Patents by Inventor Hajime Satou
Hajime Satou 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).
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Patent number: 12015140Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pinhole-free thin resin current collector for negative electrodes. The method for producing a sheet-shaped resin current collector for negative electrodes of the present invention includes stacking three or more layers of melts of conductive resin compositions each containing a polyolefin and a conductive filler to obtain a multilayered body, wherein the polyolefin contained in each of the conductive resin compositions that form the respective layers of the multilayered body has a melt mass flow rate of 15 to 70 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignees: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., GUNZE LIMITEDInventors: Ryosuke Kusano, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Yasuji Maruyama, Kazuaki Onishi, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Patent number: 11664489Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can be produced even without performing a heat treatment at a high temperature such as 2,000° C. or higher and can have the discharge capacity and the cycle characteristics (capacity retention) further increased. The negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the invention has a configuration in which a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode material and a binder is formed on the surface of a current collector. Further, the negative electrode material has a core portion including carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles; and a shell portion including a polyimide and silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie, Hideki Nishimura
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Patent number: 11652241Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery has a stacking step in which a plurality of unit cells are stacked, the unit cells being such that a positive electrode obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution disposed on a positive electrode current collector, and a negative electrode obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution disposed on a negative electrode current collector with a separator interposed therebetween. In the stacking step, each time one of the unit cells is stacked, the stack of the unit cells are pressed from the stacking direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kaburagi, Hajime Satou, Kazuyuki Yoda, Shigeo Watanabe, Yusuke Mizuno, Yusuke Emori, Takuya Sakurai
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Patent number: 11522242Abstract: The battery pack has a laminated body in which unit cells are laminated one on another, a cell case having a first opening and containing the laminated body, and a first lid member to tightly close the first opening. The first opening is positioned to face, in connection with a unit cell laminated direction, a first face of the laminated body. The first lid member is configured to, if an internal pressure of the cell case is lower than atmospheric pressure, deform while keeping the tightly closing state, come into contact with the first face of the laminated body, and apply a pressure based on a differential pressure between atmospheric pressure and the internal pressure of the cell case to the contacting face.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Satou, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie, Yusuke Mizuno, Yusuke Emori, Takahiro Imaishi
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Patent number: 11430973Abstract: The present invention provides a viscous adhesive capable of retaining the shape of an electrode and allowing for production of an electrode for a lithium-ion battery having a structure in which the energy density of the electrode does not decrease. The present invention relates to a viscous adhesive for a lithium-ion electrode which allows active materials to adhere to each other in a lithium-ion electrode, the viscous adhesive having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower, a solubility parameter of 8 to 13 (cal/cm3)1/2, and a storage shear modulus and a loss shear modulus of 2.0×103 to 5.0×107 Pa as measured in a frequency range of 10?1 to 101 Hz at 20° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoya Ohta, Kotaro Nasu, Kenichi Kawakita, Takuya Suenaga, Yusuke Mori, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Patent number: 11380901Abstract: A resin current collector provides means for improving the cycle characteristics in a lithium ion battery and includes a polyolefin resin, and a conductive carbon filler. The total surface area of the conductive carbon filler contained in 1 g of the resin current collector is 7.0 m2 or more and 10.5 m2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Kusano, Yoshihiro Ikeda, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Patent number: 11322732Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrode for lithium ion batteries which exhibits excellent electrical conductivity even if its thickness is large. The electrode for lithium ion batteries of the present invention includes a first main surface to be located adjacent to a separator of a lithium ion battery and a second main surface to be located adjacent to a current collector of the lithium ion battery. The electrode has a thickness of 150 to 5000 ?m. The electrode contains, between the first main surface and the second main surface, a conductive member (A) made of an electronically conductive material and a large number of active material particles (B). At least part of the conductive member (A) forms a conductive path that electrically connects the first main surface to the second main surface. The conductive path is in contact with the active material particles (B) around the conductive path.