Patents by Inventor Ippei Fujinaga

Ippei Fujinaga 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: 9214666
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns graphite materials having lattice distortion for lithium-ion secondary battery negative electrode obtained by a manufacturing method comprising the steps of: pulverizing and classifying a raw coke composition obtained from a heavy-oil composition undergone coking by delayed coking process, the raw coke composition having a H/C atomic ratio that is a ratio of hydrogen atoms H and carbon atoms C of 0.30 to 0.50 and having a micro-strength of 7 to 17 mass % to obtain powder of the raw coke composition; giving compressive stress and shear stress to the powder of the raw coke composition so that average circularity is 0.91 to 0.97 to obtain round powder; heating the round powder to obtain a carbonized composition; and graphitizing the carbonized composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, TODA KYOGO CORP.
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Noriyo Ishimaru, Takashi Oyama, Tamotsu Tano, Toshiyuki Oda, Ippei Fujinaga, Tomoaki Urai, Seiji Okazaki, Katsuaki Kurata, Toshiaki Hiramoto, Akino Sato, Wataru Oda
  • Patent number: 9147873
    Abstract: A method for producing an amorphous carbon material for a negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery includes the steps of; pulverizing and classifying a raw coke composition obtained from a heavy-oil composition undergone coking by delayed coking process to obtain powder of the raw coke composition, the raw coke composition having a H/C atomic ratio that is a ratio of hydrogen atoms H and carbon atoms C of 0.30 to 0.50 and having a micro-strength of 7 to 17 mass %; giving compressive stress and shear stress to the powder of the raw coke composition to obtain a carbonized composition precursor; and heating the carbonized composition precursor under an inert atmosphere at a temperature from 900° C. to 1,500° C. so that a size of a crystallite Lc(002) is in a range of 2 nm to 8 nm, the size being calculated from a (002) diffraction line obtained by X-ray wide-angle diffractometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, TODA KOGYO CORP.
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Noriyo Ishimaru, Takashi Oyama, Tamotsu Tano, Toshiyuki Oda, Ippei Fujinaga, Tomoaki Urai, Seiji Okazaki, Katsuaki Kurata, Toshiaki Hiramoto, Akino Sato, Wataru Oda
  • Patent number: 9142832
    Abstract: A graphite material for a negative electrode is provided which can suppress capacity degradation due to repeated charging and discharging cycles, storage in a charged state, and floating charging. A method of manufacturing a graphite material for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery is provided in which an atomic ratio H/C of hydrogen atoms H and carbon atoms C in the raw coke composition is in a range of 0.30 to 0.50 and a microstrength of the raw coke composition is in a range of 7 wt % to 17 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, TODA KOGYO CORP.
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Noriyo Ishimaru, Takashi Oyama, Tamotsu Tano, Toshiyuki Oda, Ippei Fujinaga, Tomoaki Urai, Seiji Okazaki, Katsuaki Kurata, Toshiaki Hiramoto, Akino Sato, Wataru Oda
  • Publication number: 20140161713
    Abstract: An amorphous carbon material for lithium-ion secondary battery negative electrode is capable of reducing capacity degradation due to repeated charge and discharge cycles, storage while being charged, or floating charge. A method for producing an amorphous carbon material for a negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery includes the steps of: pulverizing and classifying a raw coke composition obtained from a heavy-oil composition undergone coking by delayed coking process to obtain powder of the raw coke composition, the raw coke composition having a H/C atomic ratio that is a ratio of hydrogen atoms H and carbon atoms C of 0.30 to 0.50 and having a micro-strength of 7 to 17 mass %; giving compressive stress and shear stress to the powder of the raw coke composition to obtain a carbonized composition precursor; and heating the carbonized composition precursor under an inert atmosphere at a temperature from 900° C. to 1,500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Noriyo ISHIMARU, Takashi OYAMA, Tamotsu TANO, Toshiyuki ODA, Ippei FUJINAGA (DECEASED), Tomoaki URAI, Seiji OKAZAKI, Katsuaki KURATA, Toshiaki HIRAMOTO, Akino SATO, Wataru ODA
  • Patent number: 8741125
