Patents by Inventor Haruchika Ishii

Haruchika Ishii 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: 10741896
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a battery system. The battery system includes a first battery and a second battery connected in parallel with the first battery. The first battery includes a lead storage battery. The second battery includes a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative-electrode-mixture layer, and the negative-electrode-mixture layer contains lithium titanate. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material LiMn2-xM(a)xO4. A ratio of a battery capacity of the second battery to a battery capacity of the first battery is in a range of 1/133 to 1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Kazuya Kuriyama, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Masataka Shikota, Hiroki Inagaki, Yuichi Kikuma, Kengo Kurata, Hirotaka Hayashida, Yoshinao Tatebayashi
  • Patent number: 9893377
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The negative electrode of the battery includes a negative electrode active material which can absorb and release lithium ions at a negative electrode potential of 0.4 V (V.S. Li/Li+) or more. The battery satisfying the following equations (I) and (II): 1?Q2/Q1??(I) 0.5?C/A?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Masataka Shikota, Kazuko Takanezawa, Hiroki Inagaki, Yuichi Kikuma, Yoshiaki Asami
  • Patent number: 9673440
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a battery including a case, a lid, an electrode group, an intermediate lead, and a terminal lead. The electrode group has an end face opposed to the lid and includes current collector tabs extending from the end face. The intermediate lead contains an electrode group joint and a lead joint. The terminal lead is electrically connected to the lid and the lead joint of the intermediate lead. Each of the current collector tabs has a tip portion whose width in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction is narrow. The tip portion thereof is electrically connected to the electrode group joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Eiki Kashiwazaki, Souichi Hanafusa, Natsuki Toyota, Toshifumi Shimizu, Yasuaki Hara, Tatsuya Shinoda
  • Patent number: 9601734
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, there is provided a battery. This battery includes a container, a lid, a gas-relief vent, an electrode group, an intermediate lead, and a terminal lead. The gas-relief vent is provided in the lid. The intermediate lead includes a first lead-joint part, an electrode-group-joint part, and a leg part. The leg part connects the first lead-joint part and the electrode-group-joint part to each other. The first lead-joint part and the electrode-group-joint part are located on planes different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Eiki Kashiwazaki, Souichi Hanafusa, Natsuki Toyota, Tsutomu Matsui, Tatsuya Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20150380787
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a battery system. The battery system includes a first battery and a second battery connected in parallel with the first battery. The first battery includes a lead storage battery. The second battery includes a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative-electrode-mixture layer, and the negative-electrode-mixture layer contains lithium titanate. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material LiMn2-x(a)xO4. A ratio of a battery capacity of the second battery to a battery capacity of the first battery is in a range of 1/133 to 1/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika ISHII, Kazuya KURIYAMA, Toshihide ARIKAWA, Hirotada TAHARA, Masataka SHIKOTA, Hiroki INAGAKI, Yuichi KlKUMA, Kengo KURATA, Hirotaka HAYASHIDA, Yoshinao TATEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140272487
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, there is provided a battery. This battery includes a container, a lid, a gas-relief vent, an electrode group, an intermediate lead, and a terminal lead. The gas-relief vent is provided in the lid. The intermediate lead includes a first lead-joint part, an electrode-group-joint part, and a leg part. The leg part connects the first lead-joint part and the electrode-group-joint part to each other. The first lead-joint part and the electrode-group-joint part are located on planes different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika ISHII, Eiki Kashiwazaki, Souichi Hanafusa, Natsuki Toyota, Tsutomu Matsui, Tatsuya Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20140272550
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a battery including a case, a lid, an electrode group, an intermediate lead, and a terminal lead. The electrode group has an end face opposed to the lid and includes current collector tabs extending from the end face. The intermediate lead contains an electrode group joint and a lead joint. The terminal lead is electrically connected to the lid and the lead joint of the intermediate lead. Each of the current collector tabs has a tip portion whose width in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction is narrow. The tip portion thereof is electrically connected to the electrode group joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika ISHII, Eiki Kashiwazaki, Souichi Hanafusa, Natsuki Toyota, Toshifumi Shimizu, Yasuaki Hara, Tatsuya Shinoda
  • Patent number: 8808910
