Patents by Inventor Atsushi WATARAI

Atsushi WATARAI 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: 11961996
    Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamada, Nobuyuki Ishiwatari, Naoto Maru, Atsushi Watarai
  • Patent number: 11631895
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy device having excellent properties. Also provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1), wherein R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent an organic group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R11 and R12, R11 and R13, or R12 and R13 are optionally bound with each other to form a 5-membered ring or a 6-membered ring, with a proviso that a total number of carbon atoms of R11, R12 and R13 is 7 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Watarai, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Akiko Yabe
  • Patent number: 11296357
    Abstract: An object of the present invention 1 is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent general performance balance between durability performance and properties, such as a capacity, a resistance, and output characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Nakazawa, Youichi Oohashi, Atsushi Watarai
  • Patent number: 11024853
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a technique making it possible to improve suitably the performance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell in which a SEI film is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell disclosed herein includes a positive electrode 10, a negative electrode 20, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein a negative electrode SEI film 29 including at least a LiBOB skeleton and a fluorosulfonic acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material 28, and a positive electrode SEI film 19 including at least a phosphoric acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a positive electrode active material 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Ishii, Masahiro Morita, Risa Sato, Ryo Hanasaki, Yusuke Onoda, Koji Takahata, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20200274199
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy device having excellent properties. Also provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1), wherein R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent an organic group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R11 and R12, R11 and R13, or R12 and R13 are optionally bound with each other to form a 5-membered ring or a 6-membered ring, with a proviso that a total number of carbon atoms of R11, R12 and R13 is 7 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi WATARAI, Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Akiko YABE
  • Publication number: 20200220222
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the positive electrode includes a metal oxide represented by the following composition formula (14): Lia101Nib101Coc101Md101O2 (14), where a101, b101, c101 and d101 represent numerical values of 0.90?a101?1.10, 0.50?b101?0.98, 0.01?c101<0.50 and 0.01?d101<0.50, satisfying b101+c101+d101=1; and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Al, Mg, Zr, Fe, Ti, and Er, and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution includes a compound represented by the following Formula (C): where R101 to R103 each independently represent a C1-10 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, or a C6-18 aryl group optionally having a substituent; and X represents hydrogen, a C2-10 alkenyl group, or a C2-10 alkynyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi WATARAI, Eiji NAKAZAWA, Shuhei SAWA
  • Patent number: 10615455
    Abstract: An object of the present invention 1 is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent general performance balance between durability performance and properties, such as a capacity, a resistance, and output characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Nakazawa, Youichi Oohashi, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20200036041
    Abstract: An object of the present invention 1 is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent general performance balance between durability performance and properties, such as a capacity, a resistance, and output characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji NAKAZAWA, Youichi Oohashi, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20190273248
    Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMADA, Nobuyuki ISHIWATARI, Naoto MARU, Atsushi WATARAI
  • Publication number: 20190181455
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a technique making it possible to improve suitably the performance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell in which a SEI film is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell disclosed herein includes a positive electrode 10, a negative electrode 20, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein a negative electrode SEI film 29 including at least a LiBOB skeleton and a fluorosulfonic acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a negative electrode active material 28, and a positive electrode SEI film 19 including at least a phosphoric acid skeleton is formed on the surface of a positive electrode active material 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta ISHII, Masahiro MORITA, Risa SATO, Ryo HANASAKI, Yusuke ONODA, Koji TAKAHATA, Atsushi WATARAI
  • Publication number: 20170162906
    Abstract: An object of the present invention 1 is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent general performance balance between durability performance and properties, such as a capacity, a resistance, and output characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji NAKAZAWA, Youichi OOHASHI, Atsushi WATARAI
  • Patent number: 9653753
    Abstract: The demand for improvements in lithium non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries has been constantly increasing in recent years, but the durability—most prominently the cycle characteristics—have resided in a trade off relationship with properties such as the capacity, resistance, and output characteristics. A problem has thus been a poor overall property balance. In order to solve this problem, the present invention uses a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including, in addition to an electrolyte and a non-aqueous solvent, (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of carbonates having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, compounds represented by the following general formula (1), sulfoxides, sulfites, sulfones, sulfonates, sultones, and sulfates; (B) a fluorine atom-containing cyclic carbonate; and (C) a compound that has at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Sawa, Kunihisa Shima, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Masamichi Onuki, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20160359197
    Abstract: A task of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which exhibits small initial irreversible capacity and high initial efficiency as well as excellent high-temperature cycle characteristics without sacrificing the yield of the battery. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution of the present invention is a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which comprises a positive electrode capable of having occluded therein and releasing metal ions, a negative electrode capable of having occluded therein and releasing metal ions, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a compound represented by the general formula (1) in an amount of 0.01 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi WATARAI, Masahiro TAKEHARA
  • Patent number: 9515348
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which is capable of bringing about a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery improved in initial charge capacity, input/output characteristics, and impedance characteristics. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent; LiPF6; and a specific fluorosulfonic acid salt, and to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Hiroaki Yoshida, Atsushi Watarai
  • Patent number: 8673489
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which is capable of bringing about a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery improved in initial charge capacity, input/output characteristics, and impedance characteristics. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent; LiPF6; and a specific fluorosulfonic acid salt, and to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Hiroaki Yoshida, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20130316229
    Abstract: The demand for improvements in lithium non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries has been constantly increasing in recent years, but the durability—most prominently the cycle characteristics—have resided in a trade off relationship with properties such as the capacity, resistance, and output characteristics. A problem has thus been a poor overall property balance. In order to solve this problem, the present invention uses a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including, in addition to an electrolyte and a non-aqueous solvent, (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of carbonates having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, compounds represented by the following general formula (1), sulfoxides, sulfites, sulfones, sulfonates, sultones, and sulfates; (B) a fluorine atom-containing cyclic carbonate; and (C) a compound that has at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei SAWA, Kunihisa Shima, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Masamichi Onuki, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20120308881
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which is capable of bringing about a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery improved in initial charge capacity, input/output characteristics, and impedance characteristics. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent; LiPF6; and a specific fluorosulfonic acid salt, and to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Hiroaki YOSHIDA, Atsushi WATARAI