Patents by Inventor Chikara Murakami

Chikara Murakami 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: 20230187648
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte-containing layer capable of preventing a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite. A solid electrolyte-containing layer (50a) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: an inorganic solid electrolyte; and a heat-resistant resin having ion conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Junji SUZUKI, Chikara MURAKAMI, Hiroki HASHIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230145927
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte-containing layer capable of preventing a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite. A solid electrolyte-containing layers (30) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes (i) an inorganic solid electrolyte (31), (ii) a heat-resistant resin (32), and (iii) at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic liquid, a mixture of an ionic liquid and a lithium salt, and a polymer electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Junji Suzuki, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230118425
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, wherein the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered structure and contains at least Li and a transition metal, and the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery satisfies all Formulae (1) to (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya KADOWAKI, Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230106687
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, wherein the particles have a layered structure and contain at least Li and a transition metal, and in powder x-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? rays, a ratio I003/I004 of an integrated intensity I104 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2?=44.4±1° to an integrated intensity I003 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2?=18.5±1° exceeds 1.23, and wherein a press density A when the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery is compressed at a pressure of 45 MPa is 2.90 g/cm3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya KADOWAKI, Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230078896
    Abstract: What is provided is a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, wherein the particles have a hexagonal layered crystal structure belonging to the space group R-3m and contain at least Li and a transition metal, and in powder x-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? rays, the crystallite size L003 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2?=18.7±1° is 1,300 ? or less, and wherein the BET specific surface area is 0.2 m2/g or more and 2.0 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya KADOWAKI, Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230054742
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated body in which a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite is prevented and which achieves stable voltage output. A laminated body (50) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes a solid electrolyte layer (20) and a layer (30) that contains a heat-resistant resin and an ion-conductive material. The solid electrolyte layer (20) and the layer (30) containing the heat-resistant resin and the ion-conductive material are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Junji SUZUKI, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230048124
    Abstract: A mixed powder for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery, which is composed of a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery and a solid electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery is composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, and the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered structure and contains at least Li and a transition metal, wherein the positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery has a particle diameter distribution that satisfies the following Formula (1), and wherein the solid electrolyte has a particle diameter distribution that satisfies the following Formula (2): D90-D10 / D50 ? 1 .5 D90-D10 / D50 ? 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya KADOWAKI, Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230052234
    Abstract: What is claimed is a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, wherein the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered structure and contains at least Li and a transition metal, and wherein, in the particles, in pore physical properties obtained from nitrogen adsorption isotherm measurement and nitrogen desorption isotherm measurement at a liquid nitrogen temperature, the total pore volume obtained from a nitrogen adsorption amount when the relative pressure (p/p0) of an adsorption isotherm is 0.99 is less than 0.0035 cm3/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya KADOWAKI, Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11296318
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery, an electrode, and an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery capable of smoothly exchanging lithium ions with a solid electrolyte at a positive electrode and improving battery performance. A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery formed of particles includes crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, in which the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered structure and contains at least Li and a transition metal, and the particles have an average crush strength of more than 50 MPa and satisfy Expression (1). 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuya Kadowaki, Jun-ichi Kageura, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 11205799
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which a decrease in discharge capacity after a charge-discharge cycle is reduced. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes (i) a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate whose results of a scratch test carried out in the TD and the MD fall within predetermined ranges, (ii) a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator that includes a porous film whose temperature rise ending period with respect to a resin amount per unit area at irradiation with microwave falls within a predetermined range, and (iii) a porous layer that contains an ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin of a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin at a predetermined proportion. The porous layer is arranged between the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator and at least one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosuke Kurakane, Toshihiko Ogata, Chikae Yoshimaru, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 11158883
