Patents by Inventor Yoshiichi Horikoshi

Yoshiichi Horikoshi 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: 20220384919
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery device, a container member, a cover member, and an electrode terminal. The battery device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The container member contains the battery device inside. The cover member is welded to the container member. The electrode terminal is provided in the cover member. The cover member includes a recessed part formed by the cover member bending to protrude in part toward the inside of the container member. The electrode terminal is disposed inside the recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Taichi KATSUMOTO, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Masayuki KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220231384
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a power generation element including a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are stacked on each other in a stacking direction with a separator interposed therebetween. Each of the electrodes includes a current collector led out in a first direction intersecting the stacking direction. Each of a plurality of current collectors led out in the first direction includes an end part, and the end part includes a first bent part that is bent in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of a plurality of first bent parts overlaps and is in contact with an adjacent first bent part in the second direction. At least one of the first bent parts terminates at a middle point on an end face along the second direction of the power generation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Moriaki OKUNO, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Taichi KATSUMOTO, Kazuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20220223872
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer has a same dimension as a dimension of the negative electrode active material layer in a width direction. The positive electrode active material layer includes a reaction active part in which charging and discharging reactions proceed, and a reaction less-active part in which the charging and discharging reactions proceed less easily than in the reaction active part. The reaction less-active part includes one end part, another end part, or both of the positive electrode active material layer in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Rie WATANABE, Moriaki OKUNO, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Taichi KATSUMOTO, Shinji HAYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220216545
    Abstract: A flat secondary battery includes an outer package member, a battery device, and an electrode terminal. The outer package member has a flat and columnar shape, and includes a pair of bottom parts and a sidewall part. The bottom parts are opposed to each other. The sidewall part lies between the bottom parts. At least a portion of a surface of the sidewall part is a curved surface. The battery device is contained inside the outer package member and includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The electrode terminal is provided to be exposed at the sidewall part and is coupled to one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Taichi KATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220216546
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery device (100), a first containing member (110), and a second containing member (120). The first containing member (110) has a handleless mug-shaped structure having a first bottom part (111), a first sidewall part (112), and a first opening (110K). The first containing member (110) contains the battery device (100). The second containing member (120) has a handleless mug-shaped structure having a second bottom part (121), a second sidewall part (122), and a second opening (120K). The second containing member (120) is attached to the first containing member (110) in a state in which the second bottom part (121) is opposed to the first opening (110K) and the second sidewall part (122) is pressed against the first sidewall part (112) from an outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki HONDA, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220200110
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery device, an outer package member, and an electrode terminal. The battery device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The outer package member is configured to accommodate the battery device, and has a space inside in which the battery device is not disposed. The outer package member includes no crimp part. The electrode terminal is coupled to one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and is provided on the outer package member to be exposed from the outer package member, with at least a portion of the electrode terminal lying inside the outer package member. In the portion of the electrode terminal lying inside the outer package member, a portion having a largest diameter is disposed inside a region overlapping the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Taichi KATSUMOTO, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Masayuki KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220045367
    Abstract: A battery is provided. The battery includes an electrode body having a winding structure. The electrode body includes a first electrode having a first belt shape, a second electrode having a second belt shape, and a separator having a third belt shape, and an electrolyte. The separator is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Daiki NISHIIE, Hideaki TOKUGAWA, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220006129
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body having a winding structure, and an electrolyte solution. The electrode body and the electrolyte solution are accommodated in a case. The electrode body includes: a positive electrode that includes a positive electrode lead, and has a belt shape; a negative electrode that includes a negative electrode lead, and has the belt shape; and a separator that is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and has the belt shape. The positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead are led out from a first end face of the electrode body. The electrode body includes a molded part of the separator, and the molded part protrudes from a second end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Daiki NISHIIE, Hideaki TOKUGAWA, Masahiro OTSUKA, Naoto AKIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200052343
    Abstract: A battery includes a wound electrode body with a substantially cylindrical shape, and an exterior material. The wound electrode body includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The exterior material is configured to cover the wound electrode body. In at least one round from an outermost periphery of winding of the wound electrode body, one or more of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode current collector include at least one convex portion projecting in an outer peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Rikako IMOTO, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Hideki NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20190190082
    Abstract: A battery includes a multilayer structure including a plurality of multilayer members and an external packaging member configured to cover the multilayer structure. each of the multilayer members includes a positive electrode member provided with a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mix layer provided on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, a separator configured to contain an electrolyte, and a negative electrode member including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mix layer provided on a surface of the negative electrode current collector; the positive electrode member, the separator and the negative electrode member are laminated together and the positive electrode mix layer and the negative electrode mix layer face each other; the multilayer members are stacked on each other in such a manner that current collectors having a same polarity face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro MOROOKA, Kazuo SASAKI, Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Yusuke TANJI, Kenta HONDA
