Patents by Inventor Tomoki Tsuji

Tomoki Tsuji 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: 11870035
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive electrode active material that contains composite oxide particles which include Ni, Co, Li, and at least one of Mn and Al, and in which the proportion of Ni in relation to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li is at least 80 mol %. In the composite oxide particles, the ratio (B/A) of the post-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (B) with respect to the pre-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (A) is 1.0-3.0. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent and a cyclic carboxylic anhydride such as diglycolic anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Yuanlong Zhong
  • Publication number: 20230311510
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus in which separation of ejection modules from a support member is suppressed. To this end, a liquid supply unit is aligned with respect to the support member to which the ejection modules are bonded. Moreover, in a connection unit of an ejection unit and the liquid supply unit, liquid connection units of the ejection unit are connected to be movable relative to the liquid supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOKI TSUJI, HIROMASA AMMA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, TAKUYA IWANO
  • Patent number: 11742480
    Abstract: This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises composite oxide particles which contain Ni, Co and Li, while containing at least one of Mn and Al, and wherein the ratio of Ni to the total number of moles of the metal elements other than Li is 80% by mole or more. The composite oxide particles are composed of particles in an aggregated state and particles in a non-aggregated state; and the content ratio of the particles in an aggregated state to the particles in a non-aggregated state is from 5:95 to 50:50 in terms of the mass ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Kokubu, Tomoki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20230098540
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration in image quality without adding a member for heat radiation is to be provided. Therefore, in the liquid ejection head that ejects a circulating liquid, the second engagement part formed on the discharge port side has an elongated hole shape extending in the arrow B direction so as to support the liquid ejection unit support member in such a manner capable of allowing the thermal deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Yumi Komamiya
  • Patent number: 11183740
    Abstract: A wound battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode are wound together via a separator, the electrode assembly being accommodated in a battery case including a bottomed tube-shaped metallic can. The first electrode has a first uncoated region defined by an exposed portion of a first current collector sheet at an end of the first current collector sheet in the axial direction of winding. The first electrode includes a first current collector lead connected to the first uncoated region. The first uncoated region is disposed on the same side as the open end of the metallic can. The second electrode includes a second current collector lead connected thereto. The first and the second current collector leads extend toward the open end of the metallic can. At least a portion of the first uncoated region is covered with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer extends beyond an end face of the first uncoated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kakinuma, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keisuke Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20210359301
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes a complex oxide containing lithium and metal M excluding lithium, where a plurality of primary particles of the complex oxide are aggregated to form a secondary particle. The metal M includes at least nickel and aluminum and/or manganese, where an atomic ratio of nickel to the metal M (Ni/M) is 0.8 or more and less than 1.0. The primary particles have an average particle size of 0.20 ?m or more and 0.35 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Takeshi Ogasawara, Masanobu Takeuchi, Noriko Fukamichi
  • Publication number: 20210083325
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive electrode active material that contains composite oxide particles which include Ni, Co, Li, and at least one of Mn and Al, and in which the proportion of Ni in relation to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li is at least 80 mol %. In the composite oxide particles, the ratio (B/A) of the post-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (B) with respect to the pre-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (A) is 1.0-3.0. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent and a cyclic carboxylic anhydride such as diglycolic anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Yuanlong Zhong
  • Publication number: 20210075013
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has lithium composite oxide particles containing 80 mol % or more but less than 100 mol % of Ni with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li. The lithium composite oxide particles include particles (32) having a stair-like structure in which three or more layers of a flat surface (30) having a periphery length of 1 ?m or more are layered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Saitou, Takeshi Ogasawara, Yoshinori Aoki, Tomoki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20200373574
    Abstract: This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises composite oxide particles which contain Ni, Co and Li, while containing at least one of Mn and Al, and wherein the ratio of Ni to the total number of moles of the metal elements other than Li is 80% by mole or more. The composite oxide particles are composed of particles in an aggregated state and particles in a non-aggregated state; and the content ratio of the particles in an aggregated state to the particles in a non-aggregated state is from 5:95 to 50:50 in terms of the mass ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kokubu, Tomoki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10811729
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode mix layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mix layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent. A surface of the negative electrode mix layer is provided with grooves. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains 10 volume percent or more of a fluorinated solvent with respect to the volume of the nonaqueous solvent and has a viscosity (25° C.) of 3.50 mPa·s or more as measured with a differential pressure viscometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Masahiro Shiraga, Manabu Takijiri, Takayuki Shirane, Hiroyuki Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10618327
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit is formed by arranging a plurality of recording element substrates in a first direction. Each recording element substrate has an ejection orifice from which a liquid is ejected. The liquid ejection head unit includes rail portions extending in the first direction and a protective member which is detachably fitted on the rail portions. The protective member is movable along the rail portions between a first position and a second position. The first position allows the protective member to cover whole surfaces of the plurality of recording element substrates. The second position allows the plurality of recording element substrates to be exposed so as to allow a liquid to be ejected from the ejection orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Iwano, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
  • Publication number: 20200044276
