Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kuzuoka

Hiroki Kuzuoka 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: 11482706
    Abstract: A resin for an energy device electrode contains a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by the following Formula (I), wherein the resin does not contain a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group, or the resin has a ratio of a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group of 0.01 moles or less with respect to 1 mole of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer, and a ratio of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer to a total of structural units derived from each monomer is from 90% by mole to less than 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nagai, Hiroki Kuzuoka, Kenji Suzuki, Nobuyuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210394491
    Abstract: A laminated glass including two facing glass plates and an interlayer film disposed between the two glass plates. The interlayer film has a resin layer having a storage modulus of 1000 MPa or more at a temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 1×105 Hz. The laminated glass may be a windshield for an automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Reimi EMOTO, Tomohiro MIWA, Tomohiro ARAKI, Kyosuke NAKAMURA, Naoki TAKAHARA, Akihiro YOSHIDA, Eisaku ISHIKAWA, Hiroki KUZUOKA, Ryoh TAKAHASHI, Keiichiro NISHIMURA, Yukiko INOUE, Miku KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210167393
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator; and an electrolyte, wherein: the positive electrode includes a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on the current collector, the positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material, polyolefin particles, conductive particles and a binder, and the separator has a thermal shrinkage rate of 30% or less at 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KUZUOKA, Eisuke HABA, Shunsuke NAGAI, Takuya NISHIMURA, Kenji TAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 10944126
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a positive electrode current collector, a conductive layer which is disposed directly or indirectly on the positive electrode current collector, and which includes a conductive particle, a polymer particle, and a fluororesin or a resin including a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer, and a positive electrode active material layer disposed directly or indirectly on the conductive layer, as well as a lithium ion secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Haba, Masashi Aotani, Hiroki Kuzuoka
  • Patent number: 10763509
    Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer, the positive electrode active material layer including insulating polyolefin particles and an electroconductive material; an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the electrode including an electrode active material layer, the electrode active material layer including polyolefin particles and a resin including a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a lithium ion secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kuzuoka, Eisuke Haba, Shunsuke Nagai, Kenji Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20200235397
    Abstract: A composite resin for an energy device electrode includes a resin comprising a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a fluorocarbon resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki KUZUOKA, Kenji SUZUKI, Shunsuke NAGAI
  • Patent number: 10573875
    Abstract: A cathode for a lithium ion secondary battery, including: a cathode current collector; a PTC layer including an electrically conductive particle, a polymer particle, and a water-soluble polymer, the PTC layer being provided on the cathode current collector; and a cathode active material layer provided on the PTC layer, as well as a lithium ion secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Aotani, Hiroki Kuzuoka
  • Patent number: 10513604
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a binder resin composition comprising a polyolefin particle, an organic solvent and a polymer that is soluble in the organic solvent, as well as an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery and a lithium ion secondary battery each using the binder resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nagai, Hiroki Kuzuoka, Eisuke Haba, Kenji Takaoka, Nobuyuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20190386312
    Abstract: An energy device electrode contains a positive electrode mixture layer including a positive electrode active material, an electroconductive agent, and a binder resin, in which: a content ratio of the binder resin relative to a total mass of the positive electrode mixture layer is from 0.5% by mass to 5.5% by mass, and the binder resin comprises a resin including a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki KUZUOKA, Kenji SUZUKI, Shunsuke NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190379052
    Abstract: A resin for an energy device electrode contains a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by the following Formula (I), wherein the resin does not contain a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group, or the resin has a ratio of a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group of 0.01 moles or less with respect to 1 mole of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer, and a ratio of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer to a total of structural units derived from each monomer is from 90% by mole to less than 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke NAGAI, Hiroki KUZUOKA, Kenji SUZUKI, Nobuyuki OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190379051
    Abstract: A resin for an energy device electrode contains a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by the following Formula (I), wherein the resin does not contain a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group, or the resin has a ratio of a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group of 0.01 moles or less with respect to 1 mole of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer. In Formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke NAGAI, Hiroki KUZUOKA, Kenji SUZUKI, Nobuyuki OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190097234
