Patents by Inventor Hidesato Saruwatari

Hidesato Saruwatari 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: 11362398
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1-a-bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidesato Saruwatari, Masataka Shikota, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11183680
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hikaru Yoshikawa, Kazuya Kuriyama, Hidesato Saruwatari, Masanori Tanaka, Tetsuro Kano
  • Patent number: 11139465
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Matsuno, Hidesato Saruwatari, Dai Yamamoto, Asato Kondo, Hiromichi Kuriyama, Hideki Satake, Takashi Kuboki
  • Patent number: 10910643
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes negative electrode active material particles. The negative electrode active material particles include a spinel-type lithium titanate. The negative electrode has such a surface state that a ratio ALi/ATi of an Li atom abundance ratio ALi to a Ti atom abundance ratio ATi, according to a photoelectron spectroscopic measurement for a surface, is increased at a rate of 0.002 to 0.02 per cycle in a charge-and-discharge cycle test under the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kuriyama, Hidesato Saruwatari, Hideki Satake, Dai Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10622635
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode material layer. The negative electrode material layer includes a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing lithium at a potential of 0.78 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more. A film containing a compound having a propylene glycol backbone is formed on at least a part of a surface of the negative electrode material layer. A content of the compound having the propylene glycol backbone in the film is 2 ?mol to 40 ?mol per g of a weight of the negative electrode material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Dai Yamamoto, Yuki Watanabe, Hidesato Saruwatari, Kazuya Kuriyama, Hideki Satake
  • Publication number: 20200112011
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1-a-bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a ?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidesato SARUWATARI, Masataka SHIKOTA, Dai YAMAMOTO, Genki YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20200052283
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinsuke MATSUNO, Hidesato SARUWATARI, Dai YAMAMOTO, Asato KONDO, Hiromichi KURIYAMA, Hideki SATAKE, Takashi KUBOKI
  • Patent number: 10559814
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material and a binder. The negative electrode active material contains monoclinic titanium dioxide or Li4+aTi5O12 (here, ?0.5?a?3). The binder includes polyvinylidene fluoride with a molecular weight of 400,000 to 1,000,000. The negative electrode satisfies a formula (I) below. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of difluorophosphate and monofluorophosphate. 0.1?(P2/P1)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Asuna Hagiwara, Hidesato Saruwatari, Dai Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10541398
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1?a?bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidesato Saruwatari, Masataka Shikota, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10490808
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Matsuno, Hidesato Saruwatari, Dai Yamamoto, Asato Kondo, Hiromichi Kuriyama, Hideki Satake, Takashi Kuboki
  • Patent number: 10483524
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material having a Li-absorbing potential of 1 V vs. Li/Li+ or more. An electrical resistance of the negative electrode in a discharged state is within a range of 100 ?·cm to 100000 ?·cm. A pore volume ratio of pores having a pore diameter of 1 ?m or more in the separator is more than 70%. The pore volume ratio is determined from a cumulative pore volume frequency curve of the separator obtained by a mercury intrusion porosimetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidesato Saruwatari, Masataka Shikota, Dai Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10468679
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer including a spinel type lithium titanate. The nonaqueous electrolyte has an ion conductivity of not less than 7 mS/cm and not more than 10 mS/cm at 25° C. A capacity ratio p/n is within a range of not less than 1.4 and not more than 1.8. A thickness ratio Tp/Tn is within a range of not less than 1.05 and less than 1.3. A ratio Pp/Pn is within a range of not less than 0.55 and less than 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Dai Yamamoto, Yuki Watanabe, Tetsuro Kano, Nobuyasu Negishi, Hidesato Saruwatari
  • Patent number: 10461314
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including an electrode group and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The electrode group is formed by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The tension modulus of the separator in the winding direction is within a range of 200 (N/mm2) to 2,000 (N/mm2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Shikota, Hidesato Saruwatari, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi, Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10461313
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a nonaqueous electrolyte, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector containing Al, and a positive electrode active material containing layer. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector containing Al, and a negative electrode active material containing layer. The negative electrode active material containing layer includes titanium-containing oxide particles having an average secondary particle size of more than 5 ?m. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery satisfies a formula (1) of Lp<Ln.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Norio Takami, Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Hidesato Saruwatari
  • Publication number: 20190288282
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes negative electrode active material particles. The negative electrode active material particles include a spinel-type lithium titanate. The negative electrode has such a surface state that a ratio ALi/ATi of an Li atom abundance ratio ALi to a Ti atom abundance ratio ATi, according to a photoelectron spectroscopic measurement for a surface, is increased at a rate of 0.002 to 0.02 per cycle in a charge-and-discharge cycle test under the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiromichi KURIYAMA, Hidesato Saruwatari, Hideki Satake, Dai Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190288274
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hikaru Yoshikawa, Kazuya Kuriyama, Hidesato Saruwatari, Masanori Tanaka, Tetsuro Kano
  • Patent number: 10374220
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hikaru Yoshikawa, Kazuya Kuriyama, Hidesato Saruwatari, Masanori Tanaka, Tetsuro Kano
  • Patent number: 10355273
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes negative electrode active material particles. The negative electrode active material particles include a spinel-type lithium titanate. The negative electrode has such a surface state that a ratio ALi/ATi of an Li atom abundance ratio ALi to a Ti atom abundance ratio ATi, according to a photoelectron spectroscopic measurement for a surface, is increased at a rate of 0.002 to 0.02 per cycle in a charge-and-discharge cycle test under the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kuriyama, Hidesato Saruwatari, Hideki Satake, Dai Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190006659
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material and a binder. The negative electrode active material contains monoclinic titanium dioxide or Li4+aTi5O12 (here, ?0.5?a?3). The binder includes polyvinylidene fluoride with a molecular weight of 400,000 to 1,000,000. The negative electrode satisfies a formula (I) below. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of difluorophosphate and monofluorophosphate. 0.1?(P2/P1)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Asuna HAGIWARA, Hidesato SARUWATARI, Dai YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10003073
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an electrode mixture layer and a current collector. The electrode mixture layer contains active material particles. The electrode mixture layer includes a first surface being in contact with the current collector and a second surface separated from the first surface by a thickness of the electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer includes a first portion having the first surface and a second portion having the second surface. In the first portion, a first oxide layer is formed on the active material particle. In the second portion, a second oxide layer is formed on the active material particles. The thickness of the first oxide layer is more than the thickness of the second oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kuriyama, Hidesato Saruwatari, Hideki Satake