Patents by Inventor Toshinori Isobe

Toshinori Isobe 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: 8993168
    Abstract: Disclosed is a powder comprising a lithium-containing compound and a nickel-containing mixed metal compound, and satisfying the following requirements of (1) and (2) when the powder is analyzed by plasma emission spectrometry of particles: (1) an absolute deviation of a synchronous distribution chart against an approximated straight-line is 0.10 or less, wherein the approximated straight-line is evaluated from a synchronous distribution chart obtained by plotting an emission intensity of lithium and an emission intensity of nickel of each particle composing of the powder, and (2) a release rate of lithium evaluated by the following formula is 80 or less: Release rate of lithium=(nb/na)×100 wherein, na is the number of particles containing lithium in the powder, and nb is the number of particles containing lithium and not containing nickel in the powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimano, Kensaku Horie, Toshinori Isobe
  • Publication number: 20120088145
    Abstract: Disclosed is a powder comprising a lithium-containing compound and a nickel-containing mixed metal compound, and satisfying the following requirements of (1) and (2) when the powder is analyzed by plasma emission spectrometry of particles: (1) an absolute deviation of a synchronous distribution chart against an approximated straight-line is 0.10 or less, wherein the approximated straight-line is evaluated from a synchronous distribution chart obtained by plotting an emission intensity of lithium and an emission intensity of nickel of each particle composing of the powder, and (2) a release rate of lithium evaluated by the following formula is 80 or less: Release rate of lithium=(nb/na)×100 wherein, na is the number of particles containing lithium in the powder, and nb is the number of particles containing lithium and not containing nickel in the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimano, Kensaku Horie, Toshinori Isobe
  • Publication number: 20110147679
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recovering an oxide-containing battery material from a waste battery material. The recovery method includes steps (1) and (2) in this order: (1) a step of immersing a base taken out of the waste battery material and the base having an oxide-containing battery material, in a solvent that does not substantially dissolve the oxide, and stripping the battery material from the base thereby, and (2) a step of separating the battery material from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inukai, Toshinori Isobe, Kenji Nakane
  • Publication number: 20110086257
    Abstract: A method for producing a layered lithium mixed metal oxide according to the present invention comprises a step of calcining, in the presence of an inert flux composed of a chloride, a lithium mixed metal oxide raw material containing a transition metal element and a lithium element so that the molar ratio of the lithium element to the transition metal element may fall within a range of 1 or more and 2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Cedric Pitteloud, Toshinori Isobe, Yuichiro Imanari
  • Patent number: 7791261
    Abstract: An ultraviolet excited light-emitting device is disclosed. The ultraviolet excited light-emitting device comprises a phosphor having at least one selected from the group consisting of Eu and Mn as an activator and a compound represented by a formula (1): M1M2M23O6??(1) wherein M1 is at least two selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, or Sr or Ba, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn, and M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge in the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshinori Isobe, Takashi Kunimoto, Susumu Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20100127612
    Abstract: The present invention provides a phosphor and an electron beam excited light-emitting device. The phosphor comprises a compound represented by the formula (I) ; and at least one selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Mn as an activator, M1O.mM2O.nM3O2 ??(I) wherein M1 is at least two selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, Sr alone or Ba alone, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn, M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge and Zr, 0.8?m?1.2, and 1.6?n?2.4. The electron beam excited light-emitting device comprises the above phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshiko Nakamura, Toshinori Isobe, Satoru Kuze, Susumu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7622057
    Abstract: A phosphor and a vacuum ultraviolet excited light-emitting device are disclosed. The phosphor comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1) Ca1?a?bSraEubMgSi2O6??(1) wherein 0.1<a?0.35 and 0.003?b?0.02. The phosphor is excited by vacuum ultraviolet and emits blue light with high brightness. The vacuum ultraviolet excited light-emitting device comprises the above phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshinori Isobe, Keiji Ono, Susumu Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20090142598
    Abstract: The present invention provides a phosphor and an ultraviolet excited light-emitting device. The phosphor comprises a compound represented by the formula (I): Ca1-b-cSrbEucMgSi2O6 (I) wherein 0.5<b<1, and 0<c?0.1. The ultraviolet excited light-emitting device comprises the above phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiko Nakamura, Toshinori Isobe, Satoru Kuze, Susumu Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20070247051
    Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor, a phosphor paste, and a light-emitting device. The phosphor comprises a compound represented by the formula (1): CaaSrbEu1-a-bMgSi2O6??(1) wherein 0.4?a?0.7, 0.4?b?0.7, and a+b?0.990. The phosphor paste comprises the above phosphor and an organic compound. The light-emitting device comprises the above phosphor and an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoru Kuze, Keiji Ono, Susumu Miyazaki, Yuichiro Imanari, Toshinori Isobe
  • Publication number: 20070029524
    Abstract: A phosphor and a vacuum ultraviolet excited light-emitting device are disclosed. The phosphor comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1) Ca1?a?bSraEubMgSi2O6??(1) wherein 0.1<a?0.35 and 0.003?b?0.02. The phosphor is excited by vacuum ultraviolet and emits blue light with high brightness. The vacuum ultraviolet excited light-emitting device comprises the above phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Toshinori Isobe, Keiji Ono, Susumu Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20060150865
    Abstract: An ultraviolet excited light-emitting device is disclosed. The ultraviolet excited light-emitting device comprises a phosphor having at least one selected from the group consisting of Eu and Mn as an activator and a compound represented by a formula (1): M1M2M23O6 ??(1) wherein M1 is at least two selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, or Sr or Ba, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn, and M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge in the formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshinori Isobe, Takashi Kunimoto, Susumu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 6805814
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a phosphor for use in a light emitting element excited by vacuum ultraviolet-ray that has high brightness even after plasma exposure. This object is achieved by a phosphor comprising a compound represented by a formula M11−aM211−bMna+bO18−(a+b)/2 (wherein, M1 represents at least one of materials selected from the group consisting of La, Y and Gd, and M2 represents at least one of materials selected from the group consisting of A1 and Ga, a represents a number in a range from not less than 0 to less than 1, b represents a number in a range from not less than 0 to less than 1, and sum of a and b is greater than 0), and by a light emitting element excited by vacuum ultraviolet-ray comprising the above-mentioned phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ezuhara, Susumu Miyazaki, Toshinori Isobe
  • Publication number: 20040036392
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a phosphor for use in a light emitting element excited by vacuum ultraviolet-ray that has high brightness even after plasma exposure. This object is achieved by a phosphor comprising a compound represented by a formula M11−aM211−bMna+bO18−(a+b)/2 (wherein, M1 represents at least one of materials selected from the group consisting of La, Y and Gd, and M2 represents at least one of materials selected from the group consisting of Al and Ga, a represents a number in a range from not less than 0 to less than 1, b represents a number in a range from not less than 0 to less than 1, and sum of a and b is greater than 0), and by a light emitting element excited by vacuum ultraviolet-ray comprising the above-mentioned phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ezuhara, Susumu Miyazaki, Toshinori Isobe