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Mizuno, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Kenichi Kawakita, Yuki Kusachi, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Patent number: 11233229Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrode for lithium ion batteries which exhibits excellent electrical conductivity even if its thickness is large. The electrode for lithium ion batteries of the present invention includes a first main surface to be located adjacent to a separator of a lithium ion battery and a second main surface to be located adjacent to a current collector of the lithium ion battery. The electrode has a thickness of 150 to 5000 ?m. The electrode contains, between the first main surface and the second main surface, a conductive member (A) made of an electronically conductive material and a large number of active material particles (B). At least part of the conductive member (A) forms a conductive path that electrically connects the first main surface to the second main surface. The conductive path is in contact with the active material particles (B) around the conductive path.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Mizuno, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Kenichi Kawakita, Yuki Kusachi, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Publication number: 20210408525Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pinhole-free thin resin current collector for negative electrodes. The method for producing a sheet-shaped resin current collector for negative electrodes of the present invention includes stacking three or more layers of melts of conductive resin compositions each containing a polyolefin and a conductive filler to obtain a multilayered body, wherein the polyolefin contained in each of the conductive resin compositions that form the respective layers of the multilayered body has a melt mass flow rate of 15 to 70 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicants: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., GUNZE LIMITEDInventors: Ryosuke KUSANO, Yasuhiro TSUDO, Yasuji MARUYAMA, Kazuaki ONISHI, Yasuhiko OHSAWA, Yuki KUSACHI, Hajime SATOU, Hiroshi AKAMA, Hideaki HORIE
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Patent number: 11211596Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an electrode active material molded body for a lithium-ion battery suitable for the production of a lithium-ion battery, and a method of producing a lithium-ion battery using the electrode active material molded body, wherein the methods can reduce the time, work, equipment, and the like required for the production. The present invention provides a method of producing an electrode composition molded body for a lithium-ion battery, including: a molding step of molding a composition containing an electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery and an electrolyte solution into an electrode active material molded body for a lithium-ion battery as an unbound product of the electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery, wherein the composition has an electrolyte solution content of 0.1 to 40 wt % based on the weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignees: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Suenaga, Kenichi Kawakita, Yuki Kusachi, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Publication number: 20210280844Abstract: The present invention provides a viscous adhesive capable of retaining the shape of an electrode and allowing for production of an electrode for a lithium-ion battery having a structure in which the energy density of the electrode does not decrease. The present invention relates to a viscous adhesive for a lithium-ion electrode which allows active materials to adhere to each other in a lithium-ion electrode, the viscous adhesive having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower, a solubility parameter of 8 to 13 (cal/cm3)1/2, and a storage shear modulus and a loss shear modulus of 2.0×103 to 5.0×107 Pa as measured in a frequency range of 10?1 to 101 Hz at 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoya OHTA, Kotaro NASU, Kenichi KAWAKITA, Takuya SUENAGA, Yusuke MORI, Yasuhiko OHSAWA, Yuki KUSACHI, Hajime SATOU, Hiroshi AKAMA, Hideaki HORIE
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Patent number: 11077634Abstract: Provided is a tire vulcanizing method enabling an optimum vulcanization operation for each tire by measuring the temperatures of the inner surface and the outer surface of a tire until the demolding timing without damaging the tire and by determining the vulcanized state of the tire accurately based on the measured temperature data to efficiently produce uniformly vulcanized tires especially under conditions where the temperature of a mold fluctuates. During vulcanization of a tire G, the temperatures of the inner surface and the outer surface at a plurality of principal portions representing the tire G are measured, and the demolding timing is determined according to the equivalent degree of vulcanization indicating the degree of progress in crosslinking reaction calculated based on the temperature data measured.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Satou, Noboru Takita
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Patent number: 11063327Abstract: A secondary battery is provided with a power generation element, an electroconductive member, an external short circuit, a current detector and an external discharge safety circuit. The power generation element has a unit cell layer that includes a positive electrode, a separator and a negative electrode stacked in that order. The electroconductive member is disposed on one outward side of the power generation element with an insulation member interposed therebetween. A lead wire connects the electroconductive member with the negative electrode tab. The current detector detects whether or not current is flowing to the lead wire. The external discharge safety circuit is provided to short-circuits a path between the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab outside the power generation element while current detector detects a current.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gentaro Kano, Atsushi Horai, Kazuki Arihara, Hajime Satou, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Ryoichi Senbokuya, Maki Chumon, Eiji Minegishi
