Patents by Inventor Hironobu Fukahori

Hironobu Fukahori 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: 11978907
    Abstract: Disclosed are a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, a winding element for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material and a mixing binder including a first binder, a second binder, and a third binder, the first binder includes at least one selected from copolymers including polyvinylidene fluoride, acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and the mixing binder includes the first binder at a proportion of 30 wt % to 60 wt % relative to the total weight of the mixing binder, and has a tensile modulus of 200 MPa to 600 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Nomura, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20210028462
    Abstract: Disclosed are a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, a winding element for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material and a mixing binder including a first binder, a second binder, and a third binder, the first binder includes at least one selected from copolymers including polyvinylidene fluoride, acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and the mixing binder includes the first binder at a proportion of 30 wt % to 60 wt % relative to the total weight of the mixing binder, and has a tensile modulus of 200 MPa to 600 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke NOMURA, Hironobu FUKAHORI
  • Patent number: 10700341
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including a current collector and a negative active material layer positioned on the current collector, wherein the negative active material layer includes a first active material including a carbon-based material, a composite material including a second active material including a silicon-based material or a tin-based material, the second active material being coated with a combined binder and a fiber-shaped conductive material on the surface thereof, and a binder, a rechargeable lithium battery including the same and a method of preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hironobu Fukahori
  • Patent number: 10026964
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive current collector; a high elastic modulus layer on the positive current collector and including a first positive active material and a high elastic modulus binder; and a low elastic modulus layer on the high elastic modulus layer and including a second positive active material and a low elastic modulus binder, wherein the low elastic modulus binder has a lower tensile modulus than the high elastic modulus binder. A winding element includes the positive electrode. A rechargeable lithium battery includes the winding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Nomura, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Patent number: 9748532
    Abstract: A belt with built-in batteries includes: a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal that protrude in two opposite directions; a positive reinforcing tab that electrically connects the positive terminals of the rechargeable batteries to each other; a negative reinforcing tab that electrically connects the negative terminals of the rechargeable batteries to each other; and a sheath that seals the positive and negative terminals of the rechargeable batteries and the positive and negative reinforcing tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Takano, Hironobu Fukahori, Takahiro Endo
  • Patent number: 9742024
    Abstract: A secondary battery including: spirally wound electrode body in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated via separator and spirally wound, wherein the positive electrode includes an inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer while including a single side active material layer formation region, the ratio A/(A+B) of an area density A (mg/cm2) of the inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an area density B (mg/cm2) of the outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer, an inner diameter C (mm) of the coil opening portion, and the ratio D/E of a thickness D (?m) of the positive electrode and a thickness E (?m) of the positive electrode collector satisfy the relationship expressed in Formula 1, and a length F (mm) of the single side active material layer formation region satisfies the relationship expressed in Formula 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20160190593
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive current collector; a high elastic modulus layer on the positive current collector and including a first positive active material and a high elastic modulus binder; and a low elastic modulus layer on the high elastic modulus layer and including a second positive active material and a low elastic modulus binder, wherein the low elastic modulus binder has a lower tensile modulus than the high elastic modulus binder. A winding element includes the positive electrode. A rechargeable lithium battery includes the winding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Keisuke Nomura, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20150221975
    Abstract: A secondary battery including: spirally wound electrode body in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated via separator and spirally wound, wherein the positive electrode includes an inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer while including a single side active material layer formation region, the ratio A/(A+B) of an area density A (mg/cm2) of the inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an area density B (mg/cm2) of the outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer, an inner diameter C (mm) of the coil opening portion, and the ratio D/E of a thickness D (?m) of the positive electrode and a thickness E (?m) of the positive electrode collector satisfy the relationship expressed in Formula 1, and a length F (mm) of the single side active material layer formation region satisfies the relationship expressed in Formula 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi TOKUNAGA, Hironobu FUKAHORI
  • Publication number: 20150162577
    Abstract: A belt with built-in batteries includes: a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal that protrude in two opposite directions; a positive reinforcing tab that electrically connects the positive terminals of the rechargeable batteries to each other; a negative reinforcing tab that electrically connects the negative terminals of the rechargeable batteries to each other; and a sheath that seals the positive and negative terminals of the rechargeable batteries and the positive and negative reinforcing tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuo Takano, Hironobu Fukahori, Takahiro Endo
  • Patent number: 9012054
    Abstract: A secondary battery including: spirally wound electrode body in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated via separator and spirally wound, wherein the positive electrode includes an inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer while including a single side active material layer formation region, the ratio A/(A+B) of an area density A of the inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an area density B of the outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer, an inner diameter C of the coil opening portion, and the ratio D/E of a thickness D of the positive electrode and a thickness E of the positive electrode collector satisfy the relationship expressed in Formula 1, and a length F of the single side active material layer formation region satisfies the relationship expressed in Formula 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20140170484
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including a current collector and a negative active material layer positioned on the current collector, wherein the negative active material layer includes a first active material including a carbon-based material, a composite material including a second active material including a silicon-based material or a tin-based material, the second active material being coated with a combined binder and a fiber-shaped conductive material on the surface thereof, and a binder, a rechargeable lithium battery including the same and a method of preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20120145428
    Abstract: A secondary battery including: spirally wound electrode body in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated via separator and spirally wound, wherein the positive electrode includes an inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer while including a single side active material layer formation region, the ratio A/(A+B) of an area density A of the inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an area density B of the outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer, an inner diameter C of the coil opening portion, and the ratio D/E of a thickness D of the positive electrode and a thickness E of the positive electrode collector satisfy the relationship expressed in Formula 1, and a length F of the single side active material layer formation region satisfies the relationship expressed in Formula 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Patent number: 7063916
    Abstract: The invention provides a battery, which can improve a capacity and cycle characteristics. The battery comprises an electrode winding body, wherein a cathode and an anode are layered and wound with a separator in between inside a battery can. An electrolytic solution is impregnated in the separator. The electrolytic solution contains propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, a low viscosity solvent such as dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, and ethyl methyl carbonate, a carbonic acid ester of an unsaturated compound such as vinylethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate, and a lithium salt. A content of the propylene carbonate is from 5 wt % to 20 wt %, and a content of the carbonic acid ester is from 0.3 wt % to 3 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsaku Ugawa, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20040265700
    Abstract: The invention provides a battery, which can improve a capacity and cycle characteristics. The battery comprises an electrode winding body, wherein a cathode and an anode are layered and wound with a separator in between inside a battery can. An electrolytic solution is impregnated in the separator. The electrolytic solution contains propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, a low viscosity solvent such as dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, and ethyl methyl carbonate, a carbonic acid ester of an unsaturated compound such as vinylethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate, and a lithium salt. A content of the propylene carbonate is from 5 wt % to 20 wt %, and a content of the carbonic acid ester is from 0.3 wt % to 3 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Shinsaku Ugawa, Hironobu Fukahori