a P element, a S element and an O element, and having a granular shape, and including a crystal portion oriented along the granular shape, on an inner surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Satoshi Hori, Shinya Shiotani
  • Publication number: 20230420735
    Abstract: A solid-state battery having a low heat generation amount and low resistance, and a method for producing the same. The solid-state battery is a solid-state battery comprising: a cathode comprising a cathode layer that contains an oxide-based cathode active material, an anode comprising an anode layer that contains an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer being disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer and containing a solid electrolyte, wherein at least any one of the cathode layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, and wherein the sulfide-based solid electrolyte comprises a high oxygen concentration layer on a contact surface with the oxide-based cathode active material, the high oxygen concentration layer having a higher oxygen element concentration than other parts except the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jun YOSHIDA, Shinya SHIOTANI, Masaru KUBOTA, Yohei SHINDO, Takeshi USAMI
  • Patent number: 11791497
    Abstract: A solid-state battery having a low heat generation amount and low resistance, and a method for producing the same. The solid-state battery is a solid-state battery comprising: a cathode comprising a cathode layer that contains an oxide-based cathode active material, an anode comprising an anode layer that contains an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer being disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer and containing a solid electrolyte, wherein at least any one of the cathode layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, and wherein the sulfide-based solid electrolyte comprises a high oxygen concentration layer on a contact surface with the oxide-based cathode active material, the high oxygen concentration layer having a higher oxygen element concentration than other parts except the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Yoshida, Shinya Shiotani, Masaru Kubota, Yohei Shindo, Takeshi Usami
  • Publication number: 20230253613
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte with excellent water resistance. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte including a LGPS type crystal phase, and containing Li, Ge, P, and S, wherein: when an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement is conducted to a surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte, a proportion of Ge2+ with respect to total amount of Ge is 20% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoji KANNO, Satoshi HORI, Keiichi MINAMI, Shinya SHIOTANI
  • Publication number: 20230231124
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode material having inhibited increase in heat release when exposed to high temperature. The positive electrode material of the disclosure comprises a positive electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte and a second solid electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium-containing oxide, the first solid electrolyte comprises Li and X as constituent elements and comprises no S, X is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I, the second solid electrolyte comprises Li and S as constituent elements, the first solid electrolyte covers at least part of the surface of the positive electrode active material, the second solid electrolyte contacts with the positive electrode active material across the first solid electrolyte, and the average covering thickness of the first solid electrolyte is 104 nm or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Toru SUGIYAMA, Shinya SHIOTANI, Takeshi USAMI, Akinobu MIYAZAKI, Izuru SASAKI, Norihito FUJINOKI
  • Publication number: 20230011871
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery in which occurrence of internal short circuit is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery including, in an order along with a thickness direction, a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer; wherein at least one of the cathode layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains as inorganic solid electrolyte; the anode layer contains a polymer electrolyte; and, in a plan view along with the thickness direction of the all solid state battery, an area of the anode layer is smaller than an area of the solid electrolyte layer and an area of the cathode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya SHIOTANI
  • Publication number: 20230011919
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery in which occurrence of internal short circuit is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery including, in an order along with a thickness direction, a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer; wherein one of the cathode layer and the anode layer is an electrode layer A containing a first polymer electrolyte; the other of the cathode layer and the anode layer is an electrode layer B containing an inorganic solid electrolyte; the solid electrolyte layer contains a second polymer electrolyte; the second polymer electrolyte is a cross-linked polymer to which a polymer component is cross-linked; and in a plan view along with the thickness direction of the all solid state battery, an area of the solid electrolyte layer is larger than an area of the electrode layer A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya SHIOTANI, Takamasa OHTOMO, Fuminori MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20230006261