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode body; a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid; a metal-made exterior package receiving the electrode body and the nonaqueous electrolyte liquid; and a pressing member provided between the electrode body and the exterior package. An outer circumference surface of the electrode body includes an exposing section to which a surface of a negative electrode collector forming the negative electrode is exposed. In addition, the pressing member expands when absorbing the nonaqueous electrolyte liquid and presses the exposing section of the electrode body to an inner surface of the exterior package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sakai, Tomoki Tsuji, Masanobu Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20190355958
    Abstract: A wound battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode are wound together via a separator, the electrode assembly being accommodated in a battery case including a bottomed tube-shaped metallic can. The first electrode has a first uncoated region defined by an exposed portion of a first current collector sheet at an end of the first current collector sheet in the axial direction of winding. The first electrode includes a first current collector lead connected to the first uncoated region. The first uncoated region is disposed on the same side as the open end of the metallic can. The second electrode includes a second current collector lead connected thereto. The first and the second current collector leads extend toward the open end of the metallic can. At least a portion of the first uncoated region is covered with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer extends beyond an end face of the first uncoated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kakinuma, Tatsuya Hayashi, Keisuke Yoneda
  • Patent number: 10411243
    Abstract: A wound battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode are wound together via a separator, the electrode assembly being accommodated in a battery case including a bottomed tube-shaped metallic can. The first electrode has a first uncoated region defined by an exposed portion of a first current collector sheet at an end of the first current collector sheet in the axial direction of winding. The first electrode includes a first current collector lead connected to the first uncoated region. The first uncoated region is disposed on the same side as the open end of the metallic can. The second electrode includes a second current collector lead connected thereto. The first and the second current collector leads extend toward the open end of the metallic can. At least a portion of the first uncoated region is covered with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer extends beyond an end face of the first uncoated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kakinuma, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keisuke Yoneda
  • Patent number: 10384457
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit includes a page-wide type liquid ejection head detachably attached to a liquid ejecting apparatus and a protective member detachably attached to the liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head includes an ejection port surface on which ejection ports are provided. The liquid ejection head includes a first rail portion, the protective member includes a second rail portion along a longitudinal direction thereof, and the protective member is made to slide in a first direction along the longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head and cover the ejection port surface. The protective member is attached to the liquid ejection head, and then the liquid ejection head and the protective member are moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction and are removed from the liquid ejecting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
  • Publication number: 20190221824
    Abstract: This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode body comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are wound around while sandwiching a separator therebetween, and housed in a cylindrical housing member. The positive electrode has a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active substance layer extending above the positive electrode collector. The negative electrode has a negative electrode collector, a negative electrode active substance layer extending above the negative electrode collector, and a negative electrode lead connected to the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode lead is disposed more toward the wound core of the electrode body than the end portion of the negative electrode active substance layer and the end portion of the positive electrode active substance layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Manabu Takijiri, Yoshinori Sakai, Masanobu Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20190027752
    Abstract: This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is equipped with a positive electrode comprising: a positive electrode active substance containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide; and a lithium compound derived from an irreversible substance irreversibly reacting with lithium at a voltage lower than the average operating voltage of the positive electrode active substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kazama, Masanobu Takeuchi, Tomoki Tsuji, Manabu Takijiri
  • Publication number: 20190009540
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit is formed by arranging a plurality of recording element substrates in a first direction. The recording element substrate has an ejection orifice from which a liquid is ejected. The liquid ejection head unit includes: rail portions extending in the first direction and a protective member which is detachably fitted on the rail portions. The protective member is movable along the rail portions between a first position and a second position. The first position allows the protective member to cover whole surfaces of the plurality of recording element substrates. The second position allows the plurality of recording element substrates to be exposed so as to allow a liquid to be ejected from the ejection orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Takuya Iwano, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
  • Publication number: 20190009542
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit includes an ejection port surface on which an ejection port is provided, includes a page-wide type liquid ejection head detachably attached to a liquid ejecting apparatus and a protective member detachably attached to the liquid ejection head, the liquid ejection head includes a first rail portion, the protective member includes a second rail portion along a longitudinal direction thereof, the protective member is made to slide to a first direction along the longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head and covers the ejection port surface, the protective member is attached to the liquid ejection head and then, the liquid ejection head and the protective member are moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction and are removed from the liquid ejecting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
  • Publication number: 20180241087
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode mix layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mix layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent. A surface of the negative electrode mix layer is provided with grooves. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains 10 volume percent or more of a fluorinated solvent with respect to the volume of the nonaqueous solvent and has a viscosity (25° C.) of 3.50 mPa·s or more as measured with a differential pressure viscometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Masahiro Shiraga, Manabu Takijiri, Takayuki Shirane, Hiroyuki Fujimoto