Patents by Inventor Yuto HOSONO

Yuto HOSONO 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: 10396350
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium ion battery is provided. A powder layer is formed by using a squeegee roll to squeegee powder including an electrode active material and supplied onto a substrate, and then compacted on the substrate by means of a pair of press rolls while conveying the substrate vertically downward to form an electrode sheet. The method includes: supplying the powder onto the substrate; leveling the powder supplied onto the substrate to form the powder layer using the squeegee roll which is disposed in a position so that a squeegee angle formed by a vertical line passing through the rotating axis of one of the press rolls and a line passing through said rotating axis and the rotating axis of the squeegee roll is 0° to 60°; and compacting the powder layer on the substrate using the pair of press rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Hosono, Junya Mori
  • Patent number: 9960409
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery that makes it possible to form a more uniform active material layer by using granulated particles. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a conveying mechanism, a supply unit, a squeegee, an adjustment unit, and rolling rolls. The conveying mechanism conveys a collector. The supply unit supplies granulated particles, including active material particles and a binder, onto the surface of the conveyed collector. The squeegee levels the supplied granulated particles. The adjustment unit is disposed upstream of the squeegee. The adjustment unit controls the accumulation height of the granulated particles accumulated upstream of the squeegee. The rolling rolls roll the leveled granulated particles and form the active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Tanihara, Yasuhiro Sakashita, Naohiro Hasama, Yuto Hosono
  • Publication number: 20170352874
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium ion battery is provided. A powder layer is formed by using a squeegee roll to squeegee powder including an electrode active material and supplied onto a substrate, and then compacted on the substrate by means of a pair of press rolls while conveying the substrate vertically downward to form an electrode sheet. The method includes: supplying the powder onto the substrate; leveling the powder supplied onto the substrate to form the powder layer using the squeegee roll which is disposed in a position so that a squeegee angle formed by a vertical line passing through the rotating axis of one of the press rolls and a line passing through said rotating axis and the rotating axis of the squeegee roll is 0° to 60°; and compacting the powder layer on the substrate using the pair of press rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto HOSONO, Junya MORI
  • Publication number: 20160181651
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery that makes it possible to form a more uniform active material layer by using granulated particles. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a conveying mechanism, a supply unit, a squeegee, an adjustment unit, and rolling rolls. The conveying mechanism conveys a collector. The supply unit supplies granulated particles, including active material particles and a binder, onto the surface of the conveyed collector. The squeegee levels the supplied granulated particles. The adjustment unit is disposed upstream of the squeegee. The adjustment unit controls the accumulation height of the granulated particles accumulated upstream of the squeegee. The rolling rolls roll the levelled granulated particles and form the active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi TANIHARA, Yasuhiro SAKASHITA, Naohiro HASAMA, Yuto HOSONO