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a separator including a polyolefin porous film; a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin; a positive electrode plate whose active material layer is not peeled from the positive electrode plate until the positive electrode plate is bent 130 or more times; and a negative electrode plate whose active material layer is not peeled from the negative electrode plate until the negative electrode plate is bent 1650 or more times, wherein: diethyl carbonate dropped on the polyolefin porous film diminishes at a rate of 15 sec/mg to 21 sec/mg; the diethyl carbonate has a spot diameter of not less than 20 mm 10 seconds after the diethyl carbonate was dropped on the polyolefin porous film; and the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin contains an ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosuke Kurakane, Toshihiko Ogata, Chikara Murakami
  • Publication number: 20210226209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery, an electrode, and an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery capable of smoothly exchanging lithium ions with a solid electrolyte at a positive electrode and improving battery performance. A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery formed of particles includes crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, in which the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered structure and contains at least Li and a transition metal, and the particles have an average crush strength of more than 50 MPa and satisfy Expression (1). 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya KADOWAKI, Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Chikara MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10957941
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which satisfies four requirements is provided. A porous layer contains ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a total amount of (i) the ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin and (ii) ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin. A porous film has a temperature rise ending period of 2.9 sec·m2/g to 5.7 sec·m2/g with respect to an amount of a resin per unit area when the porous film is impregnated with N-methylpyrrolidone containing water in an amount of 3% by weight and then (ii) irradiated, at an output of 1,800 W, with a microwave having a frequency of 2,455 MHz. A positive electrode plate has a capacitance of 1 nF to 1000 nF per measurement area of 900 mm2. A negative electrode plate has a capacitance of 4 nF to 8500 nF per measurement area of 900 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ichiro Arise, Toshihiko Ogata, Chikae Yoshimaru, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10950838
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator including a polyolefin porous film; a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin; a positive electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a specific range; and a negative electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a specific range, wherein: the polyolefin porous film has a given rate of diminution of diethyl carbonate and a given spot diameter of the diethyl carbonate; the porous layer is provided between the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator and at least one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; and the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin contained in the porous layer contains an ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiko Kashiwazaki, Toshihiko Ogata, Ichiro Arise, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10892457
    Abstract: A laminated separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, (i) includes a porous film and a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin and (ii) has an excellent rate characteristic. The laminated separator includes the porous film containing a polyolefin-based resin as a main component and the porous layer containing the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, in which a surface of the porous layer has a 60-degree specular gloss of 3% to 26%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ogata, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10784481
    Abstract: With a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having a radical concentration of 5000×1012 spins/mg to 90000×1012 spins/mg, wherein the concentration is calculated from a peak at a g-value of not less than 2.010 in an electron spin resonance spectrum obtained through electron spin resonance analysis using a microwave having a frequency of 9.4 GHz, it is possible to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high battery resistance decreasing rate before and after battery formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiko Kashiwazaki, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10741815
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a separator including a polyolefin porous film; a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin; a positive electrode plate; and a negative electrode plate, wherein a sum of interface barrier energies being a predetermined value, the polyolefin porous film having a puncture strength of a predetermined value, the value represented by Formula (1) below being not less than 0.00 and not more than 0.54, |1?T/M|??Formula (1), and the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing an ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ichiro Arise, Toshihiko Ogata, Kosuke Kurakane, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10727538
    Abstract: As a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery whose battery performance is prevented from being deteriorated by charge and discharge, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having ion permeability barrier energy of not less than 300 J/mol/?m and not more than 900 J/mol/?m per unit film thickness; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a given additive in an amount of not less than 0.5 ppm and not more than 300 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiko Kashiwazaki, Ichiro Arise, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10707517
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a separator including a polyolefin porous film; a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin; and a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate each of which has a capacitance in a specific range, the polyolefin porous film having a parameter X of not more than 20, and the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing not less than 35.0 mol % of an ?-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ichiro Arise, Toshihiko Ogata, Chikara Murakami, Hiroki Hashiwaki
  • Patent number: 10693115
    Abstract: As a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator used to produce a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is low in resistance increasing rate in a case where the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is repeatedly subjected to a charge-discharge cycle, the present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator which includes a polyolefin porous film, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having ion permeability barrier energy of not less than 300 J/mol/?m and not more than 900 J/mol/?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ichiro Arise, Chikara Murakami