    Abstract: To provide an all-solid-state battery that makes it possible to suppress short-circuiting due to a partially missing resin layer of a housing, in the all-solid-state battery formed of sealing an electrode structure in the housing, the housing is provided with a metal layer, the electrode structure includes an electrode stack and an outermost solid electrolyte layer, the electrode stack includes an outermost first current collector layer, the area of the outermost solid electrolyte layer is larger than the area of a flat plate part of the outermost first current collector layer in the stacking direction view, and the outermost solid electrolyte layer is stacked so as to entirely cover the flat plate part of the outermost first current collector layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamasa OHTOMO, Fuminori MIZUNO, Shinya SHIOTANI
  • Publication number: 20230006260
    Abstract: A solid-state battery includes: a first current collector layer; a first current collector tab protruding from an edge of the first current collector layer; a first active material layer laminated on the first current collector layer; a second current collector layer; a second current collector tab protruding from an edge of the second current collector layer; a second active material layer laminated on the second current collector layer; and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the first active material layer and the second active material layer and including a polymer electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is arranged so as to cover end surfaces of the first current collector layer and the first active material layer, and the first current collector tab protrudes through the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamasa OHTOMO, Fuminori MIZUNO, Shinya SHIOTANI
  • Publication number: 20230006243
    Abstract: A solid-state battery includes: a first current collector layer having a first current collector tab protruding from one side of a quadrilateral; a first active material layer laminated on the first current collector layer; a second current collector layer having a second current collector tab protruding from one side of a quadrilateral; a second active material layer laminated on the second current collector layer; and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the first active material layer and the second active material layer and including a polymer electrolyte, wherein, in three sides other than the one side where the first current collector tab is arranged, the solid electrolyte layer is arranged so as to cover end surfaces of the first current collector layer and the first active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fuminori MIZUNO, Shinya SHIOTANI, Takamasa OHTOMO
  • Publication number: 20220367845
    Abstract: A positive electrode material of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte including a sulfide solid electrolyte, and a second solid electrolyte including a halide solid electrolyte. A proportion x of a volume of the second solid electrolyte to a sum of a volume of the first solid electrolyte and the volume of the second solid electrolyte satisfies 20?x?95 in percentage. The proportion x satisfies, for example, 35.2?x?76.5 in percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Izuru SASAKI, Norihito FUJINOKI, Akinobu MIYAZAKI, Shinya SHIOTANI, Toru SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220320499
    Abstract: Provided is an anode for an all-solid-state battery which suppresses delamination, to suppress a resistance increase of the all-solid-state battery due to repeated charge and discharge. The anode for an all-solid-state battery includes an anode current collector, an inner electrode layer, and a surface electrode layer, the inner electrode layer and the surface electrode layer being stacked in an order mentioned on the anode current collector, wherein the inner electrode layer and the surface electrode layer each contain a solid electrolyte particle, a mean particle diameter of the solid electrolyte particle contained in the surface electrode layer is larger than a mean particle diameter of the solid electrolyte particle contained in the inner electrode layer, and a thickness of the surface electrode layer is at most 20% of a total thickness of the inner electrode layer and the surface electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Shinya Shiotani
  • Publication number: 20210242491
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte is capable of suppressing a decrease in Li ion conductivity due to moisture. A sulfide solid electrolyte includes a Li element, a P element, a S element and an O element, and having a granular shape, and including a crystal portion oriented along the granular shape, on an inner surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji KANNO, Satoshi HORI, Shinya SHIOTANI
  • Publication number: 20210202987
    Abstract: A solid-state battery having a low heat generation amount and low resistance, and a method for producing the same. The solid-state battery is a solid-state battery comprising: a cathode comprising a cathode layer that contains an oxide-based cathode active material, an anode comprising an anode layer that contains an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer being disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer and containing a solid electrolyte, wherein at least any one of the cathode layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, and wherein the sulfide-based solid electrolyte comprises a high oxygen concentration layer on a contact surface with the oxide-based cathode active material, the high oxygen concentration layer having a higher oxygen element concentration than other parts except the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jun YOSHIDA, Shinya SHIOTANI, Masaru KUBOTA, Yohei SHINDO, Takeshi USAMI