Patents by Inventor Akihisa Hosoe

Akihisa Hosoe 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: 20210313574
    Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery capable of obtaining a lithium ion secondary battery having a high capacity and excellent charge-and-discharge cycle characteristics. A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery (1) includes: a current collector (3) composed of a metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure (2); and a negative electrode active material (4) held on the current collector (3). An overcoat layer (5) covering an outer surface of the current collector (3) is included, and the overcoat layer (5) includes hard carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Akihisa Tanaka, Shintaro Aoyagi, Kazuki Okuno, Akihisa Hosoe, Kikuo Senoo, Hiroshi Takebayashi
  • Patent number: 10998588
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a cooling member that has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant; a power storage element that is stacked on the cooling members; and a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage elements with the cooling members therebetween. The sealing body is configured to form a bulging portion deformed by evaporation of the coolant in a region not overlapping the power storage element. The heat transfer plate has a folded portion with which the bulging portion is configured to abut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210119202
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery electrode allowing excellent charge-and-discharge cycle characteristics to be obtained when used in a lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium ion secondary battery electrode includes a current collector composed of a metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure in which columnar skeletons are three-dimensionally connected, a first active material held on one side of the current collector, and a second active material held on the other side of the current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Akihisa Tanaka, Shintaro Aoyagi, Kazuki Okuno, Akihisa Hosoe, Kikuo Senoo, Hiroshi Takebayashi
  • Patent number: 10985415
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage element; a cooling member that is stacked on the power storage element and has a sealing body hermetically sealing a coolant and an absorption member disposed in the sealing body to absorb the coolant; and a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage element with the cooling member sandwiched therebetween. The heat transfer plate is provided with protrusion portions that protrude to the cooling member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10985414
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage elements; a plurality of cooling members each of which has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant at an extension portion extending in a region not overlapping the power storage element; and a heat transfer member that has a spacer portion disposed between the adjacent extension portions of the plurality of cooling members and configured to abut with the bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210111411
    Abstract: To provide an electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, and a lithium ion secondary battery made using this electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, which can sufficiently secure electron conductivity between a foam metal body and an electrode active material in an electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries which establish a foam metal body as the collector, reduce the resistance of a lithium ion secondary batter, and improve the durability. A carbon layer consisting of carbon material is disposed on a surface of a foam porous body consisting of metal, and used as a collector. More specifically, an electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries includes a collector, and an electrode mixture filled into the collector, in which the collector is made to have a carbon layer consisting of carbon material on a surface of a foam porous body consisting of metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Yuji ISOGAI, Shintaro AOYAGI, Hideki SAKAI, Kazuki OKUNO, Akihisa HOSOE, Kikuo SENOO, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210111398
    Abstract: To provide an electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, and a lithium ion secondary battery made using this electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, which can suppress an increase in electron resistance of a current collector area, and improve heat dissipation, in an electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries establishing a foam metal body as the collector. In the electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries made using a foam porous body consisting of metal as a current collector, the electrode shape is rectangular, and a current collector region is made to span at least two adjacent sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Yuji ISOGAI, Shintaro AOYAGI, Hideki SAKAI, Kazuki OKUNO, Akihisa HOSOE, Kikuo SENOO, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210087701
    Abstract: An aluminum plating film contains aluminum as a main component. The aluminum plating film has, between coating surfaces at both ends in a thickness direction, an intervening layer that contains a metal having a lower ionization tendency than aluminum or an intervening layer that contains an alloy of aluminum and a metal having a lower ionization tendency than aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo GOTO, Akihisa HOSOE, Hideaki SAKAIDA
  • Publication number: 20210075020
    Abstract: In a lithium ion secondary battery (1), a positive electrode (2) and a negative electrode (3) are alternately adjacent to each other via separators (4) and (5). The positive electrode (2) includes a positive electrode current collector composed of a metal porous body, a first positive electrode active material (21) held on one side of the positive electrode current collector, and a second positive electrode active material (22) held on the other side. The negative electrode (3) includes a negative electrode current collector composed of a metal porous body, a first negative electrode active material (31) held on one side of the negative electrode current collector, and a second negative electrode active material (32) held on the other side. The first positive electrode active material (21) faces the first negative electrode active material (31), and the positive electrode active material (22) faces the second negative electrode active material (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Akihisa Tanaka, Shintaro Aoyagi, Kazuki Okuno, Akihisa Hosoe, Kikuo Senoo, Hiroshi Takebayashi
  • Publication number: 20210044046
    Abstract: The electrical contact material includes a base material, a coating layer provided on a surface of the base material, and an oxide layer provided on a surface of the coating layer. The base material contains Cu. The coating layer includes an undercoat layer, a first layer, and a second layer that are provided in that order from the base material side. The undercoat layer contains Ni. The first layer contains Ni, Zn, Cu, and Sn. The second layer contains Sn. The oxide layer is constituted by an oxide containing Zn, Cu, and Sn. The undercoat layer has a thickness larger than 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa SHIRAI, Yasushi SAITO, Kingo FURUKAWA, Mitsuhiro KUMONDAI, Akihisa HOSOE
  • Publication number: 20210044045
    Abstract: The electrical contact material includes a base material, a coating layer provided on a surface of the base material, and an oxide layer provided on a surface of the coating layer. The base material contains Cu. The coating layer contains Zn, Cu, and Sn. The oxide layer is constituted by an oxide containing Zn, Cu, and Sn. When a spherical indenter with a radius of 1 mm is linearly slid against the oxide layer with an applied load of 1 N, a sliding speed of 100 ?m/sec, a stroke of 50 ?m, and 10 reciprocation cycles, the largest contact resistance measured after the first to 10th reciprocation cycles is not larger than 5 m?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa SHIRAI, Yasushi SAITO, Kingo FURUKAWA, Mitsuhiro KUMONDAI, Akihisa HOSOE
  • Patent number: 10910156
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage element; a cooling member that has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant in a region not overlapping the power storage element; a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage element with the cooling member sandwiched therebetween; and an elastic member that abuts with the heat transfer plate and the bulging portion and is elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES. LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210013122
    Abstract: Provided is a plating film containing Au and Tl, including Tl oxides including Tl2O on a surface of the plating film, a ratio of Tl atoms constituting Tl2O to a total of Tl atoms constituting the Tl oxides and Tl atoms constituting Tl simple substances on the surface being 40% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., A.L.M.T. Corp.
