Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Nishioka

Tsutomu Nishioka 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: 10714748
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which has high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics. A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries of the present invention is represented by general formula LiNixCoyM(1-x-y)O2 (wherein M represents at least one element selected from among metal elements, 0.3?x<1.0 and 0<y?0.5) and is configured of particles, each of which is an aggregate of crystallites. Each particle has a compressive breaking strength of from 200 MPa to 500 MPa (inclusive), and the crystallite diameter in the vector direction of the particle is from 100 nm to 300 nm (inclusive).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Kaoru Nagata, Tsutomu Nishioka, Tatsuhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10305077
    Abstract: A small cylindrical lithium-ion secondary battery provided with a safety mechanism that enables internal pressure to be released when an anomaly occurs. The battery includes an electrode group formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are wound or stacked with a separator interposed therebetween, an electrolytic solution, a battery case that contains the electrode group and the electrolytic solution, and a sealing body. The battery case has an outer diameter of 10 mm or less. The sealing body includes a ring having a through-hole and includes a sheet-like or film-like valve member disposed such that the valve member covers the through-hole of the ring, and a safety mechanism that causes the valve member to cleave when the internal pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is disposed therein. The ring includes protrusions formed of linear ridge lines that protrude toward an inside of the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MGMT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Uchida, Yasutaka Kogetsu, Koki Inoue, Tsutomu Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20180198122
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which has high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics. A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries of the present invention is represented by general formula LiNixCoyM(1-x-y)O2 (wherein M represents at least one element selected from among metal elements, 0.3?x<1.0 and 0<y?0.5) and is configured of particles, each of which is an aggregate of crystallites. Each particle has a compressive breaking strength of from 200 MPa to 500 MPa (inclusive), and the crystallite diameter in the vector direction of the particle is from 100 nm to 300 nm (inclusive).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Kaoru Nagata, Tsutomu Nishioka, Tatsuhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9947924
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which has high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics. A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries of the present invention is represented by general formula LiNixCoyM(1-x-y)O2(wherein M represents at least one element selected from among metal elements, 0.3?x<1.0 and 0<y?0.5) and is configured of particles, each of which is an aggregate of crystallites. Each particle has a compressive breaking strength of from 200 MPa to 500 MPa (inclusive), and the crystallite diameter in the vector direction of the particle is from 100 nm to 300 nm (inclusive).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Kaoru Nagata, Tsutomu Nishioka, Tatsuhiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170141370
    Abstract: A small cylindrical lithium-ion secondary battery provided with a safety mechanism that enables internal pressure to be released when an anomaly occurs. The battery includes an electrode group formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are wound or stacked with a separator interposed therebetween, an electrolytic solution, a battery case that contains the electrode group and the electrolytic solution, and a sealing body. The battery case has an outer diameter of 10 mm or less. The sealing body includes a ring having a through-hole and includes a sheet-like or film-like valve member disposed such that the valve member covers the through-hole of the ring, and a safety mechanism that causes the valve member to cleave when the internal pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is disposed therein. The ring includes protrusions formed of linear ridge lines that protrude toward an inside of the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MGMT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Uchida, Yasutaka Kogetsu, Koki Inoue, Tsutomu Nishioka
  • Patent number: 9450160
    Abstract: A reflecting resin sheet provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of a light emitting diode element. The reflecting resin sheet includes a release substrate and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in a thickness direction of the release substrate. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be capable of being in close contact with the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari Ooyabu, Tsutomu Nishioka, Hisataka Ito, Toshiki Naito
  • Patent number: 9412920
    Abstract: A phosphor reflecting sheet provides a phosphor layer on one side in a thickness direction of a light emitting diode element and provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of the light emitting diode element. The phosphor reflecting sheet includes the phosphor layer and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in the thickness direction of the phosphor layer. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be disposed in opposed relation to the side surface of the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari Ooyabu, Hisataka Ito, Tsutomu Nishioka, Toshiki Naito
  • Publication number: 20160056355
    Abstract: A reflecting resin sheet provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of a light emitting diode element. The reflecting resin sheet includes a release substrate and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in a thickness direction of the release substrate. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be capable of being in close contact with the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari OOYABU, Tsutomu NISHIOKA, Hisataka ITO, Toshiki NAITO
  • Patent number: 9214611
    Abstract: A reflecting resin sheet provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of a light emitting diode element. The reflecting resin sheet includes a release substrate and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in a thickness direction of the release substrate. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be capable of being in close contact with the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari Ooyabu, Tsutomu Nishioka, Hisataka Ito, Toshiki Naito
  • Publication number: 20150357536
    Abstract: A reflecting resin sheet provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of a light emitting diode element. The reflecting resin sheet includes a release substrate and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in a thickness direction of the release substrate. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be capable of being in close contact with the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari OOYABU, Tsutomu NISHIOKA, Hisataka ITO, Toshiki NAITO
  • Publication number: 20150243982
