Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Harada

Yasuhiro Harada 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).

  • ACTIVE MATERIAL, ACTIVE MATERIAL COMPOSITE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190296346
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes particles of a monoclinic niobium titanium composite oxide. The particles include primary particles. The primary particles have an average aspect ratio of 5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio Takami, Taro Fukaya, Takuya Iwasaki
  • ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190296337
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode including an active material-containing layer and a film is provided. The active material-containing layer contains an active material containing a titanium-containing oxide. The film is present on at least a part of a surface of the active material-containing layer. The film contains fluorine, an organic atom, and a metal ion. The fluorine includes fluorine bonded to the organic atom and fluorine bonded to the metal ion. The film satisfies a relationship of following formula (1), where F1 is a proportion of the fluorine bonded to the organic atom, and F2 is a proportion of the fluorine bonded to the metal ion: 0.1?F2/F1?0.6??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YASUDA, Yusuke NAMIKI, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
  • ELECTRODE GROUP, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, VEHICLE, AND STATIONARY POWER SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20190296306
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode group is provided. The separator is positioned at least between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a layer, first solid electrolyte particles, and second solid electrolyte particles. The layer includes organic fibers. The first solid electrolyte particles are in contact with the organic fibers and the positive electrode active material-containing layer. The second solid electrolyte particles are in contact with the organic fibers and the negative electrode active material-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko SUGIZAKI, Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
  • ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190296343
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes an Nb2TiO7 phase and at least one Nb-rich phase selected from the group consisting of an Nb10Ti2O29 phase, an Nb14TiO37 phase, and an Nb24TiO64 phase. The active material satisfies a peak intensity ratio represented by the following Formula (1). 0<IB/IA?0.25??(1) In Formula (1), IA is a peak intensity of the maximum peak attributed to the Nb2TiO7 phase and appearing at 2? of 26.0±0.1° in a wide angle X-ray diffraction pattern under CuK? rays as an X-ray source. IB is a peak intensity of the maximum peak attributed to the at least one Nb-rich phase and appearing at 2? of 24.9±0.2° in the diffraction pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yusuke NAMIKI, Yasunobu YAMASHITA
  • PERSPIRATION STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE, PERSPIRATION STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PERSPIRATION STATE ESTIMATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20190290186
    Abstract: The perspiration state of a site of a living body including at least a part other than a local part of which the perspiration state is measured is accurately estimated. A perspiration data estimation device includes: a comparing section comparing local perspiration data acquired by a perspiration sensor with a first perspiration pattern indicating progression of the amount of perspiration on the local part over time; and a perspiration state estimating section estimating the amount of perspiration on the whole body on the basis of a result of the comparison at the comparing section and a second perspiration pattern indicating progression of the perspiration state of the whole body over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: YOSHIHISA ADACHI, YASUHIRO HARADA, HITOSHI NAKAMURA, KAZUYUKI MATSUOKA
  • SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190296394
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode arranged opposite to the positive electrode, a composite electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the composite electrolyte containing an organic electrolyte and at least one of inorganic compound particles and organic compound particles; and a fibrous substance existed in both of the composite electrolyte and at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takuya IWASAKI, Norio TAKAMI, Yasuhiro HARADA
  • ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190296342
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an active material-containing layer which contains an active material. The active material includes a plurality of primary particles containing a niobium-titanium composite oxide. The average crystallite diameter of the plurality of primary particles is 90 nm or more. The average particle size (D50) of the plurality of primary particles is in a range of 0.1 ?m to 5 ?m. The average value (FUave) of the roughness shape coefficient (FU) according to Formula (1) below is less than 0.70 in 100 primary particles among the plurality of primary particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami, Kazuki Ise, Kazuomi Yoshima
  • ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190296351
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer. The active material-containing layer includes an active material complex and a conductive agent. The active material complex includes particles of a niobium-titanium composite oxide and a carbon-containing layer. The carbon-containing layer covers at least one part of surfaces of the particles of the niobium-titanium composite oxide. A resistance value ?s·S satisfies the following formula (1). The resistance value ?s·S is calculated from a specific surface area S (m2/g) of the active material complex by a nitrogen BET method and a sheet resistance value ?s (?/m2) of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • SERVO PRESS MACHINE AND SETTING METHOD FOR SERVO PRESS MACHINE
    Publication number: 20190291375
    Abstract: A servo press machine includes a display unit that displays a strip-shaped region for setting a motion of a slide and an operation unit that receives an input operation. A range extending from an upper end of the strip-shaped region to a lower end thereof corresponds to a movement range of the slide in a linear movement, and the strip-shaped region is formed of a plurality of slide operation regions that are consecutive in a direction in which the strip-shaped region extends. Each of the slide operation regions can set a speed of the slide in response to the input operation received by the operation unit, and a boundary between adjacent two of slide operation regions can move along the direction in which the strip-shaped region extends in response to the input operation received by the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Yasuhiro HARADA
  • ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190288330
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a binder, and an active material represented by a general formula LixMyO2, where 0?x?1.33 and 0.5?y?1 are satisfied and M contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, and Mn. The binder includes a polymer that contains a monomer containing a nitrogen atom. In the pore size distribution of the electrode according to mercury porosimetry, the following formula (1) is satisfied when the pore median diameter is represented by D [?m] and the pore specific surface area is represented by S [m2/g]: S/D?35??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190288283
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes a lithium niobium composite oxide represented by a general formula LixFe1?yM1yNb11?2M2zO29 (1) and having an orthorhombic crystal structure. In the general formula (1), 0?x?23, 0?y?1 and 0<z?6 are satisfied. Each of M1 and M2 independently includes at least one element selected from a group consisting of Fe, Mg, Al, Cu, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Sn, Ti, Ta, V, and Mo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami, Kazuki Ise