    Abstract: A composition for forming an energy device electrode contains a positive electrode active material containing a lithium-containing metal composite oxide containing lithium and nickel in which a content ratio of nickel with respect to metals other than lithium is 50% by mole or more and a resin for an energy device electrode containing a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroki KUZUOKA, Kenji SUZUKI, Shunsuke NAGAI, Eisuke HABA
  • Publication number: 20180205115
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and the positive electrode includes a current collector, a conductive layer formed on the current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer formed on the conductive layer, the conductive layer includes a conductive particle, a polymer particle, and a water-soluble polymer, and the separator has a heat shrinkage ratio at 160° C. of 30% or less, or the separator includes a porous substrate and an inorganic particle, and the porous substrate includes a layered body in which polypropylene and polyethylene are alternately layered, or the separator includes an inorganic particle and a porous substrate including a woven or non-woven fabric of polyethylene terephthalate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Eisuke HABA, Kenji TAKAOKA, Hiroki KUZUOKA, Shunsuke NAGAI, Takuya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180057678
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a binder resin composition comprising a polyolefin particle, an organic solvent and a polymer that is soluble in the organic solvent, as well as an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery and a lithium ion secondary battery each using the binder resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Shunsuke NAGAI, Hiroki KUZUOKA, Eisuke HABA, Kenji TAKAOKA, Nobuyuki OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180040899
    Abstract: The invention provides: a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer, the positive electrode active material layer including insulating polyolefin particles and an electroconductive material; an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the electrode including an electrode active material layer, the electrode active material layer including polyolefin particles and a resin including a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a lithium ion secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki KUZUOKA, Eisuke HABA, Shunsuke NAGAI, Kenji TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170331146
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a positive electrode current collector, a conductive layer which is disposed directly or indirectly on the positive electrode current collector, and which includes a conductive particle, a polymer particle, and a fluororesin or a resin including a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer, and a positive electrode active material layer disposed directly or indirectly on the conductive layer, as well as a lithium ion secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Eisuke HABA, Masashi AOTANI, Hiroki KUZUOKA
  • Publication number: 20160240836
    Abstract: A cathode for a lithium ion secondary battery, including: a cathode current collector; a PTC layer including an electrically conductive particle, a polymer particle, and a water-soluble polymer, the PTC layer being provided on the cathode current collector; and a cathode active material layer provided on the PTC layer, as well as a lithium ion secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Masashi AOTANI, Hiroki KUZUOKA
  • Patent number: 9120072
    Abstract: Provided is an ammonia detoxification device that, when detoxifying ammonia by thermal decomposition, is capable of preventing the generation of nitrogen oxides. That is, the problem is solved by configuring the ammonia detoxification device using: an electric heater; an ammonia decomposition chamber that accepts an ammonia-containing gas to be treated and thermally decomposes the ammonia in the absence of oxygen using heat from the electric heater; a thermally decomposed gas-burning chamber that accepts the nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing gas to be treated that has been generated by the thermal decomposition of the ammonia and discharged from the ammonia decomposition chamber, and an air-supplying means for supplying air from the outside into the thermally the thermally decomposed gas-burning chamber to burn the hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KANKEN TECHNO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tsukada, Hiroshi Imamura, Hiroki Kuzuoka, Hiroaki Kaneshiro, Isamu Nagai, Takashi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20140056785
    Abstract: Provided is an ammonia detoxification device that, when detoxifying ammonia by thermal decomposition, is capable of preventing the generation of nitrogen oxides. That is, the problem is solved by configuring the ammonia detoxification device using: an electric heater; an ammonia decomposition chamber that accepts an ammonia-containing gas to be treated and thermally decomposes the ammonia in the absence of oxygen using heat from the electric heater; a thermally decomposed gas-burning chamber that accepts the nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing gas to be treated that has been generated by the thermal decomposition of the ammonia and discharged from the ammonia decomposition chamber, and an air-supplying means for supplying air from the outside into the thermally the thermally decomposed gas-burning chamber to burn the hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: KANKEN TECHNO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tsukada, Hiroshi Imamura, Hiroki Kuzuoka, Hiroaki Kaneshiro, Isamu Nagai, Takashi Kataoka