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode superimposed upon each other with a separator interposed therebetween. The negative electrode is superimposed upon the positive electrode in a state where a negative electrode active material layer, except the part on a proximal end part of a negative electrode tab, is positioned inside an outer edge of a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode. A width H1 of the negative electrode active material layer including the part on the proximal end part of the negative electrode tab, width H2 of the negative electrode active material layer or negative electrode current collector at a part other than the negative electrode tab, and width H3 of the positive electrode active material layer are formed to satisfy the relationships of H2<H3, and (H1?H2)?(H3?H2)÷2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideaki Morishima, Takashi Kobayashi, Seiichi Hikata, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Takahisa Ohsaki, Natsuki Toyota, Haruchika Ishii
  • Publication number: 20140004419
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode superimposed upon each other with a separator interposed therebetween. The negative electrode is superimposed upon the positive electrode in a state where a negative electrode active material layer, except the part on a proximal end part of a negative electrode tab, is positioned inside an outer edge of a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode. A width H1 of the negative electrode active material layer including the part on the proximal end part of the negative electrode tab, width H2 of the negative electrode active material layer or negative electrode current collector at a part other than the negative electrode tab, and width H3 of the positive electrode active material layer are formed to satisfy the relationships of H2<H3, and (H1?H2)?(H3?H2)÷2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideaki MORISHIMA, Takashi Kobayashi, Seiichi Hikata, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Takahisa Ohsaki, Natsuki Toyota, Haruchika Ishii
  • Publication number: 20130065124
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode superimposed upon each other with a separator interposed therebetween. The negative electrode is superimposed upon the positive electrode in a state where a negative electrode active material layer, except the part on a proximal end part of a negative electrode tab, is positioned inside an outer edge of a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode. A width H1 of the negative electrode active material layer including the part on the proximal end part of the negative electrode tab, width H2 of the negative electrode active material layer or negative electrode current collector at a part other than the negative electrode tab, and width H3 of the positive electrode active material layer are formed to satisfy the relationships of H2<H3, and (H1?H2)?(H3?H2)÷2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hideaki MORISHIMA, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Seiichi HIKATA, Yoshikazu KOBAYASHI, Takahisa OHSAKI, Natsuki TOYOTA, Haruchika ISHII
  • Patent number: 8334071
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode superimposed upon each other with a separator interposed therebetween. The negative electrode is superimposed upon the positive electrode in a state where a negative electrode active material layer, except the part on a proximal end part of a negative electrode tab, is positioned inside an outer edge of a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode. A width H1 of the negative electrode active material layer including the part on the proximal end part of the negative electrode tab, width H2 of the negative electrode active material layer or negative electrode current collector at a part other than the negative electrode tab, and width H3 of the positive electrode active material layer are formed to satisfy the relationships of H2<H3, and (H1?H2)?(H3?H2)÷2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideaki Morishima, Takashi Kobayashi, Seiichi Hikata, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Takahisa Ohsaki, Natsuki Toyota, Haruchika Ishii
  • Publication number: 20120156529
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a non-aqueous electrolyte battery with an improved cycle life. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode layer, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt. The negative electrode layer may contain a negative electrode active material which can insert and release lithium ions at 0.4 V or more (V.S. Li/Li+). The lithium salt may contains LiPF6 with a concentration of less than 50% (including 0%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Watanabe, Haruchika Ishii, Hiroki Inagaki, Masataka Shikota, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Kazuko Newton, Teruo Hiruma, Yoshiaki Asami, Yuichi Kikuma
  • Patent number: 7927740
    Abstract: A battery pack includes nonaqueous electrolyte batteries each comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode contains a lithium-transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure. The negative electrode contains a lithium-titanium composite oxide having a spinel structure. And the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes satisfy the formula (1) given below: 1.02?X?2??(1) where X is a ratio of an available electric capacity of each of the negative electrodes at 25° C. to an available electric capacity of each of the positive electrodes at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroki Inagaki, Yoshinao Tatebayashi, Hideaki Morishima, Haruchika Ishii, Hidesato Saruwatari, Norio Takami
