Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Nakamoto

Hirofumi Nakamoto 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: 20230299353
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium ion conducting material having lithium ion conductive properties and thermal stability. The lithium ion conducting material of the present disclosure comprises a cyclic carbonate as a solvent and a lithium amide salt dissolved in the cyclic carbonate, wherein a molar ratio of the lithium amide salt to the cyclic carbonate is greater than 0.25 and 0.33 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20230028385
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrolytic solution having high reduction stability. An electrolytic solution, wherein the electrolytic solution is used in a fluoride ion battery, and the electrolytic solution includes a Li salt, a F salt, and a trialkyl phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11489200
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a liquid electrolyte in which concentration of active fluoride ion is high. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a liquid electrolyte to be used in a fluoride ion battery, the liquid electrolyte comprising: a potassium fluoride; an alkali metal amide salt including a cation of an alkali metal and an amide anion; and a glyme represented by a general formula R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2, in which R1 and R2 is each independently an alkyl group including 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group including 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is within a range of 2 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Reiji Takekawa, Junichi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20220149382
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide an anode current collector that is capable of inhibiting the reaction with liquid electrolyte. The present invention achieves the object by providing an anode current collector to be used for a fluoride ion battery; and the anode current collector being a simple substance of Fe, Mg, or Ti, or an alloy containing one or more of these metal elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Patent number: 11271211
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide an anode current collector that is capable of inhibiting the reaction with liquid electrolyte. The present invention achieves the object by providing an anode current collector to be used for a fluoride ion battery; and the anode current collector being a simple substance of Fe, Mg, or Ti, or an alloy containing one or more of these metal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 11050088
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery in which decomposition of a solvent is restrained. The present disclosure attains the object by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising a plurality of carbonate-based solvents and a fluoride salt, wherein the plurality of carbonate-based solvents contain: i) only propylene carbonate (PC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ii) only ethylene carbonate (EC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), or iii) only ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 10916952
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a secondary battery system that functions at high voltage. The present disclosure attains the object by providing a secondary battery system comprising: a hybrid ion battery provided with a cathode active material layer having a cathode active material that contains a metal element capable of taking two kinds or more of a positive valence, an anode active material layer having an anode active material that contains a metal element capable of taking a valence of +2 or more, and an electrolyte layer containing an alkali metal ion and fluoride anion, and formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; and a controlling portion that controls charging and discharging of the hybrid ion battery; wherein the controlling portion controls discharging so that a potential of the cathode active material includes a potential range higher than 0.23 V (vs. SHE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20200321654
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a liquid electrolyte in which concentration of active fluoride ion is high. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a liquid electrolyte to be used in a fluoride ion battery, the liquid electrolyte comprising: a potassium fluoride; an alkali metal amide salt including a cation of an alkali metal and an amide anion; and a glyme represented by a general formula R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2, in which R1 and R2 is each independently an alkyl group including 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group including 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is within a range of 2 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Reiji TAKEKAWA, Junichi KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10770753
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery with high activity for fluoridating an active material. The present invention solves the problem by providing an electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising a fluoride complex salt as at least one of LiPF6 and LiBF4, and an organic solvent; and B/A is 0.125 or more in the case where a substance amount of the organic solvent is regarded as A (mol) and a substance amount of the fluoride complex salt is regarded as B (mol).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20200153043
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a liquid electrolyte in which concentration of active fluoride ion is high even when a cesium fluoride (CsF) is included therein. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a liquid electrolyte to be used in a fluoride ion battery, the liquid electrolyte comprising: a cesium fluoride and a solvent; and an amount of moisture is 50 ppm or more and 1100 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Reiji TAKEKAWA, Junichi KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10622679
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fluoride ion conducting electrolyte solution which can improve ionic conductivity includes a step of heating a fluoride and/or a solvent when the fluoride and the solvent are mixed, wherein a heating temperature at the step is lower than a temperature at which the solvent decomposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Jun-ichi Yamaki, Zempachi Ogumi
  • Publication number: 20200099102
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material of which capacity properties are excellent. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material to be used for a fluoride ion battery, the active material comprising: a metal part containing a metal element and capable of reaction with a fluoride ion; wherein in O1s spectrum obtained by measuring a surface of the active material with an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, when an intensity at 531.0 eV is regarded as IA and an intensity at a peak derived from an oxide of the metal element is regarded as IB, IB/IA is 0 or more and 1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 10305145
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery which allows a larger capacity of the battery. Solving the problem by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery including a fluoride salt and a solvent to dissolve the fluoride salt, characterized in that the solvent is an aromatic material having an aromatic cation and an anion, and a molar ratio of the aromatic cation to a fluoride ion is more than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Jun-ichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 10297831
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode layer for a fluoride ion battery in which decomposition of a binder is restrained. The present disclosure attains the object by providing an anode layer to be used for a fluoride ion battery, the anode layer comprising an anode active material and a non-fluorine-based binder having aromaticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Masao Ichikawa, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 10270122
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery, in which fluoride anion conductivity is imparted to an ionic liquid containing fluoride complex anions. The present invention solves the problem by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery, which comprises an ionic liquid containing specific fluoride complex anions and an anion acceptor having a specific acceptor number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Jun-ichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 9991560
    Abstract: The present invention aims to a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery having high stability with respect to a fluoride ion. The present invention attains the object by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising: a fluoride salt; an alkali metal amide salt having an alkali metal cation and an amide anion; and a glyme represented by general formula: R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (in which R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9954246
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery in which lowering of reactivity of a Li ion and an electrode active material due to a glyme is suppressed. In the present invention, the above object is achieved by providing a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery comprising: a glyme represented by general formula: R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (in which R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10); a Li amide salt having a Li ion and a sulfonylamide anion; and a fluoride salt represented by XF (in which X represents Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9954250
    Abstract: The present invention aims to a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery having high stability with respect to a fluoride ion. The present invention attains the object by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising: a fluoride salt; an alkali metal amide salt having an alkali metal cation and an amide anion; and a glyme represented by general formula: R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (in which R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9935338
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery allowing a reaction between an active material and a fluoride ion. By providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising: a fluoride salt; and a sulfonium compound having a cation in which R1, R2, and R3 (R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, or a fluoroalkyl group) are bound to the S element, and an anion, wherein the molar ratio of the cation relative to the total of the cation and the fluoride ion (S+/(S++F?)) is 0.96 or more, the present invention achieves the aforementioned object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9899706
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a fluoride ion battery includes: a fluoride salt; and a solvent for dissolving the fluoride salt, in which the solvent is an ether-containing material having a cation and an anion, and in the cation, an ether group represented by —CH2—O—R (where R represents an alkyl group or a fluoroalkyl group) binds to a cation central element which is N or P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Jun-ichi Yamaki