Patents by Inventor Haruki Kamizori

Haruki Kamizori 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: 20240132369
    Abstract: An electrode active material for an electrochemical element of the present invention is a monoclinic niobium complex oxide, and Db/Da is 1.5 or more, where Da is a crystallite size in the a-axis direction, and Db is a crystallite size in the b-axis direction. An electrode material for an electrochemical element of the present invention contains the electrode active material for an electrochemical element of the present invention. An electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention contains the electrode active material for an electrochemical element of the present invention or the electrode material for an electrochemical element of the present invention. In an electrochemical element of the present invention, either one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode is the electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention. A movable body of the present invention includes the electrochemical element of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro TOMITA, Haruki KAMIZORI
  • Publication number: 20230420673
    Abstract: A negative electrode for an all-solid-state secondary battery according to the present invention includes a molded body made of a negative-electrode mixture containing a solid electrolyte and a negative-electrode material that contains a negative-electrode active material. The negative-electrode material contains a carbon material as the negative-electrode active material, and an argyrodite-type sulfide-based solid electrolyte is contained as the solid electrolyte. An AB value is 0.1 or more and 0.8 or less where a percentage of the area of the carbon material to the area of a surface of the molded body is A(%) and a percentage of the area of the carbon material to the area of a cross-section of the molded body is B(%). Also, an all-solid-state secondary battery according to the present invention includes the negative electrode for an all-solid-state secondary battery according to the present invention as the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta SATO, Kazuki FURUKAWA, Masaki NISHIMURA, Haruki KAMIZORI
  • Publication number: 20230307652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has excellent charging load characteristics and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which the negative electrode is used. The present invention is related to Goals 7 and 12 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). A negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention contains a negative electrode active material and a conductive aid. As the conductive aid, the negative electrode contains carbon nanotubes that have a fiber diameter of 0.8 to 20 nm and an aspect ratio of 5000 or more. Also, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. As the negative electrode, the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes the negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Kazuki FURUKAWA, Haruki KAMIZORI
  • Publication number: 20230216043
    Abstract: A negative electrode for an all-solid-state secondary battery according to the present invention includes a molded body made of a negative electrode mixture containing a solid electrolyte and a negative-electrode material that contains a negative-electrode active material, in which the negative-electrode material contains a carbon material as the negative-electrode active material, a layer containing an oxide having lithium-ion conductivity is formed on a surface of the negative-electrode material, the amount of the oxide is 1 part by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the carbon material, and the negative electrode contains a sulfide-based solid electrolyte as the solid electrolyte. Also, an all-solid-state secondary battery according to the present invention includes the negative electrode for an all-solid-state secondary battery according to the present invention as the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki FURUKAWA, Haruki KAMIZORI, Yuta SATO, Masaki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230178720
    Abstract: Provided is an electrochemical element having excellent load characteristics and charge-discharge cycle characteristics, an electrode active material that can constitute the electrochemical element, a method for manufacturing the electrode active material, an electrode material, an electrode, and a movable body including the electrochemical element. The electrode active material for an electrochemical element according to the present invention includes an oxide that has a monoclinic crystal structure and satisfies the following general formula (1): AyM1?Alx??Nb12?x?zM2zO29?? (1). In the general formula (1), A is at least one element selected from Li and Na, M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Zn Cu, Ag, Mg Ca, Sr, Ba, Co, Eu, Y, Bi, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, and Gd, M2 is specific element, awl x, y, z, ?, and ? satisfy 0<x?1.1, 0?y?24, 0?z?2, ?1???2, and 0<??0.4x.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomita, Yuta Sato, Haruki Kamizori
  • Publication number: 20220285674
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery having excellent output characteristics, and a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery that can be used in the all-solid-state battery are provided. A negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery according to the present invention includes a molded body made of a negative-electrode mixture that contains a negative-electrode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive assistant, and lithium titanium oxide particles in which a ratio Dp/D50 of a primary particle diameter Dp to a particle diameter D50 is greater than 0.6 and a specific surface area is 2 m2/g or more are contained as the negative-electrode active material. Also, an all-solid-state battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery according to the present invention is used as the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki FURUKAWA, Yuta SATO, Masaki NISHIMURA, Haruki KAMIZORI
  • Publication number: 20220285726
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery having excellent load characteristics, and an electrode for an all-solid-state battery for forming the all-solid-state battery are provided. It relates to Goals 12, 3, 7, and 11 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The electrode for an all-solid-state battery includes a molded body of a mixture containing an active material-containing electrode material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive assistant. The electrode material is in the form of a composite particle having a layer containing a solid electrolyte A1 or solid electrolyte A2 that contains certain elements on its surface. The mixture molded body includes a solid electrolyte B1 or solid electrolyte B2 that contains certain elements between the composite particles. The compositions of the solid electrolyte A1 and the solid electrolyte B1 satisfy a certain relationship, or the composition of the solid electrolyte A2 and the composition of the solid electrolyte B2 satisfy a certain relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomita, Naoki Matsuoka, Hiroyoshi Aoki, Haruki Kamizori
  • Publication number: 20220052326
    Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery excellent in reliability and productivity, a method for manufacturing the same, and a system including the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode mixture layer in which a lithium-containing composite oxide is used as a positive electrode active material. In a charged state, the negative electrode includes an aluminum foil or an aluminum alloy foil and a Li—Al alloy formed by reaction with Li ions deintercaleted from the positive electrode. The Li—Al alloy has a Li content of 7 to 29 atomic % with respect to 100 atomic % of a total of Li and Al at the end of charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira YAMASHITA, Haruki KAMIZORI, Atsushi HATAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210020918