    Inventors: Kengo GOTO, Akihisa HOSOE, Tadashi ARIKAWA, Hiroya SATO, Masatoshi NAGASHIMA, Shohei MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210002769
    Abstract: A composite member includes: a substrate formed of a composite material containing a plurality of diamond grains and a metal phase; and a coating layer made of metal. The surface of the substrate includes a surface of the metal phase, and a protrusion formed of a part of at least one diamond grain of the diamond grains and protruding from the surface of the metal phase. In a plan view, the coating layer includes a metal coating portion, and a grain coating portion. A ratio of a thickness of the grain coating portion to a thickness of the metal coating portion is equal to or less than 0.80. The coating layer has a surface roughness as an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 2.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., A.L.M.T. Corp.
    Inventors: Kengo GOTO, Tomoaki IKEDA, Akihisa HOSOE, Masanori SUGISAWA, Fukuto ISHIKAWA, Hideaki MORIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200412044
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical contact material that can suppress an increase in contact resistance even if contact pressure with a counterpart material is small. An electrical contact material that includes a base material made of metal, a metal layer provided on a surface of the base material, and an oxide layer provided on a surface of the metal layer. The metal layer is made of metal that contains zinc, copper, and tin, the oxide layer is made of an oxide that contains zinc, copper, and tin, and beneath the oxide layer, a ratio of the atomic concentration of copper to the atomic concentration of tin is less than 1.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa SHIRAI, Yasushi SAITO, Kingo FURUKAWA, Mitsuhiro KUMONDAI, Akihisa HOSOE
  • Publication number: 20200386487
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a bag and a working fluid. The bag includes a first sheet and a second sheet with edges that are sealed together. The working fluid is enclosed in the bag. The working fluid changes a phase thereof between gas and liquid. The bag includes a vaporizing portion in which the liquid-phase working fluid is vaporized and a condensing portion in which the gas-phase working fluid is condensed. The bag includes a two-phase flow channel in which liquid-gas two-phase slug flow including the liquid-phase working fluid and the gas-phase working fluid occurs from the vaporizing portion to the condensing portion. The two-phase flow channel is provided in an internal space of the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Akihiro NAGAFUCHI, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10808300
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains at least one additive element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Cu, Cr, and Zn in an amount of 0.010% by mass or more and 8.0% by mass or less, and C in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and 10.0% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Goto, Akihisa Hosoe
  • Publication number: 20200295419
    Abstract: A cooling member includes an enclosing member including sheet members that are connected in a liquid tight manner, refrigerant enclosed in the enclosing member, and a medium where the refrigerant moves within the enclosing member. The medium includes an evaporation section where the refrigerant is evaporated and turned into gas, the enclosing member includes a condensation section in which the refrigerant that is in a gaseous state is condensed and turned into liquid. The medium includes acceleration means that accelerates movement of the refrigerant that is in a liquid state to the evaporation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200251790
    Abstract: A cooling member includes refrigerant, an absorbing member absorbing the refrigerant, an enclosing member including flexible sheet members, that are connected to each other and enclosing the refrigerant and the absorbing member in a sealed state, and a heat releasing section configured to receive heat from the enclosing member and release the heat to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Yoshiyuki HIROSE
  • Patent number: 10714798
    Abstract: A cooling member includes a sealing member including a first sheet member and a second sheet member connected to each other in a liquid-tightly closed state, a refrigerant enclosed in the sealing member, and an absorbing member disposed in the sealing member and configured to absorb the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Akihisa Hosoe, Tomoharu Takeyama, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Eiichi Kobayashi