Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kobori

Hiroyuki Kobori 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: 20140212703
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a magnesium ion rechargeable battery, allowing electrical charge and discharge regardless the type of the electrolyte, and improving the cycle characteristic and the electrical charge and discharge efficiency. The battery pack includes a storage case, a magnesium ion rechargeable battery which contains a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and a protection circuit which possesses an over-charge protection function and an over-discharge function. The magnesium ion rechargeable battery and the protection circuit are stored in the storage case. The magnesium ion rechargeable battery includes a positive plate, a negative plate and an electrolyte. The negative plate includes a material for the negative plate of the magnesium ion rechargeable battery. The material for the negative plate of the magnesium ion rechargeable battery includes magnesium metal and an allotrope of carbon. The magnesium metal and the allotrope of carbon are in at least partial contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Yozo Kosaka, Keisuke Nomura, Yuuki Kumagai, Chihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8394537
    Abstract: An electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material, a binding material, and carbonic matter distinct from conductive materials. The binding material is a crystalline metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Shingo Komura, Hidenobu Watanabe, Ryo Fujiwara, Keisuke Nomura
  • Patent number: 8394536
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material and a binding material. The binding material is made of a crystalline metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Shingo Komura, Hidenobu Watanabe, Ryo Fujiwara, Keisuke Nomura
  • Patent number: 8394538
    Abstract: An electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material, a binding material, and carbonic matter distinct from conductive materials. The binding material is a amourphous metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Shingo Komura, Hidenobu Watanabe, Ryo Fujiwara, Keisuke Nomura
  • Patent number: 8394535
    Abstract: An electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material and a binding material. The binding material is made of an amorphous metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Shingo Komura, Hidenobu Watanabe, Ryo Fujiwara, Keisuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20120088152
    Abstract: An electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material, a binding material, and carbonic matter distinct from conductive materials. The binding material is a crystalline metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Shingo Komura, Hidenobu Watanabe, Ryo Fujiwara, Keisuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20120040250
    Abstract: An electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material, a binding material, and carbonic matter distinct from conductive materials. The binding material is a amourphous metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Shingo Komura, Hidenobu Watanabe, Ryo Fujiwara, Keisuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20120028125
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material and a binding material. The binding material is made of a crystalline metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Shingo Komura, Hidenobu Watanabe, Ryo Fujiwara, Keisuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20120009479
    Abstract: An electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material and a binding material. The binding material is made of an amorphous metal oxide that does not cause alkaline metal ion intercalation and deintercalation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBORI, Shingo KOMURA, Hidenobu WATANABE, Ryo FUJIWARA, Keisuke NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20110236760
    Abstract: An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with which the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can perform high output charge and discharge is provided. The electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer containing active materials. The electrode active material layer has a structure in which the active material exists continuously with the active material particles binding to each other, and has a porous structure in which pores through which an electrolyte can pass are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kobori
  • Publication number: 20110229767
    Abstract: An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with which the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can perform high output charge and discharge is provided. The electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a current collector and an electrode active material layer containing active materials. The electrode active material layer is formed on at least a part of a surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer has a pore forming layer and a dense layer situated on a current collector side of the pore forming layer. The dense layer has a structure in which the active material exists continuously with the active material particles binding to each other, and has substantially no pores. The pore forming layer has a structure in which the active material exists continuously with the active material particles partly binding to each other, and has pores through which an electrolyte can pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Fumiaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080020133
    Abstract: A metal oxide film producing method which is an inexpensive wetting coating by use of a metal oxide film forming-solution, and which enables to yield an even and dense metal oxide film having a sufficient film thickness even on a substrate, such as one having complicated structural part or one comprising porous materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Koujiro Ohkawa, Hiroki Nakagawa, Yosuke Yabuuchi, Keisuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20070298190
    Abstract: A method of producing a metal oxide film in which the metal oxide film is formed directly onto a surface of a substrate without subjecting the substrate surface to catalytic treatment, and the method which enables to make the obtained metal oxide film even through a simple process even if the substrate has a structural part. The metal oxide film is obtained by bringing a surface of a substrate into contact with a metal oxide film-forming solution that has a metal salt or a metal complex dissolved as a metal source, wherein the metal oxide film-forming solution comprises a reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobori, Koujiro Ohkawa, Keisuke Nomura
  • Publication number: 20060219294
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor electrode is provided with a bonding layer with excellent temporal stability of adhesive force and excellent productivity in a transfer method including a dye-sensitized solar cell with the oxide semiconductor electrode; a method of producing an oxide semiconductor electrode that can produce an oxide semiconductor electrode excellent in the energy conversion efficiency at the high productivity is also provided. The oxide semiconductor electrode and method for making the same are disclosed noting that the oxide semiconductor electrode includes: a base material; a bonding layer formed on the base material made of a thermoplastic resin; a first electrode layer formed on the bonding layer made of a metal oxide; and a porous layer formed on the first electrode and made of the fine particle of a metal oxide semiconductor, wherein the thermoplastic resin includes a silane-modified resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Yosuke Yabuuchi, Hiroki Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Kobori
  • Publication number: 20050183769
    Abstract: The main object of the invention is to provide a method capable of producing a substrate for a dye-sensitized solar cell in high yield and a method of producing a dye-sensitized solar cell with such a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakagawa, Yosuke Yabuuchi, Hiroyuki Kobori