    Abstract: The invention provides a stock oil composition for a carbon material for a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 280° C. or higher as the distillation property, a density of at least 0.90 g/cm3 at a temperature of 15° C. and a normal paraffin content of at least 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight as the total weight of the stock oil composition; and having an aromatic component content of 30-85 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight as the total weight of the stock oil composition and an aromatic component molecular weight of 250-1600 when the aromatic components and non-aromatic components are separated by elution chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Ippei Fujinaga, Masayuki Tasaki, Akio Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8715484
    Abstract: The invention provides a stock oil composition for needle coke for a graphite electrode, the stock oil composition having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 280° C. or higher as the distillation property, and when separated into the aromatic component and non-aromatic component by elution chromatography, having an aromatic component content of 30-80 wt % with respect to the total weight of the stock oil composition and an aromatic component molecular weight of 255-1300, as well as a non-aromatic component normal paraffin content of at least 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the aromatic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Toshiyuki Oda, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka
  • Publication number: 20140065056
    Abstract: A graphite material for a negative electrode is provided which can suppress capacity degradation due to repeated charging and discharging cycles, storage in a charged state, and floating charging. A method of manufacturing a graphite material for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery is provided in which an atomic ratio H/C of hydrogen atoms H and carbon atoms C in the raw coke composition is in a range of 0.30 to 0.50 and a microstrength of the raw coke composition is in a range of 7 wt % to 17 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Noriyo ISHIMARU, Takashi OYAMA, Tamotsu TANO, Toshiyuki ODA, Ippei FUJINAGA, Tomoaki URAI, Seiji OKAZAKI, Katsuaki KURATA, Toshiaki HIRAMOTO, Akino SATO, Wataru ODA
  • Publication number: 20130251621
    Abstract: An amorphous carbon material for lithium-ion secondary battery negative electrode is capable of reducing capacity degradation due to repeated charge and discharge cycles, storage while being charged, or floating charge. A method for producing an amorphous carbon material for a negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery includes the steps of: pulverizing and classifying a raw coke composition obtained from a heavy-oil composition undergone coking by delayed coking process to obtain powder of the raw coke composition, the raw coke composition having a H/C atomic ratio that is a ratio of hydrogen atoms H and carbon atoms C of 0.30 to 0.50 and having a micro-strength of 7 to 17 mass %; giving compressive stress and shear stress to the powder of the raw coke composition to obtain a carbonized composition precursor; and heating the carbonized composition precursor under an inert atmosphere at a temperature from 900° C. to 1,500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: TODA KOGYO CORP., JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Noriyo ISHIMARU, Takashi OYAMA, Tamotsu TANO, Toshiyuki ODA, Ippei FUJINAGA (DECEASED), Tomoaki URAl, Seiji OKAZAKI, Katsuaki KURATA, Toshiaki HIRAMOTO, Akino SATO, Wataru ODA
  • Publication number: 20130251620
    Abstract: A graphite material for a negative electrode is provided which can suppress capacity degradation due to repeated charging and discharging cycles, storage in a charged state, and floating charging. A method of manufacturing a graphite material for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery is provided in which an atomic ratio H/C of hydrogen atoms H and carbon atoms C in the raw coke composition is in a range of 0.30 to 0.50 and a microstrength of the raw coke composition is in a range of 7 wt % to 17 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: TODA KOGYA CORP., JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Noriyo ISHIMARU, Takashi OYAMA, Tamotsu TANO, Toshiyuki ODA, Ippei FUJINAGA, Tomoaki URAI, Seiji OKAZAKI, Katsuaki KURATA, Toshiaki HIRAMOTO, Akino SATO, Wataru ODA
  • Patent number: 8226921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Patent number: 8197788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20110288351
    Abstract: The invention provides a stock oil composition for a carbon material for a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 280° C. or higher as the distillation property, a density of at least 0.90 g/cm3 at a temperature of 15° C. and a normal paraffin content of at least 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight as the total weight of the stock oil composition; and having an aromatic component content of 30-85 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight as the total weight of the stock oil composition and an aromatic component molecular weight of 250-1600 when the aromatic components and non-aromatic components are separated by elution chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Ippei Fujinaga, Masayuki Tasaki, Akio Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20110267737
