Patents by Inventor Akinobu Nojima

Akinobu Nojima 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: 20230103490
    Abstract: An electrode body has a current collector having a first layer, first metal layer, and second metal layer; a first active material layer laminated on the first metal layer; a second active material layer laminated on the second metal layer; and a separator or a solid electrolyte layer which contacts at least one first active material layer and second active material layer. A first surface of the first layer has a first region wherein the first metal layer is laminated, a second region is exposed from the first metal layer when viewed in a lamination direction of the first metal layer, and a third region is exposed from the first metal layer when viewed in the lamination direction of the first metal layer and sandwiches the first and second region. A first metal layer length in the first direction is shorter than second metal layer length in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinobu NOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230094762
    Abstract: An electrode body in which a battery sheet is wound around a first end thereof as an axis. The battery sheet includes: a current collector which includes a first layer and first and second metal layers; a first active material layer laminated on the first metal layer; a second active material layer laminated on the second metal layer; and a separator which comes into contact with the first or the second active material layer. The first and second metal layers are not laminated in at least a portion on the first and second surfaces of the first layer at the first end of the current collector, or the first or second metal layer is not laminated on a surface of either of the first surface or the second surface of the first layer which is on an outward side of a roll at a second end of the current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinobu NOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230098130
    Abstract: A resin layer that has a first surface, and a second surface facing a side opposite to the first surface; a first metal layer that is provided on the first surface of the resin layer; and a second metal layer that is provided on the second surface of the resin layer, wherein the first metal layer has a first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinobu NOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11594730
    Abstract: An electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics in a high temperature environment are provided. An electrode includes: an active material layer including an active material, a conductive assistant, and a binder, wherein the active material contains active material particles containing a lithium transition metal oxide as a main component, and the active material particles each include a core part having a space group of R-3m and a covering part having a space group of Fm-3m configured to cover at least part of an outer circumferential portion of the core part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro Otsuki, Akinobu Nojima, Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20210305563
    Abstract: An electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics in a high temperature environment are provided. An electrode includes: an active material layer including an active material, a conductive assistant, and a binder, wherein the active material contains active material particles containing a lithium transition metal oxide as a main component, and the active material particles each include a core part having a space group of R-3m and a covering part having a space group of Fm-3m configured to cover at least part of an outer circumferential portion of the core part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro OTSUKI, Akinobu NOJIMA, Tomohiko HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10944127
    Abstract: In this non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a positive terminal and a negative terminal extend in a first direction, protrude from a laminated cell stack, and are provided so that a center line is interposed therebetween, the center line passing through a midpoint of both ends of the laminated cell stack in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and extending in the first direction when the laminated cell stack is seen in plan view, and a first terminal with higher heat dissipation efficiency among the positive terminal and the negative terminal is provided in a location closer to the center line than a location of a second terminal with lower heat dissipation efficiency among the positive terminal and the negative terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Hideaki Seki, Hirofumi Kakuta, Akinobu Nojima, Shin Fujita
  • Patent number: 10658657
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material with sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate, and a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery using the negative electrode active material. A negative electrode active material according to the invention includes a negative electrode active material particle containing silicon and silicon oxide, wherein a surface layer part of the negative electrode active material particle is a layer with lower density than a core part of the negative electrode active material particle. With such a structure of the negative electrode active material, the sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ikeda, Atsushi Sano, Masaki Sobu, Akinobu Nojima
  • Patent number: 10611639
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an active material, capable of improving the discharge capacity of a lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The method for manufacturing an active material according to the present invention includes a first step of heating a mixture solution including a lithium source, a phosphate source, a vanadium source, and water under pressure to generate a precursor in the mixture solution, and adjusting the pH of the mixture solution including the precursor to be 6 to 8; and a second step of heating the precursor at 425 to 650° C. after the first step to generate an active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sano, Keitaro Otsuki, Tomohiko Kato, Akinobu Nojima, Akiji Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10243204
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material is provided for a lithium ion secondary battery having high initial charging/discharging efficiency. The negative electrode active material containing silicon and silicon oxide has two phases with different compositions therein. One of the two phases has a lower silicon element concentration than the other phase, and is a fibrous phase forming a network structure in a cross section of primary particle of the negative electrode active material. Use of the negative electrode active material enables a sufficient increase in initial charging/discharging efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ikeda, Atsushi Sano, Masaki Sobu, Akinobu Nojima
  • Patent number: 10211456
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains: a first compound represented by chemical formula Lix(NiyMa1-y)O2 (0.95?x?1.05, 0.70?y?0.95, where Ma is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, and W); and a second compound represented by chemical formula LiVOPO4. W>5.0° C., where W is a full width at half maximum of an exothermic peak obtained between 150° C. and 260° C. by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) performed on a mixture of the first compound and the second compound under a condition of 5° C./min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Seki, Akinobu Nojima