  • Publication number: 20110076557
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The negative electrode of the battery includes a negative electrode active material which can absorb and release lithium ions at a negative electrode potential of 0.4 V (V.S. Li/Li+) or more. The battery satisfying the following equations (I) and (II): 1?Q2/Q1 ??(I) 0.5?C/A?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Masataka Shikota, Kazuko Takanezawa, Hiroki Inagaki, Yuichi Kikuma, Yoshiaki Asami
  • Publication number: 20100237277
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a case, a positive electrode housed in the case and including a positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel composite oxide and at least one of lithium hydroxide and lithium oxide, the sum of lithium hydroxide and lithium oxide falling within not less than 0.1% to not more than 0.5% by weight based on the total amount of the positive electrode active material, a negative electrode housed in the case and capable of lithium intercalation-deintercalation, and a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and impregnated with a nonaqueous electrolyte containing ?-butyrolactone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Haruchika ISHII, Shinsuke MATSUNO, Hidesato SARUWATARI, Hiroki INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20100124694
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a case, an electrode group, positive electrode tabs and negative electrode tabs. The electrode group comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator. The positive electrode, the negative electrode and the separator are spirally coiled in a flat form. The positive electrode tabs are electrically connected to at least two positions among tab positions Pn of the positive electrode and projected from one end surface of the electrode group. The negative electrode tabs are electrically connected to at least two positions among tab positions Nn of the negative electrode and projected from the one end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Seiichi HIKATA, Hideaki Morishima, Haruchika Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100081052
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode superimposed upon each other with a separator interposed therebetween. The negative electrode is superimposed upon the positive electrode in a state where a negative electrode active material layer, except the part on a proximal end part of a negative electrode tab, is positioned inside an outer edge of a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode. A width H1 of the negative electrode active material layer including the part on the proximal end part of the negative electrode tab, width H2 of the negative electrode active material layer or negative electrode current collector at a part other than the negative electrode tab, and width H3 of the positive electrode active material layer are formed to satisfy the relationships of H2<H3, and (H1?H2)?(H3?H2)÷2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Hideaki MORISHIMA, Takashi Kobayashi, Seiichi Hikata, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Takahisa Ohsaki, Natsuki Toyota, Haruchika Ishii
  • Patent number: 7455936
    Abstract: An electric cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing aluminum or aluminum alloy, and an electrolyte arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the electrolyte includes: at least one ion selected from a group of a sulfate ion (SO42?) and a nitrate ion (NO3?), the concentration of the ion being in the range of 0.2 to 16 M/L; and an additive selected from a group of an organic acid, a salt of the organic acid, a hydrate of the organic acid, an ester of the organic acid, an ion of the organic acid, and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Norio Takami, Tomokazu Morita, Mitsuo Kasori
  • Publication number: 20080241687
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode layer and a top part. The positive electrode includes an end portion as viewed in a length direction of the positive electrode. The top part is gradually decreased in width towards an apex of the top part on one end of the current collector as viewed in a length direction of the current collector. The apex is arranged at a position corresponding to one-half of a maximum width of the negative electrode layer. The top part has a shape symmetric with respect to the position, and is arranged between the end portion of the positive electrode and a positive electrode portion outward of the end portion of the positive electrode. The end portion is arranged at a position preceding the top part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Haruchika ISHII, Hiroki INAGAKI, Norio TAKAMI
  • Patent number: 7273675
    Abstract: The invention provides a battery including a power generating element container, a positive electrode mixture, and a hydrogen gas permeable sheet provided in an opening of the power generating element container, the hydrogen gas permeable sheet having a water repellence of 2 kPa or more and a He gas permeability at 30° C. in a range of 2×10?6 to 10000×10?6 (cm3 (STP) cm/sec·cm2·cmHg), wherein a distance between the positive electrode mixture and the hydrogen gas permeable sheet gradually decreases toward a side wall of the power generating element container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidesato Saruwatari, Haruchika Ishii, Takahiro Hirai, Norio Takami