Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kaiduka

Atsushi Kaiduka 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: 20230268557
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery capable of suppressing increase of initial resistance when an isocyanate group-containing compound is added to a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure has: a wound type electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and a battery case for housing the wound type electrode body and the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The relation between a nitrogen element concentration A1 derived from an isocyanate group-containing compound in an outermost circumferential surface 2a of the wound type electrode body, and a nitrogen element concentration B derived from an isocyanate group-containing compound in an inner region located further in than the outermost circumferential surface of the wound type electrode body, satisfies A1>B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Takai, Atsushi Kaiduka
  • Publication number: 20230039429
    Abstract: With respect to a secondary battery of one embodiment of the present invention, at least one of a positive electrode core body and a negative electrode core body is configured such that the tensile elongation in the central part in the width direction is higher than the tensile elongation in both end parts in the width direction. With respect to a secondary battery of another embodiment of the present invention, at least one of a positive electrode core body and a negative electrode core body is configured such that the number of crystal grains per unit area in the central part in the width direction is smaller than the number of crystal grains per unit area in both end parts in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakai, Atsushi Kaiduka, Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Takaharu Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20230028128
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution; the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer that is provided on the negative electrode collector; the negative electrode active material layer contains, as negative electrode active materials, graphite particles A and graphite particles B; the graphite particles A have an internal void fraction of 5% or less; the graphite particles B have an internal void fraction of from 8% to 20%; if the negative electrode active material layer is halved in the thickness direction, a region on the half closer to the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than a region on the half closer to the negative electrode collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Takai, Atsushi Kaiduka, Yuki Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230006258
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void ratio of 5% or less. The graphite particles B have an internal void ratio of 8-20%. When the negative electrode active material layer is divided in half in the thickness direction, the region of the half to the side of the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than the region of the half to the side of the negative electrode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Takai, Atsushi Kaiduka
  • Publication number: 20230006256
    Abstract: The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The negative electrode has a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void rate of 5% or below. The graphite particles B have an internal void rate of 8 to 20%. When the negative electrode active material layer is halved in the thickness direction, a region on the half closer to the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than a region on the half closer to the negative electrode collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaiduka, Yasuyuki Takai
  • Publication number: 20220149438
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of suppressing an internal short circuit of a battery due to an external impact in both a fully charged state and a non-fully charged state. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized by: comprising a wound electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound thereon via a separator, and a battery case that houses the electrode body; the positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer formed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector; and the separator having a normal part and a plastically deformed part having a higher puncture strength than the normal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaiduka, Noriko Sugii
  • Publication number: 20220037742
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of enhancing insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode and suppressing thermal runaway of the battery due to external impact in a charged state. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which is one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises a wound electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with a first separator and a second separator being interposed therebetween, wherein the first separator is provided on the outer side of the wound positive electrode, the second separator is provided on the inner side of the wound positive electrode. This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is characterized in that the piercing strength of the second separator is higher than that of the first separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Nowatari, Atsushi Kaiduka, Noriko Sugii
  • Patent number: 10388960
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided that shows good cycle performance and good storage performance under high temperature conditions and exhibits high reliability even with a battery configuration featuring high capacity. A method of manufacturing the battery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogasawara, Hiroshi Minami, Naoki Imachi, Atsushi Kaiduka, Yasunori Baba, Yoshinori Kida, Shin Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20170324095
    Abstract: [Problem] A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided that shows good cycle performance and good storage performance under high temperature conditions and exhibits high reliability even with a battery configuration featuring high capacity. A method of manufacturing the battery is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogasawara, Hiroshi Minami, Naoki Imachi, Atsushi Kaiduka, Yasunori Baba, Yoshinori Kida, Shin Fujitani
  • Patent number: 9761880
    Abstract: [Problem] A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided that shows good cycle performance and good storage performance under high temperature conditions and exhibits high reliability even with a battery configuration featuring high capacity. A method of manufacturing the battery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogasawara, Hiroshi Minami, Naoki Imachi, Atsushi Kaiduka, Yasunori Baba, Yoshinori Kida, Shin Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20150303520
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one aspect of the present invention has a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material which absorbs and releases lithium ions, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material which absorbs and releases lithium ions, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium cobalt composite oxide containing at least aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg), the negative electrode active material includes at least one of metal silicon (Si) and a silicon oxide represented by SiOx (0.5?x<1.6), and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains as a nonaqueous solvent, ethylene carbonate, a lactone, and fluoroethylene carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaiduka, Masato Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20150287996