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which has high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics. A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries of the present invention is represented by general formula LiNixCoyM(1-x-y)O2(wherein M represents at least one element selected from among metal elements, 0.3?x<1.0 and 0<y?0.5) and is configured of particles, each of which is an aggregate of crystallites. Each particle has a compressive breaking strength of from 200 MPa to 500 MPa (inclusive), and the crystallite diameter in the vector direction of the particle is from 100 nm to 300 nm (inclusive).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Kaoru Nagata, Tsutomu Nishioka, Tatsuhiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150221943
    Abstract: An advantage of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery causing hardly any particle breakage even in the case of an enhanced packing density of a positive electrode active material, and thereby being capable of accomplishing good cycle characteristics. A positive electrode 12 constituting a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery 10 of the present invention comprises a positive electrode current collector 30 having a Young's modulus of 6.5 N/mm2 or less, and a positive electrode active material layer 31 formed on the current collector and comprising a positive electrode active material particle 32 of which a single particle has a compression breakage strength of 200 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO Electric CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nishioka, Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Masaru Watanabe, Tatsuhiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120295997
    Abstract: A resin kneaded material has not more than 30 pores having a pore diameter of not less than 20 ?m in a surface area of 4.00 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TORINARI, Hirofumi ONO, Minoru YAMANE, Eiji TOYODA, Yuusaku SHIMIZU, Tsutomu NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20120261700
    Abstract: A phosphor reflecting sheet provides a phosphor layer on one side in a thickness direction of a light emitting diode element and provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of the light emitting diode element. The phosphor reflecting sheet includes the phosphor layer and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in the thickness direction of the phosphor layer. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be disposed in opposed relation to the side surface of the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari OOYABU, Hisataka ITO, Tsutomu NISHIOKA, Toshiki NAITO
  • Publication number: 20120261699
    Abstract: A reflecting resin sheet provides a reflecting resin layer at the side of a light emitting diode element. The reflecting resin sheet includes a release substrate and the reflecting resin layer provided on one surface in a thickness direction of the release substrate. The reflecting resin layer is formed corresponding to the light emitting diode element so as to be capable of being in close contact with the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari OOYABU, Tsutomu NISHIOKA, Hisataka ITO, Toshiki NAITO
  • Publication number: 20100330405
    Abstract: [Purpose] A purpose of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with high safety in which breakage of a positive electrode plate and buckling of a negative electrode plate are reduced during charging and discharging. [Solutions] A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode group 10 in which a positive electrode plate 4 including a positive electrode current collector 1 and a positive electrode material mixture layer 2a, 2b formed on the positive electrode current collector 1, and a negative electrode plate 8 including a negative electrode current collector 5 and a negative electrode material mixture layer 6a, 6b formed on the negative electrode current collector 8, are wound or stacked with a separator 9 interposed therebetween. The positive electrode material mixture layer 2a, 2b has at least one thin portion 3a, 3b extending perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of the positive electrode plate 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Masanori Sumihara, Masakazu Yamada, Tsutomu Nishioka
  • Patent number: 7842418
    Abstract: An electrode plate includes a both-surface coated part 14 in which an electrode active material layer 13 is provided on both surfaces of a current collector core material 12, a core material exposed part 18 in which the negative electrode active material layer 13 is not provided, and a one-surface coated part 17 in which the negative electrode active material layer 13 is provided on only one surface of the current collector core material 12. A plurality of grooves 10 are formed in both surfaces of the both-surface coated part 14 and the grooves 10 are not formed in the one-surface coated part 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahisa, Yoshiki Ohsawa, Hideyuki Kumakiri, Tsutomu Nishioka, Shusaku Goto, Takeshi Kasamatsu
  • Patent number: 7695864
    Abstract: In an electrode plate 3 including a both-surface coated part 14 in which an active material layer 13 and a porous protective film 28 are formed, a core material exposed part 18 which is an end part of the current collector core material 12 and in which the active material layer 13 and the porous protective film 28 are not formed, and a one-surface coated part 17 which is provided between the both-surface coated part 14 and the core material exposed part 18 and in which the active material layer 13 and the porous protective film 28 are formed, a plurality of grooves 10 are formed in both surfaces of the both-surface coated part 14 and are not formed in the one-surface coated part 17. The grooves 10 are formed so that each of the grooves extends from the porous protective film 28 to the active material layer 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahisa, Yoshiki Ohsawa, Hideyuki Kumakiri, Tsutomu Nishioka, Shusaku Goto, Takeshi Kasamatsu, Seiichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20100035140
    Abstract: In an electrode plate 3 including a both-surface coated part 14 in which an active material layer 13 and a porous protective film 28 are formed, a core material exposed part 18 which is an end part of the current collector core material 12 and in which the active material layer 13 and the porous protective film 28 are not formed, and a one-surface coated part 17 which is provided between the both-surface coated part 14 and the core material exposed part 18 and in which the active material layer 13 and the porous protective film 28 are formed, a plurality of grooves 10 are formed in both surfaces of the both-surface coated part 14 and are not formed in the one-surface coated part 17. The grooves 10 are formed so that each of the grooves extends from the porous protective film 28 to the active material layer 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahisa, Yoshiki Ohsawa, Hideyuki Kumakiri, Tsutomu Nishioka, Shusaku Goto, Takeshi Kasamatsu, Seiichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20090325045
    Abstract: An electrode plate includes a both-surface coated part 14 in which an electrode active material layer 13 is provided on both surfaces of a current collector core material 12, a core material exposed part 18 in which the negative electrode active material layer 13 is not provided, and a one-surface coated part 17 in which the negative electrode active material layer 13 is provided on only one surface of the current collector core material 12. A plurality of grooves 10 are formed in both surfaces of the both-surface coated part 14 and the grooves 10 are not formed in the one-surface coated part 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahisa, Yoshiki Ohsawa, Hideyuki Kumakiri, Tsutomu Nishioka, Shusaku Goto, Takeshi Kasamatsu