  • BODY CONDITION PREDICTING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20190282177
    Abstract: The present invention predicts a timing when there may occur a change in the physical condition of a user. A body condition predicting device (10) includes: a collating section (112) configured to collate biological data acquired by a biosensor (30) with a biological data pattern representing drifting over time of the biological data, the biological data pattern being associated with either or both attribute data and environmental data; and a biological data drifting predicting section (113) configured to predict, based on a result of collation performed by the collating section, the drifting over time of the biological data that occurs after the biosensor (30) acquires the biological data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: YOSHIHISA ADACHI, YASUHIRO HARADA, TOSHIMASA KUCHII, HITOSHI NAKAMURA, KAZUYUKI MATSUOKA
  • SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190288348
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes an active material composite. The active material composite includes active material particles and a layer covering at least a portion of surfaces of the active material particles. The active material particles include titanium-containing oxide particles. The layer contains N and Si. The layer includes a first surface facing the at least the portion of surfaces of the active material particles and a second surface defining a layer thickness from the first surface. An N concentration in the layer decreases from the first surface to the second surface. A Si concentration in the layer increases from the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Taro FUKAYA, Takashi KISHI, Kazuki ISE, Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Yasunobu YAMASHITA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
  • Core shell active material of monoclinic niobium-titanium composite oxide, nonaqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack
    Patent number: 10411256
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material. The active material includes particles. Each of the particles includes a core phase and a shell phase surrounding at least a part of the core phase. The core phase includes a first monoclinic niobium-titanium composite oxide. The shell phase includes a second monoclinic niobium-titanium composite oxide. An oxidation number of titanium in the core phase is larger than an oxidation number of titanium in the shell phase, and/or an oxidation number of niobium in the core phase is larger than an oxidation number of niobium in the shell phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Keigo Hoshina, Yasuhiro Harada, Kazuki Ise, Norio Takami
  • Laminate, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle
    Patent number: 10396331
    Abstract: A laminate that includes an active material layer including a plural of active material particles, a separator layered on the active material layer, and an organic electrolyte. The separator includes a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, and includes particles containing an inorganic compound having lithium ion conductivity at 25° C. of 1×10?10 S/cm or more, and a ratio (L/Rmax) of a thickness L to a radius Rmax is greater than zero and less than or equal to five, where L and Rmax are defined in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuomi Yoshima, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • INORGANIC COMPOUND PARTICLES, COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE, COMPOSITE ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190260075
    Abstract: A plurality of inorganic compound particles contain a solvent, wherein a weight ratio of the solvent to the inorganic compound particles is greater than or equal to 8 weight % and less than or equal to 25 weight %; the inorganic compound particles having a lithium ion conductivity at 25° C. that is greater than or equal to 1×10-10 S/cm; and an average particle diameter of the inorganic compound particles is greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m and less than or equal to 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
  • Non-aqueous electrolyte battery, non-aqueous electrolyte battery pack, and vehicle
    Patent number: 10388981
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided with a bipolar electrode unit and an insulating layer including non-aqueous electrolyte. The insulating layer covers positive and negative electrode active material layers on both side surfaces of a current collector of a bipolar electrode of the unit. The unit is folded at every predetermined length to have flat portions arranged to face each other and bent portions arranged between the flat portions to connect the flat portions. A thickness of one part of the insulating layer of the electrode, the one part being positioned on an outer side surface of each bent portion, is set to be larger than a thickness of the other part of the insulating layer, the other part being positioned on each flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuomi Yoshima, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Surface condition monitoring apparatus
    Patent number: 10365206
    Abstract: Provided is a surface condition monitoring apparatus including: a transparent member; a transmission unit including a transmitter that transmits electromagnetic waves from one side of the transparent member toward the other side; and a reception unit including a receiver that detects the electromagnetic waves that enter the one side of the transparent member from the other side, the transmission unit and the reception unit being arranged such that the receiver detects scattered waves of the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the transmitter, that enter the one side from the other side, the transmission unit being configured to be capable of transmitting a plurality of electromagnetic waves having different wavelengths, and the reception unit being configured to detect intensities of the scattered waves of the electromagnetic waves at different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, SENTENCIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Kazutaka Tateyama, Yasuhiro Harada, Hirokazu Ohmae, Toshiko Miyake
  • Active substance used for nonaqueous electrolyte battery
    Patent number: 10361429
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an active substance. The active substance contains active material particles. The active material particles comprise a compound represented by the formula: Ti1-xM1xNb2-yM2yO7. The active material particles has a peak A attributed to a (110) plane which appears at 2? ranging from 23.74 to 24.14°, a peak B attributed to a (003) plane which appears at 2? ranging from 25.81 to 26.21° and a peak C attributed to a (602) plane which appears at 2? ranging from 26.14 to 26.54° in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the active material particles. An intensity IA of the peak A, an intensity IB of the peak B, and an intensity IC of the peak C satisfy the relation (1): 0.80?IB/IA?1.12; and the relation (2) IC/IB?0.80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuki Ise, Yasuhiro Harada, Hiroki Inagaki, Norio Takami
  • Active material, nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack, and vehicle
    Patent number: 10361430
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. This active material includes active material particles each allowing lithium to be inserted thereinto and extracted therefrom in the range of 0.5 V to 2V (vs. Li+/Li), and carbon material layers at least partially coating the active material particles. The active material has a BET specific surface area S of 2 m2/g to 20 m2/g in accordance with a nitrogen adsorption method. Between the BET specific surface area S and the proportion M (mass %) of the mass of the carbon material layers to the total mass of the active material particles and carbon material layers, the ratio of S/M (m2/g) meets 0.5?S/M?5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuki Ise, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami