Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Furuya

Tatsuya Furuya 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: 20230261288
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus (1) according to the present disclosure includes a laminated battery (10) and a hard film (20). The laminated battery (10) includes a battery element (14) and a laminate film (15) having a resin layer and covering the battery element (14). The hard film (20) is bonded to at least a part of a surface of the laminated battery (10). The hard film (20) is made of a material having an elongation percentage smaller than that of the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: TATSUYA FURUYA, HIDETOSHI AKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20230198246
    Abstract: An electronic device has a battery cell, a protection circuit substrate, and a heat-conduction tape. A thermistor is mounted on the protection circuit substrate. The heat-conduction tape bonds the battery cell to a chassis, is extended from the battery cell to a thermistor mount part of the protection circuit substrate, and is connected to the thermistor mount part directly or via a heat-conduction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: TATSUYA FURUYA, HIDETOSHI AKASAWA
  • Patent number: 10770750
    Abstract: A lithium ion conductor includes a first lithium ion conductor that contains at least one selected from among oxide crystals and glass ceramics, and a second lithium ion conductor that has a sintering temperature of not more than 600° C. The lithium ion conductivity of the first lithium ion conductor is higher than the lithium ion conductivity of the second lithium ion conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shimizu, Masamitsu Suzuki, Tatsuya Furuya, Kenji Kishimoto, Go Sudo, Yasushi Tamura, Yumiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10559849
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes an oxide containing lithium (Li), silicon (Si), and boron (B) and has an X-ray diffraction spectrum with two or more peaks appearing in the range 20°?2??25° and with two or more peaks appearing in the range 25°<2??30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Furukawa, Tatsuya Furuya, Hideyuki Kumita, Sae Miyaji, Harumi Shibata, Masamitsu Suzuki, Go Sudo, Keisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10403927
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and is able to be manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Tatsuya Furuya, Koichiro Hinokuma, Reina Ichikawa, Yui Senda, Momoe Adachi
  • Publication number: 20180123168
    Abstract: A battery capable of improving ionic conduction is provided. The battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer. One or more of the cathode, the anode, and the solid electrolyte layer includes a solid electrolyte binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: KEIKO FURUKAWA, TATSUYA FURUYA
  • Patent number: 9917326
    Abstract: A battery capable of improving ionic conduction is provided. The battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer. One or more of the cathode, the anode, and the solid electrolyte layer includes a solid electrolyte binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Furukawa, Tatsuya Furuya
  • Publication number: 20180026300
    Abstract: A lithium ion conductor includes a first lithium ion conductor that contains at least one selected from among oxide crystals and glass ceramics, and a second lithium ion conductor that has a sintering temperature of not more than 600° C. The lithium ion conductivity of the first lithium ion conductor is higher than the lithium ion conductivity of the second lithium ion conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Keisuke SHIMIZU, Masamitsu SUZUKI, Tatsuya FURUYA, Kenji KISHIMOTO, Go SUDO, Yasushi TAMURA, Yumiko YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170301948
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and is able to be manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Tatsuya Furuya, Koichiro Hinokuma, Reina Ichikawa, Yui Senda, Momoe Adachi
  • Patent number: 9786921
    Abstract: There is provided a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode contains a granular solid electrolyte and a granular conduction aid both bonded to a surface of a granular electrode active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Furuya, Yuri Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20170229734
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes an oxide containing lithium (Li), silicon (Si), and boron (B) and has an X-ray diffraction spectrum with two or more peaks appearing in the range 20°?2??25° and with two or more peaks appearing in the range 25°<2??30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Keiko FURUKAWA, Tatsuya FURUYA, Hideyuki KUMITA, Sae MIYAJI, Harumi SHIBATA, Masamitsu SUZUKI, Go SUDO, Keisuke SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9673481
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Tatsuya Furuya, Koichiro Hinokuma, Reina Ichikawa, Yui Senda, Momoe Adachi
  • Patent number: 9601799
    Abstract: A method for producing a thin-film battery includes a film-formation step of forming a film of a positive-electrode material to form a positive-electrode active material film and an annealing step of annealing the positive-electrode active material film. After the annealing step, a lithium-ion introduction step of introducing lithium ions into the positive-electrode active material film. After the introduction of the lithium ions, a reverse-sputtering step of edging the positive-electrode active material film by reverse sputtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Furuya, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Yuichi Sabi
  • Publication number: 20160344032
    Abstract: A battery is provided including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes at least one kind of an inorganic binder that includes an oxide of at least one kind of element selected from the group including bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), boron (B), silicon (Si) and vanadium (V).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Harumi SHIBATA, Tatsuya FURUYA, Keiko FURUKAWA, Masamitsu SUZUKI, Go SUDO
  • Patent number: 9153839
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte battery using a solid electrolyte capable of realizing high conductivity, and a process for producing a solid electrolyte battery are provided. The solid electrolyte battery is structured as a laminate of a positive electrode collector layer, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode collector layer formed in order on a substrate. The solid electrolyte layer is a thin film formed of a compound of the formula Li3 M04 (M =V, Nb, Ta, or Db).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Furuya
  • Publication number: 20140377627
    Abstract: There is provided a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode contains a granular solid electrolyte and a granular conduction aid both bonded to a surface of a granular electrode active substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuya Furuya, Yuri Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20140220454
    Abstract: A battery capable of improving ionic conduction is provided. The battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer. One or more of the cathode, the anode, and the solid electrolyte layer includes a solid electrolyte binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiko Furukawa, Tatsuya Furuya
  • Patent number: 8786250
    Abstract: An IC card having a secondary battery, which causes no increase in thickness and also has excellent safety, is provided. The IC card includes an antenna coil for inducing electric power by electromagnetic induction, a thin-film battery for storing electric power induced by the antenna coil, and a control portion for controlling the storage of the electric power from the antenna coil in the thin-film battery. The thin-film battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Furuya, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka
  • Patent number: 8551656
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte cell includes: a positive electrode side layer having a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode side layer; and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the positive electrode side layer and the negative electrode side layer, wherein the positive electrode active material layer contains a lithium phosphoric acid compound which is in an amorphous state and is represented by the following formula (1), LixCuyPO4??(1) where x indicates the compositional ratio of lithium, and y indicates the compositional ratio of copper, x and y being in the ranges of 1.0?x?5.0 and 1.0?y?4.0, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Tatsuya Furuya
  • Publication number: 20130089789
    Abstract: To provide a novel transparent conductive film using low-cost materials that can be stably supplied and have low toxicity, a method of manufacturing the same, a dye-sensitized solar cell, and a solid electrolyte battery. The transparent conductive film is formed by a sputtering method in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere using Li4Ti5O12 as a target. The transparent conductive film is a novel transparent conductive film, which contains Li, Ti, O, and N and has the TiN type crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Furuya