  • Publication number: 20180287200
    Abstract: In this non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a positive terminal and a negative terminal extend in a first direction, protrude from a laminated cell stack, and are provided so that a center line is interposed therebetwen, the center line passing through a midpoint of both ends of the laminated cell stack in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and extending in the first direction when the laminated cell stack is seen in plan view, and a first terminal with higher heat dissipation efficiency among the positive terminal and the negative terminal is provided in a location closer to the center line than a location of a second terminal with lower heat dissipation efficiency among the positive terminal and the negative terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SASAKI, Hideaki SEKI, Hirofumi KAKUTA, Akinobu NOJIMA, Shin FUJITA
  • Patent number: 9887416
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which has sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate. The negative electrode active material containing silicon and silicon oxide includes primary particles having two phases of different compositions therein. One of the two phases has a higher silicon element concentration than the other phase, and is a fibrous phase forming a network structure in a cross section of the primary particle. Use of the negative electrode active material enables a sufficient increase in discharge capacity at a high rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ikeda, Atsushi Sano, Masaki Sobu, Akinobu Nojima
  • Publication number: 20170288214
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains: a first compound represented by chemical formula Lix(NiyMa1-y)O2 (0.95?x?1.05, 0.70?y?0.95, where Ma is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, and W); and a second compound represented by chemical formula LiVOPO4. W>5.0° C., where W is a full width at half maximum of an exothermic peak obtained between 150° C. and 260° C. by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) performed on a mixture of the first compound and the second compound under a condition of 5° C./min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki SEKI, Akinobu NOJIMA
  • Patent number: 9559352
    Abstract: To provide an active material with high capacity, high initial charge-discharge efficiency, and high average discharge voltage. An active material according to the present invention includes a first active material and a second active material, wherein the ratio (?) of the second active material (B) to the total amount by mole of the first active material (A) and the second active material (B) satisfies 0.4 mol %???18 mol % [where ?=(B/(A+B))×100].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kato, Atsushi Sano, Masaki Sobu, Akinobu Nojima
  • Publication number: 20160285103
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery, includes: a lithium nickel complex oxide represented by composition formula (1); a phosphate compound; and a coating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of a particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide, and including a high thermal conductive material with heat conductivity of 500 W/m·K or more. The coating layer of the particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide includes a portion connected to the coating layer of another particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide: LixNi1-yMyO2??(1) where M includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ti, Cr, Mg, Al, Cu, Ga, Mn, Zn, Sn, B, V, Ca, and Sr, and x and y are such that 0.05?x?1.2 and 0?y?0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junpei SHITABA, Hideaki SEKI, Akinobu NOJIMA, Shin FUJITA, Masahiro SAEGUSA
  • Publication number: 20160211510
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material is provided for a lithium ion secondary battery having high initial charging/discharging efficiency. The negative electrode active material containing silicon and silicon oxide has two phases with different compositions therein. One of the two phases has a lower silicon element concentration than the other phase, and is a fibrous phase forming a network structure in a cross section of primary particle of the negative electrode active material. Use of the negative electrode active material enables a sufficient increase in initial charging/discharging efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro IKEDA, Atsushi SANO, Masaki SOBU, Akinobu NOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160211509
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which has sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate. The negative electrode active material containing silicon and silicon oxide includes primary particles having two phases of different compositions therein. One of the two phases has a higher silicon element concentration than the other phase, and is a fibrous phase forming a network structure in a cross section of the primary particle. Use of the negative electrode active material enables a sufficient increase in discharge capacity at a high rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro IKEDA, Atsushi SANO, Masaki SOBU, Akinobu NOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160190560
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material with sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate, and a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery using the negative electrode active material. A negative electrode active material according to the invention includes a negative electrode active material particle containing silicon and silicon oxide, wherein a surface layer part of the negative electrode active material particle is a layer with lower density than a core part of the negative electrode active material particle. With such a structure of the negative electrode active material, the sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro IKEDA, Atsushi SANO, Masaki SOBU, Akinobu NOJIMA
  • Patent number: 9093712
    Abstract: An active material having high capacity and excellent charging/discharging cycle durability at high potential is provided. The active material has a layered structure and is represented by the following composition formula (1): LiyNiaCobMncMdOxFz1Pz2??(1) wherein the element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba and V, and 1.9?(a+b+c+d+y)?2.1, 1.0?y?1.3, 0<a?0.3, 0?b?0.25, 0.3?c?0.7, 0?d?0.1, 0.07?z1?0.15, 0.01?z2?0.1, and 1.9?(x+z1)?2.1 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kato, Atsushi Sano, Masaki Sobu, Akinobu Nojima
  • Publication number: 20150111105
    Abstract: To provide an active material with high capacity, high initial charge-discharge efficiency, and high average discharge voltage. An active material according to the present invention includes a first active material and a second active material, wherein the ratio (?) of the second active material (B) to the total amount by mole of the first active material (A) and the second active material (B) satisfies 0.4 mol %???18 mol % [where ?=(B/(A+B))×100].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kato, Atsushi Sano, Masaki Sobu, Akinobu Nojima