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED, NIPPON OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OYAMA, Kazuhisa NAKANISHI, Tamotsu TANO, Keiji HIGASHI, Ippei FUJINAGA, Hiromitsu HASHISAKA, Toshitaka FUJII, Takashi NORO, Akio SAKAMOTO, Kiwamu TAKESHITA, Keizou IKAI, Masaki FUJII, Hideki ONO
  • Publication number: 20110253593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED, NIPPON OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OYAMA, Kazuhisa NAKANISHI, Tamotsu TANO, Keiji HIGASHI, Ippei FUJINAGA, Hiromitsu HASHISAKA, Toshitaka FUJII, Takashi NORO, Akio SAKAMOTO, Kiwamu TAKESHITA, Keizou IKAI, Masaki FUJII, Hideki ONO
  • Patent number: 7993619
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw oil composition for manufacturing a carbon material for electric double layer capacitor electrodes, characterized in that the raw oil composition comprises 25 wt % or more of a saturated component and 16 wt % or less of an asphaltene component among the saturated component, an aromatic component, a resin component, and the asphaltene component obtained by developing of the raw oil composition by thin-layer chromatography; the raw oil composition has an average molecular weight of 960 or less; and the raw oil composition has an aromatic-carbon-fraction (fa) of 0.22 to 0.72. Use of the raw oil composition provides a carbon material for electric double layer capacitor electrodes that can exhibit high capacitance with high reproducibility without manufacturing synthetic pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Ippei Fujinaga, Hideki Ono, Masaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20110186478
    Abstract: The invention provides a stock oil composition for needle coke for a graphite electrode, the stock oil composition having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 280° C. or higher as the distillation property, and when separated into the aromatic component and non-aromatic component by elution chromatography, having an aromatic component content of 30-80 wt % with respect to the total weight of the stock oil composition and an aromatic component molecular weight of 255-1300, as well as a non-aromatic component normal paraffin content of at least 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the aromatic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Toshiyuki Oda, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka
  • Patent number: 7964173
    Abstract: The present invention provides feedstock compositions for use of the production of an activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrodes or the production of needle coke, comprising a first heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 300° C. or higher, an asphalten content of 12 percent by mass or less, a saturate content of 50 percent by mass or more and a sulfur content of 0.3 percent by mass or less, produced as a residue resulting from vacuum-distillation of a petroleum-based oil and a second heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 150° C. or higher and a sulfur content of 0.5 percent by mass or less, produced by subjecting a hydrocarbon oil to fluidized catalytic cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Kiwamu Takeshita, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Patent number: 7959888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20090268375
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicants: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION, NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Toshitaka Fujii, Takashi Noro, Akio Sakamoto, Kiwamu Takeshita, Keizou Ikai, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20090237860
    Abstract: The present invention provides feedstock compositions for use of the production of an activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrodes or the production of needle coke, comprising a first heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 300° C. or higher, an asphalten content of 12 percent by mass or less, a saturate content of 50 percent by mass or more and a sulfur content of 0.3 percent by mass or less, produced as a residue resulting from vacuum-distillation of a petroleum-based oil and a second heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 150° C. or higher and a sulfur content of 0.5 percent by mass or less, produced by subjecting a hydrocarbon oil to fluidized catalytic cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicants: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION, NIPPON PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Oyama, Kazuhisa Nakanishi, Tamotsu Tano, Keiji Higashi, Ippei Fujinaga, Hiromitsu Hashisaka, Kiwamu Takeshita, Masaki Fujii, Hideki Ono