    Abstract: The inventive negative electrode for the electrochemical element includes a negative electrode composition layer provided on at least one surface of a current collector made of a metal foil; in which the negative electrode composition layer includes material S comprising Si and a hardly-graphitizable carbon material as a negative electrode active material; in which assuming that the whole amount of the negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode composition layer is 100 mass %, a ratio of the material S is 50 to 90 mass % and a ratio of the hardly-graphitizable carbon materials is 10 to 50 mass %. The inventive lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid, and the negative electrode is constituted by the negative electrode for the electrochemical element of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Aoki, Hiroshi Abe, Seiji Ishizawa, Haruki Kamizori
  • Patent number: 10044072
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Masayuki Yamada, Fusaji Kita
  • Patent number: 9570777
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolytic solution; and a separator. The positive active material contains a lithium-containing composite oxide containing nickel. A molar ratio of a total nickel amount with respect to a total lithium amount contained in the entire positive active material is 0.05 to 1.0. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of a phosphonoacetate-based compound represented by the following General Formula (1). In the Formula, R1, R2, and R3 independently represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by a halogen atom, and “n” represents an integer of 0 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD., UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Yusuke Nakamura, Itaru Gosho, Masayuki Yamada, Koji Abe, Kei Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20160020494
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki KAMIZORI, Masayuki YAMADA, Fusaji KITA
  • Patent number: 9005824
    Abstract: There is provided a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid and a separator, that is subjected to a constant-current constant-voltage charge with a stop voltage of more than 4.25V before its use. The lithium secondary battery uses the nonaqueous electrolyte liquid having contained 0.1 to 5 mass % of a phosphonoacetate compound represented by the following general formula (1), and having contained 0.1 to 5 mass % of 1,3-dioxane. In General Formula (1), each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently hydrocarbon groups having a carbon number of 1 to 12 with or without substituent of a halogen atom, and n is 0 to 6 integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Kawamoto, Haruki Kamizori, Yusuke Nakamura, Masayuki Yamada, Itaru Gosho
  • Publication number: 20140234704
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolytic solution; and a separator. The positive active material contains a lithium-containing composite oxide containing nickel. A molar ratio of a total nickel amount with respect to a total lithium amount contained in the entire positive active material is 0.05 to 1.0. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of a phosphonoacetate-based compound represented by the following General Formula (1). In the Formula, R1, R2, and R3 independently represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by a halogen atom, and “n” represents an integer of 0 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD., HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Yusuke Nakamura, Itaru Gosho, Masayuki Yamada, Koji Abe, Kei Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20140227562
    Abstract: A lithium secondary-battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other, and a separator interposed therebetween; a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) element; and a protection circuit including a field-effect transistor, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode material mixture layer containing a Si-containing material as a negative electrode active material, and, where Z represents an impedance (?) of the lithium secondary-battery pack and Q represents a capacity (Ah) of the lithium secondary-battery pack, an impedance capacity index represented by Z/Q is 0.055 ?/Ah or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Itaru Gosho, Masayuki Yamada, Fusaji Kita
  • Publication number: 20130344381
    Abstract: There is provided a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid and a separator, that is subjected to a constant-current constant-voltage charge with a stop voltage of more than 4.25V before its use. The lithium secondary battery uses the nonaqueous electrolyte liquid having contained 0.1 to 5 mass % of a phosphonoacetate compound represented by the following general formula (1), and having contained 0.1 to 5 mass % of 1,3-dioxane. In General Formula (1), each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently hydrocarbon groups having a carbon number of 1 to 12 with or without substituent of a halogen atom, and n is 0 to 6 integers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Yuta Kawamoto, Haruki Kamizori, Yusuke Nakamura, Masayuki Yamada, Itaru Gosho
  • Patent number: 7285361
    Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution where the non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains a compound A in which a halogen group is bonded to a benzene ring and a compound B oxidized at a potential lower than that of the compound A, and the compound B is at least one selected from an aromatic compound and a heterocyclic compound. Thus, a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent overcharging safety and being capable of ensuring storage reliability with less generation of gas during storage at a high temperature can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fusaji Kita, Hideo Sakata, Haruki Kamizori
  • Patent number: 7282303
    Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery is provided, which has excellent overcharging safety, less generation of gas during storage at a high temperature, and can ensure storage reliability. A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains a compound A in which a halogen group is bonded to a benzene ring and an aromatic or/and heterocyclic compound B oxidized at a potential lower than that of the compound A, a content of the compound A with respect to the total non-aqueous electrolyte solution is 1% by mass to 15% by mass, and a content of the compound B with respect to the total non-aqueous electrolyte solution is 0.005% by mass to 3% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fusaji Kita, Hideo Sakata, Haruki Kamizori
  • Publication number: 20060183021
    Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution where the non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains a compound A in which a halogen group is bonded to a benzene ring and a compound B oxidized at a potential lower than that of the compound A, and the compound B is at least one selected from an aromatic compound and a heterocyclic compound. Thus, a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent overcharging safety and being capable of ensuring storage reliability with less generation of gas during storage at a high temperature can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Fusaji Kita, Hideo Sakata, Haruki Kamizori
  • Patent number: RE49407
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Masayuki Yamada, Fusaji Kita