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Publication number: 20210175546Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a power generating element that includes a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material is formed on a surface of a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode in which a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material is formed on a surface of a negative electrode current collector, and a separator impregnated with an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode active material includes a Si material that contains silicon and is capable of insertion and removal of lithium ions. The electrolyte solution contains lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) and an inorganic lithium salt other than the LiFSI, and has a feature that a ratio of a concentration (mol/L) of the LiFSI with respect to a concentration (mol/L) of the inorganic lithium salt (LiFSI/inorganic lithium salt) in the electrolyte solution is 1 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro DOI, Noboru YAMAUCHI, Yuki KUSACHI, Hajime SATOU, Hideaki HORIE, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Naofumi SHOJI, Kazuya TSUCHIDA, Koji SUMIYA, Takumi HATAZOE, Shigehito ASANO, Nobuo ANDO
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Patent number: 11024835Abstract: To provide a positive electrode for a lithium ion battery having high energy density and being capable of rapid discharging. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, and a proportion of the battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the positive electrode active material layer with respect to the battery capacity based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material is 3.5 to 15%.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Minami, Yusuke Nakashima, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Patent number: 10964934Abstract: A laminate type battery includes a power generating element and an outer casing body. The power generating element is formed by electrically laminating in series a plurality of single battery layers in which a single battery layer is formed by sequentially laminating a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, an electrolyte layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector. The power generating element is disposed inside the outer casing body. At least one of the positive electrode current collector or the negative electrode current collector includes a resin layer having conductivity. The single battery layer including the resin layer is electrically connected to an adjacent single battery layer via at least one resistance reduction layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie, Yusuke Mizuno, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Masatoshi Okura, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yasuhiro Tsudo
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Patent number: 10957908Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an electrode for a lithium ion battery which has excellent electron conductivity even when the thickness of the electrode is increased. The electrode for a lithium ion battery according to the present invention includes a first principal surface located on a separator side of the lithium ion battery, and a second principal surface located on a current collector side, wherein the electrode has a thickness of 50 to 5000 ?m, and the electrode includes, between the first principal surface and the second principal surface, short fibers (A) having an average fiber length of 50 nm or more and less than 100 ?m, long fibers (B) having an average fiber length of 100 ?m or more and 1000 ?m or less, and active material particles (C), and the short fibers (A) and the long fibers (B) are electroconductive fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Mizuno, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yusuke Nakashima, Kenichi Kawakita, Yuki Kusachi, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Patent number: 10930920Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery having high energy density and excellent rapid charging characteristics. A negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, and a proportion of the battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the negative electrode active material layer with respect to the battery capacity based on a total amount of the negative electrode active material is 3% to 17%.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Minami, Yusuke Nakashima, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Publication number: 20210028496Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery has a stacking step in which a plurality of unit cells are stacked, the unit cells being such that a positive electrode obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution disposed on a positive electrode current collector, and a negative electrode obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution disposed on a negative electrode current collector with a separator interposed therebetween. In the stacking step, each time one of the unit cells is stacked, the stack of the unit cells are pressed from the stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Tomohiro KABURAGI, Hajime SATOU, Kazuyuki YODA, Shigeo WATANABE, Yusuke MIZUNO, Yusuke EMORI, Takuya SAKURAI
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Patent number: 10903488Abstract: To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material that can be produced even without performing a heat treatment at a high temperature such as 2,000° C. or higher and can have the discharge capacity further increased. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material according to the invention has a core portion including carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles; and a shell portion including a polyimide and silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles. There is a feature that the value of the ratio of the volume average particle size (D50) of the silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles with respect to the volume average particle size (D50) of the carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles is 0.001 to 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie, Naofumi Shoji