Patents by Inventor Harunari Shimamura

Harunari Shimamura 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: 11817577
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module including a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and an elastic body. The elastic body has a compressive elastic modulus of 5 MPa to 120 MPa. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode collector containing Ti as a main component and having a thickness of 1 ?m to 8 ?m. The negative electrode includes a first layer and a second layer sequentially formed from a side with the negative electrode collector. The first layer contains negative electrode active material particles containing first carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 3 MPa or less. The second layer contains negative electrode active material particles containing second carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 5 MPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasunori Baba, Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Kohei Masai, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
  • Publication number: 20230318123
    Abstract: A power storage device includes an electrode body, a case accommodating the electrode body, and a safety valve provided in this case to release gas generated in the case to the outside. The power storage device is further provided with a gas guiding member for guiding gas toward the safety valve when the gas spouts from the electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Harunari SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230104739
    Abstract: A secondary cell module according to the present invention has: at least one nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell; and an elastic body that is arranged together with the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell and that receives a load from the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell in the direction of arrangement. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprises: an electrode body in which a positive pole, a negative pole, and a separator disposed between the positive pole and the negative pole are laminated; and a housing which contains the electrode body, wherein the modulus of elastic compression of the elastic body is 5 MPa to 120 MPa, the positive pole has a positive pole collector containing Al and an element other than Al, and the thermal conductivity of the positive pole collector is 65 W/(m·K) to 150 W/(m·K).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Asari, Harunari Shimamura, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20230071451
    Abstract: This positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is provided with a positive electrode core body and a positive electrode mixture layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode core body. The positive electrode mixture layer contains a positive electrode active material mainly composed of a lithium transition metal composite oxide which contains 70% by mole or more of Ni relative to the total number of moles of the metal elements excluding Li. The positive electrode core body has a thermal conductivity X of from 50 to 155 W/m·K (25° C.). The upper limit Y1 and the lower limit Y2 of the median value Y in the circularity distribution of the lithium transition metal composite oxide relative to the thermal conductivity X of the core body respectively satisfy the conditions of formula (1) and formula (2) described below. Formula (1): Y1=0.9322(X?0.987) Formula (2): Y2=0.1613(X?0.746)?0.0005.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Yusuke Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20230061490
    Abstract: This secondary cell module comprises anon-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell with: an electrode body in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are layered; and a housing that accommodates the electrode body. The compression modulus of elasticity of the elastic body is in the range 5-120 MPa, and the positive electrode is provided with: a positive electrode current collector that contains titanium as a principal constituent and has a thickness of 1-8 ?m; and a positive electrode active material layer that is disposed on the positive electrode current collector and that includes a complex oxide containing lithium nickel, the proportion of nickel to the total quantity of metal elements other than lithium being in the range 70-100 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Baba, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Katsunori Yanagida
  • Patent number: 11557787
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module including a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and an elastic body. The elastic body has a compressive elastic modulus of 5 MPa to 120 MPa. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode collector with a thermal conductive rate of 65 W/(m·K) to 150 W/(m·K). The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer including a first layer and a second layer sequentially formed from a side with the negative electrode collector. The first layer contains first carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 3 MPa or less. The second layer contains second carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 5 MPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Morikawa, Takuya Asari, Harunari Shimamura, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
  • Patent number: 11437690
    Abstract: A nonaqueous battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector, an intermediate layer, and an active material layer. The intermediate layer is interposed between the current collector and the active material layer and includes graphite particles and insulating particles. In a cross section of the intermediate layer in a thickness direction, a major axis diameter of the graphite particles is equal to or greater than the thickness of the intermediate layer. In X-ray diffraction measurement of the intermediate layer by an out-of-plane method, a ratio of an intensity of an 110 diffraction line of a graphite crystal to an intensity of a 002 diffraction line of the graphite crystal is 0.0011 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11387461
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes at least a positive electrode current collector, a conductive material, and a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material is disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode current collector includes an aluminum foil and an aluminum oxide hydrate film. The aluminum oxide hydrate film covers a surface of the aluminum foil. The aluminum oxide hydrate film has a thickness not smaller than 10 nm and not greater than 500 nm. The aluminum oxide hydrate film has a porosity not lower than 10% and not higher than 50%. At least part of the conductive material is disposed within pores in the aluminum oxide hydrate film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura, Takuya Asari
  • Publication number: 20220013761
    Abstract: This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery positive electrode comprises a positive electrode collector which is mainly composed of Ti, and a positive electrode active material layer which is disposed on the positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and a binder and has a density of 3 g/cc or more, the positive electrode active material has an average particle size in a range of 2 to 20 ?m, the positive electrode collector has a thickness in a range of 1 to 8 ?m, and the content of the binder in the positive electrode active material layer satisfies the formula, y=0.006x2+0.0262x+a (y is the content (mass %) of the binder, x is the thickness of the positive electrode collector, and a is a real number from 0.3 to 2.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Yusuke Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11217861
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode plate group. The electrode plate group includes electrode plates and a separator. The electrode plate group is obtained by laminating a plurality of electrode plates. The separator is disposed between the electrode plates. A surface of at least one of the electrode plates is a particle layer. A surface of the separator is a nonwoven fabric layer. The particle layer includes fibrous particles. The particle layer and the nonwoven fabric layer are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura, Akihiro Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20210296683
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module including a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and an elastic body. The elastic body has a compressive elastic modulus of 5 MPa to 120 MPa. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode collector with a thermal conductive rate of 65 W/(m·K) to 150 W/(m·K). The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer including a first layer and a second layer sequentially formed from a side with the negative electrode collector. The first layer contains first carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 3 MPa or less. The second layer contains second carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 5 MPa or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: Panasonic Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Morikawa, Takuya Asari, Harunari Shimamura, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
  • Publication number: 20210296639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module including a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and an elastic body. The elastic body has a compressive elastic modulus of 5 MPa to 120 MPa. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode collector containing Ti as a main component and having a thickness of 1 ?m to 8 ?m. The negative electrode includes a first layer and a second layer sequentially formed from a side with the negative electrode collector. The first layer contains negative electrode active material particles containing first carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 3 MPa or less. The second layer contains negative electrode active material particles containing second carbon-based active material particles with a 10% proof stress of 5 MPa or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: Panasonic Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasunori Baba, Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Kohei Masai, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
  • Patent number: 11121376
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes at least a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode current collector includes an aluminum foil and an aluminum hydrated oxide film. The aluminum hydrated oxide film covers a surface of the aluminum foil. The positive electrode active material layer is formed on a surface of the aluminum hydrated oxide film. The aluminum hydrated oxide film has a thickness not smaller than 50 nm and not greater than 1000 nm. The aluminum hydrated oxide film contains at least one selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, fluorine, and sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura, Takuya Asari
  • Patent number: 11075386
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, an intermediate layer, and a positive electrode active material layer. The intermediate layer is interposed between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode active material layer. The intermediate layer contains at least carboxymethylcellulose, a conductive material, and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10971712
    Abstract: A separator is for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The separator includes at least a porous film. The porous film contains a resin composition. The resin composition contains a thermoplastic resin and metal hydroxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto, Akihiro Ochiai
  • Patent number: 10950892
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery (10) includes a porous film (78) (heat resistance layer (HRL)) in, which particles (filler F) of an insulating ceramic are attached through a binder onto a surface of at least one of a negative electrode active material layer (63) and a separator (72, 74). In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the insulating ceramic of the porous film (78) contains at least one of Fe and Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Akita, Harunari Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10944086
    Abstract: Provided is a separator for a battery in which, when a ratio of a total length of line segments (Sa), in which an arbitrary straight line (La) intersects with resin fibers (4), to a total length of the straight line (La) on a cross-section of the separator in a thickness direction (TD) is represented by s (%) and when a thickness of the separator is represented by d (?m), 0<s?100, 3?d?50, and 300?d×s?1500 are satisfied, the straight line (La) being parallel to a first main surface (40a) and crossing the cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Harunari Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10903515
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, a protection layer, and a positive electrode composite material layer. The protection layer, arranged between the positive electrode current collector and positive electrode composite material layer, includes at least a first and second protection layer. The first protection layer, arranged on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, contains a first conductive material and a first resin being a non-thermoplastic polyimide resin. The second protection layer, arranged on a surface of the first protection layer, contains at least a second conductive material and a resin A being a thermoplastic resin. A melting point of the resin A is lower than a thermal decomposition temperature of the first resin. The resin A is greater in expansion coefficient than the first resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto, Akihiro Ochiai
  • Patent number: 10897047
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes at least an electrode composite material layer, an intermediate layer, and an electrode current collector. Intermediate layer is interposed between electrode composite material layer and electrode current collector. Intermediate layer contains at least insulating particles and conductive particles. Each insulating particle has an arc shape in a cross section of intermediate layer along a thickness direction. More conductive particles are present on an outer-circumference side of each arc shape than on an inner-circumference side of the arc shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Hanazaki, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10862131
    Abstract: A nonaqueous battery includes a current collector that supports an electrode active material. The current collector includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. The second layer is interposed between the first layer and the third layer. The second layer includes 0.3 mass % or more and 1 mass % or less of magnesium and 0.2 mass % or more and 0.9 mass % or less of silicon, with a remainder being made up of aluminum. The first layer and the third layer constitute outer surfaces of the current collector. The first layer and the third layer each include 99.3 mass % or more of aluminum. In both of the first layer and the third layer, there is less than 0.3 mass % of magnesium and less than 0.2 mass % of silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto, Akihiro Ochiai