    Abstract: [Problem] A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided that shows good cycle performance and good storage performance under high temperature conditions and exhibits high reliability even with a battery configuration featuring high capacity. A method of manufacturing the battery is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogasawara, Hiroshi Minami, Naoki Imachi, Atsushi Kaiduka, Yasunori Baba, Yoshinori Kida, Shin Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20150207141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which can significantly improve battery characteristics by suppression of decrease in discharge capacity at an initial cycle stage and by improvement in high-temperature charge storage characteristics. A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a negative electrode mixture layer including a negative electrode active material which contains SiOx (0.8?x?1.2) and graphite; and a negative electrode collector having at least one surface on which the negative electrode mixture layer is formed, and on the surface of the SiOx, a coating film derived from a compound having an isocyanate group is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Nomura, Taisuke Yamamoto, Hidekazu Yamamoto, Atsushi Kaiduka, Naoki Imachi
  • Patent number: 9077024
    Abstract: [Problem] A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided that shows good cycle performance and good storage performance under high temperature conditions and exhibits high reliability even with a battery configuration featuring high capacity. A method of manufacturing the battery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogasawara, Hiroshi Minami, Naoki Imachi, Atsushi Kaiduka, Yasunori Baba, Yoshinori Kida, Shin Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20140017526
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery system includes a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a charging control system which has a function of detecting the voltage of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and disconnecting a charging circuit. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a non-aqueous solvent having a viscosity of 0.6 cP or less at 25° C. in an amount of 35 to 80 vol % inclusive as a non-aqueous solvent and also contains hexamethylene diisocyanate, and the charging control system stops charging when the potential of the positive electrode of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is 4.35 to 4.6 V inclusive based on lithium. Thus the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery system equipped with the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high charging potential and excellent high-temperature cycling characteristics can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Iwanaga, Atsushi Kaiduka, Shun Nomura, Kota Ogawa, Naoya Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 8597829
    Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a rolled electrode assembly 14E formed by rolling a positive electrode plate 11 and a negative electrode plate 12 with a separator 13 interposed therebetween, the separator 13 is fixed on the outermost periphery of the rolled electrode assembly 14E with an adhesive tape for fixing a roll end 30e, an exposed portion of a negative electrode substrate 12c without an active material mixture layer 12b is placed on an outermost periphery side of the negative electrode plate 12, a negative electrode tab 12a is connected to the negative electrode substrate 12c on an outermost periphery side, and the adhesive tape 30e is not overlapped with a roll end 11d of the positive electrode plate 11 and a roll end 12d of the negative electrode substrate 12c. Thus the battery is seldom broken even when charging and discharging are repeatedly provided at high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaiduka, Masanori Ogi, Yukihiro Oki, Masato Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 8053112
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an electrode assembly comprising the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte impregnated in the electrode assembly. The positive electrode active material contains at least cobalt or manganese. The positive electrode has an end-of-charge potential of 4.40 V versus the potential of a lithium reference electrode. The positive electrode active material layer is superficially coated with a polymer layer composed of a polymer having a partially cross-linked structure and a molecular weight of 800,000 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaiduka, Yasunori Baba, Naoki Imachi, Yoshinori Kida, Shin Fujitani
  • Patent number: 8021786
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell superior in resistance against continuous charging at high potential is provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell includes: a positive electrode having lithium phosphate and a positive electrode active material comprising lithium cobalt oxide containing at least one selected from Mg, Al, Ti, and Zr; and a separator having pores having an average diameter of 0.05 to 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaiduka, Masato Iwanaga, Yukihiro Oki
  • Publication number: 20110223489
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is composed of lithium-cobalt composite oxide containing at least one of zirconium, titanium, aluminum, and erbium, and the nonaqueous electrolyte includes an additive expressed by General Formula (1) having an acetylene group and a methylsulfonyl group at each end of the molecule. It has the effect of forming an SEI surface film as with the case of VC or the like, as well as having a higher oxidation resistance than that of VC or the like. Thus the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery employing as positive electrode active material a lithium-cobalt composite oxide with a particular dissimilar metallic element added, in which decomposition of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution during storage at high temperature in a charged state is suppressed, and there is little battery swelling is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Iwanaga, Noriko Yamashita, Atsushi Kaiduka, Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Masahide Kondo
  • Publication number: 20100233525
    Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a rolled electrode assembly 14E formed by rolling a positive electrode plate 11 and a negative electrode plate 12 with a separator 13 interposed therebetween, the separator 13 is fixed on the outermost periphery of the rolled electrode assembly 14E with an adhesive tape for fixing a roll end 30e, an exposed portion of a negative electrode substrate 12c without an active material mixture layer 12b is placed on an outermost periphery side of the negative electrode plate 12, a negative electrode tab 12a is connected to the negative electrode substrate 12c on an outermost periphery side, and the adhesive tape 30e is not overlapped with a roll end 11d of the positive electrode plate 11 and a roll end 12d of the negative electrode substrate 12c. Thus the battery is seldom broken even when charging and discharging are repeatedly provided at high voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaiduka, Masanori Ogi, Yukihiro Oki, Masato Iwanaga