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).
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Patent number: 11817577Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori Baba, Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Kohei Masai, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
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Publication number: 20230318123Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventor: Harunari SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20230104739Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Panasonic Holdings CorporationInventors: Takuya Asari, Harunari Shimamura, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida
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Publication number: 20230071451Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Panasonic Holdings CorporationInventors: Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Yusuke Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20230061490Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Baba, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Katsunori Yanagida
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Patent number: 11557787Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Morikawa, Takuya Asari, Harunari Shimamura, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
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Patent number: 11437690Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Torita, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura
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Patent number: 11387461Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Torita, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura, Takuya Asari
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Publication number: 20220013761Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Yusuke Fukumoto
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Patent number: 11217861Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Torita, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura, Akihiro Ochiai
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Publication number: 20210296683Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: Panasonic Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Morikawa, Takuya Asari, Harunari Shimamura, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
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Publication number: 20210296639Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: Panasonic Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasunori Baba, Harunari Shimamura, Keisuke Ohara, Kohei Masai, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Katsunori Yanagida, Yo Kato
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Patent number: 11121376Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Torita, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura, Takuya Asari
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Patent number: 11075386Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto
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Patent number: 10971712Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto, Akihiro Ochiai
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Patent number: 10950892Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Akita, Harunari Shimamura
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Patent number: 10944086Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Harunari Shimamura
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Patent number: 10903515Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto, Akihiro Ochiai
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Patent number: 10897047Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Hanazaki, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura
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Patent number: 10862131Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Torita, Harunari Shimamura, Yusuke Fukumoto, Akihiro Ochiai