Patents by Inventor Atsuhiro Otsuka

Atsuhiro Otsuka 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: 10115948
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at one or both sides of the porous substrate, that contains polyvinylidene fluoride resin A and polyvinylidene fluoride resin B, and that has a porosity of from 30% to 60% and an average pore size of from 20 nm to 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Patent number: 10096811
    Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains the following resin A and the following resin B. Resin A: a polyvinylidene fluoride resin containing structural units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene (HFP), a total content ratio of structural units derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being from 0.5 mol % to 1.5 mol % of a total content of structural units in each of the VDF copolymers; and Resin B: a polyvinylidene fluoride resin containing structural units derived from VDF and structural units derived from HFP, a total content ratio of structural units derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being greater than 1.5 mol % of a total content of structural units in each of the VDF copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20180183028
    Abstract: A separator roll including a separator wound around a core, the separator including: a porous substrate; and a porous layer obtained by solidifying a coating layer formed by coating one or both sides of the porous substrate with a coating liquid including a resin and/or an inorganic particle, the separator having a shrinkage rate in MD direction, determined by a method, of ?1.0%, the method including: removing, from the separator roll, the separator by five revolutions of the separator roll starting from an outer end of the separator roll, and cutting out, from an end of the remaining separator roll, a piece of the separator of 200 mm-length in MD direction, to prepare a sample; leaving the sample in a tensionless state at 25° C. for 24 hours; measuring a length of the sample in MD direction before and after the leaving; and calculating the shrinkage rate in MD direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsuhiro OTSUKA, Noboru TANIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9431638
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at at least one side of the porous substrate and contains the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin A and the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin B. (1) Polyvinylidene fluoride resin A selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000, and vinylidene fluoride copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000 and containing a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene, the total content of structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymers being 1.5 mol % or less of the total content of structural units in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20140315068
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at at least one side of the porous substrate and contains the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin A and the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin B. (1) Polyvinylidene fluoride resin A selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers, and vinylidene fluoride copolymers containing a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene, the total content of structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymers being 1.5 mol % or less of the total content of structural units in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20140308567
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at at least one side of the porous substrate and contains the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin A and the following polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin B. (1) Polyvinylidene fluoride resin A selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000, and vinylidene fluoride copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 600,000 to 2,500,000 and containing a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene, the total content of structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymers being 1.5 mol % or less of the total content of structural units in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20140255754
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at one or both sides of the porous substrate, contains (1) polyvinylidene fluoride resin A and (2) polyvinylidene fluoride resin B described below, and has a porosity of from 30% to 60% and an average pore size of from 20 nm to 100 nm: (1) polyvinylidene fluoride resin A is selected from the group consisting of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers and DVF copolymers containing structural units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene (HFP), a total content of structural unit derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20140242444
    Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains the following polyvinylidene fluoride resin A and the following polyvinylidene fluoride resin B: Polyvinylidene fluoride resin A: a polyvinylidene fluoride resin containing structural units derived from vinylidene fluoride and structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene, a total content ratio of structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene in each of the vinylidene fluoride copolymers being from 0.5 mol % to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai