Patents by Inventor Akira Nishida

Akira Nishida 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: 11964871
    Abstract: To provide a novel immobilized product in which a carbon material and/or a silicon material is/are immobilized on a base material surface by a chemical bond via a linking group, and a method for producing the same. The immobilized product is an immobilized product in which a carbon material is immobilizing on a surface of a base material, wherein the carbon material is chemically bonded on the surface of the base material via a linking group, and the linking group is at least one selected from the group consisting of a —NH group, a —NH—R1—NH group, a —SO group, a R2 group, a —O—R3—O group, and a R4 group (in which the R1 to R4 each independently represent at least one selected from the group consisting of a chain alkyl group, a cyclic alkyl group, a chain alkenyl group, a cyclic alkenyl group, a chain alkynyl group, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ishimaru, Yoshinori Sato, Hironori Matsushita, Kazutaka Hirano, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Publication number: 20240088427
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which can produce a battery comprising a wound electrode assembly including separators having adhesive layers, with high productivity. In one suitable aspect of the method of manufacturing a battery as disclosed herein, the method comprises a first winding step of bringing a first separator and a second separator into contact with a winding core and winding the first separator and the second separator around the winding core; a second adhesive layer forming step of forming a second adhesive layer in the second separator; a first adhesive layer forming step of forming a first adhesive layer in the first separator; a second winding step of winding a positive electrode sheet and an negative electrode sheet around the winding core along with the first separator and the second separator; and a pressing step of pressing, after the second winding step, the first separator, the positive electrode sheet, the second separator, and the negative electrode sheet which have been wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Taisuke ISEDA, Akira NISHIDA, Koji NIHOMMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240088448
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which can produce a battery comprising a wound electrode assembly including adhesive layers, with high productivity. The method of manufacturing a battery as disclosed herein comprises a first formation step of forming a first adhesive layer on a surface of a first separator; a second formation step of forming a second adhesive layer on a surface of a positive electrode sheet; and a lamination step of laminating the first separator, the positive electrode sheet, a second separator, and an negative electrode sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Taisuke ISEDA, Akira NISHIDA, Koji NIHOMMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240088426
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing includes: an adhesive layer formation step of forming a first adhesive layer on a surface of at least one of a positive electrode sheet and a first separator and forming a second adhesive layer on a surface of at least one of the positive electrode sheet and a second separator; and a wound electrode body fabrication step of fabricating a wound electrode body by winding the first separator, the positive electrode sheet, second separator, and the negative electrode sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira NISHIDA, Taisuke ISEDA
  • Patent number: 11923560
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode plate including a main body portion and an electrode terminal portion protruding from the main body portion along a first direction; and a separator adhered to the electrode plate, wherein the main body portion of the electrode plate includes a central region located in a vicinity of a center in the first direction, a first region located on a side close to the electrode terminal portion with respect to the central region in the first direction, and a second region located on a side opposite to the first region with respect to the central region in the first direction, and adhesion strength per unit area between the electrode plate and the separator in the first region is higher than adhesion strength per unit area between the electrode plate and the separator in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daiki Watanabe, Yu Matsui, Akira Nishida
  • Patent number: 11912141
    Abstract: A battery storage device includes a battery case (42), a case side connection terminal (43), a lid member (8), a lock mechanism (133), and an operation member (44). The lock mechanism (133) is capable of fixing a battery (62A or 62B) stored in the battery case (42) to the battery case (42) below the lid member (8). The operation member (44) is constituted such that at least a part thereof overlaps an inserting/removing port (136) on an upper side in a view in an insertion direction of the battery (62A or 62B) in a state at a lock operation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Okubo, Akira Kuramochi, Shogo Nishida
  • Publication number: 20240039121
    Abstract: A battery disclosed here includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, a separator, and a wound electrode body in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound with the separator interposed therebetween. The separator includes an adhesive layer on at least one surface of the separator. The adhesive layer has a different weight per area in a longitudinal direction of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Taisuke ISEDA, Akira NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240039052
    Abstract: A battery disclosed herein includes a wound electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound through a separator. The separator includes the adhesive layer on at least one surface, and on the one surface, a non-formation region where the adhesive layer is not formed is provided in at least one end part in a winding axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Akira NISHIDA, Taisuke ISEDA
  • Publication number: 20240039122
    Abstract: A battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body including a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode, and a separator. The separator includes an adhesive layer on a surface that faces the positive electrode. The adhesive layer includes a first formation region provided so as to face the positive electrode active material layer, and a second formation region provided so as to protrude outward, in an up-down direction or a long side direction of the battery, relative to one end part of the positive electrode active material layer. The first formation region has smaller weight per area than the second formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Taisuke ISEDA, Akira NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230290990
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a secondary battery in which precipitation of metallic lithium can be inhibited more appropriately is provided. The secondary battery disclosed here includes a flat wound electrode body. The wound electrode body has a pair of curved portions and a flat portion. In addition, a positive electrode starting end portion inside the wound electrode body has a first region extending along the flat portion. On the other hand, a negative electrode starting end portion inside the wound electrode body has a second region extending along the flat portion, a folded portion folded back along a first curved portion, and a third region extending from the folded portion along the flat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Akira NISHIDA, Toshihide FUKAE, Shinji IIDA, Ikuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230047916