  • Patent number: 10186691
    Abstract: There is provided a battery including a substantially cylindrically shaped winding electrode having a hollow portion in the center, and a sheath material having flexibility which sheathes the winding electrode, wherein a width of the hollow portion is 2.5 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiichi Horikoshi
  • Publication number: 20180316041
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body having a substantially cylindrical shape and an outer package member having a film shape. The outer package member includes a housing portion that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is configured to house the electrode body; and seal portions that are provided on three sides of a periphery of the housing portion excluding a folded portion provided on a first peripheral surface side of the housing portion. At least one of the seal portions provided on an end surface of the housing portion is displaced from a center position of the end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI, Yusuke TANJI, Yumi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160260939
    Abstract: There is provided a battery including a substantially cylindrically shaped winding electrode having a hollow portion in the center, and a sheath material having flexibility which sheathes the winding electrode, wherein a width of the hollow portion is 2.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: YOSHIICHI HORIKOSHI
  • Patent number: 7919914
    Abstract: It is possible to enhance the luminance of a cold-cathode type discharge lamp and to contribute to a prolongation of service life thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3 having a cup 4 with such a shape that a bottom is provided at each of both opposed ends of the glass tube 2. The cup 4 is connected to a lead-in wire 8 which is inserted through the end of the glass tube 2 and held thereby. The collision-preventing ring 5 covering an end surface of the cup 4 is provided to the open end 4a of the cup 4. The porous tungsten disk 6 impregnated with a ternary metal oxide composed of barium (Ba), aluminum (Al), and calcium (Ca) as an electron emission material is provided at a bottom in an inside of the cup 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Yukio Hara, Masahiro Kikuchi, Yoshiichi Horikoshi, Hiroto Watanabe, Ryouichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7750546
    Abstract: It is possible to enhance the luminance of a cold-cathode type discharge lamp and to contribute to a prolongation of service life thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3 having a cup 4 with such a shape that a bottom is provided at each of both opposed ends of the glass tube 2. The cup 4 is connected to a lead-in wire 8 which is inserted through the end of the glass tube 2 and held thereby. The collision-preventing ring 5 covering an end surface of the cup 4 is provided to the open end 4a of the cup 4. The porous tungsten disk 6 impregnated with a ternary metal oxide composed of barium (Ba), aluminum (Al), and calcium (Ca) as an electron emission material is provided at a bottom in an inside of the cup 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Yukio Hara, Masahiro Kikuchi, Yoshiichi Horikoshi, Hiroto Watanabe, Ryouichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100156270
    Abstract: It is possible to enhance the luminance of a cold-cathode type discharge lamp and to contribute to a prolongation of service life thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3 having a cup 4 with such a shape that a bottom is provided at each of both opposed ends of the glass tube 2. The cup 4 is connected to a lead-in wire 8 which is inserted through the end of the glass tube 2 and held thereby. The collision-preventing ring 5 covering an end surface of the cup 4 is provided to the open end 4a of the cup 4. The porous tungsten disk 6 impregnated with a ternary metal oxide composed of barium (Ba), aluminum (Al), and calcium (Ca) as an electron emission material is provided at a bottom in an inside of the cup 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Yukio Hara, Masahiro Kikuchi, Yoshiichi Horikoshi, Hiroto Watanabe, Ryouichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7714487
    Abstract: It is possible to prolong service life of a discharge lamp of hot-cathode type and to reduce a diameter thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3. The electrode 3 has a heater 4 made up a coil portion 4a, and a first lead wire portion 4b and a second lead wire portion 4c that respectively extend from rear ends of this coil portion 4a and applied by an electron emission material 3a. In the electrode 3, a first lead-in wires 6a is connected to the first lead wire portion 4b and a second lead-in wires 6b is connected to the second lead wire portion 4c, so that the coil portion 4a is arranged vertically along the tube axis of the glass tube 2. The electrode 3 is also provided a sleeve 7 covering surrounding of the coil portion 4a and having openings in the faces respectively opposite to the forward end and rear end of the coil portion 4a. An open end 7a of the sleeve 7 exceeds a forward end of the coil portion 4a, thereby protecting the coil portion 4a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiichi Horikoshi, Yukio Hara, Masahiro Kikuchi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Ryouichi Yoshida, Hiroto Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080252216
    Abstract: It is possible to enhance the luminance of a cold-cathode type discharge lamp and to contribute to a prolongation of service life thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3 having a cup 4 with such a shape that a bottom is provided at each of both opposed ends of the glass tube 2. The cup 4 is connected to a lead-in wire 8 which is inserted through the end of the glass tube 2 and held thereby. The collision-preventing ring 5 covering an end surface of the cup 4 is provided to the open end 4a of the cup 4. The porous tungsten disk 6 impregnated with a ternary metal oxide composed of barium (Ba), aluminum (Al), and calcium (Ca) as an electron emission material is provided at a bottom in an inside of the cup 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Yukio Hara, Masahiro Kikuchi, Yoshiichi Horikoshi, Hiroto Watanabe, Ryouichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20070228913
    Abstract: It is possible to prolong service life of a discharge lamp of hot-cathode type and to reduce a diameter thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3. The electrode 3 has a heater 4 made up a coil portion 4a, and a first lead wire portion 4b and a second lead wire portion 4c that respectively extend from rear ends of this coil portion 4a and applied by an electron emission material 3a. In the electrode 3, a first lead-in wires 6a is connected to the first lead wire portion 4b and a second lead-in wires 6b is connected to the second lead wire portion 4c, so that the coil portion 4a is arranged vertically along the tube axis of the glass tube 2. The electrode 3 is also provided a sleeve 7 covering surrounding of the coil portion 4a and having openings in the faces respectively opposite to the forward end and rear end of the coil portion 4a. An open end 7a of the sleeve 7 exceeds a forward end of the coil portion 4a, thereby protecting the coil portion 4a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshiichi Horikoshi, Yukio Hara, Masahiro Kikuchi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Ryouichi Yoshida, Hiroto Watanabe
  • Patent number: D811995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Maunfacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiichi Horikoshi, Katsushige Kanno, Yusuke Tanji, Kenta Honda, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masayuki Kageyama