Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tokuda

Hiroyuki Tokuda 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: 11631895
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy device having excellent properties. Also provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1), wherein R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent an organic group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R11 and R12, R11 and R13, or R12 and R13 are optionally bound with each other to form a 5-membered ring or a 6-membered ring, with a proviso that a total number of carbon atoms of R11, R12 and R13 is 7 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Watarai, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Akiko Yabe
  • Patent number: 11616253
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20230057670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which can be handled industrially stably, and which allows for achieving a good durability performance, particularly, a good capacity retention rate during repeated charging and discharging, of an energy device typified by a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a compound(s) represented by the following general formula(e) (A1) and/or (A2). In formula (A1), X1 represents a halogen atom; each of R1, R2, R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 10 or less carbon atoms optionally substituted with a halogen atom; and each of R3 and R4 independently represents a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 10 or less carbon atoms optionally substituted with a halogen atom; wherein at least two of R1 to R6 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaho TAMAI, Taiki ABE, Aiko WATANABE, Kanako ITO, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Keiji SHITO, Ryo NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220320570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium fluorosulfonate which comprises reacting a lithium salt and fluorosulfonic acid in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the lithium salt is a lithium salt not generating water through the reaction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KAWAKAMI, Ryo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Masahiro Takehara
  • Publication number: 20220278370
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: an acyclic carbonate having a halogen atom, a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Minoru KOTAKO, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 11387484
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that includes lithium fluorosulfonate and a sulfate ion in an amount of from 1.0×10?7 mol/L to 1.0×10?2 mol/L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawakami, Ryo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Masahiro Takehara
  • Patent number: 11367899
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11302966
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an excellent capacity retention rate and an excellent output retention rate during cycles. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent; a hexafluorophosphate (A); a compound (B) represented by the following formula (1) in which an arbitrary hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom may be substituted with a fluorine atom; and at least one salt (C) selected from the group consisting of fluorophosphates other than the hexafluorophosphate (A), fluorosulfonates, imide salts represented by MN(SO2F)2, wherein M represents an alkali metal, and oxalate salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU Ionic Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Jungmin Kim, Hiroyuki Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20220093973
    Abstract: Provided are: a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can improve the charged storage characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery under a high-temperature environment while containing FSO3Li; and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery having excellent charged storage characteristics under a high-temperature environment. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains FSO3Li and a specific amount of ions of a specific metal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko HONDA, Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Daisuke KAWAKAMI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200274199
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy device having excellent properties. Also provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1), wherein R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent an organic group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R11 and R12, R11 and R13, or R12 and R13 are optionally bound with each other to form a 5-membered ring or a 6-membered ring, with a proviso that a total number of carbon atoms of R11, R12 and R13 is 7 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi WATARAI, Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Akiko YABE
  • Publication number: 20200106121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium fluorosulfonate which comprises reacting a lithium salt and fluorosulfonic acid in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the lithium salt is a lithium salt not generating water through the reaction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KAWAKAMI, Ryo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Masahiro Takehara
  • Patent number: 10530008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium fluorosulfonate which comprises reacting a lithium salt and fluorosulfonic acid in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the lithium salt is a lithium salt not generating water through the reaction step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawakami, Ryo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Masahiro Takehara
  • Publication number: 20190393553
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Minoru KOTATO, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20190372167
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an excellent capacity retention rate and an excellent output retention rate during cycles. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent; a hexafluorophosphate (A); a compound (B) represented by the following formula (1) in which an arbitrary hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom may be substituted with a fluorine atom; and at least one salt (C) selected from the group consisting of fluorophosphates other than the hexafluorophosphate (A), fluorosulfonates, imide salts represented by MN(SO2F)2, wherein M represents an alkali metal, and oxalate salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jungmin KIM, Hiroyuki TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 10468720
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20190288338
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Minoru KOTATO, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 9853326
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Minoru Kotato, Masahiro Takehara, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 9553333
    Abstract: Provided are a nonaqueous electrolyte solution having improved durability properties in terms of cycling, storage and the like and improved discharge characteristic at a high current density, and a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that uses that nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent that dissolves the lithium salt, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains a compound represented by formula (1) and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound having a cyano group, a cyclic ester compound having a sulfur atom and a compound having an isocyanate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Shuhei Sawa, Minoru Kotato, Kunihisa Shima, Youichi Ohashi, Koji Fukamizu
  • Patent number: 9515348
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which is capable of bringing about a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery improved in initial charge capacity, input/output characteristics, and impedance characteristics. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent; LiPF6; and a specific fluorosulfonic acid salt, and to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Hiroaki Yoshida, Atsushi Watarai
  • Patent number: D788309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sakiko Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tokuda