    Abstract: This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises: a separator that has an adhesive on at least one surface thereof; and an electrode that has a core and an electrode mix layer, and that is configured so that the electrode mix layer abuts the adhesive. The electrode mix layer is configured so that the density, in the thickness-direction, of a porous body increases from the core towards the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Watanabe, Taiki Nonaka, Akira Nishida
  • Publication number: 20220399601
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to the present invention comprises: an electrode body constituted by a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes alternately layered one by one with separators interposed therebetween; a non-aqueous electrolyte solution; and a case that houses the electrode body and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. A solution injection port for injecting the electrolyte solution is provided in the case. The density of a first region separated from the solution injection port is less than the density of a second region, which is near the solution injection port, in positive electrode compound layers of the positive electrodes and/or negative electrode compound layers of the negative electrodes constituting the electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nishida
  • Patent number: 11493349
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure transmits, upon receiving first information requesting provision of contact information indicating a contact address of a second user, transmitted from a first user terminal which is a terminal used by the first user, second information which is information requesting permission to provide the contact information to the first user and which includes information capable of identifying the first user to a second user terminal which is a terminal used by the second user. The second user is a user who is sharing or has a history of sharing a predetermined space with the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Kotake, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuki Ito, Akira Nishida, Zekai Qiu, Kenichi Hagiya, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20220238961
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate. A first adhesive layer is provided between the positive electrode plate and the separator, and a second adhesive layer is provided between the negative electrode plate and the separator. A coating weight of the first adhesive layer is smaller than a coating weight of the second adhesive layer, and a total of the coating weight of the first adhesive layer and the coating weight of the second adhesive layer is more than or equal to 0.03 g/m2 and less than or equal to 0.15 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Toshihide FUKAE, Akira NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11359924
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus determines whether or not a predetermined transfer condition for urging a target user sharing a ride in a ride-sharing vehicle with another user with a different destination to transfer between ride-sharing vehicles during movement is established, on the basis of a predicted travel route of each of a transfer source vehicle and a transfer destination vehicle. Then, in the case where the predetermined transfer condition is determined to be established, the information processing apparatus transmits transfer information for urging the target user to transfer from the transfer source vehicle to the transfer destination vehicle during movement, to a terminal associated with the transfer source vehicle and a terminal associated with the transfer destination vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Kotake, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuki Ito, Akira Nishida, Zekai Qiu, Kenichi Hagiya, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20220140308
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a positive electrode plate, wherein even when a positive electrode mix layer is densely compressed, the positive electrode plate is prevented from being so greatly bent that wrinkles created in non-coated regions during transport, winding, or lamination develop into deep winkles or cracks, thus avoiding the inability to transport or wind the positive electrode plate. This manufacturing method can provide a positive electrode plate having a positive electrode mix layer formed on the surface thereof, wherein the filling density of the positive electrode mix layer is at least 3.4 g/cm3, and the warpage amount h of the positive electrode plate in the width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction satisfies 0.0?h?3.0 mm per 1 m in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nishida, Yoshifumi Magari, Atsutoshi Ako, Daisuke Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220128374
    Abstract: A technology that makes it possible that a plurality of users use a vehicle that does not have a specified regular driver. An information processing apparatus determines whether or not after a first user moves to a destination place by driving a first vehicle, a second user is able to move by driving the first vehicle from the destination place of the first user as a departure place. If an affirmative determination is made in the determining, the information processing apparatus matches the first user and the second user with the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KOTAKE, Ryosuke TANIMURA, Yuki ITO, Akira NISHIDA, Zekai QIU, Kenichi HAGIYA, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20220123296
    Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment includes a flat wound electrode body in which a positive plate and a negative plate are wound via a separator and characterized in that the positive plate has a positive core and a positive mixed material layer that is formed on both sides of the positive core, the positive mixed material layer includes a lithium metal composite oxide represented by general formula Li1+xMaO2+b (in the formula, x, a, and b satisfy the conditions x+a=1, ?0.2<x?0.2, and ?0.1?b?0.1, and M includes Ni and Co and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn and Al), and the positive plate has a flexibility index of 15 to 19. Such a positive plate is capable of having a high packing density while suppressing cracks in the positive mixed material layer and buckling of the positive plate and the negative plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsutoshi Ako, Yoshifumi Magari, Kazuaki Tamura, Akira Nishida
  • Publication number: 20220109147
    Abstract: A positive electrode plate that has a positive electrode active material layer formed on a positive electrode core, wherein the positive electrode core has, on an edge side, a thick portion which has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of a portion of the positive electrode core that has the positive electrode active material layer formed on both sides, and the positive electrode plate has a first region that extends into the thick portion from the portion of the positive electrode core that has the positive electrode active material layer formed on both sides and a second region that is positioned outside the first region in the thick portion. The average maximum diameter of the metal crystal grains that compose the first region is smaller than those of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tamura, Yoshifumi Magari, Atsutoshi Ako, Akira Nishida, Kentaro Tsukamoto, Tomoyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11287275
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology that makes it possible that a plurality of users use a vehicle that does not have a specified regular driver. An information processing apparatus determines whether or not after a first user moves to a destination place by driving a first vehicle, a second user is able to move by driving the first vehicle from the destination place of the first user as a departure place. If an affirmative determination is made in the determining, the information processing apparatus matches the first user and the second user with the first vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Kotake, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuki Ito, Akira Nishida, Zekai Qiu, Kenichi Hagiya, Naoki Yamamuro